Mods and Consoles

AGS Foreword

Starting with version v3.0, PS5 and Xbox Series players will join the Holdfast community via cross platform play.

Players on both consoles won't be able to load mods. Unity on consoles uses IL2CPP (Ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation), which makes it impossible to load our Mono-based mods (just-in-time (JIT) compilation) at runtime. The Steam workshop, which is responsible for delivering mods to players on Steam, is also unavailable.

Apart from the technical challenges, we're also forced to follow strict rules outlined by each ecosystem. There's a reason why modding support is rare on consoles. Designing a system that ticks all the boxes on all the platforms is hard. Our modding system was created for Steam and trying to bend it to the rules proved unfeasible for now.

I know this comes as a disappointment to all the modders who poured their hours and their hearts into their creations. As someone who started his game dev career as a modder, I feel you and felt that I at least owed you an explanation.

Walki, Lead Developer

Server Platforms

This chapter is meant to prepare community server administrators for the console release. Warning: Misconfigured servers will eject console players in mid gameplay.

Cross-play Compatible Any platform (Steam, Xbox or PlayStation) can connect to this server if they have cross-play enabled in their game settings.	Steam Only This server is only visible to Steam players. This happens if the server detects that it is or has become cross-play incompatible (mods etc). This will EJECT and then reject console players trying to connect.
Xbox Only This server is only visible to Xbox players that have cross-play disabled. It will reject players connecting from a different platform.	PlayStation Only This server is only visible to PlayStation players that have cross-play disabled. It will reject players connecting from a different platform.

Server Config - Cross-play Compatibility Table

	Steam & SteamDeck	Xbox & PlayStation	Cross-play
objects_override [any]	✅	✅	✅
capture_point_override [any]	✅	✅	✅
spawn_override [any]	✅	✅	✅
starting_weapons_selection_override [any]	✅	✅	✅
firearm_ammo_override [any]	✅	✅	✅
ships_spawn_detail_override [any]	✅	✅	✅
ships_health_detail_override [any]	✅	✅	✅
mod_variable [any]	✅	✅	✅
mod_variable_local [any]	✅	✅	✅
mods_installed_server_only [any]	✅	✅	✅
mods_installed [uniform]	✅	✅*	✅
mods_installed [flag]	✅	✅*	✅
mods_installed [script]	✅	❌	❌
mods_installed [map]	✅	❌	❌
map_name ModMap	✅	❌	❌

* Uniform and flag mods don't change the server platform, however they'll only be visible to Steam players. Console players will see a generic uniform/flag instead.