I am locking to buy Boundless - and would be interested how modding and especially private (self-hosted) servers are progressing. I really like the look of the game, but I usually prefer to play games in a somewhat private setting with friends, rather than diving into the whole MMO-thing.
I have conducted a search on the internet, but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of recent information on the topic, could you possibly give me a summary/update on the state of things?
My info so far: Private/Self-Hosted Worlds
Some mentions dating ~2018 for plans to allow self-hosting shortly after release.
No further comments from the devs found.
Modding
Possible, yet constricted by server-side checks to mostly texture/HUD-Modding
No Modding for server-side content apart from something calles “WorldBuilder”, which I suspect to be a Biome-Editor to contribute Biomes?
Based on the last information I was able to gather recently:
Private servers is still on the roadmap. They are missing parts of the management layer to purchase/stop/start/etc for them to work. No ETA on when that would happen.
Self Hosting of servers would be much farther off with no commitment yet. It requires a decent amount of changes to their infrastructure to allow running everything together. I do know they have been doing some work on adjusting some of those things to make things a bit more linked to a single “install” type thing.
Definitely worth picking up the deluxe version. The extra 500 cubits is almost your 1st alt unlocked. Boundless right now is a lot like a single player game in some regards. Unless you settle right near a city or town, you can go quite a while without seeing anyone. The purple dots on the compass will lead you to portals =)
I’d argue the deluxe version isn’t fully necessary, as (at least on PC) you can always upgrade to it later down the line, for the passive 10% plot bonus it adds on the side.
I believe it adds something else than cubits and plot bonus, but I can’t quite remember.
It is quite important on how I approach Boundless, and I find my motivation decreasing the longer it goes without updated information (and I really do want to stay motivated to play!)
