I have another dollar...
First off:
I play on PMC for years together with my girlfriend and we started to use LabyMod 4 days ago, when I read the post on discord that the command "/ping" is now useable to all players, because of fairness due to the fact that LabyMod-Users could use it before too...
Until that day we only used Optifine and I was glad with it, but now I started thinking about other possible features, so I downloaded LabyMod and installed it for us with forge in version 1.12.2 and for the first time I checked all addons and so we started with using LabyMod...
After the first login to the hud we got the message, that there are two addons installed with our client which are not allowed on the server. The messages looked like "VoiceChat is not allowed on this server!" and "DamageIndicator is not allowed on this server!", so I disabled and deinstalled these both addons, but installed other addons like FriendTag, ChatTime and AutoRelog on the other hand and restarted the clients...
The warning messages were gone and I began to set up and individual GUI for us, looking forward for all the features we are now able to use like the DirectionHud and Chatfilters for example, which I really don't want to miss anymore...
After some hours of trying out I found the best LabyMod settings for us and now we are happy LabyMod-Users...
My dollar:
I started now to search for any hints about other mods, which are possibly allowed and I found the
Server Rules, where you can read the following:
You will get an instant permanent ban, if you are using ANY unapproved mods on the server!
FPS-Enhancers(?), HUD-Enhancement(?), Music Mods(?) and LabyMod is approved!
Minimap, Keybindings Mods, Damage Indicators and LabyMod Voice Chat is blacklisted!
THE PERFECT CONFUSION!!!
There are blacklisted features with an approved mod or is there an approved mod with blacklisted features?
Also there was no warning message for using the Minimap addon like it was for the DamageIndicator or the VoiceChat and also there is no "LabyMod" in front of the "Minimap" in the blacklist, like you can see it with "LabyMod Voice Chat". But with "Damage Indicators" you can alse see no "LabyMod" in front and the LabyMod DamageIndicator addon is not allowed.
If you look at the Laby-Minimap settings, you can see that some functions of the Minimap are disabled by the server, for example the function to see other players in the minimap or the function to see caves in the underground...
And in the thread
LabyMod Update you can read that LabyMod was allowed, because they blocked all features they didn't want players to use like some of the features in the Laby-Minimap...
My questions:
1.) Can you now use Labymod without the DamageIndicator or the VoiceChat addon, but using it's Laby-Minimap without using the not allowed features or is the Laby-Minimap also blacklisted?
2.) If the Laby-Minimap is fully blacklisted, why are some functions of he Minimap especially not allowed, if the whole feature is not allowed itself?
3.) What are FPS-Enhancers, HUD-Enhancement and Music Mods? Is there a special list for allowed HUD Enhancement for example or is it risky to use any of them, because the are unapproved?
We really don't want to be banned due to such inaccuracies or stupid mistakes...
We invested a lot of time and money in our characters, so it would be a big loss to us to lose our characters...
I think, you should think about change and clearify these rules for everyone and help the new and
inexperienced players insted of banning older players for improving their game with some harmless mods...
Improving gameplay is the only reason every mod ever was created at all. So I would prefer to give the new players some hints on how to install and set up these mods for them too, like we started using LabyMod now and enjoy the improvements... =)
Please don't forget to answer my questions...