Hi everyone,
We've updated our community and multiplayer rules. The rules are posted below, but you'll always be able to find the latest versions on the Steam forums or on our Discord server.
Community Rules
For years we’ve always had implied vague rules. In general, this just meant being nice to each other and not being annoying. However, now that the community has grown, it is time we lay down some more explicit rules about what exactly is off limits in the community, and the general attitude towards other players.
Homebrew's community is meant to be welcoming, nice, and family friendly. As such, keep the chat and workshop content positive and suitable for players of all ages. This means that violence, strong language, and sexual content will NOT be tolerated in the game chat or in workshop content.
When playing on official servers, or using the global chat, please note that the following behaviour is strictly off limits:
- Use of discriminatory language. E.g. attacking other players or groups of people based on their ethnic, racial, gender or cultural status.
- Griefing other players on the server. E.g. obstructing the builder, stealing vehicles without permission, spawning annoying light/noise/smoke/FPS-killing vehicles.
- Consistently insulting, demeaning, or generally negative behaviour towards other players and their creations. If you do not want to be part of a friendly, collaborative environment then do not play on our servers.
- Spamming the chat.
In addition to the above rules, we expect players to use common sense and decency when interacting with one another. Moderators reserve the right to temporarily or permanently remove any players who are explicitly breaking rules or who are for other reasons causing trouble.
In most cases you will be warned via chat message before being kicked, and again if you rejoin after being kicked. However, moderators are not required to warn players before kicking them. This is because there are some time-sensitive instances where warning a person would take too long. For example, if someone has severely lowered FPS of all players on a server, a moderator may kick several players that are suspected of causing the FPS drop (in order to de-spawn the offending vehicle). These players may not be warned beforehand, depending on the severity of the issue. However, once the moderator discovers who caused the FPS drop, the offending player will be warned and dealt with.
Now that we have multiple moderators, expect faster reactions to reports. Please do not hesitate to flag forum discussions or workshop posts that you feel break these rules. That also goes for people ingame, and on Discord as well. If someone is causing trouble and needs to be dealt with, let a moderator know. There are times when dealing with the person yourself can only escalate the issue. Please use your best judgement before trying to deal with the offending person yourself, but please also get a moderator’s attention. The best way to do so is to PM one of us on Discord. If a moderator is not available at the time, and there is a serious issue, make sure to gather proof, such as a video or screenshot, that will help us deal with the issue.
Also, as usual, please report any bugs you find! Reporting bugs is the best way to get them fixed, so please don’t hesitate to report them! Moderators will do their best to verify and keep track of any reported bugs, as well as helping players work around these bugs and solve any issues they create. Provide as much detail as you possibly can when reporting bugs. Helpful details include: what is bugging, what else has a similar issue, what you were doing at the time, how to recreate the bug, etc. You can report bugs on Discord or Steam Forums. If it’s an especially game-breaking bug, flag the post too, it will help get our attention.
Finally, a big thanks to all the wonderful players that make our community so enjoyable to be part of. Remember: Dream, Build, Enjoy. :)