[Radoye]

It must be possible to install a chkr, a l'a punkbuser on the online server, so that the version of each, connecting hosts button file is checked, I think that would be a more intelligent solution to your problem, than trying to control who and how people are doing their Mods?, just a thought .

It would quickly become impractical, because with virtually everyone modifying the FM's according to their own preference soon there will be no two people on this earth with exactly the same mods/buttons file combo.

So again some kind of an outside authority would have to say "this and only this is the buttons you're allowed to use online and you will not be allowed on the servers if you use anything else" - and the entire debate about control, power and dictatorship ignites again, the community will again be split with "good"/"dictator" servers and websites on one side and "rogue"/"free" servers and websites on the other.

Personally, i'm an offliner so the online issues don't bother me that much and i would love to have the opportunity to play with the FM's and tweak them freely to my liking but i do understand the concerns of the online community and the need to preserve the integrity of "their" gameplay.

Once the genie is out of the bottle there's no way to put it back again.

And there's no way to make everyone happy.