We've decided to make some changes to our rules regarding custom textures/player modifications for both these boards and the Challenge mode boards. These changes are to make it reasonable for moderators/verifiers/admins to look through .vpk files and know whether the person is cheating without putting decades into it.

1. We'd like to introduce Modpacks. Modpacks are custom files or VPK's with one or several modifications that are pre-approved by moderators. Modpacks can circumvent any of these new rules because they will be pre-approved by a SRC-Moderator or CM Admin. They'll be made available in #resources of our linked discord, but if we end up having too much content we may move it to a google drive so as to not clog up #resources. Just make sure to not modify them, after all only the default versions of the Modpacks will be whitelisted.

2. We're limiting which files can be edited. Listing them here would be too long for an announcement, but you'll be able to find a list on https://rules.portal2.sr/ or here for a visual: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C8lGxwyicsJU29Twrr0Xf8TfvjM6YV4qKjgPpxGtu_0/edit . We likely will take requests to expand this list but overall we do not want it to be massive.

3. Along with the previous point, the only files that we'll be putting on this list are .vtf files. Have you ever looked at .vmt files or .res files. It's safe to say that if you were given a random set of potentially 100's of these that you'd find it an insurmountable task to thoroughly check them all for cheats.

4. We're setting a size limit of 50MB total for all of the individual player's custom content. These apply across all DLC folders and VPK files. Modpacks will not be included in the 50MB limit as they wouldn't need to be checked. In the future we may decide to increase or decrease this number depending on how all these changes end up affecting the verifiers. It's possible 50MB is still too much and it needs more lowering, it's also possible 50MB isn't a hassle we up it to 100MB (if more was desired by the community ofc).