BetterIngameAdmin

As reliable and convenient as the official servers of a game are, many developers realize how difficult it can be to cater to the vast array of differences in preferences of a video game’s player base, ultimately providing support for custom community-hosted servers. Those who wish to go a step further in terms of customization can rely on mods such as BetterIngameAdmin.

In figuring out the true potential of the Frostbite 2 engine powering Battlefield 3, a series of passionate fans gathered forces to create a flexible modding platform known as Venice Unleashed, capable of offering quality-of-life improvements to a game long abandoned by the original studio. Among the higher tick rate and bot support, players have the opportunity to tweak more server settings as well.

While certain external GUI or command-line based utilities can already be employed, the app at hand lets players make the changes from within the game, thus removing the need for switching between different windows of opened programs or installing multi-monitor setups to do so.

When testing bot-filled servers, players may notice that their pathfinding abilities can differ from one level to another, which is why the mod allows you to switch between maps on the fly before deciding on a certain order. One round can be played in the regular Conquest mode, while the next one can have vehicles, regenerative health and HUD elements disabled for a more realistic experience.

Moreover, teammates abusing the friendly-fire mode and seeking to ruin the strategic gameplay can also be removed once their kill count exceeds a user-set number, while persistently toxic individuals can be permanently banned after being kicked for a particular amount of times. Team deathmatch-based servers with a low number of maximum players may also benefit from the ability to kick idle players when necessary.

Sometimes, minimizing the game to access the server control panel can be both immersion-breaking and disorienting. Other times, picking a different map is necessary to refresh the gameplay and fit the players’ needs. If your use-case fits both circumstances, BetterIngameAdmin should come in handy given its flexibility.