Hello,

Even as I write this, I realize I already know the answer to the question. But still have to ask, why does LFS not have a standalone server executable? As in, if I want to host a server, why must I use your hosts and cannot have my own?

Sorry if the question may be dumb but I was curious and couldn't settle on an answer.

It was done this way to prevent people from creating illegal cracked servers using the latest versions.

For old versions (before the mods) we did release dedicated servers.

But the cracked LFS community running on a pirate master server had grown bigger than the legit community and we didn't earn enough money to live on, which obviously could be a problem in the end.

There was one solution, make something new (mods) and stop releasing the dedicated server software.