ID:2507299
 
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If the BYOND Hub goes down (again), would it be possible to runtime switch to something like serverside password-based client authentication until it's detected the Hub is back up?
Best response
You might be able to execute ".configuration hub-address none" on the client using winset() at runtime, but client/authenticate is only respected for its compile-time value.
In response to Nadrew
Nadrew wrote:
You might be able to execute ".configuration hub-address none" on the client using winset() at runtime, but client/authenticate is only respected for its compile-time value.

Wait, but wouldn't authentication happen before the /client/New() call? If so, how would I execute that on a client that hasn't even been initialized yet?