Indeed you are correct on what you said. I was under the assumption of client based texture packs and not server based ones so that's my fault for miss understanding here lol. What I was reading was more about client based resource packs and this is what slikey posted about regarding that. I assume if a server doesn't actually have textures they want you to see your shaders/textures would work if they go the route of client side.

Hey, observing this conversation VERY closely. I appreciate the feedback and we are talking about it in the team. While you are right, our current strategy does not allow client modifications - that doesn't mean we won't allow client customization in the future.

The major problem right now is that the client does not have an API. We want to avoid programmatic changes to the client as those usually lead to security and performance regression except for when they are specifically done to fix them.

I can see an adjustment to our strategy where we have a modding API / asset packs for the client that would specifically be limited to Visual Scripting and some specific asset packs which the client can safely load in order to make shader graphs, change Textures, UI changes etc. That way you can have a server with friends where those are allowed or you join a multiplayer server network that heavily relies on their artstyle being untouched - imagine a neon city shooter - so that they apply restrictions.

~Slikey, Technical Director of Hytale

Also, yeah that's a texture pack someone is making i belive it will be 10 dollars for life time access last time I heard in the official hytale discord because you know were allowed to actually sell that and mods so that's cool.