Shadow and live
Start in shadow mode, tune Hydra to your server, then switch to live.
Two modes
| Mode | What happens |
|---|---|
| Shadow | Everything is detected and recorded. Nobody is kicked or banned. |
| Live | Detections act as your policy says: record, review, kick or ban. |
Every new server starts in shadow. You switch modes on the hub's Home page, or in Settings › General.
Your first day or two
Let normal play run
Leave the server in shadow for a day or two of normal play.
Work through "Get your server ready"
The checklist on Home walks you through the things that differ from server to server:
- Staff mode, so your staff tools are not flagged.
- Heal and armour items, so medkits and vests are expected.
- Teleport scripts Hydra found in your resources: trust the ones that move players on purpose, such as hotels, jails, elevators and garages.
Read the review queue
Open Review. What is there is what Hydra would have acted on. Dismiss what your own scripts explain, and use the buttons on a detection to trust that spot or script so it does not come back.
Switch to live
When the queue looks like cheaters rather than your server, switch to live from Home. Keep tuning Policy as you go.
What the default policy does
Hydra's default policy bans only what a cheat alone can produce, such as known menus, injected resources and honeypot events. It kicks spam, tampering and blacklisted weapons, and sends everything heuristic to review for your staff to decide.
Hydra never bans on what a player's own game reports by itself. A client report can at most send a detection to review unless your server saw it too.