The solution can easily be found in the past. Developers originally released server applications so people could host their own multi-player games [0]. They of

The solution can easily be found in the past. Developers originally released server applications so people could host their own multi-player games [0]. They often would release both a Windows and Linux server application. Games even came packaged with server hosting a player could host a multi-player game [1]. Allowing the communication protocol to be re-verse engineered so people can build and run their own servers [2]. [0] https://wiki.unrealadmin.org/Server_Install_linux https://wiki.unrealadmin.org/Server_Install_linux [1] https://wolffiles.de/etmanual/en/Tech%20Help/Information/Server%20Setup.htm https://wolffiles.de/etmanual/en/Tech%20Help/Information/Ser... [2] https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/05/activision-kills-fan-clients-for-classic-call-of-duty-multiplayer-mods/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/05/activision-kills-fan-...