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PlaySafe identity check

Admits only players who have verified their identity and are not banned.

Handle with care
INI key
scum.PlaySafeIdProtection
Default
Off
Type
Yes/No
Section
[General]
scum.PlaySafeIdProtection=False

What does this setting do?

With this on, only players who have verified their identity through PlaySafe and linked their account may join — and who are not banned there. It is the most effective built-in barrier against alternate accounts used by banned players to return.

The price is reach: anyone who has not completed verification cannot get in and often never learns why. On small servers still growing that costs measurable traffic. On servers with a cheating problem it is the measure that genuinely helps.

The default is off.

Which value suits my server?

Relaxed PvE

Off while there are no problems.

Classic PvP

On as soon as alternate accounts appear.

Hardcore

On.

What to watch out for

Rejected players do not know why

The in-game message is terse. If you enable the check, say so clearly in the server name, description and Discord.

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