game server engineering
New Vegas Together Delivery
Portable New Vegas Together distribution design that preserves a player’s base-game installation while managing modded multiplayer content separately.
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Challenge and constraints
A multiplayer modpack must protect the user’s stock game, make source provenance clear, and prove repair and rollback behavior before broad release.
Constraints
- The stock game installation must remain untouched
- Source provenance must stay clear
- Private distribution data stays out of public feeds
What I owned
Product direction, release engineering, distribution design, mod-intake review, validation planning, and technical documentation.
Ownership
- Define portable-instance boundaries
- Review mod compatibility and source provenance
- Maintain install and repair gates
- Document rollout and rollback requirements
Decisions and implementation
The decisions define the boundary; the implementation records what was delivered inside it.
Decisions
- Preserve the default game installation
- Keep private distribution data out of public feeds and documentation
Implementation
- Isolated portable instance
- Mod compatibility and provenance review
- Launcher-managed install and repair gates
- Rollback documentation
Validation
Evidence is checked against the surface it is meant to demonstrate.
Checks
- Pack validation scripts
- Compatibility-matrix review
- Launcher-managed install gates
- Rollback-proof checklist
Evidence-backed outcomes
Each delivered result is paired with the public proof basis that supports it.
- Documented the isolated-instance modelBasis: Shown in the portable-instance delivery and recovery diagram.
- Recorded production-readiness blockersBasis: Supported by compatibility-matrix and rollout-checklist review.
- Defined the modpack delivery contractBasis: Supported by pack validation and launcher-managed install gates.
Evidence gallery
Each artifact is selected for what it explains and reviewed for public safety.
