# Hood Warfare 2: Agree on Private Match House Rules Set a clear equipment rule, choose fallbacks and decide how to handle mistakes before starting a private match. Canonical: https://hood-warfare.com/hood-warfare-2/insights/private-house-rules-agreement/ Published: 2026-11-09 Updated: 2026-10-24 Page reviewed: 2026-11-09 Evidence: Source-based editorial analysis; community claims retain their attribution Version scope: Developer announcements: 1.0.2.0, 1.0.1.4. Later builds have not been verified here. ## Quick answer Set a clear equipment rule, choose fallbacks and decide how to handle mistakes before starting a private match. ## How should you state a house rule before starting? Trapstar Games announced password-protected private matches in 1.0.1.4 and later described fixed or rotating map and mode choices in Create Game in 1.0.2.0. Use those announcements to understand the room options. Treat the equipment rule as a group agreement. The sources reviewed here do not establish an equipment restriction switch. ## What should the host check in the room? For the first round, a fixed map and mode can make the trial easier to review if the option is available in your setup. If you rotate, decide whether the same rule follows the group to the next round. Keep a short note of the agreement where everyone can read it. ## What if someone uses the wrong equipment? If the rule keeps producing disputes, finish or pause the round by agreement. Review the wording together and change it between rounds. That lets everyone make their next choice under the same terms. ## When should you keep, revise or drop a rule? At the end of one round, ask what was difficult about following it. If equipment availability was the problem, expand the allowed choices. If players disagreed about pickups, clarify that single case. If nobody enjoyed the result, drop the rule for the next round. The goal is a room everyone wants to keep playing in. These are suggested hosting practices and have not been tested as game-enforced rules. ## Common questions ### How should you state a house rule before starting? Write one rule that everyone can apply to the equipment they have. For a no-sniper round, agree on which equipment the group means and whether the rule covers pickups as well as starting loadouts. Ask each player to name an available fallback. If someone cannot find an allowed setup, narrow the agreement or choose a different rule before play starts. ### What should the host check in the room? Separate entry from the agreement. First confirm who can join the room. If a friend cannot enter, use the private match guide to check the password and joining stage. Once the group is present, confirm the map and mode, then restate the agreed equipment limits. Ask anyone who joined late to confirm the rule before the next round. ### What if someone uses the wrong equipment? Decide on the recovery step in advance. In a hypothetical no-sniper round, a player accidentally equips an excluded weapon. Ask them to switch to their agreed fallback when they can and to say if they cannot do so yet. Keep the response the same for a friend who misunderstood the rule and one who forgot it. If the group wants a restart in that situation, agree on that before play. ## Revision history 2026-11-09 — Compared the named source material and recorded the limits of the conclusions. ## Sources and scope - [Patch 1.0.1.4 · Developer announcement](https://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791475829503/announcements/detail/672882996184875072): Password private matches, audio output selection, false anti-cheat kicks, join/crash fixes and version check; posted 2026-10-14 UTC; checked 2026-10-17. - [Update 1.0.2.0 · Official servers and fixes](https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1847286114034585): Full original announcement retrieved through Valve news API; posted 2026-10-23 00:53:58 UTC. 40+ EAC-protected official servers, TheStrip/layout and lower-end FPS claims, map/mode rotation, preferred-mode Quick Play, shotgun nerf without numerical values and listed fixes. Developer reports, not independent current-client measurements.; checked 2026-10-23. Interactive tools are available on the canonical HTML page. This text does not include personal browser notes.