From e2c180306ce269f966e21e78f3b692e4396d68fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chomp <dev@dev.sp-tarkov.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:06:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Show error message when player runs a mod that targets a
 newer version of SPT than they have installed

---
 SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs b/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs
index 43d22c0c..5bcc5fe7 100644
--- a/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs
+++ b/SPTarkov.Server/Program.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,27 @@ public static class Program
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
+            if (e.Message.Contains("could not load file or assembly 'sptarkov.server.core, version=", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine(
+                    "========================================================================================================="
+                );
+                Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkRed;
+                Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Black;
+                Console.WriteLine(
+                    "You may have installed a mod that needs a newer version of of SPT installed. Please try updating SPT"
+                );
+
+                Console.ResetColor();
+                Console.WriteLine(e);
+                Console.WriteLine(
+                    "========================================================================================================="
+                );
+
+                Console.ReadLine();
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (e.Message.Contains("could not load file or assembly", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
             {
                 Console.WriteLine(