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Yes, any .pk3 files you put in your silent folder will be required by the clients. They will have to manually clean up their own folders, you cannot have the server instruct the client to delete a file. This would be bad. So if you change your sound pak every week, a client will need to re-download it. My clan does a versioning system on the file so that there aren't any problems with duplicate file names or anything like that. But this would result in you "polluting" your clients folders with a bunch of pk3s that they don't need. This shouldn't affect them from server to server, but can create an unpredicatable configuration when hosting a local server. Some servers will even modify the loading screens and default ET menus. And this is how modding is done in general - ANY file that is in the pak0.pk3 file or silent pk3 file can be overwritten by your own files, provided they are named the same and in the exact same directory inside your own pk3 file. So if you wanted custom skins or to modify the weapon sounds, you can do this easily in your own pk3 file and put it in your silent folder.