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From roadmap:

Allow loading games with different mod settings (and automatically download the mods if necessary

Does it mean that we would be able to join multiplayer games that has different modlist than what we have?

I mean, imagine that I have all the mods downloaded on my PC, and I try to join a server that has 5 mods active and my PC has 300 mods active, that feature would syncronize the server mods with my machine's and allow me to join the server?
The other way around would also work? Say I don't have mods in my PC and I try to join a modded server, would I download their mods automatically and then join?

The server mods would probably be fixed, but your PC would automatically download whatever mods the server uses. And the same with save games etc.