Can xbox and steam users play together?

[Makima]

Recently got this game on the MS store through the 1$ monthly thing :p
My question is, can we play together?
Game is fun, but would be nice to have people to play with :D..

[Splashbang]

No, they cannot play together. Steam players can only play with other Steam players.

Only Windows 10 version players and Xbox players can play together.

[Vinter]

This game really needs a real robust online system.

[Splashbang]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Vinter:

This game really needs a real robust online system.

From what i know, they're already working on the multiplayer aspect to make it more stable, if you're referring to the multiplayer issues e.g lag and such.

[Vinter]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Grumpy old Git:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Vinter:

This game really needs a real robust online system.

From what i know, they're already working on the multiplayer aspect to make it more stable, if you're referring to the multiplayer issues e.g lag and such.

Dedicated servers so people don't have to go on Discord / Steam forums to find someone to play with...

[Splashbang]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Vinter:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Grumpy old Git:

From what i know, they're already working on the multiplayer aspect to make it more stable, if you're referring to the multiplayer issues e.g lag and such.

Dedicated servers so people don't have to go on Discord / Steam forums to find someone to play with...

Yeah i agree, and i've also posted about it to them myself. Online time will tell what they do about such a feature really.

[Kunogi]

There is the DIRECT IP CONNECTION option, which allows to connect directly and to dedicated servers, prob you can cross play using that.

[Splashbang]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Kunogi:

There is the DIRECT IP CONNECTION option, which allows to connect directly and to dedicated servers, prob you can cross play using that.

There are no dedicated servers yet. It currently works using Peer to Peer connections, meaning that one person host and plays at the same time, and when they log off, the connection will be lost for anyone who was playing with them. Not even sure if they are working on dedicated server support for this game, though that would definitely be the best way to do multiplayer in this game. They would of course have to let server hosts set up their servers the way they want to by enabling all the hidden settings for multiplayer and possibly more, for a more tailored setup.

[Kunogi]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Grumpy old Git:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Kunogi:

There is the DIRECT IP CONNECTION option, which allows to connect directly and to dedicated servers, prob you can cross play using that.

There are no dedicated servers yet. It currently works using Peer to Peer connections, meaning that one person host and plays at the same time, and when they log off, the connection will be lost for anyone who was playing with them. Not even sure if they are working on dedicated server support for this game, though that would definitely be the best way to do multiplayer in this game. They would of course have to let server hosts set up their servers the way they want to by enabling all the hidden settings for multiplayer and possibly more, for a more tailored setup.

There is since long ago, just download the dedicated server and host it, i have one myself. Its running on latest alpha, and you can freely mod it the same as you can with the normal game.
omega.servegame.com:8787

[Splashbang]

I strongly advise against downloading any such software or files unless it's directly from the developer themselves.

[Kunogi]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Grumpy old Git:

I strongly advise against downloading any such software or files unless it's directly from the developer themselves.

Sorry in advance if im being rude (im used to be on many competitive online games, so trolling is quite common there), assuming that you are not trolling, did you check all the dev announcements (including here and on the discord)? They officially released the dedicated server build (basically the game built on unity using the server option to run as command-line only), and you can download it directly from steam, or use any open-source cmdlets to download steam software directly and run (the only down-side is that right now it only runs on windows, so cant host on linux yet), its pretty known thing already. If you are not on the game discord i would advise joining there given theres plenty of people to play there.
Quick-how-to: Go to your steam library -> where its filtering by games tap there and put to filter by software instead -> a list of game-related software will pop-up -> you will find Craftopia Dedicated Server there -> install and run normally as if it was the game -> you can configure it going into appdata files and modify further by modding it yourself like the base game and in addition run some console commands to maintain the server (like kicks and bans)

[Splashbang]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Kunogi:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Grumpy old Git:

I strongly advise against downloading any such software or files unless it's directly from the developer themselves.

Sorry in advance if im being rude (im used to be on many competitive online games, so trolling is quite common there), assuming that you are not trolling, did you check all the dev announcements (including here and on the discord)? They officially released the dedicated server build (basically the game built on unity using the server option to run as command-line only), and you can download it directly from steam, or use any open-source cmdlets to download steam software directly and run (the only down-side is that right now it only runs on windows, so cant host on linux yet), its pretty known thing already. If you are not on the game discord i would advise joining there given theres plenty of people to play there.
Quick-how-to: Go to your steam library -> where its filtering by games tap there and put to filter by software instead -> a list of game-related software will pop-up -> you will find Craftopia Dedicated Server there -> install and run normally as if it was the game -> you can configure it going into appdata files and modify further by modding it yourself like the base game and in addition run some console commands to maintain the server (like kicks and bans)

I wasn't aware that they've released a dedicated server build themselves. However, this thread is not about the PC version but whether or not Xbox and Steam users can play together, which i already answered. There is no dedicated servers for Xbox players.

[Kunogi]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Grumpy old Git:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Kunogi:

Sorry in advance if im being rude (im used to be on many competitive online games, so trolling is quite common there), assuming that you are not trolling, did you check all the dev announcements (including here and on the discord)? They officially released the dedicated server build (basically the game built on unity using the server option to run as command-line only), and you can download it directly from steam, or use any open-source cmdlets to download steam software directly and run (the only down-side is that right now it only runs on windows, so cant host on linux yet), its pretty known thing already. If you are not on the game discord i would advise joining there given theres plenty of people to play there.
Quick-how-to: Go to your steam library -> where its filtering by games tap there and put to filter by software instead -> a list of game-related software will pop-up -> you will find Craftopia Dedicated Server there -> install and run normally as if it was the game -> you can configure it going into appdata files and modify further by modding it yourself like the base game and in addition run some console commands to maintain the server (like kicks and bans)

I wasn't aware that they've released a dedicated server build themselves. However, this thread is not about the PC version but whether or not Xbox and Steam users can play together, which i already answered. There is no dedicated servers for Xbox players.

Dedicated servers works by direct IP connection, which uses the game network protocol, thus theres literally no binding between steam network or xbox network, as long as you can type the ip where u wanna connect on the xbox, u can play together. Unless you telling me that the xbox version lacks the "Connect by IP" option on the multiplayer menu.

[Splashbang]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Kunogi:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Grumpy old Git:

I wasn't aware that they've released a dedicated server build themselves. However, this thread is not about the PC version but whether or not Xbox and Steam users can play together, which i already answered. There is no dedicated servers for Xbox players.

Dedicated servers works by direct IP connection, which uses the game network protocol, thus theres literally no binding between steam network or xbox network, as long as you can type the ip where u wanna connect on the xbox, u can play together. Unless you telling me that the xbox version lacks the "Connect by IP" option on the multiplayer menu.

I know what dedicated server is. I've hosted multiple dedicated servers for years in other games.

You can't do direct IP connections on a console because they need to go through e.g Xbox Live Services, acting as a medium before connecting to any server, and the server need to be an actual Xbox dedicated server running a server side software developed for the console.

There is, and have never been any direct IP connection options for any game on Xbox Live. It's either Peer to Peer, or games where the developers have already established their own dedicated servers in which the game has a server browser where you can connect by picking a server of your choice from said list.

PC is different because it's much easier to set up servers since most games are developed on the PC platform to begin with.

A dedicated server just means that there's no active player on the server rig itself and that the server won't be disconnected when the server owner logs off.

So no, there are no dedicated servers run by players on the console and there won't be unless the developers of the game contacts Microsoft and look at potential hosting partners for the game, which can be somewhat messy for the console and cost a bit of money.

[Kunogi]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Grumpy old Git:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Kunogi:

Dedicated servers works by direct IP connection, which uses the game network protocol, thus theres literally no binding between steam network or xbox network, as long as you can type the ip where u wanna connect on the xbox, u can play together. Unless you telling me that the xbox version lacks the "Connect by IP" option on the multiplayer menu.

I know what dedicated server is. I've hosted multiple dedicated servers for years in other games.

You can't do direct IP connections on a console because they need to go through e.g Xbox Live Services, acting as a medium before connecting to any server, and the server need to be an actual Xbox dedicated server running a server side software developed for the console.

There is, and have never been any direct IP connection options for any game on Xbox Live. It's either Peer to Peer, or games where the developers have already established their own dedicated servers in which the game has a server browser where you can connect by picking a server of your choice from said list.

PC is different because it's much easier to set up servers since most games are developed on the PC platform to begin with.

A dedicated server just means that there's no active player on the server rig itself and that the server won't be disconnected when the server owner logs off.

So no, there are no dedicated servers run by players on the console and there won't be unless the developers of the game contacts Microsoft and look at potential hosting partners for the game, which can be somewhat messy for the console and cost a bit of money.

Ok, so if theres no direct ip option, then yeh, cant be helped

[arnoldnederland]

Thats the biggest problem on this game.
Got a dedicated server running for multiple games most crossplay with xbox and pc. But because of the lack of the ip login button cant crossplay.