how to invite others?

[mobfox]

how do you invite others me and my friend where trying to play for almost 2 hours?

[Vladistad Von Pootistine]

before the game starts up when you first press the play button, does it show 3 circles with 1 of them being filled in?
if so, read them all and i believe choose the one that says server

[Kuri]

Dead, you are not correct, it isn't for playing, 'cause you can't run them both. It's just to host server. The real answer is invite friend in game/join him via Steam FL functions.

[Kuri]

Bizarre, just use Steam FL functions while your friends in game, then they can join you without any problems.

[mobfox]

Originally posted by <-ARKENIUS->:

Bizarre, just use Steam FL functions while your friends in game, then they can join you without any problems.

it wont let my select muiltplayer via steam friends in the options in the game ?

[Ydyp]

Originally posted by BizarreFox:

Originally posted by <-ARKENIUS->:

Bizarre, just use Steam FL functions while your friends in game, then they can join you without any problems.

it wont let my select muiltplayer via steam friends in the options in the game ?

If you don't play on a dedicated server you just launch the game by playing it. it will create an instanced miniserver from your universe. There you find the invite button under your portrait. This should allow you to invite friends through steam FL.

Don't hit multiplayer as that is only to connect to servers and not friends instances.

Also remember all what your friend does is saved in your universe, so if he goes off and finish the main story on his own you will be stuck with a universe where main story is finished. And on the opposite everything your friend does in your universe isn't applied to his. So he has to redo every mission when he hit play on his client.

[mobfox]

Originally posted by Ydyp:

Originally posted by BizarreFox:

it wont let my select muiltplayer via steam friends in the options in the game ?

If you don't play on a dedicated server you just launch the game by playing it. it will create an instanced miniserver from your universe. There you find the invite button under your portrait. This should allow you to invite friends through steam FL.

Don't hit multiplayer as that is only to connect to servers and not friends instances.

Also remember all what your friend does is saved in your universe, so if he goes off and finish the main story on his own you will be stuck with a universe where main story is finished. And on the opposite everything your friend does in your universe isn't applied to his. So he has to redo every mission when he hit play on his client.

do you put in there steam name or?? cause we tired it did nothing

[Kuri]

@CarBoxes, You just need start your world and then invite friend via Steam.

[Ydyp]

Originally posted by <-ARKENIUS->:

@CarBoxes, You just need start your world and then invite friend via Steam.

As Arkenius sais if the button ingame doesn't work use the FL to invite them to game once you have loaded your gameworld. The latter is the most important one you have to be already in the world, could be that you also have to have finished the tutorial (earth) first.

[mobfox]

Originally posted by Ydyp:

Originally posted by <-ARKENIUS->:

@CarBoxes, You just need start your world and then invite friend via Steam.

As Arkenius sais if the button ingame doesn't work use the FL to invite them to game once you have loaded your gameworld. The latter is the most important one you have to be already in the world, could be that you also have to have finished the tutorial (earth) first.

i used Tab Shift to try to Invite him the invite is grayed out andi can join his game but it only takes my to the home sceen and wont do anything esle

[Ydyp]

Originally posted by CarBoxes:

Originally posted by Ydyp:

As Arkenius sais if the button ingame doesn't work use the FL to invite them to game once you have loaded your gameworld. The latter is the most important one you have to be already in the world, could be that you also have to have finished the tutorial (earth) first.

i used Tab Shift to try to Invite him the invite is grayed out andi can join his game but it only takes my to the home sceen and wont do anything esle

The question is are you in your world past the tutorial? If so let him join you.
As the problem you tell us with joining him he is also still ingame on his first world.
And as last point to check, are you both running the game through steam? Or is one using a non-steam version. If that is the case you will have to join through IP to play togehter.

[Shadjrik]

Originally posted by Ydyp:

Originally posted by CarBoxes:

i used Tab Shift to try to Invite him the invite is grayed out andi can join his game but it only takes my to the home sceen and wont do anything esle

The question is are you in your world past the tutorial? If so let him join you.
As the problem you tell us with joining him he is also still ingame on his first world.

your not understanding. we've tried all this. we both are past the tutorial im still in game. the problem is i have no opions to join him and anytime he tries to join me he is eathier sent to the main menu or is told that we are not playing the same game when we clearly are.

[Ydyp]

Originally posted by shadjrik:

Originally posted by Ydyp:

The question is are you in your world past the tutorial? If so let him join you.
As the problem you tell us with joining him he is also still ingame on his first world.

your not understanding. we've tried all this. we both are past the tutorial im still in game. the problem is i have no opions to join him and anytime he tries to join me he is eathier sent to the main menu or is told that we are not playing the same game when we clearly are.

Look at the last point of the semi quoted message. And with the error you state that one seems more likely that one of you aren't running the game through steam. So try to enable connect through IP and use that.

[Shadjrik]

Originally posted by Ydyp:

Originally posted by shadjrik:

your not understanding. we've tried all this. we both are past the tutorial im still in game. the problem is i have no opions to join him and anytime he tries to join me he is eathier sent to the main menu or is told that we are not playing the same game when we clearly are.

Look at the last point of the semi quoted message. And with the error you state that one seems more likely that one of you aren't running the game through steam. So try to enable connect through IP and use that.

kay

[Shadjrik]

Originally posted by Ydyp:

Originally posted by shadjrik:

your not understanding. we've tried all this. we both are past the tutorial im still in game. the problem is i have no opions to join him and anytime he tries to join me he is eathier sent to the main menu or is told that we are not playing the same game when we clearly are.

Look at the last point of the semi quoted message. And with the error you state that one seems more likely that one of you aren't running the game through steam. So try to enable connect through IP and use that.

this is acully the worst

[Ydyp]

Originally posted by shadjrik:

Originally posted by Ydyp:

Look at the last point of the semi quoted message. And with the error you state that one seems more likely that one of you aren't running the game through steam. So try to enable connect through IP and use that.

this is acully the worst

Well I know connecting through IP is a bad thing, but is an option that should work. And if it doesn't then there is a misconfiguration in the firewall you or your friend is using.

Also make sure to not give your IP to persons you don't trust and check every few days for a chagned one. Some ISP don't have static IP, so it can change on set intervals.