How does CO OP work with just two players?

[everway9]

Hello everyone. I hope y'all doing good today. :)

I'm going to play CO OP for the first time with a friend tonight and have a few questions.
I'm sorry if they have already been answered before.

So how does co op work. Can my friend and I start a new game together?

Will we be on the plane together?

Will the time of day be the same for us both?

Can we share bases like tree houses?

Can we share items from our inventories?

How does the save game work? Will one players save, save both of our progression.

Basically can we do everything together?

Most importantly will it be a private server where no one else can join unless invited?


I'm sorry if some of those questions seem silly. It's just that I have no idea how this games co- op works.


Many thanks in advance. :)

[Downwithpeace]

Yes you and your friend can start a new game together.
Yes you will both spawn on the plane and should one of you die that person will respawn on the plane, you have a limited amount of time to try and revive the person first.
Time will be the same.
You can share sleeping/save spots, when one of you goes to sleep a circle with 0/2 will pop up, once your both set to sleep it will go to 2/2 and you will sleep.
There's a tray in your inventory that you can combine things with to pass over to your friend, most crfting stuff should be passable.
The host will save the world and their own character, the other player has to save as well or they will loose all the items they picked up/created.
Yes you can build together, blueprints either of you put down will be visible to both players.
To my knowlage you can set it to friends only, or something like that, so your world will be just for the two of you.

[everway9]

WOW.. another super fast reply. Sounds awesome. Thank you so much downwithpeace! :)

So whats the process of starting a new game if you dont mind telling me.. I' a bit slow with these things.

Do I just go to new game and co op and host a session or something? Then what do I do to get my friend and I to start the game together? Sorry if I'm being a bit thick. :)

[Downwithpeace]

Your welcome.

Select Co-op - Host Game (If you want to host) - New Game or Continue.
When selecting New Game a window will pop up offering game name, amount of players and private then create the Lobby. In the Lobby it will show your name with Inivte and Start buttons, use invite to get your friend slist from steam and then invite your friend.
Continue is basically the same but you Continue rather then New Game, it will offer you a save slot to select from and once you select your desired save it should being you to the Lobby where you can invite your friend.

I might have the Continue part incorrect, I don't host so this is more of what I have seen in teh menus rather then actually setting up a game.

[everway9]

Brilliant. Thats a very good and detailed set of instructions. I'm most grateful.

Thanks. :)

[Downwithpeace]

A handy tip, should the host crash or stop responding the other player can still save as the game world will stay open, thow long it stays open I don't know so run to the save spot.

[everway9]

I'll bear that in mind. Thanks

[Ghostlight]

Originally posted by downwithpeace:

The host will save the world and their own character, the other player has to save as well or they will loose all the items they picked up/created.

I've played 50+ hours of co-op as the host, and only I have ever saved. The people I play with have never lost anything.

I will note that I always saved when all of us were in the game.

btw the metal tray you need to use to pass items to other players is found at the back of the plane. If you are used to single player, it is easy to miss it.

[everway9]

Thanka Ghostlight :)

[Downwithpeace]

Originally posted by Ghostlight:

Originally posted by downwithpeace:

The host will save the world and their own character, the other player has to save as well or they will loose all the items they picked up/created.

I've played 50+ hours of co-op as the host, and only I have ever saved. The people I play with have never lost anything.

Must have changed sometime in recent few patches so, not had the chance to check it out today but will test it when coop partner is on.

Ah yes, tray might be on the plane and not auto in your inventory.

[everway9]

yup.. tray is on plane.. thanks.

I played last night with my mate and so far so good.. plenty of bugs and glitches to report but nothing major yet. Spent 3 hours playing... lol only felt like an hour. GG

[Jmh1000]

Is it still possible to be captured at night in co-op?

Or be captured at all?

Edit: I've only ever played co-op so i know nothing about the capturing feature besides it exists.

[Downwithpeace]

I don't think you can be captured in coop, from what I've experienced it's revive a player or respawn at the plane.

[Jmh1000]

Originally posted by downwithpeace:

I don't think you can be captured in coop, from what I've experienced it's revive a player or respawn at the plane.

Too bad. Hope they add it in the future to co-op

[everway9]

I have died many times now in CO OP but only respawned. Not captured. We found the entrance to the cave last night. and both died :D

[everway9]

We experienced a problem. Sometimes trees which have been chopped down by one player do not appear as stumps for the other but as full trees which cant be chopped down. Anyone else experienced this?