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Count D'Cinamon Aug 3, 2018 @ 1:31am
How's the multiplayer work in NMS?
Title. Does it have server and stuff, or is it like p2p or something like that?
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Originally posted by IcemanAD:
With the Next update you can join a friend's game or have them join your game. When you spawn, it puts you in the same system as the person you joined. Friends in your game are now easy to find with the addition of a black silhouette icon to track them and the pulse drive will lock onto them for easy following. The player icon is also visible in the galaxy map to help find someone once they leave the system.

A friend joined me with a new game and it started him on a planet in my home system, without a starship just like if you started a new game without joining someone. The sad part is that it started him on a scorched planet instead of my paradise planet. Just a quick ride to the other planet and I was able to join up with him and help him survive a fire storm.

I joined another friend's game and loaded my save file and was loaded into space in my ship in the system he was in. I had my complete inventory and was able to call my other ships, including my capital ship.
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Mighty Mike Aug 3, 2018 @ 1:33am 
I think people in your friend list can join your games, or you can join to other players.
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Tinetic Aug 3, 2018 @ 1:34am 
A player is the host. Others can join your session as long as you didnt disable it or you can join others. No overall server, just some players internet xD
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BonPadre Aug 3, 2018 @ 1:34am 
player hosted and locally saved...
no servers for the core game you play.
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Count D'Cinamon Aug 3, 2018 @ 1:38am 
so its p2p. can you join random people's session or only your friend's?
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A TIN OF JAR Aug 3, 2018 @ 1:44am 
Originally posted by Count D'Cinamon:
so its p2p. can you join random people's session or only your friend's?

This is what ive been wondering .... Is it possible just bump into random players?
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Nazemec Aug 3, 2018 @ 1:47am 
Originally posted by A TIN OF JAR:
Originally posted by Count D'Cinamon:
so its p2p. can you join random people's session or only your friend's?

This is what ive been wondering .... Is it possible just bump into random players?
If you just are in the same system, you'll see players as orbs you can't interact with. To interact with a player, you have to join their game from the main menu (either a friend or completely random).
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Count D'Cinamon Aug 3, 2018 @ 1:50am 
Originally posted by Nazemec:
If you just are in the same system, you'll see players as orbs you can't interact with. To interact with a player, you have to join their game from the main menu (either a friend or completely random).

Ah i see. Can you force to kick other player from your game or other will be able to join you no matter what as long as you are connected to the internet?
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Nazemec Aug 3, 2018 @ 1:53am 
Originally posted by Count D'Cinamon:
Originally posted by Nazemec:
If you just are in the same system, you'll see players as orbs you can't interact with. To interact with a player, you have to join their game from the main menu (either a friend or completely random).

Ah i see. Can you force to kick other player from your game or other will be able to join you no matter what as long as you are connected to the internet?
You can disable the "joined by randoms" part, though it's not obvious. You have to disable online play. For some reason friends can still join, if I remember correctly some thread about it I saw here a few days ago.
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Count D'Cinamon Aug 3, 2018 @ 1:55am 
Originally posted by Nazemec:
You can disable the "joined by randoms" part, though it's not obvious. You have to disable online play. For some reason friends can still join, if I remember correctly some thread about it I saw here a few days ago.
Ok thats the info i needed. Thanks a lot! I might gonna buy the game since it looks promising now, just curious how the multiplayer experience will be
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BassHeadWill Aug 3, 2018 @ 2:37am 
multiplayer is a nice feature so long as you have friends to play with. i had a random join my game last night and he was in for about 20 mins before leaving, never saw or ran into him. maybe it might be different the closer you get to the galactic core, might run into many more people in those areas.
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IcemanAD Aug 3, 2018 @ 3:01am 
With the Next update you can join a friend's game or have them join your game. When you spawn, it puts you in the same system as the person you joined. Friends in your game are now easy to find with the addition of a black silhouette icon to track them and the pulse drive will lock onto them for easy following. The player icon is also visible in the galaxy map to help find someone once they leave the system.

A friend joined me with a new game and it started him on a planet in my home system, without a starship just like if you started a new game without joining someone. The sad part is that it started him on a scorched planet instead of my paradise planet. Just a quick ride to the other planet and I was able to join up with him and help him survive a fire storm.

I joined another friend's game and loaded my save file and was loaded into space in my ship in the system he was in. I had my complete inventory and was able to call my other ships, including my capital ship.
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Caduryn Aug 3, 2018 @ 3:05am 
Originally posted by Nazemec:
Originally posted by Count D'Cinamon:

Ah i see. Can you force to kick other player from your game or other will be able to join you no matter what as long as you are connected to the internet?
You can disable the "joined by randoms" part, though it's not obvious. You have to disable online play. For some reason friends can still join, if I remember correctly some thread about it I saw here a few days ago.
Friends can not join with Network off.
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Nazemec Aug 3, 2018 @ 3:06am 
Originally posted by caduryn:
Originally posted by Nazemec:
You can disable the "joined by randoms" part, though it's not obvious. You have to disable online play. For some reason friends can still join, if I remember correctly some thread about it I saw here a few days ago.
Friends can not join with Network off.
Guess I misread then, thanks for the information. Updating knowledge...
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Count D'Cinamon Aug 3, 2018 @ 3:17am 
Originally posted by GNxSI13NTKI113R:
multiplayer is a nice feature so long as you have friends to play with. i had a random join my game last night and he was in for about 20 mins before leaving, never saw or ran into him. maybe it might be different the closer you get to the galactic core, might run into many more people in those areas.
Well making new friends that got the game should be easy rather than trying to convince your friend to play it with you XD
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BassHeadWill Aug 3, 2018 @ 3:49am 
Originally posted by Count D'Cinamon:
Originally posted by GNxSI13NTKI113R:
multiplayer is a nice feature so long as you have friends to play with. i had a random join my game last night and he was in for about 20 mins before leaving, never saw or ran into him. maybe it might be different the closer you get to the galactic core, might run into many more people in those areas.
Well making new friends that got the game should be easy rather than trying to convince your friend to play it with you XD
very true, if you do end up getting the game feel free to add me. will be more than happy to join you or vice versa....it gets really boring running around an ice planet harvesting di-hydrogen alone xD
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