When will this game have multiplayer?

[Daeminos]

Im currently using a mod for mp but it doesn't work with most other mods. Would be nice if we could just have mp built into the game.

[Bathory]

It probably never will.

[Paroe]

If youre using zenriths multiplayer, theres lots of mods it works with. Im using a ~233 mod list with a friend.

That being said, you DEFINITELY need the mod frameratecontrol and to be careful of mods that arent just XML.

[Limdood]

This game was never intended to have multiplayer. It wasn't designed with multiplayer in mind. It wasn't optimized with any regard to multiplayer. It almost certainly will never have multiplayer as a base game feature.

[Paroe]

Originally posted by Limdood:

This game was never intended to have multiplayer. It wasn't designed with multiplayer in mind. It wasn't optimized with any regard to multiplayer. It almost certainly will never have multiplayer as a base game feature.

I wouldnt say "never".
I can DEFINITELY see open world style multiplayer with unmodded being a thing Ludeon adds in the future. Remember, if a mod can do it then the developer can do it better.

But i cant see zenriths multiplayer being official. Its not like it goes against the games core design or anything, its just a thousand times more finicky.

[Narrowmind]

Very strong suggestions that it's coming very soon, actually.

[alation13]

Can we have micro transactions and loot boxes to go with our multiplayer experience?

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by alation13:

Can we have micro transactions and loot boxes to go with our multiplayer experience?

Sure, with open General Chat and no moderators, too, I bet! Won't that be great??


"No, it wasn't great," said the Narrator in Morgan Freeman's voice.

[DasaKamov]

Originally posted by Ratlegion:

Very strong suggestions that it's coming very soon, actually.

Citation needed.

[boytype]

Originally posted by Ratlegion:

Very strong suggestions that it's coming very soon, actually.

Originally posted by DasaKamov:

Citation needed.

Yeah, I would also like to know what magical divining spells you have used to glean this information, since nothing that has been said by the Dev team or Tynan has suggested that it is ever coming to the game at all.

Citation definitely needed.

[Narrowmind]

lol okay.

[Narrowmind]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWeIfwzZPD0

[Bathory]

tl;dr Ludeon hired a multiplayer coder. I wouldn't call that a strong suggestion. It just means Tynan has ideas which may or may not involve Rimworld.

[Jaasrg]

Originally posted by Ratlegion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWeIfwzZPD0

Oh
My
God

You know what this means, lads?
Half-Life 3 confirmed!

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by Bathory:

tl;dr Ludeon hired a multiplayer coder. I wouldn't call that a strong suggestion. It just means Tynan has ideas which may or may not involve Rimworld.

They subscribed to Steam's matchmaking API for online services sometime last year... or the year before, I forget. (It was before the latest DLC, for sure.) I haven't checked to see if they've signed up for anything else since then.

So, it's not a secret that they were at least "acting like" they were developing an online multiplayer component. There's not a lot of use for those products other than that unless they wanted to maybe work on some other online tie-in, which wouldn't make any sense.

It would make sense if they were working on another game product that's not associated with Rimworld, though.

Either way? There's an almost smoking gun example of why many think it's likely they're at least thinking about it.

Found this: https://steamdb.info/app/294100/subs/

"Anonymous Dedicated Server Comp"

So, maybe they're trying to tie-in player-run multiplayer games via Steam and Steam's matchmaking/online API? /shrug

Or, it's all just a red herring and they're planning on jumping in bed with Games Workshop and FunPop?

[Robo]

Originally posted by Paroe:

Originally posted by Limdood:

This game was never intended to have multiplayer. It wasn't designed with multiplayer in mind. It wasn't optimized with any regard to multiplayer. It almost certainly will never have multiplayer as a base game feature.

I wouldnt say "never".
Remember, if a mod can do it then the developer can do it better.

Debatable. There are many modders both within RimWorld and in other games that prove that they can produce better content than developers. Whether it's through passion, the amount of time they have, or some other reason.

Someone in this thread had mentioned that a modder for a multiplayer mod was hired at one point, so that supports the idea that multiplayer may be a feature in an update or a new DLC (Hopefully it's not the latter though).