Multiplayer Fails

[Outlaw]

So six and a half years down the road the multiplayer doesn't work it connect's up fine but just drop's the joining player out for no reason at any point in time you can be 5 minutes in or 2 hours but drop it will, very frustrating and makes the game unplayable.

[The Old Bear]

The multiplayer online is a new update so I expected issues with it. The game is in it's 6th year of early access not it's 6th year after full release. The way your post makes it sound is that the devs just leave bugs in the game for six years and dont do anything about them, which seems very disingenuous . I say this more for people considering buying the game who may be checking on the forums to help with the decision and find this post. I understand new updates can be frustrating. Slow development can be frustrating. Bugs, crashes and disconnects are frustrating. So don't blame you for coming to the forums to express your frustration and experience with the game. If you are talking about the lan line co-op and not online then disregard this because lan line co-op is not a new update. I would still want to remind people its in early access though and bugs are to be expected, especially when any new feature is added.

[roryPye@1976]

Multiplayer is bad, endless crashes and bugs. two of us having to constantly disconnect and log back in, inventory items stuck and unable to use, also the whole code thing needs looked at..lol

[Zombits]

Lets be honest.... the new update for coop made the greedy developpers sell a huge amount of extra copies the last few days. after every one was asking for an online coop. If it doesnt work properly they prob don't care since the game is sold .

[The Old Bear]

Well I have over 600 hrs of playtime and enjoyed every minute. I tried the multi player with a friend for a couple hours last night with no issues. Im sure I will experience some eventually but like I said I expected that. I also am sure that by 1.0 there wont be too many problems left as far as bugs and crashes go. I hope so anyway. I have no reason to doubt otherwise since my experience with the game has been entirely enjoyable thus far.

[Empasm]

Sorry for the necro. In case anyone happens across this while thinking about purchasing solely for multiplayer. This is still an issue in 2023. The game is good, just be aware you will likely have a lot of disconnections and crashes, so save very often.

[d20friendly]

been trying to play multiplayer all day people cant stay connected for more than 15 to 30 mins sometimes 5 mins makes the game horrible and the load time for it are out of control trying to play multiplayer and waiting 10 mins for the maps to sync. what the the f man horrible, this game might be fun solo but unplayable on multiplayer need a bunch of fixes 2023 still like 2021

[Bl4ckh34d]

Originally posted by d20friendly:

been trying to play multiplayer all day people cant stay connected for more than 15 to 30 mins sometimes 5 mins makes the game horrible and the load time for it are out of control trying to play multiplayer and waiting 10 mins for the maps to sync. what the the f man horrible, this game might be fun solo but unplayable on multiplayer need a bunch of fixes 2023 still like 2021

Yes, the Devs have made their money with the game, when it was new. Over the years there were some bigger waves of income when more people started joining in the fun but I think since 2 years, it doesn't sell that much anymore, so don't expect the Devs to continue doing anything with this game. Well, I totally can understand them, since who really is actively working on a project for more than 6 years without getting frustrated about it or even hating it? I guess they have abandoned the game and rightly so. It hit 1.0 and (despite the many multiplayer bugs) was meant as a single player game. As such it functions perfectly well.

[Cosmo]

Originally posted by Bl4ckh34d:

It hit 1.0 and (despite the many multiplayer bugs) was meant as a single player game. As such it functions perfectly well.

I think they did mention adding multiplayer at some point in the past so not entirely sure the statement "was meant as a single player game." actually holds water.

Edit: Oh, I remember now, it was before it even hit Early Access and was still only in Greenlight.

Cosmo and Fred

[Bl4ckh34d]

Originally posted by Cosmo:

Originally posted by Bl4ckh34d:

It hit 1.0 and (despite the many multiplayer bugs) was meant as a single player game. As such it functions perfectly well.

I think they did mention adding multiplayer at some point in the past so not entirely sure the statement "was meant as a single player game." actually holds water.

Edit: Oh, I remember now, it was before it even hit Early Access and was still only in Greenlight.

Cosmo and Fred

Exactly, but as a game dev myself, I know adding multiplayer to a game that was built on the fundament of a single player game is like adding 100% of the total workload on top.
So cudos for them actually implementing the Multiplayer.