how to co op?

[zantjez]

hi there, i just got the game and wanna play together with a friend, but there are not much options into the multiplayer menu to create a small server or a option to invite someone to your game, i know it can be done but i have no idea how, anyone who would like to explain it?

[Goffender]

Bump

[Wisp Cat]

I imagine you should be looking for this: http://empyrion.gamepedia.com/Dedicated_Server_Setup

(I have always stayed in single player mode, but I have read other people talking about how "co op" sort of still works but that it is no being supported and that you can avoid its problems by using a dedicated server setup instead.)

[Emberlore]

If you play "single player mode" and have forwarded the ports, then your friend can jump into your game through direct IP. They will spawn on the planet without the pod.

[[WDR] DrDeve]

Originally posted by CG Shizzlefudge:

If you play "single player mode" and have forwarded the ports, then your friend can jump into your game through direct IP. They will spawn on the planet without the pod.

No, no, no, NO.

P2P Coop is deprecated and unsupported for MANY months now since the Unity game engine was found to not properly support the game compexity.

Development has ceased, and you will face insurmountable issues playing in this manner until such time the code is removed.

For example:
- only the host player will get starting escape pod rations
- if one player want to leave the planet, ALL must leave
- you can't all leave in the same CV.

PLEASE, if you are going to post advice, know your subject and dont post advice that's contradicted by hundreds of recent postings.

This is very, very bad advice.

Use the dedicated server or you will encounter issues that will not be fixed, ever.

[Bullslayer]

Ds is best way to go, if you cant afford to rent one then i suggest either you or your buddy use a second computer to run the ds and then log into it. Unity and P2P never get along with these kinds of games and the reason isn't bad dev support but has to do with how Unity handles games in general, every playfield is a scene in unity engine, a scene that must be loaded by the host machine. In order for a new scene to be loaded the host must move to that scene, this forces everyone else to move to that scene as well as the host machine stops handling the current scene.

The devs seem to plan on having public servers so id really just rec to your friend to play together on the public test server for now. DS worlds get around the unity scene problem probably by have all the different scenes loaded at once and then simply transferring players from one to an other. The transistion from one scene to the next in unity is almost seemless if done right, cept for the minor freeze you get when it happens you wouldn't notice it.

[Goffender]

Actually I might have a friend to play but mostly want the online functions without most of the peps. No offense to all of u. I just want to explore the mechanics of the game without being in a rush to obtain non renewable resources before they are destroyed by "winners".

I like having food grow while offline. I wouldn't mind my defenses being tested while offline either.

[[WDR] DrDeve]

So

1) double click on emperiondedicated.exe

2) both you and friend usre multiplayer connect to the IP of the computer running emperion, provided both of you are in the same home whole playing.

[Goffender]

Yup, thats working, i am running on same machine i play on, just me so far, no problems.

[OmegaMaelstrom]

Originally posted by Goffender:

Yup, thats working, i am running on same machine i play on, just me so far, no problems.

I do the same thing on my pc. I run into minor issues after playing about 3 - 4 hours straight on the weekends...simple relog and it's fine. And my pc is midline compared to what's available now.

[Goffender]

Originally posted by OmegaMaelstrom:

Originally posted by Goffender:

Yup, thats working, i am running on same machine i play on, just me so far, no problems.

I do the same thing on my pc. I run into minor issues after playing about 3 - 4 hours straight on the weekends...simple relog and it's fine. And my pc is midline compared to what's available now.

Same, i was hoping it would allow it to process more efficiently, on single player, I lag everytime i change scene.