Partially "Cross Platform"

[PJamas]

I bought the game on steam because I loved playing it on the PlayStation with my friends. However since I got the better PC Steam version I have been mining alone as cross platform is only accessible to ps4 to ps5 as of now... My question is will we get a cross platform option from PC to PlayStation or PC to Xbox and if so how fast would you estimate it to take to study and implement it so we can play with our fellow console Dwarves and troglodytes?

[Johnno]

There are currently no plans for crossplay.

You can find dev streams linked from this Q&A list, simply use ctrl+F to search and then check the streams;
https://deeprockgalactic.wiki.gg/wiki/Development_Q%26A

[Chibbity]

DRG is a P2P game and thus relies on each platforms respective back ends for online services.

Thus only platforms that share back ends (Xbox/Windows store and PS4/PS5) can crossplay with eachother.

That's not likely to ever change.

[Nosteru]

Also as I heard console versions use dumbed down cave generation. So I personaly dont want crossplay as it will need to use the dumbed down cave gen on PC too.

[Ettanin]

Publicado originalmente por Nosteru:

Also as I heard console versions use dumbed down cave generation. So I personaly dont want crossplay as it will need to use the dumbed down cave gen on PC too.

This includes the PC MS Store version (to make crossplay with XBox possible). Only the Steam version has full-fledged cavegen.

[gman]

They should have a CLI flag we could run the steam version with to play with xbox. Just package the DLLs for xbox with steam and call it a day :). Currently using gamepass to play with some friends.

[Chibbity]

Publicado originalmente por gman:

They should have a CLI flag we could run the steam version with to play with xbox. Just package the DLLs for xbox with steam and call it a day :). Currently using gamepass to play with some friends.

Except that wouldn't really work? Because they are actually two different versions of the game, console/Windows store version has more limited cave gen compared to Steam; and also typically gets updated much slower.

Which was already explained in this thread...it's like you didn't read it?

Also, cool necro bruh.