Is this game playable and fun with only 3 people?

[ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠]

As above or do you need a certain amount of players to get past a certain level ?

[Urist]

Depends on the sub. 3 is fine.

[Goranz]

if you can host it, we try it atm for 2 hours and it wont work

[Regalis]

As long as you're not playing on the largest submarines, 3 people should be alright. Generally it's good to have at least a captain, an engineer and a mechanic in the crew - medical doctors and security officers are more supporting roles, not absolutely crucial.

You can also include bots in the crew in addition to the actual players. Even thought they are not as capable as a good human player, they can help you take care of many of the routine tasks while the human players handle more challenging tasks.

[ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠]

Originally posted by Goranz:

if you can host it, we try it atm for 2 hours and it wont work

So after 2 hours it gets to hard to play without more players?

[Goranz]

Originally posted by ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠:

Originally posted by Goranz:

if you can host it, we try it atm for 2 hours and it wont work

So after 2 hours it gets to hard to play without more players?

you have to host a server if you want multiplayer, but after 2 hours we are not able to set it up good luck with it.

[Regalis]

Originally posted by Goranz:

if you can host it, we try it atm for 2 hours and it wont work

Do you mean you can't join each others servers? Have you read the pinned server hosting instructions?

[ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠]

Originally posted by Regalis:

As long as you're not playing on the largest submarines, 3 people should be alright. Generally it's good to have at least a captain, an engineer and a mechanic in the crew - medical doctors and security officers more supporting roles, but not absolutely crucial.

You can also include bots in the crew in addition to the actual players. Even thought they are not as capable as a good human player, they can help you take care of many of the routine tasks while the human players handle more challenging tasks.

Nice one, thanks. Going to watch a few more videos of people playing if I can convince my buddies to like it we'll all jump in. For a co-op game you might want to look at making something like a pack with the game and 3 gifts of the game for a better discount. Unless it means you have the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of key re-sellers?

Like if you buy a 4 pack then it works out about £15 per key rather than £18 or 21 or whatever. Would make it easier for me to convince my lot. But I understand if key re-sellers will just ♥♥♥♥ all over that idea

[Regalis]

Originally posted by ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠:

For a co-op game you might want to look at making something like a pack with the game and 3 gifts for a better discount.

I agree, and we have actually been looking into this option. I am not completely sure if it is possible though, as I have read Steam doesn't allow selling discounted packs anymore because they were being abused by key resellers. But we'll see, perhaps there is some way we could offer some kind of a multi-pack deal!

[[R.m.K] Gandi]

Hi Regalis, i set the game on my Dedicate PC. But steam is offline so i get the error Steam authentication faild. so how can i host a dedicate server without running steam ?

[Takonas]

Originally posted by Regalis:

Originally posted by ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠:

For a co-op game you might want to look at making something like a pack with the game and 3 gifts for a better discount.

I agree, and we have actually been looking into this option. I am not completely sure if it is possible though, as I have read Steam doesn't allow selling discounted packs anymore because they were being abused by key resellers. But we'll see, perhaps there is some way we could offer some kind of a multi-pack deal!

It would be awesome if you could do that for the near future because it could allow for more people to play the game. However, I hope it doesn't become that "I'll pay you with exposure!" thing that goes on sometimes. Either way, keep up the good work and please keep posting on the community, every post helps us.

Anyways, the game can be played with just 3 people and personally that's a good number for some ships like the 'Ocean Glider' or the 'Dugong' as they're easy to operate.

[Regalis]

Originally posted by R.♥.K Gandi:

Hi Regalis, i set the game on my Dedicate PC. But steam is offline so i get the error Steam authentication faild. so how can i host a dedicate server without running steam ?

Unfortunately we don't have a SteamCMD version of the dedicated server available to the public yet (although it is almost ready for release, just need to sort out a few things at Steam's side).

So currently if you want to use the server list or Steam ID authentication, you need to be logged into Steam and have the Steam client running. There is also the option to disable Steam authentication, although it may be risky because it means you cannot ban people based on their Steam ID and it's very easy for trolls/griefers to evade bans by changing their IP. But if you do wish to disable it, you can do it by editing a file called "config_player.xml" inside the game folder, and changing "requiresteamauthentication" to "false".

[Seben]

Originally posted by Regalis:

Originally posted by Goranz:

if you can host it, we try it atm for 2 hours and it wont work

Do you mean you can't join each others servers? Have you read the pinned server hosting instructions?

Hello Regalis, yes we have read the manual.
We connect via IP address and receive the following error
REQUEST_STEAMAUTH
Disconnected unauthenticated client (Steam ID: Steam authentication failed.)

[Regalis]

Originally posted by R.m.KSeben:

We connect via IP address and receive the following error
REQUEST_STEAMAUTH
Disconnected unauthenticated client (Steam ID: Steam authentication failed.)

Are both the server and the players logged in to Steam and running the game through Steam? If not, please read my response to R.♥.K Gandi above.

[ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠]

Originally posted by Regalis:

Originally posted by ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠:

For a co-op game you might want to look at making something like a pack with the game and 3 gifts for a better discount.

I agree, and we have actually been looking into this option. I am not completely sure if it is possible though, as I have read Steam doesn't allow selling discounted packs anymore because they were being abused by key resellers. But we'll see, perhaps there is some way we could offer some kind of a multi-pack deal!

thank for considering and looking into that option. I can say myself as a gamer for over 30 years that my gamer friends who I know in real life and have known for decades tend to discuss the next game we want to get into before we agree to play it. Of course single player games are cool, but we like co-op, IMHO I think 3-4 player co-op games are the future, maybe up to 8 players max. That way it's intense, personal yet friendship building.

What will your next game be? I played a game called DARKWOOD recently. And OMG, that should be a co-op game. Please go check it out and come up with a way to make a similar yet different game with a taste of that in it's maw.

[Regalis]

Originally posted by ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠:

What will your next game be?

There is still so much work to do on Barotrauma that I think it's too early to start thinking about my next game. :) But in any case, thanks for the tip, I'll check out Darkwood!