keeps saying I can only escape alone?

[Vintage_Green]

are you forced to do some sort of I need to google it multiplayer method for every jail if playing multiplayer?

Is this really the ONLY way to escape in online? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2OdSuRXnBA

I thought that you could play online with friends and escape however you wish.

[BIT Bear]

Short answer; No. Long answer;

Most escapes can be done as multiplayer however some (such as a the civilian escape in the first prison) can only be done as Single-player. There are still plenty of ways to escape the first prison though.

Spoiler: (6 ways to escape in multiplayer)

There are 2 places where you can Cut out safely. Look where the patrols don't go.
There are (at least) 2 places where you can Dig out.
There's 1 place where you can safely Crowbar / Pickaxe to get out.
There's the unique multiplayer (Postal) escape. The hardest part is finding the adress.

That's just out of the top of my head.
If you include the civilian (Singleplayer) escape that's 7 ways to escape the first prison.

Originally posted by Vintage_Green:

Soo every jail escape requires you google the designers arbitrary one way of doing it (especially in Multiplayer)?.

That's only for some singleplayer only (unique) escapes. Every prison has at least 1 for both singleplayer and multiplayer. That doesn't mean there aren't more ways to escape...

The first prison is laughable easy and is basically a 2nd tutorial. imo

[DKShadow_Team17]

I would recommend checking the in-game pay phones in each prison, as they'll have escape tips for 1 single-player and 1 multi-player escape (as well as a new crafting recipe) :)

[Vintage_Green]

ok I think I'm figuring this game out now me and my friend had a lot of fun last night escaping

[.Gui.]

Hello, why isn't building electric fences and unbreakable walls possible in the custom prison editor?