cloud saves

[Hannibaldereine]

Hello Friends,

one question, if i started a new world, and i save the seed in the cloud, and if my friend start the same seed, have we booth the same save? or is this only for his own account?

Thanks for your answers :)

Greetings from Valhalla

[Sunny]

Provided you both are running the same mods (or no mods), the maps will be the same for both of you. Everything else will be different and based on where you go / what you do, it won't be the same SAVE, but it will be the same map.

You have to actually join one another's game to play together.

[jonnin]

there is no easy way to take 2 copies of the same world and put them together. If you want to see each other's buildings and play together, you have to share the world file, rather than each of you having your own copy. That means it needs to be you guys playing together or hosting your world so its always up and playing when you want to.

[Hannibaldereine]

thank you guys or girls, than is the only legal easy way a own server....

[Dwarflord]

Just get an old computer and start up a server. Search online for instructions on what to do.
It's not that hard just to set up a basic server for a couple of people.

[Sunny]

Originally posted by Hannibaldereine:

thank you guys or girls, than is the only legal easy way a own server....

To make it persistent, the same game no matter if one or both of you are playing it, yes.

If you are only ever going to play at the same time (together), whichever of you has the beefier computer can start a multiplayer game (with a password!), and have the other person join in. When you're on your world list in the menu screen, there's a 'start server' option.

Once whichever one of you is going to start the game has done so, hit the escape key. In the top center is a 'join code'. Give the code and password to your friend, and they can join your "server" without you having to pay for one.

If the host has bad internet it can get a little laggy, and de-synching is occasionally an issue, but de-synching is an issue on purchased servers, too.

Given the givens, I do not recommend the local server if you're going to have more than 2 (MAYBE 3 with a beefy system and great 'net) people. We played with 6 briefly, once upon a time? It was--hilarious and nonproductive and there was a lot of rubberbanding. Flying vikings are FUNNY though, not particularly FUN.

I *will* say, Bisect hosting's Valheim setup is both easy and cheap. If this ancient noob can figure it out, I'm quite sure you can. Their help files are GREAT, and they have pictures. I've been hosting with them for a variety of games for years, and their customer service outclasses every other game host I've tried by an exponential amount.

Happy gaming!!

eta: if you're hunting for a game to play for something like this, Grounded's cloud saves can be shared amongst players, and hosted by whomever launches the shared save.