Stardew Valley 1.6 added a hidden experimental multiplayer function to the cell model of the sport, developer Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has revealed.
In a weblog put up, Barone stated the function is hidden as a result of it could have some bugs or points, and the character of the cell platform “may make a multiplayer session irritating.”
“Cell multiplayer works just about the identical as on different platforms, besides there isn’t a farm ‘discovery’ functionality,” Barone defined. “You may solely join through IP. You may, nevertheless, be part of a PC-hosted farm from a cell system through IP.”
The perfect “cell multiplayer” situation, Barone added, can be to connect with a PC-hosted farm from a high-end cell system on an area community (utilizing wi-fi, until you will have some technique to join your cell system to ethernet). “This may be the best-case situation,” Barone stated, earlier than warning in opposition to making an attempt to attach or host utilizing a cellphone community.
“The worst case situation can be if somebody had been to host a sport from a low-performance telephone, on a cell community (you’d most likely need to create a cell wi-fi hotspot for others to connect with regionally), and so they had been on a prepare or one thing, going by means of tunnels,” Barone went on.
“After which the host can also be getting calls, inflicting the app to be interrupted repeatedly. This may lead to a probably irritating multiplayer expertise.
“Nonetheless, if you wish to attempt this stuff out, there’s nothing stopping you… Simply bear in mind that there are inherent connectivity points that may come up when making an attempt to host a multiplayer sport from a cell system.”
Stardew Valley 1.6 lastly launched on console and cell this week, eight months after the replace launched on PC. It did so alongside one other huge replace that modified the vastly standard farm and life sim additional.
Unlocking the cell model’s hidden multiplayer function requires inputting a riff on the Konami Code (the well-known sequence of inputs used to unlock cheats in Konami video games).
As Barone defined within the weblog put up, on the title display screen, gamers will discover that the Stardew Valley brand has 4 teams of leaves connected to it. Faucet the leaves on this order: ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → then press the ? button within the bottom-right nook of the display screen. Exit the ? menu and also you’ll have a co-op button on the title display screen.
The free 1.6 replace, which sparked a contemporary 10/10 Stardew Valley evaluate from IGN, launched on PC in March. Barone initially anticipated the console and cell ports of 1.6 can be launched a month later.
Barone has apologized to disgruntled followers and promised to not return to work on his subsequent sport, Haunted Chocolatier, till Stardew 1.6 is finalized. Haunted Chocolatier, revealed in 2021, doesn’t have a launch window.
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