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 blog post, Barone mentioned the function is hidden as a result of it might have some bugs or points, and the nature of the cell platform “might make a multiplayer session irritating.”
“Mobile multiplayer works just about the similar as on different platforms, besides there is no such thing as a farm ‘discovery’ functionality,” Barone defined. “You can solely join by way of IP. You can, nonetheless, be a part of a PC-hosted farm from a cell gadget by way of IP.”
The best “cell multiplayer” situation, Barone added, can be to join to a PC-hosted farm from a high-end cell gadget on an area community (utilizing wi-fi, except you might have a way to join your cell gadget to ethernet). “This could be the best-case situation,” Barone mentioned, earlier than warning towards attempting to join or host utilizing a cellphone community.
“The worst case situation can be if somebody had been to host a sport from a low-performance cellphone, on a cell community (you’d in all probability have to create a cell wi-fi hotspot for others to join to domestically), and they had been on a practice or one thing, going by tunnels,” Barone went on.
“After which the host can be getting calls, inflicting the app to be interrupted repeatedly. This could end in a doubtlessly irritating multiplayer expertise.
“Nevertheless, if you need to strive these items out, there’s nothing stopping you… Simply remember that there are inherent connectivity points that may come up when trying to host a multiplayer sport from a cell gadget.”
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 large replace that modified the massively 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 collection of inputs used to unlock cheats in Konami video games).
As Barone defined in the weblog put up, on the title display screen, gamers will discover that the Stardew Valley emblem has 4 teams of leaves hooked up to it. Faucet the leaves on this order: ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → then press the ? button in the bottom-right nook of the display screen. Exit the ? menu and 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 not to 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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