Stardew Valley’s huge 1.6.9 replace launched on all platforms earlier this week, together with console and cellular. Whereas developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone gave gamers the lowdown on the contents of the replace through its patch notes, it appears he overlooked one little element: The new replace permits cellular gamers to entry the sport’s multiplayer mode… by getting into the Konami Code.
Barone did make a blog post acknowledging the brand new cellular function as soon as the replace was dwell, and in addition defined why it wasn’t hidden within the patch notes, and why the Konami Code is presently the one method to entry it.
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“With the discharge of Stardew Valley 1.6 on cellular, there’s now a hidden multiplayer function which you’ll entry,” Barone wrote. “It’s hidden for a few causes: 1. It is an experimental function, so it would nonetheless have some bugs or points. 2. The nature of the cellular platform might make a multiplayer session irritating beneath sure eventualities.”
Barone stated that cellular multiplayer works “just about the identical as on different platforms,” however famous that it did lack the “farm discovery” function included in different variations of the sport. Mobile gamers can solely hook up with multiplayer by sharing their IP deal with (if internet hosting) or getting into the host’s IP deal with (if becoming a member of a session), however Barone says gamers can even use that methodology to connect with a PC-hosted farm from a cellular machine.
“The ultimate ‘cellular multiplayer’ situation can be to connect with a PC-hosted farm from a high-end cellular machine on an area community (utilizing Wi-Fi, until you have got some method to join your cellular machine to ethernet),” Barone defined. “This may be the best-case situation. If you happen to attempt to join or host utilizing a mobile phone community, you’ll seemingly encounter issues.”
As for the worst-case situation?
“The worst-case situation can be if somebody have been to host a sport from a low-performance telephone, on a cell community (you’d most likely should create a cellular Wi-Fi hotspot for others to connect with regionally), and so they have been on a practice or one thing, going by means of tunnels,” Barone stated of the potential pitfalls going through cellular multiplayer lovers. “After which the host can be getting calls, inflicting the app to be interrupted repeatedly. This may end in a probably irritating multiplayer expertise.”
Nonetheless, Barone is not attempting to discourage cellular gamers from giving the mode a attempt.
“If you wish to attempt these items out, there’s nothing stopping you,” he stated of the newly accessible mode. “Simply remember that there are inherent connectivity points that may come up when making an attempt to host a multiplayer sport from a cellular machine.”
If you happen to’re questioning how precisely one inputs the Konami Code within the cellular model of the sport, fear not–Barone’s weblog publish features a step-by-step information. Gamers will discover the sport’s title display options 4 clusters of leaves. For all intents and functions, these are your arrows for the Konami Code. Barone even created a diagram to indicate which leaves correspond with every arrow.
From the title display, cellular gamers ready to check out multiplayer mode ought to press the next “arrows” (leaves) on this order: up, up, down, down, left, proper, left, proper. However as an alternative of following it up with the normal code’s “B, A, begin,” ending, gamers merely have to press the query mark icon situated on the underside proper nook of the display.
After exiting the “?” menu, a co-op button will seem on the title display. Press it, and you will be confronted with the selection of both becoming a member of a session or internet hosting your individual. To affix a session, enter the host’s IP deal with. Gamers who’re internet hosting should arrange cabins for different gamers, and as soon as that is executed, they will share their IP deal with with any mates they want to host on the farm.
There are some potential points cellular co-op gamers can face, however Barone has outlined them (and their workarounds) in his weblog publish. He is even included a mini-guide to assist Android and iOS customers discover out what their IP deal with is. If you happen to’re struggling to connect with Stardew Valley’s cellular multiplayer function, see Barone’s recent blog post for troubleshooting pointers and different ideas.
As for Barone himself, he says he plans to renew work on his subsequent challenge, Haunted Chocolatier, as quickly as Stardew Valley’s 1.6.9 replace is secure and “settled” on all platforms.