Add a real multiplayer mod

[Tomz95]

The game is so much fun, but I regularly play games with friends and playing with this shared save system is a real disadvantage! I played a roblox game in the same style and the option of being able to play at the same time on the same savegame was available! How can a developer like Frontier not be able to add this option, which would be great not just for its planet coaster game but for all its games? I know a lot of people who didn't buy the game because they saw that the multiplayer system was horrible.
Please take this request as positive criticism to improve your game.

 

[_Tilly-Tony_]

I dont know how possible this will be now.But +1 from me.
Everyone that also thinks simultaneous is much needed, please leave a +1 comment, im interested to see how wanted this feature is.

 

[Crowdpleaser]

The game is so much fun, but I regularly play games with friends and playing with this shared save system is a real disadvantage! I played a roblox game in the same style and the option of being able to play at the same time on the same savegame was available! How can a developer like Frontier not be able to add this option, which would be great not just for its planet coaster game but for all its games? I know a lot of people who didn't buy the game because they saw that the multiplayer system was horrible.
Please take this request as positive criticism to improve your game.

Ooof... i don't think that is possible. Sure, if they somehow find a way to do it, yes please... the more you think about it though, the harder the Problem becomes to solve.

 

[Ramm]

You see this suggestion coming back every once in a while but I always think it's technically impossible due to streaming/synchronization issues. The game is already asking so much from a computer during a single player game, let alone that it would also have to do it on two computers simultaneously.

Back in the day RCT2 could also not be played multiplayer, decades down the line we got OpenRCT2 a multiplayer mod which allows it and it still doesnt work perfectly. But RCT2 is a much more simple game and isn't as detailed and hardware-demanding as Planet Coaster1/2.

I remember Cities Skylines 1 had a multiplayer mod on the workshop, but I dont think I ever see it work... Maybe it was just a hoax or something. Because people suggested it for Cities Skylines 1 aswell and obviously that's also a very demanding game. I just don't think it could be done easily, maybe you would need a server and 2 clients, because I dont think it would work peer2peer where 1 guy hosts and other guy joins or something. It's just too difficult to make or would be worth it because there would be too many network/streaming/synchronization issues.

EDIT

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYFzwULLrb0


Oh I just checked and it did work according to steam and youtube comments, but many synchronization issues such as one person has a building on fire but the other does not have it. It would be a networking nightmare. But Cities Skylines had mod support and Planet Coaster 1 has none, so I doubt we would ever see this for Planet Coaster

 

[Tomz95]

You see this suggestion coming back every once in a while but I always think it's technically impossible due to streaming/synchronization issues. The game is already asking so much from a computer during a single player game, let alone that it would also have to do it on two computers simultaneously.

Back in the day RCT2 could also not be played multiplayer, decades down the line we got OpenRCT2 a multiplayer mod which allows it and it still doesnt work perfectly. But RCT2 is a much more simple game and isn't as detailed and hardware-demanding as Planet Coaster1/2.

I remember Cities Skylines 1 had a multiplayer mod on the workshop, but I dont think I ever see it work... Maybe it was just a hoax or something. Because people suggested it for Cities Skylines 1 aswell and obviously that's also a very demanding game. I just don't think it could be done easily, maybe you would need a server and 2 clients, because I dont think it would work peer2peer where 1 guy hosts and other guy joins or something. It's just too difficult to make or would be worth it because there would be too many network/streaming/synchronization issues.

EDIT

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYFzwULLrb0


Oh I just checked and it did work according to steam and youtube comments, but many synchronization issues such as one person has a building on fire but the other does not have it. It would be a networking nightmare. But Cities Skylines had mod support and Planet Coaster 1 has none, so I doubt we would ever see this for Planet Coaster

Video games still have their limits...

 

[Sclurp]

Parkitect managed to do it. I know it's in many ways not as complex a game as PC2...But yeeeah, if you want to have the best theme park building game out there, that's the one to beat. It's got better management and logistics management. Better handling of weather. Multiplayer. Multi-level custom campaign making. Etc etc etc

 

[_Tilly-Tony_]

It would have been very possible if it had been implimented from the ground up before launch. Im just not sure how easy it will be to impliment after.