What is the method for inviting a friend to join a multi-crew session on the PS4?

[Hedgehobbit]

I tried to get a multicrew session with a friend of mine yesterday so he could fly my Krait's fighter. He's relatively new.

He was in my system so I clicked on his icon in the Comms panel (the one in the upper left corner, where you get your emails). Under his name was an option to "Invite to Multicrew". I clicked on this, it made a beeping noise, but nothing else happened. I've used the "Invite to Wing" option multiple times and it has always worked.

Next I opened up the main Multicrew menu, where you select the type of activity, and found the "Invite to MultiCrew session" selection there. Doing this, switched me into the PS4's main interface where I sent a PSN message to him.

He got the message, selected Accept. At this point, I got a "Waiting for Player" message on my HUD. It would sit there for a few minutes and then I'd get a COVAS voice message like "Holome Signal Disrupted" and my friend would get a disconnect notice.

At this point, we both had been playing in a Wing for over an hour without issues so it doesn't appear to be a network issue. (we had quit the wing before trying multicrew).

Which of the options, the in-game invite or the PSN invite is the method that actually works?

 

[Stinja]

Yeah I think you need to break the wing (as that's going to confuse the game), wait for 60 seconds or so (for the network connection to actually garbage collect), and then send the multicrew invite.
In theory he should receive an invite message (much like wing invite), accept and spawns into your ship.

I've only actually multicrewed a handful of times so my memory is quite, quite, hazy on how it works.

EDIT: just tried it now, and yes should be very smooth. Send invite, friend accepts, job done.

 

[Hedgehobbit]

Yeah I think you need to break the wing (as that's going to confuse the game), wait for 60 seconds or so (for the network connection to actually garbage collect), and then send the multicrew invite.
In theory he should receive an invite message (much like wing invite), accept and spawns into your ship.

OK, if the in-game invite actually works, I'll try that again next time. No doubt being in the wing might have messed it up. I would have quit and restarted but I was right in front of a thargoid scout USS and didn't want to waste time trying to find another.