Multiplayer

Getting started with multiplayer is pretty straight forward Once you get used to it...

How it Works

 * One player hosts a game, best to choose the person with the best internet.
 * It's recommended that 6 players join at once, but 64 is the max

How to Join / Host
When you are in Character selection, upon hitting button you can choose if you want to enable Multiplayer by checking the box. By default it's checked.

And that's it. Have fun playing with your friends!!
 * 1) Once you start the world make sure you are out of the Tutorial Zone
 * 2) * you'll know you're out once you can see the sky and are on top of the boat.
 * 3) Once both you and your friend are out of the zone, whoever is host should press  +  at the same time.
 * 4) * You should see a steam menu pop up
 * 5) Here you have 2 options based on who you chose to be the host
 * 6) Have the host Right click their friends name and select "Invite"
 * 7) * The friend will get the invite and should be prompted (bottom right) to press +  to open the steam menu and accept the invite.
 * 8) Have the friend Right click the hosts name and select "Join"
 * 9) At this point the person joining the host should see thrown back into their single player world (not yet multiplayer)
 * 10) After a delay of about 5-10 seconds you should be put into a loading screen that will take you to your friend

I can't see my friends on Steam
Make sure both you and your friends:
 * 1) Have Steam open
 * 2) Marked as Online in the Friends tab at the top of Steam.
 * If all else fails try restarting steam.

We can't see the "Join" button or the "Invite" button
This does seem to be a bug that happens every so often. Try the following:
 * Make sure everyone is in the world and out of the tutorial area.
 * Make sure everyone has the "Multiplayer" button in the menu screen toggled
 * Currently you need to quit the game and reboot it to get back to the menu.
 * Try restarting steam.

When we Join the lobby, one of us gets a crash report
Sadly multiplayer is still not 100% leak-free so sometimes this does occur. It's unclear exactly what causes this issue as of now but the best thing we can say is to try and have all members restart the game and reboot back up. You may also want to try restarting steam.