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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 359.5 hrs on record (144.9 hrs at review time)
Posted: 10 Jan, 2023 @ 11:09am

Early Access Review
I've chatted with the Dev a bit about this "Desyncing" issue with regards to Multiplayer.

I'm a HUGE Multiplayer! (Bought this game 5 times for my kids etc so we could play together.)

The Desyncing seems to be an on going dragged out issue with no end in sight of being fixed. I've read posts from a year ago that were complaining back then.
Anyway, this "desyncing" causes Major issues to Multiplayer. Logging in and out constantly to avoid the loss of cars, farming equipment and so on. By constantly I mean about every 2 to 3 game days to avoid issues.

"Desyncing" of the store bought items between the multiplayers is horrible. IE: Milking machine for the cows, parts on the machine disappearing for friends invited.

Using the Blueprint option to build items on your farm also causes more issues. Whether it causes "desyncing" or not has yet to be proven.

I'm not suggesting that you don't buy the game or play the game. I am suggesting that IF your plan is to play with family or friends that you hold off and see if this "Desyncing" is actually something that is going to be fixed.

I have a brand new pc along with upgraded video card and a wonderful proc. I also use Fiber Optic and should not be running into this issue at all. ESP. with a sandbox game. I did lower all the graphics even though I run smoothly at EPIC and no change was found. (Normally, I run graphics on low in Early Access to discourage these types of issues from bothering me but this "desync" is beyond tolerable.

Things I did to try and fix issues:
Updated Graphic Card Drivers (No brainer)
Window Updates (No brainer)
Steam Updates (No Brainer)
Changed settings on Graphics card to allow me to choose settings rather then it automatically setting things up.
I even reset my modem before login.
I had friends log out around 18:00 game time. I slept in the tent then did morning saves. (I originally thought maybe they were spotty saves.) That didn't make a difference either.

Again, single player go for it. Occasional hiccups can be tolerated. For hardcore Multiplayer this isn't the buy right now. I myself will be watching to see if the Dev's figure it out. I am also hoping the Dev's build the game they want to build and do not stray to far into the thoughts of gamers, As that can make for a crap game sometimes.
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Developer response:
Ambreon  [developer] Posted: 16 Jan, 2023 @ 3:25am
Hello! We begin work on the UE5 upgrade today, with the hopes to fix the multiplayer desync issues - so hopefully the end of these problems are in sight :)
More details here if you haven't read this already: https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/news/app/1119730/view/3506644237690516106?l=english