We have just released a public beta hotfix which allows our community to play Portal Knights on different islands in the same multiplayer session.
How to switch to/from a beta branch
In order to switch between the regular and beta version of Portal Knights, do the following:
* In Steam, right-click on “Portal Knights” in the games library.
* Select “Properties”.
* In the tab “Betas” of the opened window select the desired version of the game form the drop down menu and close the window. ("portal_knights_podi")
* The game should now update automatically to the desired version. If it doesn’t seem to do so, please close Steam and reopen it.
PLEASE NOTE! All of your party MUST be in the same branch in order to play together. As this is a beta branch, we highly recommend you back up your saves beforehand.
How to find the Portal Knights Save-game
The Portal Knights save-game can be found locally on your hard drive. By default the location should be: C:\Users\USERNAME\Saved Games\portal_knights
This path may vary for different languages! It is the standard path used by Windows games.
• The “Players on different Islands” (PODI) feature allows players in a multiplayer session or in a local split-screen session to visit islands individually. The feature can be toggled on and off in the session configuration menu. This menu can be accessed via the cog-wheel button on the character cards in the character selection menu.
• For the host player of a PODI session the technical requirements increase for RAM usage and upload bandwidth.
• There can be short lags during gameplay when co-players switch islands. This is a known issue and it will be further worked on for future builds.
• There is a rare crash that can occur for PODI when used in local split screen. It can happen when the non-travelling player has the worldmap open at the same time when the co-player is switching islands. It is advisable to not have the worldmap open constantly to avoid this issue.
• Some sounds like the island ambient sound behave incorrectly when playing PODI in local split screen. This is still being worked on.
• Sometimes, in rare occasions, there can be an endless loading screen.
• Some of the “Join”/”Leave” messages don’t show the correct content in all situations. This is being worked on.
• The recipes for blue doors and windows made out of blue concrete blocks have been fixed.