Hi
A friend of mine wanted to play this game in multiplayer on mobile. Of course we all know this isn't possible. Except it is!
I'll post the straightforward way to accomplish this here, and talk about the hurdles I encountered at the end.
This is absolutely fidgety to get working if you don't know exactly the right way to go about it, but if you do know, it does work!
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Install the latest SMAPI Installer for Android from this source on your phone. It's the apk file under Assets.
SMAPI Installer for Android. Contribute to ZaneYork/SMAPI-Android-Installer development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
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Open it, confirm and allow everything.
Click Install.
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Although the installer says 3.7.6.
9, it seems to install 3.7.6.
1. Probably just an oversight. It doesn't matter though, it works.
Now that you have the actual SMAPI Stardew Valley app installed on your phone, you can delete the SMAPI Installer app, and also the ~130Mb apk file it leaves behind in \SMAPI Installer in your Android home directory:
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At this point you can open SMAPI Stardew Valley. You will notice no big difference (except for a keyboard icon in the top left), since we haven't added any mods yet. SMAPI has automatically created a Mod folder in your \Stardew Valley folder with 4 mods in it: Console Commands, CustomLocalization, SaveBackup and VirtualKeyboard.
Time to add the Multiplayer Mod:
(This is the newest version of the mod, fixed an invisibility bug, but reintroduced another bug, making selling something not advisable, as the joining players can't continue past the sales summary screen. At least I couldn't when I tried)
(This is the older version of the mod, which has the invisibility bug, so when you join a game for the second time, you will be invisible to each other)
Copy the MultiplayerMod folder into the Mod folder in \StardewValley\Mods
Start SMAPI Stardew Valley.
Your home screen now has a Co-op option, click it:
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Click on Host New Farm (Mobile Platforms).
I tried (PC Platforms) too, but couldn't connect to farms created that way at all.
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Go through the usual setup:
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Don't forget to set Starting Cabins to at least 2:
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Skip the intro and wait till you appear in your bed:
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Now
quit the game completely. If another person tries to join at this point, they will manage to connect to some degree and get the "New farmer" selection screen, but if they click on it, their screen will stay black with it loading forever.
Start SMAPI Stardew Valley again. Click on Co-op. Now click on your newly created farm at the bottom:
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You are back in your bed in your house.
Now get your buddy (who has gone through the same procedure and hopefully has the same mods as you) to click on
Join at the top.
Enter the hosts local IP address. You can find out your phone's IP address in your phone's settings, under
About phone or
Status. You might have to search a bit, every Android phone is different. Mine for example is 192.168.2.102, so that's what I enter:
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