With the EGS launch, we’ll be expanding the capacity of our dedicated server fleet to accommodate the rush of new players.By expanding the wider player pool of Killing Floor 2, we’re able to sustain longer-term support for the game with content updates and patches.By expanding to EGS, we hope to bring even more players into the mix and expand the KF2 community.
What’s the benefit to the existing community?
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Due to deeper technical limitations with how the content is structured for PC and Console makes this not possible for the foreseeable future.ĭoes that mean we’ll have Cross-save and Cross-inventory for Steam & EGS?ĭue to larger differences in backend services, each platform will be separate in terms of inventory and progression. Don’t have an EGS account? No problem, you can play with your Steam friends the same as before.ĭoes that mean we’ll see Console to PC Cross-Play? From there, the EGS friends list will be populated and you’ll be able to invite friends from EGS into your Steam party. To enable ‘Steam to EGS’ invites, when loading into the main menu and attempt to create a party in-game you’ll have the option to opt-in & sign in to your EGS account. How will the Cross-Platform Invite System work? Future support for modding on EGS along with cross-play on modded servers will be assessed when functionality becomes available and discussed with our partners at a later date. Cross-play between Steam and EGS will only be supported on un-modded official servers. The SDK & Workshop will still be available to Steam users the same as before. Modding and Community Content is still a vital component to the Killing Floor 2 experience and we have no intention of changing that for PC. How does this change modding and community content Steam? There are no changes to Steam specific systems like the Workshop, Marketplace, Inventory, Achievements, etc The only changes are utilizing Vivox for VOIP and EOS to give you access to the pool of EGS players. How does this change the Steam PC experience? EOS is not the same as EGS, so while EOS is necessary for cross-platform play to be possible, all existing user accounts will be kept distinct in their ecosystems. What’s that?Įpic Online Services or EOS is a backend service that allows you to create platform-agnostic multiplayer lobbies that can be connected with different platforms like Steam and EGS. We understand that we will raise some questions so we would like to be upfront with some of the big ones.
Additionally, for cross-play to function, we have leveraged the power of Epic’s Online Backend Services known as EOS into the PC version of the game as part of our matchmaking and server logic. To enable this functionality you may notice there will be updates in-game to our Invite UI and that we have migrated our VOIP systems to utilize Vivox so that voice chat is possible across platforms. To ensure that we don’t divide the PC player base, we’ve worked hard to enable cross-play and cross-invite between Steam and EGS versions of the game so that the entire PC community can play together. To that end, we’re happy to announce that Killing Floor 2 will be coming soon to the Epic Games Store.
It’s been our goal from the outset that Killing Floor 2 can be played and shared with as many players across the globe.
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