The only thing you can affect is who you play.

I believe the game allows us to use the console before joining a multiplayer game because, at that time, you are not yet in the game and thus cannot affect it. I hope this will not be considered as 'breaking the game' or anything.

I believe this doesn't destroys the spirit of multiplayer games in Stellaris, merely expands it, and that it respects the reason why no console in multiplayer is in place. I would still very much like it if this was an official option, but I'm glad that I found a workaround. You press play and find the familiar, by now, beginning screen.Ģ) One or more of your friends uses hotjoin to join your game.ģ) At the empire selection screen, they open the console.Ĥ) In the console, they type 'play 0*' and press enter.ĥ) Then, choose the Observer (or anything else, I don't think this step matters)Ħ) You are in the game while playing the same empire. Here is how it works :ġ) You create a multiplayer game with only one human player.

Well, a few minutes after posting that I was unable to find a way to make coop work, I found it! It had nothing to do with save games and game files and everything to do with the console and a particular moment to use it : during hotjoin.

Please, PI, don't erase this thread and I hope this particular way to allow this type of play will not be patched out.

How to play stellaris with multiplayer