Two such mods lift the cap on the amount of players who can join your world, letting you create a large farm full of workers. Other Stardew Valley multiplayer mods are around for the farm ‘em up. It’s also compatible with the Chat Commands mod, which lets you type useful commands from the chat window, such as the command “/server” (the magic word you’ll need to type to make yourself black out for days). If you’re gonna be the one in the coma, you’ll need the mod loader SMAPI to use it. So yes, it isn’t perfect and it’s likely impractical to leave your PC on for days just so Chad and Helen can grow hundreds of turnips. Currently, the farmmaster needs to be there to kick off parties and festivals by speaking to the right people. They’re also planning to let farmhands take part in holidays without the host. And the creator of the mod is planning to fix this by “freezing” the level of NPC hearts on behalf of the host.

It’s not a massive problem if you only plan to Rip Van Winkle yourself for a short time, which seems to be the idea. But with this mod, the host obviously won’t be able to maintain those relationships with more gifts, because they’re in a coma. Normally, you gotta keep throwing pastries and smelly shellfish at your pals and romantic interests, filling up heart containers until you are subtextually shagging everyone in the village. The relationships the host is building will deteriorate while they are gone, for instance. “This prevents the farm from falling into disrepair and years of game time passing with no one around,” says the modder.Īside from the host leaving their PC running, there are other downsides. If everyone leaves or gets disconnected, the game will pause, and if a peasant comes back it’ll resume. Farmhands can decide their own bedtime and work away at their chores without fear of the landed gentry. Basically it sends the host into a coma, and lets any guest serfs continue playing while their boss lies in bed. You can get it on NexusMods or read more about it in this Reddit post by the creator. The mod is called Always On Server by NexusMods user “funnysnek”. But as a stopgap for those wanting a more traditional server-ish muckabout, it could be useful. The host still has to leave the game running on their PC, for instance. But what’s this? It’s a handy mod that lets farmhand underlings get on with their daily routine without the host.

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