Co-op: host handoff, save codes, revives and item sharing

Voice chat supports cross-platform proximity audio, push-to-talk and an off option. A revival preserves the downed player’s equipment and restores a little oxygen; reprinting returns them to the assigned Biobed. Tracking Tags help recover portable lockers and black boxes.

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Buddy System fixed clients completing the prologue without Pressure Tolerance after passing a scan with an adapted player or joining an already-progressed session. The notes do not promise automatic repair of every older affected character.

1. Have each player open their own PDA Adaptations screen and check Pressure Tolerance. Sub2Wiki’s PC Solo Survival build 115506 route shows the acquired entry in green; current co-op presentation still needs verification.
2. If still in the opening area, follow the local acquisition prompt rather than using the host’s progress as proof. The published solo route places the interaction on the right in the room reached after the first NOA door.
3. If the adaptation remains missing on the current build, preserve the world and record when the client joined. Attach the affected save through the in-game feedback tool, which Buddy System supports. Kingy has not tested a repair for an already-affected save.

A shared save gives your friend a copy of the world. PC Gamer reported handing its co-op world to another player in May. A save code is used to download a save; inviting someone into a running session is a separate action.

The reported route uses Upload to Cloud on the selected save and shares the resulting key. Buddy System officially added pasting Save Codes into Cloud Save Download. Kingy has not tested a host handoff or cross-platform transfer. The launch walkthrough includes conversion steps; check the current menu before changing a working save.

1. Keep the original save and record its build, branch and last session before sharing.
2. Have the recipient compare the save with their installed build. Hotfix 1 blocks incompatible saves from loading in older builds.
3. Kingy recommends checking a known recent base change and each player’s progress in the recipient’s copy before continuing the group’s run.

Kingy recommends agreeing on one host and one saved copy for the next session, then identifying the newest copy before another handoff. Do not assume that progress made separately in two copies will merge.

Code reuse, expiry, repeated handoffs and cross-platform character retention still need a recorded current-build test. If an import fails, preserve both copies and record the exact error rather than overwriting the working world.

Record platform, build, branch, host/client role and the exact message. If the problem followed an update, test without incompatible mods after preserving the save. Share reproduction steps through the in-game feedback or official support route; Kingy does not submit reports on your behalf.

Hotfix 2 reports consistent local/remote voice detection and fixes clients seeing the host as dead after their own character dies. These are distinct from push-to-talk bindings, microphone permissions or an actual disconnected host. Record build, host/client role and the observed state if the symptom persists.