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Issues connecting to games.





Issues with hosting games.





Please also let us know should any issues with linking PDX/Steam accounts.

How to Opt Into the Beta



You’ll need a Paradox Account. If you have yet to create one this could be made easier by connecting your Steam Account to your Paradox Account (just click here to create one).





Next, you need to select a nickname, this will be part of your Paradox Account, so make it a good one!





When playing Stellaris with the new multiplayer functionality you will be able to add friends and chat directly.

Hi all!As you may know, it’s been a busy few years for Paradox; with new games being released all of the time, on various different distribution platforms. So, just like Stellaris, it’s time to look to the future!In order to give our fans the best Multiplayer experience possible, and to (hypothetically) facilitate people using different distribution platforms being able to play together, we have some new tech we’d love you to try out!Starting today there will be a special Stellaris beta branch you can download which will allow you to be the first to try-out our new Multiplayer tech. The branch in question will show up as “bradbury_beta_mp”; it’s basically 1.6.1, but using our new multiplayer system (Once installed it should read as version "1.7" in-game). We’d really love for those of you who play Multiplayer to get involved in the test and be a part of shaping the final product!In order to take part you’ll need to have a Paradox Account, you can actually connect it directly to Steam to save having to login again in the future! Just follow the instructions in-game.Bugs can be brought to our attention at our bug reporting forum here Things we’d love for you to report on in particular are the following:The hope is though that you shouldn’t notice any difference at all to how things are today!: Please log out from the splash/launcher for first time you play the Multiplayer beta (should you be logged in already). Should you have already linked your Paradox Account with your Steam account you will not get prompted to do so again.Right-click Stellaris in your Steam library and click “Properties”. In the new window that opens go to the “Betas” tab, select bradbury_beta from the dropdown menu at the top. A small update will be performed and then you are good to go!Link accounts screenshot:Set username screenshot:We are really excited to get the ball rolling with this, it’s a first step towards what we hope will be plenty of cool features to come!Oh, and how could we forget! As a little “deal sweetener” those who assist in the beta will receive this little cutie as an in-game portrait before everybody else: