It's indeed necessary to have a separate license per player. But the Steam- and Standalone version are compatible with each other. Basically just the Steam-features are missing from the Standalone (e.g Steam Cloud). But the main difference: the Steam version has a "Play with Friends" option which is exclusive to Steam (because it uses Steams relay servers). This option enables you to play with a friend from your Steam friends list (very much like a LAN game, but with no additional requirements).
If a Steam player and Standalone player want to play with each other, it's necessary to host a classic LAN game instead. It's the default option in the Standalone (so the easiest way is if the Standalone hosts the game). In the Steam version, however, it's hidden by default (it requires a right-click on the "Play with Friends" button)
About the launcher options, basically these are optional arguments which can be passed to the game. This is mainly for technical reason (e.g if you want to force the game to run with Vulkan instead of DX11 etc)
Thank you very much, everyone.
I bought a new copy on Steam. Is it possible to play the Java version using the standalone version? Steam lets you run the Java version.
I have an old computer that causes the game to crash. Is it possible to lower the game settings? Maybe if I use the Java version, it will run more smoothly and prevent that from happening.
Could we play together on the Java version? I know it’s older.
What do you recommend?
Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit)
Processor: Pentium Dual-Core E2180
Memory: 4 GB of RAM
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
