Once you’ve subscribed to a workshop character, you’ll be able to play them by selecting that character with the new menu button next to “random”. You can still begin creating your characters and play locally for now.Ģ. We’ll update it as soon as we can get it fixed which will likely take a couple days. Note: Online play is temporarily disabled while we work out a few last minute bugs. It’s important to note that if you want to use these characters online, both players will need to subscribe to the character here. Here is where you can view, vote on, and download people’s creations. First, make yourself familiar with the Steam Workshop tab that is now visible on the Rivals of Aether app page on Steam. If you’re someone who can’t wait to make your own character or you just want to play some fan-created Rivals, here’s everything you’ll need to know:ġ.

In the time leading up to this release we’ve already seen a flurry of amazing character art and designs floating around from eager creators.

When you open the game, you will know you are on the right branch if you see the Steam Workshop Open Beta Loading Screen. If you do not see that, then close Steam and reopen it until Rivals of Aether has an update. After you select this branch, you should see that Rivals has an update queued. Finally, once it is selected you can close the menu. Open the Dropdown menu and select Workshop Beta. Once that opens, navigate to the Betas Tab. Find Rivals of Aether in your Steam Library and then Right Click it to bring up the option menu. The Workshop Build can be accessed through Steam exclusively. This Beta build also combines our previous open beta (New Netcode) with the Steam Workshop to allow both features to be accessed on one testing client. This feature opens up a whole new world in Rivals for people to create, discover, and play with community-created characters, stages, skins, and buddies.Īs we launch the Workshop Open Beta today, we’re including two full example Workshop characters for you to play and tinker with to help create your own Rivals. Just one month ago we announced that Steam Workshop support was coming to Rivals of Aether.

Select the gear above Shovel Knight to choose from your list of downloaded workshop characters. On the character select screen, change rules to “ON” for Workshop at the top.ģ. Download items you like from the Steam Workshop.Ģ. If you are a new Rivals player looking to use the workshop, do not follow the beta steps mentioned in this article. This article was originally posted for the release of the Workshop Beta in 2019.

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