American Truck Simulator: How to Start a Multiplayer Game (1.41 Update Experimental Beta)

Many have heard that multiplayer has appeared in American Trucks Simulator. This tutorial is on how to start a multiplayer game.

You can find the version you need for multiplayer in the “Betas”.

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Now in the sheet above the field, there is “experimental_beta – 1.41 Update Experimental Beta (convoy)”, select it and the update installation will start.

Note: for a multiplayer you need a licensed code, it won’t work on a pirate.

You can also get multiplayer via this tutorial.

Notable issues / not yet implemented:

Mods are not supported in the initial release.
Players can currently join only if they have the same set of cargo and map DLCs installed as the host has.
Weather is not fully synced (only good/bad weather).
Cables for remote trailers aren’t rendered.
When using an owned trailer, there might be a company trailer spawned in the same location you are supposed to go to to load your cargo.
AI vehicles might disappear when a player disconnects.
Lifting bridges are not synchronized. They will be stationary for the initial release of Convoy.
Sounds for trucks of other players are a work-in-progress.
Sharing of the World of Trucks external contracts is not yet allowed.
Steam invites work only through the Steam overlay.
CB radio broadcast (hotkey “X”) interferes with the text input line.
Cargo on an owned flatbed might sometimes intersect with the trailer
The on-screen map in Convoy “M” zooms out together with chat scrolling in the Route Advisor.

Intended changes/limitations while in Convoy session:

Time progression rate does not change when entering a city.
The time in a Convoy session will advance to match the host’s time, but it is only visual – the economy time is not affected (If you had 2 hours remaining to finish the job before joining the Convoy, you should still have the same time remaining to finish your job).
Special Transport jobs are not allowed. You can’t join a Convoy session with such a job active.
Dynamic collisions are disabled for parked vehicles (you can’t push a parked vehicle away, but you will still collide with it).
Knocked-down traffic signs are not visually replicated for other players; their collisions are simulated locally and works only in close proximity to the player.
Toll gates aren’t synchronized, however, the opening is based on proximity like for AI vehicles.
AI vehicle colours may differ after some time (so cached vehicles can be reused to limit memory consumption).