Time & weather
The same time, clocks and weather for both players.
An unofficial multiplayer modMY WINTER CAR / MWCMP
Work in progress. Built for playing together.
MY WINTER CAR.
WITH COMPANY.
Same cold. Same car trouble. This time, with friends.
A multiplayer mod for My Winter Car, currently in development.
Original game screenshot · My Winter CarScroll for development status
01 / Development
Under the hood.
A look at what's synced,
what's being worked on, and what comes next.
Multiplayer systemsStatus
Synced
Life at home
Lights, shower, sink, phone and TV.
Shops & food
Shelves, checkout, orders, eating, drinking and shared shopping bags.
NPCs & player actions
NPC movement, voices and subtitles; shared player interactions and gestures.
ATM & gaming machines
Shared banking, slot machines and video poker. More in-game testing needed.
Cars & world stability
Vehicle interactions, shared objects and movement refinements.
Development status, not a public release feature list.
Development log / Protocol 27 update
From the checkout
to the cash machine.
New shared interactions across the map.
Implemented, with testing still under way.
What changed 11 additions & fixes
- Shops & petrol station
- Synced shelf stock, shopping cart, checkout and payments for individual players.
- Food orders
- Shared hamburger preparation, with orders served one after another.
- Food & drinks
- Synced eating of hamburgers and fries, plus drinks consumed sip by sip.
- Shopping bags
- Shared unpacking and item spawning, visible to other players.
- NPCs
- Synced movement, animations, voices and subtitles for nearby players.
- Gaming machines
- Synced slots and video poker, including controls, bets, credits, winnings and visual states.
- ATM
- A shared bank account with synced card, PIN, buttons, screen, deposits and withdrawals.
- Player interactions · F4
- A menu for giving money and cigarettes to another player, with saved player profiles.
- Testing menu · F5
- Teleporting, bringing the other player to you and spawning shared items.
- Player actions
- Added sync for urinating, swearing, gestures, pushing vehicles and hitchhiking.
- Smoother play & fixes
- Refinements to NPC and item movement, doors and the fridge, menu cursor behaviour, and ATM and gaming machine displays.
Version compatibility. These changes were introduced with protocol 27. Both players must use the same mod version. The current protected package uses protocol 28; use that matching package when playing through the protected launcher.
Still in development. The latest ATM, gaming machine and visual effect changes need further in-game testing.
02 / The plan
One system at a time.
No promised release date.
The next step depends on testing.
Completed
Core sync
Time, weather and the first shared home systems.
- 02
In progress
Shared world
Cars, items, NPCs and a stable two-player test loop.
- 03
Testing
ATM & economy
Shared banking, shopping payments and player transfers are implemented. ATM and gaming machines need more testing.
- 04
Planned
Save. Join. Test.
Persistent worlds, reconnecting and two-PC testing over Steam.
03 / Familiar territory
You know the place.
The world we're building multiplayer for.
Screenshots from the original My Winter Car game, via Steam. These are not multiplayer test captures.
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See you in the garage.
Build updates, future test announcements and a place for the community.