How to play V Rising offline

V Rising
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The V Rising offline mode is a newer feature that players can set up if they want to play V Rising without an internet connection. To do it, players have to set up a LAN server on their own computer independently, one that can be accessed without having to be online via the internet. We'll go into more detail about how to set up an offline LAN server in V Rising below, so you can conduct your gothic reign of terror without having to do it via an ethernet cable.

How to play V Rising offline

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To play V Rising offline, players have to do the following:

- Set Steam to Offline

- From the Main Menu in V Rising, Select "Play"

- Select "Private Game"

- Tick the Checkbox next to "LAN Server"

To go into more detail, first you need to set up a special LAN Mode server, effectively creating a game world hosted on your own PC rather than one accessed remotely via the internet. This does mean, however, that you'll need to create and host your own server. When you do, you need to start the server in "Lan Mode", an option presented as a little checkbox. At this point, the game will open in an offline mode!

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More than that though, the fact that this world is effectively hosted on your own private network means that anybody on the same network can join your server, done by ticking the “LAN Server” checkbox in the "Direct Connect to Server window". Admittedly, everybody would have to have their own PC to run V Rising, but it's still an option available to people. For more info, check out the official patch reveal from the developers at the link provided, where they discuss the new features of the 0.5.41448 Patch.

Aside from the obvious advantage of offline mode meaning that you're no longer shackled to an internet connection, players can also use admin and V Rising console commands and cheats to alter the worlds they host, a nice little benefit for those reigning as kings of their tiny gothic kingdoms. The Steam Cloud also records server history, so assuming they log onto the internet at some point to backup this information, players should theoretically be able to access those offline Lan Mode servers from other PCs. 

We should clarify that there's some bugginess around this feature right now, but we're paying close attention to the early V Rising Roadmap, to see if it's corrected in the future!

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Joel Franey
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Joel Franey is a writer, journalist, podcaster and raconteur with a Masters from Sussex University, none of which has actually equipped him for anything in real life. As a result he chooses to spend most of his time playing video games, reading old books and ingesting chemically-risky levels of caffeine. He is a firm believer that the vast majority of games would be improved by adding a grappling hook, and if they already have one, they should probably add another just to be safe. You can find old work of his at USgamer, Gfinity, Eurogamer and more besides.