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Are PC and Console on different servers?

gileslestradegileslestrade Member Posts: 86 Arc User
edited September 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I've been playing on Xbox One for a few years, and My daughter also recently opened an account on xbox. We don't have separate consoles, so we have to take turns.
I recently resurrected my old STO PC account, and I'm wondering if there is a way to interact with my daughter. We have tried but didn't work. I'm assuming they are on different servers and never the two shall meet, but thought I'd check.
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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,918 Arc User
    Yes, they are on different servers. Consoles can only interact with other console players, same for PC players.
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    Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
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  • gileslestradegileslestrade Member Posts: 86 Arc User
    That's what I figured. Thanks for the confirmation.
  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,918 Arc User
    You're welcome
    Now a LTS and loving it.
    Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
    I have come to the conclusion that I have a memory like Etch-A-Sketch. I shake my head and forget everything. :D
  • nixie50nixie50 Member Posts: 1,351 Arc User
    can the ps4 and xbox interact? that might be a way of sharing the game with your kid.
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,693 Arc User
    keepcalmchiveon wrote: »
    even if you play xbox on a PC?

    There are no Xbox1 emulators for PC that support Xbox Live.

    PC, PS4, Xbox are separate servers, separate clients, and there is no way for them to interact with each other. It also is not possible to transfer an account from one platform to another.



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  • salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
    edited June 2020
    By purchasing specific Xbox games through Xbox Live, you are allowed the ability to download them onto a Windows 10 PC via the Microsoft Store. However, this doesn't work with most games, including STO. It's mostly for games that Microsoft owns and develops. It's also part of a long term strategy to offer customers more perceived benefits in the hope that they'll choose Xbox over Playstation.
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    keepcalmchiveon wrote: »
    windows 10 has some xbox stuff installed on it with the OS. i dont use any of it, usually delete it, so not sure how it all works, but

    All that does is remote control your XBox. If you played your XBox using your PC, you're playing the XBox version of STO.
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  • spiritbornspiritborn Member Posts: 4,402 Arc User
    Only MMO I know that has combinied console and PC versions is FF14 and it was built from the ground up to be that way (you can even enable controller UI for the PC version if you want).

    So yeah STO does have seperate PC and console servers (also IIRC even the clients(meaning the program) are different).
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  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,515 Arc User
    spiritborn wrote: »
    Only MMO I know that has combinied console and PC versions is FF14 and it was built from the ground up to be that way (you can even enable controller UI for the PC version if you want).

    So yeah STO does have seperate PC and console servers (also IIRC even the clients(meaning the program) are different).

    Phantasy Star Online 2 is cross-play for Xbox and PC too.
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  • spiritbornspiritborn Member Posts: 4,402 Arc User
    leemwatson wrote: »
    spiritborn wrote: »
    Only MMO I know that has combinied console and PC versions is FF14 and it was built from the ground up to be that way (you can even enable controller UI for the PC version if you want).

    So yeah STO does have seperate PC and console servers (also IIRC even the clients(meaning the program) are different).

    Phantasy Star Online 2 is cross-play for Xbox and PC too.
    I never played that so I didn't know (though now I do).
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    so was Everquest which had alot of problems - Also FF11 was cross-platform when I played 11 I had a friend in the linkshell (their guilds) there that played on xbox. If I recall sony is the one that prevented the cross-platform for STO.
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