Reminder that SinglePlayerTarkov exists with cool mods, including one that allows you to play with friends. It's so much better than live.
True it's a lot better, but a lot of people don't have good enough PCs to host large maps locally. Have you configured your PC to host the co-op mod? Last time i tried it it wasn't plug and play and SPT disavows it. AT least back then it did. I'm not even sure where to find the co-op mod anymore, i remember you had to open ports in your router etc & install a bunch of frameworks.
"SPT will never have any multiplayer or co-op features, here are a few reasons why:
1. It goes against the goal of SPT which is to allow offline (solo) play of EFT, it has never been an objective to play with others, hence the name of the project, Single Player Tarkov.
2. SPT is a modification of EFTs offline raid mode where we save profile data after a raid. The ‘SPT Server’ is just a system for saving your profile to your hard drive, along with emulation of traders, flea market, hideout, etc.
3. BattleState Games - the developer of EFT - would demolish the project with significant legal pressure if COOP were added, SPT would instantly stop existing.
4. There have been two attempts to create a COOP system by people outside of SPT."
Digging for a difficult un-supported un-affiliated co-op mod filters about 99% of people from using it. I'd be interested to mess with it again though if you have any info on it. The last functioning version was SIT but i'm pretty sure there's a lot of compatibility isssues with it. What have you used.