Creating a park inPlanet Coaster 2,spending hours perfecting it, and satisfying the endless needs of your guests may take a long time but is incredibly rewarding. Designing your own custom coaster or flume and making the scenery as appealing as possible are some of the game’s most captivating features.

However, these tasks can sometimes feel overwhelming for a single player. Perhaps you need a helping hand for this challenging mission. Or maybe you’re great at designing pools, while someone else excels at crafting coasters. If you’re planning to play the game collaboratively, this guide is just for you.

The players selects a park named ‘HeadSpinners’ in Franchise Mode in Planet Coaster 2.

How To Build Collaboratively In Franchise Mode

Franchise Modeallows you to play collaboratively. In this mode,you’ll manage multiple parks, aiming to rank on the leaderboard and earn rewards with other members of your franchise. To join a franchise, you can eithercreate your own or send a request to join other players’ franchises.

To join an existing franchise, you may use the Search section in the Franchise Menu. By entering keywords and using the Filter by Tags button,you can find players who share similar goals.Alternatively, you can join a friend’s franchise or any other franchise using a Franchise Code.

The player sets up a new franchise in Planet Coaster 2.

To create your own franchise, you need to enter a Franchise Name. Additionally, you can customize your Franchise Profile by adding tags. These tagscan define the group’s interests, activity level, and gameplay style.For example, you can select ‘Organized’ and ‘Very Active’ tags to display your choices.

Next, decide on your membership settings—whether members can join only via invites or by sending join requests. Finally, you’re able to randomize the automatically generated Franchise Code if you wish.

The player selects a starting location for their new franchise in Planet Coaster 2.

By sharing your Franchise Code or entering the code of the franchise you wish to join,you’re able to easily connect with specific players.

After setting up your franchise, you must select a Starting Location. This decisiondetermines your starting Park Currency and Research Points.Each location has unique effects, which can influence guest behavior and other factors. Choose carefully, as the starting location cannot be changed and will determine the maximum number of parks you can open.

A park’s editing locked by a park owner in Planet Coaster 2.

Up to five members can be part of a franchise, but you can also play Franchise Mode solo if you prefer.

How To Save Changes

One of the key aspects of a franchise is the ability to play collaboratively with other members. However, collaborative playdoesn’t mean simultaneous edits.After creating or joining a franchise, you’ll see the parks within it. If you make a change to your park and only save it without publishing, the park will become ‘Editing Locked’.

Any member of the franchise can use the ‘Revoke Editing Lock’ button in the Park Management menu to unlock a park. When this is done,any unsaved changes made by the previous editor will be discarded.This action also lifts the editing lock, allowing the park to be edited by others.

The player creates a park in Sandbox Mode in Planet Coaster 2.

To save and share your edits with other members, select the ‘Upload Changes’ option. This willpublish the most recent updates to the parkand make them visible to everyone. Alternatively, if you choose ‘Save Park,’ your changes will be saved locally, but the park will remain locked, and other members will not see your updates.

It’s important to communicate your changes with the other members. Use the provided text box to describe the updates you’ve made when uploading changes. This ensures everyone is informed, and the park remains collaboratively editable.

The player checks a park’s stats in Sandbox Mode in Planet Coaster 2.

How To Build Collaboratively In Sandbox Mode

You don’t necessarily need to play Franchise Mode to build collaboratively. If you prefer, you’re able to collaborate with your friends in Sandbox Mode. Similar to Franchise Mode,you cannot build simultaneously in this mode either.

To start, select Sandbox Mode and create a park. During the park creation process, choose the park name, preset, and other settings, then click the ‘Create Park’ button. Once your park is created, save it.

Then, return to the Sandbox Mode main menu,select your saved park, and click the ‘Collaborate’ button.This will upload your park online, allowing other players to contribute to building it.

Similar to Franchise Mode, a park in Sandbox Modecan have up to five members.The owner of the park has access to the ‘Manage Park’ menu, where they can send invitations to other players via the ‘Park Members’ tab. They can alsorevert to previous versions of the park using the ‘Version Control’ tab.

If changes have been made to a park but not published, the park will be marked as Editing Locked. The changes must be published using the ‘Upload Changes’ button or the ‘Revert Local Changes’ option in the Park Management menu. If the park owner is dissatisfied with the current changes,they can load a previous version of the park from the Version Control screen.