Protip: If you have access to the PC version, you can open multiple instances of it to self boost [UPDATE: This doesn't work anymore]

[DesmaBR 3,337]

 

Just checked it myself, just go to the game's folder and open it's exe multiple times (As much as you need).

It can make boosting by yourself a lot easier.

 

Just be mindful that it gives an account error when you open it for the second time, so other instances will have to be guest accounts, so have chat set for "Quick Chat Only"

 

23/04/2022 Update: This exploit has been patched, you are not able to open multiple instances on the same PC anymore

Edited April 23 by DesmaBR

[Walt the Dog 1,912]

Neat. Was thinking of trying this out when I saw people on another site suggesting it for the PC version. Glad to see someone tried it out and got it working.

[BKnocheese 86]

That's very sus

[InfamousDooMZ 35]

so it's just as simple as owning the game and opening up multiple tabs? 

[DesmaBR 3,337]

1 minute ago, InfamousDooMZ said:

so it's just as simple as owning the game and opening up multiple tabs? 

Yeah. PC version is paid tho, just like consoles

[InfamousDooMZ 35]

Just now, DesmaBR said:

Yeah. PC version is paid tho, just like consoles

Thanks for clarifying. Steam has it on sale for just a few dollars more than the playstation version, no biggie. 

[Kishnabe 4,061]

18 minutes ago, InfamousDooMZ said:

Thanks for clarifying. Steam has it on sale for just a few dollars more than the playstation version, no biggie. 

 

 

Humble Bundle Dangerous Worlds 1 USD Tier comes with Among US on Steam

 

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/dangerous-worlds

 

Removed Referral Link nonsense.

[InfamousDooMZ 35]

3 minutes ago, Kishnabe said:

 

 

Humble Bundle Dangerous Worlds 1 USD Tier comes with Among US on Steam

 

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/dangerous-worlds

 

Removed Referral Link nonsense.

Thank you. That's a fantastic deal

[enaysoft 4,151]

Boosting with yourself, across things like two PS3, PS4 and Vita I guess is tolerated because it is all in the same eco system, but I guess now, boosting with multi-platform, is tolerated and not cheating?

 

I can imagine a scenario in the future where (as an example)

 

Borderlands 4 is cross play, so people are using their PC version of the game with mods installed/cheats installed, and then doing a ton of trophies coop with their Playstation account, that isn't hacked but there's likely no way of detecting that cheated has occured since play is shared.

 

 

[DesmaBR 3,337]

31 minutes ago, enaysoft said:

Borderlands 4 is cross play, so people are using their PC version of the game with mods installed/cheats installed, and then doing a ton of trophies coop with their Playstation account, that isn't hacked but there's likely no way of detecting that cheated has occured since play is shared.

 

That's basically Back 4 Blood.

[Helyx 8,272]

1 hour ago, enaysoft said:

Borderlands 4 is cross play

 

Damn, I'm really behind on new Borderlands releases.

[MaxieM0us3 2,838]

Really really disappointing to see everyone in PSNP resorting in boosting on day one and the second they boot the game, rather than just - you know - just playing the game?!?!

 

But no, only trophies matter these days, with every approach possible, than just playing a game and having “fun”.

 

I’m already at almost all the trophies with just like 2 hours of standard play.

Edited December 15, 2021 by MaxieM0us3

[kevao97 2,539]

19 minutes ago, MaxieM0us3 said:

Really really disappointing to see everyone in PSNP resorting in boosting on day one and the second they boot the game, rather than just - you know - just playing the game?!?!

 

But no, only trophies matter these days, with every approach possible, than just playing a game and having “fun”.

 

I’m already at almost all the trophies with just like 2 hours of standard play.

i mean... we're on a trophy forum. I understand your indignation, but it would be innocence to come here and not expect to find posts like this

another thing is that probably the vast majority of people will play this on ps4-5 just for the trophies, obviously some people have never experienced it on pc/mobile but i believe they are the minority. quite possibly few people are buying this relaunch for "the sake of fun".

Edited December 15, 2021 by kevao97

[enaysoft 4,151]

45 minutes ago, MaxieM0us3 said:

Really really disappointing to see everyone in PSNP resorting in boosting on day one and the second they boot the game, rather than just - you know - just playing the game?!?!

 

But no, only trophies matter these days, with every approach possible, than just playing a game and having “fun”.

 

I’m already at almost all the trophies with just like 2 hours of standard play.

 

Watch out, that kind of talk will have your posts magically vanish by the mods.

 

We're not really allowed to talk about how easy games are now, but yeah standards are pretty low these days. There's way worse than self boosting with yourself going on though. lol

[Ac3dUd3- 712]

57 minutes ago, MaxieM0us3 said:

Really really disappointing to see everyone in PSNP resorting in boosting on day one and the second they boot the game, rather than just - you know - just playing the game?!?!

 

 

Pretty sus thing to say mate

[Vanqishd 85]

12 hours ago, DesmaBR said:

Just checked it myself, just go to the game's folder and open it's exe multiple times (As much as you need).

It can make boosting by yourself a lot easier.

 

Just be mindful that it gives an account error when you open it for the second time, so other instances will have to be guest accounts, so have chat set for "Quick Chat Only"

 

What .exe are you using though? From the Steam folder itself?

 

I've just tried it for testing and if so, it allows me to connect from only one of the instances - the rest get errors thrown such as "you have been disconnected due to an unknown error".

 

Regardless, it's just maybe an 8-10 hour platinum doing it without boosting. I've sank countless hours into it on PC, and it's a shame that progress can't be carried over from there 😄

[timpurnat 1,020]

How many people/consoles do you need to boost this?

[DesmaBR 3,337]

3 hours ago, timpurnat said:

How many people/consoles do you need to boost this?

at least 4 players are needed to start a match, so 4 for most of it

 

5 for the H U N G E R trophy (Can't kill 3 people on a 4 player match)

7 for the Never Suspect a Thing (Need at least 7 people to have a match with 2 impostors)

 

 

[timpurnat 1,020]

4 minutes ago, DesmaBR said:

at least 4 players are needed to start a match, so 4 for most of it

 

5 for the H U N G E R trophy (Can't kill 3 people on a 4 player match)

7 for the Never Suspect a Thing (Need at least 7 people to have a match with 2 impostors)

 

 

Thanks for the info, I just bought the PC version so I can easily selfboost this

Edited December 15, 2021 by timpurnat

[MoneyShotxox 138]

you can unlock the kills in free play ezpz 

Edited December 15, 2021 by MoneyShotxox

[ThatMuttGuy 2,431]

12 hours ago, MaxieM0us3 said:

Really really disappointing to see everyone in PSNP resorting in boosting on day one and the second they boot the game, rather than just - you know - just playing the game?!?!

 

But no, only trophies matter these days, with every approach possible, than just playing a game and having “fun”.

 

I’m already at almost all the trophies with just like 2 hours of standard play.

 

Normally I'd agree, but I put 300 hours on the PC version, so I've already done all the requirements multiple times over. I'd rather just get the trophies on a game I used to enjoy, instead of trying to play it on console. 

[IIDRAGONSSSII 35]

On 15/12/2021 at 1:54 AM, DesmaBR said:

 

Just checked it myself, just go to the game's folder and open it's exe multiple times (As much as you need).

It can make boosting by yourself a lot easier.

 

Just be mindful that it gives an account error when you open it for the second time, so other instances will have to be guest accounts, so have chat set for "Quick Chat Only"

 

It is paid version? I get a error when trying to join whit others windows using a free and/or the Steam version of the game.

22 hours ago, Vanqishd said:

 

What .exe are you using though? From the Steam folder itself?

 

I've just tried it for testing and if so, it allows me to connect from only one of the instances - the rest get errors thrown such as "you have been disconnected due to an unknown error".

 

Regardless, it's just maybe an 8-10 hour platinum doing it without boosting. I've sank countless hours into it on PC, and it's a shame that progress can't be carried over from there 

 

Did you solve it?

Edited December 16, 2021 by IIDRAGONSSSII

[maiathewinners 1,302]

On 15/12/2021 at 5:56 AM, MaxieM0us3 said:

Really really disappointing to see everyone in PSNP resorting in boosting on day one and the second they boot the game, rather than just - you know - just playing the game?!?!

 

But no, only trophies matter these days, with every approach possible, than just playing a game and having “fun”.

 

I’m already at almost all the trophies with just like 2 hours of standard play.

You care way too much on how other people play their games. Every single thread about Among Us you come out with a speach about how trophy hunters lost their way or something like that. 

 

Why do you care so much about the reason other people play games? Not everyone has to play a game as you say. Yh, he is playing for the trophies, but do you know if he played the game before? Do you know if he already owned the game on other platforms? Do you know how many hours he has put in the game before it came out to PlayStation? Like Mutt said, he already has 300 hours on the game so he just wants the platinum for a game he enjoys. 

 

There's also always the option to not open Among Us threads about ways to boost the games if you want

[CookiestMonsterr 157]

Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Among Us

and open Among Us.exe Change the region to NA no idea why it doesnt work on EU dont know about AS 

[EdinhoN 1,304]

On 15/12/2021 at 2:56 AM, MaxieM0us3 said:

Really really disappointing to see everyone in PSNP resorting in boosting on day one and the second they boot the game, rather than just - you know - just playing the game?!?!

 

But no, only trophies matter these days, with every approach possible, than just playing a game and having “fun”.

 

I’m already at almost all the trophies with just like 2 hours of standard play.

Among Us is a crappy game to play with randoms. The legit and fun way is to gather 7 to 10 friends, all on the same Discord voice room, but that is soooo inefficient for trophies