FAQ

There's a lot to know about Artemis and it's little workarounds and intricacies.

What Version Do I Buy?
The big question. In a perfect world, every version would be identical, but they are not.

PC - Steam VS Website
Artemis requires multiple computers running the game to make the experience work. You have two options to do this: Have everyone purchase the game for their own Steam account to use, or buy one copy of the DRM free version on the website. The DRM free version is about the same price, and it has the added benefit of being able to be installed as many times as you want to any computer. If you can, ask your friends to kick in their share of the price of the DRM version and just install it for everyone.

Another advantage to the DRM free version is that it's easier to downgrade in the event that PC gets updated before Android/iOS does.

Please note this DRM free route also works on the honor system. If your friend who bought the bridge license gives you the version to install, that's okay, but if you want to use it to install Artemis on a new set of computers, it's highly recommended that you buy your own license.

What about Android/iOS?
Artemis can cross communicate between desktop and mobile versions, but only if they have matching version numbers. The Artemis website usually provides files to downgrade/upgrade your versions for free so you can match the versions and have more people play.

If you wish to play Artemis on these devices, we highly recommend a tablet that is at least 7", and anything bigger is better.

Other Questions
Here are some other questions that are heard a lot

Does everyone need to be in the same room, or can we play this over the internet?
We highly, highly, highly recommend that you try everything you can to gather everyone and their computers together in the same room. However, no, it isn't required that everyone be in the same room. The server host can gather everyone up in a voice chat such as Teamspeak, Mumble, Ventrilo, Google Hangouts (best since it has built in video streaming too) or even Skype so they can communicate, then the host must setup the server to be accessed via the internet. Artemis uses TCP port 2010 for netplay.

What's the difference between this wiki and the older Artemis wiki?
You can view the older Artemis wiki here. The other Artemis wiki is nice, but has a few problems with it, mostly that editing is locked and you need to request access, and I've never actually been able to gain access to it. There's also a lot of dated information, since there's only a few people that actually have access.

Another main goal for this wiki was to be a bit more clear for new players, even if it means leaving out some information for the sake of simplicity. The other wiki is a bigger dump of information for whatever purposes.