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Big Crew Energy (Bigger Lobbies)
"Four hard hats was never enough. Bring the whole crew."
How do I install Big Crew Energy (Bigger Lobbies)?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Big Crew Energy (Bigger Lobbies) for Dumb Ways to Build in one click.
</>What does Big Crew Energy (Bigger Lobbies) do?
Dumb Ways to Build caps every lobby at four builders, which is one short the moment a fifth friend shows up. Big Crew Energy lifts that cap for lobbies you host: pick a size from 2 to 8, host as usual, and the room opens with that many seats. Your guests don't need anything installed, they just join like always. Elevator rides normally only carry four riders. With this mod on, the host's game keeps seats five through eight moving with the car, so a bigger crew never gets left behind on the wrong floor. A room takes its size the moment it opens, so switch the mod on and choose your size before you host. Press Check Lobby Size at any time to read back how many seats the room really opened with and how many builders are inside. Fair warning from the site foreman: eight players on one wobbly bridge is exactly as chaotic as it sounds.
</>What is Big Crew Energy (Bigger Lobbies)?
Dumb Ways to Build stops at four hard hats per lobby. Big Crew Energy lets the host open a room with up to eight seats, keeps the elevator carrying every rider, and reports the real seat count with one press. Guests join as usual. It runs through ProjectMods, the community-first PC mod manager for 400+ games including Wobbly Life, Human Fall Flat and Content Warning.
</>Common questions about Big Crew Energy (Bigger Lobbies)
What does Big Crew Energy do in Dumb Ways to Build?
Big Crew Energy lifts the four-player lobby cap in Dumb Ways to Build for any lobby you host. Switch the mod on, pick a Lobby Size from 2 to 8, then host the way you always do, and the room opens with that many seats. Your friends join like normal and do not need the mod, or anything else, installed on their side. The host's game also keeps seats five through eight moving with the elevator, so nobody from the bigger crew gets stranded on the wrong floor. Until the game itself offers a bigger lobby, this is the way to bring the whole crew onto one site today.
Why do I need to turn Big Crew Energy on before I host the lobby?
Because a Dumb Ways to Build lobby takes its size at the moment it opens and never changes it afterwards. Big Crew Energy sets the seat count for the next room you host, so the mod has to be enabled and the Lobby Size chosen before you press host. Flipping it on once you are already inside a four-seat room does nothing to that room; back out, check the setting, and host again. If you are not sure what you ended up with, press Check Lobby Size at any time. It reads back how many seats the room really opened with and how many builders are currently inside, so you know whether that fifth friend can actually get in.
Do my friends need Big Crew Energy installed to join an 8-player lobby?
No. Only the host needs Big Crew Energy running in Dumb Ways to Build. The lobby size is decided by the host's game when the room opens, so guests join the bigger room exactly the way they join a normal four-player one, with nothing extra installed. The same goes for the elevator: the host's game is what keeps seats five through eight riding along with the car, so guests benefit without doing anything. The one thing to remember is that the cap only applies to lobbies you host. If a friend without the mod hosts instead, their room opens at the game's usual four seats, and the extra crew will be stuck waiting outside.
What sizes can I set with the Lobby Size option?
Lobby Size in Big Crew Energy accepts any number from 2 to 8, and the next Dumb Ways to Build lobby you host opens with exactly that many seats. Eight is the ceiling, and two is handy when you want a private site for you and one friend with no randoms wandering in. The number only affects rooms you host, so leaving it at 4 gives you a completely standard lobby. Change it between jobs rather than mid-session, because a room that is already open keeps the size it started with. Press Check Lobby Size after hosting if you want to confirm the seat count actually landed.
What happens to the elevator with more than four builders on site?
With Big Crew Energy on, the host's copy of Dumb Ways to Build keeps seats five through eight moving with the elevator car, so the whole crew rides together. Normally the elevator only carries four riders, which would leave half of an eight-player crew standing on the wrong floor every time the site moved. That is the part of the site the mod specifically looks after, because a bigger crew would otherwise be split up on every ride. Expect the job to feel a lot busier, though. Eight hard hats crowding one bridge is glorious chaos, and the physics does not care how many of you are standing on it.
What options does Big Crew Energy (Bigger Lobbies) include?
Check Lobby Size
Reads back the seat count your lobby really opened with, plus how many builders are in it right now.
Enabled
Master switch. Turn it on before you host, because a room takes its size the moment it opens.
Lobby Size
How many builders your next hosted lobby can hold. Only lobbies you host use it.
Big Crew Energy is a ProjectMods mod for Dumb Ways to Build that raises the hosted lobby cap from four builders to any size from 2 to 8, so a fifth, sixth or eighth friend can join without anyone else installing a thing.
System Requirements
What features does Big Crew Energy (Bigger Lobbies) include?
- Lifts the lobby cap from four builders to anywhere between two and eight for rooms you host.
- Welcomes friends into the bigger room the normal way, with nothing extra installed on their end.
- Carries seats five through eight along with the elevator car, so nobody gets stranded on the wrong floor.
- Reports the real seat count your lobby opened with, plus how many builders are inside right now, on one button press.
- Takes effect the moment a room opens, so set your size before you press host.
Best For
- Friend groups of five or six who keep drawing straws for who sits out, and would rather host a room with a seat for everyone.
- Streamers and Discord crews running viewer nights, where eight beans on one wobbly bridge is far better content than four.
- Hosts whose mates don't use mods at all, since guests just join the bigger room like normal and never install a thing.
- Anyone who wants to be sure the room really opened at the size they picked, using Check Lobby Size before the first job starts.
- Pairs and trios who want a quieter site, since the size slider goes down to two as well as up to eight.
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