How to play local co-op through the internet!!!

[Eve <3]

So while poking around Reddit I asked if there were any programs that would allow remote input to another computer and accept keystrokes since that would simulate local co-op. Someone suggested the program Team Viewer (http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx). It's free to use as long as you say this is for non business use.

While it's not perfect it actually works pretty well! The person who owns the game launches it and player 2 requests access to the launcher's computer. The game will then recognize player 2's keystrokes as local!

The game will lag at times, sometimes to the point where you can't move but it's usually for short moments. I don't know whose internet this puts more of a burden on, the hoster or the viewer, or equal on both ends but I'd suggest having decent internet for this to be playable. At times the viewer/player 2 will have screen flicker and sometimes the Lego characters will be bald due to I assume layers of the game lagging a little. But when the game isn't lagging the keystrokes get registered without any noticble delay.

WARNING: This program gives the other person full access to your computer! Do this only with people you trust. They can easily click and view anything on your computer. It's the same as if you left your computer running and someone walked by and started messing with it. So do not do this with random people!

Overall if you can deal with bits of lag it actually does make it playing to play online local co-op. It's not perfect but hey, if you're really desperate it works. It might work even better if you both have very high end computers and internet. Hope this helps!

[Psycho Pie]

aaaaand this is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[Psycho Pie]

c'mon dude you can't fool anyone with a program such as teamview.

[Eve <3]

Originally posted by Psycho Pie:

c'mon dude you can't fool anyone with a program such as teamview.

What do you mean fool? It actually works and I specifically said to only try this with someone you know and trust. Teamview let's you control another person's computer remotly and that's baiscally how local co-op works. It recognizes your input as coming in and as a valid player 2.

If this was meant to be a scam or something I'd be asking for people to give me thier information which I clearly am not and again, I stated that this is to be only done with people you know.

[Discórdia]

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[Psycho Pie]

well, letting people going on your computer is sorta giving you private information.

[Psycho Pie]

them *

[Psycho Pie]

and you can't trust anyone these days.

[Eve <3]

Originally posted by Psycho Pie:

and you can't trust anyone these days.

Again, I said multiple times to only do this with with people you trust and not random people. I've only done with with my bf of 5 years since I trust him. I would not do this with random friends I've met online.

edit: This would work well with siblings or long distance couples that want to play a game together but that only supports locol co-op. I doubt this will work for very high end games as even Lego Harry Potter has lag problems but I have read that HP has pretty high demands anyway and crashes on lower end computers. It seems to run smoother in smaller map areas in game and lags more when in areas like the Great Hall so it might have to do more with how many resources are needed for the game to determine lag comparative to internet speed.

[WildBrownRice]

For the record, TeamViewer allows the host to terminate the program at any time and provides you a unique password that changes each time you launch the program, meaning that the person you allow access to can't save the password and be able to log in to your computer whenever they want. There is option to allow for permanent passwords, though I wouldn't recommend it.

[overdev]

can someone record this and post a link on the video here ?
maybe explain it.
that would be awesome :D

[[The] Scientist]

Good post. Sorry Psycho Pie gave you such a hard time. My brother and I came across this while looking for a way to play Knight Squad together. If you find a way to do 4 players, let me know.

[Eve <3]

Thanks, glad someone found it useful!

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

Originally posted by Psycho Pie:

and you can't trust anyone these days.

Sure you can.
I come from a country where we show great trust in each other and if I knew another person why wouldn't I trust them to connect to the machine?

Problem with my country is that we have by far the most immigration policy in Europe and hence import people from cultures with much lower trust between each other and relative the society and police and such and likely with more corruption and black-market / helping a friend outside of the system and so on so on.

Their trust will likely go up when they meet our system on the other hand we'll eventually have to accept that not everyone follows our social contract there and don't deserve the trust and hence either treat them differently or expect less from society with the outcome that carries (harder to collect tax, make trades, take risks, ..)

It's ruining the country in many ways but that's one.

Similarly if I moved to a society with less trust then it wouldn't be all that great either.

I guess the most trusting person lose the most whereas the cheater / least trusting/trust-able gain the most from it but on the other hand a society where people trust each other is better than one where they don't.

Freedom is connected similarly. It works as long as everyone think it's a good idea to have it.
Hence we risk losing that too.

It s***.

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

Originally posted by Aliquis:

Originally posted by Psycho Pie:

and you can't trust anyone these days.

Sure you can.
I come from a country where we show great trust in each other and if I knew another person why wouldn't I trust them to connect to the machine?

Problem with my country is that we have by far the most immigration policy in Europe and hence import people from cultures with much lower trust between each other and relative the society and police and such and likely with more corruption and black-market / helping a friend outside of the system and so on so on.

Their trust will likely go up when they meet our system on the other hand we'll eventually have to accept that not everyone follows our social contract there and don't deserve the trust and hence either treat them differently or expect less from society with the outcome that carries (harder to collect tax, make trades, take risks, ..)

It's ruining the country in many ways but that's one.

Similarly if I moved to a society with less trust then it wouldn't be all that great either.

I guess the most trusting person lose the most whereas the cheater / least trusting/trust-able gain the most from it but on the other hand a society where people trust each other is better than one where they don't.

Freedom is connected similarly. It works as long as everyone think it's a good idea to have it.
Hence we risk losing that too.

It s***.

Gaming vice I guess we could compare it with DRM.

DRM is an annoyance to create for the developer, is one for the person who don't deserve access and is for a consumer.

In a world where people could be trusted you wouldn't need it. In one where you can't trust people you "need" it. And because of that it happens.

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

Originally posted by Aliquis:

Originally posted by Aliquis:

Sure you can.
I come from a country where we show great trust in each other and if I knew another person why wouldn't I trust them to connect to the machine?

Problem with my country is that we have by far the most immigration policy in Europe and hence import people from cultures with much lower trust between each other and relative the society and police and such and likely with more corruption and black-market / helping a friend outside of the system and so on so on.

Their trust will likely go up when they meet our system on the other hand we'll eventually have to accept that not everyone follows our social contract there and don't deserve the trust and hence either treat them differently or expect less from society with the outcome that carries (harder to collect tax, make trades, take risks, ..)

It's ruining the country in many ways but that's one.

Similarly if I moved to a society with less trust then it wouldn't be all that great either.

I guess the most trusting person lose the most whereas the cheater / least trusting/trust-able gain the most from it but on the other hand a society where people trust each other is better than one where they don't.

Freedom is connected similarly. It works as long as everyone think it's a good idea to have it.
Hence we risk losing that too.

It s***.

Gaming-vise I guess we could compare it with DRM.

DRM is an annoyance to create for the developer, is one for the person who don't deserve access and is for a consumer.

In a world where people could be trusted you wouldn't need it. In one where you can't trust people you "need" it. And because of that it happens.