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Kurp

Mar 2, 2016 @ 7:41am

2 players on the same computer

I'm trying to have 2 instance of POE running, 1 would be controlled by keyboard and mouse the other by the steam controller. I'm not doing this to get any advantage, all i want is to be able to play with my wife on our only computer.
Anybody has some tips? I have multiple monitor that's not a problem, right now the problem is 1 window is active and receive the input while the 2nd is not.

Thanks for the help!

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biggus dickus has Path of Exile

Mar 2, 2016 @ 8:03am

unfortunately I doubt there is a way, however there is a programme called wunderworks (i think its called that) that lets you do what you are asking but im not sure, good luck on finding a solution :)
edit: i found the software https://www.dicolab.com/

Last edited by biggus dickus; Mar 2, 2016 @ 8:05am

Lagwin1980 has Path of Exile

Mar 2, 2016 @ 8:46am

Thats fine, you can run 2 instances of the game (official allowed) so long as you don't automate one.

Also use widowd clients, and drag one to the correct screen?

Last edited by Lagwin1980; Mar 2, 2016 @ 8:47am

Broken_Ai

Mar 2, 2016 @ 4:44pm

If your pc is good enough and you have 2 graphics cards you could make a virtual machine

Kurp

Mar 2, 2016 @ 7:43pm

hey guys thanks for the help,
@red fluffy stuff Ill try that program but this seems to make more mouse and kb, what i want is 1 mouse and 1 keyboard and 1 steam controller. Ill have to try it out and keep you guys posted.
@Lagwin1980 Yep thats what im doing.
@chaosquall I have a beefy pc so I'm pretty sure I could, question is would i be able to have both instance of path of exile focused/active at the same time?

I would run 1 instance of POE tru steam and 2nd with or without steam. 1st one need steam controller being the only thing controlling the window, 2nd instance needs mouse and keyboard only.

Not sure if its doable but would be awesome....

Rafein

Mar 2, 2016 @ 9:07pm

PoE is very hard on systems, especially in groups. 2 hgh end Nividia graphics cards would be minimal. I've heard of PoE burning up a fair number of AMD Video Cards

The_Driver has Path of Exile

Mar 2, 2016 @ 10:06pm

Originally posted by Kurp:
@chaosquall I have a beefy pc so I'm pretty sure I could, question is would i be able to have both instance of path of exile focused/active at the same time?

With the correct passthroughs of graphics card and USB devices, that should work. The PoE instance in the VM will be active within that VM, while the virtual machine itself doesn't need to be. As you pass through the keys, they should be received only by that machine. So if you wanted, you could also both play with keyboard+mouse.

UwU

Mar 3, 2016 @ 3:07am

how lovely. =)

Kurp

Mar 3, 2016 @ 6:29am

thanks guys, which vm would you recommend?

Aleksi

Mar 3, 2016 @ 6:33am

Originally posted by Kurp:
thanks guys, which vm would you recommend?

VirtualBox

Detergent

Mar 3, 2016 @ 8:18am

VirtualBox I think was the one I used also. Had 2 monitors, keyboards, mice and 1 PC so my brother and I could play various games like D3 and Battlefield.

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Kurp

Mar 3, 2016 @ 6:38pm

Thx for the info, i've been trying to set it up but there is a problem, path of exile in the vm doesnt render the graphic properly

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Kurp

Mar 3, 2016 @ 7:08pm

I dont think virtual box is the answer here, 3d application have problems in it. anybody used something else?
@randomhero was it vmware you used or something like that?

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Detergent

Mar 3, 2016 @ 8:18pm

Googled vmware. Not sure if thats what I used back then. I see people talking about using 2 HDD/SSDs and 2 copies of windows.
When I did it I used 1 SSD and cloned my OS. I don't it cloned my entire C drive, maybe just a few files? Think it was a ISO file and was pretty small. After that I went down a list of my hardware and assigning USB, HDMI and speaker ports that would be used on the emulated PC.
After that, I just click a icon on my desktop and the 2nd monitor wakes up and is ready to go.

I should note the software was not free, but came with a 1 month trial. Before the month was over my brother had got his parts for his own PC. So we didn't use this very long but worked great while we did. We played Battlefield, D3, and League of Legends. My SSD couldnt hold much more than those 3 games +OS so that was all we tested.

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Skarwind

Mar 4, 2016 @ 2:53am

Originally posted by Kurp:
I'm trying to have 2 instance of POE running, 1 would be controlled by keyboard and mouse the other by the steam controller. I'm not doing this to get any advantage, all i want is to be able to play with my wife on our only computer.
Anybody has some tips? I have multiple monitor that's not a problem, right now the problem is 1 window is active and receive the input while the 2nd is not.

Thanks for the help!

Set up a 1Tower 2PCs setup. You can hit up LinusTechtips for a super ghetto setup on youtube or you can google search more in depth ways to do this. Depending on your PC you may have to beef it up a bit or you may be fine. I honestly wouldn't recommend Linus just because his explanations are pretty much just reading a script without any in depth explanations (he is more for show). It's entirely possible to do a single tower for 2 people though. Just requires research and some technical skill.

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