Local Multiplayer

[SuperKlyph]

Is this game getting local multiplayer? My wife has actually expressed interest in playing this game, so I want to take advantage of that.

[🦊 Hermit]

This game is already very demanding, so adding a split screen option to it would probably kill most computers. Not to mention it'd be very difficult to play with such a small viewpoint. If you can get a second computer you can play a LAN game though, or host a dedicated server on one computer then two people join it, one from the host computer and the other on their own PC.

[SuperKlyph]

Originally posted by Hermit:

This game is already very demanding, so adding a split screen option to it would probably kill most computers. Not to mention it'd be very difficult to play with such a small viewpoint. If you can get a second computer you can play a LAN game though, or host a dedicated server on one computer then two people join it, one from the host computer and the other on their own PC.

Thank you for your response. I'm asking because the Xbox One version has already implemented it. I realize that I could buy another computer to play with her, but that's not really preferred.

[🦊 Hermit]

Xbox has split screen? Hmm, wasn't aware of that. In that case I dunno, I haven't heard anything from the devs about it far as I'm aware, but whether they have any plans or not...not sure.

[SuperKlyph]

Originally posted by Hermit:

Xbox has split screen? Hmm, wasn't aware of that. In that case I dunno, I haven't heard anything from the devs about it far as I'm aware, but whether they have any plans or not...not sure.

It does, but the drawback is that it looks like absolute trash :-)

[margalus]

Originally posted by SuperKlyph:

Originally posted by Hermit:

This game is already very demanding, so adding a split screen option to it would probably kill most computers. Not to mention it'd be very difficult to play with such a small viewpoint. If you can get a second computer you can play a LAN game though, or host a dedicated server on one computer then two people join it, one from the host computer and the other on their own PC.

Thank you for your response. I'm asking because the Xbox One version has already implemented it. I realize that I could buy another computer to play with her, but that's not really preferred.

This game has had local multiplayer on the pc since it came out. But not splitscreen.

[SuperKlyph]

Originally posted by margalus:

Originally posted by SuperKlyph:

Thank you for your response. I'm asking because the Xbox One version has already implemented it. I realize that I could buy another computer to play with her, but that's not really preferred.

This game has had local multiplayer on the pc since it came out. But not splitscreen.

Local multiplayer implies split or shared screen. LAN is different.

[margalus]

Originally posted by SuperKlyph:

Originally posted by margalus:

This game has had local multiplayer on the pc since it came out. But not splitscreen.

Local multiplayer implies split or shared screen. LAN is different.

Nope, local means in the house. That means LAN or splitscreen.

[that's what she said]

Originally posted by margalus:

Originally posted by SuperKlyph:

Local multiplayer implies split or shared screen. LAN is different.

Nope, local means in the house. That means LAN or splitscreen.

Local means single machine. Like in localhost.
LAN is just a multiplayer since it's networked (the main word is network, and you can't drop 'area' from 'local area' without losing meaning obviously). There isn't much difference technically between LAN and Online - both networked. Local multiplayer is whole other beast.

I wish devs would come out clearly about split screen. They announced it and not a single word about (split screen announcement had both PC and Xbox stated explicitly). I hope they will bring it with new UI.