Steam Remote Play detects two controllers

[Nibbonius]

My friend and I are playing Overcooked using the new Remote Play. However, while he tries to use a controller, whenever we try and start the campaign, at the character select it detects his controller twice, making a third player. The third player is basically using his controls so it's mirroring him. Anyone else having this problem or have a solution?

[Team17_Assistance]

Hi Nibbonius,

How many controllers in total are plugged in, in both systems? If there are more than 2, can you test with only 2 plugged in?

Regards,

Team17 Support

[Nibbonius]

Originally posted by Team17_Assistance:

Hi Nibbonius,

How many controllers in total are plugged in, in both systems? If there are more than 2, can you test with only 2 plugged in?

Regards,

Team17 Support

I have a PS4 controller connected. My friend on his end also had a PS4 controller. The issue was on his end whenever he tried to confirm his character pressing the X button (bound as "A" in Xbox controller config). After he confirms, it brings up the third player character select.

However, a minor solution he had to the problem was he pressed the PS4 pad it would confirm without bringing up the third player selection and he could play. But after we finished an area, when we returned to the map it would show a third player again, so it isn't a permanent fix.

[Team17_Assistance]

Hi Nibbonius,

Remote Play simply streams the game to the second player and works as being in a local network. We have tested the above and were unable to reproduce the issue with having three players. So to confirm the steps needed: Once your friend presses A and you see both players inside the food truck, you are ready to go and play together.

Regards,

Team17 Support

[Koght]

Hi, I had the same problem when trying to play as two players, but found a way around, here's how.

I have two controllers, and only one had the problem of duplicating players when hitting "A" : when trying to lock the player on this controller, it would lock it but also enable another player. After some testing, I was able to fix it though :

1) Chose the map you want to play on WITH ONLY ONE PLAYER ENABLED, with a "good controller" (works with keyboards).
2) Do not lock your character on the "good controller".
3) With the "bad controller", hit "A" two times, so that you enable AND lock one player and enable but not lock a second one.
4) Then, with the "good controller", hit "Y" to enter commands screen.
5) Here, with the bad controller, hit "B" once so that it removes one of the duplicated players.
6) With the good controller, leave commands screen by hitting "B". You should have two not locked players by that time, each on different controller.
7) With the bad controller, change the appearance oof your character to your liking : THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR CHARACTER.
8) Then, with the bad controller, hit "A" once so that it locks this character while enabling a new one, unlocked.
9) With the good controller, hit "Y" to reenter commands screen.
10) With the bad controller, hit "B" to remove one player.
11) With the good controller, hit "B" to leave commands screen. At that point you should have one player not locked on the good controller, and one player locked on the bad controller. Just chose appearance for the good controller player, and hit "A" twice on the good controller to launch the game.

WHY IT WORKS : when you delete a duplicated player from the command screen, the game choses automatically the one closest to 1st place. This is why you want to lock the player of the bad controller in the third spot : because when you lock him, you also enable player number 2, which is the one who is deleted when you do it through the command screen. The remaining player for the bad controller is the locked one, so you just have to lock with the good controller to play now.

This worked for me, hope it's useful to other people too. I don't see why it wouldn't work with 3 players, you just need a "good controller" to be able to make this work. The only downside is that you have to do this every time you enter a map, but it can be done quite rapidly after you've done it once. Good luck and have fun !

[freeaxes]

As a heads up, I just had this happen in a DIFFERENT game, but the problem was that I had picked up my xbox controller, which was plugged in via cable, and turned on the wireless on it by holding down the xbox logo button. It took quite a while to figure this out, but once I did I found that all I had to do to fix the issue was unplug the USB cable from the xbox controller and leave it on wireless. Then later on when I played after the wireless had turned off, I just used it plugged in only, and it worked fine.