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Pike

Feb 4, 2018 @ 8:36am

Basic Controls / Split Screen

Hi, can anyone clue me in on how to set up a local multiplayer for this game (was indicated you could do so on sale page - can't work out how now i have the game). Also. How do you escape from the main menu without ctrl-alt-delete? I press Esc and nothing happens.

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DMeville [developer] Feb 4, 2018 @ 2:12pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q9_agDvuto

Escape usually brings up the pause menu, and the main purpose of the pause menu is to give you an option to return to the main menu. But since you're already on the main menu, the pause menu is disabled. What are you trying to do with escape on the main menu?

Last edited by DMeville; Feb 4, 2018 @ 2:17pm

Pike

Feb 5, 2018 @ 8:57am

Hi thanks for getting back to me. I'm trying to close the game and return to desktop. I also never managed to set up a local split screen multiplayer.

DMeville [developer] Feb 5, 2018 @ 3:19pm

You can close the game and return to the desktop by choosing the "Quit" option from the main menu.

What issue was preventing you from setting up local multiplayer? All you need to do is add two players and start the game. In the case that you want one player to use the keyboard and another player to use a controler, or both players to use the same keyboard (instead of both players using controllers) you have to edit the controls slightly. Using the controls wizard (run setup) this should take a few seconds.

The reason you need to do this to play with one controller and one keyboard is because Party Panic has no way of knowing you want to play with two players - so it auto assigns the keyboard and the first controller it detects to player 1. To ensure that at least one player will be assigned correctly. But if you want to use those inputs for two players you must remove the controller from player 1, and assign it to player 2. The video above shows exactly how to do this.

Last edited by DMeville; Feb 5, 2018 @ 3:20pm

Pike

Feb 6, 2018 @ 4:09am

Hi, thanks for this. Once you get to grips with "space bar = enter" and "shift = esc" navigation becomes easy. I was struggling to get back to the main menu etc hence my difficulty. Probably just me being dumb :-) Might be worth labelling the controls on that initial screen though, if you get a lot of feedback from people being confused.

Thanks for the guide on setting up controls for player 2. Never would have worked that out on my own!! With that we've managed to setup a splitscreen multiplayer just fine. Thanks!