How to join local co-op

[Spicy Meatball]

Hi guys, I can't for the life of me figure out how to join a local co-op game. I've started a new game by selecting local co-op, but where do the people joining go?

[Jay-Nic]

Local co-op is same device. Other players use a different controller or kb/mouse. It's totally up to you. It is NOT a LAN system.

[Spicy Meatball]

But I've played local co-op via LAN on two different PCs on a previous version of the game.

[Jay-Nic]

We never supported that...
The game has to connect to a third party relay server. There is no way to play LAN without the internet.

[Xuande]

Don't worry, there's now a EULA update to make sure that players don't try to do this, that tries to give them the right to revoke the game license if they catch you doing it.

If I was aware of having to agree to such an EULA just because of a routine patch, I probably wouldn't have purchased FtK, and its ticking me off that my choices are now either "Agree to EULA and don't play under any method involving two or three local devices, which is my main use case", "Agree to EULA then break it", or "Don't agree to EULA and be denied access to the game".

I miss the days where a family could buy a game once, and then actually use said game together via LAN or mirroring without being treated as pirates for doing so.

[Spicy Meatball]

This is not what LAN gameplay means.

[Jay-Nic]

I'm not sure what the EULA has to do with his question about LAN play - but the game requires an active internet connection UNLESS you are playing Local Co-op (hotseat) or Single player.

The game sends data packets to a relay server, then those packets back to other connected players. No internet = no relay server = no LAN

[Xuande]

Originally posted by Jay-Nic:

I'm not sure what the EULA has to do with his question about LAN play - but the game requires an active internet connection UNLESS you are playing Local Co-op (hotseat) or Single player.

The game sends data packets to a relay server, then those packets back to other connected players. No internet = no relay server = no LAN

I'm sure you are well aware of the workarounds that exist for players who want to play locally without using hotseat for games that lack LAN support, and not all of those workarounds require an internet connection to your relay server. Unfortunately, your EULA forbids mirroring across multiple PCs, which means I either can't play locally the way I want, or I have to agree to and then break your EULA.

I have a family of four. Each of us has our own PC or laptop. Despite that, I'm not rich, so being asked to buy several copies of a game just to play on more than one screen locally is usually a hard pass for me unless the game is very cheap. While I do currently have a quality internet connection at home, I lose access to it during the summer, when we visit family in an area (rural Pennsylvania) with very spotty satellite internet.

Can I just ignore all of the above and treat FtK as a game with only shared screen support? Sure. Would I be doing that literally only because of a EULA that probably isn't enforceable against my use case? Probably. Is that a factor that would have stopped me from buying FtK if I had picked up on it sooner? Yes.

[MassaHunter]

But can you play LAN at all? I don't see the option and while playing online co-op with my brother who uses the same connection the game is pretty laggy and with lots of disconnections.

[Nequis]

I still have no idea what you are on about after reading the whole wall of text,installing the same game on multiple pcs ended when,even before 2000?

Originally posted by Xuande:

I have a family of four. Each of us has our own PC or laptop. Despite that, I'm not rich, so being asked to buy several copies of a game just to play on more than one screen locally is usually a hard pass for me unless the game is very cheap. While I do currently have a quality internet connection at home

Also i don't know the average tenor of life in the USA but for everyone to have their own pc and quality internet and not be able to afford what,a dinner out value of a game you can use indefinitely and which gets updates for free,sounds unbelievable to say the least.

[Wan]

Originally posted by Nequis:

Also i don't know the average tenor of life in the USA but for everyone to have their own pc and quality internet and not be able to afford what,a dinner out value of a game you can use indefinitely and which gets updates for free,sounds unbelievable to say the least.

20$ vs 80$? imagine doing that for every game he wants to play with his family.

[Wan]

also pc's can literally run high end games for years without needing change(upgrades or replacements) whereas this game will probably lose server support within 4-5 years. if not earlier.

[Spicy Meatball]

I have 2 copies of the game and just want to be able to play offline. I.e. via "LAN".

[Xuande]

Don't worry about me. I've removed the game from this account, I'd rather not support bad business practices.

[Eville]

Originally posted by Jay-Nic:

I'm not sure what the EULA has to do with his question about LAN play - but the game requires an active internet connection UNLESS you are playing Local Co-op (hotseat) or Single player.

The game sends data packets to a relay server, then those packets back to other connected players. No internet = no relay server = no LAN

Does this mean that if I buy a second copy to play with my wife on separate PC's, that once you guys decide to close your server because it's no longer worth the cost we won't be able to do so anymore? If so I most certainly am not buying a second copy. I already have too many games in my library that I can't play the way I want to or at all (looking at you Infestation) because they no longer have server support. It's kind of stupid the idea that an aspects or the entirety of a game can expire. It's the whole reason I prefer PC over Console's.

[Blehh.....]

Originally posted by Jay-Nic:

We never supported that...
The game has to connect to a third party relay server. There is no way to play LAN without the internet.

B00 where is non hotseat LAN play?