Local multiplayer with a keyboard and a controller

[Chickaeyoung]

can i play local multiplayer while using a keyboard and a controller connected at the same time?

[Pafti]

Apparantly, only if you have 2 controllers.
The Keyboard will always be Player 1, and at least one Controller will also always be Player 1, so if you had a second controller, then you could leave the first one alone and use the Keyboard instead.

I guess software like x360ce might get you around that, pretty sure you can force a controller to be Player 2,3 or 4, despite not having a Player 1 controller using software like that, which might let you do it with a single controller.

There's a chance I'm wrong on both counts, but that's what it looks like to me on first glance.

[Chickaeyoung]

Originally posted by Pufti:

Apparantly, only if you have 2 controllers.
The Keyboard will always be Player 1, and at least one Controller will also always be Player 1, so if you had a second controller, then you could leave the first one alone and use the Keyboard instead.

I guess software like x360ce might get you around that, pretty sure you can force a controller to be Player 2,3 or 4, despite not having a Player 1 controller using software like that, which might let you do it with a single controller.

There's a chance I'm wrong on both counts, but that's what it looks like to me on first glance.

does x360ce only work with xbox controllers?
because my controller is logitech
i wonder if it will work or nah

[Pafti]

Originally posted by heeeeeey:

Originally posted by Pufti:

Apparantly, only if you have 2 controllers.
The Keyboard will always be Player 1, and at least one Controller will also always be Player 1, so if you had a second controller, then you could leave the first one alone and use the Keyboard instead.

I guess software like x360ce might get you around that, pretty sure you can force a controller to be Player 2,3 or 4, despite not having a Player 1 controller using software like that, which might let you do it with a single controller.

There's a chance I'm wrong on both counts, but that's what it looks like to me on first glance.

does x360ce only work with xbox controllers?
because my controller is logitech
i wonder if it will work or nah

It'll work. That's actually what the software exists for, it's to emulate an Xbox Controller when you don't have one. But it can do more than that. I'm just not sure about the "switching a Controller to Player 2, when Player 1 doesn't exist" functionality. That could easily be something my mind just made up.

[Chickaeyoung]

Originally posted by Pufti:

Originally posted by heeeeeey:

does x360ce only work with xbox controllers?
because my controller is logitech
i wonder if it will work or nah

It'll work. That's actually what the software exists for, it's to emulate an Xbox Controller when you don't have one. But it can do more than that. I'm just not sure about the "switching a Controller to Player 2, when Player 1 doesn't exist" functionality. That could easily be something my mind just made up.

thank you very much for the reply
i'll try this method later when i have some free time :)))))

[Pafti]

Oh, I just realized you can probably use x360ce to have your Keyboard be detected as a 360 controller as well. Duh.
That would be another solution that is more likely to work. Good Luck :)

[Chickaeyoung]

Originally posted by Pufti:

Oh, I just realized you can probably use x360ce to have your Keyboard be detected as a 360 controller as well. Duh.
That would be another solution that is more likely to work. Good Luck :)

Again, thanks :)

[Johnny P]

For anyone with a 2 player arcade setup ( 2 x joysticks) you can get this to play properly now.

For Xarcade owners - you can buy and install a zero lag upgraded pc for the tankstick, which now gives you input for Direct Input and X input.
Install that and set to X Input (mode 4) and both sticks will be recognized as Xbox 360 controllers and will work perfectly. There are good videos on YouTube on how to do this.

For Ipac 2 and 4 owners - only works with Ipac with miniusb on pc, upgrade the firmware to ver 1.50 or higher from the ultimarc website. This will give you multimode (mame/keyboard, Direct Input and X Input). Select mode 3 for X Input and again Windows will recognise your sticks as Xbox 360 controllers and will work perfectly.
Instructions for Ipac method are on the Ultimarc website.

This will work for all your PC fighting games like Injustice 2 and Mortal Kombat which are all nightmares to reconfigure and control menus etc.

I have used the Ipac method and it works well. Will test the Xarcade method in Feb (VERY limited supply in Australia - the sole importer has no stock).

[Pkon]

So I have been looking for an answer to this, no one has it, but I found a solution and its for all games with local play on steam.

When ingame just bring up steam (Shift+Tab) and go to your friends list. You will have a prompt on top of the list to invite friends to join. Click on prompt and it will bring up a window. IGNORE THE INVITE FOR REMOTE PLAY. This window will list your inputs. right at the bottom it will show all your controllers. you can drag the controllers into whatever player position you want.

Example
Keyboard is always default player 1. So drag the controller from spot 1 to spot 2. The controller will register as second player and keyboard as first player.

[MidnaFeetEnjoyer]

Originally posted by Pkon Chan:

So I have been looking for an answer to this, no one has it, but I found a solution and its for all games with local play on steam.

When ingame just bring up steam (Shift+Tab) and go to your friends list. You will have a prompt on top of the list to invite friends to join. Click on prompt and it will bring up a window. IGNORE THE INVITE FOR REMOTE PLAY. This window will list your inputs. right at the bottom it will show all your controllers. you can drag the controllers into whatever player position you want.

Example
Keyboard is always default player 1. So drag the controller from spot 1 to spot 2. The controller will register as second player and keyboard as first player.

what about two keyboards?