Help needed for a 8 local player game

[cabjhegas]

Hi guys,
We have had some reports of problems using more than one controller on our game Tinker Racers. We are doing our best to solve it. Our biggest challenge in resolving the issue is that it only happens to a portion of the players, so it becomes difficult to replicate it internally and track it.It supports 4 local players, and our beta supports 8 local players.
If anyone here has 3+ controllers and would be willing to run some tests for us would be great! We will provide a password to access the beta, so the version you will be testing will not be the version available in the store for the public. We can also provide a key 😊
If anyone is interested in helping us, send me a pm so I can send the password to beta (and the key if necessary).
This is the game page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1234620/Tinker_Racers/

I noticed that there is a topic in the forum helping developers to fix their games. I ll check this out as well.

Best

[monokoma]

Could it be an issue with Ximput limits? Here there are some suggestions to fix common issues for implement 8 controllers: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/morethan4localmultiplayer/discussions/0/135514823815481232/

I may have some free time during the weekend and could do some test with 8 controllers (xbox 360), i'll let you know in case there's not someone else who could test it sooner!

[cabjhegas]

Hi Monokoma, it would be great if you test it! Grab this key:
9Y22Y-AJQ6X-L0QWL

I noticed this link for instructions on how to solve Xinput limit. I ll check it carefully on the weekend.

But my situation is a little bit different than the 4 controllers Xinput limit.

The game was originally designed for 4 players on the same keyboard. It`s works fine with this setup.
Then, we decided to implement controller support, but kept the 4 players limit. We got some reports that as soon as the 3rd controller is connected, the game starts to show some bugs with input.

We are running a beta that we think we solved this. Only on beta it`s possible to play with 8 players, but in our case, the setup for this is 4 controllers + 4 players on keyboard.

After I check the link above, I think we can start to support 8 controllers. But first we are trying to fix the problem with 3+ controllers and check if we can deliver this beta with 8 players as an official update.

To play the beta you can go on your library, right-click on Tinker Racers/Properties/Betas, and enter this beta access code: “betatestingtinker”. Than, on “select the beta” you select the beta that will appears. The game will update automatically.

Best!

[monokoma]

what a strange bug :O ok i'll let you know what I find during the weekend

[monokoma]

ok I was finally able to try the game, it has some weird bugs indeed: while connecting 7 controllers, the first 3 controllers controlled 2 cars each (with the same buttons) while the 4th controller controlled just one car. The other 3 controllers where not used at all in the game :O
if there's something I can try, just le me know. At the moment is seems that it does not recognize more than 4 controllers, so it just gives 2 cars to each one