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2 Player Local Co-Op

Original mod: '3 Player Coop v6.1' by Desblat.

Here's my attempt to add some quality of life updates etc.
Testing has been done but you're likely to encounter bugs / annoyances.
Feel free to report them in the comments.

See the 2nd preview image for Player 2 bindings. Written instructions also found at the very bottom.

HOW TO USE A CONTROLLER / GAMEPAD:
1. Launch 'DS Controller.exe' (JoyToKey), found in the mod files (Steam\steamapps\common\dont_starve\mods\workshop-3162063736).
2. Press any button on your Gamepad, it should highlight its tab. (You may have to open the 'Options' tab and change the number of joysticks)
3. Open the correct tab (e.g. Joystick 2) and see if the bindings are on it. (You may have to copy / paste the bindings from one tab to another, simply right click the tab. Make sure the bindings are on a single tab only; right click a tab and clear the bindings for the other one if necessary)

GENERAL INFO:
For player 2, most craftable items are locked (there's a (?) behind the item name in the crafting menu).
If player 2 is near any prototyper (Science Machine etc), they can craft items normally. All good.

Otherwise, player 2 has to "learn the recipe" by crafting it.
In this case, by crafting an item for the first time, player 2 will simply lose the required ingredients and, "learn the recipe".
Crafting the same item again (no (?) marking) will give you the item normally, no matter the situation.
This was my chosen solution to make the game a little bit more fair.

If player 2 dies, player 1 has to resurrect them with the Makeshift Heart.
You can use it on Skeletons and Graves (also Firepits if you have it enabled).
Simply drop it near any.

If player 1 dies, they will resurrect near player 2 after a delay.
If enabled, a random disaster will happen to punish you. Configurable in the mod settings.

Choose the amount of respawns you get in the mod config menu.
Once you run out and any player dies, it's game over for good.

Player 2 characters and their stats are a close match to the originals. See the 3rd image.

ARROW KEYS / LEFT STICK: Move
INSERT / HOME / RIGHT STICK / L1 / R1: Scroll inventory
DELETE / DPAD RIGHT: Equip / Eat / Use / Place
END / DPAD DOWN: Drop
PAGE UP / DPAD UP: Inspect
PAGE DOWN / TRIANGLE: (hold) Single drop, single deposit...
NUMPAD 7 / CROSS: Interact
NUMPAD 8 / SQUARE: Attack
NUMPAD 9 / CIRCLE: Cancel, unmount, close crafting...
NUMPAD 4 / DPAD LEFT: Cook / Store / Add fuel
NUMPAD 5 / L2: Open / close crafting
NUMPAD - (minus): Force player 2 respawn if possible.
Z / R2: Swap camera style
TAB / SELECT: Map
ESCAPE / START: Pause