Split Screen

[Mohij]

Hi everyone,
Are there any plans for a Split Screen Mode?
The icculus.org/quake3 will soon have it, so why not Nexuiz?
What do you think of the idea?
Greetings,
moHiJ

[Ed]

Why would you need splitscreen in an FPS game?

[morfar]

HAHAAHHAA

[Mohij]

Why would you need splitscreen in an FPS game?

Up to four people can play on one Computer.
Examples for this are Serious Sam tfe/tse/2, icculus.org/quake3, Halo 1/2, and a lot more. And I think it has some charm for itself.
So what do you think?
moHiJ

[esteel]

It sounds like fun but which computers have two keyboards and mice? Yeah its possible to have but its NOT typical and i really doubt many people would use it..

Hmm will you only play games with split screen? Seening you also asked in some other games forum

[Mohij]

You don't need two keyboards (is that even possible?), but it is no problem that two play on one. And there are still gamepads (like X-Box, PS2, Gamecube, PS3, X-Box 360, Dreamcast, .....).

Seening you also asked in some other games forum Smile

So you are also a Warsower.

Why shouldn't many people use it, when you only need an old serial mouse, instead of an entire second computer? And Nexuiz is this type of game you can also play for shorter periods of time and it is also fun, so switch on the PC play, have fun, without needing a second computer. It is just this console principle...

[esteel]

I like to be informed about other games especialy after an big update but Nexuiz is still THE game of choice for me I just fell in love with it a year ago..

But back to the topic. For once i'm not sure that one keyboard will work that well with a shooter. I admit i have never tried with two players at one keyboard but MANY MANY keyboard have problems with several keys pressed. For example i can't run forward, strafe left and switch to nexgun (U forward, H left, I Nexgun) it does work on some keyboards but then i have problems with foward, right, rocketlauncher (U, K right, Y rocketlauncher). So i suppose with two players the problems are even worse.

And then i have no idea if the engine (DarkPlaces) does support several input devices at once. I suppose not yet

[Ed]

It is possible to have multiple keyboards and mice but getting them to work properly is a complete nightmare. Not worth it.

There is a limit to how many keys you can press on a keyboard because of teh connection speed and the software, some keyboards themselves would also have limits. Nexuiz is a mouse+keyboard game, everyone will tell you that keyboard only, joysticks and gamepads (steering wheels?) do not make good FPS control sets.

Nexuiz is not the sort of game for multiple people on one computer. That may work well for consoles but does Doom 3 support splitscreen? In fact does HL2, Quake 3, UT2003/2004, FEAR or Far-Cry support splitscreen? No.

The client would need to be completely redesigned.

If you want to see if the inputs work without you losing your sanity, start up 2 clients in window mode (running different mod directories to avoid key setup confusion), stick them next to each other, set up the keys on each, get a 2nd person and see how it's not actually going to be that good control wise. Who gets the mouse?

[Mohij]

Quake3 soon will support Split Screen!

I played a lot in Split Screen (Serious Sam1+2 entirely through twice together with a friend), and it was fun. And playing with a gamepad works too. I played half of Serious Sam 1 through with 3 friends, two on mice+keyboard and two with gamepads and it was still fun.

Keyboards have a limit of max buttons pressed, yes, but this is based on regions, so when one plays on the arrow keys and the other one with wasd it shouldn't be a problem. And if one key makes a problem change it.
But that is only my experience.

I also don't know if the engine supports several view ports, but that is a thing the devs can argue about.

[CrazyClone]

Quake3 soon will support Split Screen!

I played a lot in Split Screen (Serious Sam1+2 entirely through twice together with a friend), and it was fun. And playing with a gamepad works too. I played half of Serious Sam 1 through with 3 friends, two on mice+keyboard and two with gamepads and it was still fun.

Keyboards have a limit of max buttons pressed, yes, but this is based on regions, so when one plays on the arrow keys and the other one with wasd it shouldn't be a problem. And if one key makes a problem change it.
But that is only my experience.

I also don't know if the engine supports several view ports, but that is a thing the devs can argue about.

i want the feature !!!