OC Split-Screen

[henk717]

Nice trick.
Sadly vac did not like it very mutch :/
I didnt got banned though (yet) but it did kick 1 of the windows out of the server when i was doing it online.

[MaestraFénix]

Nice trick.
Sadly vac did not like it very mutch :/
I didnt got banned though (yet) but it did kick 1 of the windows out of the server when i was doing it online.

Maybe is not relationed. Anyway, nothing is 100% secure, so use this in Lan (create a local game with the VAC deactivated) until the author can confirm that is secure.

[Shana]

Nice trick.
Sadly vac did not like it very mutch :/
I didnt got banned though (yet) but it did kick 1 of the windows out of the server when i was doing it online.

This does not get you VAC banned, you just can't have the same Steam account on the same server twice (unless you set sv_lan 1) so one player will get kicked.

[henk717]

And apparently if you join 2 diffrent server's 1 of your screens is gonna get kicked for a wrong connection to the vac servers.
But i doubt i got banned for it to.

[Chucklesthecheat]

THE OLD DREAM OF HAVE AN "UP-TO-4 PLAYERS" IN HALF-LIFE ON PC HAVE BEEN COME TRUE
(remember that the PS2 version had too).

You meen this one?

[Andrax17]

THE OLD DREAM OF HAVE AN "UP-TO-4 PLAYERS" IN HALF-LIFE ON PC HAVE BEEN COME TRUE
(remember that the PS2 version had too).

You meen this one?

i think he means Half Life: Decay (and that was only 2 players, not 4)

[MaestraFénix]

THE OLD DREAM OF HAVE AN "UP-TO-4 PLAYERS" IN HALF-LIFE ON PC HAVE BEEN COME TRUE
(remember that the PS2 version had too).

You meen this one?

MULTIPLAYER CO-OP? IN MY HALF-LIFE CAMPAIGN?!

HOW!!!???


And yes, the HL PS2 version had multiplayer (Coop=Decay, Vs=Deathmatch).

[Chucklesthecheat]

i didnt go out the elevator so its unknown if the NPCS spawn but there is a way to make them spawn *using auto model cache'ers of course...*
Other wise this image has everything else blanked out and the rest should be obvious.

Actually its unseeable, but it says valvehalflifelauncher

[Ash]

Lol i still don't see how you guys are gonna play with more than 2 players, i mean u can bring up more screens, but as far as i know 2 is max that can be controlled at one time. I don't see how that would work when the only control options are Keyboard/Mouse and Controller, and having multiple would probably just read the same and control as the same.

[PrplFlavrdZombe]

Damn, that's cool. I don't see myself doing it in the near future, but I wonder what kind of effect it has on the graphics cards. (I'm sure HL1 is no problem but for more recent games) I mean it has to render everything twice doesn't it? Sure it has a smaller resolution but who knows.

[Ash]

My computer isn't all that...good, so i can't play more extreme levels/games (without lag). Only a few i can do without lagging on OC, and on other games...probably not really that much of anything i can do on splitscreen without lagging lol.

[Datastream]

I think that if you use more controllers you can. You can use any controller.

[Ash]

Ummm are you talking about for more than 2 players? I still dont see how thats gonna work...

[Gandorques Hikla]

Awesome, but will probably use much cpu.

Many Source Engine Games on Consoles have Split Screen (Left4Dead, Portal 2, Zeno Clash).
I always wondered if the Split Screen Code is included in the PC Source Engine, and could be used in Sourcemods somehow.
OC with native Split Screen in 1 game instance would be a nice addition.
Since it is in 1 instance it would only need 1 Login, so there shouldnt be VAC or Steamlogon problems.

Would be amazing to have such a feature included, if it isnt too much work for the devs.

So my question:
1. Is Splitscreen Code included in the PC Version of the Source Engine?
2. How hard would it be to include it into OC?

[Gary]

Awesome, but will probably use much cpu.

And GPU.


In most games I've seen, graphical settings are scaled back playing split-screen. Rendertargets get smaller, graphical features get disabled(for example; L4D2 where the flashlight doesn't cast shadows during split-screen play).