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split screen multiplayer car game?
Hello, I'm creating a car game, I was thinking of adding a split screen multiplayer game feature. I'm stuck at a point, I need help real badly, I need to submit this work within 7 days. I have added two cars in a scene which use the same script, but the problem is both are controlled by the same keys. When i press the UP ARROW or the key W both the cars move, tried to edit the key settings from Edit>Project settings> Input. But again both the car controls were edited. I want one car to be controlled by W,S,A,D and other with U,J,H,K. Somebody please help me with this.
P.S : throttle = Input.GetAxis("Vertical"); steer = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
This is the part of the code which gets the input.
Add the input-string to a variable. This will allow you to define unique input to each different car which means that each car will not be controller by both users.
EG:
var throttleInput : String; //"Vertical" for car 1 and "Vertical 2" for the second car.
Just remember to have these inputs defined in the input settings.
You can create new inputs in the Input Manager by increasing the number at the top. Copy the buttons & axis' that you need and name them "Horizontal 2", "Vertical 2" etc.
Then add a variable on the car to define which player controls them. You can then have a condition in your code that decides which set of controls to accept. An example (js):
var playerID : int; // the player whose car this is
var acceleration : float; // throttle (replace this, it's just to illustrate)
function Update() {
if (playerID == 1) {
// player 1 controls, eg
acceleration = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
} else if (playerID == 2) {
// player 2 controls
acceleration = Input.GetAxis("Vertical 2");
}
}
Don't forget to set the value of Player ID in the inspector, to the player that controls a given car. Please note there is large room for improvement here, but I hope it illustrates the principle.
For more expandability, try this...
function Update() {
if (playerID == 1) {
// player 1 controls, eg
acceleration = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
} else {
// all other player controls
acceleration = Input.GetAxis("Vertical " + playerID);
}
}
And if you can rename "Vertical" to "Vertical 1" (might require more research), this would be even better.
function Update() {
acceleration = Input.GetAxis("Vertical " + playerID);
}
