SplitScreen Doom Source Ports ?

[J-Force1989]

Anybody know of any SplitScreen Source Ports that fully support splitscreen coop/dm with any mods and wads?

[Edward850]

Doom's official port comes with splitscreen, and can be side loaded with almost any vanilla/limit removing mapset you desire.

[J-Force1989]

Doom's official port?

[Edward850]

Yes, Doom's official port. The one on Steam/GOG/Switch/Xbox/PS4.

Edited January 1, 2023 by Edward850

[J-Force1989]

3 minutes ago, Edward850 said:

Yes, Doom's official port. The one on Steam/GOG/Switch/Xbox/PS4.

yeah i know about that port that's a good 1 but i mean 1 that works with FreeDoom and other stuff ...like this 1 

see the multiplayer option on the menu that's what im hoping for

 

Edited January 1, 2023 by J-Force1989

[Faceman2000]

As he explained, it does work with FreeDoom and other stuff - just throw it in My Games/Doom/WADS (I think) and load it up.

 

The only other option I’m aware of is running multiple instances of LZDoom on one system and using different inputs.

[Doomkid]

Edward is referring to the Classic Doom Unity port. I had no idea the PC version of that port had splitscreen, I'm pretty stoked to try it out! Should be great for classic Vanilla co-op and DM! (I thought that feature was limited to the console ports which you of course have to pay for.)

 

Eternity Engine had a splitscreen fork (By Edward in fact), but I don't think it's maintained.

 

There's a ZDoom fork called SSZDoom, but I don't think it's still being maintained either.

 

Although usable Windows builds are ancient by now, Doom Legacy does have this feature:

 

On 10/3/2020 at 10:38 AM, Doomkid said:

Doom Legacy 1.42 has split screen and still works well on Win7, and has vanilla mod compatibility and most Boom compat as well. You can use the launcher to set +splitscreen 1 and +deathmatch 3, and also load custom wads. The big problem is that it’s top and bottom splitscreen, not side to side.. I’m not aware of any “release ready” source ports out there with this option other than the Unity one.

 

Heres the Legacy download: https://doomshack.org/~doomkid/Utilities/legacy142.zip

 

AFAIK this is the only place to find 1.42 now!

 

I ranted about the lack of splitscreen ports a decade ago (jesus it's flown by), and although we have gotten better on that front in the years since, I still think splitscreen is a feature that would benefit most ports, specifically the ones with any kind of focus on mutliplayer.

[Edward850]

I don't know about Freedoom given it's a full IWAD, but generally speaking most vanilla mapsets work:

 

Edited January 1, 2023 by Edward850

[J-Force1989]

1 minute ago, Faceman2000 said:

As he explained, it does work with FreeDoom and other stuff - just throw it in My Games/Doom/WADS (I think) and load it up.

 

The only other option I’m aware of is running multiple instances of LZDoom on one system and using different inputs.

(My Games Doom Wads) you mean i can actually put custom wads into the Steam port is that what your saying 

if so that's great !!!

[Mr Masker]

Here's a video of someone playing Freedoom on Doom Unity, so maybe it works somehow. I assume through the folder mentioned already

Spoiler

 

 

Edited January 1, 2023 by Mr Masker

[Doomkid]

Just now, J-Force1989 said:

(My Games Doom Wads) you mean i can actually put custom wads into the Steam port is that what your saying 

if so that's great !!!

 

You sure can. Just find the "C:\Users\<your name here>\Documents\My Games\Doom\WADS" folder, I'm 99% sure that's where it'll be (haven't used it in over a year, lol).

[J-Force1989]

3 minutes ago, Doomkid said:

 

You sure can. Just find the "C:\Users\<your name here>\Documents\My Games\Doom\WADS" folder, I'm 99% sure that's where it'll be (haven't used it in over a year, lol).

Thanks man now i'm hgetting somewhere LOL 

 

5 minutes ago, Mr Masker said:

Here's a video of someone playing Freedoom on Doom Unity, so maybe it works somehow. I assume through the folder mentioned already

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WOW !!! now that's really awesome

[Edward850]

Just now, Doomkid said:

You sure can. Just find the "C:\Users\<your name here>\Documents\My Games\Doom\WADS" folder, I'm 99% sure that's where it'll be (haven't used it in over a year, lol).

It reportedly varies from person to person. For me it's Documents\Saved Games\id Software\

 

5 minutes ago, Doomkid said:

Edward is referring to the Classic Doom Unity port. I had no idea the PC version of that port had splitscreen, I'm pretty stoked to try it out!

I'm genuinely surprised you did not know this. I could swear we've talked about it before. :V

[Doomkid]

2 minutes ago, Edward850 said:

I'm genuinely surprised you did not know this. I could swear we've talked about it before. :V

We almost certainly did. If I talk to 8 people about 8 subjects on Doomworld over the course of a day, it's almost guaranteed that I will only remember the 3 least important/enlightening of those conversations.. D'oh.

[J-Force1989]

having some trouble finding the c users file can somebody help me ?

[Edward850]

We can't see what you see, so you'll need to describe your problem in more detail.

[J-Force1989]

Just now, Edward850 said:

We can't see what you see, so you'll need to describe your problem in more detail.

Oh Yeah What i mean is i'm having some trouble locating the "C:\Users\<your name here>\Documents\My Games\Doom\WADS" folder

i can't figure out where it is 

[Edward850]

What happens when you navigate there in file explorer? How far are you getting?

Edited January 1, 2023 by Edward850

[J-Force1989]

Just now, Edward850 said:

What happens when you navigate there in file explorer? How far are you getting?

well actually... nowhere 

any chance you could do a video showing how to get to it ?

id really appreciate it 

[Edward850]

Just navigate to it. You know how to go to your C drive, right? Go to that, then go to Users, etc etc.

(And no I can't record a video of my navigating my own hard-drive. Privacy and NDA issues with that one.)

Edited January 1, 2023 by Edward850

[J-Force1989]

1 minute ago, Edward850 said:

Just navigate to it. You know how to go to you C drive, right? Go to that, then go to Users, etc etc.

(And no I can't record a video of my navigating my own hard-drive. Privacy and NDA issues with that one.)

oh yeah sorry LOL 

i guess that is private

[J-Force1989]

Ok found it but the documents folder is empty even though i downloaded the 

steam version what to do ?

[Edward850]

Make sure you've run the game so the folders are created. As a cheat if you're still unsure, download the addon Anomaly Report from ingame and then do a search for the file "16", and that'll show you where the addons folder is.

[J-Force1989]

so what do i do for the custom wad now ?

Edited January 2, 2023 by J-Force1989

[Edward850]

Stick it in the /WADs folder. It will then appear in the installed addons list.

Edited January 2, 2023 by Edward850

[J-Force1989]

okay it worked and the wad showed up in installed like you said but when i click on it and try to toggle it it freezes the program and shuts off 

why?

oh and it was FreeDoom 1 

that i put in

[Edward850]

Couldn't say, sorry.

[J-Force1989]

1 minute ago, Edward850 said:

Couldn't say, sorry.

Never mind i figured it out but why does the volume mute when i plug in the controller ?

do you know how to fix that ?

[Edward850]

Your controller has sound output. You'll need to either unplug the headphones from it, disable it in the sound devices or change the default sound device back.

[xX_Lol6_Xx]

You could also try out this