Stk-code: More than 4 player local multiplayer

[mbenkmann]

These days with huge 4K screens it seems quite reasonable to have a 6 or even 8-way split screen.

[deveee]

There is also a problem with performance, but it may work with disabled advanced lighting. But anyway when I played STK with 3 players on single keyboard (version 0.7 or so) it was a pain. So you would need at least 4 good keyboards with separate keys for every player. Or 8 gamepads :p

[nado]

I’d say gamepads should be fine, but first we should ensure all the bugs related to inputs are fixed.
I haven't tested stk in a while though, I haven't followed much what was done between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3.

[auriamg]

This could be nice, but as pointed out this would require massive GPU power to work correctly so this would only work for a tiny portion of our players

[mbenkmann]

4k might require a strong GPU but a 6-way split on 1920x1080 can be handled by every cheap NVidia card and it still gives each player more pixels than the N64 gave you for SINGLE player. The important part is that monitors/tvs are huge these days, so every player can see the track well. Resolution is not the real issue. As far as inputs go, of course you would use gamepads.

[BKrajancic]

Just want to bump this issue, as those following the IRC know i've made significant progress towards achieving this as shown by: https://imgur.com/a/2UWKo The feature will also allow for configuring weather splitting occurs via row or column (so a 3x2 vs. 2x3).

The code is in my branch and in theory should support as many players as we want it to, (the major concern though is empty pixels on the right edge due to floating point math). Was hoping to open any discussion about this topic before I put out a PR

[mbenkmann]

Awesome. So when I'm playing with my friends on my next birthday we won't have to pass controllers around and can all drive at the same time.

[auriamg]

This has been implemented in the game, should appear in next version