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Nucleus Co-Op

Nucles Co-Op is a tool for Windows that allows split-screen play on many games that do not initially support it.

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Currently Supported Games:

  • Borderlands 2
  • Borderlands: The Pre Sequel

Working but not with all features:

  • Borderlands ALPHA5: Everything works if you're using gamepads, but not with a keyboard + mouse player

So close but not there yet:

  • Saints Row 3 Working: All instances open correctly using SmartSteamEmu, can control all instances freely Issue: Can't find the game on LAN. If from the Shift + Tab menu, the game says the session is no longer available.

How does it work?

Starting from Alpha 4, all games use a generic handler that can handle pretty much all situations. To add a new game, you can just create a new *.js file on the games folder, and describe what your game needs to run. Now, what the GenericHandler actually does?

When the user hits play:

  • If the game needs modifications to the save files, we backup them so when the splitscreen session ends we can return all the configurations back to normal.
  • The app symlinks the entire game folder to the Data folder, so we can launch each instance of the game with custom DLLs.
  • Runs the JavaScript engine, so any custom code that needs to be executed by player ID runs
  • We copy a custom xinput dll specific for each gamepad: Each xinput passthroughs a specific gamepad input to the 1st gamepad (xinput1 just passtroughs, xinput2 passes to 2, i.e).
  • If needed, we extract SmartSteamEmu and start the game using it.
  • Now we keep track of the processes, looking for the launcher and the actual game window, so we can position it correctly on the screen.

Next on the List:

  • Left 4 Dead 1
  • Left 4 Dead 2
  • Portal 2
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  • Saints Row 3
  • Saints Row 4
  • Team Fortress 2 (support for 64 players on 1 machine FTW)
  • Unlimited Power mode (multiple keyboards + mouses + gamepads)

Games I want to add but I don't own:

  • Call of Duty: World At War
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

A ton of games will be supported thank for the godsend tool called SmartSteamEmu, developed by syahmixp, grabbed from http://cs.rin.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=62935 Awesome application that emulates Steam and even enables LAN connections, so we can play everything easily!