A brand new splitscreen multiplayer mod for just lately launched journey recreation Stray permits you to buddy up with a feline pal.
After understanding how you can swap Stray’s silent protagonist for their very own pets, modders have discovered yet one more means of including much more cats to the sport. Modder KangieDanie has launched a splitscreen mod (opens in new tab) for the hit platformer, letting you and your buddies play concurrently as your individual tabbies.
Being a mod, it solely works on PC, so in case you’re enjoying Stray on PS5 or PS4, you sadly received’t be capable to play with a cat chum. However on the plus facet, console players can play Stray at no cost, in order that’s one thing.
The mod solely helps native co-op for now, however KangieDanie says (opens in new tab) they know one other modder is trying into creating an internet co-op mod down the road.
Room for extra
You may play utilizing the identical keyboard, or can plug in one other controller to waltz down town streets facet by facet. Simply what number of co-op gamers might be added utilizing the mod is not clear, nonetheless, and even KangieDanie is not certain, as they ran out of controllers to check with. Present screenshots present as much as three gamers within the recreation collectively.
The mod remains to be in early improvement, and KangieDanie has highlighted a good few bugs you’ll be able to count on to run into. In the intervening time, solely Participant 1 can see the sport’s HUD, it might crash throughout stage transitions, and also you may see a handful of visible glitches whereas enjoying. All normal teething issues for a brand new mod.
Enjoying in co-op truly appears to be like pretty simple, although. As soon as the mod’s put in, head to the principle menu and faucet F9 in your keyboard so as to add a secondary participant. It’s at present unclear whether or not you’re capable of take away gamers after including them, although, so don’t get carried away.
To put in the mod, you’ll must obtain its primary file and accompanying splitscreen config, in addition to the Unreal Engine Mod Loader. Comply with these directions as listed within the mod’s description to get all of it up and working:
- Obtain the principle mod and splitscreen config information from the Nexus Mods web page
- Drag the SplitScreenRequiredConfig_P.pak file into the ‘Paks’ folder in Stray’s file listing
- Create a brand new folder known as ‘LogicMods’ within the current ‘Paks’ folder
- Drag the SplitScreenMod.pak file into that new folder
- Obtain the most recent UnrealModLoader (opens in new tab) and extract the zipped file wherever in your PC
- Launch UnrealModLoader.exe
- Launch Stray