Co-op and online play have been the main gaming trend in recent years. The developers are paying more and more attention to the collective passage, because playing with friends opens up much wider opportunities for entertainment. However, you still need to get to the gameplay itself, often problems arise even at the connection level, because the question arises of how to let someone into a network game?
Instructions
Step 1
For example, in RTS, the game starts from the lobby. The "creating" computer determines the settings of the future match and opens access to the "pre-start room". Access to this room can be open to everyone (the game is public, takes place on the official server) or only “for friends” (password is required). It is impossible to start a player into the match after pressing the "Start" button, therefore, if someone is forgotten, you will have to create the game anew.
Step 2
In older generation games that do not support large networks with thousands of players, matches are organized by setting up local servers. The shooter Counter-Strike is an excellent example of this: each player can create his own server, but it will not be included in the Steam lists, and the connection to the game will only be available to those people who know the IP address of the creating computer.
Step 3
In co-op shooters like Borderlands, Dead Island or Left4Dead, recruiting is similar. First of all, you need to select the multiplayer mode to activate access to yourself. You can open or close your own lobby. In the first case, the server will find you companions automatically (by determining their level and progress in the story), in the second you will need to select the "Invite" menu item and select a user from the list of friends. No IP connection is used, and the friends list is determined by a third party service such as GameSpy or Steam.
Step 4
When playing hot-seat (on one computer), one player is installed by default. In Street Fighter IV, Lego Star Wars and similar games, the connection of the second player occurs after pressing the "Start" key. After going directly to the game, the second user must press the "Start" button from his controller, and only then the control of the second character will fall into his hands.
