Drunken Wrestlers 2

Drunken Wrestlers 2

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How to play with a friend while the servers are down.
By Oleg Skutte
Online servers have been shut down. In the meantime, you can try your luck with Remote Play Together.
   
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Intro
On December 7th, 2022, online servers have been shut down. As a result, you could no longer play the game with your friends the normal way.

However, with a bit of setup, it should be possible to play the game with your friend through Remote Play Together.
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Prerequisites
  • Friend
  • Gamepad
Connecting through Remote Play Together
  • Launch the game
  • Make sure your friend is logged in to Steam
  • Open your Steam Overlay in-game (Shift+Tab)
  • From your friends list, right-click your friend and select 'Remote Play Together'
  • Once your friend accepts the invite, they will be in-game with you
  • Make sure to enable your friend's inputs in Remote Play Together settings
Setting up controls
IMPORTANT: When using Remote Play Together, you're essentially sharing one computer (AND keyboard!) over the network, so you can't have overlapping control schemes.
Unless you're able to comfortably squeeze controls for 2 players onto 1 keyboard. one of you will have to use a controller.
  • Open controls settings (Main Menu -> Settings -> Controls)

  • Set up two control schemes, one for you and one for your friend
    You can select a control scheme by clicking the arrow icons next to the "control scheme" option.
      If you need to, edit the control schemes. Pay attention to the number of the control scheme you're editing:
    • Default control scheme at number 0 is mapped to a keyboard, one of you will use this control scheme.
    • Default control schemes at number 1 and 2 are mapped to a DualShock 4 controller, one of you will use this control scheme. Depending on the controller you are using, you may need to remap some inputs.

  • Select control schemes that will be used for player 1 and player 2
    Decide which one of you will be player 1 and player 2. Player 1 will be on the left and player 2 will be on the right.
    From the control schemes you've previously set up, select control scheme for each of you:
    • Control scheme for player 1 is selected through "control scheme" option.
    • Control scheme for player 2 is selected through "player 2 scheme" option.
Starting the game
All that's left to do is start the game.
  • Enter offline mode (Main Menu -> Play -> Play Offline)
  • Set "random opponent" to "no"
  • Select the gamemode and map you want to play and click "start game"
  • Once on "waiting for players" screen, click "2-player"
  • You should be good to go
(Optional) Customizing player 2
If you want, you can adjust the appearence of player 2.
  • Go to customization menu (Main Menu -> Character -> Customization) and create a new preset
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  • Edit the appearence and save the preset
    The name of the preset will be used as name for player 2.

    Don't forget to switch back to your main preset afterwards.
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  • Go to settings and select player 2 preset
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  • You should be good to go
40 Comments
Oleg Skutte  [author] 30 Dec, 2023 @ 2:01pm 
this is an old guide, servers are online now
xblastex 30 Dec, 2023 @ 1:10pm 
servers are dead correct? so the game is now functionally dead since remote play doesn't work on my network set up. good luck with your future development endeavors./sticker Labor of Love 2023
Oleg Skutte  [author] 30 Dec, 2023 @ 12:06pm 
what
xblastex 30 Dec, 2023 @ 11:34am 
rip mans, was a good game while it lasted
LUH GËEK 31 May, 2023 @ 11:23am 
thx for the help!
really helpful to see all of this!
Chicano 30 May, 2023 @ 1:51pm 
why servers shut down? :( And just do a mini update on the game :)
Kloor 13 May, 2023 @ 1:11am 
do you need a controller for this?
󠁳⁧⁧ sawg 3 May, 2023 @ 12:50pm 
yes
Oleg Skutte  [author] 3 May, 2023 @ 12:41pm 
Have you followed all steps in " Connecting through Remote Play Together " and " Setting up controls sections?

You need to set up 2 control schemes for player 1 and player 2, and make sure they don't overlap.
Ideally one of you should use a gamepad.
󠁳⁧⁧ sawg 3 May, 2023 @ 12:24pm 
My friend can only move my character