Based on my limited time spent speaking with modders:

... I would think this is the biggest minefield for most to work with.

If possible- would have to somehow "register" a second character on the same screen (or 2 cameras and screens) then have the key mapper set to share two controllers...

It depends on how limited Guts and the game coding are.

Good idea and thanks for sharing!

I will hope that this is possible in spite of the restrictions.

thanks! I hope so too!

This feels like a very deep game mechanic that has nothing to do with modifications, as this request seem to be about game design, which is not what game devs had in mind for TL2.

What we have for TL2 moddability right now, is that the game design is already laid out, we modders, only can explore and exploit how that design can be interpreted or can be focused on further.

You might need a hacked game exe or a 3rd party software raiding TL2 exe to make this possible.

If I'm going to be super positive about this, I would say that this request is most likely to happen for an exclusive multiplayer PvP mode, like the torchlight arena project.

ok... What about the mods that allow pets to become Full characters... do u think it would be possible to then make pets controllable? Thus giving the illusion of local multiplayer? Just a thought

I would love that to happen, specially I'm the first to introduced that character to pet concept for Torchlight 2, called the Brother-in-Arms also known as Humans as Pets mod.

But unfortunately, the only controls that a pet/minion recognizes are Aggressive, Passive, and Defensive. Well technically, they can also answer to "Send to Town" and "Feed Pet".

Ahh! Great mod! Thanks for that! So i guess there's no way to edit the Pet commands ... another form of actual programming then huh?

Thanks.

Yeah, actual programming is needed and some hacking ingenuity to make the scripts inject in-game. Atleast, that's what I imagined someone making a single screen co-op hack.