So I've finished my run of co-op asylum and now I want to share my tips on how to complete the game.
1st. Removing the second player will crash the game unless they are outside the map where there are no objects they will hit ( use ghost mode to move them out there) or they are hanging from a ledge
2nd. Scarecrow sections don't work on Co-op so whenever your about to start one refer to the 1st tip and move the second player outside the map and remove them (you use the debug menu to instantly kill scarecrow as well except for the last one you can't insta kill scarecrow there.
3rd. When you get to the room where you find boles dead and defeat the enemies, the game will not trigger the event need to progress, sadly all you can do is do the room without the second player there and then spawn them after.
4th. Anytime where the game forces you to look at the map will not allow you to exit the map such as when you defeat the first titan enemy, after Riddler is introduced, when the game informs you the batmobile is getting attacked and after you defeat Harley, unfortunately the only thing you can do is remove the second player before the game forces you to, and then add them after.
5th. The second player will not be detected by the game and as such enemies won't attack them and doors won't open when they get near, although the game will detect the second player when the game specifically warns you to not be seen such as both zsasz sections and when you must save doctor young in the medical building.
6th. Due to the way this game handles rendering, leaving the second player behind doors will make the room there in black and sometimes the room objects turn off, which will make the second player fall through the map, so when going a through door, the 1st player should open it and the second player should run through it as he opens it.
7th. Second players should not open doors because the game will just force the first player to open them instead, which often doesn't make the first player go thru nor the second too, making both of you end up in a black room.
8th. It's recommended you turn on godmode from the debug menu so the second player nor you will die and cause the game to go the retry screen because the game will simply not let you retry if you do ( the game will strangely deactivate godmode after you do a boss)
9th. If your running the mod through parsec, it's recommended you use discord so you have the easiest communication with the second player.
10th. Both the poison ivy and joker boss fights work although the camera is the normal one for the second player and it does get screwed over by the joker boss fight cameras.
11th. If you can't get the second controller to work, It's because you either didn't put the bminput file in the right locations or you need to plug up 3 controllers, 2 if you use parsec, for some reason the game skips a controller every time you plug on in, so that means if you plug 1 controller in, the second controller you plug in won't work but the third will.
12th. The second player has certain spawn locations so you can't spawn them anywhere. I recommend you have a complete save and go through everywhere and use the debug menu go down the teleport destination and test all of them so you know where they'll spawn (these teleport locations change when you go in buildings)
13th. When going to the batcave via dead man's point, the cutscene will always play when trying that way and after, the game will immediately spawn the second player where they are about to die so you should remove them before going through the cutscene.
For those who wanted to see if you could play as joker and batman at the same time, you can't through the whole game, only during that small scarecrow section near the end of the game.
Thanks for this extraordinary comment, this should really help a lot of people that want to run the co-op mod with the least amount of problems and it also answers most FAQs!
I have recently downloaded this mod, and I followed the exact instructions for steam, which is the platform I play Batman Arkham Asylum on. I added the bminput file in the config folder, enabled the Read-only mode, and then clicked apply at the bottom of the window for enabling this. Then I entered the Engine.u file in the CookedPc folder. After all this, I ran the game, connected both my controllers to the PC to see if this works before I show this mod to my friends, and then when I resumed from the game I had already finished, I clicked F1, and nothing happened. I even tried the same thing on a new game, but still, nothing happened. What went wrong?
Regarding to all of the comments that I get of people having problems with the mod and me being inactive on nexus:
First of all, I want to say that I am very sorry for not being active on nexus and not responding to all of your comments, I don't usually check nexus and I am sorry for that, I'll try being more active and respond to all of your comments.
Second of all, if pressing F1, F2 and F3 isn't working for you, you want to be sure that BmInput.ini from your documents file is ticked as "Read-Only" inside properties, right click the file > Properties, replace it again if needed. And also, if you are on the steam version, don't forget that the Engine file has to be replaced as well.
Now, regarding the problem of people not being able to control the 2nd player, I don't have a definitive fix, for me it just works, DarkSheep is using an XInput emulator called: DS4Windows and I am using an Xbox One controller, we are streaming it thru parsec. I am sorry that I can't help you all with that.
NOTE: Xinput controllers are Xbox controllers, if you want to use PS4 ones, you would have to use and emulator.
Now, for the people asking if city co-op and knight co-op will come soon, I want to let you know that knight co-op is being worked on right now but city co-op isn't possible atm, due to the Engine file not supporting it.
I'll be more active on nexus from now on and try responding to your comments!
Really late reply, but download DS4Windows. It emulates an Xbox Controller no matter what controller you're using, so you can use any controller you want. Alternatively, you can see if enabling Steam Input works if you have it on Steam. Just right-click the game in your library, click "Properties...", then navigate to the controller tab and enable steam input from there. Hope this helps if you're still looking for a solution almost a whole year later lol
dont like this at all it makes it physically impossible to understand with only a few words, ive never seen a more less thoughtout turtorial on how to get it installed. like wtf i do if it doesnt work, what do i have to type what am i doin wrong if this is happeneing blah blah blah, all there is, is just, drag it here... if your on steam only drag this here... theres nothing of what to do when you get it wrong, its just lazy imo esspecially since i have no i-fuckin-dea what im doing and only doing this so i can play it with a friend of mine
every time i open the game, the bminput file reverts no matter what i do, and replacing the file after the game starts does nothing, its still on read only, before and after too, and since its steam, i replaced the engine file too, still nothing
To play as Joker and Batman together, load into a Joker challenge map first.
Activate the console command to switch your character to Joker while you're him (I'd do it a couple times to be safe), and then leave to the main menu.
Go to whatever mode or map you want to do with your friend afterward and then do the character change command to play as Batman in the console a couple times or so (while you're still Joker ingame standing there.)
Now the second player should spawn as Batman. This is what I do (and I believe that's all you can do) to get both characters ingame. I do not know why this works, but that's what happens.
Armored Batman is also a separate character through the console commands (I think), I believe he might be possible to spawn in as well somehow like this for a total of 3 unique characters. I don't know though. Maybe someone can figure that out.
It's AMAZING (this mod is needed in City and Knight) .... Can I and my friend only play the keyboard? Or does one player need an Xbox or PS joystick? We just don't have them 8 ( And yet, I have an Epic store game, a friend has Steam. Can we play? Or do we need one version for two?
you need two controllers and parsec so your friends can connect to your pc. if you dont have two player 2 wont be able to move and its regarded as impossible to do anything while like that. so get 2 controllers parsec and add each other with your id's
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1st. Removing the second player will crash the game unless they are outside the map where there are no objects they will hit ( use ghost mode to move them out there) or they are hanging from a ledge
2nd. Scarecrow sections don't work on Co-op so whenever your about to start one refer to the 1st tip and move the second player outside the map and remove them (you use the debug menu to instantly kill scarecrow as well except for the last one you can't insta kill scarecrow there.
3rd. When you get to the room where you find boles dead and defeat the enemies, the game will not trigger the event need to progress, sadly all you can do is do the room without the second player there and then spawn them after.
4th. Anytime where the game forces you to look at the map will not allow you to exit the map such as when you defeat the first titan enemy, after Riddler is introduced, when the game informs you the batmobile is getting attacked and after you defeat Harley, unfortunately the only thing you can do is remove the second player before the game forces you to, and then add them after.
5th. The second player will not be detected by the game and as such enemies won't attack them and doors won't open when they get near, although the game will detect the second player when the game specifically warns you to not be seen such as both zsasz sections and when you must save doctor young in the medical building.
6th. Due to the way this game handles rendering, leaving the second player behind doors will make the room there in black and sometimes the room objects turn off, which will make the second player fall through the map, so when going a through door, the 1st player should open it and the second player should run through it as he opens it.
7th. Second players should not open doors because the game will just force the first player to open them instead, which often doesn't make the first player go thru nor the second too, making both of you end up in a black room.
8th. It's recommended you turn on godmode from the debug menu so the second player nor you will die and cause the game to go the retry screen because the game will simply not let you retry if you do ( the game will strangely deactivate godmode after you do a boss)
9th. If your running the mod through parsec, it's recommended you use discord so you have the easiest communication with the second player.
10th. Both the poison ivy and joker boss fights work although the camera is the normal one for the second player and it does get screwed over by the joker boss fight cameras.
11th. If you can't get the second controller to work, It's because you either didn't put the bminput file in the right locations or you need to plug up 3 controllers, 2 if you use parsec, for some reason the game skips a controller every time you plug on in, so that means if you plug 1 controller in, the second controller you plug in won't work but the third will.
12th. The second player has certain spawn locations so you can't spawn them anywhere. I recommend you have a complete save and go through everywhere and use the debug menu go down the teleport destination and test all of them so you know where they'll spawn (these teleport locations change when you go in buildings)
13th. When going to the batcave via dead man's point, the cutscene will always play when trying that way and after, the game will immediately spawn the second player where they are about to die so you should remove them before going through the cutscene.
For those who wanted to see if you could play as joker and batman at the same time, you can't through the whole game, only during that small scarecrow section near the end of the game.
Challenge Maps work btw
First of all, I want to say that I am very sorry for not being active on nexus and not responding to all of your comments, I don't usually check nexus and I am sorry for that, I'll try being more active and respond to all of your comments.
Second of all, if pressing F1, F2 and F3 isn't working for you, you want to be sure that BmInput.ini from your documents file is ticked as "Read-Only" inside properties, right click the file > Properties, replace it again if needed. And also, if you are on the steam version, don't forget that the Engine file has to be replaced as well.
Now, regarding the problem of people not being able to control the 2nd player, I don't have a definitive fix, for me it just works, DarkSheep is using an XInput emulator called: DS4Windows and I am using an Xbox One controller, we are streaming it thru parsec. I am sorry that I can't help you all with that.
NOTE: Xinput controllers are Xbox controllers, if you want to use PS4 ones, you would have to use and emulator.
Now, for the people asking if city co-op and knight co-op will come soon, I want to let you know that knight co-op is being worked on right now but city co-op isn't possible atm, due to the Engine file not supporting it.
I'll be more active on nexus from now on and try responding to your comments!
also does anyone know the code for playing as batman?
Activate the console command to switch your character to Joker while you're him (I'd do it a couple times to be safe), and then leave to the main menu.
Go to whatever mode or map you want to do with your friend afterward and then do the character change command to play as Batman in the console a couple times or so (while you're still Joker ingame standing there.)
Now the second player should spawn as Batman. This is what I do (and I believe that's all you can do) to get both characters ingame. I do not know why this works, but that's what happens.
Armored Batman is also a separate character through the console commands (I think), I believe he might be possible to spawn in as well somehow like this for a total of 3 unique characters. I don't know though. Maybe someone can figure that out.
Set RGameInfo DefaultPawnClass Class'RPawnPlayerBm'
And yet, I have an Epic store game, a friend has Steam. Can we play? Or do we need one version for two?