Borderlands 3 Split Screen Pc

r/localmultiplayergames - HowTo: Borderlands 3 Splitscreen PC Tutorial

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For anyone frustrated with Borderlands 3's lack of split screen on PC, I've found a way to make information technology piece of work using /u/SpicyIlyaki'south awesome new Universal Split screen tool. Cheque it out at https://universalsplitscreen.github.io/

I've added a Powershell script below to launch the games, but then there are a few more than steps to go far work.

Note: This script launches the game using Epic launcher, so will non work on croaky versions

Setup:

Download Universal Split Screen (https://universalsplitscreen.github.io/) and extract it. I installed information technology in C:/Universal Split Screen 1.1.1/
Download Sandboxie and install https://www.sandboxie.com/DownloadSandboxie
Run Sandboxie and create a new sandbox chosen "BL3"
Become to BL3 sandbox settings, Resource Admission, File Access, Full Admission, and add C:\ drive
Download WASP.dll from https://github.com/UniversalSplitScreen/UniversalSplitScreenScripts/blob/master/Scripts/Borderlands3/Modules/WASP/WASP.dll to \Documents\WindowsPowershell\Modules\WASP\WASP.dll
Copy the Split Screen script from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UniversalSplitScreen/UniversalSplitScreenScripts/master/Scripts/Borderlands3/Borderlands3_SplitScreen.ps1into Powershell ISE (or your favourite editor) and edit the variables at the top to lucifer your setup
Save the script to \Documents\WindowsPowershell\Scripts\Borderlands3_SplitScreen.ps1
Open Powershell and enable running of scripts using the following control, and press A at the prompt to enableSet-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Procedure:

Hibernate the task bar. In Windows10, right click on the taskbar and become to 'Taskbar Settings', then enable 'Automatically hibernate the taskbar in desktop style'
Launch Powershell and run the script (don't forget the .\ before the script to tell it to execute)..\Documents\WindowsPowershell\Scripts\Borderlands3_SplitScreen.ps1
If you want to swap position of the windows or change to a vertical split, alt+tab back to Powershell and follow the on screen instructions
In Universal Split Screen, become to the Options tab and disable 'Draw mouse' on the left and enable 'Hook XInput for gamepads' if yous are using controllers
Select the get-go instance of Borderlands iii then Alt+tab back to Universal Divide Screen and switch to the 'Electric current Window' tab. Make sure in the 'Window Title' box it shows 'Borderlands® 3' and modify the controller alphabetize to 1 (this instance of the game is the 'online' case)
Select the 2nd instance of Borderlands 3 and Alt+tab back to Universal Split Screen and make certain in the 'Window Title' box it shows '[#] Borderlands® iii [#]', so change the controller alphabetize to 2
Press 'Starting time Carve up Screen'
In game, modify your group settings to 'LAN Play' on both windows
In one of the windows, get to the Social Menu, select LAN Browser and select the game to join
Happy Vault Hunting!

There are a few limitations with this method. If anyone figures out a way to overcome them, let me know.

Merely ane window is 'online', and so some functions are only available in that window. In the title card, the online window will have a scrolling news feed, while the offline windows will only evidence the Borderlands 3 logo. In the screenshot attached, the bottom window is online
The profile is shared betwixt both characters, so cosmetic items are stored only for the person that closes the game concluding. I suggest giving trinkets and skins to the person playing on the online window to unlock and brand sure to quit the offline window beginning.
The depository financial institution is only saved for the online window, then if you want to store something, give it to the person playing on the online window to store. Next time yous outset the game, the offline player will have the same items equally the online thespian in their bank.
Guardian ranks are only saved for the online window. Whatever upgrades y'all choose for the online window will be loaded for the offline window side by side time you lot start the game.
The offline window cannot utilize 'weapon pack' weapons, or DLC skins or trinkets
Audio isn't always in sync, and then you may want to turn downwards the dialogue book on ane of the windows
Settings are shared between both players on startup, merely can be tweaked when in the game
Weapon skins and characters aren't shown correctly in the championship menu (run across screenshot)
The two instances of Borderlands3 don't share CPU resources equally, and then I've added a department in the script to modify processor affinity to assign unique processor cores to each window
I have included code for dual monitors, but it is still a fleck buggy and so might not work for everyone
Check out https://borderlands.com/en-US/news/2019-09-18-borderlands-three-troubleshooting-optimization-guide/ for general Borderlands 3 issues and how to fix them

5Oct19 - Improved search for offline launch parameters29Sept19 - Small-scale update to the script to expect for online re-create of the game to launch first

26Nov19 - Major update for window positioning and to fix bug with the latest Bloody Harvest patch. Rewrote the instructions to apply the updated script