Resident Evil 5 Split Screen Pc Keyboard And Controller Exclusive Access

The Lost Art of Couch Co-op: Unlocking Resident Evil 5’s Split Screen on PC with Keyboard and Controller Exclusivity

Introduction: A Tale of Two Inputs

The "Exclusive" Problem: Why Keyboard + Controller is the Only Way

Before we dive into the setup, we need to address the elephant in the room: input parity. The Lost Art of Couch Co-op: Unlocking Resident

Most PC games that support split-screen (think It Takes Two or Gears of War) allow two controllers, or two keyboards, or any combination thereof. Resident Evil 5 is different. Due to how the game engine hard-codes input devices for Player 1 and Player 2, the exclusive, functional reality is this: Due to how the game engine hard-codes input

: This often triggers the split-screen prompt, assigning the keyboard to one player and the controller to the other. Alternative for Update v1.2.0 : Press the or two keyboards

on your keyboard to open the pause menu and look for the split-screen option. Assign Controls