Unable to respawn in splitscreen on multiplayer server

[bonhovis]

Hi all, I've been searching the forum to try and find a solution or see whether this is simply an ongoing issue. Anyway, what happens is that whilst playing splitscreen (have only tried with 2 players), when someone dies, it's doesn't appear possible to re-add or respawn the dead player.

It is, however, possible to go through the motions of "Add new player" and the character creation screen but unfortunately nothing happens afterwards.

The only way I've found of respawning a dead player is by leaving the multiplayer server and rejoining again. Has anyone else had this problem or know a solution?

Kind regards!

[bonhovis]

Has no one experienced the same thing? 

[EasyPickins]

There was a bug with how the server checked for unique usernames, it should work if you enter a different username when trying to respawn.

[bonhovis]

There was a bug with how the server checked for unique usernames, it should work if you enter a different username when trying to respawn.

Oh that makes a lot of sense I will give it a try tonight and report back. Thanks for your help!

[bonhovis]

Okay, so had a little try!

 

When in 2 player splitscreen on a server:

- If Player 1 dies, unfortunately there is no dialog after character creation to enter a (new) username and their screen remains black (so no player readded).

- If Player 2 dies, it is possible to enter a new username after character creation and successfully re-add a player back into Player 2's slot (but yep, you were totally right - if you enter the player's old username, it will not (re)add a new player).

 

So a long story short, if Player 1 dies, he can't respawn without both Player 1 & 2 leaving and rejoining the server (although Player 2 can easily rejoin as their old character once they've rejoined).