Handling Multiple Inputs/Controllers

What is the best practice with developing a UI for a 4 player game? The EventSystem can only be set up for 1 controller in the input manager. Are we able to have multiple EventSystems and Canvases for each player? Something like in a fighting game, where 4 players are selecting the characters simultaneously. I'm not sure how to go about doing this.

 

You would need to write your own Input Module, and possibly Event System for this. I've included the two I made some time ago for reference. It's probably not quite plug 'n play, but it was also for a multiplayer character select, so it might give you some idea of what to look at. Good luck!

EDIT: Whoops, added in the wrong file by accident. StageSelectionInputModule changes the same cursor for both inputs; CharacterSelectionInputModule does what was described (for 2 players).

 

Thanks for the reply. So based off your scripts, did you just simulate a mouse cursor for each player? That is pretty much what I have been doing, but it seems so backwards. And also moving a fake mouse cursor on screen with the UI doesn't always have the smoothest movement. It works, but I don't love it.

 

No problem. I wouldn't call it a mouse cursor, but essentially, yes. I used a square image overlay that was bound to a grid. So the "cursor" would start at the top-left and hitting right would make it slide to the grid cell to its right.