Split-screen on PC

Dystopia

Up to 5 players on one PC, with controllers or keyboard and mouse.

5Verified handler

Handler “Dystopia” by Snailedlt, version 2

P4+1 more players

What works

With Nucleus Co-op, up to 5 players can play Dystopia together on one PC, each in their own part of the screen, with controllers or keyboard and mouse. The free community handler “Dystopia” by Snailedlt does the setup and was checked by hub moderators: version 2, updated 9 May 2020. Dystopia is a shooter and indie game from 2005.

Players5
ControllersSupported
Keyboard and mouseSupported
Several keyboards and miceNot supported
Hub moderatorsVerified

How to play Dystopia split screen on PC

Get Nucleus Co-op
Download Nucleus Co-op, free for Windows 10 and 11, and unzip it into its own folder, for example C:\NucleusCo-op. There is no installer.
Keep it out of Program Files, your user folder and OneDrive.
Download Nucleus Co-op
Install the Dystopia handler
In Nucleus Co-op, search the Hub for Dystopia and install its handler, or download the handler file from this page and drop it on the Nucleus window. Then show Nucleus where Dystopia is installed.
Download the handler file (.nc)
Take a seat
Each player presses a button on their own controller to join and takes a spot on the screen. Pick a layout that fits your players.
Launch and connect
Press Launch: Nucleus opens one copy of Dystopia per player and lays the windows out on your screen. Then link them in game, usually one player hosts a LAN or online session and the others join it. The handler notes say how.

What you need

A Windows 10 or 11 PC
Nucleus Co-op runs on Windows only. System requirements
Dystopia for Windows
Installed on that PC. Nucleus starts every player's window from that one install.
Nucleus Co-op, free
With .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later and the Visual C++ 2015–2022 runtimes (x86 and x64). Download
Something to play with
One controller per player; one player can use the keyboard and mouse. Controllers
A PC that can run 5 copies
Each player runs their own copy of Dystopia, so the PC carries several times the usual load. Lower the graphics settings if it struggles. Performance tips
A multiplayer mode
Nucleus links the windows through the game's own LAN or online mode; the handler takes care of it.

Handler notes

In order to get the Dystopia script working you first need to move and overwrite the folder Dystopia\win32 into Dystopia. Then you need to put Dystopia\core and Dystopia\dystopia into the Dystopia\win32 Now you can delete the bin folder in Dystopia\bin.

The win32 folder should now look like the image below, and there should be no folders other than win32 inside the Dystopia folder. Image: Picture1

Dystopia folder after moving folders:

Image: Picture2

How it looks to start without moving folders:

Image: Picture3

Image: Picture4

Once you've done the things above, this is how to run the game in splitscreen with Nucleus: Start a server on the first instance. Start the next instance when you are in-game. Click on the last Nucleus prompt when all instances are set. If you use the keyboard click/alt-tab on the corresponding keyboard-player instance.

Authors and Contributors of this handler: Snailed lt from the Split Screen Dreams Discord

About Dystopia

Dystopia is a cyberpunk game on the Source engine that places the player into tense combat situations in a high-tech world spanned by computer networks. Playing as either Punk mercenaries, or Corporate security forces, the player will fight through the physical world to gain access, via jack-in terminals, to cyberspace.

Summary from IGDB