How do I define actions/axis for controllerID 1?

[ghlkvf]

I’m trying to make a local split-screen multi-player game. I’ve already created my own character class that moves with keyboard input. I’m now creating a customer gameMode that will ad multiple players. I’ve successfully created two characters, the first class is being created by using the super::BeginPlay, the second being created using:

FString error1;
GEngine->GameViewport->createPlayer(1, error1, true);

Running the game with this game mode results in a split screen with one character that is controlled by the keyboard, and a second character that does not move at all.

I suspect the problem is that I need to setup or define input for the second controller (controllerID 1). Currently the only method I know to define this is within the editor under project settings>input settings.

This leads me to believe that the only way of accomplishing multiplayer support is to create a second constructor within my custom character, which takes a list of strings that I can use to define which actions/axis the character should ‘listen’ to. This method doesn’t feel right to me, as it would require me to also modify gameviewport and possibly a few other files.

Does anyone have any advice?

[ghlkvf]

So I made some progress on this, but I’m unsure if this is the correct method of handling local multi-player. I made an incorrect assumption that the keyboard defaults to controllerID 0, and the xbox controller is then assigned controllerID 1 (The goal was to get two player working for now and move on from there). I was testing with only one controller, and the keyboard and both ended up controlling the first character spawned. When I plugged in a second controller, everything worked fine.

Moral of the story, the keyboard and a controller can share a controller ID.