How to spawn second player using second gamepad input in local multiplayer

Hi there i have a game that supports local multiplayer with hot seat mode. Player 1 is playing the game using his gamepad (PC) but then second player walks in and he wants to join… so he grabs his gamepad and press START to join. Nothing happens :frowning: Now i have to press START on 1st player gamepad because second player has no controller spawned and no pawn to recive input. How to fix this?

I have tried to use Create player without spawning pawn but controller doesnt show up on map and input is still not recived for second gamepad.
I wish not to spawn all players at begin play and then hide second pawn until he clicks START, this is bad.

Any advice ?

do you find a solucion? I have the same issue.