Split screen whit more than 4 players - Local Multiplayer

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Hi,

I read in several posts that it’s possible to change the native UE settings by directly modifying the engine code to split the screen in more than 4 players:

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Hi, I have been trying to get 8 players local multiplayer working using xbox one wireless/wired controllers and so far, not succeeding. I have 8 official microsoft controllers, all running off the official microsoft wireless receiver which supports 8 controllers. I use this set up a lot when playing other party games like Gang Beasts, Knight Squad, so there is no issue in connectivity with the computer, or usability. I have found a few times, this same question has been asked, or similar ques…

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Hi, I’ve wanted to have my game support split screen for more than 4 players, but it has a hard code cap on 4, and when you remove that cap, there are still problems. The only way I’ve found that does this is changing the engine source code, and game code a little bit. I’m putting this here to make life easier for whoever wants to do this as well. First, in your engine project, go to ViewportSplitScreen.h, and add another value to the ESplitScreenType enum, For this tutorial, we’ll add EightP…

But every post refers to an old versions of UE so even trying to follow those guides there are some steps that are not very clear to me, perhaps due to code engine modifications.

Has anyone tried to make a split screen game with over 4 players in UE 5?

Currently the two versions that I use are 5.3 and 5.5

Any help is apppreciated.