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Attack on Toys: 4 Players Multiplayer Splitscreen

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🎖️ FIELD MANUAL — CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION FOR MULTIPLAYER OPERATIONS IN STEAM 🎖️

🎮🎮🎮🎮 Solving the problem of generic Joysticks…

Listen up, recruits.
If you want a 4-soldier split-screen deployment, you need discipline, order… and properly configured controllers.
Generic joysticks are undisciplined by nature. This manual will turn them into elite units.

🎯 MISSION OBJECTIVE

Convert generic joysticks into fully functional, properly identified Xbox-style controllers ready for combat in Steam.

🧰 REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

  • 4 joysticks (even generic ones)
  • Operational PC
Software:

🪖 PHASE 1 — PREPARE THE FIELD

  1. Connect all joysticks to the PC
  2. Confirm Windows detects them
    👉 (even if they all look identical — that’s normal)

Do not panic. They are untrained recruits.

⚙️ PHASE 2 — CONVERT TO XBOX UNITS

  1. Install XOutput
  2. Install ViGEmBus (without this, the mission fails)
  3. Launch XOutput

🎮 CONFIGURATION

For each joystick:

  1. Select the device
  2. Assign:
    • Player 1
    • Player 2
    • Player 3
    • Player 4
  3. Map buttons (if not automatic)
  4. Set output as:
    👉 Xbox 360 Controller

🎯 RESULT

Your units will now appear as:

  • Xbox Controller #1
  • Xbox Controller #2
  • Xbox Controller #3
  • Xbox Controller #4

Discipline restored.

⚠️ PHASE 3 — ELIMINATE INTERFERENCE

Problem:
Original joysticks are still active.
This causes chaos on the battlefield.

🧨 SOLUTION (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)

Install HidHide

🛡️ CONFIGURATION

  1. Open HidHide
  2. Enable:
    ✔ Hide physical devices
  3. Allow only:
    ✔ XOutput / ViGEm

🎯 RESULT

  • ❌ Generic joysticks invisible
  • ✔ Only Xbox controllers active

Clean battlefield. No interference.

🚀 PHASE 4 — DEPLOY IN STEAM

  1. Launch Steam
  2. Go to:
    👉 Settings → Controller
  3. Enable:
    ✔ Xbox Controller Support
    ✔ Generic Controller Support (optional)

🎮 IN-GAME

  • Select Xbox controllers
  • Assign each player correctly

🧠 SQUAD RULES

  • Do not mix physical and virtual controllers
  • Always run XOutput
  • Keep HidHide configured
  • Test before deployment

🏁 CONCLUSION

Generic joysticks are civilians.
With this training, they become soldiers.

You now have:
✔ Identity
✔ Order
✔ Full compatibility

🎖️ Squad ready for combat.
Proceed with split-screen deployment… and leave no Tan standing.