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Can two people play ESO using the one computer?

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Zypheran
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Somebody else in my house wants to start playing ESO and we want to play together, but only have one gaming rig.
So, if we run one player from the direct ESO launcher and also run another game (separate ESO log-in obviously) from the Steam launcher, can we both play simultaneously while using 2 monitors?
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  • Turelus
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    In theory yes, but as said above that's going to be a hell of a demand on your system.
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  • Ashtaris
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    Even if you could have both instances of ESO up on different screens, how would you control them? You only have one keyboard and mouse :) And even if you could use the controller for one, I have a feeling that there would be some major conflicts that just wouldn't make it practical.
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  • SirAndy
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    No, you can't.

    ESO will run multiple instances but Windows only allows one (1) window to have focus, so even if you managed to add two keyboards and two mice to your system, only one of your ESO instances will have focus to receive input.
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  • SammyFable
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  • Turelus
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    Ashtaris wrote: »
    Even if you could have both instances of ESO up on different screens, how would you control them? You only have one keyboard and mouse :) And even if you could use the controller for one, I have a feeling that there would be some major conflicts that just wouldn't make it practical.
    I didn't even think of that lol. I are so smartz.
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  • Zypheran
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    Ashtaris wrote: »
    Even if you could have both instances of ESO up on different screens, how would you control them? You only have one keyboard and mouse :) And even if you could use the controller for one, I have a feeling that there would be some major conflicts that just wouldn't make it practical.

    You're right. I didn't think about how the computer would interpret the inputs
    All my housing builds are available on YouTube
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf3oJ_cxuu01HmWZJZ6KK6g?view_as=subscriber
    I am happy to share the EHT save files for most of my builds.
  • idk
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    ^^^. Not worth it.

    There was, and probably still is. A way to be a PC to emulate multiple PCs, one per core. However if you could afford a rig that had enough resources to handle this you could afford a second rig. Essentially it's what the bots do. However I do see the controller issue sometime else brought up and wasn't thinking of that.
    Edited by idk on October 11, 2017 3:37PM
  • Ashtaris
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    Turelus wrote: »
    Ashtaris wrote: »
    Even if you could have both instances of ESO up on different screens, how would you control them? You only have one keyboard and mouse :) And even if you could use the controller for one, I have a feeling that there would be some major conflicts that just wouldn't make it practical.
    I didn't even think of that lol. I are so smartz.

    lol - And I thought of that ever before I had my second cup of coffee :smiley:

  • Eddyble
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    Turelus wrote: »
    Ashtaris wrote: »
    Even if you could have both instances of ESO up on different screens, how would you control them? You only have one keyboard and mouse :) And even if you could use the controller for one, I have a feeling that there would be some major conflicts that just wouldn't make it practical.
    I didn't even think of that lol. I are so smartz.

    LOL, immediately thought of this...

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  • Nestor
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    Zypheran wrote: »
    but only have one gaming rig.

    You can put together a gaming rig for $500 to $800 that will play this and most games quite well at 1080.

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  • vamp_emily
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    You can do this OP. You will need to buy a mind sensor headband.

    What you want to do is have 2 ESO's up ( one on each screen ), also one being the 32 bit version of ESO and the other being a 64 bit version. Then have your friend put on the mind sensor head band and focus on one of the screens. You will hear a beeping sound when the mind sensor is communicating with the ESO game. Then your friend can control his character with his mind.

    :) Thank me later.

    Edited by vamp_emily on October 11, 2017 4:04PM
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  • Balamoor
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    Nestor wrote: »
    Zypheran wrote: »
    but only have one gaming rig.

    You can put together a gaming rig for $500 to $800 that will play this and most games quite well at 1080.



    Yep I just built a friend of mine who was very low on cash a 350 rig that runs ESO just fine in 1080, the AMD FX chips have plummeted since the Ryzen chips have come out.
  • dennissomb16_ESO
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    you could also use game pads vs keyboard and mouse as it is easy to hook up multiple game pads on a PC
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    dennissomb16_ESO wrote: »
    you could also use game pads vs keyboard and mouse as it is easy to hook up multiple game pads on a PC

    Hmm maybe this works but you must have a nice PC to run two instances. Just saying wow to that, no idea how the sever will respond tho
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  • JamieAubrey
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    Yes if you have 30k

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  • Denyiir
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    If you both get a job for a week you could buy decent parts for a second pc :)
  • Lyserus
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    Don't forget, if you are making 2 characters in 2 different account move in the same IP, ZOS might think you are botting.
  • Soleya
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    SirAndy wrote: »
    No, you can't.

    ESO will run multiple instances but Windows only allows one (1) window to have focus, so even if you managed to add two keyboards and two mice to your system, only one of your ESO instances will have focus to receive input.
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    You can use 2 virtual machines to do it. But you need a beefy computer to pull it off. The cost of which its cheaper to buy 2 separate computers.
  • SirAndy
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    Soleya wrote: »
    You can use 2 virtual machines to do it. But you need a beefy computer to pull it off.
    No you can't. A virtual machine still runs within a "window" and only one of those can have focus.
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    Edited by SirAndy on October 11, 2017 6:58PM
  • victoriana-blue
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    dennissomb16_ESO wrote: »
    you could also use game pads vs keyboard and mouse as it is easy to hook up multiple game pads on a PC

    Unfortunately no: the game continues to recognize/use k&m inputs in gamepad mode. Disabling this would probably ruin your chat interface, if it were even possible to separate the inputs.
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