Steam link for couch coop games?
When using the steam link, it seems like some couch co-op games properly stream the secondary view (i.e. not a mirror of the headset, but what the co-op players should see), while some do not.
I *think* that it's just Unity games have the issue, but I'm not sure. So far Panoptic and Diner-Duo work properly (steaming the view that the controller based players should see), while Eye in the Sky, and Batter Up never switch away from the headset mirror view.
Has anybody else tried Eye in the Sky, or Batter Up with a steam link in coop mode, and have any insight?
Posted Apr 14, 2019, 4:21 AM UTC
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The trick is forcing it to display the desktop even when it wants to switch to VR monitoring mode. I’ve managed to do it but it’s tricky. Try getting your desktop to display on Steam Link before launching the VR game. Something else to try is adding a link to a desktop app (like Notepad) in Steam then launching it from Big Picture while the VR app is running. This will sometimes force the SL out of VR mode while leaving the game running. Then you should be able to see the desktop UI of your coop game.
Should be a simple toggle put in the Steam link software. Or maybe just from whatever desktop is being streamed.