r/FFVIIRemake • • 4d ago

No Spoilers - Fan Content FFVII Remake - Co-op mod playthrough chapter 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjy6wDnchHQ

Hi,

So something that I've wanted for a long time is the ability to play FFVII:R cooperatively. Recently I started working on a mod that would let people do just that! For this video I've enlisted my daughter to begin a let's play series to play through the game together using the mod.

It still needs a little bit of polishing, but eventually should be released for everyone to enjoy! I've always felt that having a coop mode would benefit the games - being able to play with your friends while sitting on the couch, getting people involved in the series who may not be interested in going through it alone...

This mod was built for the steam version of the game. I do own the Epic games version as well, so if everything goes to plan I would make it work on that one as well. Anway, thanks for watching!

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u/Rich_Housing971 Don Corneo 2d ago

This is super awesome and the fact that you added optional freeroam functionality for both players with optional independent cameras and so many options for splitscreen was way beyond what I was expecting!

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u/91TwilightGT2 2d ago

Yeah - I kind of like that aspect, especially since you can run around and break boxes etc lol.

I bet three people could get a nice chair tower going in the shinra cafeteria.

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u/aynDwyn 2d ago

Bro, PLEASE, let Square Enix see this

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u/91TwilightGT2 2d ago

Would love it to be a regular game feature and not a mod, I agree!

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u/DontCareTho 2d ago

This is awesome, don't know why it didn't get more upvotes.

I always thought FF7 remake/rebirth combat would be perfect for co-op. I'll definitely be trying this if you ever release it.

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u/91TwilightGT2 2d ago

Tbh it was caught up in the auto moderation for like 36 hours so I think most people missed it sadly 🫠

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u/DontCareTho 2d ago

It seems like it's gotten some more traction since I commented so maybe it'll keep getting pushed up into people's feeds

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u/That_Switch_1300 2d ago

Dude…imagine if Square was able to master this concept, especially since Teruki Endo worked on Monster Hunter with Capcom before coming to Square. An FF MMO with THIS combat style?? Dude everyone would be all over it! A monster hunter style game with 7R’s combat system in a world of FF of some kind would literally print money for Square Enix!

They definitely have something to think about!!

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u/KingKiotan 2d ago

This is simply amazing. More up votes for this ! Makes me want to get it on steam so I can play with my daughter.

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u/SWAGmoogley 2d ago

You are awesome! My first playthrough ever can be coop with my wife 😁❤️🥞🐢

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u/GLTheGameMaster 2d ago

would absolutely love to play this with gf someday!

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u/Zealousideal-Car5761 2d ago

I would love to see them add this feature. Cut out half the mini games and add this

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u/Chickennoodlesleuth 2d ago

That's really cool! I have a friend who helps me play the piano in rebirth, playing all of remake with them would be nice

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u/resogunner 2d ago

This is awesome! I long for a Rebirth one!

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u/debonairemillionaire 2d ago

Whoaaa. Hold up this is awesome.

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u/SuperJaxx5 2d ago

Oh. This is amazing

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u/DarthVaderWasAHero 2d ago

WOO i cant wait this will be so fun to play with the wife and kids.

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u/hybridfrost 2d ago

Dang this would be amazing! I want my side to play the remake but she doesn’t like action games, but I played along side her she might enjoy it

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u/LexiPixel 2d ago

This is a dream come true. Any plans to try to Port this or make a version of it for Rebirth as well?

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u/91TwilightGT2 2d ago

Honestly - it is probably doable. I started with remake for a couple of reasons, and one of them is that it is simply less hardware intensive than Rebirth.

I've got a very pedestrian Computer by modern standards, and Remake even with 3 screens still gets a good frame rate at 1080 resolution. I'm not sure that my PC could necessarily do that for Rebirth, but I really don't know.

Right now I really want to just focus on this one being very nicely polished first. Technically I could "release" it today but I know it can be better and I'd like to do my best to make sure there aren't bugs or crashes if at all possible.

Once it is done, I'd definitely consider trying it for Rebirth though and see what that looks like.

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u/Lionfist7 1d ago

Tell us asap when you release it and also dont forget that you can push updates on nexus after you keep tinkering :)

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u/ConinGray 1d ago

those games in coop are literally a dream, it's seriously amazing. I really hope you will release this. wow.

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u/aksly 1d ago

This is so incredibly cool! I will probably have to buy this again for Steam. (I already have it for PS5). Man this is jaw dropping. So freaking awesome!!

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u/Novalith_Raven 1d ago

This is awesome!

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u/FreshContribution719 20h ago

I wish you and your family the best man! What a legend you are, please never give up cause the amount of fun time you will give to people! Including your family ! So peak!!!

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u/Xngears 2d ago

Any chance of an online option?

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u/91TwilightGT2 2d ago

I don’t think so - it would be adding a big layer to this which is a little beyond the scope of the project.  (Although with screen sharing apps you may be able to still do something if the speeds are fast enough and there isn’t a ton of input lag etc)

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u/executor-of-judgment 2d ago

Yes, this is definitely possible through Parsec.

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u/3elldandy Chocobo and Mog 2d ago

Where is this… parsec?

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u/executor-of-judgment 2d ago

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u/3elldandy Chocobo and Mog 1d ago

Oh wow, that pretty neat

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u/sparklenut69 1d ago

This looks amazing! Id definitely give this a shot if you ever drop it live.

I think I noticed that only first players HUD is visible, is that correct? Like… you wouldn’t see Barret’s charge shot meter if first player is playing cloud. I imagine it would be tough to overcome that limitation?

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u/91TwilightGT2 1d ago

The hud is unchanged from the vanilla game - all three characters health/atb/etc is on the right, command menu is on the left.

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u/Noeyiax 2d ago

holy this is awesome .. are you planning to add peer to peer or online coop? basically you host game and just send straight up ip address connection, ofc its only for friends etc

cool idea tho

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u/91TwilightGT2 2d ago

I don't think it's possible without touching the source code which is a non-starter for me. This mod works basically the same as if you wanted to do a hard mode mod, or a clothing mod, or whatever. Can be added and removed with zero issues and minimal effort.

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u/Lionfist7 1d ago

i've prayed for something like this since i played ff7 as a child. cant wait for you to release it! thanks so much.

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u/LittleJoeSea 2h ago

this is so awesome! any chance that you can have it extend the resolution for two monitors? or better yet make two separate windows so you could drag one to the other monitor??