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Posted on 12-28-20 06:36 AM, in The wifi thread (rev. 2 of 12-28-20 06:49 AM) Link | #3037
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Notes:
- Although I don't think this is relevant, as the melonDS Wi-Fi clearly works fine, I will mention: I don't actually have a real "Ethernet" connection. I have a laptop, so I use my iPhone and tether to it's hotspot. When you do this with iTunes, it registers as an Ethernet connection in the internal settings of the laptop. Also, melonDS also seems to believe that it is Ethernet.

- Wi-Fi settings in melonDS are such:
Bind socket to any address: checked.
Randomize MAC address: left blank.
Direct Mode selected.
Network adaptor: Ethernet.

Any help is tremendously appreciated!!!

TLDR: Pokémon Black Version 2, WFC works fine but C-Gear doesn't work at all.


Edit: Hi again, quick edit - I'm actually becoming less convinced that Wi-Fi is working on melonDS.
- 1: While I can connect to GTS, it seems that no matter what Pokemon I choose, the game tells me it wasn't found. I'm positive that on AltWFC at least some of those Pokemon would be available - I tried a ton. Also, I tried connecting to my White Version 2 through the Musical Theater, which gives you the option to choose strictly between Infrared (which is a C-Gear feature) and DS Wireless Connections. I chose the latter, and couldn't connect to my White 2 copy - even though that's a feature I've utilized before. Thanks again for any help.

Athanatos
Posted on 12-29-20 03:26 AM, in The wifi thread (rev. 3 of 12-29-20 05:17 AM) Link | #3049
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Posted by Generic aka RSDuck
1. could it be possible that you have mixed up wifi and wireless communication? Wireless is only emulated for melonDS <-> melonDS because your computer can't send a signal which the DS can pickup. Wifi on the other hand works between emulator and a real game because it requires a server in the middle.
2. Not every WFC replacement server supports all functionality (Battling, personal trading, GTS, battle camera…). https://pkmnclassic.net/ is specialised in Pokemon I think they provide most of it.
3. Don't use direct mode anymore. With 0.9 or later indirect mode (direct mode being disabled) is the recommend setting because it doesn't require pcap or an ethernet connection.


Thanks so much for the advice! Didn't know indirect mode works now so I'll switch to that. Also I think you've just helped me realize a solution to my issue by clarifying how the DS Wireless Connection works - I'll just upload the save file of my White 2 game and run it on melonDS as well, since you said between itself melonDS should work. Will update.

Edit: So I'm trying to run both on melonDS and I'm still not able to see them connect. Not only do neither register themselves in C-Gear, but I can't Send & Receive Keys in Unova Link, which was my initial purpose. I tried Direct Mode, Indirect Mode, having Bind Socket on and off, and yet the two games still can't connect to one another via DS Wireless Connections. What can I do?

Edit 2: I'm making a little bit of headway after 4 hours! So I've effectively patched the problem with C-Gear: simply setting MAC Address to randomize completely fixes DS Wireless Connection compatibility! However, there is still the problem that Sending & Receiving Keys won't work - one thing I've noticed is that this feature loads both Infrared and DS Wireless Connections, so my understanding is that the issue is in fact with Infrared. I've done some Googling and from what I can find melonDS doesn't yet have Infrared support. Anything I can do about this? Thank you.

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Posted on 12-29-20 05:10 PM, in The wifi thread Link | #3054
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Posted by Generic aka RSDuck
Direct/Indirect mode only matters for wifi stuff not for local wireless. And yeah melonDS doesn't emulate IR.


Yea, thanks - got it. I think I'll just have to purchase a White 2 cartridge, put it in my DS Lite, and then emulate the Black 2 save I found with my 3DS - that's the only way to make to create an IR to IR connection. Thanks for the support.


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