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LAN multiplayer: getting there! Oct 7th 2023, by Arisotura |
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As of today: LAN gameplay between the two computers I have at hand over here. LAN is actually fairly close to a finished product, now. It's obviously still a bit rough around the edges, may be a tad unstable, but from my testing it has shown to be pretty smooth. From this point, I encourage anybody who is interested to grab the experimental builds from our Github CI. It's the runs labelled 'season2 test PR'; note that you will need a Github account to download them. But if you're motivated, please give them some deep testing, abuse them in whatever ways you can think of, and report anything that seems odd to you, in our IRC or Discord or in this thread. We'd like these features to be rock-solid for the 1.0 release. How to get a LAN game going: 1. On the host machine: open melonDS, then System -> Multiplayer -> Host LAN game. You enter a player name and you're good to go. 2. On client machines: open melonDS, then System -> Multiplayer -> Join LAN game. Enter your player name there, then it should list any existing LAN games. If not, you can always try using the direct connect button. 3. Once all sides are connected to the LAN game, you can open a ROM on each machine and try getting a game going. Do note that you will need a good local network for this to work. Ethernet should work, but anything else may fail if the latency can get too high. That should be about it. There are also options pertaining to netplay, but for now, it doesn't work. I had managed to get it working as a very crude proof of concept, but due to changes in the melonDS codebase since then, it's broken. I will let you know when I can get it working again. Have fun! EDIT- clarification on the terminology: LAN is for playing local multiplayer games over a local network (ie. multiple computers in the same house for example). Netplay is for playing local multiplayer games over the internet. Neither of these apply to online multiplayer (aka WFC). |
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somelinuxer says: Oct 25th 2023 |
| Also what happens if the dummy packets just have the bare minimum? |
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says: Oct 27th 2023 |
| How to get the experimental build for Mac? Can anyone help me with the link |
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Amnet says: Oct 28th 2023 |
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where do we download the build cause, i'm new |
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Amnet says: Oct 28th 2023 |
| The link? |
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Bottle says: Dec 7th 2023 |
| Any chance we'll see a way similar to Xemu and PPSSPP, were we can set up LAN in the settings and then it will just persist without having to open the LAN connection window everytime? Asking as a Batocera / JelOS user that would like to play with friends and a one time setup. :) |
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K. says: Jan 24th 2024 |
| The build on github is expired, can no longer download it! |
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Ranesu says: Feb 5th 2024 |
| Would love to test it. Can you release a new test build? |
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Artamone says: Feb 6th 2024 |
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is their a way to download the LAN multiplayer rn ? i can't download it on github :/ |
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may says: Feb 17th 2024 |
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i am using this link: https://github.com/melonDS-emu/melonDS/actions/runs/6441774584 but it says it is expired. :( i hope you are well, i hope the projo is going well. lan multiplayer would be really fun. :') |
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Big_Mike says: Feb 23rd 2024 |
| may you please release a new build?? its expired |
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guest3434 says: Apr 4th 2024 |
| i cannot seem to find the settings for the multiplayer in system. it just says "create a new instance" im using the latest version of melonds from what i can tell, and maybe its been removed? im trying to play in the underground in pokemon platinum with my gfs computer connecting to mine but we cant even get the union room to see the other person despite being on the same wifi. do i have to go buy an ethernet cable or something and connect physically? |
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MelonDs says: Apr 23rd 2024 |
| Is good |
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Neltrok says: Apr 24th 2024 |
| Getting Netplay working would be a gamechanger for nds emulation! I would be able to play Dragon Quest 9 with my brothers again! |
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Luisa says: Apr 25th 2024 |
| Good |
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Saud Saad says: Apr 26th 2024 |
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here. LAN is actually fairly close to a finished product, now. It's obviously still a bit rough around the edges, may be a tad unstable, but from my testing it has shown to be pretty smooth. From this point, I encourage anybody who is interested to grab the experimental builds from our Github CI. It's the runs labelled 'season2 test PR'; note that you will need a Github account to download them. But if you're motivated, please give them some deep testing, abuse them in whatever ways you can think of, and report anything that seems odd to you, in our IRC or Discord or in this thread. We'd like these features to be rock-solid for the 1.0 release. How to get a LAN game going: 1. On the host machine: open melonDS, then System -> Multiplayer -> Host LAN game. You enter a player name and you're good to go. 2. On client machines: open melonDS, then System -> Multiplayer -> Join LAN game. Enter your player name there, then it should list any existing LAN games. If not, you can always try using the direct connect button. 3. Once all sides are connected to the LAN game, you can open a ROM on each machine and try getting a game going. Do note that you will need a good local network for this to work. Ethernet should work, but anything else may fail if the latency can get too high. That should be about it. There are also options pertaining to netplay, but for now, it doesn't work. I had managed to get it working as a very crude proof of concept, but due to changes in the melonDS codebase since then, it's broken. I will let you know when I can get it working again. Have fun! EDIT- clarification on the terminology: LAN is for playing local multiplayer games over a local network (ie. multiple computers in the same house for example). Netplay is for playing local multiplayer games over the internet. Neither of these apply to online multiplayer (aka WFC). 44 comments have been posted. < LAN multiplayer: in the worksRTC and ambitious plans > Pages:123 lucaspltn says: Oct 7th 2023 YEAH!!!!! Inter-computer networked play ππΌππΌππΌ I do have a few questions about it, though. Does LAN multiplayer refer to this "DS Wireless Communications" thing I've heard about (not IR, not Wi-Fi)? And also, I'm not sure about this, but does it currently work in melonDS 0.9.5 when you make multiple melonDS instances on the same computer? Shadowwolf1337 says: Oct 7th 2023 at this point you should call it version 0.10 JIIN says: Oct 7th 2023 OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY !!!!!!!!!!!! CAN I PLAY a simple board game with my friend over the net ? where can i download it ? Crackerstie36 says: Oct 7th 2023 Much luv <3 (No homo) glad to see multiplayer atleast somewhat working. much love from Melbourne Australia (lol I should sleep rn its 4:30) Crafter says: Oct 7th 2023 JIIN, read first before ask Variant9 says: Oct 7th 2023 You should be able to netplay using VPN solutions like LogMeIn Hamachi (or whatever the current flavor is called), though I don't know what impact the increased latency will have. ^.^ says: Oct 8th 2023 .--, .--, : /\ : /\ / , \ / , \ / / \ / / \ ; / , \ ; / , \ / / / \ \ / / / \ \ / ; /\ \ \ / ; /\ \ \ \"""\ / \ \ ; \"""\ / \ \ ; `---` `--` `---` `--` ___ / .\ \ ; | `--" ^.^ says: Oct 8th 2023 Aw crap, I guess no ascii art in these comments π Just wanted to say I'm really happy about the progress ^.^ but sadly can't help with testing rn... thisisaname says: Oct 8th 2023 I can't seem to load nds files with the experimental build, is that normal? great work says: Oct 8th 2023 amazing :D a stupid person says: Oct 9th 2023 Is there a possibility for a lan connection with real hardware in the future? Klauserus says: Oct 9th 2023 Great! Big steps towards version 1.0 Keep it up, you do great work. I hope privately everything has calmed down. Have a nice Week thisisaname says: Oct 9th 2023 Got it running! AndroidEnthusiast says: Oct 10th 2023 Great progress! Will this come to the Android version as well? Hoping I will be able to play Mario Kart with my friends on a plane just like I used to on my DS hahahaha Also, a quick question, is Lemuroid also running 0.9.5. on android? Or should I switch to the MelonDS app? kevincrans says: Oct 10th 2023 There is still 0.4 to go, no reason for the .1000.1000 madness. With these features the emulator deserves being above 1.0. Pages:123 |
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