Backporting LAN and netplay: we're getting started!
Progress on this will happen in the season3 branch. For now, this branch doesn't even build, so don't get all excited about it yet :P

LAN should not be too difficult to backport, as it was largely functional.

Netplay will be another story. It was built around the old multi-process IPC system, and is generally obsolete, so a lot of reworking will be needed to get it functional again.

I'm hoping to be able to get all that to a functional state by November. We'll see how this goes.

There's also work needed to properly integrate this to the UI. I'm thinking of enforcing one melonDS instance only when using LAN or netplay, to keep things simpler. For netplay, it would pretty much be required anyway, as we will need to have instances set up in a specific way.

You can tell things aren't super fast on my side, I've pretty much taken a one-month break after getting doublemelon done. I need a big break from melonDS, which I will hopefully take after 1.0 is released.
lucaspltn says:
Jul 18th 2024
I refuse, Iā€™m going to get excited anyways šŸŽ‰šŸŽ‰šŸŽ‰

For netplay, will IR over the internet be supported too?
RakiSama says:
Jul 18th 2024
Im on a 2Ds posting this! i found this bc i wanted to see if any one made a web working for the ds
keisui says:
Jul 18th 2024
momentously exciting
Zyute says:
Jul 19th 2024
This will be huge for ds emulation overall. Thanks for the dedication poured into melonDS.
SkylarX says:
Jul 19th 2024
No worries bro. I really look forward to lan multiplayer and netplay. I Will keep donating as much as i can to support You gays!
Greetings from Colombia.
SkylarX says:
Jul 19th 2024
Guys*
beggar says:
Jul 19th 2024
great work.

still begging for retroachievements
LEGO_Vince says:
Jul 20th 2024
Oh heck yeah! I've been doing tests with your older version that has LAN, and I can't wait to see more expansions on it!
PeeJay Bonobo says:
Jul 20th 2024
I say take all the time you need. There is absolutely no rush.
kikilxve says:
Jul 20th 2024
It's okay if it releases in 2025. It's better than it outright not releasing. Too much better, actually.
Especially if we get what this Arisotura girl would call a "crapo" GitHub build because development stopped.
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