Post by Debujin on Nov 10, 2005 19:01:02 GMT
Various emulators (WinKawaks, Nebula, MAME, Gens, etc.) use an in-built feature called 'Kaillera', which is used to play games online with other people through servers. I personally have enjoyed many a game of Street Fighter Alpha 3 through this system, and i heartily recommend it. Here's a brief guide to getting started...
There's usually an option in the File menu called 'Start netplay' (or something similar). When this is clicked, a new window opens with five tabs; 'All servers', 'Recent', 'Favourites', 'Waiting games' and 'Options'. Here's a brief review of what goes on in each tab...
All servers: Pings all available servers on the main Kaillera list. Takes a while - there's about 200 to go through.
Recent: A list of all the severs visited recently on the machine you're using (may be blank on first visit).
Favourites: A list of bookmarked sites that you visit regularly.
Waiting games: A list of games across the world that have been started and are waiting for another person(s) to join.
Options: Preferences about how Kaillera operates.
Basically, if you want to get a quick game going, make sure you've got downloaded ROM files that Kawaks can access, find a server, and double-click on it. From there, you're logged into that particular server, where there'll be a list of users and games that are running (or waiting to run). Before you go to a game, make sure an alternate set of controls defined, because the other player may well use the P1 slot. Double-click on one of the games that you have the ROM for, and wait for a while - Kawaks will start working, and a new game will launch. Then whack in some credits, and press the congifured start button.
If you want to start a game yourself, first check that the ROM you want to play is accessible to the emulator (a quick way to do this is to load up a one player game and see if it loads okay). Log on to a server and click 'Create game' - a menu of letters will appear. Go to the letter that the game name starts with, and then go through the list of games that appears. Click the one you want to play, and then a game will be open. Wait until someone enters the game, and click 'Start game'. This time, i think you'll be using P1 controls.
Okay! Any more questions or problems, feel free to ask or PM me. Don't worry about ping times - games are playable up to about 100ms. If you want a smoother game, use a European or British server (like for instance, the GuardBreak server
). Don't worry about experience - there are a lot of trash-talking kiddies on there to start with, look for a while and there's a fair share of veterans who don't back down.
There's usually an option in the File menu called 'Start netplay' (or something similar). When this is clicked, a new window opens with five tabs; 'All servers', 'Recent', 'Favourites', 'Waiting games' and 'Options'. Here's a brief review of what goes on in each tab...
All servers: Pings all available servers on the main Kaillera list. Takes a while - there's about 200 to go through.
Recent: A list of all the severs visited recently on the machine you're using (may be blank on first visit).
Favourites: A list of bookmarked sites that you visit regularly.
Waiting games: A list of games across the world that have been started and are waiting for another person(s) to join.
Options: Preferences about how Kaillera operates.
Basically, if you want to get a quick game going, make sure you've got downloaded ROM files that Kawaks can access, find a server, and double-click on it. From there, you're logged into that particular server, where there'll be a list of users and games that are running (or waiting to run). Before you go to a game, make sure an alternate set of controls defined, because the other player may well use the P1 slot. Double-click on one of the games that you have the ROM for, and wait for a while - Kawaks will start working, and a new game will launch. Then whack in some credits, and press the congifured start button.
If you want to start a game yourself, first check that the ROM you want to play is accessible to the emulator (a quick way to do this is to load up a one player game and see if it loads okay). Log on to a server and click 'Create game' - a menu of letters will appear. Go to the letter that the game name starts with, and then go through the list of games that appears. Click the one you want to play, and then a game will be open. Wait until someone enters the game, and click 'Start game'. This time, i think you'll be using P1 controls.
Okay! Any more questions or problems, feel free to ask or PM me. Don't worry about ping times - games are playable up to about 100ms. If you want a smoother game, use a European or British server (like for instance, the GuardBreak server
). Don't worry about experience - there are a lot of trash-talking kiddies on there to start with, look for a while and there's a fair share of veterans who don't back down. 