GameEx NetPlay - Client/Server MAME/Mess

[fRequEnCy]

Awesome feature Tom! Guess I've been away a little too long

I got it setup ok it seems. I'm using the latest beta of client/server. Though I keep getting -No Games Found- is because no one is hosting? Or that I'm using a beta? Also the roms path is correct.

Welcome back Hunk_4TH! -No Games Found- means what you figured. No one is hosting.

[Tom Speirs]

Yes because no one is hosting or not hosting a game you have in your list. Most likeley the prior.

[headkaze]

It might be nice to add a feature to request a future challenge. The day and time along with a length of time the user will wait or serve a connection. You could have a list of challenges coming up in their own region's time so people can organise to play each other.

[Hunk_4TH]

Welcome back Hunk_4TH! -No Games Found- means what you figured. No one is hosting.

Thanks for the welcome back

Ah, well I figured I'd ask just to make sure it wasn't something on my end.

Yes because no one is hosting or not hosting a game you have in your list. Most likeley the prior.

Hmm I have a complete list for Mame. Maybe no one was hosting

It might be nice to add a feature to request a future challenge. The day and time along with a length of time the user will wait or serve a connection. You could have a list of challenges coming up in their own region's time so people can organise to play each other.

I second this. Sounds useful.

[antman23]

looks like they are implementing a front end for client/server mame, so only a matter of time hopefully

chrisc, tried joining your games today, one got through to saying 'waiting for players' but then it exit again

Thanks for the welcome back

Ah, well I figured I'd ask just to make sure it wasn't something on my end.

Hmm I have a complete list for Mame. Maybe no one was hosting

I second this. Sounds useful.

[chrisqc]

not from me but its on the mameworld.net news so i put it here for you all

ChrisQC

Hey all,

ClientServerMAME and ClientServerMESS 0.8 have been released. You can grab them here: https://github.com/MisterTea/ClientServerMAME/downloads

0.8 is a complete rewrite from scratch, but the basic premise is the same: A desync-free, low latency multiplayer support of MAME and MESS emulators over the internet. The main difference between 0.7 and 0.8 is that 0.8 uses a peer-to-peer network architecture for distributing player inputs, and only uses the client-server architecture for correcting desyncs, so latency is much lower and desyncs are rare.

I've made a video showing ClientServerMESS running Super Mario Kart on an internet simulator, check it out here:

I'm working on a program called MAMEHub that will allow players to meet and arrange games. MAMEHub provides a GUI interface to CSMAME, so people will not have to mess with the command line parameters. MAMEHub also checks to see if you have correctly forwarded port 5805 to your PC, and will warn you if it is not correctly forwarded. MAMEHub is currently not ready for public release, but is in an alpha testing phase. If you wish to be part of the closed alpha test, please email me or send me a PM.

For more details and updates, check out my blog: http://10ghost.blogspot.com/

I try to squash as many bugs as possible but with so many emulators and roms, I'm sure there are bugs out there. If you find any, please post a comment here or on the blog.

Posted by Digitalghost at 08:58 PM

[Adultery]

Updated the first post to include the newest version.

[antman23]

mamehub is now released - http://10ghost.blogspot.com/

everyone go download it and we can start playing MK online etc )

[Digitalghost]

Hey guys,

Whether you use MAMEHub or GameEx, definitely give the latest version ( 0.9 ) of CSMAME/CSMESS a shot. I believe I've eliminated most of the networking bugs at this point and it's a lot more stable than previous versions.

[Adultery]

Does this mean it will work for me? I was getting a critical error before... I think it was an "illegal operation" error or something of that nature. I couldn't even get it to spit out an INI file. Works on my lappy though, so I was thinking it might have been related to my AMD processor in my cab.

.:EDIT:. It was a memory access violation I was getting. My bad.

[antman23]

Does this mean it will work for me? I was getting a critical error before... I think it was an "illegal operation" error or something of that nature. I couldn't even get it to spit out an INI file. Works on my lappy though, so I was thinking it might have been related to my AMD processor in my cab.

.:EDIT:. It was a memory access violation I was getting. My bad.

come to the hub and try it out on your cab again, see if we can help figure out what's wrong

[Hunk_4TH]

Anyone up for some Metal Slug or anything later? That is if these will work. I've always wanted to play those online. Maybe we need a matchmaking thread

[antman23]

Anyone up for some Metal Slug or anything later? That is if these will work. I've always wanted to play those online. Maybe we need a matchmaking thread

hey man, I would defintely recommend setting up "GPPO" and "supercade.net" supercade has support for loads of games and they are both very active.

[Adultery]

Anybody willing to start a netplay game to see if I finally got this bad boy running correctly?

[mesk]

heads up everyone,ClientServerMame is up to 1.0 and I must say it is less buggy\less laggy

Great work,Digital Ghost and much appreciated

[chrisqc]

ok i now use https://github.com/downloads/MisterTea/ClientServerMAME/MAMEHub_0.4_Windows.exe go get it coz it will update vmame.exe to the latest version ,i will host some game for everyone to test ,i'm back i formated my cab with a fresh installation of GameEX and mame now i'M READY !!! loll

so lets "FIGHT"

ChrisQC

[Draco1962]

How do you have it setup for running from within GameEx (i.e., paths, etc.)? By default it installs to c:\Emulators\MAMEHub . Do you just set the path to c:\Emulators\MAMEHub\dist to work?

[Adultery]

^^That's what I did when it wouldn't work for me using the other EXE. With MAMEHub, now it works perfectly! It creates configs and runs games like it should.

Wonder why the other EXE never worked for me but this one does? Oh well, at least it works!

[djxitec]

Hi,

I'm from Germany and use my google translator is not English so well.

How can I test whether I have opened port 5805 right?

When I click in GameEx network game I can not find any players.

If no players online? or I've done something wrong.

[Adultery]

First: MAMEhub will make sure you have the right port open, as well as a list of games going for you to test out. If there's -no games found- in GameEx it means no one is hosting anything usually.

[celly]

Just got this up and rolling, neat feature. Can't wait to have a Mortal Kombat battle.

[Adultery]

Just let me know when Mesk! I'm all over that. Plus I've been wanting to test this feature since I put together my new cab internals. I'll be around tomorrow after 3:00 CST if you're down for some MK.

[celly]

Just let me know when Mesk! I'm all over that. Plus I've been wanting to test this feature since I put together my new cab internals. I'll be around tomorrow after 3:00 CST if you're down for some MK.

If I'm home, I'll be on.

[EDIT] This is a really cool feature! Hopefully other members get this up and running on their cab. All it needs now is microphone support so I can sh*t talk opponents when I'm kicking their butt, right Adultery? Raiden, wins. Fatality.

[Hunk_4TH]

Anyone ever use this? I never see anyone playing anything LOL I'm always for some Metal Slug etc..

[Adultery]

For me it's laggy as all hell.