/v/ - Video Games

Web 3.0 is still a mistake.

Made 2 threads by mistake, but the other got deleted, Just want to know what the catch is behind this crap.

>>15916125

Screen and control Sharing apparently

I've heard it's pretty good, but I don't have friends use windows 7 and I think it can't host.

>>15916127

So basically like you're sitting on a couch playing a single player game sharing one controller? Doesn't sound very intuitive.

>>15916130

Na you can pair more then one controller.

I heard about it cus I saw a guy saying he used it to play the DMC3 co-op online with his friend.

>>15916136

Yeah I would want to use it for playing emulated games with Split-screen, but I don't know how viable the program actually is.

That site looks a bit too clean and polished.

>>15916168

>>15916160

3rd pic oops,

My posting has been bad today.

>>15916168

Wait a minute, it could just be the lighting is that even a nigger?

>>15916096

>Anyone ever heard of this Parsec program?

Yeah I tried it with someone and there's a few tech caveats which I'll go into.

>Apparently it can be used to make just about any game online,

Ehto.jpg not quite. Here's what I found and iirc the technical detail might still be on their faq or site.

-For 2D 16 bit type emulation (SNES Genesis etc) or anything similar level it works ok-to fairly good with 5-6mbps connection. Anything more such as 3D you need 10mbps+ connection otherwise the lag makes it unplayable.

-Claims of Loonix compatibility is still uneven last time I tried it. I used the latest requirement, *buntu based 16.04 various distro and I can not get it to connect. Wound up using W10 LTSB.

>and people are claiming it works even better then the PS4's game sharing (even though that part isn't too hard to believe) Frankly it still sounds a little too go to be true, but technology has come along way.

IMO that's a bit overhyped on their part. The part they don't trumpet is you do need a minimum of 10mbps connection to get most of what they advertise to really work, though for lower emulation you can get by with 5. So if you have 10mbs+ it's fairly ok tech wise.

>what about datamining privacy etc

Same shit as any similar type of service tbh, do not trust it 100% then again that's a general policy that should be adopted a lot more.

>>15916191

The interesting part is the privacy policy they have to provide thanks to the EU's GDPR. One of the points state, that they may transfer your data to some shithole that doesn't have such paranoid privacy regulations.

>>15916125

He's shilling for streaming vidya to use as a multiplayer function.

trap

>>15916168

>>15916171

3rd pic translation

>We bypassed all the shitty Windows drivers and APIs because they fucking blow

>We autistically optimized the netcode to be able to talk to virtually any router so you shouldn't have to fuck around with network settings

>The stream is encrypted

That's about it. Sounds decent enough, but I have no idea how good it is in practice. There are some emulators with netplay, by the way, although most of them are vulnerable to desync.

>>15916168

>beefy rig

>>15916732

oh and mame too, without having to use fightcade

I remember reading about this years ago when I was looking for something similar, was still in development back then. NVidia has, or had, a feature that does the same thing.

I think there's no reason not to give this a go, however I don't believe this can work reliably over the internet. Maybe on lan or something, but streaming video online will always lead to either heavy delay or low framerate/quality. Unless they came up with some super duper image compression technology.

>>15916732

I too would like to see an answer to this. Being able to play local co-op games over the internet would be great.

>>15916096

Yeah, I've used it many times before when at a relatives house. It works well when the games aren't in full screen. That said I've had some trouble with it when using mobile hotspots. Additionally I'm unsure if they ever made Rainway into a better product. That said it works well as a novelty.

>>15916191

>You will not use Parsec Properties to collect, upload, transmit, display, stream, or distribute any User Content (i)…that…[is] patently offensive, promotes racism, bigotry…

Welp, Rainway here I come.

Source code where?

>>15916096

>friends

Anon, stop with your complicated lingo and use english words

>>15916160

Wouldn't surprise me if it was one of those programs that allow online access to your computer so any poo in loo can steal shit from it. Only complete normalfags would find vpns "difficult".

I watch some guys who play old wrestling games together through it, as they are in different parts of the world. Apparently no lag so you can simulate couch co-op and PvP with your online friends or real friends who are too far away.

I tried to use it once but the absolutely insufferable discord-style UI with the obnoxious prompts and the retarded unfunny messages everywhere made me uninstall it right away.

Fuck everyone who designs software this way

>>15917635

Yes it definitely is.

>>15916732

Dolphin has built in netplay so anything with couch co-op you can run on that will work online too.

There's a Snes9k version specifically made to work with Kaillera servers which I used to play DKC2 co-op all the way with an online pal.

There is one fork of PCSX2 that has online but it's unfinished and total shit to be honest, no idea if there's one better

>>15916160

Hamachi and similar programs establish a VPN between users, you dingus. They're used to put everyone in the same subnet and broadcast domain (many LAN games use broadcast messages to avoid having to type IPs). They also conveniently spare you from having to make NAT mappings which are a pain to do (especially with games that don't use static ports).

My scam sense is tingling.

Why would you name your revolutionary thingamabob after the most nonsensical term in Star Wars history?

>>15918649

you're a dingus

>>15918649

>Hamachi and similar programs establish a VPN between users,

So in other words they're using the info collected from being the server host that serves as the proxy and making money off your personal info.

>>15916732

>>SEGA Dreamcast

The absolute best option for Dreamcast involves a Raspberry pi and you having enough electrical know how to build a line voltage inducer. Anything else, and you start running into compatability issues and is even more obtuse to set up.

>image is just the website

>subject is the title of the program

>"too good to be true"

>made 2 threads by mistake first

I thought you were a literal shill before reading the rest of your posts; lurk more before posting.

Can't speak to the program itself, but it looks like it works the same way Ps4 "share play" does: it streams the game from your rig and accepts controller inputs from your hypothetical friend's rig. Going from my experience with the latter, it works okay, but requires a strong internet connection (especially for the host), and even then there is significant input lag for any non-host players.

>>15918201

>retarded unfunny messages everywhere

Like terraria does with the loading screen?

>>15917573

Are you blind?

>>15918240

Thanks, but is there also a way to play old Wii online games? I recall there being some sort of p2p alternative to the servers…

>>15919739

What a shame.

>>15916593

That is a great cover

>>15916096

Their privacy policy is modeled after Discord's, which means it's almost assuredly datamining you.

>>15916096

You stream your screen and allow others to use your screen as if it were their own, with permission of course. From what I've read there's no catch. But given you're streaming a lot of data you'll need a shit ton of internet to keep it up both ways.

>>15916605

The web is dead. Embrace the rebirth of gopher.

>>15916706

>Californian startups

please, the cancer has spread far beyond that

>>15916096

>along way

I only used it to play a turn based game while I was bored at work through a VPN. Worked pretty well even with the shitty wifi.

>>15919436

A parsec is a real measurement.

Worked pretty well for me and my friends. Managed to play Hat in Time co-op with a buddy across the shining seas. It was a bit choppy, but worked surprisingly well, by all means playable, than again we also both have VERY good internet so that might have played a part. Otherwise used it to play Fortune Street, 4 connections coming in from 3 different locations across the world and the game played perfectly fine, but the sound from the host computer was constantly cutting in and out, not sure if that was the host fault, a connection thing, or what.

>DATAMINING DATAMINING DATAMINING

ya probably

>UNFUNNY BAD UI HURTS MY FEELINGS

I could say the same thing about half the banners here, but hasn't stopped me yet. Maybe grow some thicker skin :^)

>>15929951

Maybe you should suck some dicks instead of enabling dataminers in exchange for kosher and soy-colored safe spaces. You type like you'll have fun doing just that.

>>15919436

It's star trek ya dingus.

>>15929985

>soy-colored

Damn, guess I can't use Yotsuba theme either, same color as soy. Maybe you should stop enabling datamining sites like this one, than you could stop sucking massive cock. Or you could just be not autistic, your choice.

>>15920360

https://wiimmfi.de/

Works for DS/Wii games. Not all games are supported yet, and some features will never have full support, but most of the popular games work.

>>15932631

Evolve had literal ads in it, not too sad to see it go.

>>15932663

In the beginning it didn't have ads but were later implemented to keep up with the server costs and some other company bought them out and they go by a new name now.