09 April 2021, 00:53 | #1 |
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Netplay on Winuae...when?
Why not interest in adding network play ability to the latest WinUAe? or any version of lastest WinUAE?
The winuae kaillera version is very old, more than 15 years old. The versions of FS UAE or Amigalive depends on the servers, and many times at least in my case I have a lot of lag. If a new version of the current Winuae was created with kaillera module I am sure it would be a rebirth for Amiga games |
09 April 2021, 07:21 | #2 |
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How about GGPO instead of Kaillera?
https://www.ggpo.net/ It's used in emulators like Fightcade. https://www.fightcade.com/ |
09 April 2021, 12:06 | #3 |
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Yeah it would be cool to add netplay to WinUAE
I don't use FS-UAE, for me this is it's only advantage over WinUAE, and would be the only reason I'd ever change over... Unfortunately I don't think Toni is interested though; shame. Maybe we could get together a kitty, say £10 each from people that want this implemented... might help Toni with motivation |
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Toni's expressed interest in the past. It's been a while but I believe he wanted a simple and maintained net API before he would consider it.
EDIT: Apparently I'd suggested enet a few years ago Last edited by Radertified; 09 April 2021 at 16:15. |
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I can't imagine Toni would want to interface with a 3rd party app, the nightmare of bug reports would be a killer. So unless Toni wants to code it in which I doubt as its more about the machine working as it should than fun but trivial things..
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have used FS-UAE self over years (before i full switch to the more advanced and maintained WinUAE) and its NetPlay works most times good ... but the emu is way behind WinUAE and on windows it is no serious alternative to WinUAE...
But - i can still "NetPlay" - with WinUAE ..... flawless ... easy ... The "secret" is -> Remote Play on Steam ... You can set it, that Steam practicaly "every" programm accept for Remote Play .. Have doing this with WinUAE ... StarCitizen ... WinVICE ...and a couple others ... The only "drawback" is > both musst have STEAM the "server-PC" musst be powerfull enough to play the game and stream in realtime an video stream to the "client" you musst a bitt frickle to get it running for more complex games (like StarCitizen , where start first an launcher and then the game self) Regards |
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Can you make a video for example?
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wrong - no visible lag with StarCitizen on the other end ...
and this is rely demanding on the video bandwidht .... |
07 September 2021, 18:41 | #11 |
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The problem with ggpo is it's not cross-platform. Granted it wouldn't matter for WinUAE since it'll work with ggpo just fine, but it would make sense to implement this once and run on the main platforms (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux).
IMHO a library would need to be: - Cross platform - Maintained - License compatible - Simple to implement My enet suggestion still stands as it's cross platform, maintained, MIT licensed and simple to implement. That said, I have no idea how it actually performs compared to something like ggpo. Last edited by Radertified; 07 September 2021 at 19:13. |
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GGPO is a library that deals specifically with low latency P2P gaming, and the api is designed with emulator integration in mind (it started off being bundeld with FBAlpha). It's pretty much a plug and play library(*) that gives you almost lag free netplay with a simple, logical api. It deals with remote input, keeping the games in sync, etc. Set up some callbacks, provide the IP addresses, and go. (*assuming certain things) |
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Trust me, there is input lag for the remote player. It's not a fair way to play, as the host gets to play lag free, while the remote player does not.
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But thinking about it, WinUAE runs just fine under Linux with Wine so maybe that's not an issue. |
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@thd79
from "which" input lag we talk ... The lag that come from non cycle exact performing of the emu on the Host side - as it not run in the real frame rate ? The lag that come from an cheap usb joystick adapter as the poll frequency is to low for frame exact input ? The lag that come from the difference from CRT <> LCD monitor ? or the lag that come from the diffs in one of the above between host <> client ? ... or , finaly, from the lag that comes from the network connection self ... that is miles better on an proffesional , wide range tested environment like steam ... as in any third party network patchwork ..... it looks you know not much ... |
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But in this case, we are talking about network lag, basically ping. In a Steam Remote Play session, the remote player has additional input related to their ping. Roughly speaking, every 20ms of ping adds 1 frame of input delay. So, if I'm playing someone with a ping of 100ms, that's 5 frames extra input delay for someone. Plus ping isn't constant - so input delay can actually vary during a session. |
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so to sumarize ...
the network lag is only an small amount of lag that come from the whole system Host<>client and can be never soo small that an network multiplayer is at the same level as local play on WinUAE (or even real Amiga HW play) .... so the question remain why Steam remote play is "so bad" ..... it works - is fast - and actual available ... Would i use an "in WinUAE build" network multiplayer solution ... ..... If it better than Steam (and not only theoretical on paper - in real life) .... but as i see - it is not even clear "which" network code should be used ... from an incorporation in WinUAE from the author self foreseen ..... The "actual" best solution IS steam remote play > for an long time still ... Simply |
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I play Amiaga SWOS online all the time, using Kaillera. The difference in playability between 1 frame of network delay and 3 frames is enourmous. Rollback netcode is a tried and tested mitigation for this problem, and has been used for over a decade in the fighting game community. It allows you to play people with far far higher pings without incurring extra input delay. |
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no doubt an diff from +1 Frame delay and +3 Delay is noticable ...
But to get an overall "only" 1 frame delay, the whole network "things" musst done in less than 20ms (on PAL 50Hz) or ~17ms (NTSC 60Hz) ... this is just as manageable on an good LAN at home - but never on Internet ... where 20ms ping "alone" would be an miracle.... so rerspectfull, I do not believe that ..... |
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