DS Download Play via Hamachi/ZeroTier?

billylmao

New Member
OP
Newbie
Joined
Sep 19, 2022
Messages
2
Trophies
0
Location
AAHHHHHHHHH
XP
28
Country
United Kingdom
Been looking at how to use Download Play via the internet, and stumbled across a thread discussing it back in 2016 (which unfortunately doesn't have any solutions - can't link it due to being a new member)

DS Download Play must use something like Bluetooth to communicate with devices, but I didn't know if there was any kind of modification that can be used to route local communication through a private network, such as Hamachi or ZeroTier?
 

eternal_v

Active Member
Newcomer
Joined
Aug 7, 2022
Messages
26
Trophies
0
Age
24
Location
The shadow of the galaxy’s edge
XP
128
Country
United States
Been looking at how to use Download Play via the internet, and stumbled across a thread discussing it back in 2016 (which unfortunately doesn't have any solutions - can't link it due to being a new member)

DS Download Play must use something like Bluetooth to communicate with devices, but I didn't know if there was any kind of modification that can be used to route local communication through a private network, such as Hamachi or ZeroTier?
Also wanted to do that same thing, Download Play sets up a local server when it’s the host and that’s why it doesn’t let you access the wifi then.
 

billylmao

New Member
OP
Newbie
Joined
Sep 19, 2022
Messages
2
Trophies
0
Location
AAHHHHHHHHH
XP
28
Country
United Kingdom
Also wanted to do that same thing, Download Play sets up a local server when it’s the host and that’s why it doesn’t let you access the wifi then.
Ahh okay, I didn't know that! Surely that must be compatible with Hamachi and whatnot then, surely? It's just a case of having a modification that can allow that bridge to be made
 

Kwyjor

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
May 23, 2018
Messages
4,323
Trophies
1
XP
4,470
Country
Canada
Surely that must be compatible with Hamachi and whatnot then, surely?
I hope you're not thinking that, in the eighteen years the DS has been on the market, the only reason no one's done that is a lack of inspiration.

I believe the major roadblock is that the Internet simply has too much latency compared to a local connection.
 

eternal_v

Active Member
Newcomer
Joined
Aug 7, 2022
Messages
26
Trophies
0
Age
24
Location
The shadow of the galaxy’s edge
XP
128
Country
United States
Ahh okay, I didn't know that! Surely that must be compatible with Hamachi and whatnot then, surely? It's just a case of having a modification that can allow that bridge to be made
Not really, It’s like making a wireless hotspot, so it isn’t setting the server on the network, it is setting it locally. If you can get Hamachi to detect it, then it should work.
 
  • Like
Reactions: billylmao

mdlmemorybank

Well-Known Member
Newcomer
Joined
Apr 25, 2008
Messages
91
Trophies
1
XP
367
Country
United States
Makes me wonder if someone could make it work using the 3ds as overhead and do background stuff like reroute the signal , have the other person scan a generated qr code to make the connect to the host 3ds, it would probably be very slow , insecure and probably very hard to make work, But it would be very cool
 

eternal_v

Active Member
Newcomer
Joined
Aug 7, 2022
Messages
26
Trophies
0
Age
24
Location
The shadow of the galaxy’s edge
XP
128
Country
United States
Makes me wonder if someone could make it work using the 3ds as overhead and do background stuff like reroute the signal , have the other person scan a generated qr code to make the connect to the host 3ds, it would probably be very slow , insecure and probably very hard to make work, But it would be very cool
My idea was to make it go over a server and a second pc broadcasts it using a usb wifi adapter
 

Nintendie

New Member
Newbie
Joined
Oct 12, 2022
Messages
1
Trophies
0
Age
20
XP
14
Country
Canada
Have you had any progress? I would love to be involved with figuring this out. The other day I was playing the new super mario bros 1v1 minigame with my sister and thought about how fun it would be to play from home since we don’t live together. My discord is cbrs765#4528 -message me
My idea was to make it go over a server and a second pc broadcasts it using a usb wifi adapter
My idea was to make it go over a server and a second pc broadcasts it using a usb wifi adapter
Post automatically merged:

Been looking at how to use Download Play via the internet, and stumbled across a thread discussing it back in 2016 (which unfortunately doesn't have any solutions - can't link it due to being a new member)

DS Download Play must use something like Bluetooth to communicate with devices, but I didn't know if there was any kind of modification that can be used to route local communication through a private network, such as Hamachi or ZeroTier?
It would be great to start a discord server about this. My discord is cbrs765#4528
 

Kwyjor

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
May 23, 2018
Messages
4,323
Trophies
1
XP
4,470
Country
Canada
It would be great to start a discord server about this.

Why would it be great to start a discord server when people can just, y'know, post on a publicly-available forum that everyone can read? Especially when no one knows anything about how to do this!?

I believe the major roadblock is that the Internet simply has too much latency compared to a local connection.
 
  • Like
Reactions: lone_wolf323

Site & Scene News

Popular threads in this forum

General chit-chat
Help Users
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    I thought PS4/5 and Xbox One emulation would be kind of easy since they basically just a PC
  • ColdBlitz @ ColdBlitz:
    they sorta are a pc
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    They haslve dedicated on board chips that aren't tweaked like x64/x32 afaik
  • ColdBlitz @ ColdBlitz:
    but its a custom os for both of them
  • ColdBlitz @ ColdBlitz:
    designed for only specific hardware
  • ColdBlitz @ ColdBlitz:
    so you have to learn to emulate that specific hardware which isn't as easy as you'd think
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    It's a locked down Linux distro basically
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    I think the only custom hardware is to do with the SSD and a security chip
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Probably combined in one chip
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    They place married security chips onto boards iirc
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Damn Frontier is offering 5Gbps now lol
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    I honestly can't recommend any of the big 3 this years I'd say buy a rog ally z1 if we're being honest
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Honestly after the PS3 and 360 I just went full PC
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Every games basically cross platform they only have about 6 titles making it worth the $600 price tag
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Didn't see much need for a console, all the advantages have kind of disappeared
  • ColdBlitz @ ColdBlitz:
    the ps3 used to support installing linux because the cpu was so powerful
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Then the games are $70 and they want to reboot and refresh the same game every year
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    The ps3 was always Linux they just found a way to make it open source
  • ColdBlitz @ ColdBlitz:
    I'm avoiding buying from the big 3 at all atm
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    At one point PC game pads where poorly supported, loading a game had setup, it was complicated. Now it's almost as easy as a console.
  • ColdBlitz @ ColdBlitz:
    nintendo needs to up their game soon
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Yeah even bt support for Xbox one controllers are just as easy as pairing
  • ColdBlitz @ ColdBlitz:
    considering the steamdeck can emulate the switch (yikes) theres almost 0 reason to buy the switch apart from playing online and using cartridges
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Xinput and 360 dongles were a driver nightmare
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    I remember having to manually put in drivers and what not
    K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2: I remember having to manually put in drivers and what not