1.2 beta 1: network play

A test build of network play. Please report anything odd.

New

• Network play by direct IP, with rollback. NETWORK in the mode menu, where Xbox Live was:
  • HOST MATCH waits for a player and shows this machine's address.
  • JOIN MATCH calls the address you type: up and down on the pad pick a letter, or use a keyboard.
  • Every build plays every other: Windows, Linux and Android, a phone against a PC too.
  • Both machines go straight to the versus character select, with the host's game options.
  • Hold BACK for two seconds to leave.
• GAME OPTION → LANGUAGE: ENGLISH or JAPANESE. JAPANESE runs the game as a Japanese Xbox did: its text, character names and CPU.

Before you play online

• The first start of 1.2 asks for the disc once more. It now also saves the parts of the game program that make every machine play the same game.
• Both players need this version and the same disc.
• Over the internet, the host's router must forward UDP port 33133 to the host machine. The joining player types the host's public address. On the same Wi-Fi, use the address HOST MATCH shows.
• INPUT DELAY (default 2 frames) is set by the host. Raise it on a slow connection to get fewer rollbacks.

The Android package is signed like 1.1, so it installs over it.