Connect Codes Suggestion

[sp459]

Good afternoon,

Long time fan of PSO, recent fan of newserv (mainly as a proxy to quickly change servers on whatever device I play on). New to github in general, so I apologize if this is the wrong place.

I would like to suggest adding to the readme the Action Replay codes for connecting to localhost as the (HLE) adapter is by far the easiest to configure as you don't have to install a VPN and tap adapters just to play on the same machine as your server. I understand it might have not been added because you didn't know these codes and/or were unable to test but don't worry, I came prepared after succeeding in a test.

Connection Guide for Dolphin using "Broadband Adapter (HLE)" and the connection codes with AR (tested on build 2512):

If you are trying to connect to the same machine as your server using dolphin or having issues with error 102 on dolphin, (which is a DNS error when your version of PSO is trying to connect to SEGA's servers), this guide is for you.

1. In Configuration settings, click on GameCube and under SP1 select "Broadband Adapter (HLE).
2. Click the "..." beside HLE and type in "8.8.8.8"
3. Click on "Tools" and then click on "Cheats" (we're opening this for later, it needs to be open when you start emulation so it reads the game information), you may need to enable cheats.
4. Start your preferred version of PSO.
5. In the network settings (in PSO), set DHCP and DNS to automatic, with no proxy settings, save and exit.
6. On Dolphin (while the game is running) click on the other window of dolphin and the cheats menu should pop up. You may see a few codes included that are useful for save recovery, I would advise unchecking them if you aren't using them.
7. Click on "Add new code..." and choose the code from the text file provided that matches your PSO version. (you may need to modify the code as it is set to 127.0.0.1 by default). Follow the instructions provided with the code below if your newserv is running on a different machine).
8. After your code has been added and is checked, restart emulation to actually load your connection code!
9. You should be able to connect without worry.

Note: I included the codes as a separate file because they might have a use outside of this guide.
Feel free to modify the guide as needed and I don't really need credit since all I did was compile information. I mainly did this for me and wanted to share the information in case anyone else is having trouble connecting to a localhost. I feel like the codes are easier to change than editing PSO's built in network save file.

Connect Codes for Dolphin.txt

[sp459]

This method is also useful if you're trying to connect multiple devices to your server, as you only need to copy/paste the code after you generate it for your local ipv4 address (or public). This eliminates needing to go through and slowly type with the cursor in PSO's network configuration. Just leave it blank and copy over the code.

[fuzziqersoftware]

Did the tapserver BBA ("PSO GC on Dolphin" in newserv's readme) not work for you? That's generally the preferred way of running newserv and Dolphin together on the same machine, since it doesn't require AR codes or any additional software. If it didn't work, please submit a bug report.

Separately, there may be reasons to use the HLE BBA instead anyway (perhaps the player sometimes plays other games that use the BBA and doesn't want to switch adapters in Dolphin's config), so I could include these codes. The readme is already very long and tapserver should suffice for most use cases, so I may just add the code templates to ar-codes.txt and mention it in the readme instead.

[sp459]

The tapserver broadband adapter did not work at all, but I think this is more of a dolphin problem than a newserv problem as every other connection I tried to newserv worked flawlessly. I was able to use the modem tapserver to connect with the provided phone number from newserv but the connection was much slower than using a wii over wifi. The HLE adapter is lightning fast and all I needed was the code. Setup from inside PSO doesn't require typing in anything.

Thank you for the amazing server software, it runs so flawlessly. The only trouble I had was with dolphin connecting on the same machine. Maybe it's a particular issue with my machine and not dolphin either?

[fuzziqersoftware]

Did you remember to change the tapserver BBA's destination in Dolphin's config to 127.0.0.1:5059? If so, did any messages appear on the server's console when you tried to connect?

[sp459]

I did change it to that, there were no messages on the server's console that I remember. I'm reorganizing my room but after I'm done I'll try to remember to get back on here and test it. Lmk if there's anything you want me to try when testing it. If there are any messages on the server I will get them to you when test it.

[sp459]

I ran the test twice, the second time I corrected the ID10t error (typo) in the local address and the connection was successful. I have no idea how I missed that and ultimately wasted a few hours