Online Spelunky Coop Mod

[kinnik]

YEah..  I found a wonderful tutorial on 39dll!

http://host-a.net/39ster/basicmmorpg.zip

it from the forum:

http://z11.invisionfree.com/39dll_Forum/index.php?act=idx

which has some more tutorials as well!


Hm,  I'm having a lot of fun working on this.  Maybe you'd like to team up with me and put together a plan for this? 

I donno if I'll stay with it to the end but you, of coarse, or anyone else would be welcome to continue on after I'm gone and make it your own.

I plan to clean up the current design to include console objects to pass all the info. (instead of the player object)   Then, instead of setting seeds for level syncing (during creation of level), I'll pass all the oDrawnSprite locations along with *user made ID's* (independent from GM instance ID's) to the slaves/clients.  Then I'll track and send/receive x,y,xvel,yvel, and sprite or state (?) for players/enemies/objects by their user made ID (to avoid referencing the wrong instance).


Does anyone has ideas or want to help me with this project?  Thespis? Twitch? :

[Thespis]

Yeah, I'm in for this til the end. I've tried using your source, should I have an extension in my source folder other than 39dll?

[kinnik]

Cool beans!  um.. I don't think so.  supersound.dll is part of vanilla I think?  Did you get the game working 2 player in the rTitle room?  In the code I put up here yesterday, you needed to start the first level a few times before it would work. Player2 kept dieing by being inside a wall. ;/  

 I've updated it further last and fixed this problem, i think.  But I feel like Im still not doing it right.  I'll post current code when i finish my coffee and test it out a little to know if there is anything you need to know.

As for Keglunq's MP version.  I forgot that to play two players you need to press a key to start player 2!  It's player2's attack button, joy or key.  You also need the multiplayer config file to setup the player2 keys and/or joy.  Again, I'll post it in a min...  I defiantly think using keg's code is a good idea.  It's quite far along.

I'll PM you with my email, and you can add me to MSN messenger so we can chat about how to do this..  I'm in need of some ideas.


edit:  keg's multiconfig  http://www.mediafire.com/?7zlhozsce7zmaul

[kinnik]

Anyone wanna help me test the online mod?  : PM me your msn or google and we'll try and get it going.

I haven't tried it outside LAN and might be finicky with port forwarding.

Not everything is synced yet, but ALOT is!  

Feel free to writeup bugs, but think of it like alpha and don't expect much to work great.  I'm mostly just testing to see if it runs ok.

Download from the thead : http://mossmouth.com/forums/index.php?topic=1336.0

[leafbarrett]

Is anyone still working on this?

[Patrick]

Is anyone still working on this?

A brief history...
1. Twitch thought of the idea, and started on it.
2. Kinnik helped him out and they got a lot done.
3. Twitch realized how much work it would be, and stopped.
4. People lost interest.
5. Some random guy came along and said that he's been working on one, then disappeared mysteriously.  
6. Thespis tried to do it, but had lots of trouble.
7. Twitch shared his source code.
8. Kinnik and Thespis started to work on it.
9. Twitch considered recreating Spelunky in C++, to then possibly include multiplayer and/or port to DS.

To answer your question, kind of.

[Bae]

TL;DR Getting multiplayer on Spelunky is a feat comparable to landing the first man on the moon

At this point it sounds like rebuilding spelunky from the ground up is the easiest way to go

[kuulness]

if you do finish, i cant wait

[Nathan Cash]

Don't expect them to. Its been years with no word