2DF FreePlay - Low-lag online play for Twinkle Star Sprites!

rashreflection · Post by **rashreflection** » Tue May 06, 2008 6:47 pm

Hello all, figured some of you might be interested in this:

http://www.2dfighter.com

The front page lays out all the steps you'll need to go through - this program uses its own emulator (a slightly modified NeoFBA), so once you get your account the only thing you will need to do is specify a rom folder.

As you can tell from the name and game list, this mainly focuses on fighting games, which is what got me interested. Yesterday, however, he added TSS after a couple recommendations. =)

The interface is very nice - a different room for each game, a chat window, quick and easy matchmaking (just find someone and right click to challenge him!), and it apparently even has a tournament mode (though I'm not sure how to use it). If any of you are familiar with GGPO, this is very similar in that regard but with a couple neat extras; it tells you the number of people in each room, and you can do ranked matches using the Elo rating system ala chess.

Now, how good is the online play itself? After all, all the bells & whistles in the world mean nothing if the games lag to hell and back!

Well, it's good. DAMN good. Some actually consider it superior to GGPO, while others believe it is slightly worse, but it absolutely blows everything else out of the water! Even when playing people from long distances, you will only have 1 or 2 frames of delay (the window lies when it says 4 or 5 or whatever). This is because NeoFBA uses some sort of technique to remove most of the distance-based lag.

In short, if you like TSS, this is your dream program! =)

Have fun,
Josh.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:26 pm

lol i like to fight sikraiken in TSS

it's hilarious when there's like 7 pigs or 11 hairballs on screen and the bomb button just won't respond in time

Keade · Post by **Keade** » Mon May 12, 2008 12:55 am

Actually I just discovered this program today and (incidentally ?) played some TSS. It works great indeed.
If you see some "Kaede" online, that's me

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:14 am

Someone tell me how to port forward in a way that will actually allow me to do it.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:17 am

I dun liek playing keade lol
lags slightly
worse than when I played sik using kaillera

I guess now I know how japanese and korean players feel when I play them at puyo lol

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:58 am

hey what does ggs mean?

Geezer · Post by **Geezer** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:43 am

Good games

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:49 am

get gone slimehead

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Tue May 13, 2008 11:43 am

Last nights highlights:
Getting owned by Shoe-sama in TSS
Getting owned by Brazillian SF2CE Champion (Bad Bad Bison)

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue May 13, 2008 11:50 am

Yes, his Bison destroyed me

He reset just so he could switch characters, then kicked my ass with Blanka, Ryu, and every other character on the roster

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Tue May 13, 2008 11:59 am

He's insanely broken in CE because there no recovery time after the scissor kick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdjFGAjFQRg

I wish he would've given me a chance with other characters.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Tue May 13, 2008 2:08 pm

I spent an hour being kicked around two divisions of technical support with the question "how do I open a port?"

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:43 pm

Well, if you guys play fighters, I'm always down for ST (Super Street Fighter II Turbo).

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:25 pm

I'm down right now!

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:18 pm

Well, damn, I'm at work right now...

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:43 pm

i can play fighters if you tell me what character to use and tell me all the attack combos and set controls for them for me because keyboard is shit

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed May 14, 2008 5:38 am

Well, I had a nice game of TSS with Josh tonight; too bad I don't really know anything about the game except that it exists so I was playing more for survival than damaging Josh. Of course, since cute-em-ups/loli sorta repulse me, I don't plan on learning the game either.

BTW, if there's any other shooter that people would like to play online there, just list it. I can ask damdai to include them on the site if people want to play them.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Wed May 14, 2008 7:30 am

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=19875

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Wed May 14, 2008 7:34 am

^Yeah, tell him to put Change Air Blade on there. Will he do stuff like Bubble Bobble and Snow Brothers? Those are excellent 2 player games.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Thu May 15, 2008 12:40 am

Nope, Neo Bomberman and Flying Power Disc are next.

Also, everyone here sign up and play me in TSS, right now if possible.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Thu May 15, 2008 12:50 am

Can we use this for beat-em ups I hate it when people desync in those

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:01 am

we should add puyo so i can laugh at all of you

I could probably bring a bunch of experts in too

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Thu May 15, 2008 4:25 am

TSS VS Theme = Robert Miles - Children

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:33 pm

Metal Slug has been added!

Keade · Post by **Keade** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:01 pm

We need more TSS players, no doubt about that...

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:59 pm

DoDonpachi added.

(and Final Fight)

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:57 am

JoshF wrote:DoDonpachi added.

(and Final Fight)

2-Player doesn't work yet.

BBH · Post by **BBH** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:50 am

JoshF wrote:Robert Miles - Children

Keade · Post by **Keade** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:48 am

A Twinkle Star Sprites tournament is going to be held on 2DF

wiNteR · Post by **wiNteR** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:21 am

I missed this thread first time around. Incidentally, I played a little bit of this game first time yesterday. Seems like a fun game.