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@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ for launching ROM files.
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### Macintosh Setup
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- We need volunteers to help fill this section! Please contact **Farrak Kilhn** on Discord if you want to help.
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### Linux Setup
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- Coming Soon™
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## Configuring your YAML file
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### What is a YAML file and why do I need one?
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@@ -58,11 +55,13 @@ the players folder and is called `easy.yaml`
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### Your YAML file is weighted
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Throughout your YAML file, you will see many options which look similar to this:
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```yaml
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<pre>
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```
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map_shuffle:
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on: 5
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off: 15
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```
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</pre>
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In the above example, imagine the generator creates a bucket labelled "map_shuffle", and places a folded
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piece of paper into the bucket for each sub-option. Here, there are twenty pieces of paper in the bucket:
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five for "on" and fifteen for "off". When the generator is deciding whether or not to turn on map shuffle
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@@ -84,7 +83,8 @@ which do not affect gameplay. These options are also weighted, in case you want
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of your hearts or by the silliness of your overworld palette.
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If you would like to add a sprite to the list, simply include its name and give it a weight like so:
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```yaml
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<pre>
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```
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rom:
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sprite: # Enter the name of your preferred sprite and weight it appropriately
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random: 0
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@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ rom:
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rocko: 5
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luigi: 3
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```
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</pre>
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### Verifying your YAML file
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If you would like to validate your YAML file to make sure it works, you may do so on the
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@@ -111,9 +112,10 @@ If you would like to validate your YAML file to make sure it works, you may do s
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### Obtain your patch file and create your ROM
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When you join a multiworld game, you will be asked to provide your YAML file to whoever is hosting. Once that
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is done, the host will provide you with either a link to download your patch file, or with a zip file containing
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everyone's patch files. Your patch file should have a `.bmbp` extension. Put your patch file on your desktop or
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somewhere convenient, and double click it. This should automatically launch the client, and will also create
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your ROM file in the same place as your patch file.
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everyone's patch files. Your patch file should have a `.bmbp` extension.
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Put your patch file on your desktop or somewhere convenient, and double click it. This should automatically
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launch the client, and will also create your ROM file in the same place as your patch file.
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### Connect to the client
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@@ -136,13 +138,13 @@ Firewall.
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these menu options:
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`Config --> Cores --> SNES --> BSNES`
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Once you have changed the loaded core, you must restart BizHawk.
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1. Load your ROM file if it hasn't already been loaded.
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2. Click on the Tools menu and click on **Lua Console**
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3. Click the button to open a new Lua script.
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4. Browse to your MultiWorld Utilities installation directory, and into the following directories:
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2. Load your ROM file if it hasn't already been loaded.
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3. Click on the Tools menu and click on **Lua Console**
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4. Click the button to open a new Lua script.
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5. Browse to your MultiWorld Utilities installation directory, and into the following directories:
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`QUsb2Snes/Qusb2Snes/LuaBridge`
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5. Select `luabridge.lua` and click Open.
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6. Observe a name has been assigned to you, and that the client shows "SNES Device: Connected", with that same
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6. Select `luabridge.lua` and click Open.
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7. Observe a name has been assigned to you, and that the client shows "SNES Device: Connected", with that same
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name in the upper left corner.
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#### With hardware
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@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ done so already, please do this now. SD2SNES and FXPak Pro users may download th
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**To connect with hardware you must use an old version of QUsb2Snes
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([v0.7.16](https://github.com/Skarsnik/QUsb2snes/releases/tag/v0.7.16)).**
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Versions of QUsb2Snes later than this break compatibility with multiworld.
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Versions of QUsb2Snes later than this break compatibility with hardware for multiworld.
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1. Close your emulator, which may have auto-launched.
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2. Close QUsb2Snes, which launched automatically with the client.
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@@ -163,9 +165,10 @@ Versions of QUsb2Snes later than this break compatibility with multiworld.
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### Connect to the MultiServer
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The patch file which launched your client should have automatically connected you to the MultiServer.
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However there are a few reasons this may not happen, including if the game is hosted on the website but
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There are a few reasons this may not happen however, including if the game is hosted on the website but
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was generated elsewhere. If the client window shows "Server Status: Not Connected", simply ask the host
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for the address of the server, and copy/paste it into the "Server" input field then press enter.
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The client will attempt to reconnect to the new server address, and should momentarily show "Server
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Status: Connected". If the client does not connect after a few moments, you may need to refresh the page.
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@@ -176,6 +179,7 @@ on successfully joining a multiworld game!
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## Hosting a MultiWorld game
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The recommended way to host a game is to use the hosting service provided on
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[the website](https://berserkermulti.world/generate). The process is relatively simple:
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1. Collect YAML files from your players.
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2. Create a zip file containing your players' YAML files.
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3. Upload that zip file to the website linked above.
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