Zukai: Difference between revisions

''Zukai'' is a Japanese word connected to the ancient art of puppetry and puppet theater (''bunraku'').  Its usage in this project is based on the expression ''Ningyō Zukai'' ("Puppet Master") in [[Ghost in the Shell]], though translations of the word ''zukai'' alone range from "messenger" to "operator" to "familiar spirit" to "trainer". The icon for the project is based on the ''kanji'' for another word for puppetry, ''ayatsuri'' (操り).

[[Image:Zukai-Main Menu.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Look for the Zukai icon in the bottom-left before proceeding.]]

 

# Decide what level you are going to play. Obtain the IP address of the player that will be hosting. If you get tired of dealing with IP addresses, players can sign up for a [http://www.noip.com/ No-IP] domain and provide that URL to players instead, e.g. iritscen.ddns.net.

# Launch Oni. Look for the Zukai icon on the Main Menu (pictured, right) to make sure that the plugin is active.

# Choose "Load Game" and load the level you are going to play (you can double-click the title or any save point, since scripting is disabled).

# Press your mp_menu key to bring up the Multiplayer Menu (pictured, right).

# Just follow the menus. The option "Join Iritscen's game" will not work unless I have let you know that I am hosting a game. If you are joining a game, and the other player has registered a No-IP domain or has some other URL which leads to his computer, you can type this into the "Host IP address" field instead of an IP address. Also note that you can copy text from another window such as your chat client and paste it into the "address" field in the Multiplayer Menu.

# Because gameplay cannot be paused, you are not allowed to access the Main Menu while playing Zukai. To quit playing, bring up the Multiplayer Menu and choose "Exit game", or double-tap the Escape key (if the host quits, this will end the match for everyone).

 

*If you want to be able to host games, and not just join other people's games, make sure that you have forwarded port 2680 (UDP) to your computer's internal (private) IP address in your router's settings. See this [http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm port forwarding guide] for help.

*Until there is metaserver support (i.e., a matchmaking lobby), you will need to arrange matches with other players using a third-party program like an instant messenger or an IRC client (our IRC channel is #Oni at euIRC.net).

*Some hosts are plagued by the OS X dialog that says "Do you want the application "Oni" to accept incoming network connections?" each time someone tries to join their game. To turn this off, you should add this copy of Oni to your Firewall exceptions (System Preferences > Security > Firewall > Firewall Options... > + button). Sometimes this will not work, in which case you need to open Terminal and use the command:

If you see the message ".../Oni.app: replacing existing signature", then it was successful. If it does not work, try the command several more times. It often doesn't seem to work on the first try.

:Simulated jitter (variations in latency) is automatically turned on when simulated latency is turned on, but you can use these actions to turn it off (to get flat simulated latency) or to alter the amount of jitter.

|If there is an issue with the automatic log reporting, turning this on will dump messages from the upload process into the system log (Console.app).