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Pokemon HeartGold and VBA Link 1.73

Liliyoup Posted messages 25 Status Member -  
 Yetix -
Good evening!

I will try to be brief,

I am connected via LAN with my girlfriend, and we are playing Pokémon Gold and Silver with the VBA Link 1.73 emulator.

After going through several topics, I have the following configuration on the machines:

Machine 1:

- Pokémon Gold
- Link timeout: 9999
- Network
- Pause when inactive window: unchecked

Machine 2:

- Pokémon Silver
- Link timeout: 9999
- Network
- Pause when inactive window: unchecked

When I on machine 1 launch Link -> options -> Server:

Number of players: 2, TCP/IP, Start!, I do the same configuration on machine 2, Client, I enter the IP of machine 1, Connect.

Machine 1 detects machine 2, and a window appears indicating that the connection was successful, the same for machine 2.

However, when we try to start a link battle, the host tells us both after 10 seconds of waiting: "Your friend is not ready."

I then have several questions: Are our configurations correct? Do the Pokémon Gold and Silver games allow for network play? (I also tried with the same configuration and 2 Pokémon Red games, it did not work).

Thank you for your answers!
Configuration: Windows Vista Firefox 3.0.11

6 answers

  1. Yetix
     
    I have exactly the same problem. I was trying to make an exchange between 2 emulators on the same PC with VBA-Link and it doesn't work.

    If it's to play 2 on the first 2 generations, there's an alternative. You can use TGB Dual, a Game Boy emulator. It includes a way to simulate 2 Game Boys on the same PC very easily.

    Here's a tutorial in French: http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/145/9/a/tutorial_tgb_dual_7_link_by_only_tourist_or_not-d3h6s42.jpg

    Edit : Upon rereading a page on the VBA-Link site, it is clearly stated that only Game Boy Advance games are supported for multiplayer. For Game Boy games (including Gold/Silver), use TGB Dual.

    http://planetemu.net/php/emulateurs/?action=download&id=1175
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  2. Liliyoup Posted messages 25 Status Member
     
    Small update.
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  3. Liliyoup Posted messages 25 Status Member
     
    Anyone? :/
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  4. Liliyoup Posted messages 25 Status Member
     
    Still another bump because, unfortunately, I still haven't solved my problem.
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    1. TheResistance
       
      I have no idea at all, I also have problems with the VBA Link but I can just tell you that the Gold and Silver versions are compatible, just like they are both compatible with the Crystal version and the first generation versions (green, red, blue, and yellow).
      There you go.
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  7. Semioro Posted messages 2 Status Member
     
    Try to increase the link timeout even more... it's a piece of advice that comes up often...
    Personally, I have more or less the same problem with the Red Fire and Green Leaf versions, except that it freezes at the moment of the confirmation of the "leader" player =/
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