MARIO PARTY 8/9 NETPLAY GUIDE

1. Download one of the following:
Mega: Coming with the next update
Mediafire: https://www.mediafire.com/file/o61b3a82oteygzz/Mario%20Party%20Netplay%20GC-Wii.zip
This download contains our custom netplay build, which includes 100% saves, and game-enhancing codes.

2. Obtain Mario Party 8-9 USA roms and place them inside the "Games" folder within the emulator folder.
If you need help ripping your roms, try asking google or DMing a Discord mod for advice.
Make sure your roms match the following checksums:
Mario Party 8 (USA) (v1.02).iso: 944c3f7db81170c9d86fc73dab1da24b
Mario Party 9 (USA) (En,Fr,Es).iso: a9aa140b48e67ccdba9c7c9afc9884bc
You can confirm your checksums by right clicking on the game you're testing and selecting Properties > Info > Compute.

3. Everyone needs to choose which player they'd like to be and configure their controls in that Wii Remote slot. All players must use a different slot.

4. Each player must set as many Wii Remote slots to Emulated Wiimote as there are players, and must click Configure > Clear on all ports besides their own.

5. Go to Tools > Start NetPlay and either host the game you're playing or connect to the host's room.

<THIS STEP APPLIES TO THE HOST ONLY>
6. Open "Assign Controllers/Wiimotes" from the netplay window and set each player to the player order decided in Step 3.

<THIS STEP APPLIES TO THE HOST ONLY>
7. Check "MP8-9: Use Save". If playing MP8, also check "MP4-8: Save Each Turn".

8. Once everything is configured, you may start the party. In case of crashing or desync, make sure settings are shared and restart.

OTHER INFO
Lag is an unfortunate but necessary part of netplay. Increase input buffer to make the game smoother.
Real wiimotes have trouble over netplay, so you'll want to configure wiimote movements to static buttons on another controller.
Every player must have the same save file for saving to work. Be sure to run "replacer.bat" to replace the saves before every party you play.
Possible desyncs aren't always truly desyncs, keep playing to make sure if there was truly a desync before restarting.
Direct connect may be used even when the traversal server is down, so forward a port if the traversal server isn't working for you.

BONUS
Here's a guide to ripping your roms: https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Ripping_Games
Here's a few codes that may improve your experience (note that everyone must use the same codes): http://pastebin.com/raw/Bj94N9EX
Here's a Discord server for Mario Party netplay: https://discord.gg/0qi7VWGokA2Ffr4q

Special thanks to JosJuice and mimimi for helping: http://pastebin.com/GMdfVeJC