Okay, so, I’ve been messing around with this “chained together crossplay” thing, and let me tell you, it’s been a wild ride. I wanted to get my games working across different platforms, like, playing my PC games on my phone, or whatever. Seemed like a cool idea, right?
First thing I did was to check out what other people were doing. I mean, I’m not a genius or anything, so I figured someone else must have tried this before. Found a bunch of forum posts and stuff, some of it was helpful, some of it was just confusing as heck. But hey, gotta start somewhere.
I grabbed a few tools that people were talking about. There’s this thing called “Moonlight” that seemed pretty popular for streaming games from your PC to other devices. So I installed that on my computer and my phone. Setting it up was a bit of a pain, gotta fiddle with some settings, make sure the firewall wasn’t blocking anything. Eventually, I got it working, and boom, I could see my PC screen on my phone!
But that was just the first step. I wanted to actually play the games, not just look at them. So, I started messing with controller support. Moonlight has some built-in stuff for that, but it wasn’t perfect. I had this old Xbox controller lying around, so I hooked that up to my phone using a USB adapter. After some more tweaking, I managed to get it recognized by the game. It was a bit laggy at first, but I adjusted some settings in Moonlight, and it became playable.
Now, this is where it gets interesting. I wanted to take it a step further and try playing with someone who was on a different platform, like a PlayStation or something. That’s where the “chained together” part comes in. I found this other tool called “Parsec” that lets you share your screen with other people and even give them control. It’s like remote desktop but for gaming.
- Installed Parsec on my PC.
- Invited my buddy who was on his PlayStation to join my Parsec session.
- Used Moonlight to stream the game from my PC to my phone, connected my controller.
- My buddy connected his controller to his PlayStation.
- We were both seeing the same game screen through Parsec.
It took a while to get everything synced up. We had to adjust the audio settings so we could hear each other, and there were some issues with the controller inputs getting mixed up. But after some trial and error, we finally got it working! We were playing a PC game together, me on my phone with an Xbox controller, and him on his PlayStation. It was pretty awesome, to be honest.
The End Result
It’s definitely not a perfect setup. There’s still some lag sometimes, and it can be a hassle to set up. But, it’s a proof of concept, you know? It shows that it’s possible to play games across different platforms, even if it’s not officially supported. It’s like building your own little gaming network. If you’re into this kind of stuff, I’d say give it a try. It’s a fun project, and you might learn a thing or two along the way. Just be prepared to spend some time troubleshooting, because it’s not always smooth sailing. But hey, that’s half the fun, right?
