Sup /v/, it's the weekend. Know what that means?
IT MEANS IT'S TIME TO PLAY SOME MOTHERFUCKING ADVANCE WARS
>What is this and why should I care?
The -Wars games were once a series of turn-based strategy games developed by Intelligent Systems and published on Nintendo consoles and handhelds, which revolved around the premise of conquering your opponents by either capturing their main HQ while wreaking havoc on their terrestrial, aerial and naval army with your own, or having the strongest infrastructure control of any given map.
These games had a (mostly) solid Single player campaign, but later iterations also had a robust Multiplayer component which not many people were able to enjoy.
Fortunately, there's a way to be able to play most these games easily on PC with other people over the internet. And that's where we come in.
>How do I play?
1.- Download and extract www.mediafire.com/download/35cct9gh28jc9qa/
2.- Double click mednafen.bat
3.- Press Alt + Shift + 1 to setup your controls. (At every unique button prompt, press the key you want to assign it to TWICE so it moves on towards the next button).
4.- To connect to an active server, press T to type /server IP PORT or /connect IP PORT
5.- So we can tell you apart, press T to type /nick YOURNICKNAME
6.- Play the fucking game.
If you join a session with people on it, ask if there's any available open spots. If so, type:
/dupe 1
to share the control. Please note that this emulator IS NOT emulating a Link Cable, so it's as if we were physically in the same room sharing a single GBA and passing it around on turn end to each other.
I know this is 4chan, but don't be a dick and take control or move other people's units when it's not your turn.
Still, it would be a wise decision to keep a number of available savestates (just in case). Choose a slot by using numbers 0-9, press F5 to save and F7 to load.
>Current Servers
The main server we usually play on is omachi.moe:8092. To join the server, boot up mednafen and type "/server omachi.moe 8092".
>How do I host my own server?
Getting the server up is easy, but you need to do at least one of the following BEFORE you run the server application:
a) Open up port 7845 (both TCP and UDP) on your computer AND network's firewall. Or...
b) Edit standard.conf and change the port number to something else you may already have opened before. Or...
c) Use Hamachi.
Once you did one of these, inside your emulator folder, there's a folder called server. Inside, double click mednafen-server.bat to get it up and running, then provide people with your external IP and Port so they can connect. Do note that when hosting, you STILL need to connect to your own server manually (you can type in your LAN IP, external IP or just localhost).
Or you can just wait for someone else to host if this is somehow rocket science to you.
join us
GOD DAMNIT WHY ISN'T MY LAPTOP HERE YET I FUCKING LOVE ADVANCE WARS
Mandatory >.bat
>>340759678
You can open the .bat file in a text editor and check for yourself. No lostboy.exe here. Just an emulator with weird design decisions but pretty great netplay.
>>340759678
ye we know, it was made to be easier and it's not. check yourself there's no virus or whatever
Bump.
Fourth player never arrived, so we're doing some PvAI nonsense.
oh hey, I suggested the group to some anon and now we're back
have fun if ya'll playing
>>340757931
is this back?
>>340763254
I hope so.
We finally got four people, new game starting up on Pipeworks (custom map) with 20 turn time limit. Feel free to join if you want to spectate and have a shot at the next match.
>>340757931
Does this come with the ROM or will I have to go find Black Hole Rising?
>>340763616
A rom and 100% save file are included.
reminder
>>340757931
I'm not interested in playing right now, but I'm happy to see this become a regular occurrence
Bump for interest, I'll be lurking
>>340763762
is there a way to mute the game when you are spectating?
>>340763954
by windows
>wake up to advance wars thread on /v/
YES!
Everyone's moving out their forces.
>>340757931
In b4 spamming human meatshields to protect my bases and households and overrun your tanks by surrounding it so you can only kill one human at a time.
The tactic works.
>>340764470
only two bases m8. not going to work unless you are hachi or something.
>>340764194
>Just waking up
Get your shit together, son.
>>340764470
The 20-turn limit spares us from the worst of this problem.
>>340764605
This. I've been up since 6am waiting for a potential AW thread.
>>340757931
Whatever happened to the stream you guys had going on a few months ago?
I will play ONLY IF DUAL STRIKE was playable. If not. I will not play the original 1 and 2.
>>340764815
pleb as fuck.
>Blue Nell
What the fuck did you fuckers do? Fuck this shit.
Shit, if I had more time I'd love to get in on this.
I was just lamenting having finished the first three games in the series recently.
Top three COs, go.
>Sami for that glorious capture speed and insta-cap
>Grit for out-sniping everyone
>Hawke for fuck you that's why
days of ruin is much better. I rather play that. Its more balanced.
Things are heating up on the Red/Yellow front.
>>340765269
Tabitha
Will
Penny
Just got here, anyone got spots open?
>>340765359
It can be played online as well, just not with this. It requires a flashcart/AR and an old router that adheres to the DS's obtuse security standards.
altwfc.net
Ya all niggers know there's AWBW right?
>>340765649
AWBW is awful.
>>340765649
>>340765695
AWBW's alright, but it's not the same feeling as playing the actual game itself.
Most of the custom maps we play are taken from AWBW.
>>340765695
Yes, it is. But it's convenient, and can be played online. No need to download any sketchy .exe files. Don't get me wrong I'm not trying to discourage anyone from doing it your way. But just saying it exists for those who don't know.
>>340765695
why?
>>340757931
STREAM WHERE
>>340766115
Joining the game and not playing is about the same experience.
>>340765269
Eagle for personality and gameplay
Adder for theme music
Sami for looks
The center of the map is becoming a bit of a clusterfuck.
>infantry spam the game
>>340767523
I'm not an expert or anything but from my observations the more mechs you buy = higher chance of losing.
Yellow pulling a fast one on Blue by sneaking a guy onto his missile base.
>>340767776
Essentially. Sami and Sensei can get away with building them. That's about it.
It doesn't survive for very long.
Lash is trying the daring new strategy of "march my units right into artillery range and see what happens". Let's see how well that works out for her.
>>340768476
But the forest defense!
>>340768476
It's about the mind games, you see.
Yellow has provided us with a very imaginative take on the concept of artillery walls.
>>340765507
Shouldn't it be easier to play it with a hacked ROM and an emulator?
>>340767523
Yeah that and Artillery. Inf and Artillery are so broken in this game.
Jess' brand new strategy of protecting her artillery with more artillery has allowed her to utterly decimate Flak. New meta?
>>340770260
We might be onto something big here.
Bigger than Grit mechs.
HULK SMASH
>>340771158
>it's a luck power
Flak trying to salvage the situation.
NONE CAN STOP THE MIGHT OF MOTHER RUSSIA
stream here (no sound)
twitch.tv sunseille
Lash isn't taking it lying down, at least.
Blue all but controls the center at the moment.
>>340771916
prime cunny.
>>340772495
Blue is pretty much the winner at this point.
>>340771902
>>340771902
>>340771902
Green will die, but not this thread!
It's getting kinda chilly here.
>>340773403
Just wait until Olaf uses his power.
>tfw when yellow activities Overdrive
KICK IT INTO OVERDRIVE
>>340774052
That's nothing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04SzlUGNBIU
>>340771902
with sound and color
CYKA BLYAT
REMOVE GREEN
>>340774390
Thank for your efforts anon. Max comfy levels acheived
Snow drastically slows down the fighting on the northern front.
>>340757931
Anyone play awbw?
Not even an act of god can save Lash now.
>>340775246
Lash is an ok CO, but Ivan is so fucking OP, what kind of bastard picks him in multiplayer?
Jess abandons the northern front in a last-ditch attempt to steal properties away from Olaf.
aww shit i love advance wars :^(
Okay wait
what if
competitive Advance Wars
>>340775808
Then come join us anon
BOMBER ALERT
>>340775694
>Olaf
>OP
wew
State of the battlefield with only two days left to go.
>>340776415
Green will never surrender! We'll die fighting!
Flak goes bananas and annihilates Jess' Md Tank with the power of raw skill.
Lash is fighting to the bitter end. A valiant effort, if perhaps futile.
end soon
I got the moral victory, my HQ is still in tact.
The real question though is, who got the yummiest tummy?
Jess tried her best, but in the end it wasn't enough to secure the center and deny the soviets their victory.
>>340777539
Lash no doubt.
>>340777539
samy
One last Winter Fury finishes off the last of the yellow resistance and secures the win.
>>340777539
Nell
gg
Every time.
New game starting up, and it looks like it's gonna be an interesting one.
>>340778756
>that pack-in map with the rivers
ehhhhh
So Red CO (me) is a fucking moron who misclicks on turn 2, more at 11
is the stream up?
>>340779295
Should be
>>340779295
yes i'm still here
>>340771902
Blue has begun his invasion of the island
And Sensei gets the first boots on the center. Funny when Kanbei's markups actually set him behind a turn.
Yellow opts out of center island, what could they be planning?
It doesn't look like yellow is very worried about losing his initial properties along the river.
And the battle for the middle begins
Yellow playing it safe at home, and green already has a rocket?
>>340780421
Fucking Colin and his cheap units
>>340780537
You're kind of missing the point. He built a rocket on day 4.
Kangei invests poorly in a lander, and Sensei begins to swarm with his infantry, will red ever recover from this godawful blunder?
>4chan plays advance wars
someone make a twitch stream for this
>>340781503
Read the thread, nerd
We should try to get /tg/ and /wgg/ (if it still is alive) on this, lets make this a reocurring thing again.
Green and Red are about to square off, will Colin make Green great again?
Kanbei's infantry demolishes a Colin infantry 10-2. This is why we're looking at the worst matchup in the whole broken tier.
KANBEI HONORIBRU STRIKU FORCU GO
STLIKE FEAR INTO GREEN GAIJIN
THESE FUCKING ASIANS ARE TEARING OUR GREEN COUNTRY LET ME TELL YA
>Braindead nintendroids not even playing wholly superior Daisenryaku on the Saturn.
Wow, enjoy your inferior squares.
>Two less sides.
>The manlet of polygons.I really hope there's a 3DS Advance Wars with an unfucked art style one of these days, it's all I want for that console.
GREEN FORGETS TO MOVE ISLAND TROOPS
RED FORGETS TO BUY
EVERYONE FORGETS EVERYTHING
also sorry i'm not giving blue and yellow more love
>>340782883
>saturn online
Is that a thing?
>>340783050
STOP SPREADING LIES WITH YOUR FILTHY ASIAN MEDIA
>fog of war off
Full peasant mode
>>340783480
>everyone looks at the same screen
>fog of war
What do you think happens?
>>340783073
Yeah actually, but not in that game. I don't think Iron Storm has any MP sadly.
>>340783480
we'd all be able to see what each of us is doing anyway, it's a shared controller, also blue confirmed for bully of the game :(
>>340783480
WE ROOK SEIMU SCREENU
I've never played AW multi, but it looks like the only thing you need to do is spam infantry and artillery.
Yellow continues to invest in AA missiles, like a madman
Green forfeits his stake in the center island after getting his shit pushed in by a herd of fuckin' ugly reds rushing in from the mainland.
>>340784080
Our time limits force the game to move a little faster, so tanks and artillery can both be useful.
>>340784374
>ugly
>red
Greenposter pls go
>>340784646
it actually wasnt me, i am Green, he is just a logical human being you FUCKING RED JAPS
Red has bomber, wat do?
>>340784853
Put it in a lovely little box made of conscripts.
>>340784853
But with only 3 shots, what can it really accomplish on that island?
Conscript Cube
>>340785450
It refuels every turn since it's on an airport, also:
GREEN AND RED HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE ALLIANCE AGAINST THE BLUE HORDE, WHAT CAN STOP THIS GREAT FRIENDSHIP NOW?
GREEN + RED MAKE YELLOW, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, JOIN US
Semi related but what is the port for mednafen? 4046?
>>340785891
to join the server?
/server omachi.moe 8092
Yellow... exists I guess idk
>>340786170
I figure'd that by not fighting for the island he could build up a nice defense and sweep up blue, maybe even takes some land, but he got bogged down in that narrow corridor, and now it's too late because Blue has all that sweet sweet island economy.
>>340785986
yes
AW FUCK
So what are the match rules?
>>340786841
Free for all, don't be a dick and mess with the controls during someone else's turn, 20 turn time limit.
>>340786841
20 days turn limit for FFA, 25 days for 1v1. Fog off. Bans (unless everyone wants to use them) should be Sturm, Kanbei, Grit, Sensei, Hachi, Colin.
>>340786583
Yellow here. Yeah, I panicked and decided to play defensively.
Red pops ult, has little to no effect
The whole world is against blue, that center island seems invincible.
>>340788337
ALSO YELLOW JUST UNLEASHED BLACK WAVE SWEET JESUS SORRY I DON'T HAVE A SCREENCAP
And games like the last one is why these matches always die out.
Blue ragequits over collusion. Red wins!
>sensei player ragequits
wew
UPDATE
BLUE CO LEAVES
EVERYONE ELSE WINS BY DEFAULT???
w e w l a d
>>340789389
>colin player
>kanbei player
>can't handle FFA on their own and need 3 v 1 advantage
>still cant win
>need to trade off HQs
so bad
>>340789565
Come back Kawaiicommander, we're sorry :(
>>340757931
>playing the Sturm fight with Andy, Max and Drake
How do I not get curbstomped to oblivion
>>340789565
nigger you were playing sensei
there is no excuse
>>340789565
>this butthurt
this is why anime was a mistake :^))))))))))))
>>340789565
It's a shit map. I don't get why anyone would take it seriously.
>>340789565
3v1 in a free for all is scrubtastic, but blue needed to tough it out so they could be all "WOW IT ONLY TOOK ALL THREE OF YOU," or something to that effect.
>>340789885
No point. Green was going to give Red his HQ.
git gud
>>340789994
Nigga we all still would've agreed that you were the victor, we just wanted to follow the lore we had made
>>340789994
So take yellow's HQ in response.
Hahahahahahahaha How The Fuck Is Using Friendship Gay Hahahaha Nigga Just Use Your Muslim Infantry Like Nigga Destroy Yellow Haha
HE'S BAAAAAAAACK
HAHAHA I JUST HIT ESC BY ACCIDENT
The assault on blue has all but fallen apart, will our heroes find the courage to prevail?
>>340789663
git gud.
yellow is out, sun took his place
>>340792090
Dan is gone too, not sure who's taking his place tho
>>340792135
It's currently Esperaunce/Cuckmander which is Blue/Yellow vs Trillburban which is red/green
>>340792451
sun is yellow
this >>340792090
>>340793314
Right, yeah. That.
Bump.
This mess is almost over.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/v_Advance_Wars
join this shit
>>340794978
Thanks for reminding me to put this as my main group again.
To the surprise of nobody, Sensei won.
stream down, it was fun. Have a nice day/night everyone!
It was massive fun, thanks a lot everyone!
>>340796837
No problem. I also had some good fun getting crushed as Lash earlier today. Does anyone know if there'll be games going on tomorrow?
>complaining about getting teamed in a FFA match where teaming is the only way they can win
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
HOW DARE THEY TRY AND WIN
Didn't watch it, but if you're far in the lead in a FFA game, and you don't prepare to get teamed, you should kill yourself. However, giving your base to other players for free is not acceptable either. Some basic "don't be a faggot" rules should really be applied.
>Advance Wars
why would you wanna play that when pic related exists and is about 500x better?
>>340797365
WAIFUS
>>340797365
literally who
>>340797365
Is this the battlecars meme?
We've got 2 in omachi, just need 2 more!
>>340798686
just need 1 more now!
>power is literally useless if fog is turned off
>fog is off in most maps
Who thought this was a good idea?
>>340798671
It's where it came from, yes. Battle cars are a unit in that game, and our resident lolcow MasterKnightDH was obsessed with trying to implement them in real AW.
>>340799203
Yeah, she sucks, but Counter Break is really good for its cost, even without fog.
Alright, I'm playing it. Is this mindnumbing tutorial mandatory? I can't actually start the main game.
>>340799484
Just go to the bottom of the list and do the last tutorial. That unlocks the campaign.
>>340799916
oh shit i didn't know that about AW1
guess I gotta play it now - I've played through AW2
>>340799484
You can do the last mission to skip the rest of the tutorial. No way to do it even faster.
Game started
Am I the only one that thinks that AW1 is harder than AW2?
>>340800713
Hardly.
>>340800713
Last map is Godawful.
Sami best girl
>someone plays sami
>other three don't immediately team up against her
>she wins
Pottery.
>>340804703
>bullying sami
nu anon
>>340804810
>>340804703
>there's a grit in the game
>people don't immediately gang up on him
Sami is nothing compared to Grit
>>340805241
>/v/ plays grit
>builds 0 indirect units
Ooh, he's scary all right, especially on this map that's open in all the important areas.
>>340805241
Dude grit literally shot himself in the foot. Plus thats only if he fast alt. Which he didn't.
>luck power
>actually gets good rolls
We're in the presence of a wizard.
>>340806541
WITNESS MY6 btw i'm yellow
>>340806596
>>340806596
WHAT THE FUCK
>>340806596
w e w
Now I know what happened to my Med. tank
t. Blue
Well, yellow almost managed to steal it back. It got close enough to keep it interesting.
Whew
h
e
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>>340810241
w e w
will Blue hold the lead?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNM8N73FNfk
We got one more slot open if anyone wants to join!
>>340757931
/server omachi.moe 8092 right now bitches
that last game was 2close
>tie
WHEW
H
E
W
>>340813338
That was an interesting game. Green had a steady gain, and Sami had a great early lead, but her control of the middle fell apart. Her aggressive CO power was enough to keep the tie in the end, though.
NEED 1 MORE
GIT IN HERE
No one? We're havingfun. You can too!
>>340782883
What's the difference between this and Advance Wars?
>>340762337
>sacrificing a 20k+ unit for what results in the reduction of 5k for your opponent
That's retarded.
>>340814980
Filthy hexagons
>>340757931
Oh shit niggas, an actual AW thread. If the thread is still up about an hour for now I'll join in.
>>340816397
let's keep it up - we've got a game now, but it might be nearly over then
>>340816397
>>340816662
also, I see some lurkers - there are other servers you can use, too:
>Mednafen Server (USA):
Address: mednafen-us.emuparadise.org
Port: 4046
>Mednafen Server (Netherlands):
Address: mednafen-nl.emuparadise.org
Port: 4046
>>340791106
>>340814980
>hexagons
It's generally more in-depth but it's actually more similar than it might look. No unit stacking, it has 3D animated battle resolve screens, units have a similar health system, etc.
Generally it allows for more freestyle unit production. Units also have multiple weapons, so you have to choose which weapon you want to attack with. For instance, you select a tank, and then select either it's main gun or its machine guns, or an panzergrenadier's machine guns or panzerfausts, or a BF109's machine guns or bombs, and then select the target. Aircraft also have multiple loadouts you can choose from. Tanks have fuel and stuff and need to be resupplied. It has three branching campaigns, and I think two more in the JP-only 1.5 version of the game. Units also gain XP and stuff.
Pic related, battle screen. Everything has 3D models, pretty cool.
It's a pretty good middle ground between AW and a more serious wargame. It's one of I think only two of the daisenryaku games to leave japan.
>>340818295
And of course it's obviously 'historical' to WWII but there are scenarios in the branching campaign for Sealion, Invasion of Japan, Invasion of America as Germans/Japanese, and a post-axis victory scenario where Germany fights Japan.
You can also research units in the campaign between missions.
>>340818295
>>340818805
Thanks anon!
whos up for a quick game?
>>340819339
If you want to emulate, use SSF. Yabause does not run the game well at all. You'll need a iso mounting program though, but it's the only route.
>>340819572
I'll be ready to play here in about 5-10 minutes, at least if anyone else is still here.
T S U N A M I
>select all pictures with boats
>>340822149
Red looks like he's getting buttfucked from both ends.Fucking hot.
Bumping dead thread.
fire emblem's better
>>340824860
I guess if you like waifus.
