EmuDeck 2.2.22 Unstable - Local Co-op (Patreon)

Hello!Now you can easily play local co-op games that run on RetroArch without messing around the RetroArch settings.+SteamOS vs SteamOS (or Linux)

Requirements:

Update to the latest EmuDecky 1.0.3 ( from inside EmuDeck, not from the Decky Store ) and to the latest ESDE Settings from Manage Emulators.

Make sure the rom and the core used are the same in both Systems.

Both devices need to be connected to the same Wifi

How to play

Launch EmuDecky and make sure the option "RetroArch Netplay" is enabled in both Steam Decks

Open the rom in one Steam Deck, wait for the game to load, do the same in the second System and that's it :)

+SteamOS vs Windows

How to play

Launch EmuDecky on the Steam Deck and make sure the option "RetroArch Netplay" is enabled.

Open the rom in Windows, wait for the game to load, press L3+R3, navigate to Netplay, select Host. Launch the same game from the Steam Deck. That's it.

At the moment you can only use windows as the host, not as a client, so all multiplatform co-op gaming has to be started on the Windows machine and then join with the SteamOS/Linux device ( I'm working on it but Windows likes playing being hard to get )- This has not been tested but in theory this could theoretically work with other handhelds that has RetroArch as long as they are using the same cores, as with Windows you need to Start the game in the non Steam OS hardware.

PS: This also has changes to the backend builder so it might fail in some untested cases, please report any issue