A friend and I spent quite a bit of time yesterday trying to get Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles to work on Netplay, unfortunately coming to the conclusion that it is not currently possible. We were able to set up pretty much all of the pieces of what we thought would be necessary, only to come to a couple of roadblocks that keep us from our goal. The first, which would potentially be manageable (though annoying) was that using VBA-M as a GBA controller in Dolphin slows it down to about 50% regardless of the computer's specs or the settings used. We thought this might be due to some sort of disagreement in CPU usage while they were linked. It worked, anyway, and we would have been willing to deal with it if we were able to actually play the game together. The second hindrance ensured that we would not be able to do so, however. Though we were able to get Netplay to work fairly well, it essentially just resulted in one of us playing the game while the other got to watch; FFCC requires GBA controllers in order to play multiplayer, and Netplay does not allow for GBA controllers to be used. So, we're kept from playing this nostalgia-filled multiplayer experience together at all. Physically playing it together is impossible as we don't live anywhere near each other.
Anyway, my questions would be:
1. Is there or will there ever be a way to increase performance while using VBA-M or any other possible GBA emulator as a controller in Dolphin?
2. Will GBA controllers be allowed in Netplay at any point? Why exactly are they not allowed currently?
I realize that this is a really obscure and likely difficult problem that would only please a minority of people (considering this can only be used in a select few games), and I also realize that the developers are already busy with much more relevant issues. Still, this is something I hope to be possible at some point even if it isn't necessarily soon, so I'd really appreciate an answer.
Anyway, my questions would be:
1. Is there or will there ever be a way to increase performance while using VBA-M or any other possible GBA emulator as a controller in Dolphin?
2. Will GBA controllers be allowed in Netplay at any point? Why exactly are they not allowed currently?
I realize that this is a really obscure and likely difficult problem that would only please a minority of people (considering this can only be used in a select few games), and I also realize that the developers are already busy with much more relevant issues. Still, this is something I hope to be possible at some point even if it isn't necessarily soon, so I'd really appreciate an answer.