About Netplay[]
The Netplay mode allows you to play Higurashi Daybreak against real players, rather than computers. Up to 4 people can play at once. Should you not have 4 people, computers will play the other characters. The experience of Netplay will vary greatly on your connection, a broadband connection is required for a good match. For those with poor connections, consider increasing the Delay at the initial Netplay menu to compensate for lag.
To have a good Netplay match, it is recommended that the users are in the same region. For an example, a person in the United States on the east side would have a better connection with someone else on the east side then playing with someone from the west side. This is due to the poor Netplay coding that Twilight Frontier is known for.
However, having a good connected match with other regions is not impossible, but very rare. It is recommended that a VPN is used for a increase in connection strength. Hamachi and Radmin are both good VPN services that work with Higurashi Daybreak.
Connecting to Others:[]
1. You must first decide if you want to use a VPN network or just give your IP address. If you are using a VPN like Hamachi, have both players connect to a network and the host give their IPv4 address to the person who is going to connect. If not, you can just give your regular IP. If doing the second option, be cautious on who you give your IP to. This information can be used to find your location in the world and should not be given to people you do not trust.
2. Have the Host of the game, select "Host" in the Netplay menu. Keep the Port and Delay on the defaults. You should keep the port at the default setting unless your Firewall or Router blocks this port and the Delay should only be changed if there is a large amount of lag.
3. Now the player connecting should connect. They can either enter the IP manually or add it to the addresslist.txt and selected that way. If one is entering from the addresslist.txt, they should refresh their game after adding it to the file. Before connecting, a player can change their name that is displayed. This is optional
4. Select the IP once it is put in
5. If it worked, you should find yourself on a connecting screen for a little bit before being put into a game. Enjoy! :) However, if it put you back to the Netplay menu, then something went wrong! Here are some possible fixes for different issues:
*Check your settings. There is a high chance the issue is just a setting being off. This included the Port and Delay
*Check your game version. Make sure you are both on the same Daybreak. This is not just to see if it is Daybreak or Daybreak DX, but also to see what patch version it is. The newest updates can be found in the Updates and Patches section of the wiki
*Check the IP being entered. It might be being entered incorrectly
If you still can not find the issue, try switching hosts. Surprisingly, switching hosts can fix these issues sometimes