So I need a few questions answered 1 being that Can you have 3D multiplayer with the Raycast Extension. Second Is there a way to use a different multiplayer Extension because well it is kinda slow for other users not the host and i mean online multiplayer would be so much better and also If i used the Radio Extension could i have support of up to 10 Player instead of 4 which is what the default Multiplayer Extension has to offer. I would like to know all of the reliable ways to do Online Multiplayer that does not add 1 more screen (Which is pretty annoying)… Anyone?
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well if you want more screens check out [Extension] arcade-seconicd-screen and ty again @richard and @WoofWoof
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I don’t think that extension would help…
To answer this, yes you can have 3D multiplayer using the new tech I discovered, though you would need a lot of JavaScript experience.
Also, no there is no way to add more than one additional screen.
This is because whoever hosts the game has a screen, and then every game update the host sends an image to a server. Then all other players connected to the same multiplayer game all download that image from the server all at the same time, so they all show the same image.
Because none of the game code is running on the other players’ devices, only the host’s, we cannot change this behavior to make them download separate images. We can only change the image the host sends, so that is why only the host’s screen can be different.
The radio extension is only for micro:bits and, while it does appear to work in the simulator, does not have anything to do with the built in multiplayer functionality. Basically, it cannot use the internet and will never be able to unless the MakeCode developers change the code themselves. Only the default multiplayer code can use the built in multiplayer mode that works over the internet. The radio extension only works in the simulator or if you have a physical console that has a radio.
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Wait, if the radio extension is only for micro:bits, then why is it in the arcade extensions menu??? Shouldn’t it only be on the micro:bits editor?
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Half way through writing that I had the thought that maybe some arcade devices have a radio, so I wrote that into the ending but forgot to change the beginning.
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