LilithPort is a UDP multiplayer/netplay program for 2D Fighter Maker games. It includes chat and makes accommodations for players who cannot forward their ports. LilithPort is based off MT Special Edition, which is in turn based off LunaPort.
This program was not made with Enterbrain's permission. It was ultimately made by reverse engineering the 2D Fighter Maker code. More so, my translation/continuation of LilithPort was not made with the original LilithPort developer's permission. If he ever decides to pick this back up or make changes to the code, I will comply.
LilithPort requires .NET Framework 3.5. You also need the Visual C++ 2015 redistributable. Get both x86 and x64 versions!
Any game that uses 2D Fighter Maker (95/2002) will work. LilithPort is also backwards compatible with servers that use MTSP.
This 24/7 server is run by Vick, for Vanguard Princess and Pokémon Type: Wild players:
alavanguard.ddns.net:7500When you start LilithPort, a Welcome menu appears. There are 4 main modes of operation:
Commands > Leave) or press Cancel on the Welcome dialog.On the destination name, you can also enter the port separated by a colon (:) such as MyServer:7500.
Since LilithPort 1.08, you can use UPnP to directly communicate to your router to open a port without any admin access.
How to use:
Open or Close to open or close the desired port.You cannot use UPnP in the following circumstances:
You can prepend a special symbol on your server name to activate some special behaviors:
+ - mixed server mode. Random versus is disabled.@ - match server. Chat is disabled, and changing the user description to circumvent this is also disabled.# - anonymous ("nora") server. Chat is disabled, and all players (except the host) are invisible. In order to play against someone, you must right-click the player list.Converting your IP to a string can yield some security benefits as your IP address is hidden from plain sight. When you convert an IP address, there are two results: a LilithPort-compatible conversion and an MTSP-compatible conversion. Both are supported by LilithPort. The main difference is that LilithPort uses Base64 to encode your IP address, while MTSP uses a cipher that uses a mix of Japanese kana and ASCII.
For example, 127.0.0.1 turns into MTY3NzczNDM= (LilithPort) and uちたぐて (MTSP).
Each player will have a different text color based on their current mode (server, host, or client) and a different background color based on their status (in match, spectating, or resting).
Left-click to select a player; right-clicking alone won't select. Double-click behavior depends on the target:
When resting, people will not be able to challenge you to a match. However, you can still spectate while resting.
Profiles are available in case you are playing multiple 2D Fighter Maker games and you need to tweak specific options for each game.
Game executable path: path to a valid 2DFM EXE file. You can also drag and drop the EXE file onto the Options dialog.
By checking Name replay files automatically, LilithPort will create a folder for each game to save replays in.
You can assign a sound to any event. You can also "stalk" specific keywords so that you are alerted when they are mentioned in chat.
This controls the volume in game.
You can spectate matches until about 5 seconds after they have begun. If a player is currently playing back a replay, you can spectate the replay. The number of spectators allowed in your match is equal to the maximum number of connections/players. If you stop accepting spectators during a match, all current spectators are kicked. You can also spectate spectators (relay mode) to lessen the burden of a player.
If you are a server owner, you can use Ctrl+Enter to send a notice to all players that looks similar to the MOTD. Underscores are automatically converted into new lines.
For instance, The server will be shutting down at _ 5 PM today will be converted to the following:
The server will be shutting down at
5 PM todayCommands are prefixed with a slash (/). You can use /help to view an up-to-date list of commands.
The largest calculated frame delay applies to both players in the match. If Player 2 has his frame delay set to Auto, the frame delay is determined by the ping using the following formula:
Delay = (Ping / 10) + 2
where the maximum frame delay is 12.
Player 2 calculates the delay and passes it to Player 1. If Player 1 has a greater frame delay (as set either manually or determined with ping), that larger delay will be sent back to Player 2.
By dragging and dropping your game executable on the main window, the game path is automatically changed without having to enter the options menu. If a profile was configured for that specific game, then that profile will automatically be opened as well.
If you are playing an FM95 game, the joystick is disabled due to compatibility reasons. Please use JoyToKey or AntiMicro.
In addition, there is a massive performance penalty for turning on joystick support in 2DFM in most cases. The reason is that 2DFM will silently error out when a joystick is expected but is not detected. In order to mitigate this, please have at least two controllers plugged in.
A dedicated server is coming in the very distant future. In the meantime, you can pass the -s <port> command line argument to LilithPort to start server mode immediately and close silently on exception.