XLink Kai

I would like to congrat Lunar, for all he has done , helping me to install properly all the stuff for Xlink Kai.
As i ve told to the WZ's Kai crew previously , i ve bought ( 5 days ago) the DWL wifi usb key, and Lunar gives precious advices on Msn and the result is ..I can now play on Kaï ( first fight with Lunar & Lion last sunday night)
And that's awesome, incredible, amazing ... i ve got a lack of words to describe my feeling about racing with my ' old ' friends from WZ.
Even Lunar kicked my ass lots of time winning nearly all the tourney we made , i ve proudly ( :redface: ) get few best lap ...
But you know i am a kind of newbee ( hihihi, yes i am ! ) compared to those experimented pilots but i wanna improve my ' fight ' skill.

3 of my french friends decided to follow my first steps in Kai so we probably could create a kind of championship in a future with all the WZ members.

I highly recommend Kai , even it's the mess to configure it

alright now! I guess this gives me the final push I needed to start coming back to xlink again. I've been away from wipEout purE for a much too long time already! I'll be around by the end of this week, promise! just need to re-establish my piloting skills first, I have a very bad feeling that Lunar is gonna take the chance and smoke my ass once and for all ;)
see you soon!

I can`t imagine you letting that happen ;)

Lion and I have established a new end of night "chillout" race format - flash tour, compulsory shield 1 ship. It works very well - very close racing with constant lead changes and lots of elimination possibilities. It`s "chillout" compared to the usual phantom mayhem anyway.

Speaking of which, I think a lot more of the French Crew will be on Kai soon. There`s going to be some racing on Thursday night, so hope to see you there. :)

for those without zone/medieval open any same-ship flash challenge works.
though the low shield makes for a more interesting strategy to the races...
deliberately messing up a corner so that a quake/rockets/missile is of more real use for example is a lot more devastating when it knocks of most of the shield >:P

what time are you guys racing? (GMT please)

Some time after 23.00, for me..... the usual. I think Assayeah may be planning on a bit sooner than that.

I am still not back at work yet, so just msn/icq me and I'll be keen if awake

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Originally Posted by lunar

Speaking of which, I think a lot more of the French Crew will be on Kai soon. There`s going to be some racing on Thursday night, so hope to see you there. :)

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The FFF ( French Free Flyer ) Team will be soon on Kaï :pirate , we worked on that 5 long hours yesterday night through Msn but it's more complex that we thought. Your help was much appreciated .
Yes a great thursday night is on the way... Sleh & Vic will be there in my room, if Lion was right we can connect them & me by my unique internet connection fighting on Kaï with worlwildwipers. That might be awesome .

About my GMT time racing it's 24 H / 24H :redface: .... well i wish by that to reduce the gap between Lunar & me ( hihi ).
Unfortunately my Kai session will probably much start around 9 PM till my eyes 'd close definitely or do something like that = :dizzy

Lion if you are there , i am certainly doing something in a few moments as a training , hope you will be around on Kai

As soon as I get my computer up and running, I think I'll give this a try as well. Can you run 8 people at the same time?

You can have 8 people joining a game - but the game would be unplayable. The max for a smooth, playable game is 4 on Kai. On Flash and below you can get away with 5 if everyone has a decent ping, but on higher speeds any more than 4 makes it much too choppy, no matter what the pings are or the upload speed of the game host. When there are a lot of players we split into groups and have a promotion/relegation system after tournaments.

I hope you can get on Kai - and when you have your first race against Arnaud that`s one starting grid I have to be on.

oh just one thing: you guys are playing EU version, no? cuz I still need to get that one...

asayyeah at least has the us version
I can't speak for everyone but I've played a fair bit on kai now and an incredibly small portion of it has been in the EU version, even against other zoners who have multiple versions.

that`s true, but it would make more sense for the Euro to be the standard, so that we get the most tracks to choose from. Also 123 Klan, with its open section, and Burgertown with it`s "bomb alley" are both a multiplayer heaven/hell.

Anthony Vic-Cachou and me are connected now ....waiting on kai for fellow wipers :pirate

WHEW! What a blast!
I wanna thank Lunar and the French Free Flyers for an awesome night of purE bliss! After almost 3 months of not playing, I have totally fallen in love with this game again, and I am sure to be online more often again now!

I strongly recommend xlink kai to everyone who is looking for some crazy amazing wipEout action! GET IT! NOW!

see y'all soon, you guys rock:rock

Yeah Join the WZ kai's crew :cowboy

5 players in the same game fighting eachothers without lag ...
Pure happiness

Lunar , you ve got the crown for the several victories you did
El : you got the crown for getting wiped out twice by me :redface: in a same tourney
And FFF team the crown for beiing 3 in a same room talking strategy ( i.e. be careful Vic , El's bomb is on your route..hihihi)

maybe a special one for me to quit this awesome Kai session after nearly 12 hours in a row ( finished by a venom ascension tourney with 4 fellow US wipers )

Now it's time for me to have my :o bed....

Damn i am MAD :pirate

The best way never have to worry about Pure`s cheating AI - play on Kai. The opposition don`t cheat (of course :)) and they`re much tougher. How else can you race against the legendary holder of most WZ records, and El Habib who has a strong claim to be the best Pure racer out there? If you have broadband internet you can do it ;) It doesn`t even need to be particularly fast broadband. I used to play ok on 512 download and 128 upload speed, though my connection is faster now.

Assayeah makes it sound like I was further ahead than I was in the Vienna/Le Havre/Swindon challenge. I took the Phantom Descension we started with. Then Classic 2 Phantom and El`s mojo was starting to work again.... me, Assayeah and El had 1 win, and 19pts each going into the last race at Vohl Square. The tension was incredible. El ran away to win it, Assayeah was second, and I blew up.... too many barrel rolls/mines in my hopeless panic to catch El while I was battling Vic. After this a Shield 1 Ship/Flash/gamma tour, just me against the FFF (Assayeah, Vic and Anthony). It was incredibly close, Medievil delivered for me on races 1 and 2, then Anthony killed me twice with quakes in the last 2, and Assayeah shared gold with Vic - both of them in Zone.

Amazingly, Assayeah, Vic and Anthony were all in the same (actual physical) room sharing the same dwl 122 connection to kai. When Assayeah hosted, with his 512 upload speed, it was actually pretty smooth, though in normal circumstances 4 probably would still be the limit.

And the greatest thing is we could all choose different ships - me in VanUber, El in Assegai and the FFF guys in Triakis, and each had its own strengths/weaknesses, but it was down to the pilot in the end. Awesome job by SL in balancing the game so well. If only it was infrastructure online..... but Kai works well, and Pure is by far the most popular PSP game on Xlink, because it is so good.

siiigh [daydreams about racing] :D

Now I`m drooling here after I had read this! but I will have a surprise VIP coming to my place:rolleyes:

stevie;)

New session available for tonight ( i hope sooner )
One thing i am sure is i won't be able to play as much as yesterday ( till the morning comes :frown: ) ... i am like a zone ship hitted by a backquake followed by roquets on Citta Nuova... only one difference it's not my shield which is critical....but my brain

Stin ... VIP = Very by Immersion Process which is a regular description for Xlink Kai. ;)
I am sure my 2nd coming from 19th to 24th of january to Scottland would be another great moment, i'll bring my DWL thingy , install it to your PC and we'll have a fight online with our fellow WZ members.
Can't wait to next week:hyper

Oh my God! This sounds like amazing fun!!!

My only human opposition is my best friend who also owns Pure... scared him away from multiplayer though lol

This will definately be the reason to get a wireless router for me!

If you`re going to get a wireless router, make sure it`s one of the models that can run Kai directly, and you`re not afraid of the kai installation, which includes flashing the router`s firmware. Check the psp forum at www.teamxlink.co.uk for details.

I guess you already have a good internet connection, so it might be cheaper and easier for you to just buy a usb wifi adapter - no need for a wireless router.

anyway hope to see you on xlink.

Username, it`ll cost you £20: the price of a Dlink DWL122 USB adapter, which will connect your PSP wirelessly to your PC. Xlink Kai itself is free to use. It`s not easy to set up when you come to it for the first time, though it is actually quite simple for most people. Hopefully this might help a few people. This is the simplest way to get connected to kai - and is not as bad as it looks.

You need broadband internet, minimum 512 speed. You need access to change your network settings on the computer you want to use, and you need to be able to turn off your firewall if you have one.

before you buy your dwl122, you should check whether kai is going to work for you, with the internet connection you have. Go to www.teamxlink.co.uk and download Xlink Kai for Windows (assuming you`re on windows). Install it. Run the programme, create a username and password. Go into the PSP arena. Click on the magnifying glass icon at the top of the screen, which is the diagnostics, and wait to see if you see the words "Network Reachable Yes." At first it will say "Network Reachable Not yet." Eventually this should change to "yes", but it could take quite a few minutes. If it stays on "not yet" forever, you have problems to solve before spending cash on any new hardware. (If this happens you may be able to solve the problem with the Kai Configuration Tool which you downloaded with the main programme to your computer, or you may have to "Port Forward". Honestly don`t worry about all this unless your network isn`t reachable.)

Also go into an arena where some players are, and check that you can see their Pings. The ping is the quality of the connection between you and another computer. the lower the number the better. If everyone`s ping is "bad" for you, it means your internet connection is working too slow. If you can find other UK players, their Ping should be less than 100 to you, between 80 and 150 for people in mainland Europe.

A good ping, and seeing "Network Reachable Yes" means that Kai will work with your internet connection. The only big job then is to succesfully connect your PSP to your PC, via wireless link. At this point get your DWL122 and go to this page, follow the instructions exactly. By the time you have done this, you will understand a lot more than you do at the moment.

Then go into the windows network settings for your DWL122 (you will know all about this from the previous instructions you followed), click the "wireless networks" tab, then untick the box which says "Use Windows to Configure My Wireless Networks". Then print this page which are settings to use for your DWL122. Double click on the D Icon on the desktop of your PC (bottom right corner.) This will bring up a program which controls the settings for your DWL 122. Enter the settings. Host a game in Wipeout Pure multiplayer, launch kai (you must do it in this order). Go to Kai diagnostics and check again that you see "Network Reachable Yes" and that Kai detects your PSP. When this is all good, go to the Pure arena. Get your PSP and hit triangle until you`re back at the main Pure menu. Then press "Multiplayer" again, and you are ready to host or join games.

That`s it - no guarantees it`ll work, but I`ve never known anyone fail if they really want to do it enough.

i still have no luck while trying to get hold of this kai thing, what do i need to enter in the arenas and groups and also what is this clan thing i need to fill-out? please help, dan.

edit: i think i have done it now, all i need to know is: who is the clan leader and his or her address, also i need to know there web-site

You don`t need to fill out anything to do with clans. You don`t need to be in a clan or worry about that at all. When Kai launches, just click the globe icon to go into arena mode. This brings up the list of arenas. Enter the PSP arena by clicking the arrow above it. Then choose which game arena you want to go into the same way. Then do the "network reachable" test I described above. :)

ah yes, where is the globe symbol?

Top left of the screen, next to the magnifying glass icon (which is the symbol for diagnostics mode).

Edit: it`s actually at the top right if you don`t have the kai screen maximized - sorry for confusion ;)

lol: still no luck! i think i will give up for now and wait to get someone to help me and do it for me !

Hi everyone.
I've been reading all the kai stuff for a while now and I'd really like to be able to play with you guys.

The thing is at home I've got a Belkin wireless G router (F5D7230-4) on 2nd floor, and my room is in 1st floor. So is it possible to use the DWL-122 that I would plug on the pc in my room to get the internet connection from the router and at the same time use the DWL-122 to get on kai from the psp?
And btw, could the router be a problem to play on kai?

Thanks :)

Hi fellow french citizen :)

About your system, i may be wrong but you can only use the DWL to establish an ad-hoc connection between your pc and your psp . That means your routeur on 2nd floor send & receive internet kai datas to your pc via your wificard ( which can't be the DWL )on your 1st floor PC.

Add me to your msn buddie list and we will be able to talk easily if you 've got other issues with Kai & your routeur

Ho, ok.

****. I don't have a wifi card :)
I thought buying the DWL-122 would have been enough...

Assayeah is right. This won`t work. Your dwl can`t do two jobs at once. It would have to be setup in different ways for the internet connection and the PSP connection. To play, you need an internet connection for your computer (wired or wireless) and a seperate connection for your PSP to the PC.

hey guys, is this the dongle i need to use kai?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...362799-1792430

Everything goes great with the one i have now, network recheable and everything but i cant seem to make the sitecom usb dongle work...
I will look for the router now, so is it best to have the router or the dongle???
Please answer fast because im leaving to but it now...

:D

EDIT: Anyway Amazon wont send me the dongle, it´s because im in the netherlands.... :( Damn them!
I hope i can get a router then, i will go for the WRT54G router, that i think i saw when i bought the dongle i have now.
Hope to get Kai working!

DJM : yeah this is the good link but it seems you have choosen the routeur option ( weird thing is amazon can't send it to you in Amsterdam :mad: )
As i told you lately on kai i am not an expert with routeur only with DWL you can call Lunar & me DWL Doctors :p .
Sadely we have found people with the right settings for Kai and their DWL : they can connect to kai but when we host a tour they doesn't appear into the race , their ships seem to be bloked on a side of a track and won't move from this point during all the race. they didn't see us too into the race and won't be hited by a weapon. That's really annoying.
The 3 people i know are Del stepho ( livebox wanadoo 512 K ) Pipieuvras ( livebox wanadoo 8 Mb ) and Bl ( Ben ) a UK citizen .

So my message here is to say there's no reason Kai won't work perfectly on your system but there could be millions of reasons not to work too...we just need to find that reason...

Ok then, the weirs thing is that my sitecom dongle connects to the psp and everything, but ai wont be able to recognize it...

Man, this is so annoying....
Anyway, i will try to see what can i do now, im about to leave to but the router, but where im going to go they dont have thw dwl122, what a shame!!!!!
I´m not sure though to get a router and then not beeing able to make Kai work, i will throw the pc though the window for sure... :D

Thanx for everything :) I´ll see what can i do

The Xlink people have said that it`s possible to have your PSP detected by Kai, and still not be able to play. This is usually because Kai only works with particular "chipsets", that are only used in certain (usually older) usb adapters. It can also be because the configuration of the wifi adapter does not allow you to enter the correct IP settings. The best thing is to stick to one from their list of adapters that are known to work, and the best of these is the reliable old dwl122 because there`s such a good big knowledge base of experienced Kai-doctors around it. :p. And because it`s cheap.

It must be possible to find an online retailer in the UK who sells it and will ship to the Netherlands. Just google.co.uk for it. It won`t be much more expensive than amazon, and it`s always going to be cheaper than a router. If this is really impossible, see if you can get it delivered to my house and I`ll forward it.

I would strongly advise you not to go for the router method. I`ve seen many many people on Kai who`ve had nervous breakdowns over that, but a wifi adapter can easily be made to work if you have the right one. I don`t think the router method would solve the wanadoo lag problems, such as Del Stepho has, either. Good luck. :)

what kind of wireless adaptor do i need. i can manage to get into kai now (as danagol) but i need a stronger wireless adaptor. one that fits into the usb port would be ideal.

yeah, i think im going to kill someone today... people that made the linksys v5 routers!!!!!!!!!! That´s the one i got to sadly find out that i dont need that one, only versions up to 2 will work!!!!!!!!! MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hate this......
I dont know what to do now.... ive been trying to make Kai work for 2 days... i will give up and try to see if the people at the retails store will give me at least store credit for it....

EDIT: I´m really thankfull for your offer to have the dwl122 delivered to your house, i didn´t say it before coz im soooo pis*** with the linksys people... So many versions.... Man... I´ll see if i can but on of those later and see if i can send you the shipping expenses though moneygram or something. But for now i´ll wait until monday to exchange the router and see what can i get.
Thanx Lunar :)

Bad news Mauro :mad:

I hope you can exchange it on Monday.
Tell us inform please

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Ho, ok.

****. I don't have a wifi card :)
I thought buying the DWL-122 would have been enough...

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what kind of wireless adaptor/card do i need, i have a laptop (might be a good idea to mention that) could someone please pm me, many thanks