base on 3DS Game Broadcaster # Artic Base Server <p align="center"> <img width="180" height="180" src="https://github.com/PabloMK7/ArticBaseServer/blob/main/images/logo.png?raw=true"> </p> **NOTE: Artic Base Server was released very recently and may have unexpected bugs. Please back up the save file of the game you want to broadcast just in case!** Artic Base is a tool for broadcasting games from your 3DS to a compatible emulator. This allows playing your physical or digital games on an emulator without having to dump them. You can find a demo [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noDz-FnOd2M). ## Description Artic Base Server is a Luma3DS 3GX plugin that allows using the Artic Base protocol to broadcast your games to a compaible emulator (for example: [PabloMK7/citra](https://github.com/PabloMK7/citra)). This works by forwarding the filesystem requests from the emulator to the console. ### Features - Play games from your console without having to dump them, with purchased updates and DLC. - Sync the savedata/extdata of the broadcasted game during the play session. - Use the console as the input device by enabling the Artic Controller feature on the emulator. - Load shared ext data and NCCH archives from your console. - Remove the need to dump AES keys, as the decryption is done by the console's OS. ### Advantages over playing on real console - Play your games at higher resolutions. - Use external controllers that may better fit your playstyle. - Switch between playing on your PC at home and your console on the go. - Reduce e-waste by reusing partially broken consoles to broadcast your games to your PC. - Allow museums or non-profit game preservation organizations to have a centralised database of preserved games, while using an Artic Base Server + a compatible emulator to do research as needed. ### Disadvantages over game dumps - Slower loading times, ranging from 2x to 5x depending on how much data is needed by the game. Thanks to the use of a cache in memory, loading times get better if game resources that were already loaded are requested again. - Constant and stable connection is needed with the console running the server so that it's able to provide the game resources on demand. ## Usage instructions 1) Download the `.cia` or `.3dsx` file from the [releases page](https://github.com/PabloMK7/ArticBaseServer/releases) and install it. 2) Run the Artic Base Server application. Press A to confirm you want to start Artic Base. 3) Select the application you want to broadcast from the Home Menu. 4) On a compatible emulator, select the Artic Base option and enter the IP address displayed on your console. NOTE: A recent version of Luma3DS (v13.1.1 or newer) is requires to use Artic Base Server. You can get it [here](https://github.com/LumaTeam/Luma3DS/releases/latest). ## Future Plans This section lists features that Artic Base Server cannot currently provide. Some of these features may be added in the future. ### Things that might be implemented - Broadcasting homebrew applications ### Things that will never be implemented - Dump games, and any of its assets to persistent storage. This includes caching data between play sessions. - Dump any kind of system data, such as keys, archives or console unique files. This includes caching data between play sessions. - Using the Home Menu of the console that is running Artic Base Server and switching between games. ## Credits Artic Base uses icons from [flaticon](https://www.flaticon.com): - <a href="https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/igloo" title="igloo icons">Igloo icons created by smashingstocks - Flaticon</a> - <a href="https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/parabolic-dishes" title="parabolic dishes icons">Parabolic dishes icons created by Souayang - Flaticon</a> Artic Base uses text renders from [cooltext](https://cooltext.com/). 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