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DS development > OK, so wake-on-lan alert feature doesnt work...

#30866 - Boeboe - Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:34 pm

...but will the DS alert you when other players are nearby when you are actively playing on your DS?

I'll finally have my DS tomorrow, and this something I am curious about. Any possibility to flip open your DS and get in touch with other people playing at that moment? Or getting alerted while you are playing yourself?

#30867 - ravuya - Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:34 pm

The little transmit light on it flickers when it detects NDS activity.
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#30901 - EaDS Milliways - Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:01 pm

ravuya wrote:
The little transmit light on it flickers when it detects NDS activity.


Is it when it detects ANY activity or just when using a chat-like program as PictoChat or Ping Pals?

#30933 - Zen Punk - Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:31 am

That little light flickers when your own DS is using the wireless feature, not when others are(this from the official manual). The DS doesn't probe for other DS's unless you tell it to, in order to save batteries. Neither does it detect games in progress, only while they are initially offered. Sorry, but thems the breaks, at least with the current software library.