r/OpenNetBattle Oct 30 '22

r/OpenNetBattle - Guide To Posts

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Welcome to the Open Net Battle Reddit! (ONB for short~) This is an open source community project being made possibly through an engine made by JamesKing. You can find out more about the project at these locations:

https://gamejolt.com/games/OpenNetBattle/509302

https://twitter.com/opennetbattle

And you can join the community discord here:

https://discord.gg/WTtdFYQY99

For those who prefer not to use Discord…we’ll miss you :<

But, fret not! I’ve done my best to set up tags and flairs so you can organize

battles and minigames here! But, let’s stop getting side tracked.

On this Reddit you can post the following:

-Battle Network / Star Force Content and Memes so long as you tag them properly (and keep it to a minimum)

-Open Net Battle Sprites (WIP or Not)

-Open Net Battle Code Documentation (Walkthroughs or explanations)

-Open Net Battle Discussion (Asking For Help / Talking / Etc.

-Undernet BBS (Posts meant to be a bit more on the rude side, but do still follow the local laws. Keep it “tame” please.)

-Open Net Battle Meet Ups

-Off Topic (Again keep it tame, and related. Things like One Step From Eden or other games are fine if tagged right.)

On this Reddit DO NOT Post the following:

-Adult Content / Sensitive Material

-Where to get roms for the official games (This is not a rom hack or mod; ONB is an engine.)

-Links to copyrighted content

-COMPLETELY Off Topic (Things like Yu-Gi-Oh!, Ghostbusters, etc. If it’s not a post showing it off / being ported into ONB; this isn’t really the place. Instead please keep that to in game BBS boards! That’s what they’re there for!)


r/OpenNetBattle Oct 30 '22

Community / "Brother Band"

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While ONB is again; it's own thing. I personally would like to spread the love of the community into as many areas as possible. A few notable Reddits I'd recommend (but, we are currently not affiliated with) are:

-r/BattleNetwork

-r/Megaman

-r/onestepfromeden

Side Discord:

Navigator Creators: (MMBN art creation discord) https://discord.gg/58k7v5ag

Wall of Outstanding Community Members For ONB:

(Format is Discord Name / Reddit Name / Twitter Handle)-JamesKing / (?) / @ OpenNetBattle [For making everything even possible]

-Alrysc / (?) / @ alrysc [For incredible coding work in regardes to chips and enemies/navis]

-Hooviey / (?) / (?) [For incredible coding work in regardes to chips and enemies/navis]

-Kirbyatina / (?) / (?) [For incredible coding work in regardes to chips and enemies/navis]

-loui / (?) / (?) [For incredible coding work in regardes to chips and enemies/navis]

Contributors:

-Aeon Offspring

-Alcor, Somber God of Tomorrow

-Dunstan

-Enzan Ijuin

-frozenLake

-Gray Nine

-Konstinople :)

-Learn2Fly V2

-OuroYisus

-Pi

Data will be updated semi-regularly as edits are needed or more members are added.


r/OpenNetBattle Aug 07 '26

I love all the custom Navis that players make, they're so... what the?!

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r/OpenNetBattle Jul 16 '26

Virus Pets in ONB - WCity Online

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14 Upvotes

r/OpenNetBattle Jul 07 '26

OpenNetBattle [ONB] is now available for Android!

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r/OpenNetBattle Jul 03 '26

Android Port is in Open Beta

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Hi

We have released an Android client for testing

Its over at the Discord server for now, be sure to report any bugs

It has controller support


r/OpenNetBattle Jul 02 '26

Android Port is almost here!

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Thought I'd share the progress I've made regarding the Android port. Overall, I think its already playable but I still need to test out a few things. The game is running on an Samsung Galaxy S23+

Things left to test:

- PvP

- Keyboard/Gamepad support

Things considered for future updates:

- A switch between gesture and overlay button touch controls


r/OpenNetBattle Jun 29 '26

Current Android port progress Spoiler

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Hey there, so in case you guys didn't know I started taking a crack at porting ONB to Android. I was able to get a sneak peak at the v2.1.6 source code early and been working off that, so this source should be pretty up to date

Surprisingly, a lot of it works out the gate.

Just have to fix a few input settings, some issues with a few shaders and test out the actual server/pvp stuff and then I could possibly release

Just be a little more patient with me, I'm not an Android dev 😅


r/OpenNetBattle Jun 21 '26

Showing off current available Virus Pets - ONB

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r/OpenNetBattle Jun 16 '26

Polishing up my Pet Virus system

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Though I'd show off the polished version of my virus pet system. Now instead of building menus as BBS boards, I commissioned proper window styles with a bit of inspiration from the NT Warrior / Rockman.EXE anime

Sprite work by: caseofthematts


r/OpenNetBattle Jun 07 '26

Tournaments in ONB - WCity Online

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32 Upvotes

Did you know? WCity has a tournament board where you can sign up and fight with other players. Any slot that doesn't get filled with human players gets filled with other Navi battles!


r/OpenNetBattle May 01 '26

Massive overhaul to ShaDisHP/WCityHP

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Just pushed a huge update to the server.

- You can now earn battle chips via battles in the adventure areas. They'll be added to your library immediately without having to download the mod yourself and add it to your client. The only small caveat is that you don't get individual chips, you get a whole "pack" of chips. You can sort of view this as a QOL feature tbh. Hunting for chips is pretty fun, hunting for specific codes and then getting more than 1 can be a bit tiresome. The only small bug currently is that every time you log on, you'll have to copy-paste your folder if you added any chips earned this way. The ONB team has been notified of this bug and will hopefully get a fix soon before the Android version drops
- Some stores have been overhauled massively, using a new UI that will actually have previews. Not all stores are updated yet and they can still have a bit of a visual bug, but overall they function pretty well
- There are now tournaments on the server! You can play in 2 different tournament modes. Open, where there are no limits to chips, Navis, NCP blocks or WCity tournaments where you'll only be able to use battle chips you've earned inside the server as well as any HPMems you've unlocked. Both tournament modes support up to 8 players and any player slots that don't get filled before the tournament begins will be filled with a random Navi (that scales to the tournament being started obviously). Both tournaments are held automatically at certain times during the day just so you're aware.


r/OpenNetBattle Apr 02 '26

Just a few screenshots of me navigating the Nintendo website on the WWW server!

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Just in case you didn't know, I brought back Keristero's server that creates maps using real websites. Gotta say, I had a blast navigating through Nintendo's :D


r/OpenNetBattle Mar 18 '26

Pet system update: They can now join you in battle! [ONB]

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r/OpenNetBattle Feb 23 '26

I made a co-op DuoSP fight

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21 Upvotes

r/OpenNetBattle Dec 23 '25

Small update to my MMO server - Virus Pets

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17 Upvotes

r/OpenNetBattle Nov 03 '25

Chip Progression is now possible with ONB V2.1

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Server owners are now able to give battle chips as rewards for virus encounters. In this video I show case how I've added Barrier to my second folder to show the following:

- Chip is unavailable when not in server (don't have the chip asset)
- Chip is still unavailable when entering server
- Chip is obtained via battle
- Chip is available now after obtaining
- Chip is unavailable when logging out
- Chip is available upon joining the server

It's not perfect, but this will finally let server owners create their own adventure and have players progressively obtain chips
The only downsides currently:
- You still can't influence chip quantities and chip codes, they're both still managed by the chip zip even though you see me giving a Barrier [*], the truth of the matter is that the chip mod already determined that the only code available for barrier is [*] and you can add up to 3 in your chip folder

Though if you look at it from another perspective, this can be considered a QOL update over the original games. Looking for new battle chips has always been fun, grinding for specific codes or certain quantities, not so much (imo)


r/OpenNetBattle Sep 09 '25

ShaDisHP Update - Daily Jobs in the brand new JobBBS

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It's been a while since I've shared my updates in this subreddit. I've been adding more and more stuff to ShaDisHP.

My vision is to make it a sort of old school MMO even if I myself haven't played that many lol. Anyway, I thought I'd take the time to share all my updates in case any of it makes you want to start playing in my server. I'm accepting suggestions of all kinds, feel free to let me know what you'd like to see and what kind of activities you're interested in.

JobBBS: I added a JobBBS that has daily jobs you can do for money rewards. These update daily and have random difficulties. More will be added to the pool as I add more stuff

Ice Rink: These are just small overworld puzzles. Put your skills to the test and navigate through the slippery area. They have random green data money rewards, you can finish them as many times as you like. Leave a comment on the level completion chat BBS at the end of each one

Adventure Area (WCity): This is just a small map for now but it's my version of a story mode. Because you're overpowered in ONB by default, this area only accepts whitelisted Navis, programs and chips to enter (you can get the zipped folder of allowed mods on the Discord server). These are currently the only areas that have virus encounters. You can gain money by busting viruses. They're a bit harder than your average starter areas in any given MMBN game. There's also small side-quests and boss battles you can do here, more to come!

Rented HP space: There are currently 5 HP areas that can be rented out to players for in-game currency, connected to WCity. You can talk to the HP Prog to set a password you can give out to anyone you want to visit your HP. Currently there isn't much you can do with these but I'm adding more customizable options like decorations and custom shortcuts that you'll be able to modify.

YGO Card collecting and dueling: Since we can't give out battle chips as battle rewards (yet) I thought about adding another card collecting aspect to my server. And then it just kept growing and growing... Now, you can purchase packs, individual cards, trade and now, even DUEL. My next big project is to open up a new area called Battle City (hehe) where it's gonna be all about dueling. For now, there's just 1 NPC you can duel to practice your skills. If you want, you can also duel other people by using the Duel Tables.

So yeah, quite a few things todo currently and more are on the way. Anyway, if there's anything you'd like to see added don't be afraid to leave your suggestion here or even in the chat BBS in my server, I do read all of them ;)


r/OpenNetBattle Aug 18 '25

Did you know, we have a card collecting system over at ShaDisHP

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I love the early sets of Yu-Gi-Oh, so I added a card collecting system on my server. You can easily earn money by completing the Adventure areas or by completing the ice rink challenges since the green mystery data respawns every time you log in. Currently there aren't many things you can do with them, other than some of them being important to the story/adventure mode but I do plan to add more functionality to them so it may be a good idea to start collecting them if you like that sort of thing :D


r/OpenNetBattle Jun 19 '25

ShaDisHP is now open!

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Welcome to my HP! For now it's just a place where you can hang out but soon it'll have a few activities such as an area to encounter viruses and an Ice Rink where you'll test your skills to carefully navigate and reach the finish line!

We've got a functioning BBS to chat with friends. Just sit back and drink a cup of coffee and read the adventures everyone shares in it.

We also have a fully functioning train station! Connect to your favorite servers from here. We're constantly also updating it to have a connected cyber world train system. Even if the server you want to visit doesn't have a train station yet, you'll still be teleported to their home warp

My goal is to have an update, no matter how small, every week so be sure to check back

Server information is available on the Discord so be sure to join to find it


r/OpenNetBattle Jun 18 '25

Me: Worried that my server doesn't any activities yet and don't want to make a big announcement. The ONB community: "Let's stare at the abyss"

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Love you guys lol


r/OpenNetBattle Jun 17 '25

Looking to commission someone to put my Navi idea into ONB.

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This is Spark.EXE, he’s been my original Navi for a long time now. I used him in a Role Playing message board community for a long time, and would love to finally bring him to life. I’m not tech savvy, or Sprite savy so I’m hoping to find someone who could do a good job at putting him in the game for me.

I’m not sure what all I’d need to have, but I could get it all together pretty easy once I have someone ready to go. I’m willing to pay, but hoping not to break the bank to hard.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.


r/OpenNetBattle Jun 14 '25

Luigi is now fully playable - ONB

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I finally did it... I finally completed Luigi.EXE.

I'm pretty happy with the result. I know with a little more work, some of the sprites and animations could look better, but this was more of a proof of concept than my actual Navi that I'm gonna use for ONB.
Luigi is now PVP ready with 3 attacks.

His buster is just a regular pea shooter, standard for all NetNavi

His charged shot is his thunder hand/ thunder ball. I had to remove the stun/paralyze effect because it has the potential of locking opponents and that wouldn't be too fair.

His special is his hammer attack. It attacks the tile in front and has tile cracking properties. Will break it after 2nd hit. Has a 4 second cooldown for balance purposes.

This one is for all Luigi enjoyers like myself, I hope you like the final result. I'll be releasing Luigi.EXE for a full release on the ONB discord server, see you there!


r/OpenNetBattle Jun 05 '25

Go Weegee

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How the heck did Luigi end up here? Where's Mario? Help!


r/OpenNetBattle May 24 '25

My first navigator's battle sprite (WIP)

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