I guess we show start off explaining what Kai is:
XLink Kai is a program that you run on your PC or Macintosh that allows you to play system-link / LAN-enabled games for your XBox, Xbox360, Playstation 2, Gamecube and PSP.
The software is referred to as what is known as a 'tunnelling' application. There are various other single-console tunnelling applications available, but XLink remains the only one to support all 3 major consoles...
XLink Kai is a global gaming network - bringing together XBox, Playstation 2, Gamecube and PSP users, in one integrated community. It is software running on your PC or Macintosh that allows you to play system-link enabled games online for free. Kai is the only service that is not console specific, and boasts one of the friendliest communites available.
How Does it work?
For those people that really want to know, here's a quick briefing.
Your console uses the connectivity between your PC or Mac as a "tunnel". Data is sent from the console, to the PC or Mac, sent over the Internet through XLink Kai to the receiving PC or Mac, and finally sent to the receiving console. This happens in both directions so many times per second that you just have to believe us.
So you then ask, how is my console detecting these games over the Internet? Well these games are using standard Ethernet networks to transmit data. As long as the connection is strong and stable, your console is tricked into thinking the consoles it is connecting to are right there within the same house or building, when in fact they could be sitting 2000 km's away in another continent...
How much do I have to pay?
How does NOTHING sound? Mind you, we'd love it if you could donate to our nominated charities...( Donate here if you wish )
What games can I play on Xlink Kai?
Simply put, any game on the XBox, Playstation 2, Gamecube and PSP that supports system-link / LAN play. What you see on this list is what Team XLink have set aside arena's for (see: What are Arenas?).
This means that from time to time, a new game may become available on a console that we may not be aware of that contains system-link / LAN support. If you do ever happen to be in this situation, -*test*-('") out the game with a few people and confirm that it works as expected over XLink Kai. If all signs are positive, throw us an email and we'll get on to setting aside an arena for it.
Are all games compatible?
There are a few small conditions, most of the time that are beyond our control and cannot be changed.
Firstly, some games are region incompatible. This means someone with the PAL version of a certain game may not be able to play someone with an NTSC copy of the same game.
Also, games that are multi-platform (available on more than one console and / or PC) will never be able to play against each other. A typical example of this is Midnight Club 2, available on both the XBox and PlayStation 2.
For many other games, there is what we refer to as a ping limit. Often, games may be unviewable, extremely laggy (see: What is lag? How can I reduce it?), or will cut out at certain points. This is often due to game developers coding restrictions on the amount of latency that the particular game will allow players to have. You will hear hear this term often when it comes to online gaming...
What is lag? How can I reduce it?
Lag is one of those annoying things that can ruin the online gaming experience for anyone. Simply put, when you start to notice your games are not responding or are out of sync eg. the bullets seem to fire a few seconds after you press the button, then you've hit lag. Everyone gets it, and there's usually some good reasons for it. Some typical reasons include:
• The game you are trying to play is highly bandwidth intensive and requires a very large upload capacity on your Internet connection.
• You are playing people who are very far away in terms of location.
• You are running many other applications in the background that require Internet connectivity (instant messengers, P2P software etc)
• Other members of your home network may be trying to access the Internet while you are trying to play.
Lag in these instances can be reduced by doing a few things:
• Limiting the amount of players in the game (not always preferrable, but if you're Internet connection cannot handle hosting a certain amount of people, there is little we can do to help you).
• Getting the person with the highest amount of upload bandwidth to host.
• Playing people in a geographical location that isn't too distant.
• Only joining game servers where the pings (the amount of time it takes for data to be sent from your PC or Mac and received on the other end) are of a decent amount. A decent ping could mean 50ms (miliseconds) or less for one particular game, but could also mean that a ping of 200ms will cause no problems.
Generally speaking for most games on all consoles, pings above 300ms will result in very difficult or not connection at all...
What do I need to run XLink Kai?
In this post will help you with what you need and How to
Do I need a modified console to use Kai?
Certainly not. Some other tunnelling services will shun you out if you mention the word modification - we won't. However, we do have a strict-policy on anything piracy related (see: Why can I not log in to XLink Kai / the website / the forums? <-- On Main Xlink Site). You are welcome to use XLink Kai on your console, regardless of what you have done to it.
For users with modified XBoxes, we also offer you the opportunity to use your favourite homebrew XBox dashboard alternative (eg. XBox Media Center, Avalaunch etc) to control XLink Kai right from your very own TV using your controller! For many users familiar with the previous Bo-XLink application Team XLink created, this is what you've been waiting for. To find out more on which XBox homebrew applications are currently supporting XLink Kai functionality, visit the downloads page...
Q: Who can play on Kai ?
A: Everyone
If there is a special game you want to play and it isn't list in the arena's.
Just Ask teamxlink.co.uk, they are pretty good about that
and 9/10 times they will make the addition that you request.
For how can I get set up on Kai go here
See you in the game![xmaster/thumbsup.gif](http://1.<a href="http://www.forumer.com">forumer</a>.com/html/emoticons/xmaster/thumbsup.gif)
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XLink Kai is a program that you run on your PC or Macintosh that allows you to play system-link / LAN-enabled games for your XBox, Xbox360, Playstation 2, Gamecube and PSP.
The software is referred to as what is known as a 'tunnelling' application. There are various other single-console tunnelling applications available, but XLink remains the only one to support all 3 major consoles...
XLink Kai is a global gaming network - bringing together XBox, Playstation 2, Gamecube and PSP users, in one integrated community. It is software running on your PC or Macintosh that allows you to play system-link enabled games online for free. Kai is the only service that is not console specific, and boasts one of the friendliest communites available.
How Does it work?
For those people that really want to know, here's a quick briefing.
Your console uses the connectivity between your PC or Mac as a "tunnel". Data is sent from the console, to the PC or Mac, sent over the Internet through XLink Kai to the receiving PC or Mac, and finally sent to the receiving console. This happens in both directions so many times per second that you just have to believe us.
So you then ask, how is my console detecting these games over the Internet? Well these games are using standard Ethernet networks to transmit data. As long as the connection is strong and stable, your console is tricked into thinking the consoles it is connecting to are right there within the same house or building, when in fact they could be sitting 2000 km's away in another continent...
How much do I have to pay?
How does NOTHING sound? Mind you, we'd love it if you could donate to our nominated charities...( Donate here if you wish )
What games can I play on Xlink Kai?
Simply put, any game on the XBox, Playstation 2, Gamecube and PSP that supports system-link / LAN play. What you see on this list is what Team XLink have set aside arena's for (see: What are Arenas?).
This means that from time to time, a new game may become available on a console that we may not be aware of that contains system-link / LAN support. If you do ever happen to be in this situation, -*test*-('") out the game with a few people and confirm that it works as expected over XLink Kai. If all signs are positive, throw us an email and we'll get on to setting aside an arena for it.
Are all games compatible?
There are a few small conditions, most of the time that are beyond our control and cannot be changed.
Firstly, some games are region incompatible. This means someone with the PAL version of a certain game may not be able to play someone with an NTSC copy of the same game.
Also, games that are multi-platform (available on more than one console and / or PC) will never be able to play against each other. A typical example of this is Midnight Club 2, available on both the XBox and PlayStation 2.
For many other games, there is what we refer to as a ping limit. Often, games may be unviewable, extremely laggy (see: What is lag? How can I reduce it?), or will cut out at certain points. This is often due to game developers coding restrictions on the amount of latency that the particular game will allow players to have. You will hear hear this term often when it comes to online gaming...
What is lag? How can I reduce it?
Lag is one of those annoying things that can ruin the online gaming experience for anyone. Simply put, when you start to notice your games are not responding or are out of sync eg. the bullets seem to fire a few seconds after you press the button, then you've hit lag. Everyone gets it, and there's usually some good reasons for it. Some typical reasons include:
• The game you are trying to play is highly bandwidth intensive and requires a very large upload capacity on your Internet connection.
• You are playing people who are very far away in terms of location.
• You are running many other applications in the background that require Internet connectivity (instant messengers, P2P software etc)
• Other members of your home network may be trying to access the Internet while you are trying to play.
Lag in these instances can be reduced by doing a few things:
• Limiting the amount of players in the game (not always preferrable, but if you're Internet connection cannot handle hosting a certain amount of people, there is little we can do to help you).
• Getting the person with the highest amount of upload bandwidth to host.
• Playing people in a geographical location that isn't too distant.
• Only joining game servers where the pings (the amount of time it takes for data to be sent from your PC or Mac and received on the other end) are of a decent amount. A decent ping could mean 50ms (miliseconds) or less for one particular game, but could also mean that a ping of 200ms will cause no problems.
Generally speaking for most games on all consoles, pings above 300ms will result in very difficult or not connection at all...
What do I need to run XLink Kai?
In this post will help you with what you need and How to
Do I need a modified console to use Kai?
Certainly not. Some other tunnelling services will shun you out if you mention the word modification - we won't. However, we do have a strict-policy on anything piracy related (see: Why can I not log in to XLink Kai / the website / the forums? <-- On Main Xlink Site). You are welcome to use XLink Kai on your console, regardless of what you have done to it.
For users with modified XBoxes, we also offer you the opportunity to use your favourite homebrew XBox dashboard alternative (eg. XBox Media Center, Avalaunch etc) to control XLink Kai right from your very own TV using your controller! For many users familiar with the previous Bo-XLink application Team XLink created, this is what you've been waiting for. To find out more on which XBox homebrew applications are currently supporting XLink Kai functionality, visit the downloads page...
Q: Who can play on Kai ?
A: Everyone
If there is a special game you want to play and it isn't list in the arena's.
Just Ask teamxlink.co.uk, they are pretty good about that
and 9/10 times they will make the addition that you request.
For how can I get set up on Kai go here
See you in the game
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<b>Users Online:</b> <span id='usersOnline' class='success' style='cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;' onClick="parent.contentPanel.location.href='http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/loginCounts.php';">1609</span><br>
<b>Server Status:</b> <span class='success'>Online</span><br>
<b>Supported Games: </b><a href="http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/supportedGames.php" target="contentPanel">223</a><br><br>
Total Users: 463067<br>GeoLink Capable: 4375<br>Orbital Servers Online: 10<br>
Orbital Mesh Sync:
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