Wario Land Setup Guide

Required Software

• MultiworldGG
• A (World) ROM of Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land.
• BizHawk 2.9.x recommended

Configuring BizHawk

Once you have installed BizHawk, open EmuHawk.exe and change the following settings:

• If you're using BizHawk 2.7 or 2.8, go to Config > Customize. On the Advanced tab, switch the Lua Core from NLua+KopiLua to Lua+LuaInterface, then restart EmuHawk. (If you're using BizHawk 2.9, you can skip this step.)
• Under Config > Customize, check the "Run in background" option to prevent disconnecting from the client while you're tabbed out of EmuHawk.
• Open a .gb file in EmuHawk and go to Config > Controllers… to configure your inputs. If you can't click Controllers…, load any .gb ROM first.
• Consider clearing keybinds in Config > Hotkeys… if you don't intend to use them. Select the keybind and press Esc to clear it.

Optional Software

• Wario Land AP Tracker, for use with PopTracker

Generating and Patching a Game

1. On AP: Download wl.apworld and put it in C:\ProgramData\Archipelago\lib\custom_worlds
2. Generate the required .yaml file in the Launcher (Generate Template Options) and then put the Wario Land.yaml file into the .\players\ folder.
3. Follow the general Archipelago instructions for generating a game. This will generate an output file for you. Your patch file will have the .apwl file extension.
4. Drag&Drop the *.apwl Patch-File onto MultiworldGGLauncher.exe
5. If this is your first time patching, you will be prompted to locate your vanilla ROM.
6. A patched .gb file (.gbc for DX) will be created in the same place as the patch file.
7. On your first time opening a patch with BizHawk Client, you will also be asked to locate EmuHawk.exe in your BizHawk install.

Optional DX colorization

To generate a color version, set use_dx: true in the Wario Land section of your player YAML.

If the DX IPS path is missing, generation opens a file picker.

Use korxo's DX 1.2 patch and a clean World-version ROM.
The default use_dx: false produces the original monochrome version.

Connecting to a Server

By default, opening a patch file will do steps 1-5 below for you automatically. Even so, keep them in your memory just in case you have to close and reopen a window mid-game for some reason.

1. Wario Land uses MultiworldGG's BizHawk Client. If the client isn't still open from when you patched your game, you can re-open it from the launcher.
2. Ensure EmuHawk is running the patched ROM.
3. In EmuHawk, go to Tools > Lua Console. This window must stay open while playing.
4. In the Lua Console window, go to Script > Open Script….
5. Navigate to your MultiworldGG install folder and open data/lua/connector_bizhawk_generic.lua.
6. The emulator may freeze every few seconds until it manages to connect to the client. This is expected.
   The BizHawk Client window should indicate that it connected and recognized Wario Land.
7. To connect the client to the server, enter your room's address and port (e.g. multiworld.gg:38281) into the top text field of the client and click Connect.

You should now be able to receive and send items. You'll need to do these steps every time you want to reconnect.

Auto-Tracking

Wario Land has a fully functional map tracker that supports auto-tracking.

1. Download Wario Land AP Tracker and PopTracker.
2. Put the tracker pack into packs/ in your PopTracker install.
3. Open PopTracker, and load the Wario Land pack.
4. For autotracking, click on the "AP" symbol at the top.
5. Enter the MultiworldGG server address (the one you connected your client to), slot name, and password.