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Emulator Issues #5694

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change of MAC-address results in Miis becoming uneditable

Added by evilmandark78 over 12 years ago.

Status:
Fixed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
rdragoon
% Done:

0%

Operating system:
N/A
Issue type:
Bug
Milestone:
Regression:
No
Relates to usability:
No
Relates to performance:
No
Easy:
No
Relates to maintainability:
No
Regression start:
Fixed in:

Description

dolphin seems to generate it's emulated MAC-address from the first network-adapter of the system it is running on.

thus any change of the network-adapters on the host-system can result in a change of dolphin's MAC-address. this can happen easily by e.g. adding or removing bluetooth-adapters, Wlan-adapters or virtual adapters, installing a VPN- or VM-software, etc.

now when a Mii is created via the Mii channel, a system ID is saved with it, defining this system as the "owner" of the Mii. this system ID seems to get generated via dolphin's MAC-address. only the "owner" of a Mii is able to edit it.

this results in the following problem:
a change of the network-configuration of the host system results in a change of the MAC-address of dolphin, which again results in the Miis becoming uneditable.

steps to reproduce:

  1. create a Mii
  2. find the first network-adapter on your system (e.g. on windows via command "ipconfig /all").
  3. deinstall this network adapter.
  4. try to edit the Mii - this should now not be possible.

suggested solution:
make the MAC-address fixed, or even configurable in the settings. this way any change of hadware or software would not change dolphin's MAC-address and the Mii's will stay editable.

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