How To Play NX Online Multiplayer Over iCloud

• How To

SP4CEBAR 2025-10-10 20:37 (Edited)

It Is Surprisingly Easy

Just open a shared Disk.nx file in NX.

How Is This Even Possible!?

An NX program can save data to a file named "Disk.nx". On IOS, your NX programs, including your Disk.nx, are stored on iCloud, platforms like MacOS and Windows could store them on iCloud as well. iCloud allows collaborating on a file online with others, so I shared Disk.nx files with all of you (see section "Servers" below). When using this shared Disk.nx instead of your current Disk.nx, your program can "talk" to others that use the same disk.

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Prerequisites

1. Make sure your iCloud is synchronized with your device.
   • IOS and Mac should do this already.
   • On Windows, you should download iCloud and enable the iCloud drive folder.
   • On Linux, you will need to get a tool to sync iCloud to a folder.
     • icloud_drive_sync looks good, but I haven't tried it.
2. Make sure there is a folder in your iCloud Drive root (highest level in folder structure) named "LowRes NX".

How to set up multiplayer

1. Download a program that supports multiplayer, such as my proof of concept
   • make sure this program goes to the "LowRes NX" folder on your iCloud.
2. If there is a Disk.nx in the same folder as your program, rename it so it couldn't be overwritten in the next steps.
3. Save a shared Disk.nx file to your iCloud
   • Like my Disk.nx
     • anyone can modify it, read more about the risks in the section "Risks Of A Public Disk.nx" below
     • Section "servers" below may list more disks I shared.
4. Move this Disk.nx to your iCloud "LowRes NX" folder.
   • be sure to remove it after playing multiplayer so you can use a standard Disk.nx again.
5. Make sure that an NX program can access the shared "Disk.nx": it should be in the same folder as the program.

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I Shared Disks

I shared Disk.nx files on iCloud (see "Servers" below): Save one to your iCloud, then move it to your "Lowres NX" folder on iCloud, then NX should be able to use it. See instructions above on "how to play". Don't confuse your "recents" folder with your "Lowres NX" folder like I did.

Servers

I shared multiple disks so that you could use another one if a shared disk were in use

• Disk.nx server 1 (default)
• Disk.nx server 2

Notes On My Shared Disks

• you have both read and write access
• Your iCloud email address will be visible if you modified the Disk (by playing this program for example)
• I created a new iCloud account to share these disks with reduced risk. As of now, the drive size is 1GB and there are no other files inside of it.

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Risks Of A Public Disk.nx

⚠️ Tread with caution: anyone on the internet could have modified one of the Disk.nx files I shared

• Disclaimer: I am not responsible if something bad happens.
• It appears changing the extension of the file, renaming it or deleting it will not affect the remote version, so it is unlikely it would become a virus executable or something,
  • if it does become a virus it should still be relatively harmless unless you open it.
  • I promise I won't turn it into a virus myself or authorize someone else to turn it into a virus (if iCloud would even let me).
• a player could misuse it by pasting a really big file and fill up your iCloud storage.
  • I created a new apple account, don't worry
• or if this is a file shared directly from your computer, they may even be able to make the file so big that it fills up your computer's storage
  • the limit is one gigabyte on the icloud account I used to share the Disk