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Requirements
- To host, or to play with the app: Apple TV with tvOS 17 or later, iPhone or iPad with iOS or iPadOS 17 or later, or a Mac with macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
- Guests without the app: any phone, tablet or computer with a web browser.
- Everyone on the same WiFi (or wired network) as the host. Apple devices with the app can also join over Bluetooth or AWDL.
- Every device needs the same version.
- Scanning the QR code opens solidsiege.com/join, so a guest's phone needs internet access for that step. On a network with no internet, type the address under the QR code into the browser instead.
Joining a game
Same WiFi. Solid Siege plays over the room's own network: every player on the same WiFi (or wired network) as the host. No internet or cellular play.
Apple devices: open Solid Siege on the host's WiFi and it joins by itself. The best screen hosts: an Apple TV, then a Mac, then an iPhone or iPad. Only app clients on the host's WiFi get their own display.
Everyone else (web browser clients): scan the QR code and choose Play in browser, or type the address under the QR code into a browser. Web clients function as a game controller interface, and do not attempt to show gameplay.
Bluetooth or AWDL (Apple Wireless Direct Link) offer a workaround if guests cannot join the host's WiFi: the Solid Siege app on Apple hardware will attempt to connect through them. That only gives a guest a game controller, not the gameplay visuals. It is there to help connect to a large shared screen host, such as an Apple TV or Mac.
More players than controllers: game controllers pair with the host (an Apple TV takes four, plus its remote), and phones and browsers bring everyone else, up to 12.
Questions
Nobody can join, or the app doesn't find the host.
Allow Local Network and Bluetooth when asked (Settings, Privacy & Security, Local Network and Bluetooth). Every device needs the same version.
How do I join?
Hold UP until your colour fills: the left stick on a game controller, or a thumb resting on a Siri Remote's clickpad. On a phone, push a thumb up anywhere (in the app you can also tap a free colour and hold it). A round starts once everyone who is joining has joined.
How do the controls work?
The lobby's CONTROL page explains them for the device you're on and the controllers connected to it, with a Siri Remote or Xbox controller drawn and its buttons labelled (other controllers are described in words). On a phone the whole screen is the controller: left thumb moves, right thumb fires, and wherever a thumb lands is the center of its stick. A Mac keyboard can be used by 1 or 2 players (press 2 or P for split keyboard), and browser clients on a computer support split keyboard as well.
How does a game end?
When every ship is a ghost. A player can also end it early by holding Y on a game controller, or play/pause on a Siri Remote.
Why can't I start at a later minute?
A start minute opens once a round on that host has played all the way through it: reach +5m and you can start at +4m. Progress is kept on the device and in your iCloud, so an Apple TV and your iPhone, iPad or Mac open the same minutes.