ToyPad Emulator for Lego Dimensions

Allows you to connect an emulated ToyPad to your PC or video-game console.

Features

Supports all available characters and vehicles
Save vehicle upgrades
Supports most if not all of the consoles the game is available for (please test if you're able)
Confirmed working on Cemu, real Wii U, real PS3 and real PS4
Can be configured easily by following the instructions below

Demo

Video for Cemu emulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CBa9u2ip-Y

Prerequisites

Raspberry Pi Zero W ($10) or similar single board computer with Network support
USB A to micro USB A cable that supports data transmission (e. g. your phone's charging cable)
2 GB+ Micro SD card
Internet connection on your PC and single board computer

Installation

If you're using a Raspberry Pi Zero W, flash Raspberry Pi OS Lite to your SD card using the Raspberry Pi Imager tool and follow this as well as this instruction for headless installation.
Connect your device to your PC via USB cable (don't use the port on the edge of the Pi Zero!).

Use SSH to run the following commands:

echo "dtoverlay=dwc2" | sudo tee -a /boot/config.txt
echo "dwc2" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
echo "libcomposite" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
echo "usb_f_rndis" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

sudo apt install -y git
git clone https://github.com/Berny23/LD-ToyPad-Emulator.git
cd LD-ToyPad-Emulator

sudo cp usb_setup_script.sh /usr/local/bin/toypad_usb_setup.sh
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/toypad_usb_setup.sh
(sudo crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "@reboot sudo /usr/local/bin/toypad_usb_setup.sh") | sudo crontab -

Reboot you device with this command:
```
sudo shutdown -r now
```

Connect via SSH again and run the following commands:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"

nvm install 11
sudo setcap cap_net_bind_service=+ep `readlink -f \`which node\``

cd LD-ToyPad-Emulator
npm install

Run the emulator server with this command:
```
node index.js
```

Usage

Type your single board computer's IP address in a browser to use the emulator.

If you want to turn it off, just press Ctrl + C in the cmd window, then use the command sudo shutdown now to safely power off the device.

Note: Not currently usable on mobile devices.

Update

To update this software, just pull the latest changes by running the following 3 commands:

cd LD-ToyPad-Emulator
git pull
npm install

Only use the following command if you get an error, then run the last two lines from above again:

git reset --hard

Acknowledgements

ags131 for writing one of the main NodeJS libraries I'm using: https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-ld. My project would've been impossible to create without this guy's research.
cort1237 for implementing writing to toy tags as well as several UI updates and support for saving toy tags locally.

License

MIT

dudehero7 / LD-ToyPad-Emulator