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Re: Help a noob with online functionality. - 15 years ago
I'm actually in the process of writing something like that, but if you don't want to wait for me to finish you should look at the ftpii code or teknecal's netsend example on the Homebrew Browser wiki page. Also, this tutorial seems pretty good for learning the sockets interface in general. The stuff about IPv6 isn't relevant to Wii, and in some places he mentions functiby iofthestorm - Coding
Re: Probably some bad ideas... - 15 years ago
It would be interesting to see a libpurple client frontend on the Wii, but there's always Meebo which uses libpurple and you can access through the internet channel. I actually had to do that for a while when I was living at someone else's house and their internet was down so I had to "borrow" the neighbor's wifi with my Wii. I did give it back tho ;). I think the other Wii Linux dby iofthestorm - Homebrew Applications
Re: DVD and video playback issues - 15 years ago
Yeah, don't use libnavigate or whatever the option for having menus is, it takes a while longer to load. And it already takes a while to decode the CSS protection each time. Dunno why you're having problems with media on SD though.by iofthestorm - Homebrew Applications
Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro) - 15 years ago
Very strange, you shouldn't even need the devkitpro stuff in your path, just msys. At least you can compile code again. By the way, if you reinstall Vista and find you still can't compile stuff, and you want to stay in Vista rather than dual boot to compile things, you can run a virtual instance of Ubuntu in VirtualBox. If you try it out, be sure to install the guest additions package iby iofthestorm - Coding
Re: Making a Head-to-Head Online Game - 15 years ago
Oh yeah, I was looking at that too and it's a good example as well. I also wanted to point out if you were looking at the guide on beej.us that I posted earlier, some of the functions in network.h are analogs of syscalls that he mentions in section 5, but they have net_ appended to the front, like net_socket(), net_bind(), etc.by iofthestorm - Coding
Re: DS Emulator on the Wii - 15 years ago
From my limited knowledge, Nintendo uses a modified protocol, which I think is known as Nifi, possibly only in homebrew circles, for DS to DS and DS to download station, and probably DS to Wii communication. I think there might DS homebrew games that have local DS to DS wireless capability, but I can't be sure, and I don't think libOGC allows the Wii to do Nifi either. However, theoretiby iofthestorm - Homebrew Applications
Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro) - 15 years ago
Very strange. This seems to list a similar error with CreateProcess, but I don't have this problem. It really sounds like you're missing a file, but that seems impossible since you've reinstalled it so many times. I remember when I first installed DevkitPro I did have one problem with having too many things in my path, in my case I had WinAVR compilers that were conflicting witby iofthestorm - Coding
Re: Making a Head-to-Head Online Game - 15 years ago
Woah, thanks. Coincidentally, I'm also trying to make a networked program, although I'm trying to make an RSS reader first and then possibly progress to a web browser. I haven't done networking in C before but I did write a multiplayer networked game in java for a class, and am working on another now. I can help with the overall concepts at least, and possibly with code later but Iby iofthestorm - Coding
Re: How to properly release source code - 15 years ago
Might want to attach some sort of open source license too, but I don't want to advise you on a specific one since I'm not a license expert.by iofthestorm - Coding
Re: Vista Sucks - 15 years ago
I hope that's a joke, Windows 95 was the most unreliable piece of crap I ever had the misfortune of dealing with. Maybe 3.1 was worse but I usually only used that computer in DOS to play those old shareware games like Raptor and ROTT. Also, Vista rocks unless you mess something up, which is the same as any other OS. Personally whenever I go back to XP on someone else's computers I feelby iofthestorm - Offtopic
Re: Can i install the Homebrew Channel using an MMC??? - 15 years ago
MMC might have the same interface, and it might just work since probably a lot of SD card readers also support MMC. You should probably just try it and let us know how it works, I'm kind of curious now. MMCs are just a little thinner than SD cards and fit in the same slot (I think) for those that didn't know.by iofthestorm - Homebrew General
Re: Kaillera implemation - 15 years ago
Yeah, I kind of assumed that. That's the only method that makes any sense really, although obviously there's more complexity involved for keeping in sync and verifying data sent etc. That's more what I was referring to.by iofthestorm - Homebrew Applications
Re: problem loading homebrew - 15 years ago
Are you guys stuck trying to install the homebrew channel? Make sure you've got the HBC installer at the root of your SD card, i.e. the very first folder when you open up the card in a file browser (Explorer etc.)by iofthestorm - Getting Started
Re: Kaillera implemation - 15 years ago
I don't know how Kaillera works, but couldn't you capture its packets to see what data it sends and thereby get a picture of what needs to be done? It seems like it wouldn't be possible to port Kaillera but something similar could be implemented for existing emulators.by iofthestorm - Homebrew Applications
Re: Animal Crossing Wii (Wifi Play) - 15 years ago
I actually think they can from the Nintendo Channel, if you decide to upload your gameplay data for whatever reason, since it does show up in the daily logs. But that data is probably anonymized anyway. Also, earlier on the DS people were using hacked ROMs on flashcarts to play online games like Metroid Prime Hunters with cheats/hacks, and I think eventually (after most people had given up on plaby iofthestorm - Homebrew General
Re: Where exactly do I get the Homebrew Channel? - 15 years ago
By the way, with 7zip and .tar.(gz/bz2/etc) files, you have to double click on the tar.gz, then double click on the .tar to get at the files.by iofthestorm - Getting Started
Re: BootMii: when? Because we have clones... - 15 years ago
I had a random theory that crediar is really bushing's alter ego for when he gets passive aggressive and wants to brick people's Wiis. ;-). Also, I don't think asking about it is going to help much since bushing and co are going to be at 25c3 soonish so they're probably busy with that right now.by iofthestorm - Homebrew General
Re: Trying to create a Japanese to English in-game text modification to Donkey Kong Jungle Beat...but struggling a little.. - 15 years ago
That does sound like something useful a homebrew app could possibly do. I think an approach similar to Gecko OS would still work, because eventually the strings do have to get loaded into memory before being displayed and at that point you can modify them with whatever method Gecko OS uses. Unfortunately, I don't know the technical details behind Gecko OS so I can't help any more than tby iofthestorm - Homebrew General
Re: It really bugs me that the Wii doesn't have a Text editor. - 15 years ago
LOL. Umm, anyway... I would assume that Wii Linux would have nano/vi at the least, and hopefully emacs if whoever maintains the distro has any sense at all. *ducks*by iofthestorm - Offtopic
Re: how do you play wii64? - 15 years ago
QuoteemukididQuotestrongfanWii64 is the suckiest thing I've ever seen in my life. Then stop using it or asking for updates. kthxbye. Haha, fail. Strongfan, the version of Wii64 that comes with the Homebrew Channel was an early version of the same thing as the builds that people are posting. It's the same group (including emukidid, lol) and they've made a lot more progress now,by iofthestorm - Homebrew Applications
Re: First Time Installing Homebrew channel - 15 years ago
1)Yes, 3.3 is fine and in any case there is a workaround version of Twilight Hack for 3.4 2)No, and you can always back up your TP save before you copy over it with the Twilight Hack. Read up on the Wiibrew wiki for more information.by iofthestorm - Homebrew General
Re: Javascript JVM available? - 15 years ago
Oh never mind, I see that he mentioned TraceMonkey specifically so he's definitely talking about Javascript. Hmm, sounds interesting then. I was making my assumption from this post. But umm, without a DOM web based javascript games wouldn't work anyway, and I don't think there are many Javascript games to begin with. I am now completely confused about this post, and am going toby iofthestorm - Coding
Re: Club Nintendo coming soon, or something - 15 years ago
Well yeah, but now it's actually here. It's badly broken though.by iofthestorm - Offtopic
Re: Javascript JVM available? - 15 years ago
QuotebushingQuoteiofthestormIHowever, the mention of JVM makes me think maybe he meant writing a JVM for the Wii? That would be decidedly not useless, but probably a huge pain and not worth it. Go back and reread the first post. It explicitly refers to JavaScript. I know that, I just thought maybe he was confused about the difference between Java and Javascript, and meant to say Java, sinceby iofthestorm - Coding
Club Nintendo coming soon, or something - 15 years ago
Cool thing for people who buy a lot of Nintendo first party games: Basically, you register your games and then can get actual, physical prizes. Before you could only get the useless 3 month Nintendo Power subscription but now there are nice things like cases and a Game&Watch DS game. See for more information. I hope they bring the Super Famicom (SNES) Classic Controller to the US like theby iofthestorm - Offtopic
Re: Javascript JVM available? - 15 years ago
It's definitely not impossible, but I think what he's trying to say is that without a browser porting just Javascript is a waste of time. However, the mention of JVM makes me think maybe he meant writing a JVM for the Wii? That would be decidedly not useless, but probably a huge pain and not worth it.by iofthestorm - Coding
Re: Wii system menu 3.4 - 16 years ago
QuoteDrMario-I still have FW 3.2U with the patchmii shop update, I can still have Wiiconnect24 and standby connection turned on since I'm not under the FW that allows for automatic updates yet right? Hopefully, but I'm not sure whether we know whether the automatic updating feature was already built-in to the Wii and they just changed the ToS so they wouldn't get in legal trouble.by iofthestorm - Homebrew General
Re: Wii system menu 3.4 - 16 years ago
Hmm, so what does the Patchmii IOS254 let you do? I'm really confused and annoyed by Nintendo at this point. Bootmii can't come soon enough.by iofthestorm - Homebrew General
Re: Wii system menu 3.4 - 16 years ago
Wow, that's really, really lame. Automatic updates are not going to be good at all. Hopefully there's a way to disable them, and if not homebrew will find a workaround although I really don't want to install a hacked System Menu onto my Wii. The thing that sucks is that this update supposedly improves SD card file transfer speeds significantly, which would be useful for me since myby iofthestorm - Homebrew General
Re: Game Suggestion: Combat Tanks - 15 years ago
Woah, I played that game at one point too. Those types of games are pretty fun. I think MAsteroids, while an Asteroids type game, is pretty similar to this, check it out if you're interested. It's on Wiibrew somewhere.by iofthestorm - Homebrew General