Wednesday, June 30, 2010

NUS Downloader 1.5a Beta

by WB3000
NUS Downloader, or NUSD, is a PC Utility designed to allow easy access to the resources present on Nintendo's Update Servers. Using this tool, you can download, pack, and decrypt many system titles into WADs ready to install.

CHANGELOG v1.5a beta
===================
-Fixed crash when opening Virtual Console menu

CHANGELOG v1.5 beta
===================
-Moved update database option to Extras menu, added ability to download database if none exists
-Added ability to download common key (via HackMii blog) if does not exist
-Added ability to accept hex STRING versions of the common key
-Made the database reading multi-threaded, so as not to delay GUI loading.

News Source (1)(2)

WiiRadio 0.6

by Scanff

WiiRadio allows you to stream internet radio straight from the free service Shoutcast.

CHANGELOG v0.6
==============
-More Visuals
-Added Icecast Support
-Search on stations
-Connection to a stream address
-Booting from USB support
-Widescreen setting
-Added ability for user to select visual mix mode or single mode
-Bug Fixes

DOWNLOAD (1)
News Source (1)(2)

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

SaveGame Manager GX r73

by dj_skual, Giantpune
Install/Extract saved game files. Based on Waninkoko's SaveGame Manager.

CHANGELOG r73
==============
* Added DeleteDeviceMii() to delete Mii on storage device
* Added DeleteNandMii() to delete Mii on Wii's Nand
* Fixed problem of detection of already installed mii when there are some empty
mii in the nand mii file

News Source (1)

Console Shooter Beta 1

by BigBoss



Simple version of space invaders.

DOWNLOAD (1)
News Source (1)

Metaphrasis 0.1.2

by Armin Tamzarian
Metaphrasis is a static conversion class for transforming RGBA image buffers into various GX texture formats for Wii homebrew development. Metaphrasis is written in C++ and makes use of a community standard and newly developed algorithms for conversion of 32-bit RGBA data buffers into various GX texture formats common to both the Gamecube and Wii platforms.

CHANGELOG
=========
-Largely increased performance for color format conversion routines.

News Source (1)

FreeTypeGX 0.3.1

by Armin Tamzarian
FreeTypeGX is a wrapper class for libFreeType which renders a compiled FreeType parsable font into a GX texture for Wii homebrew development. FreeTypeGX is written in C++ and makes use of a selectable pre-buffered or buffer-on-demand methodology to allow fast and efficient printing of text to the EFB.

CHANGELOG
=========
-Increase performance for numerous functions.

News Source (1)

Monday, June 28, 2010

Dance Clone 0.4

by ThatOtherPerson

Dance Clone is a Dance Dance Revolution clone.

Use the D-Pad on either a wiimote, a Game Cube controller or ideally a Game Cube dance mat.

ThatOtherPerson's Notes
=======================
Here is the long overdue update to dance clone!

For those of you previously having trouble running it off of a USB storage device this should probably fix it for you. It will also of course still work perfectly from an SD card.

As requested you can now also play the game using a Classic controller D-Pad.

There are now hold notes (arrows that you need to hold down for an extended period of time rather then just tapping). The random step generator doesn’t use them yet so the step file for Rekcahdam’s Dance, NOW! (the included song) does have any. But if you import a Step Mania file (which I’m assuming is how most of you are getting most of your songs and step files anyways) that uses them then they will get used in the game.

After you select a song it will now not only check if the song has a Dance Clone step file but will also check what difficulty modes that file has tracks for rather then assuming its setup for all of them (a LOT of available Step Mania songs don’t actually have 5 difficulty modes). Instead of just making them unclickable now it wont even show buttons for difficulty modes that are unavailable.

There are a verity of other small fixes and changes and things. Some things should be faster and a very small portion of files that couldn’t be imported previously may now be importable and there should be fewer crashes. I also widened the range in which hitting a step will count as perfect instead of good.

DOWNLOAD (1)
News Source (1)

GRRLIB 4.3.0

by Team GRRLIB
GRRLIB is a C/C++ 2D Graphics library for Wii application developers. It is essentially a wrapper which presents a friendly interface to the Nintendo GX core.

CHANGELOG v4.3.0
================
-libpng was updated to version 1.4.2
-libjpeg was updated to version 8b
-zlib was updated to version 1.2.5
-FreeType 2.3.12 support (first support)
-3D primitive drawing: torus, sphere, cube, cylinder and cone
-Light functions (diffuse, specular, spot) + ambient
-Splitted functions for rotation/translation/scaling 3d object.
-Here is the list a new added samples demo code :
-3d_light1 -> Simple Diffuse light sample code
-3d_light2 -> Simple Lights and GRRLIB_ObjectViewInv sample
-3d_light3 -> A little Specular light sample code
-3d_light4 -> Spot Light Sample Code
-3D_sample5 -> Simple demo of rotation/translation/scaling 3d object.
-ttf -> TrueType Font demo

News Source (1)

Sunday, June 27, 2010

4.3x Hacks.ini released

by damysteryman

The latest hacks.ini file that supports system menu 4.3x has been updated and released. Ready to use with either Priiloader or Preloader.

News Source (1)

gGame 1.4

by jackos2500
gGame is a number guessing game with the following features:

three in built music tracks
support for your own backround mp3 aswell
guess the randomly generated numbers

DOWNLOAD (1)
News Source (1)

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Hexxagon 1.1

by Tantric

Hexxagon is a classic DOS board game. The object of the game is to have the majority of your colour discs on the board at the end of the game. This release demonstrates using DOSBox Wii to directly load a DOS game.

HEXXAGON is an animated game of strategy, loaded with options, in which it is your task to take over as much of the vorld, ah, board as your opponent will allow, whether your opponent is another mere human or our resident noid of unflinching logic, the dauntless CRANIAC.

CHANGELOG v1.1
==============
-unknown

DOWNLOAD (1)
News Source (1)

DOSBox Wii 1.3

by Tantric, Carl Kenner
DOSBox is a DOS emulator.

FEATURES
========
-USB Keyboard and mouse support.
-Wiimote pointer support. Wiimote pointer support.
-SD/USB mounting. SD / USB mounting.
-Most DOS games are playable. Most DOS games are playable.

CHANGELOG v1.3
===============
-Updated to latest DOSBox SVN
-Updated to latest libwiigui
-Improved on-screen keyboard

News Source (1)(2)

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

They Do Not Die 0.2

by ThatOtherPerson
This is a very fun circle zombie killing homebrew game.

ThatOtherPerson's Notes
=======================
I know its been over a week and I sorta ruined that streak I had going of frequent posts. I wasn’t really in the mood for programing and replaying Deus Ex is a constant timesink. But I got back into working on They Do Not Die (the Wii version) yesterday and did a bit more today.

You now have a set amount of health which you obviously lose whenever your harmed by zombies. You also have energy which you can use to move faster (just hold down the A button) but if you don’t have any energy left then running will instead consume health. Both your health and energy regenerate.

The camera zooms in and out based on how much remaining health you have. There is some darkness around the borders of the screen which turns red when your losing health.

The iconic arrow sprites from the PC version are now in the game and they rotate and everything. There are now also corpses that get left behind when you kill someone.

When your health hits zero then your sent back to the new start menu from which you can can choose to begin playing again with everything reset.

DOWNLOAD (1)
News Source (1)

SaveGame Manager GX r72

by dj_skual, Giantpune
Install/Extract saved game files. Based on Waninkoko's SaveGame Manager.

CHANGELOG r72
==============
* Fixed the start up problem if less than 4 saves installed in wii
* Added icon for not installed saves in manage window
* Fixed utf-16 name and subname for not installed saves
* Added a miibrowser refresh after install a mii

News Source (1)

sysCheck 1.6.2

by Erik Spyder
Homebrew application which does several checks on installed IOS and custom IOS:
- IOS Stub;
- Fake signature (aka Trucha Bug);
- ES_DiVerify (aka ES_Identify);
- Flash Access;
- NAND Access;
- Boot2 Access;
- USB 2.0

sysCheck generates a report on the root of the SD card (sd:/sysCheck.csv).

There are two version in the package sysCheck (English version) & sysCheckFRENCH (French version)

CHANGELOG v1.6.2
=================
-Automatically detect the language settings (supports english and french only);
-Improve IOS stubs detection;
-Recompiled with the latest version of DevkitPro;
-Code cleanup.

News Source (1)

Firmware Updater 4.3b

by Waninkoko

+--------------------------------+
| [+] Firmware Updater v4.3 |
| developed by Waninkoko |
+--------------------------------+
| www.teknoconsolas.es |
+--------------------------------+
[ DISCLAIMER ]:
- THIS APPLICATION COMES WITH NO WARRANTY AT ALL, NEITHER EXPRESS NOR IMPLIED.
I DO NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE IN YOUR WII CONSOLE
BECAUSE OF A IMPROPER USAGE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

[ DESCRIPTION ]:
- This application allows you to update your console's firmware by installing the
most important available updates (IOS, System Menu, new channels...).
The application will avoid the installation of any non-desired applications and
do an optional patching to add some new features (eg: Trucha bug).

[ REQUISITES ]:
- 150-300 free blocks.
- Internet connection or SD card + needed WAD files.

[ HOW TO USE ]:
- Run the application using any method to load homebrew.
- Select the IOS version to use for the update (IOS249 recommended if available).
- Select the preferred installation method.
- Select if the IOS and the System Menu patching should be done (NO by default).

CHANGELOG
=========
Firmware Updater v4.3 has a bug when patching the System Menu of the firmware for the USA and JAP consoles, so the homebrew channel are deleted after the firmware update. This version brings the error and corrected and should work fine on a console from any region.

If you're using a European Wii and you've used the version v4.3 NO need to use this version.

News Source (1)

OpenBOR 3.0.2836

by the OpenBOR team

This is an official port of the OpenBOR (aka Beats of Rage) beat em up game engine to the Wii by SX, with controller support improved by Plombo.

FEATURES
========
-Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic and Gamecube Controller Supported
-Rumble Support for Wiimote and Gamecube Controllers
-Up to 4 Player Support
-Horizontal/Vertical Wiimote Recognition
-Graphic Filters: HQ2X, LQ2X, TV Scanline and much more (though some need fixing)
-Only SDL Video is used the rest of the IO Handling is done natively
-Menu Preview System and Audio player are disabled. (SDHC is very slow)
-File Caching supported for Quick Realtime data loading
-USB Mode Not supported, Must be run from SDHC Card
-For now must use hardcoded path (sd:/apps/OpenBOR)
-Not tested hence 99% sure widescreen mode does not work

CHANGELOG
=========
Significantly improved performance due to further video optimizations by Plombo.
You can now choose in the video options whether to preserve the aspect ratio (using black bars) or stretch the picture to the screen ignoring aspect ratio.


News Source (1)(2)

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

WiiSCU 0.24

by Wack0, illinialex24, Bionic Sonic, SifJar

WiiSCU by Wack0 (mod of IOS51+shop by tona) - powered by PatchMii. The application gives you the option to install new versions of channels and IOSes without touching the system menu.

CHANGELOG v0.24 Final
====================
-Allows choice of Shop Channel version

News Source (1)

FreeTypeGX 0.3.0

by Armin Tamzarian
FreeTypeGX is a wrapper class for libFreeType which renders a compiled FreeType parsable font into a GX texture for Wii homebrew development. FreeTypeGX is written in C++ and makes use of a selectable pre-buffered or buffer-on-demand methodology to allow fast and efficient printing of text to the EFB.

Note: As of version 0.2.1 FreeTypeGX has forked into two disparate projects and now relies upon the Metaphrasis library

News Source (1)

Metaphrasis 0.1.1

by Armin Tamzarian
Metaphrasis is a static conversion class for transforming RGBA image buffers into various GX texture formats for Wii homebrew development. Metaphrasis is written in C++ and makes use of a community standard and newly developed algorithms for conversion of 32-bit RGBA data buffers into various GX texture formats common to both the Gamecube and Wii platforms.

News Source (1)

Wii System Menu 4.3 Released

Version 4.3 of the System Menu was released on June 21, 2010.

CHANGES
=======
-Deletes the Homebrew Channel and DVDX, title IDs HAXX, DVDX, JODI, DISC, and DISK.
-Now uses IOS80.
-IOS254 stubbed BootMii is deleted.
-Fixed Bannerbomb less stupidly this time.
-Added IOS58.
-HackMii Installer Userland+Syscall IOS exploit removed
-NANDFS privilege escalation fixed
-ES_AddTitleFinish now checks the signature (Trucha Bug Restorer and similar won't work anymore)

WHAT TO DO
==========
-Don't update.
-If you want to enter Shop Channel, Dop-SHOP can install Shop Channel v19 and IOS61.

News Source (1)

Monday, June 21, 2010

Visual Boy Advance GX 2.1.7

by Tantric, Carl Kenner

A Game Boy/Game Boy Color/Game Boy Advance emulator based on VBA-M, ported to the Wii and GameCube. The code is a continuation of Softdev and emu_kidid's efforts, and uses libogc and devkitppc. The GUI is powered by libwiigui.

* Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
* Rotation sensors, Solar sensors, and Rumble support
* Optional special Wii controls built-in for some games
* SRAM and State saving
* IPS/UPS/PPF patch support
* Custom controller configurations
* SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
* Compatiblity based on VBA-M r927
* MEM2 ROM Storage for fast access
* Auto frame skip for those core heavy games
* Turbo speed, video zooming, widescreen, and unfiltered video options

CHANGELOG v2.1.7
================
* USB improvements
* GameCube improvements - audio, SD Gecko, show thumbnails for saves
* Other minor changes

News Source (1)

Snes9x GX 4.2.0

by Tantric

A Super Nintendo emulator based on Snes9x, ported to the Wii and GameCube. The code is a continuation of Softdev and Crunchy2's efforts, and uses libogc and devkitppc. The GUI is powered by libwiigui.

* Based on Snes9x 1.52
* Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
* SNES Superscope, Mouse, Justifier support
* Cheat support
* Auto Load/Save Game Snapshots and SRAM
* Custom controller configurations
* SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
* Autodetect PAL/NTSC, 16:9 widescreen support
* Original/filtered/unfiltered video modes
* Turbo Mode - up to 2x the normal speed
* Zoom option to zoom in/out
* Open Source!

CHANGELOG v4.2.0
================
* Fixed incorrect aspect ratio issue
* Fixed choppy framerate issue
* Fixed IPS/UPS patching
* USB improvements
* GameCube improvements - audio, SD Gecko, show thumbnails for saves
* Other minor changes

News Source (1)

FCE Ultra GX 3.1.8

by Tantric

FCE Ultra GX is a modified port of FCE Ultra v0.98.12. With it you can play NES games on your Wii/GameCube. The GUI is powered by libwiigui.

* Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
* iNES, FDS, VS, UNIF, and NSF ROM support
* 1-4 Player Support
* Zapper support
* Auto Load/Save Game States and RAM
* Custom controller configurations
* SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
* Custom controller configurations
* 16:9 widescreen support
* Original/filtered/unfiltered video modes
* Turbo Mode - up to 2x the normal speed
* Cheat support (.CHT files and Game Genie)
* IPS/UPS/PPF automatic patching support
* NES Compatibility Based on FCEUX 2.1.3
* Open Source!

CHANGELOG v3.1.8
================
* USB improvements
* GameCube improvements - audio, SD Gecko, show thumbnails for saves
* Other minor changes

News Source (1)

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

FridgeMagnets 0.23

by Titmouse
Fridge Magnets is a little game that lets you move magnetic fridge letters about, bit of fun and learning for children.

CHANGELOG v0.23
===============
-Added the homebrew hand cursors - combined the ones without the numbers into a single grey image (saves time on loading) and modified the look, now thinner
-Improved the way the letters are viewed when being picked up & dropped
-Changed the 'Bye' screen to now show a pile of letters falling from the sky
-Tweaked the welcome screen so it’s not clipped on other PAL/NTSC TV modes. Both the PAL 576 & PAL 480 views should look the same, but they don't, more letters can fit on the 50Hz screen, when in fact 50Hzs/576 should just show more detail. My Bad.
-Changed the way shadows work
-New better looking font - that old font was bad

DOWNLOAD (1)
News Source (1)

SMSPlus GX r60

by Eke-Eke
This is a port of SMS Plus, an open-source & portable Sega Master System / Game Gear emulator originally developed by Charles MacDonald, now running on the Gamecube and Wii through libogc & devkitpro.
Please note that the original code has been slightly modifed to improve game compatibility, emulation accuracy as well as adding support for extra peripherals. SMS Plus now also supports SG-1000 and Colecovision games !

CHANGELOG
=========
- added SMB Support
- added XML Settings

News Source (1)(2)

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

They Do Not Die 0.1

by ThatOtherPerson
This is a very fun circle zombie killing homebrew game.

ThatOtherPerson's Notes
=======================
So I started remaking They Do Not Die (my top down zombie game) for Wii. Its like the PC game but different and even more incomplete.

The frame rate is pretty great and unlike the PC version which I’m throttling at 30 frames per second (which my PC doesn’t even always reach) this version of the game runs near (and at times above if I wasn’t throttling it) 60 frames even on Wii. it dips a bit when your shooting but there is tons of room for improvement and optimization.

Use the nunchuk analog stick to move, the wiimote to aim and the B button to shoot. You can kill zombies but at this point there is no way to win or be injured.

DOWNLOAD (1)
News Source (1)

Hu-Go GX - 2010/06/13

by Eke-eke
This is a port of Hugo, a PC Engine/TG16 emulator originally created by Zeograd, running on the Gamecube and Wii using libogc devellopment library.

CHANGELOG
=========
- Added Instructions for SMB Settings
- Added USB Support / XML Settings

News Source (1)(2)

WiiXplorer r175

by Dimok, r-win

A multi device file explorer for the Wii by dimok and a GUI made with LibWiiGui by Tantric with graphics by NeoRame.

Features
=========
-USB2 support with cIOS202 installed
-SMB/USB/SD/DVD recursive copy/move/delete of files/directories with all files in it
-FAT and NTFS files systems support
-Rename files/directories
-Properties of files/directories
-Browse through SD/USB/SMB/DVD/WiiDisk
-Addressbar with path
-Multilanguage with custom font support
-Boot .dol/.elf files
-Open TXT/XML/MP3/OGG files
-Supported Image Formats: PNG/JPEG/GIF/BMP/TPL/TGA/TIFF/GD/GD2
-Imageoperations zoom/slideshow
-WiiGameVideo playback
-ZIP/7zip/BNR/U8Archive browsing and decompressing
-Rar browsing
-Properties of archive files
-Textediting support
-Auto-Update feature

CHANGELOG r175
==============
Quite a few changes this rev and i am not sure if remember all but here are the
main ones:

*Added a multicolor blend funtion which generates an image using GX and so
doesn't need much memory. This saves ~1.5MB overall global memory since a
background image or progressbar image is no longer needed.
*Background image is now a multicolor blending image (as before but now
generated by GX and not a png). It is made out of 4 colors (corners) which blend
over in each other. You can configure the Colors in the settings and change with
that the background image.
*Changes to Progressbar:
*Made it to a Class/Instance
*Made ProgressBar a multicolor image like the background. The colors can
be configured in the Settings for empty and full progressbar.
*Made Progressbar go up a lot smoother now (drawing each pixel instead
of each 4 pixel).
*The progress speed is now calculated more accurate.
*Next upcoming will be a total progress progressbar below the current
one
*Added rumble support. Can be disabled in the Settings.
*Added filter for System Files (beginning with "$" or "." and "thumb.db"). Can
be disabled in the Settings.
*Added Reload to orginal Entrace IOS (from HBC) before booting a homebrew
*Changed MusicPlayer "next music playback" code. It no longer uses it's own
thread. Saves one thread.
*Added proper 16:9 resolution/display now (looks weird at first). Please report
wrong aligned elements if i missed some.
*Some fixups and cleanups
*Updated language files

News Source (1)

Monday, June 14, 2010

UFO Racer 0.2

by ThatOtherPerson
UFO racing game.

ThatOtherPerson's Notes
=======================
When I said that there was nothing that couldn’t be accomplished with a few get/put pixel functions and a little bit of math I should have said with a VERY little bit of math. I improved some things, cut down on the number of calculations and got the game running far smoother. I took out the frame counter that was visible in the first version but for anyone curious its at all times over 50 and depending on where you are on the track often hitting the 60 frames per second throttle point.

The track is far larger now and is generated at start up using a series of tiles the placement of which are loaded from another image (similar to how the levels where in Swingball). In other words it will be super quick and easy for me to make as many tracks as I want. It also opens up the possibility for the future addition of an in game level editor (I love games with level editors).

I’m also now scaling up the size of the track which didnt seem wide enough to me before. I didn’t need to increase the resolution of the tiles though (which are basically just ripped from that track in the first version). Instead its just scaled up in realtime (because of how its rotating the track there isn’t really a relevant cost to performance to scale it at the same time) which pleasantly enough doesn’t really seem to make it look at all pixelated. With a 640×480 image stretched out onto a TV you really need to try hard to get it to look pixelated instead of blurry lol.

I added more frames of rotation for the ship so the animation isn’t so choppy for it when turning and I lowered the transparency of the glass so you can sorta see the alien in it.

The camera is positioned further ahead of you now so you have a better chance of seeing whats ahead of you before crashing into it.

There are other tweaks and improvements but nothing else that’s likely to be particularly noticeable.

At this point you still just drive around the track on your own.

DOWNLOAD (1)
News Source (1)

Sunday, June 13, 2010

SaveGame Manager GX r71

by dj_skual, Giantpune
Install/Extract saved game files. Based on Waninkoko's SaveGame Manager.

CHANGELOG r71
==============
* fixed long utf-16 mii name problems
* fixed problem with reboot after update app in updateSettingPrompt

News Source (1)

Saturday, June 12, 2010

WiiXplorer r174

by Dimok, r-win

A multi device file explorer for the Wii by dimok and a GUI made with LibWiiGui by Tantric with graphics by NeoRame.

Features
=========
-USB2 support with cIOS202 installed
-SMB/USB/SD/DVD recursive copy/move/delete of files/directories with all files in it
-FAT and NTFS files systems support
-Rename files/directories
-Properties of files/directories
-Browse through SD/USB/SMB/DVD/WiiDisk
-Addressbar with path
-Multilanguage with custom font support
-Boot .dol/.elf files
-Open TXT/XML/MP3/OGG files
-Supported Image Formats: PNG/JPEG/GIF/BMP/TPL/TGA/TIFF/GD/GD2
-Imageoperations zoom/slideshow
-WiiGameVideo playback
-ZIP/7zip/BNR/U8Archive browsing and decompressing
-Rar browsing
-Properties of archive files
-Textediting support
-Auto-Update feature

CHANGELOG r174
==============
PDF Changes:
*Improved PDF error handling. No need to go out of app now on a fatal error.
*More memory now available on PDF processing.
*Changes in the libmupdf are uploaded to the branches

*Fixed bug in ProgressBar when filesize is bigger than 2GB

Initial Commit of new "Minimize ProgressBar" Feature. You can minimize the
process and let it run in the background. Please report new bugs if you find
something.

Note 1: If you have a copy process running and copy/paste something else you can
append this to the transfer queue. It will automaticly follow after the first
transfer is finished.

Note 2: The Thread Priority is configurable in the settings for both modes
"Normal" and "Background" Mode. You can configure the copy speed with it.

Note 3: The Process is minimized to the Taskbar. I didn't have the proper images
so for now there is only a clickable text like "Copying..." or "Moving..." which
brings you back the ProgressBar. As soon as i got the images i will do a proper
taskbar button.

News Source (1)

Scape 0.5.2

by Sheeft
Wii Homebrew game.

CHANGELOG v0.5.2
================
-a small update that has the goal of correcting some gameplay

DOWNLOAD (1)
News Source (1)(2)

Friday, June 11, 2010

DiiLC 1.1

by Conanac

DiiLC is a simple application to download and insert the DLC (downloadable content) or HDLC (hacked downloadable content) into Animal Crossing City Folk savegame file (use Waninkoko's savegame extractor for extracting savegame file). This application searches the DLC and HDLC files from the distributing servers. It could download and insert three DLCs (for US, EU, and JP regions) and one HDLC that are available at the time when the application is running.

CHANGELOG v1.1
==============
-Fix a bug for KR region pattern name (from "blank" to real name)

News Source (1)

Thursday, June 10, 2010

WiiXplorer r173

by Dimok, r-win

A multi device file explorer for the Wii by dimok and a GUI made with LibWiiGui by Tantric with graphics by NeoRame.

Features
=========
-USB2 support with cIOS202 installed
-SMB/USB/SD/DVD recursive copy/move/delete of files/directories with all files in it
-FAT and NTFS files systems support
-Rename files/directories
-Properties of files/directories
-Browse through SD/USB/SMB/DVD/WiiDisk
-Addressbar with path
-Multilanguage with custom font support
-Boot .dol/.elf files
-Open TXT/XML/MP3/OGG files
-Supported Image Formats: PNG/JPEG/GIF/BMP/TPL/TGA/TIFF/GD/GD2
-Imageoperations zoom/slideshow
-WiiGameVideo playback
-ZIP/7zip/BNR/U8Archive browsing and decompressing
-Rar browsing
-Properties of archive files
-Textediting support
-Auto-Update feature

CHANGELOG r173
==============
*Forgot to upload RAR changes to branches

CHANGELOG r172
==============
*Language files update
*UTF8 support for SMB
*Reworked RAR code. Better Error Handle without going out of app with proper
error messages.
*Added UTF8 support for RAR archives (internal file/dir names).
*Added RAR CRC Check when extracting files. Especially useful if wrong password
was entered it now shows that the extract failed.
*Fixed Cancel of Extract for RAR extractions (works now)
*Added Progress Throbber while listing the archive files (if it takes too long)
*Reworked all FileOperation functions. A lot of fixes and a little speed up in
that now.
*Fixed with the rework a recursion bug when copying a directory into itself
*Added a temporary path which can be configured in the settings.
*Added execute files from inside an archive. The files are extracted into
TempPath and executed. You can set in settings to delete TempPath on app exit.

News Source (1)

Yahtzwii 3.0

by chris
It's Yahtzee for the Wii.

CHANGELOG v3.0
===============
-Awesome new graphics, courtesy of DayDreamOz.
-Added Triple Yahtzee Rules.
-Added Dutch language support.

DOWNLOAD (1)
News Source (1)(2)

UFO Racer 0.1

by ThatOtherPerson
UFO racing game.

ThatOtherPerson's Notes
=======================
I started working on a racing game. I’m borrowing graphics for it from an older game I made for PC over 9000 years ago but I’m programing it again from scratch and this time its going to be 2D with a top down perspective and made for Wii.

The steering is controlled by tilting the wiimote (just like you do for Excite Truck or Mario Kart). I’ve never done anything using the accelerometer before but it was actually really easy to implement and already works fairly well although I’ll probable tweak to turning speed later. You hold down the 2 button to move forward.

Another thing that’s somewhat new to me are the rotating sprites. The rotation of the ship is pre rendered but the track is actually rotated in real time. SDL (my primary game development library of choice) sadly doesn’t actually have any built in support for rotating surfaces but luckily there is nothing that cant be accomplished with a few get/put pixel functions and a little bit of math. It will never be as fast as it would be if it was done with GRRLIB but it is already running at a tolerable frame rate in the high thirties and I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to get a bit more speed out of it.

Its just a test demo and I don’t really recommend you bother with downloading it yet but I figured I would share what I’ve been doing.

DOWNLOAD (1)
News Source (1)

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Point and No click 0.4

by Lucas HUMBERT
Wii Homebrew Puzzle game.

Scenario
========
A small red square wanted to go home in a tiny orange square. But he did not know where he was when. He had an idea: take a small green box and hope it goes to the little orange square ... But ATTENTON! The small red square is afraid of walls: He insists from the beginning again each time he touches. There is a mouse the helps him demolish walls.

CHANGELOG
=========
-Graphics-relief
-New interface
-New music from home (the former was not terrible)

DOWNLOAD (1)
News Source (1)(2)

NUS Auto Downloader for Windows 4.1.4

by X-Flak, wiiNinja, WB3000, Leathl

Windows based wizard style program for up/downgrading to firmwares 4.2, 4.1 and 3.2 (Support for all wii's: U,E,J,K and even Region Changed formerly Korean wii's)

When using the download wizard, a custom guide will be generated based on the users answers to a few simple questions

CHANGELOG v4.1.4
================

-Added an optional "Extra Brick Protection" feature which will protect Wii's from accidentally changing to a system menu without having the IOS for that system menu already installed. NUSAD can grab many non-stubbed SM IOSs for the following system menu IOS slots (11,20,30,40,50,52,60). For system menu IOSs slots below 40, IOS60v6174-patched is installed in order to protect LU64+ wii's from using older incompatible IOSs. All of these IOSs have a version number that is equal to the Stub's version number plus 1 (so they will survive an official update). The normal IOS30-patched is still available for download in the batch download page.
-Fixed IOS70v54321(IOS60v6174-patched).wad for Korean Wii's, it used to download IOS70 instead of IOS60v6174, but now it grabs the right IOS.
-Removed option to patch system menu IOSs. Now they are always patched when using the wizard function. Non-patched IOS30, 60 and 70 are now instead available for download in the "Archived Downloads" page.
-Proper handing of stub IOSs in the Download Wizard. Now it will only download stub IOSs that should be present on your wii's specific firmware and region (ie. If I am installing SM4.1, it will not download any of the stubs that were released with v4.2). Stub IOSs for slots 200 and up will not be downloaded if your wii is either a virgin or you've selected to download recommended cIOSs. Stubbed System Menu IOSs will not be downloaded if you answered Yes to "Extra Brick Protection".
-Fixed Hash check when MMM's boot.dol is saved to the root of the Drive (ie. "COPY_TO_SD"). This only affected the HackMii Solutions Feature and the Download Wizard but only for Korean Virgin Wii's (or any Korean Wii installing the HBC).
-Some other minor changes.

News Source (1)

Monday, June 7, 2010

SaveGame Manager GX r70

by dj_skual, Giantpune
Install/Extract saved game files. Based on Waninkoko's SaveGame Manager.

CHANGELOG r70
==============
* fixed utf-16 mii name display
* fixed the freeze when enter in setting path and no config file on device, or
new custom path in app and first run with the old config file
* fixed the code dump if the extract pass are not set in configfile (now the
default path work)
* perhaps fixed the problem to run app under sneek (thx to report)
* some sources sort

News Source (1)

OpenBOR 3.0.2818

by the OpenBOR team

This is an official port of the OpenBOR (aka Beats of Rage) beat em up game engine to the Wii by SX, with controller support improved by Plombo.

FEATURES
========
-Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic and Gamecube Controller Supported
-Rumble Support for Wiimote and Gamecube Controllers
-Up to 4 Player Support
-Horizontal/Vertical Wiimote Recognition
-Graphic Filters: HQ2X, LQ2X, TV Scanline and much more (though some need fixing)
-Only SDL Video is used the rest of the IO Handling is done natively
-Menu Preview System and Audio player are disabled. (SDHC is very slow)
-File Caching supported for Quick Realtime data loading
-USB Mode Not supported, Must be run from SDHC Card
-For now must use hardcoded path (sd:/apps/OpenBOR)
-Not tested hence 99% sure widescreen mode does not work

CHANGELOG
=========
-Widescreen (480x272) mods supported.
-Widescreen (16:9) displays supported.
-No aspect ratio distortion with any mod regardless of display. Horizontal/vertical black bars are used when needed.
-Can now be run from a USB flash drive or FAT32-formatted USB hard drive.
-OpenBOR no longer depends on SDL Wii. All I/O handling is done natively through libogc.
-Performance boost due to using GX directly for video instead of going through SDL.

News Source (1)(2)

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Gravity Glide

by ThatOtherPerson
Gravity Glide is a toy that lets you play with momentum.

ThatOtherPerson's Notes
=======================
I’m not sure how to describe this and a still screenshot doesn’t do much to communicate anything. It is more of a toy then a game. You create areas of momentum to move things with. Its really just a improved continuation of that browser thing of the same name that I made a little while ago. Use the wiimote to aim, the A button to pull things in and the B button to push.

I’m really happy with how it turned out but I’m still somewhat undecided about whether or not I should build on it anymore and actually make a game out of it. If you like it and want to see more of it then let me know it.

DOWNLOAD (1)
News Source (1)

WiiXplorer r171

by Dimok, r-win

A multi device file explorer for the Wii by dimok and a GUI made with LibWiiGui by Tantric with graphics by NeoRame.

Features
=========
-USB2 support with cIOS202 installed
-SMB/USB/SD/DVD recursive copy/move/delete of files/directories with all files in it
-FAT and NTFS files systems support
-Rename files/directories
-Properties of files/directories
-Browse through SD/USB/SMB/DVD/WiiDisk
-Addressbar with path
-Multilanguage with custom font support
-Boot .dol/.elf files
-Open TXT/XML/MP3/OGG files
-Supported Image Formats: PNG/JPEG/GIF/BMP/TPL/TGA/TIFF/GD/GD2
-Imageoperations zoom/slideshow
-WiiGameVideo playback
-ZIP/7zip/BNR/U8Archive browsing and decompressing
-Rar browsing
-Properties of archive files
-Textediting support
-Auto-Update feature

CHANGELOG r171
==============
New Feature: RAR Extract Support with password support

Note: Using now the free rarlabs source (damn that crap is complicated). This
supports RAR Formats 1.5, 2.0 and 2.9+. Right not splitted archives are not
supported. This feature will follow in the future. If the archive requires a
password to extract a file you will be prompted for the password. You can find
the source for the lib in the branches and compile it yourself. Canceling an
extraction works only between two files right now. This will also be changed
later.

*Fixed bug with some ZIP archives opening empty
*Reverted usb2 source. The new one caused a few problems.
*Updated Language files

News Source (1)

POWDER 114-1

by insin

Descend into the depths of the dungeon until you reach the foul daemon known as "He who the author cannot spell consistently", or, Baezl'bub. When you have slain Baezl'bub in heroic combat, or, if Baezl'bub dies in any way, retrieve his black heart and bring it to the surface world.

CHANGELOG
=========
-Updated to version 114 of POWDER, see the POWDER releases page for changes.
-This version contains a new version of the Akoi Meexx 10 tileset with a larger font, in addition to the "distorted" version which is the default tileset for this port (screenshots to follow later). Try it out and see which you like best.

News Source (1)(2)