Hacking Wii U Hacking & Homebrew Discussion

[cmdj13]

OSScreenPutFontEx()

I can't get that to work. My code looks like this (I got some parts from the osscreenexample template, but the whole thing didn't work for some friends, so I wnated to do it myself and see whether that works):

loader.c

#include "loader.h"

void _start()
{
    unsigned int coreinit_handle;
    OSDynLoad_Acquire("coreinit.rpl", &coreinit_handle);

    /****************************>       External Prototypes       <****************************/
    void(*_Exit)();
    //OSScreen functions
    void(*OSScreenInit)();
    void(*OSScreenPutFontEx)(int bufferNum, uint32_t posX, uint32_t posY, const char *str);

    /****************************>             Exports             <****************************/
    OSDynLoad_FindExport(coreinit_handle, 0, "_Exit", &_Exit);
    //OSScreen functions
    OSDynLoad_FindExport(coreinit_handle, 0, "OSScreenInit", &OSScreenInit);
    OSDynLoad_FindExport(coreinit_handle, 0, "OSScreenPutFontEx", &OSScreenPutFontEx);

    OSScreenInit();
    OSScreenPutFontEx(1, 0, 0, "Hello World!");

    int wait = 0x1FFFFF;
    while (wait)
        --wait;

    _Exit;
}

loader.h

#ifndef LOADER_H
#define LOADER_H

#include "../../../libwiiu/src/coreinit.h"
#include "../../../libwiiu/src/vpad.h"
#include "../../../libwiiu/src/types.h"
#include "../../../libwiiu/src/draw.h"

void _start();

#endif /* LOADER_H */

But when I run it on my WiiU, I just get a messed up screen

 

[deformyer]

We really need some guides how to actually use the kernel exploit to code shit. It's kinda hard now if you're not an asm ninja with just a pong example...

 

[Kakkoii]

I can't get that to work. My code looks like this (I got some parts from the osscreenexample template, but the whole thing didn't work for some friends, so I wnated to do it myself and see whether that works):

Try this instead:

unsigned int(*OSScreenPutFontEx)(unsigned int bufferNum, unsigned int posX, unsigned int line, void * buffer);
OSDynLoad_FindExport(coreinit_handle, 0, "OSScreenPutFontEx", &OSScreenPutFontEx);
OSScreenPutFontEx(0, x, line, string);
OSScreenPutFontEx(1, x, line, string);

We really need some guides how to actually use the kernel exploit to code shit. It's kinda hard now if you're not an asm ninja with just a pong example...

You don't need to know ASM to do this.. Just look up what the functions do, implement them and then utilize them in your code just like you would in any other coding project.

 

[JaceCearK1]

We really need some guides how to actually use the kernel exploit to code shit. It's kinda hard now if you're not an asm ninja with just a pong example...

You don't need to know ASM to write good C code yourself! (wouldn't hurt though! ^^)
What program exactly do you expect?

 

[cmdj13]

Is there a function to make the WiiU wait for some time? I hate the solution with

int wait;
while (wait)
    --wait;

 

[Kakkoii]

Is there a function to make the WiiU wait for some time? I hate the solution with

int wait;
while (wait)
    --wait;

Programming 101: If you're going to be doing the same thing over and over again, make it a method/function and/or loop.

void wait(int wait)
{
    while(wait--) ; //Continue to operate while 'wait' isn't 0. Decrement by 1 each time it checks.
}

Then whenever you want to wait, you simple do something like this: wait(124);

Make sure to place the method outside of start() or any other methods. Preferably at the bottom of your code, out of the way.

 

[AboodXD]

Who wants to be a tester of my upcoming NSMBU hack?

All you need is NSMBU, you can either use loadiine or cafiine, so anyone below 5.4.0 will be considered.

 

[Marionumber1]

We really need some guides how to actually use the kernel exploit to code shit. It's kinda hard now if you're not an asm ninja with just a pong example...

The central idea behind the kernel exploit is that you can map any non-IOSU physical address as read-write, and do whatever you want to it. This includes the loader, system libraries, the kernel, and game code, but you need to know what you're doing with that memory. A guide for all of that would be too broad, in my opinion.

 

[Don Jon]

Who wants to be a tester of my upcoming NSMBU hack?

All you need is NSMBU, you can either use loadiine or cafiine, so anyone below 5.4.0 will be considered.

Imnot on 5.4 but how far have u gone?

 

[AboodXD]

Imnot on 5.4 but how far have u gone?

2 worlds completed, I wasn't working that hard though, I'll start to work as hard as I can when I get new testers, my old testers quit due to some difficulties...

 

[Don Jon]

2 worlds completed, I wasn't working that hard though, I'll start to work as hard as I can when I get new testers, my old testers quit due to some difficulties...

Its a shame people quit on you. I mean alltheyhavetodo is play games

 

[ploggy]

Has anyone tried to see if it's possible to enable the WiiU tablet Controls while in vWii mode?
I remember there was talk about it early on but nothing has been said about it for a while.

 

[aracom]

Has anyone tried to see if it's possible to enable the WiiU tablet Controls while in vWii mode?
I remember there was talk about it early on but nothing has been said about it for a while.

You'll likely need a IOSU exploit for that.

 

[cmdj13]

Programming 101: If you're going to be doing the same thing over and over again, make it a method/function and/or loop.

void wait(int wait)
{
    while(wait--) ; //Continue to operate while 'wait' isn't 0. Decrement by 1 each time it checks.
}

Then whenever you want to wait, you simple do something like this: wait(124);

Make sure to place the method outside of start() or any other methods. Preferably at the bottom of your code, out of the way.

I know, my problem with it is that I'd find a function that I can give a certain time to wait much better. I just can't estimate how long wait() will wait for a certain number, but when I call a function sleep(500) which sleeps for 0,5 seconds I know that it will wait exactly 0,5 seconds.

 

[Marionumber1]

I know, my problem with it is that I'd find a function that I can give a certain time to wait much better. I just can't estimate how long wait() will wait for a certain number, but when I call a function sleep(500) which sleeps for 0,5 seconds I know that it will wait exactly 0,5 secands.

OSSleepTicks() exists; it waits for a certain number of ticks of the internal PPC timer. You can experiment/do math to figure out what that is in seconds.

 

[cmdj13]

OSSleepTicks() exists; it waits for a certain number of ticks of the internal PPC timer. You can experiment/do math to figure out what that is in seconds.

Thanks!

 

[cmdj13]

I tried to use OSSleepTicks() after loading it like this:

    void(*OSSleepTicks)(unsigned int ticks);
    OSDynLoad_FindExport(coreinit_handle, 0, "OSSleepTicks", &OSSleepTicks);

but my WiiU doesn't like it that way and crashes I also couldn't find OSSleepTicks() on WiiuBrew, so I have no idea how to load it the right way.

 

[Marionumber1]

I tried to use OSSleepTicks() after loading it like this:

    void(*OSSleepTicks)(unsigned int ticks);
    OSDynLoad_FindExport(coreinit_handle, 0, "OSSleepTicks", &OSSleepTicks);

but my WiiU doesn't like it that way and crashes I also couldn't find OSSleepTicks() on WiiuBrew, so I have no idea how to load it the right way.

You can also try the worse method of polling OSGetTick(), which gives you the current PPC tick count. Store the initial value, and keep calling it until a certain number of ticks has elapsed.

 

[cmdj13]

You can also try the worse method of polling OSGetTick(), which gives you the current PPC tick count. Store the initial value, and keep calling it until a certain number of ticks has elapsed.

Like this?

void wait(unsigned int ticks)
{
    unsigned int coreinit_handle;
    OSDynLoad_Acquire("coreinit.rpl", &coreinit_handle);

    unsigned int(*OSGetTick)();
    OSDynLoad_FindExport(coreinit_handle, 0, "OSGetTick", &OSGetTick);

    unsigned int start_ticks = OSGetTick();
    unsigned int current_ticks = OSGetTick();

    while (current_ticks != start_ticks + ticks)
        current_ticks = OSGetTick();
}

edit: Hm, seems to do nothing...
btw it seems to just crash on a random base, it mostly works, but sometimes crashes...

 

[afra]

Hi and thank u for reading this . my friend's Wii u is on 5.4'( Mario maker bundle) and we have some questions : to aks
1 he has Mario maker physical copy but didn't put it in console . can he play Mario maker offline from disk without any update ? How about online course play ?

2 - For 5.4 F.M is there any iso loader ? Or it's only for 5.3.2 ?

Thank u so much for your time and wait for answer