Hacking Sharpii

[person66]

Alright, 1.6 is up!

SendWad now has AHBPROT support (use '-ahb' instead of '-ios IOS'), and you can save your IP address for SendWad and SendDol. It is saved in the environmental variable SharpiiIP, so you can either add it manually, or add the argument '-saveip' when sending a WAD/DOL to save the ip you entered. After it is saved, if you don't enter anything for the IP, it will use the saved one.

Thats about it, let me know ho it works!

 

[JoostinOnline]

If you want I can write instructions for setting environment variables for Sharpii.exe (you can run it from any directory that way) and SharpiiIP.

 

[person66]

If you want I can write instructions for setting environment variables for Sharpii.exe (you can run it from any directory that way) and SharpiiIP.

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Not sure I follow, you already can run it from any directory...

 

[JoostinOnline]

If you want I can write instructions for setting environment variables for Sharpii.exe (you can run it from any directory that way) and SharpiiIP.

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Not sure I follow, you already can run it from any directory...

Currently you have to have Sharpii in the same directory as the wad or dol files.
I mean you could save the Sharpii files in C:\Program Files\Sharpii\ and then run Sharpii from your desktop.

You would have to make one change to the programming. The dll files would have to be run from the directory that Sharpii is running from, and not the one your dol/wad file is in.

 

[tueidj]

Why not reuse the WIILOAD environment variable since it's essentially the same thing?

 

[giantpune]

that wouldnt work out too well for people that have WIILOAD set to their usbgecko. i think this is network only isnt it?

 

[JoostinOnline]

that wouldnt work out too well for people that have WIILOAD set to their usbgecko. i think this is network only isnt it?

Yes. I am glad to have these separate since I can keep the two apart.

 

[SifJar]

If you want I can write instructions for setting environment variables for Sharpii.exe (you can run it from any directory that way) and SharpiiIP.

?

Not sure I follow, you already can run it from any directory...

Currently you have to have Sharpii in the same directory as the wad or dol files.
I mean you could save the Sharpii files in C:\Program Files\Sharpii\ and then run Sharpii from your desktop.

You would have to make one change to the programming. The dll files would have to be run from the directory that Sharpii is running from, and not the one your dol/wad file is in.

Surely if you just stick the .exe and .dll in some folder that's in the PATH, it should all work? When it tries to load .DLLs, it'll load them from a location in the PATH. (Haven't tested it, but I am 99% sure this should work)

EDIT: Nope doesn't work. Ignore this post

 

[JoostinOnline]

If you want I can write instructions for setting environment variables for Sharpii.exe (you can run it from any directory that way) and SharpiiIP.

?

Not sure I follow, you already can run it from any directory...

Currently you have to have Sharpii in the same directory as the wad or dol files.
I mean you could save the Sharpii files in C:\Program Files\Sharpii\ and then run Sharpii from your desktop.

You would have to make one change to the programming. The dll files would have to be run from the directory that Sharpii is running from, and not the one your dol/wad file is in.

Surely if you just stick the .exe and .dll in some folder that's in the PATH, it should all work? When it tries to load .DLLs, it'll load them from a location in the PATH. (Haven't tested it, but I am 99% sure this should work)

That's what I thought, but no. It looks for the dll's in the target folder, and not the folder that sharpii.exe is located in.

 

[tueidj]

that wouldnt work out too well for people that have WIILOAD set to their usbgecko. i think this is network only isnt it?

So either make sure the variable starts with "tcp:" or add simple code to write to a file instead of a socket (yes, serial ports can be opened as files on windows e.g. "\\.\COM??"). It seems silly to have an app using the wiiload function but not using the wiiload variable.

 

[JoostinOnline]

that wouldnt work out too well for people that have WIILOAD set to their usbgecko. i think this is network only isnt it?

So either make sure the variable starts with "tcp:" or add simple code to write to a file instead of a socket (yes, serial ports can be opened as files on windows e.g. "\\.\COM??"). It seems silly to have an app using the wiiload function but not using the wiiload variable.

Because this is easier to do. I want to use wifi and my USB Gecko separately. All you have to do is tell Sharpii to save your IP address and it does so.

 

[tueidj]

And then it forgets because the environment variable is lost when you exit the command prompt.

 

[JoostinOnline]

And then it forgets because the environment variable is lost when you exit the command prompt.

No it doesn't...

Type -saveip when you send your first dol/wad.

 

[tueidj]

It only saves it for the currently logged in user.

 

[JoostinOnline]

It only saves it for the currently logged in user.

But it still saves it.

@person66 It needs to be saved to System Variables instead of User Variables.

 

[person66]

Oh, right, I will fix that right away, and also make Sharpii look for the dlls in the same directory as the exe (I actually thought it would do that as it is right now, but apparently not...)

 

[person66]

Yet another double post by me

Anyway, 1.7 with those changes is up. It can now be installed to you Program Files using 'Sharpii install' and uninstalled with 'Sharpii uninstall'
Installing Sharpii allows you to use it from the command prompt in any directory, the exe does not need to be there (or the dlls, I fixed that as well)

The IP is stored in a system variable now (but if you have a user one, Sharpii will use that over the system one), and I am agreeing with Joostin, I want to keep the Sharpii and Wiiload variables separate.

That is all, hope this helps those with problems

 

[JoostinOnline]

It's not working with the system variable. You still have to have a user one set.

 

[person66]

It's not working with the system variable. You still have to have a user one set.

Ya, I realized that yesterday and fixed it, I just got the time to upload it now, so that is what I am doing

 

[JoostinOnline]

It's not working with the system variable. You still have to have a user one set.

Ya, I realized that yesterday and fixed it, I just got the time to upload it now, so that is what I am doing

Sure you did.