Hacking Wii U pad with vWii?

[Aardvark Barber]

I pulled that from the vWii specific forwarders thread, which you can check out here:

http://gbatemp.net/threads/forwarders-are-back.340226/

 

[Rinnux]

wiilflow crashes when I load it and usbloadergx just freezes(these are the forward channels I'm referring to). Any suggestions?

edit: Never mind, the problem just went away on it's own.

 

[crimsonnight]

*stupid question, please delete >_<*

 

[Maxternal]

well, at least the fact that Nintendont reportedly still works calms my fears that 3-core stuff might not work since both use custom ARM code. I still can't be COMPLETELY sure until officially testing it ... but I'm not as worried anymore.

 

[emmanu888]

That'd be neat but, if vWii mode runs like a virtual machine. Then it means a Wii U mode hack is required before we can even think of tricking vWii mode that the GamePad is a Classic Controller Pro. But when it becomes a reality, this with Nintendont would give us something really close to a portable GC without any sorts of modding to run everything on a battery.

 

[zpoyusa]

The new Wii U update lets you do this. Be happy.

Seriously? I left GBATemp for two days, and come back and my problem is solved? By Nintendo? I am now laying in my bed playing Super Mario 64 on the Wii U Pad. Brilliant.

 

[the_randomizer]

Seriously? I left GBATemp for two days, and come back and my problem is solved? By Nintendo? I am now laying in my bed playing Super Mario 64 on the Wii U Pad. Brilliant.

Yeah, l was just playing N64 on it, it's awesome

 

[zpoyusa]

Yeah, l was just playing N64 on it, it's awesome

Now if they can only make it where I can control with the Pad itself it will be PERFECT!

 

[Maxternal]

someone should at least invent a bracket to mount the nunchuck and wiimote to the sides of the gamepad to be able to hold the pad and play at the same time ...

*whips out his MS paint* ....

 

[the_randomizer]

someone should at least invent a bracket to mount the nunchuck and wiimote to the sides of the gamepad to be able to hold the pad and play at the same time ...

*whips out his MS paint* ....

That would be pretty sweet

 

[Maxternal]

 

[the_randomizer]

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That needs to happen. It would make it so much easier to use programs like emulators.

 

[zpoyusa]

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Oh god that looks like a mutant version of one of those wheels they sold for Mario Kart. I'd still use it though.

 

[the_randomizer]

Need one for the classic controller.

 

[Maxternal]

Need one for the classic controller.

That's what I thought first ... but I can't imagine where to mount the thing and still balance well.

You'd have to take it apart and re-wire it or something.
(I'm sure there's still a market for a custom classic controller like that, though)

 

[the_randomizer]

That's what I thought first ... but I can't imagine where to mount the thing and still balance well.

You'd have to take it apart and re-wire it or something.
(I'm sure there's still a market for a custom classic controller like that, though)

Ugh. Just wondering. Maybe someday emulators will support the Gamepad, but that would require extra programming.

 

[Quicksilver88]

I think we only need to be patient and the next Nintendo update will likely support classic controller on gamepad in vWii mode.....look Nintendo is showing more and more that they are being 'responsive' to customers desires.....heck people have bitched since its release and they finally got the dual audio output (which helps me a lot actually becuase the HDMI ports on my TV are blown but I have a DVI port and am using an hdmi switcher and an AV switcher to make it all work....all my other devices have dual output so no problem but with WiiU, now solved). They also gave us WiiU pro controller support in the NSMB update which was something people moaned about.....now that we have vWii on gamepad people are going to moan about no controlls and whamo they will deliver it.....it just makes sense and so many people have invested in VC libraries that they are going to want to treat them right. Personally I can't wait because I want sooooo badly to play Xenoblade and 007 again on the gamepad and never got to the last story or pandoras tower...because I have a wife and my ability to play lengthy games offTV is so much greater because I have to share the big screen or leave the room and that doesn't make you real popular....with the gamepad I get to play my console quality games in my hands and continue to feign interest in Sister Wives and HGTV.....brilliant.

 

[mrbigreddog]

...because I have a wife and my ability to play lengthy games offTV is so much greater because I have to share the big screen or leave the room and that doesn't make you real popular....with the gamepad I get to play my console quality games in my hands and continue to feign interest in Sister Wives and HGTV.....brilliant.

Preach it brother! I'm right there with ya!

 

[crono141]

Only trouble with using WiiU pad controls on vWii is that it would take over the player 1 wiimote controller slot. There'd have to be a toggle of some kind where it would act either as a classic controller with no pointer or disconnect and allow a real wiimote+attachments to use that slot. I believe this is why Nintendo didn't implement this functionality because the could not figure out an elegant way to do so. Its also possible that vWii is still unaware of the gamepad at all, and the only hooks into the display take place in hardware outside of vWii awareness.

 

[mrbigreddog]

Only trouble with using WiiU pad controls on vWii is that it would take over the player 1 wiimote controller slot. There'd have to be a toggle of some kind where it would act either as a classic controller with no pointer or disconnect and allow a real wiimote+attachments to use that slot. I believe this is why Nintendo didn't implement this functionality because the could not figure out an elegant way to do so. Its also possible that vWii is still unaware of the gamepad at all, and the only hooks into the display take place in hardware outside of vWii awareness.

What if Nintendo did it as an attachment to the Wiimote, so you'd keep player 1 and the gamepad would just implement as a classic controller?

Not practical... But just a thought...