Homebrew Official Retroarch WiiU (wip.)

[huma_dawii]

Thanks. So the people who have the regular HBL wont have the complete mame 2003 core

That is correct

 

[Osakasan]

Wait a minute. The fba rpx core can be properly used on Wii U via loadiine with HBL 1.4. Are you sure that the rpx cores are only usable via haxchii?

 

[ploggy]

The RPX's should load fine as long as you have HBL 1.4 and load the loadiine 1.4 exploit. or load through haxchi.

 

[Antonio Soler]

Any rpx files can be loaded with HBL 1.4:

Changelist:

• support for RPX file launching from SD and wiiload/sendelf directly through HBL
• new elf loader (sd_loader) code with pre-installed kernel memcpy function and support to load RPX
• fixed audio clicking (thanks to aliaspider)

 

[ShadowOne333]

What's with the nightlies today?
I see three for today now, I am guessing one is the default elf build, and the other two are RPX, but why are there two RPX builds?
What is the difference between the _rpx and _rpx_test one?

 

[Osakasan]

Ok... that sounds correct. It was pretty weird because i remember the size being an issue not because a loading method, but because HBL itself

What's with the nightlies today?
I see three for today now, I am guessing one is the default elf build, and the other two are RPX, but why are there two RPX builds?
What is the difference between the _rpx and _rpx_test one?

Uh... The test version is heavier? o.o

 

[the_randomizer]

What's with the nightlies today?
I see three for today now, I am guessing one is the default elf build, and the other two are RPX, but why are there two RPX builds?
What is the difference between the _rpx and _rpx_test one?

Ask Fix94 and/or Aliaspider? IDK XD I plan on testing the RPX versions with Haxchi and then testing the audio

 

[ShadowOne333]

Ask Fix94 and/or Aliaspider? IDK XD I plan on testing the RPX versions with Haxchi and then testing the audio

Huh I just downloaded all three and noticed something weird.
There seems to be a slight size difference between ELF and RPX builds.
FCEUMM for example, seems to be 0.4MB bigger in RPX format than in ELF (2.1MB/ELF, 2.5MB/RPX), the same also applies to other cores.

It might be worth checking out both ELF and RPX build of the same core just to be sure.
Also, the normal rpx build and rpx_test doesn't seem to vary that much other than what cores are available.
I'd suggest going for the normal ELF and RPX_TEST builds for testing.

Here's an image comparing all three:

Spoiler

From left to right:
ELF/RPX/RPX_TEST

 

[the_randomizer]

Huh I just downloaded all three and noticed something weird.
There seems to be a slight size difference between ELF and RPX builds.
FCEUMM for example, seems to be 0.4MB bigger in RPX format than in ELF (2.1MB/ELF, 2.5MB/RPX), the same also applies to other cores.

It might be worth checking out both ELF and RPX build of the same core just to be sure.
Also, the normal rpx build and rpx_test doesn't seem to vary that much other than what cores are available.
I'd suggest going for the normal ELF and RPX_TEST builds for testing.

Here's an image comparing all three:

Spoiler

From left to right:
ELF/RPX/RPX_TEST

Gonna test the RPX (from the most recent compiled build) cores in a bit, Snes9x, Genesis Plus, Nestopia, mGBA will be the ones I'm gonna test; things are a bit crazy at my house with family being over (Thanksgiving and all), so testing will be a bit sporadic

 

[ShadowOne333]

Gonna test the RPX (from the most recent compiled build) cores in a bit, Snes9x, Genesis Plus, Nestopia, mGBA will be the ones I'm gonna test; things are a bit crazy at my house with family being over (Thanksgiving and all), so testing will be a bit sporadic

Let me know if you manage to boot up FBA or MAME RPX through Haxchi.

 

[the_randomizer]

Let me know if you manage to boot up FBA or MAME RPX through Haxchi.

Hmm, don't have any games to test (need to find the uh, heh, ROM sets of those) , do you know what the specific names of said ROM sets are so I can search them?

 

[ploggy]

fba and mame both run fine through haxchi this end

 

[the_randomizer]

fba and mame both run fine through haxchi this end

What're the ROM sets you're using, just so I know the names of what to be on the lookout for?

 

[ploggy]

What're the ROM sets you're using, just so I know the names of what to be on the lookout for?

just look for the mame 2003 romset.

 

[ShadowOne333]

What're the ROM sets you're using, just so I know the names of what to be on the lookout for?

Go for the simple ones, like Turtles in Time or the Simpsons.
For FBA you can try the original TMNT or Haunted Castle.

 

[FIX94]

so while I was sleeping I left my wiiu running with starwing on it (the PAL version of starfox) to make sure PAL game audio doesnt fail after a long "playtime" either and indeed, 8 hours later I could just pick up the gamepad, turn up the volume and play a bit with the audio still sounding as if I just started the game up so the changes I did seem to be pretty good at least for me.

 

[ploggy]

I sometimes get scratchy audio if I use ff button too much.
but can be fixed by tapping rewind.

 

[CeeDee]

So how's this going so far?
Is it in a playable state at all? Or is it still very WIP?
Is there an N64 core ready yet?
What controllers are supported?
I rather want to play Perfect Dark, which Wii U VC doesn't work well with.

 

[the_randomizer]

So how's this going so far?
Is it in a playable state at all? Or is it still very WIP?
Is there an N64 core ready yet?
What controllers are supported?
I rather want to play Perfect Dark, which Wii U VC doesn't work well with.

It's WIP, but Snes, Genesis, and NES are are pretty much perfect, Snes9x (mainline, not 2010) is perfect, never had a single issue.

N64 and more complex emulators a re along way off, but will happen.
Gamepad only so far.

 

[Mr Objection]

Now everything is working fine

The problem was because I was launching the exploit as homebrow browser 1.3 and not 1.4 xD