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  • DragonMals
    my goodness there's quite a lot of people that have mixed opinions regarding if using llms and/or generative ai to help with de-re-recomps or coding in general is a good thing. What even is the golden standard at this point
    DragonMals
    Now that my Wii is back to normal with Ohneschwanzenegger, I'm now wondering if it would be best to start fresh when it comes to modding this machine. This used to be working with mods from the early days of modding from my father, and it started having weird issues for when I was trying to update the mods with whatever it is nowadays. Maybe re modding the system and making a NAND backup might work? What do you guys think?

    Should I leave it as it is with no mods or re mod it? I really really wished that it doesn't have problems again
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    DragonMals
    DragonMals
    Tried going to the Mii Maker again to see if I can reproduce the same issue from before, and... Yep, same issue. 100% a hardware problem. Oof...
    KleinesSinchen
    KleinesSinchen
    Voltage regulators on the Wii are known for failing.
    Considering the age NAND chips are potentially degrading. You could try EnuNAND.

    Capacitors can be problematic on any old device.
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    KleinesSinchen
    KleinesSinchen
    Whoever came up with the name of this Wii NAND image building tool deserves a special place in hell. I cringe each time it is mentioned.
    DragonMals
    I seriously don't get my White Wii Situation. I've used the tool that makes me "factory reset" my system previously when it was having its problems to get it to stock and when it's in stock, it feels like it's in stock. But when I tried re-modding it, I gotten the same issues as last time. Wii Settings crashing the system, 90% chance to turn on the system only for a crash, priiloader, HBC, and other homebrew apps work, but even after installing a new system menu the system still doesn't like to work the main system menu
    DragonMals
    DragonMals
    it's getting to a point where I'm just going to keep it stock and not have to worry about modding this system again. It's unfortunate this is the only working original Wii (with GameCube support) that I have, but I don't know how to make this issue when it has the above to not happen again when re-modding the system
    lightwo
    lightwo
    I don't assume you have a NAND backup lying anywhere
    DragonMals
    DragonMals
    I have a NAND backup for this system. restoring it doesn't fix the issues however
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    DragonMals
    back from camp, what did i miss
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    SylverReZ
    SylverReZ
    Windows Explorer has the automatic discovery feature enabled by default by changing the folder view based on the folder contents and building a cache of this in the registry. You can speed up the indexing by going into the "Registry Editor," delete both "Bags" and "BagMRU" keys in "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell". Create two new keys inside "Bags" named "AllFolders" and "Shell" ("Shell" must be within "AllFolders"). Then inside of "AllFolders" create a string value called "FolderType" and add the value of "NotSpecified" (no quotations).
    SylverReZ
    SylverReZ
    Honestly, for how Windows 11 is bloated, I can't fault you for moving to Linux.
    DragonMals
    DragonMals
    I can't move to Linux. My MSI Pulse gl66 is capable, but its a bit funnicky with my second monitor and I still want to use tools like Parsec to play retro games with others. HOWEVER, I'm currently investing into replacing this one with a Framework one so that I'm able to not only have Windows on one stick but my Dream Distro, Fedora Workstation, to get it running on.
    DragonMals
    I don't understand why RPCS3 Emulator is supporting ARM64 but not Android. And Everytime I see it be mentioned on the Twitter, they act a little inside in how they don't want to support Android. Its making me assume they don't want to include it due to drama with the android community that I'm not aware of. But I could be wrong.
    ciro64
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    DragonMals
    DragonMals
    I don't know much about the others, but when it came to this, this was an absolute highlight. The way she looks like she wants to kill you is HALARIOUS.
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    ciro64
    A lot of minigames have two kinds of faces now, one for messing up once and another for continuously messing up. The rope minigame even has a "oops" face before these two for when you only slightly mess up. It gives a lot of life to the game
    DragonMals
    DragonMals
    I didn't even know that! I wish to see more of the others if this one is amazing
    DragonMals
    Alright. I'll have to say: Unless you got coders that don't vibecode, I officially admit that using AI to assist in making something is now something I don't mind. If it makes stuff such as PS2 Emulation possible on PS2, and multiple (working) recompilation projects possible and whatnot.

    I still stand against Vibecoding. Please learn to code yourself, if you're working with the code you're using AI to make as well as understanding it, then good. if you 100% let the AI do it though, then we might have a problem and you should never touch close to any ambitious coding projects
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    SylverReZ
    SylverReZ
    I'm going to play devil's advocate and suggest that vibecoding may have been used in recent game ports. Generally, a port can take years and years to create by somebody who has the knowledge to reverse-engineer the obscure graphical and music formats, and those who can disassemble code; therefore, why does it seem like a new port appears out of nowhere every month without any announcements? Was humans even involved, or was there AI slop? 🤔
    DragonMals
    DragonMals
    I really hope that they had actual coders to back up their contents. it would be saddening to hear projects that I've been looking to play be backed up by vibecoders
    SylverReZ
    SylverReZ
    Tell me how you feel about this: https://www.reddit.com/r/decomps/comments/1ux4nyk/how_i_vibecoded_playable_gamecubewii/

    You see, there are non-coders out there that, rather than properly learn from tutorial videos or books, instead resort to their artificial idiocy bot to do it for them. You can see why I don't see the importance of game ports that have been making the recent waves in the coming months and that it took zero human interaction to develop, and even those that appear in the GBAtemp news forum. I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed by this.
    DragonMals
    After much trouble, this message has been sent on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Running the last version of the Brave Browser. I wished they've continued to make phones this compacg because of I can have a phone that's a small or similar size to this phone but with the calabilltiies of my S24 Ultra (or just a better phone capable of running everything just fine), then this would be amazing to to have. I wished this phone wasn't outdated because this has to be one of the greatest phones that I've had. This is a Canadian model too!
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    lightwo
    lightwo
    I've seen Unihertz praised here before, the specs and price check out, but apparently the software side of things is a bit rocky albeit usable
    DragonMals
    I'm really starting to hate our White modded standard Wii with the GameCube contents in it. The Wii Menu has a chance to boot or a higher chance not to boot, when exiting out of Nintendont using either the Wiimote or the button combination it crashes the entire system, and when I exit out of a game to go to the Wii Menu, it crashes the entire system. I dont know what could be the issue with this system but its starting to really get on my final nerves.
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    The Real Jdbye
    The Real Jdbye
    Does it also crash if you load a disc or installed wiiware/VC from the normal Wii menu and exit? If not, then it is probably the "return to" feature of the USB Loader that has been configured wrong. It should be set to the USB Loader forwarder (UNEO forwarder if you are using USBLGX, make sure you are not using an outdated forwarder)
    The Real Jdbye
    The Real Jdbye
    If you create a syscheck xml file and drag & drop it onto modmii it will generate the wad files needed to update your system & soft mod. This can also help.
    The Real Jdbye
    The Real Jdbye
    Maybe flash a new vanilla NAND generated with ohneschwanzenegger and start from scratch if nothing else helps.
    DragonMals
    I don't know what the general conseus is when it comes to this being made with heavy assistance from Claude, but there's now an experimental PC port of Silent Hill:

    DragonMals
    I can't believe people are saying that using NTDEV's Tiny11 is a security concern. For the longest time now, I've been running it not only on my gaming laptop, but also my college laptop paired with Windows 11 iot ltsc, and I've been able to go through life without much issues. My Gaming laptop is an MSI Pulse Gl66 and I got everything I need installed on there for it to check for driver updates and whatnot, and as for my College laptop, given what happened with my HP Elitebook 840 g1 (it was more unsupported with Tiny11 iot ltsc, but I installed printer drivers and it broke my monitor driver), I don't want to install any HP software on this one.
    DragonMals
    At this point, I'm just going to say that every single browser sucks. What do you mean after using Waterfox for a bit, and to come to Brave (even if it has the stuff I hate though I turned them off as best as I could) and Discord loads blazingly fast??? As well as most of the sites that I use, I'm having a much greater experience using Brave than Firefox... Man, now I want to tell my family about it, but I don't know. I'll stick to what I got since I already done too much recommendations on them for them to believe me.
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    lightwo
    lightwo
    I didn't say you "shouldn't" talk about it, that's on your discretion. My opinion was that it doesn't change much in terms of browsers themselves, so it doesn't surprise me that it hasn't been talked about for a while.
    ciro64
    ciro64
    Ladybird my beloved, I'll wait for you
    ciro64
    ciro64
    I'm not saying you should care about that, but I've noticed that a lot of the conversation around this browser online no longer mentions this detail, and I feel like it should maybe be brought up more often, especially since not everyone knows it.
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    My knowledge is that he wasn't kicked because of it, but choose to leave on his own due to backlash. I could be wrong though
    DragonMals
    Hello! Another test. If you're seeing this message, this is coming from a Samsung DeX on a Galaxy Note 8! This system has definitely seen its years, but it still manages to hold up on this specialized software to this very day! It seems that I have less problems with it than my Galaxy S24 Ultra from years afterwards...
    DragonMals
    after making my last posts on the good morning post, I'm very very tempted to donate the rest of my GBATemp XP to support this forum. I can't do it financially, and I don't have enough XP to make it through more than a single month.

    Once I find a personal way of stable income, I'm going to find a way to financially support this site. You guys deserve every dollar that's coming to you for providing one of the greatest homebrew catalogs, developers, and members that respect other members that's been around for two whole ass decades. I know I haven't been around since the glory days of hacking and homebrew, but ever since I made my account in 2022, I've been starting to grow attached to this site in the same veins as my discord being the most active site that I've been in.
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    SylverReZ
    SylverReZ
    I'm going to donate to GBAtemp more and help the staff in these struggling times, too. I know I've had my fair share of criticisms but I can't fault them on that, since this is the site I grew up with right before I joined. It was the dumping ground that grew my modding knowledge and I absolutely care that my knowledge has helped others.
    shaunj66
    shaunj66
    Please donate or become patron only if you can comfortably afford it. Users are our lifeblood not donations. We've said multiple times that if it ever comes to it we'll pay for the site out of pocket again, like we did for years until we decided to run ads.
    DragonMals
    Hello! If this ,message gets passed through, you're seeing a madman post on an HP Stream 8 running antix Linux. This is the first system that I'm using that is running a 32-bit OS, and my
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    IC
    IC
    Back around 2019-2020, I used an at-the-time 15-year-old Asus eeePC netbook as my only laptop for getting work done away from home, from the desktop computer.
    Similar stuff... 32-bit Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, a display with a height of 600 pixels, but a standard 2.5-inch Sata hard disk.
    I used the unofficial 32-bit version of Arch linux, the desktop environments LXDE and LXQt, or sometimes... doing simpler tasks directly from the text console to avoid launching the GUI.
    Despite it being an awful and slow experience with a lot of bugs (such as some configuration menus not fitting in 600px of screen height...), I remember it fondly, it's a warm memory... Having to adapt to a primitive environment.
    DragonMals
    DragonMals
    I don't think I will be using this other than as a thing to have since I never expected for this to be something that's barely usable. But to think that we used to have technology like this... Why has technology become so bloated? If we were to have the bloat-free nature of nowadays but with what we have with 5090s and all, I bet that society would be in a much better place. Think about it: Grand Theft Auto V ran on a PlayStation 3.
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    Sicklyboy
    Sicklyboy
    hah I have an HP Stream 7 with I think Win 8.1 on it still that I used instead of a laptop to re-flash the BCM in my car to enable some non-standard options/features. It was not a particularly enjoyable experience, but it got the job done. Which reminds me, I need to do that again, but with something other than that tablet.
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