Hacking GUI USB Loader

[Blue-K]

The coverflow doesn't have to be 3D, think about it, it would look almost as good as in 2D. Resizing the pictures of course. And personally, I would prefer it in white rather than black. Like my iPod. Little more Wii-ish. I agree that something proper needs to be done.. Kenney and coverflow being the best options.

Ahh, I get it. I think that if 3D would be possible, why not make it? If it's not possible, we still can go for 2D. About the colors: I think that will be Kenneys Choice, if he agreed to make one.

Oh, and just found that; http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Libwiigui. Looks awesome...look at the new SNES 9GX, etc...they look great. So maybe it's now a little bit easier to create a nice GUI. Waninkoko said he won't do that, I think...so we have to make it by ourselfs, definitely. Here's a small Checklist what we need and have to discuss:

What we need:
-Graphics (Kenney?)
-Coder
-Design/Layout
-Ev. More Functions (Cheats, Sort by Name, Time played, etc..)

 

[djbubba2002]

Nice Wrk Blue-k ..with the picuters ,, I allways wanted a NICE gui , If we put everone together , we can do this
What we need:
-Graphics (Kenney?)
-Coder ( I have One Person are ready working on it )
-Design/Layout ( Me) sofar
-Ev. More Functions (Cheats, Sort by Name, Time played, etc..)

pme me

 

[Mark McDonut]

ooh look what tantric just released

http://www.tehskeen.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=3694

A library written in GX for GUI systems that he wrote himself and is implementing in the new snes9x and sharing for developers to adapt..... This looks like the perfect backbone for the GUI, anyone else agree?

 

[djbubba2002]

where are already using it ... thanks ..
I got it working last night, I had to work with the author because he forgot some stuff. In it ..

 

[forbore]

We need to find a way to preview the opening.bnr that way we could put the file with our iso and the loader could read the banner from it. It's really funny since I started the same thread the other day and nobody answered...

 

[wiiv1.5owners3]

Kennys is awesome looking please someone comppile this into alreadt released channel.wad and we shoudl have a FANTASTIC lookinng loader

 

[gitkua]

I'm a graphics designer for an advertising company, if you need someone to do design/gui stuff I'd like to help... just PM me if you still need someone...

 

[bluebird12]

A GUI with Kenney's design would be great. I would much rather have that then have each game as a wad.

 

[TrickyTony]

A GUI with Kenney's design would be great. I would much rather have that then have each game as a wad.

Yeah something Kenney-like would be tops. I'm not really technically talented but if y'all need any grunts feel free to message me and I will help however I can.

 

[Adr990]

Well...
To keep it easy, we just should be able to make a MAP on the ROOT or such of our SD Card.
With Boxarts.png/.jpg/.bmp...
Or Banner recorded animation -Yep with cam or such

- files like .avi/.gif files...

Or even better would be to load a .BNR/.TPL file from a MAP on the Root or such of our SD Card.
(We get that from the Game discs...)
But than you need to make a Loader for those files... that is hard... (I think.)

Info or such we probably just go use XML files...

 

[wiiztec]

Eh I like the gritty text selection, make me feel like a rebel

 

[Screemer]

may i link to a post of howardC where he explains why loading and displaying banners, channel animations and sound is right now not really doable:

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=144...t&p=1868406

i think it's pretty interesting. somebody might want to invite him to discuss with us here.

 

[Kenney]

I'm in guys, would love to do the graphics on this one. We can alter my GUI with the new ideas we've gathered.

 

[oneleggedjack]

Kenny's is nice, but I wouldn't want the size display to be in blocks. Blue K's cover flow is my fav, I would just want more info, like size, name, and a release date. Can't wait for the new GUI's!

PS did anyone see the awesome tantric video?

 

[BlindDude]

You people are AMAZING.. Sorry to waste space but DAYUM,, I cant believe this shiat!.. Its moving so fast... and looks SOOO good!

+rep or karma or whatever,,

Thank you all for this stuff.. Cant wait.

 

[bluebird12]

Kenny's is nice, but I wouldn't want the size display to be in blocks. Blue K's cover flow is my fav, I would just want more info, like size, name, and a release date. Can't wait for the new GUI's!

PS did anyone see the awesome tantric video?

I was looking for that video, couldn't find it. Do u mind linking?

 

[Screemer]

if you mean tantrics vid of new the snes9x gx gui? yes i saw it and it was indeed awesome.

 

[oneleggedjack]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTepvGF2fio...player_embedded

 

[seangibbz]

It would probably work best if they just inplemented the homebrew browser's gui, but instead of looking for folders in the apps folder, it would just look for files in a wbfs partition. Also, the person could post a certain sized picture (box art) as is done by the icon.png implementatin by the HBB and HBC. Also, having a folder system set up could make organization easier, like organization for the HBC vs random dol files on the root.

Here's an example of what I mean:

USBDRIVE --,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ |--Partition 1 (FAT)
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ |--Partition 2 (WBFS)----,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ|----Game 1--,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ |--Game.iso
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ |--BoxArt.png
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ|----Game 2--,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ |--Game.iso
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ |--BoxArt.png
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ|----Game 3--,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ |--Game.iso
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ |--BoxArt.png

It would load the WBFS partition, and display the BoxArt.png file and, when the boxart's clicked, it would load the iso. Also, a xml info file wouldn't be a bad idea other, or it could just display the name of the iso as the name of the game. Example, for Donkey_Kong.iso it would display:

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|ÂÂÂÂÂÂDonkeyÂÂÂÂ |
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ÂÂÂÂDonkey Kong

I like the iTunes CoverFlow idea too, along with the Nintendo StarLight. My idea is just more simple.

 

[Golfman560]

I'd rather just use Kenney's GUI

That or the iTunes coverart thing that rajnika suggested