Hacking Nintendont

[Bryon15]

How come with devolution we can use the wii u pro controller, but with nintendont we have to buy a $35 adaptor to use it? Sorry if this has been explained already. I'm just curious.

 

[Clarky]

How come with devolution we can use the wii u pro controller, but with nintendont we have to buy a $35 adaptor to use it? Sorry if this has been explained already. I'm just curious.

Devolution had its own Bluetooth stack written to take advantage of a few Bluetooth enabled control pads. Nintendont uses controllers and adapters that use hid interface to work instead

 

[MeowTheMouse]

Devolution had its own Bluetooth stack written to take advantage of a few Bluetooth enabled control pads. Nintendont uses controllers and adapters that use hid interface to work instead

Is there any reason for that?

 

[Clarky]

Is there any reason for that?

As far as I have read a lot of it is to do with the goals each developer had for there project. Crediar wanted to work on getting other functions working than working on Bluetooth support which would take a lot of effort

 

[crono141]

Too bad they hate each other's guts (so I've heard), because if they teamed up they could probably create the greatest GC playing app in existence.

 

[the_randomizer]

Too bad they hate each other's guts (so I've heard), because if they teamed up they could probably create the greatest GC playing app in existence.

Well, tueidj maybe....Crediar's a nice guy though

 

[bobmcjr]

Just got a ps3 and finally tried on my Wii U. Default controls are a bit awkward but it works and those can be changed. Sorta wished the power button required a key combo instead of just one button.

 

[papermanzero]

Is it possible to integrate the Bluetooth stack from devolution to nintendont?
This would be awesom if somebody would release a bluetooth stack to use it for such projects.

 

[obcd]

Isn't devolution using the bluetooth stack from the OS it's running on?
Nintendont isn't having this os support luxury.

 

[Maxternal]

Is it possible to integrate the Bluetooth stack from devolution to nintendont?
This would be awesom if somebody would release a bluetooth stack to use it for such projects.

Isn't devolution using the bluetooth stack from the OS it's running on?
Nintendont isn't having this os support luxury.

Well, the Devolution readme says this down at the end

Devolution uses parts of the lwBT Bluetooth stack:
/*
* Copyright (c) 2003 EISLAB, Lulea University of Technology.
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
* are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
*
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
* this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
* this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
* and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
* derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
* WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
* MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT
* SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
* EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
* OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
* INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
* CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING
* IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
* OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*
*/

So it seems like he had gotten permission to use some existing (closed source?) code for that part. I think the Bluetooth stack everyone else uses is actually part of libogc BUT both devolution and liboGC homebrew DO have the benefit of being able to use the IOS (drivers?) to communicate with the Bluetooth dongle. Nintendont apparently replaces the IOS while running so unless Crediar were to devise some way to load the IOS, too, AND find some Bluetooth stack code, he'd have to write all that code himself. Either way sounds like a lot of work to me.

 

[naxil]

new nintendont release?

 

[the_randomizer]

new nintendont release?

Not for a little while I'd assume

 

[Vappy]

Said he'd be busy for at least October, and until he says otherwise, it's fair to assume he's still preoccupied with more important things.

 

[CheatFreak47]

Did some research on the lwBT Bluetooth Stack.
Maybe Crediar should look into implementing it into Nintendont.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_stack#lwBT
http://read.pudn.com/downloads141/sourcecode/windows/610246/lwbt/doc/lwbt-doc.pdf

 

[Vappy]

Maybe he already looked into it and decided it was too much effort

 

[RikuCrafter]

Thanks for all the help. I loaded up Nintendont and got to the Zelda screen, but when I click A, the video disconnects, but the Wii still seems to be on.

I have a PAL Black Wii and PAL TV with an NTSC iso.

 

[WiiUBricker]

http://twitter.com/crediar/status/406092709900722176

Figured as much.

 

[Ray Lewis]

Crediar removed that and I pointed it out on another thread. Maybe he moved on to ps4 and/or xbone. If he drops Nintendon't there will be a lot of sad people.

 

[drakorex]

It's as if a stripper has grinded her bare ass against my groin, told me to go lay doin in the other room, and the moment I do, I hear my car peeling out of the driveway.

 

[Ray Lewis]

I tweeted to get it from Crediar. Nothing confirmed yet. Probably done but not sure.

Edit; Crediar confirmed no sneek...and no Nintendon't