Homebrew Sonic mania port to wii u

[2kshard]

Can anyone use the recent sonic mania decompilation to port it over to the wii u

 

[Th3L3g3nd123]

And Sonic 3 A.I.R

theres a wii u port for that?

 

[fmhugo]

theres a wii u port for that?

Idk :/

 

[AmandaRose]

Idk :/

There isn't one.

 

[sonictopfan]

With the release of Aroma, it seems like making installable forwarders will no longer be necessary,

What in the world is Aroma?

 

[NinStar]

What in the world is Aroma?

A new environment for the EnvironmentLoader, just like Tiramisu is.
It has a plugin that automatically displays .wuhb and .rpx files on the Wii U Menu as a installed game.

 

[sonictopfan]

A new environment for the EnvironmentLoader, just like Tiramisu is.
It has a plugin that automatically displays .wuhb and .rpx files on the Wii U Menu as a installed game.

Interesting, what is a .wuhb file btw? I wonder if this can modify the Wii U so that it can read USB like Fat32 or something, I’ll have to look into that later when I get some free time.

 

[V10lator]

what is a .wuhb file btw?

Basically a ROMFS containing the .rpx and some meta files (splash screens, bootsound and stuff).

I wonder if this can modify the Wii U so that it can read USB like Fat32 or something

Apples and oranges. FAT32 on USB has been possible since 5 years: https://github.com/dimok789/mocha/commit/43f1af08a345b333e800ac1e2e18e7aa153e9da9 - it's buggy as hell through as FAT32 doesn't support all the things the Wii U needs (like permissions).
AFAIK someone works on something similiar with NTFS through.

 

[V800]

Added WUHB for Aroma users.

Quick question:
Can I ftp the new rpx file into the code folder instead of uninstall the old forwarder and install a new one?

 

[NinStar]

Quick question:
Can I ftp the new rpx file into the code folder instead of uninstall the old forwarder and install a new one?

Yes.

 

[sonictopfan]

Version 0.6 has just dropped, idk why they don’t just call it version 1.0 both the Vita and 3DS versions started with 1.0 and I honestly think the Wii U version is for the most part the most stable version.

 

[sonictopfan]

Decided to pack my own installers so you can launch the game directly from the Wii U Menu, it is based on the latest release by the time I'm editing this post.

Spoiler: Mania Vanilla (Preview)

TV & GamePad

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Boot sound: Ring

Spoiler: Mania Plus (Preview)

TV & GamePad

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Boot sound: Chaos Emerald + Ring (Inspired by Generations 3DS)

Choosing one is just a matter of which design you prefer, to enable Mania Plus you have to follow the instructions mentioned here: https://github.com/Clownacy/Sonic-Mania-Decompilation/releases/tag/v0.3, the Data.rsdk goes on sd:/RSDK/v5/Data.rsdk.

• Mania Vanilla 0.5 - Installer / WUHB
• Mania Plus 0.5 - Installer / WUHB

I'll be updating this post whenever a new release is out.

I know you said you’re not making a wup forwarder after 0.5 because of aroma but I still use tiramisu and I really like your Mania forwarder I was hoping you’d still make a new one for version 0.6

 

[godreborn]

I know you said you’re not making a wup forwarder after 0.5 because of aroma but I still use tiramisu and I really like your Mania forwarder I was hoping you’d still make a new one for version 0.6

? Wouldn't you just need to replace the rpx itself instead of the forwarder?

 

[niuus]

? Wouldn't you just need to replace the rpx itself instead of the forwarder?

The channels made by NinStar embed the rpx file. TBH this is the only channel I am using that isn't strictly a forwarder, meaning just a shortcut to the rpx inside the SD card, which tends to be the commonly used way, specially since you only have to replace the file in the SD for updates.

Kinda strange nobody has made a traditional Wii U forwarder yet, as the art already released looks really good for that.

 

[sonictopfan]

The channels made by NinStar embed the rpx file. TBH this is the only channel I am using that isn't strictly a forwarder, meaning just a shortcut to the rpx inside the SD card, which tends to be the commonly used way, specially since you only have to replace the file in the SD for updates.

Kinda strange nobody has made a traditional Wii U forwarder yet, as the art already released looks really good for that.

I honestly prefer embedding the rpx files instead, the less reliance on reading from SD the better for me, just keep everything on USB.

 

[godreborn]

Biggest issue for me is finding some assets/artwork to use with something like this.

 

[NinStar]

I know you said you’re not making a wup forwarder after 0.5 because of aroma but I still use tiramisu and I really like your Mania forwarder I was hoping you’d still make a new one for version 0.6

I never dropped the WUP version, I'll be updating both soon.

 

[godreborn]

I never dropped the WUP version, I'll be updating both soon.

I'll just wait for yours. I deleted my setup since there are only two different names for all six or seven ports. the only one I couldn't compile was the android one, and my god is android confusing as hell. I did manage to compile super mario 64 for android though, just not sonic mania.

 

[NinStar]

Decided to pack my own installers so you can launch the game directly from the Wii U Menu, it is based on the latest release by the time I'm editing this post.

Spoiler: Mania Vanilla (Preview)

TV & GamePad

Icon

Boot sound: Ring

Spoiler: Mania Plus (Preview)

TV & GamePad

Icon

Boot sound: Chaos Emerald + Ring (Inspired by Generations 3DS)

Choosing one is just a matter of which design you prefer, to enable Mania Plus you have to follow the instructions mentioned here: https://github.com/Clownacy/Sonic-Mania-Decompilation/releases/tag/v0.3, the Data.rsdk goes on sd:/RSDK/v5/Data.rsdk.

• Mania Vanilla 0.6 - Installer / WUHB
• Mania Plus 0.6 - Installer / WUHB

I'll be updating this post whenever a new release is out.

Updated to v0.6

 

[godreborn]

Updated to v0.6

problem. the plus wuhb appears to be the normal version.

 

[Th3L3g3nd12]

You have to change up a file like it says in the GitHub of the port