Homebrew Official [WIP] User Friendly WUP Installer

[Benoit934]

Hello,
One of the firsts tools I did used on my Wii U was WUP Installer but i find it really wierd to use, so I did this modifications

• Invert UP/DOWN Keys
• Fix Y Key
• Add Scrollable and redimentionable list
• Replace Left/Right key pad by A Toggle
• Use X to install and L/R to switch storage
• Check Tik for resolving name and version number
• Caching resolved list
• Trigger install only if there is elected dirs
• Scrolling names for better Gamepad display
• Resolve package type (DLC, UPDATE)
• Work with the new HBL

There is still improprement and optimisations to do.

RC1 download : https://github.com/benoit934/wupinstaller/releases/tag/uf1.1.0

 

[ItsKipz]

This is pretty interesting, but im still waiting for a combination of WUP and FunKiiU (download and install all from one app on wii u)

 

[Benoit934]

It's possible but meany of us are blocking the Nintendo DNS, It is not safe to download directly on the SD card and I don't know if there is a way to get the tik directly by reading the disk on the WiiU (maybe modifing DDD).

After all we can use libCurl to download content from a local server but we can't use de WiiU at the same time, I think it's still better to prepare files on a computer then copy those files on the SD card

 

[driverdis]

It's possible but meany of us are blocking the Nintendo DNS, It is not safe to download directly on the SD card and I don't know if there is a way to get the tik directly by reading the disk on the WiiU (maybe modifing DDD).

After all we can use libCurl to download content from a local server but we can't use de WiiU at the same time, I think it's still better to prepare files on a computer then copy those files on the SD card

I would assume any homebrew app could force use a different DNS like google to download from NUS without exposing the console to automatic updates.

 

[Benoit934]

Yes nslookup can use any dns server without setting it into the system, It's why I blocked the UDP port 53 on my rooter.

You can easily port a tool like JNUS or uTikDownloadHelper but for installation procession you have to be in the SysMenu so you have to switch between the Mii Menu and SysMenu and do not tr to acess the SD card during the install process, but because the Wii can't run multiples tiltles at the same I'm not interested

 

[Benoit934]

EDIT :
Alpha release available : https://github.com/benoit934/wupinstaller/releases/tag/uf0.1.0

 

[Don Jon]

it would be nice to have a cool UI

 

[Benoit934]

it would be nice to have a cool UI

You mean GUI, like Home-brew loader ?
Maybe we can do that by loading a elf and injecting the path then go back to the GUI on Mii Menu, but I did never worked with CPP

 

[Irastris]

What do you mean by "Fix Y Button"?

The Y button works perfectly in Yardape's mod on my console.

 

[cw-kid]

Hi

Wanted to give this build of WUP Installer a try but which file to download ?

wupinstaller.uf.mod.0.1.0-NAND.Enabled.zip or wupinstaller.uf.mod.0.1.0.zip ?

Thanks

 

[plyscho]

Hi

Wanted to give this build of WUP Installer a try but which file to download ?

wupinstaller.uf.mod.0.1.0-NAND.Enabled.zip or wupinstaller.uf.mod.0.1.0.zip ?

Thanks

I'm using NAND enabled but it seems to install on USB anyways. So make sure to move your existing save games/updates to USB before installing games that already have saves/updates since they always have to be on the same device.

It's a neat fork, tho.
It's a really neat fork.

 

[Billy Acuña]

Nice mod!!!
By the way.
May you concider to merge this commit into your fork in order to work with HBL Channel?
https://github.com/dimok789/wupinstaller/commit/69e78f7c8afe2d7b19ef220f123addad0ccac989

 

[Benoit934]

What do you mean by "Fix Y Button"?

The Y button works perfectly in Yardape's mod on my console.

It was initialised in a loop so pressing Y was triggering the refresh each cycle

I'm using NAND enabled but it seems to install on USB anyways. So make sure to move your existing save games/updates to USB before installing games that already have saves/updates since they always have to be on the same device.

It's a neat fork, tho.

That's weird I didn't try to install on my NAND but it should work

Nice mod!!!
By the way.
May you concider to merge this commit into your fork in order to work with HBL Channel?
https://github.com/dimok789/wupinstaller/commit/69e78f7c8afe2d7b19ef220f123addad0ccac989

I can't just merge that code, I need to rewrite everything to fit the new structure but I'll take a look when i'll have time

 

[Billy Acuña]

It was initialised in a loop so pressing Y was triggering the refresh each cycle


That's weird I didn't try to install on my NAND but it should work



I can't just merge that code, I need to rewrite everything to fit the new structure but I'll take a look when i'll have time

Actually is not that hard, you just need to merge the system stuff (which should be the same as yours) and as for main.c you just need to put the proper init commands, but for the install fuction it indeed needs to be rewrited, I tried with Y mod and failed at rewrite the install fuction, but well, I'm not a skilled dev at all [emoji14]

 

[Benoit934]

The main issue with my mod will be with the files reading I guess, so if I go back to the Dimok code and rewrite properly everything with the OS functions of files reading it may work.

It don't take really long time to recode functions as directory listing etc... and even Yardage do not seem to be an expert.

An idea to write a good WUP Installer is to just get the installation code with fixed variables that we set at the loading of the elf by knowing the offsets and we make a frontend like HBL with the graphics functions, but i did never worked with CPP I know how OPP work and I'm confident with it, but for me it's more for big stuff running in the User Land and in C i work directly with the memory so for me CPP is just a brain fuck that merge low level and high level.

Actually I'm really busy and I didn't even turned on my WiiU so I was not advised that the HBL work differently

 

[plyscho]

That's weird I didn't try to install on my NAND but it should work

Now that I think about it maybe I just didn't find the setting/button to install to NAND. There is no indicator showing the target device, it seems.

It works perfectly fine. I somehow missed the brackets marking USB or NAND as selected.

 

[Benoit934]

Actually is not that hard, you just need to merge the system stuff (which should be the same as yours) and as for main.c you just need to put the proper init commands, but for the install fuction it indeed needs to be rewrited, I tried with Y mod and failed at rewrite the install fuction, but well, I'm not a skilled dev at all [emoji14]

So I did the needed modifications I guess but I do not have this release of HBL, I can't even dump my NAND with my lite SD card

Ma you check my development branch and check if it's working ?

 

[Billy Acuña]

So I did the needed modifications I guess but I do not have this release of HBL, I can't even dump my NAND with my lite SD card

Ma you check my development branch and check if it's working ?

I'll, give me a minute [emoji14]

 

[Billy Acuña]

It worked!!!
Just a little bug, when you finish the install process it stucks at "please wait...", if you press A after a while, it returns into the main screen (this also brokes the chain installing), everything seems to be perfect

 

[Benoit934]

It worked!!!
Just a little bug, when you finish the install process it stucks at "please wait...", if you press A after a while, it returns into the main screen (this also brokes the chain installing), everything seems to be perfect

Yes I know that the screen is not updated, a key press refresh the display normally, for the A button it's weird maybe a issue with a buffer and I didn't updated the multiples files install.

I'll try to install HBL on my SysNAND because i can't make a rednand