Sebastian <sebastian@sebsite.pw> replied via email:
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Hi, I have the same question for @Leo that Kevin Daudt brought up. I'd
appreciate some information on why this was closed. By the way, if there
is a genuine reason for this to be closed, you'll probably also want to
close MR !28830, since it is very similar to this one. Though if you do,
please give me some feedback on why the patches were rejected.
(Actually, on that note, is that other MR still waiting to be reviewed
and maybe merged? No rush; I don't know how long it usually takes for
new aports to be merged, and even so it's around the holidays, it'd just
be nice to know the state of things.)
Thanks in advance!
- Sebastian
```
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Hey this looks awesome. If I may ask, what need do you have for these tools? I'm a big emulator player myself and have patched Mario Kart Wii to be able to play online still and stuff, but I wonder what else you would use these tools for.
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Sebastian <sebastian@sebsite.pw> replied via email:
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On Sun Jan 2, 2022 at 8:23 AM EST, Bart Ribbers wrote:
> Hey this looks awesome. If I may ask, what need do you have for these> tools? I'm a big emulator player myself and have patched Mario Kart Wii> to be able to play online still and stuff, but I wonder what else you> would use these tools for.
I mainly use them for modifying textures and models, but they can also
be used to encode/decode track files and to create custom track
distributions. The homepage[1] has lots of documentation, and the Custom
Mario Kart Wiiki also has a useful overview[2] and tutorial[3].
Since you're using emulator, the easiest way to use this is probably in
junction with Wiimms ISO Tools. That way, you can use `wit extract` to
extract the contents of the Mario Kart Wii ISO/WBFS, the various SZS
tools to view and modify game files, then `wit copy` to create the new
patched ISO. Though note that if you're just downloading custom assets
online and not creating your own or making changes, you likely don't
need to use the SZS tools.
Happy to see I'm not the only Alpine user who plays Mario Kart Wii. :)
[1]: https://szs.wiimm.de/
[2]: http://wiki.tockdom.com/w/index.php?title=Wiimms_SZS_Tools
[3]: http://wiki.tockdom.com/w/index.php?title=Wiimms_SZS_Tools/How_To
- Sebastian
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> Happy to see I'm not the only Alpine user who plays Mario Kart Wii. :)
Not at all!
In fact, I recently requested ncopa to enable some kernel options related to playing Wii games using Wiimotes, https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/13360.
I've also been working on a program to translate Wiimote presses into keyboard presses intended for some other things, so in general you're not the only one doing anything Wii related on Alpine :wink:
I didn't realize Mario Kart Wii had custom tracks though! I've already patched my game with Wiimmfi but currently I don't have access to a real Wii to get a legit NAND, and that's the only modding I've done so far. Looks fun, I'll give it a shot!
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On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 19:39:14 -0500, Sebastian wrote:
> +arch="x86 x86_64"> +license="GPL-2.0-or-later"> +makedepends="bash binutils gcc libpng-dev linux-headers make ncurses-dev"
binutils, gcc, and make are installed with build-base, i.e. these are the default build dependencies that shouldn't be specified in makedepends.
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