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Revision as of 11:45, 5 March 2017
Homebrew Channel | |
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Type | Downloadable (third party) |
Developer(s) | Team Twiizers |
Publisher(s) | Team Twiizers |
Platform(s) | Wii Channels |
Release date(s) | AUS April 2, 2008 EU April 2, 2008 NA April 2, 2008 JP April 2, 2008 |
Genre(s) | Utility |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Input methods | Wii Remote, Wii Remote + Nunchuk, Classic Controller, GameCube Controller, Guitar Controller |
Compatibility | 4 Playable |
GameIDs | |
See also... |
Dolphin Forum thread |
The Homebrew Channel is a freeware homebrew application loader that was developed to provide a way of easily running unofficial software on the Wii console. Once installed, it appears as a standard Wii Channel on the Wii Menu. When launched, it displays a list of applications found on an SD card or USB drive. The user then selects an application to launch by using a Wii Remote or GameCube controller. It also accepts application uploads via a USB Gecko or TCP/IP (over Wi-Fi or Ethernet), which allows for quick application testing during development. When launched from the Wii Menu, the Homebrew Channel will check for updates to itself and automatically download them if the user chooses to do so.
The functionality provided by the Homebrew Channel is provided by Dolphin directly, so the HBC is not needed (except to work around Dolphin's broken Wii homebrew detection in some cases).
Problems
Black screen before 1.1.3
The developers of the Homebrew Channel have placed traps into the program specifically to prevent the HBC from loading in Dolphin. There are other problems in versions before 1.1.3 which won't be documented here.
The 1.1.3 release of the HBC, which is now open source, has removed the anti-Dolphin code.
Networking
Network initialisation never completes.
Black display on Direct 3D
Using Direct 3D will cause the screen go black, but the app stills working normally. Use OpenGL to solve this.
Configuration
Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.
Graphics
Config | Setting | Notes |
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Video Backend | OpenGL | Avoid Black Screen with XFB enabled |
Version Compatibility
The graph below charts the compatibility with Homebrew Channel since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.
Testing
This channel has been tested on the environments listed below:
Test Entries | |||||
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Revision | OS | CPU | GPU | Result | Tester |
r7598 | Windows 7 | Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5770 | All issues in the Problems section are present. | SephirothFanatic |
3.0 | Windows 7 | Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5770 | All issues in the Problems section are present. | SephirothFanatic |
3.0-376 | Windows 7 | Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5770 | Starts and runs normally, except when reloading or exiting with the Home button. | SephirothFanatic |
5.0-1422 | Linux (Debian sid) | Intel Core i5-4210H @ 3.5GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GT 940 | Everything works (including launching homebrew, returning to Wii menu, shutting down) except networking. | Léo |
Gameplay Videos
- Team Twiizers (Developer)
- Team Twiizers (Publisher)
- Australia (Release region)
- Europe (Release region)
- North America (Release region)
- Japan (Release region)
- 2008 (Initial release year)
- Utility (Genre)
- Single-player (Game mode)
- Single-player only (Game mode)
- 1 (Players supported)
- Wii Remote (Input supported)
- Nunchuk (Input supported)
- Classic Controller (Input supported)
- GameCube Controller (Input supported)
- Guitar Controller (Input supported)
- 4 stars (Rating)
- Video Backend (Config Required)
- Tested On (OS): Windows
- Tested On (CPU): Intel
- Tested On (GPU): ATI
- Tested
- Tested On (Release): 3.0
- Tested On (Release): 5.0
- Tested On (OS): Linux
- Tested On (GPU): NVIDIA
- Untested for 10000+ revisions
- Wii Channels