MLlib

MLlib
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Author(s)	Minishlink
Type	Framework library
Version	1.0
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The MLlib (or Minishlink's Library) is a simple library to develop on Nintendo Wii. Technically, it's a wrapper of libogc and others librairies. Coding with this lib on Wii is way easier and faster now ! :-) I created this because I needed a library with I could code with easy functions. It uses GX for drawing, libpng for handling PNG, and libs of libogc...

Features

• Proper code so that it's nice to see;
• Easy for all;
• Friendly functions;
• Handles drawing (lol);
• Sprite system;
• Handles PNG images, BMP soon;
• Write graphically text;
• MP3 system;
• MOD system;
• Input (Wiimote, Nunchuk, and extensions...) system;
• And much more...

How to install ?

On Windows

First you need to have devKitPro installed. Go install it ! ;)

Then, libpng for Wii must be installed.

1. Download it at my FTP.
2. Extract it and place the .a in "devkitpro\libogc\lib\wii" and the folder "png" in "devkitpro\libogc\include".
3. It's done !

Now the MLlib.

1. Download the MLlib on the Google Code MLlib page
2. Extract the arhive and place the 3 folders where you want (recommended in C:\devkitPro)
3. Info : "MLlib" folder is where the library is; "MLlib_" folder is where the source is (you can delete it if you want); "MLlib_Others" is where the template, examples, ressources are.
4. Set the environment variable "MLPATH" to your path to the MLlib. (eg. "/c/devkitPro/MLlib" because it must be linux-style) To do that, open the Start menu, right-click on Computer -> Properties, then go to the advanced settings -> environments variables. Set it there. It's recommended to restart the computer.
5. It should be done ! Go explore examples ! :D (test if it works via an example)

On Linux

First you need to have devKitPro installed. Go install it ! ;)

Then, libpng for Wii must be installed.

1. Download it at my FTP.
2. Extract it and place the .a in "devkitpro/libogc/lib/wii" and the folder "png" in "devkitpro/libogc/include".
3. It's done !

Now the MLlib.

1. Download the MLlib on the Google Code MLlib page
2. Extract the archive and place the 3 folders where you want (recommended in /home/user/devkitpro)
3. Info : "MLlib" folder is where the library is; "MLlib_" folder is where the source is (you can delete it if you want); "MLlib_Others" is where the template, examples, ressources are.
4. Set the environment variable "MLPATH" to your path to the MLlib. (eg. "/home/username/devkitpro/MLlib") To do that, open and type in a new console:

export MLPATH=/path/to/MLlib

It should be done ! Go explore examples ! :D (test if it works via an example)

On Mac OS X

You should be able to do it if you read Windows/Linux instructions. Updated tutorial will coming soon though, with Mac OS X ;)

Notes

Quickstart

For a quickstart, see the section How to install ? and go see the examples in the "MLlib_Others" folder ! ;)

Error when compiling the template/examples ?

To test correctly the examples and the template, make sure you have done a "make clean" before, because it will give you the error

make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/home/minishlink/devkitpro/MLlib_Others/template/source/main.c', needed by `main.o'. Stop.

if you don't do this ! :p

Bugs & Suggestions

If you have any bugs or suggestions, feel free to report them on Google Code.

See also

• Homebrew using MLlib

Special Thanks

• Chaosteil
• Cid2Mizard
• Crayon
• Dhewg
• Dykam
• EvilSpoon
• Feesh
• Mollusk
• Morukutsu
• NoNameNo
• Svpe
• T4ils
• WntrMute
• Zeblackos

and these communities :

• www.dev-fr.org + IRC Channel #dev-fr
• www.nintendomax.com
• www.wiibrew.org + IRC Channel #wiidev
• www.wiigen.fr

Update History

1.0 - May 31, 2009

• First public release