OpenTyrianWii

OpenTyrianWii
General
Author(s)	OpenTyrian team
Ported by	Molokai
Type	Shooting game
Version	1.1.2
Licence	GPL v2
Links
Download
Website
Source
Downloadable via the Homebrew Browser
Peripherals

A Port of the rail shooter OpenTyrian to Wii.

Features

• Full Wiimote+Nunchuk, Classic Controller, and USB Keyboard support, 95% GC Pad support.
• Wiimote horizontal capable.
• 2 Player Arcade action.
• Full input choice (you can use any Wiimote, classic controller or GC pad, no matter the sync, as well as the keyboard).
• SD and SDHC support from the front SD slot.

Controls

In Menu

+				Action
	OR /	/	Template:KeyboardUp/Template:KeyboardDown	Move through the Menu
			Template:KeyboardEnter	Select menu item
			Template:KeyboardEsc	Back

In Game

These are defaults only. For custom, use the in-game joystick config.

+			Action
		Template:KeyboardUp Template:KeyboardLeftTemplate:KeyboardDownTemplate:KeyboardRight	Move ship
		Template:KeyboardSpace	Fire weapons
		Template:KeyboardEnter	Change rear fire mode
		Left Template:KeyboardCtrl	Fire left sidekick
		Left Template:KeyboardAlt	Fire right sidekick
		Template:KeyboardEsc	In level menu
		P/[	Pause/Unpause game

Custom Button Assignments

Here's a list of controller button numbers for your customization pleasure.

NOTE: As of 1.1.2, Joystick configuration saving has been temporarily disabled until I can figure out what's corrupting the cfg. That means GC pads are fully in the mix (except for the joysticks. I haven't figured out yet how to enable them). Based on user input, I will either distribute 1 config file that holds two wiimotes rigged for horizontal gameplay and two for the nunchuck combination, or I will release two, one for each gameplay method with all four wiimotes rigged for that method.

Button	Button Number	Wiimote or Classic
	1	Wiimote
	2	Wiimote
	3	Wiimote
	4	Wiimote
	5	Wiimote
	6	Wiimote
	7	Wiimote
	8	Wiimote
	9	Wiimote
	10	Classic
	11	Classic
	12	Classic
	13	Classic
	14	Classic
	15	Classic
	16	Classic
	17	Classic
	18	Classic
	19	Classic
	20	Classic

In order to make a reassignment, in the Joystick menu, using the "RETURN" button, select the function you wish to reassign, press the button that is assigned for that controller/expansion, then select the function again and press the button you wish to use. Defaults currently set the Wiimote+Nunchuck combo and the Classic Controller at the same time (I think the defaults are pretty intuitive, though :)).

About

This is a Wii adaptation of TYRIAN, the game edited by Eclipse and published by Epic MegaGames.The original game was programmed by Jason Emery, illustrated by Daniel Cook, and its music composed by Alexander Brandon and Andreas Molnar.

This port is based on OpenTyrian project code, maintained by mindless2112, syntaxglitch,emacs.hacker, yuriks.br.

This README file was based on the README found on Nuvalo's old one.

This port is separate from Nuvalo's port, and has now replaced it (as you can see). It is fully functional and much more stable than the Wii-Linux version.

This is not the version featured in the Homebrew Showcase linked on the main page (unfortunately). But trust me, it is better, and easier to use.

Gameplay

Tyrian is an arcade-style vertical scrolling shooter. The player controls a space ship fitted with different weapons and enhanced energy shields. Money is earned by destroying enemies and grabbing bonuses, which is then used to purchase upgrades such as weapons, shields, energy generators, and different ships from interlevel menus. The game is fast paced and presents a variety of enemies and bosses.

Installation

• Download the two packages on Google Code (you only need the tyrianFiles zip once. Those won't be updated)
• Unzip them directly to the root of your SD card (will work on putting the cfg and sav files in the tyrian folder)
• Run using HBC (you can run it with something else, but HBC is the standard now). Installing Homebrew Channel

Known Issues

• Network status unknown.
• GC pad joystick does not work (buttons do).
• In Save menu, when using the keyboard, cannot type save names, Enter does not "RETURN" and confirm the save. Use Wiimote A button or Classic Controller b button (defaults).

If you know of or find anything else, or you think of an improvement you'd like to suggest, please post it on my Google Code issues page.

TODO

• Add popup keyboard for Wiimote use.
• Finish 640x480 scaler.
• Add support for saving/loading on USB HDDs.

Changelog

1.1.2 - 28 May 2009

• All DPads now support bidirectional movement. This makes the GC pad much more viable as a controller to use in OpenTyrianWii.
• Fix confirmed for the CC DPad bug. It now only functions as a DPad.
• Unconfirmed fix for HBC 1.0.2 and up (I tested it on my Wii with 1.0.3 and it worked).
• Because of a bug in the joystick saving function, I have temporarily disabled it. Details in Controls.
• As a note, turning the volume down on the sfx seems to diminish the popping in the audio, but only slightly. Still looking into a proper resampling.
• Also, don't change the scaler to anything but scale2x. 2x is now a testing ground for the 640x480 upscale, and is unstable.

1.1.1 - 26 May 2009

• All DPads are now functional. Wiimote DPad is configured for horizontal gameplay, CC and GC DPads are configured traditionally. However, the CC DPad left seems to act as an escape key. Fix to come later.

1.1.0 - 26 May 2009

• Fixed sound bug from exit exception fix.
• Fixed joystick configuration. Wiimote+nunchuk and Classic Controller are now fully configurable!!! Details in Controls.
• Disabled mouse support (until SDL Wii is fixed with a solution for Wiimote dual functioning as mouse and joystick).
• All userdata moved to tyrian/userdata. For those with versions earlier than 1.1.0, just move your tyrian.cfg and tyrian.sav files to tyrian/userdata. The next time you exit, joystick.cfg will show up there as well.
• Button crashes are not confirmed to be fixed, but so far, I have not had any problems since I disabled the mouse functionality.
• Whatever you do, do not use the GameCube pad yet. It will override (for some reason) the wiimote functionality, and as the GC pad joystick is not functioning yet, you can't navigate or change anything. I will work on a fix for this later.

1.0.1 - 25 May 2009

• Fixed exception screen on title menu exit selection.

1.0 - 25 May 2009

• Initial release.
• Supports game saves natively.
• Full audio support (music synthesized at 32khz, sfx resampled to 33075). Sfx will pop, music by itself will not.
• Wiimote/Nunchuk support through SDL Wii's joystick functionality.

Video's

The video above, by _Contra_, was captured as widescreen.

Thanks

• mindless2112, syntaxglitch, emacs.hacker, yuriks.br and all the people behind the OpenTyrian project.
• Tantric, SquidMan, everyone else who worked on SDL Wii for finishing the port, including SDL_Net, as well as general support and troubleshooting.
• yuriks and mindless2112 of the OpenTyrian project for helping me track down the memory bugs.

Links

• OpenTyrian project Web Site
• SDL Wii GoogleCode site
• SDL Wii
• libwiikeyboard