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eleriaqueen / gcSeccy

GC port of Seccy (Section ID Calculator)
MIT License
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What is this and what does it do? #2

Open coolaj86 opened 3 years ago

coolaj86 commented 3 years ago

Is this a game? Or a game save hack?

How does one install the tools to compile and run it?

(I'm looking to create a GameCube "hello world" for myself and trying to find a getting started guide or simple sample code to start from)

eleriaqueen commented 3 years ago

Hello, it's a homebrew app that can run (once compiled) on a real gamecube as well as on the Dolphin gamecube emulator. I made it for fun, its code isn't pretty but it is meant as a companion to the game Phantasy Star Online Episode I&II, in that game your "Section ID" which determines item drops is calculated from your character name this app predicts what Section ID you'll get if you input the same name in the game later.

It can be compiled with DevKitPro which is a free SDK for multiple consoles including the gamecube (which is a PPC architecture). Edit : An already compiled version of gcSeccy can be downloaded in the Releases section -> https://github.com/eleriaqueen/gcSeccy/releases Simply set up Dolphin emulator and run 'gcSeccy.dol' using File -> Load.

The DevKitPro Installer for Windows can be found at -> https://github.com/devkitPro/installer/releases It looks like it's possible to get DevKitPro installed on Linux -> https://devkitpro.org/wiki/devkitPro_pacman

On the topic of guides, when I made this I couldn't find any guides on the web for GC development, if I remember correctly I downloaded source code for multiple GC homebrews and looked at their code, maybe the DevKitPro manual too, and through trial and error managed to display something in Dolphin emulator !

Here is barebones code to get you started : Edit (Updated pastebin with code that actually compiles correctly) : https://pastebin.com/86J6i9KU

coolaj86 commented 3 years ago

Thank you!