[Enhancement] Navigation through Wii U Pro controller

[cucholix]

It could be nice being able to navigate HBL with the Wii U Pro Controller, so far you only can do that through Wiiremote and Gamepad.

[CreeperMario]

I've started looking into this already. (I'll also allow you to use buttons on the GamePad and Wii Remote, instead of having to use the touch screen or point).

[cucholix]

That's great, this will included in the official release or will be a mod?

[CreeperMario]

I'll pull request it, but it won't be official until dimok returns and merges the pull request (assuming he even does).

In the meantime, it will be available in my fork, which you can place on your SD card on top of the other one.

[cucholix]

I'm checking your fork, does it contain only source, not binaries?

[CreeperMario]

My repo is only source, but once my changes are actually ready, I can provide you with a binary to test-drive.

[cucholix]

Looking forward to it, thanks!

[Riyyi]

@CreeperMario 'or point' so the Wii remote already works to select homebrew? Anyway, I'm also looking forward to your pull request.

[CreeperMario]

Preliminary implementation of button-only controls

• You can press the up/down buttons on your D-Pad (on any connected controller) to cycle through your entire homebrew list (not just the ones on screen).
• You can then press A to open the information dialog for the currently selected homebrew app.
• On the information dialog, you can press A to launch the program, or B to close the dialog and return to the list of apps.
• There are currently no visual indicators as to which homebrew app is currently selected. I will fix this at a later point.

This homebrew_launcher.elf can replace the one on your SD card in sd:/wiiu/apps/homebrew_launcher
homebrew_launcher.elf.zip

[cucholix]

Thank you works great with WUPC :)

[ddurdle]

Does this fork still require a gamepad powered on? I know the goal of the fork is to allow for other controllers to control the interface, but at it's foundation, regualr HBL won't launch without a gamepad syned and connected to the system regardless of what controller you are actually using at launch time.

[zaersc]

Hi CreeperMario, do you know if a new HBL channel title installer is needed to get your changes for pro controller support to work? I tried just replacing the elf on my SD, but doesn't seem any different from the official 2.1 release (A button doesn't do anything, up/down just switches pages). I launch HBL channel to get into hbl. Thanks for your work, cool feature.

[CreeperMario]

Oh, geez. I forgot about this.

These changes currently only take effect in the ELF version. The channel edition has not been changed. I'll work on that when I have time.

(Unless someone else wants to fork my changes and finish it. https://github.com/CreeperMario/homebrew_launcher)

[stonerbong42069]

looking foward to the channel version always annoying to have to grab the gamepad

[CreeperMario]

Okay, I think I figured it out.

• You can now press the + button on the GamePad to switch into DPAD mode.
• In this DPAD mode, the GamePad's touch screen will stop responding, and a pointer will show up on screen. The user can then use the DPAD to move this pointer around on the screen, and use the A button to trigger an action.
• Pressing + again will revert to touch screen mode.
• Note that due to the way that this works, in DPAD mode, the actions of the DPAD and A buttons are overridden, so their previous actions will no longer work. However, in the case of HBL, this is not an issue.
• The same process can be performed on Wii Remote controllers, which is useful for those who want to use a Wii Remote but do not have a functioning sensor bar.
• Theoretically, users should also be able to use Classic Controllers and Wii U Pro Controllers in the same manner, however I am not in possession of these devices, and so cannot guarantee that this works.
• I added a new image file which represents the GamePad's pointer icon.

Once again, simply replace the homebrew_launcher.elf file on your SD card with this one to test these changes out.
homebrew_launcher.elf.zip

EDIT: Hotfix update to correctly enable support for the Classic/Pro controllers.
homebrew_launcher.elf.zip

[CreeperMario]

Here's a channel version as well. Extract this archive and put the contents inside the sd:/install folder, and install them using WUPInstaller Y-Mod or WUPInstaller GX2.

Note that if you already have the Homebrew Launcher channel installed, you should uninstall it first, before installing my version, otherwise some weird caching issues may occur, resulting in the channel being broken.

hblout.zip

EDIT: Hotfix update to correctly enable support for the Classic/Pro controllers.
hblout.zip