Author: wplaat

Wii KnightsQuest Design

Hello everybody,

Hereby i post some design drawings of the KnightsQuest game i am developing. The game screen will be based on six side map elements. These elements will be the base of each play map. The game screen can scroll horizontal and vertical. So big maps are supported.

On each map minimal 2 and maximum 6 (one human, five computer) players will start with two farms and two farmers. Each turn each player may move the farmer to a new free location on the board. The location will be part of his land. How bigger the land how more food is produced resulting in more farmers. Players can also occupied land of other players. They need a soldier, knight or super knight for this. Farmers can be upgrade to a soldier, soldier to knight, etc… during the game.

Here is the gameboard design

Here are the map element designs

I hope with this post it is a litte bit more clear what kind op game I am developing for the Wii homebrew scene. If you have any comments please let me known!

Building ChurchAdmin 6.x-0.4

Building ChurchAdmin 6.x-0.4.

18-04-2010 (Week 16) Version 0.40
– Create Google Code repository.
– Create Ohloh project account.
– Create information page on PlaatSoft website.
– Create Drupal project “Oostpoort” on drupal.org
– Based HTML output on standard Drupal Style sheet.
– Start building first pages.
– Build for Drupal 6.x

Note: Module is not yet release!

Building ChurchAdmin 6.x-0.3

Hi everybody. Hereby a short update what is going on lately. This week I started working again on the Drupal Church Administration module*. I have finished the data model and migrated the existing data to this new data model. Coming weeks I am very busy building and testing all data views and crud (Create, Read, Update and Delete) pages. The final goal is to go live with this module (www.oostpoort.net) at the end of May 2010.

10-04-2010 (Week 15) v6.x-0.3
– Started PHP programming.
– Convert proof-of-concept module from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6.
– Switch from oracle datamodel to mysql datamodel.
– Build for Drupal 6.x

* I am still searching for a good name for this drupal module? If anybody has good an idea. Please let me known! 😀

Note: Module is not yet release!

Windows PlaatScore 0.60

This evening PlaatSoft has released PlaatScore v0.60

08-04-2010 Version 0.60
– Added new entry window.
– Added copy row data to new entry window.
– Disable inline table editing.
– Disable main window if subwindow is open.
– Build with QtCreator v1.3.1
– Released app on freewarefiles.com.

Download

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Drupal 5.x to 6.x migration

Last night I migrated the oostpoort website from Drupal 5.x to Drupal 6.x. The following steps did i executed to successful migrate the website.

1. Downloaded for each used 5.x module the 6.x release.
2. Make first backup.
3. Upgrade Drupal 5.20 to latest available level 5.22.
4. Upgrade all used Drupal 5.x modules to latest available level.
5. Make second backup.
6. Disable all none core related modules
7. Uninstall update_status 5.x module
8. Remove all Drupal 5.x modules from file system
9. Remove Drupal 5.x core files from file system.
10. Install Drupal 6.x core on file system
11. Configure settings.php (Take the new 6.x template as base) with correct database settings. Set $update_free_access to TRUE.
12. Access the website.
13. Run update.php two times
14. Now the system runs without any issues on Drupal 6.x
15. Install all needed Drupal 6.x modules.
16. Enable all modules and run again update.php
17. Change $update_free_access to FALSE in settings.php
18. Optional: Update theme template
19. Optional: Make third backup.

Some remarks:
– All these steps took four hours in total.
– If in the drupal configuration the start URL is “frontpage” replace it which “node” else the frontpage is not working anymore.
– If any of these steps fail restore the website which the available backup.

Wii KnightQuest 0.2

The next version of KnightsQuest is released with the following changes.

31-03-2010 Version 0.2

  • GUI:
    • Update menu screen information.
  • Core:
    • Changed WiiMote idle timeout from 60 to 300 seconds.
    • Rewrite settings class (username is now one setting item)
    • Improve stability.
    • Use libfat 1.0.7 as disk access engine.
    • Use libogc 1.8.3 as Wii interface engine
  • General:
    • Make source code compliant with r21 compiler.
    • Build game with devkitPPC r21 compiler.

Download

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Wii TowerDefense 0.95

PlaatSoft has released TowerDefense v0.95. The following changes were made:

31-03-2010 Version 0.95
GUI:
– Update menu screen information.
Core:
– WiiMote timeout increase from 60 to 300 seconds.
– Improve stability.
– Use libfat 1.0.7 as disk access engine.
– Use libogc 1.8.3 as Wii interface engine
General:
– Make source code compliant with r21 compiler.
– Build game with devkitPPC r21 compiler.

Download

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Wii SpaceBubble 0.95

This evening SpaceBubble 0.95 is released by PlaatSoft. The following changes were made:

31-03-2010 Version 0.95
GUI:
– Update menu screen information.
Core:
– WiiMote timeout increase from 60 to 300 seconds.
– Added local highscore position calculation.
– Improve stability.
– Use libfat 1.0.7 as disk access engine.
– Use libogc 1.8.3 as Wii interface engine
General:
– Make source code compliant with r21 compiler.
– Improve source code documentation.
– Added screenshots to source code documentation.
– Build game with devkitPPC r21 compiler.

Download

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Wii RedSquare 0.97

This evening RedSquare 0.97 for Nintendo Wii is released by PlaatSoft. The following changes were made:

31-03-2009 Version 0.97
GUI:
– Show played game level on high score screens.
– Update menu screen information.
Core:
– Improve stability.
– WiiMote timeout increase from 60 to 300 seconds.
– Use libfat 1.0.7 as disk access engine.
– Use libogc 1.8.3 as Wii interface engine
General:
– Make source code compliant with r21 compiler.
– Build game with devkitPPC r21 compiler.

If anybody has a good idea how to improve this game, please post a comment

Wii BibleQuiz 0.95

This evening BibleQuiz 0.95 for Nintendo Wii is released by PlaatSoft.

31-03-2010 Version 0.95
GUI:
– Update main menu screen information.
– Improve game icon.
Core:
– WiiMote timeout increase from 60 to 300 seconds.
– Improve stability.
– Improve network thread.
– Use libfat 1.0.7 as disk access engine.
– Use libogc 1.8.3 as Wii interface engine.
General:
– Make source code compliant with r21 compiler.
– Added source code to Google Code Repository.
– Added source code documentation (Javadoc style).
– Added Doxygen (automatic documentation generation tool) config file.
– Build game with devkitPPC r21 compiler.

Download

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Wii Pong2 1.0

This evening Pong2 0.99 for Nintendo Wii is released by Plaatsoft.

31-03-2010 Version 1.0

GUI:
– Update main menu screen information.
– Improve game icon.
Core:
– Improve stability.
– Improve network thread.
– Use libfat 1.0.7 as disk access engine.
– Use libogc 1.8.3 as Wii interface engine.
General:
– Make source code compliant with r21 compiler.
– Added source code to Google Code Repository
– Added source code documentation (Javadoc style).
– Added Doxygen (automatic documentation generation tool) config file.
– Build game with devkitPPC r21 compiler.

Download

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Windows PlaatScore 0.50

This evening PlaatSoft has released PlaatScore v0.50

30-03-2010 Version 0.50
– Show popup window when internet connect fails.
– Added release notes window.
– Added donate window.
– Added credits window.
– Build with QtCreator v1.3.1
– Released app on freewarefiles.com.

Download

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Windows PlaatStats 0.60

This evening PlaatSoft has released PlaatStats v0.60

29-03-2010 Version 0.60
– Rename registry key names.
– Improve source code documentation.
– Improve about window (Add plaatsoft logo).
– Added settings window.
– Added support for http proxy.
– Added new version check.
– Build PlaatStats with QtCreator v1.3.1.
– Released app on freewarefiles.com.

Download

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Windows PlaatScore 0.40

This evening PlaatSoft has released PlaatScore v0.40

28-03-2010 Version 0.40
– Encrypt / Decrypt entered passwords in windows registry.
– Added improve about window.
– Improve screen layout.
– Add new version detection.
– Disable menu buttons when http request is executed.
– Build with QtCreator v1.3.1
– Released app on freewarefiles.com.

Download

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Windows PlaatScore 0.30

This afternoon PlaatSoft has released PlaatScore v0.30

27-03-2010 Version 0.30
– Added support for dynamic xml data.
– Make table resizable.
– Added popup menu.
– Disable column sorting (Did not work good).
– Improve screen layout.
– Build with QtCreator v1.3.1
– Released app on freewarefiles.com.

Download

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Windows PlaatScore 0.2

This evening PlaatSoft has released PlaatScore v0.20. PlaatScore collects from a webservices xml formatted highscore data. This information is displayed in a nice form. User can update this data if the webservices support this feature.

26-03-2010 Version 0.2
– First release for the windows (Qt) scene
– Added settings page.
– Added Http Proxy support
– Cleanup code
– Build with QtCreator v1.3.1
– Released app on freewarefiles.com.

Download

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Windows PlaatScore 0.1

This evening PlaatSoft has released PlaatScore v0.20. PlaatScore collects from a webservices xml formatted highscore data. This information is displayed in a nice form. User can update this data if the webservices support this feature.

24-03-2010 Version 0.10
– Start building.
– Created GUI.
– Added basic menu.
– Added basic about box.
– Load / Save window position on start / exit.
– Added application icon.
– Build with QtCreator v1.3.1

Download

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QtCreator 1.3.81 not stable

Hi everybody, Some days ago i have upgraded QtCreator (Windows release) from 1.3.1 to 1.3.81 (2.0.0 alpha). This release is not stable with a SubVersion Qt project. Problem is that with or without a Windows subversion client installed (Tigris.org SubVersion client v1.5.8) QtCreator is crashing during the indexing of the Qt SVN project. When I remove all .svn directories out of my Qt project QtCreator is running fine. So what could be wrong? Looking forward to a fix for this critical issue?

My bug report send to the Qt

P.S. With QtCreator 1.3.1 with trigris.org SubVersion plugin is working fine!

Windows PlaatStats 0.50

This evening PlaatSoft has released PlaatStats v0.50

21-03-2010 Version 0.50
– Improve number formatting (Add dot character after 3 digits).
– Added Windows setup file.
– Added source code to Google Code repository.
– Build tool with QtCreator v1.3.81.
– Released app on freewarefiles.com.

Download

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PlaatSoft 150.000 downloads

Today PlaatSoft registered the 150.000e Wii homebrew game download! Many thanks to all the Wii Homebrew players around the world. 🙂 Looking forward to provide you with more high quality Wii Homebrew games in 2010!

Game PlaatSoft CodeMii Google Code Totals
Wii Pong2 3.443 36.970 414 40.827
Wii BibleQuiz 2.279 15.195 221 17.695
Wii RedSquare 2.993 22.718 459 26.170
Wii SpaceBubble 2.817 28.129 501 31.447
Wii TowerDefense 2.395 30.247 1.278 33.920
Totals 13.927 133.259 2.873 150.059

* Counting is based on my website, CodeMii (HomeBrew browser) and Google code site downloads.
** The following windows tool PlaatStats generated this statistics.