Crazy Intro Wii

Crazy Intro
General
Author	WiiCrazy
Type	System Tools
Version	1.1
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2010/04/10
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Crazy intro is an autoboot homebrew to use along with Preloader.

You can use Crazy intro to customize the opening of your Wii. You can display your selected picture and play the music of your choice at each start of your Wii. Also you can assign your frequently used channels/programs to any button on your Wiimote.

You can use B or your configured button to quickly access homebrew channel. It's also possible to use a custom greeting screen when one of your Miis have a birthday.

Installation

Put your custom opening picture in the crazyintro folder and change the config file respectively (use resolutions that fit your chosen video mode, also supply offset values for the picture if needed).

Put your custom intro music as boot.mp3 in the crazyintro folder in the root of your sd card and change the config file respectively.

Put the CrazyIntro.dol in the root of the SD/SDHC card.

On power up press reset to configure Preloader.

Select "settings", change "autoboot" to "file", change "return to" as "systemmenu".

Install the CrazyIntro.dol using "install/load dol File" feature of Preloader.

Reboot your Wii.

User guide

Using custom channel launching

If you want to use custom channel launching, edit UpButtonLaunches, RightButtonLaunches, LeftButtonLaunches, DownButtonLaunches tags in the crazyintro.xml configuration file.

Title ids are Asciified low word of the full title id of the channels. HAXX for homebrew channel for example. You can use installed channels at the moment (not Nintendo stock channels like mii channel, weather channel etc.)

Hide and Seek (Hidden Channels)

Starting from version 0.7, Crazy Intro can now launch hidden channels installed in your Wii. To create them, you can use the Hide and Seek utility.

Hidden channels don't have banners so there is a minimum risk of brick. Still don't use them if you don't have any way to fix your Wii (like Preloader and/or BootMii).

Hidden channels are legal to distribute as long as you are the author or has the permission from the author for the executable in the hidden channel. They don't contain any ninty stuff.

How to use:

• Unzip the download file anywhere in your computer.
• Start HideandSeek.exe.
• Just select a dol and a title for your hidden channel, then click Create. The WAD will be available into the Wad directory.

To remotely install the WAD in your Wii, start HBC and let it connect to your network. Then use the Install Button at Hide and Seek, and enter your Wii's IP (you can check it in the about menu).

Intermediate video version

A video version is available based on mplayerwii, you can use any video that you can play with mplayerwii at the start of your Wii.

Installation & Usage is same with jpeg/mp3 version, single tag added into the configuration file to define the video/videos to play.

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• Source

Controls

B - Launches Homebrew Channel

A - Launches System Menu

D-Pad - Launch configured channels

Power - Standby or power off

Reset - Escape launch to system menu in case of non-synced Wiimotes

Screenshots

Media

Playstation 1 Start-up (for use with "Crazy Intro" for the Wii) (Tony Rayo)

Changelog

1.1 2010/04/10

• Compiled with latest Grrlib 4.2.0.
• Mii display support for the birthday feature (thanks to mdbrim) see example here.
• Being forced to the first wiimote issue fixed.
• Few effect fixes as well.

1.0 2009/11/06

• Compiled with latest Grrlib 4.1.0 / devkitpro r19.
• Default intro can launch the Homebrew Channel with the new title id.
• Added random theme support, in CrazyIntro.xml config file set the theme as random. The example configuration in the distribution also uses random.
• Added random/sequential (up to 9999 pictures) boot picture support. So in a theme you can have multiple boot pictures and program will alternate between those boot pictures. See theme_explained.xml or supplied kanji_10 theme for it's usage.
• Improved dol/elf loader, still buggy though in certain apps.

0.8 2009/08/28

• Visual settings and button configurations separated. Now you can build & share themes. Each theme has their own folder under crazyintro folder in the sd card. You can select the theme used by editing the crazyintro.xml configuration file. You should use folder name of the theme. Now crazyintro.xml file only contains stuff like shortcuts & selected theme and so on.
• All wiimote buttons are now configurable. You can even control what to launch with A and B buttons. Also +, -, 1, 2 buttons are configurable.
• You can create complicated shortcuts. Say you don't want your kids messing with the dangerous applications, you can create hidden shortcuts to those applications. They can be a hidden channel or a dol/elf on the sd card. For ex: pressing HOME followed by Left, A, Right, A would take you to any title deleter.
• Autoboot function for mp3 playing themes. Boots your chosen shortcut, be it homebrew channel, system menu or any title on your wii... (of course when music stops).
• Experimental dol/elf loading feature added, beware there are some compatibility issues in some applications at the moment.
• Code is now open source : http://code.google.com/p/crazyintro/.

0.7 2009/07/17

• Title type now configurable, you can launch hidden channels, system channels and such...

0.6 2009/05/03

• Using latest libogc, sdhc support along with it.
• Birthday feature added. If one of your miis have a birthday a customizable image displayed and an mp3/mod file played along with it greeting the user. Birthday feature uses Libmii.
• Press picture can use tilesets which can be used to create simple animations. For better description of the feature take a look at crazyintro-explained.xml in the archive. Also three images and three example configuration files supplied in the archive.
• Dancing girl animation : Nipson / from demo Eiger.
• Birthday music : Jogeir Liljedahl.

0.5b 2009/03/22

• Using GRRLIB 4.0.
• Able to use effects fully configurable using the config file.
• Picture size & position is configurable and press this and that stuff can be used too...
• Reset button leads to the system menu to overcome the wiimote sync issue with preloader.
• If there is no custom stuff on the sd card then displays a default intro
• All resource files should be in a folder named crazyintro in the sd card, and program no longer uses default names for sound and picture. Everything is configurable in the config file.
• Supporting 16/9 aspect ratio (?)

0.3 2009/02/07

• Shutdown with wiimote works... Normal power button or reset doesn't work, probably interferes with mp3 playing... yet to be resolved.
• Made it somewhat configurable, you can assign channels to directional buttons in the wiimote and quick boot into them. Example config xml provided. PictureIntroEffect and PictureOutroEffect settings have no use at the moment.

0.2 2009/01/31

• Now returns to menu when music stops.
• Fixed a file reading bug.

0.1 2009/01/31

• Initial Version.

Credits

Thanks:

• Crediar giving us preloader.
• Devkitpro team.
• Teknecal, used the tutorial there for jpeg stuff.
• streetgamer.com.

External links

• Author's website - https://web.archive.org/web/20100413112450/http://wiicrazy.tepetaklak.com/
• Google Code - https://code.google.com/archive/p/crazyintro/
• WiiBrew - https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Crazy_Intro