Wendell is now helping delivering HDLC design

Just playing with the soon-to-be-released new version of DiiLC tool which will allow player [1] to get HDLC design (i.e. pattern), [2] to receive foreign (i.e. any region) DLC design and item and choice of associated letter to be delivered by Wendell and Pete respectively, or just [3] to store those designs/patterns and letters (with attached DLC as present).

Here is the youtube video showing Wendell gives *his* new design.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHFREK3noDM

And here is another video showing Wendell and Pete deliver Kintaro DLC design, item and letter. Cheers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvqbbBpnzi4

Nice work. ♥

Good Job.

Very nice work!

Cool.

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Unfortunately it looks like Nintendo has stopped their giveaways (their servers have been dark since Mid May).

BTW: (if still interested in programming new stuff for ACCF, here's a suggestion)
Have you considered a DNS server or proxy server to replace the official Nintendo server? (ie. http://nwcs.wapp.wii.com)
That way non-Hackers could get DLC as well as your custom letters and patterns via the normal WC24 download (ie. no WiiBrew, no DiiLC; but the custom data you decide to put on the DiiLC server will magically appear in their game, just as if it came from Nintendo).
That way you could replace the role of the Nintendo servers and Nintendo giveaways (for ACCF users who follow your setup instructions).
Just a suggestion.

Thanks for your suggestions. Unfortunately, I dont know much about how to replace DNS server or proxy server.
Nevertheless, when I just did ping nwcs.wapp.wii.com (just a few minutes ago), I still got the following response
(and I could still get the rvforestdl files as well, but without the item/design/letter contents, just info.bin as usual when
they dont distribute DLC):

Pinging a1661.g.akamai.net [65.216.161.18] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 65.216.161.18: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=55
Reply from 65.216.161.18: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=55
Reply from 65.216.161.18: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=55
Reply from 65.216.161.18: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=55

Ping statistics for 65.216.161.18:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 10ms, Maximum = 13ms, Average = 11ms

How do you record such clear video?

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Originally Posted by DsPet

Unfortunately it looks like Nintendo has stopped their giveaways (their servers have been dark since Mid May).

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A 'Flag Day' DLC is coming out for the North American region in June. Hopefully it isn't the mayor's ugly mug on a pattern again..

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Originally Posted by Area51_Hacker2

How do you record such clear video?

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I used USB video capture from Roxio (I think it is part of a package of "Easy VHS to DVD").
And I chose the recommended HQ type when capturing these game videos (and stored and uploaded them
as mpg files, but not sure what the processes youtube did to them). So there is no trick or secret
recipe for this one.

Cheers.

re: Nintendo servers dark
That's what I meant. They are still up and running, but have no item data (ie. just the trivial file)
Who knows if they will release anything new.

re: proxy server and other internet programming to replace Nintendo's giveaways
If anyone is interested, there are a number of open source programs that do similar things (usually running on a PC but some run on servers). More common for the PS3 than the Wii (essential if you want to side-step the firmware upgrade that disables Linux on the PS3). Also an opportunity to learn a different kind of programming (that isn't tied to one game and one platform). Just a general suggestion.

After gathering a little bit of information about DNS server, here is my preliminary thought...

If you are able to have a DNS server (with static IP) that redirect the name nwcs.wapp.wii.com to one of your aibohack domain IP addresses, then I am definitely interested to test whether, by manually set-up the internet connection on our Wii (perhaps by putting your DNS server IP address as the primary DNS server in the set-up), the game could grab the DLC directly from this redirected IP address server (by allowing WiiConnect24 overnight). We could just put the guard's helmet DLC rvforestdl_us.enc file in that server, and see whether it works or not.

This will open the opportunity for distributing either custom or existing DLCs to non-wiibrew players when Nintendo stops their DLC creation/distribution. But they still need to manually change the DNS server set-up for their Wii internet connection (which
may need some holding hands to do it properly).

Thanks again for this interesting suggestion.

(getting OT)
> ... If you are able to have a DNS server (with static IP) that redirect the name
That's the missing piece. Relatively easy to do on your local computer (where you can install a DNS server with redirection for the proper sites) or if you have your own server on the web with a static IP.
FWIW: aibohack.com is on an ancient server farm (it has a static IP address, but I don't think I can run a DNS server). Not sure what game-hackers.com is using.
BTW: Also generally shunned on the web (ie. more often used for phishing than what we are talking about)

Perhaps a little late in the life cycle of the ACCF game (if we knew more about WC24 files back then, it might have made sense a year ago).

I wonder if I can register MrsKlaus in my friend roster. My name is Jay "FNG", my town name is Datel, and my friend code is 0389-2152-5096. Thanks.

Welcome back, Datel employee. Nice to see you all still have a vested interest in our work. Please try not to steal too much while you're here ;)

P.S. I'm still awaiting my job offer...

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Originally Posted by DsPet

(getting OT)
> ... If you are able to have a DNS server (with static IP) that redirect the name
That's the missing piece. Relatively easy to do on your local computer (where you can install a DNS server with redirection for the proper sites) or if you have your own server on the web with a static IP.
FWIW: aibohack.com is on an ancient server farm (it has a static IP address, but I don't think I can run a DNS server). Not sure what game-hackers.com is using.
BTW: Also generally shunned on the web (ie. more often used for phishing than what we are talking about)

Perhaps a little late in the life cycle of the ACCF game (if we knew more about WC24 files back then, it might have made sense a year ago).

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You can't just park nwcs.wapp.wii.com. It's already taken. The alternative is to set up a server like you're saying and use a patch to the ISO or an Ocarina code to change the location it downloads items from. Fairly cool idea, but easier said than done.