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Hi guys, here's beup v0.3 rev2 (because I know I'll end up releasing a lot of corrections).

With no fat lib support (for people using WMB, or who just don't want their card to be touched - saving is done in SRAM):
beup.ds.gba
beup.nds

With normal fat libs (most cards):
beup.ds.gba
beup.nds

With rein-patched libs (M3SD, SCDS...):
beup.ds.gba
beup.nds

Thanks to HtheB for helping me debug the program :)

ChangeLog:
New features:
- Selectable avatars from card.
- Shows typing users.
- Shows date of last message (and a clock!)
- Emoticons on display names / text.
- 302 xfer for @msn.com accounts.
- Select presence before logging in.
- Option to auto connect.
- Stand by when lid is closed.
- Scrollable text in chat tabs.

Fixes:
- Overall GUI revamping.
- Reducing socket reading delay from 500 ms to 200 ms because of a more stable wifi lib, making the overall connection speed about 2.5x faster. (reducing it further doesn't change much, most of the times sockets are empty).
- Fixed avatar sending / receiving (read incorrect session id in some cases).
- Fixed listboxes, text areas to reduce constant flicker.
- Text fields are now edited in another window, so as not to cram textboxes in the same window as the keyboard.
- Added a clearing button to text fields.
- Fixed lots of bugs related to closing windows / opening windows that caused random crashes.
- Fixed "invisible tabs" bug.
- After closing tab, previous tab is selected, instead of the contact tab.
- Fixed bug where garbage was present on some principal descriptions.
- Fixed bug where the program was likely to crash if a principal was selected and then left.
- Selectable bigger brush on Inks, bigger eraser.
- Wider color selector.
- Removed START button as logoff, replaced with a button in contact tab.
- Added check box to invert RGB subpixel alignment on top screen for DS Lites.
- Fixed Ink transmission, caused incorrect messages if resulting GIF was too big.
- Fixed keyboard inaccuracy issues (I hope).
- Added support for Caps Lock.
- Remapped buttons:
A for Accept / Update / Send / Open Tab
B for Cancel / Back
X for Close window
L, R for Move to Left tab, Right Tab
(in textbox editing, L is still backspace)
Left, Right for moving cursor left, right

Known issues:
- Beup will refuse to open downloaded avatars if their size isn't 96x96 (the standard).
- Beup will refuse to open inks if they are wider than 256 px (can't present those).
- The official MSN client will refuse to send avatars if the last one was sent less than 5 minutes ago. That means that if you chat with somebody, disconnect, and then open the tab, avatar download may fail. (wait a few minutes, then try again).

If you want access to the special features, you need to create these directories:

/beup: Root folder. Contains custo wifi info and optional modified strings.
/beup/avatars: Put your avatars in there. They must be in png format, exactly 96x96 or the program will reject them.
/beup/emoticons: Put your emoticons there. They must be in bmp format, maximal 11 pixels high. The config file must also be filled.
Example emoticons

/beup/keyboard: If you want to create a custom keyboard, put the bitmaps (.bmp) in there, and fill the config file. The config file must be called "config".
Example file

Custom strings: If you want to create a translation for beup, or simply mess around with the stringies, put the strings config file in the /beup dir. The file must be called "strings". Please tell me if I missed one.
strings example

The Wifi Setup window at the beginning is broken, BTW, I'll fix it later.

Last edited by kevinc on Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:22 am; edited 12 times in total

which one is the best to use?
the no fat or the fat lib?
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thundrestrike wrote:

which one is the best to use?
the no fat or the fat lib?

The no-fat is for people without a writtable flash card (or running through WMB).
If you have one, I recommend using the ones with the fat lib enabled :)

supercard CF use fat people gotcha
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I have a problem..before I used to connect to wifi but now homebrew software does not work anymore why? It cannot connect.. and I found somewhere that last nvidia's driver might be the problem..

ghaxaq wrote:

I have a problem..before I used to connect to wifi but now homebrew software does not work anymore why? It cannot connect.. and I found somewhere that last nvidia's driver might be the problem..

Were those new programs using the 0.3 wifi lib? Some DS's seem to be incompatible, AFAIK.

Well I tried the wifi searcher, and I tried beup v2 v2b and this one too. No packets are transferred over wifi...???

just about to try the fat one ;)

Quote:

* A minimalised login keyboard with something like this: [Images not permitted - Click here to view it]

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Aslong as @gmail.com etc can still be typed

edit--

OMFG ultra well done keyboard O_o I had no wrong letters in my username or password

edit again--

saving username and password is fine

THIS VERSION IS ALMOST PERFECT

I love the new skin too

1 thing --- it didn't remember I prefer to be logged in as 'online'

Last edited by Dan2552 on Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:07 pm; edited 3 times in total

Windows Life Messenger look a like version of 0.3.. coming soon ^^

Something horrible happened! The beup folder got horribly corrupted. I had to format my whole CF card because the size of the files and folders were corrupted. I downloaded your emoticon iconset and tried extracting it to the emoticon folder. It said that the files were corrupted and then it goes on to say the folder's size has an enormous 90 GB!

Aside from that weird bug, everything is working perfectly! Username and password saves, I even noticed that the touchscreen is a lot more accurate! Nice job.
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.ds.gba in chishm fat gives me black screens??
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strongesthylian wrote:

Something horrible happened! The beup folder got horribly corrupted. I had to format my whole CF card because the size of the files and folders were corrupted. I downloaded your emoticon iconset and tried extracting it to the emoticon folder. It said that the files were corrupted and then it goes on to say the folder's size has an enormous 90 GB!

Aside from that weird bug, everything is working perfectly! Username and password saves, I even noticed that the touchscreen is a lot more accurate! Nice job.

I'm not trying that then :p unless someone else tries before me and says otherwise

What about my problem I cannot seem to connect using any homebrew app, although roms connect perfectly.I think there is something wrong cause before I formatted my pc everything was working.

Which FAT libs did you compile with? If it was Chism's new libs I'd like to know because the list of supported devices has been ssignifigantly expanded.

Dan2552 wrote:

strongesthylian wrote:

Something horrible happened! The beup folder got horribly corrupted. I had to format my whole CF card because the size of the files and folders were corrupted. I downloaded your emoticon iconset and tried extracting it to the emoticon folder. It said that the files were corrupted and then it goes on to say the folder's size has an enormous 90 GB!

Aside from that weird bug, everything is working perfectly! Username and password saves, I even noticed that the touchscreen is a lot more accurate! Nice job.

I'm not trying that then :p unless someone else tries before me and says otherwise

It happened to me, but it was 1.54GB not 90

I had to format :(
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phew :p lucky I didn't try

Don't feel too bad though, my usb flash drive with all my source codes went corrupt last week

ouch!

but the chishm fat version that is ds.gba renamed to .nds for my Supercard CF still gives black screens
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Wow, and I was just hoping the FAT libs would be used to remember my username!

I've been secretly hoping for avatars stored seperately for a while.
Even emoticons, too... I will enjoy this.

Incredible update, Kevin.

A question, just to make sure:
Will Beup store the content of ongoing conversations until it crashes, or does it forget the earlier messages in a convo as time goes on?

And the obligatory feature suggestion (and, of course: 'no pressure'):
Chat logs would be nice. Of course, I could understand if you don't want to do that, since it's possible to get corrupted data if someone turns off the DS at a bad time.
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thundrestrike wrote:

Dan2552 wrote:

strongesthylian wrote:

Something horrible happened! The beup folder got horribly corrupted. I had to format my whole CF card because the size of the files and folders were corrupted. I downloaded your emoticon iconset and tried extracting it to the emoticon folder. It said that the files were corrupted and then it goes on to say the folder's size has an enormous 90 GB!

Aside from that weird bug, everything is working perfectly! Username and password saves, I even noticed that the touchscreen is a lot more accurate! Nice job.

I'm not trying that then :p unless someone else tries before me and says otherwise

It happened to me, but it was 1.54GB not 90

I had to format :(

Here's what I did to combat that problem:
I opened each file and copied the contents, and made a new file and saved it with the same filename. I did the same with the config file. Maybe if I zip that, I'll post it. And hopefully it won't be corrupted.

EDIT: I uploaded the pack on Filefront!
http://files.filefront.com/emoticonzip/;5299881;;/fileinfo.html
Tell me if it works or not.
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Last edited by strongesthylian on Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:31 pm; edited 1 time in total

Were both errors using the chishm fat lib version? I couldn't test it, given that I don't have a device that uses it.

If nobody can use it at all, please tell me so I can remove them!

@Mr. Picklesworth: It forgets the contents as soon as you close the window (to save memory, given the size of inks). Logs were planned for .3, but due to lack of time (since I wanted to release something), I pushed it to .4 :)

CARD CORRUPTED?

hmm.. seems to be more people got problems with the Icons!!!

I got the problem too guys!!!

listen.. I know a way to repair.. (NO need to FORMAT!)

Only tested on Windows:
go to My Computer,
right mouse click on the drive letter of your card,
Properties,
Go to Extra,
and use the check disk function

(I got a Ducth Windows.. so the names can be different on the english Windows)

It will repair the corrupts :)

worked for me:)

its reaelly weird that it corrupts the card..

HtheB wrote:

CARD CORRUPTED?

no way!
it corrupts the data inside the BEUP folder

and.. hello, KevinC?
the ds.gba of the FAT does not work!!!
has anyone got it to work?
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Sorry for the double post, but I don't know if anyone would read my earlier reply because I edited it.

I uploaded the emoticon pack on Filefront!
http://files.filefront.com/emoticonzip/;5299881;;/fileinfo.html
Tell me if it works or not.
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strongesthylian wrote:

Sorry for the double post, but I don't know if anyone would read my earlier reply because I edited it.

I uploaded the emoticon pack on Filefront!
http://files.filefront.com/emoticonzip/;5299881;;/fileinfo.html
Tell me if it works or not.

i would try it if beup worked...

has anyone got the ds.gba version of the FAT to work?
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- Removed the Chishm-FAT version for now.

kevinc wrote:

- Removed the Chishm-FAT version for now.

beup-chishm.nds works just fine. But I guess the ds.gba version doesn't
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I'd best say what I'm running on...
This is with GBAMP, Flashme 6, and a 128MB CF card. Booting via Moonshell.
This is the .nds build with Chism's FAT lib.

The created directories become corrupted after I have written files to them via Windows.
(Perhaps only after writing the emoticons to them? I'll have to see to that. The Avatars directory seemed to work fine with my own image).

After getting Windows to fix the errors, FAT access works fine.
Probably just a little error in the directory creation, somehow... is Beup writing anything else to them but not finishing?

Edit:
Yay, Start doesn't log out anymore!! (And I'm getting used to the logout button).
And the clear button is nice!
And the new stylus lib makes the keyboard actually very useable. (And Caps Lock works!)
And there's a clock!
And it seems a lot faster!
:P

Do you have any example keyboard data files, or can I use something from the source files?
I'm hopeless at starting stuff from scratch.
Edit: Oh, you do.

One more question: Do messages wait for a bit before they are sent if a user has not yet joined the conversation?

*Whistles happily*
Oh - Sorry to those who can't use yet! :P
Best of luck fixing these problems, Kevin. I hope it's nothing too serious.
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Last edited by Mr. Picklesworth on Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:32 am; edited 7 times in total

Mr. Picklesworth wrote:

After getting Windows to fix the errors, FAT access works fine.
Probably just a little error in the directory creation, somehow... is Beup writing anything else to them but not finishing?

Edit:
Yay, Start doesn't log out anymore!!
And the clear button is cool!
And the new stylus lib makes the keyboard actually very useable. (And Caps Lock works!)
And there's a clock!
:P

Do you have any example keyboard data files, or can I use something from the source files?
I'm hopeless at starting stuff from scratch.

One more question: Do messages wait for a bit before they are sent if a user has not yet joined the conversation?

As I said.. it works after repairing it :)

answer: you cant send something before the other party enters the chat :)

strongesthylian wrote:

kevinc wrote:

- Removed the Chishm-FAT version for now.

beup-chishm.nds works just fine. But I guess the ds.gba version doesn't

I think it's because of the corrupt posts

Though it works fine for me (hasn't put in avatars or emotions)

Dan2552 wrote:

strongesthylian wrote:

kevinc wrote:

- Removed the Chishm-FAT version for now.

beup-chishm.nds works just fine. But I guess the ds.gba version doesn't

I think it's because of the corrupt posts

Though it works fine for me (hasn't put in avatars or emotions)

the emoticons will corrupt the data.. seems to be he uploaded wrong? O_o

HtheB wrote:

Dan2552 wrote:

strongesthylian wrote:

kevinc wrote:

- Removed the Chishm-FAT version for now.

beup-chishm.nds works just fine. But I guess the ds.gba version doesn't

I think it's because of the corrupt posts

Though it works fine for me (hasn't put in avatars or emotions)

the emoticons will corrupt the data.. seems to be he uploaded wrong? O_o

Or probably the weird characters in the file names. I'm removing the link now.

@EDIT:

For people with problems with the Chishm version, check these test files.

@EDIT2:

Put files back in post on page 23.

Last edited by kevinc on Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:49 am; edited 1 time in total

ok it works correctly but it doesnt create the BEUP folder
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i just tested on GBAMP, everything works fine except it doesn't create the beup folder or the files for user data etc
maybe until you get that bit sorted you could release a zip that has the directory layout and sample files, then we can just copy it to the root of our card?
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thundrestrike wrote:

ok it works correctly but it doesnt create the BEUP folder

Updated, try again? :)

(What device are you using, btw?)

the updated version gives black screens (again!)

Supercard CF
.ds.gba renamed to .nds
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thundrestrike wrote:

the updated version gives black screens (again!)

Supercard CF
.ds.gba renamed to .nds

Methinks I'll stop using Moonshell's libs and go directly to Chishm's source.

(updated yet again)

I use the rain version and it work very well on my SC CF
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kevinc wrote:

thundrestrike wrote:

the updated version gives black screens (again!)

Supercard CF
.ds.gba renamed to .nds

Methinks I'll stop using Moonshell's libs and go directly to Chishm's source.

(updated yet again)

It works perfect!
Including Smilies!

even though it corrupted, I just followed this by HtheB

Quote:

CARD CORRUPTED?

hmm.. seems to be more people got problems with the Icons!!!

I got the problem too guys!!!

listen.. I know a way to repair.. (NO need to FORMAT!)

Only tested on Windows:
go to My Computer,
right mouse click on the drive letter of your card,
Properties,
Go to Extra,
and use the check disk function

(I got a Ducth Windows.. so the names can be different on the english Windows)

It will repair the corrupts :)

worked for me:)

its reaelly weird that it corrupts the card..

after that, it works perfect.
Thanks!
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Never mind. Silly me, I still had the WEP key entered as ASCII. Ink doesn't seem to be working between this and Windows Live Messenger though. When I use ink on this, it shows up blank in messenger. When I try to use ink in messenger, I don't receive the message. Also, why doesn't it default to online? It doesn't seem to save my preference to connect as online either.

Your avatar also seems to not show up in windows live messenger. It also doesn't seem to save which avatar you picked to use.

Hi, I use an EZFlash IV Lite, and both the fat and nonfat .ds.gba versions will run, but neither create the beup folder with settings, avatars and emoticons. The avatars and emoticons I can live without, but it is rather annoying having to type in my login every time I start up the program. Is there a way to create a config file on my PC and copy it over?

Could somebody please make me a .nds beup file with the emoticons already inside.

I use neoflash and folders arent supported.... Please??

Oh yeah and something strange.
it says log in automitic (or something) so i check that box but after using beup and restart it there?s nothing it does nothing i have to REenter my hotmail and password.
and could somebody please tell me whats the best beup file becouse i used all 3 and i dont see differences

and the beupnofat.nds when i press the start button on my DS it doesnt disconnect

And also it doesnt show blocked users

just because I'm a perfectionnist, I'd like to know if it's difficult to change the keyboard layout so as to have an azerty one ?

If I download the sample file of your post kevinc and I invert the good keys, will it work ? or must I create a new bitmap ?

Thanks

By the way, your soft is exceptional, keep it up !

Great! ther are so many improvements! This things rocks!!

I liked the standby ^^

Anyway now we can receive and view painted message (but not send them)

Hi guys, uploaded rev2.

Changelog:
- Due to the -ahm- fracas of card corruption, automatic directory creation has been disabled. If you want emoticons, custom avatars and stuff, create the following directories by hand:
/beup
/beup/avatars/ (if you want custom avatars)
/beup/emoticons/ (if you want emoticons)
/beup/keyboard/ (if you want a custom keyboard)
- User info is saved on root (so as not to require directories to be created).
- SRAM user info saving has been implemented on the nofat version, for people who don't want their card to be touched.
- Fixed bug where blocked icons weren't displayed.

Downloads on page 23.

I still cannot connect with beup. I am using a supercard cf, and the app runs but it remains on authenticating for a while and then cannot connect. My wifi games work and I also set statica ip and dns...what else can i do i even reinstalled the drivers 3 times and I checked for firewalls too although i dont have any.

is there a way to do this with neoflash and mk4 mini? folders arent supported or do i have to make he whole .nds file open with something?

and my saves arent saved at all like login automatically. however i didnt have problems with beup 0.01/0.2(+B)

germel wrote:

is there a way to do this with neoflash and mk4 mini? folders arent supported or do i have to make he whole .nds file open with something?

and my saves arent saved at all like login automatically. however i didnt have problems with beup 0.01/0.2(+B)

The last version (updated minutes ago) saves the user info to root (no dirs needed). If that still doesn't work, you may want SRAM saving (like .1, .2) in the nofat version.

I'm thinking about releasing a default emoticon set for rev3... I'll check with HtheB to see if he can make a bigger emoticon pool.

I'm using a M3 MiniSD with Superkey and a Linksys WRT54G Wifi Router with no protection (WEP disabled).

I copy (without the game manager) the six beup.ds.gba and the beup.nds files to the root directory of my 1GB Kingston MiniSD card. Unfortunately, on executing
- beup-rein.ds.gba: black screen
- beup-rein.nds: black screen
- beup-chism-test.ds.gba: cannot connect message and freezes DSLite
- beup-chism-test.nds: cannot connect message and freezes DSLite
- beup-chism-test.ds.gba: cannot connect message and freezes DSLite
- beup-chism-test.nds: cannot connect message and freezes DSLite

Any idea about what am I doing wrong or is wrong with the BeUp?

Thank you very much for your response from beforehand

Megas wrote:

I'm using a M3 MiniSD with Superkey and a Linksys WRT54G Wifi Router with no protection (WEP disabled).

I copy (without the game manager) the six beup.ds.gba and the beup.nds files to the root directory of my 1GB Kingston MiniSD card. Unfortunately, on executing
- beup-rein.ds.gba: black screen
- beup-rein.nds: black screen
- beup-chism-test.ds.gba: cannot connect message and freezes DSLite
- beup-chism-test.nds: cannot connect message and freezes DSLite
- beup-chism-test.ds.gba: cannot connect message and freezes DSLite
- beup-chism-test.nds: cannot connect message and freezes DSLite

Any idea about what am I doing wrong or is wrong with the BeUp?

Thank you very much for your response from beforehand

Your appropiate version seems to be the "normal chishm" one, the problem seems to be that it cannot associate to an AP.

Do you have the wifi info set in the firmware? (like, saved by Mario Kart or other game?)
Can you connect using other homebrews?

last version connects me fine, this version is back to the ssl error authentication failed thing again. from what i can see tho it's a very thorough release. and excellent support as always :)

kevinc wrote:

germel wrote:

is there a way to do this with neoflash and mk4 mini? folders arent supported or do i have to make he whole .nds file open with something?

and my saves arent saved at all like login automatically. however i didnt have problems with beup 0.01/0.2(+B)

The last version (updated minutes ago) saves the user info to root (no dirs needed). If that still doesn't work, you may want SRAM saving (like .1, .2) in the nofat version.

I'm thinking about releasing a default emoticon set for rev3... I'll check with HtheB to see if he can make a bigger emoticon pool.

Cool that would help many people.. thankzzzzzzzz

kevinc wrote:

Your appropiate version seems to be the "normal chishm" one, the problem seems to be that it cannot associate to an AP.

Do you have the wifi info set in the firmware? (like, saved by Mario Kart or other game?)
Can you connect using other homebrews?

First of all I'm not sure about what you mean exactly with "normal chism" (.ds.gba or .nds version?) so I've tried again with both files.

1) I had two configurations in the firmware saved by Mario Kart. The first one with wep and the second one without wep. So, in Mario Kart I've deleted both configurations and I've created a new one without WEP (I'm able to play continental tournaments with it, so I guess it has the correct info).

With this change I get these results:
- beup-chism-test.nds: "Acquiring host info from DHCP: Cannot connect". The "stop" and "Use firmware" buttons work but the "Use Custom" button freezes the DSLite and the green battery button blinks.
- beup-chism-test.ds.gba: Same as the former file.

Do I need to change some parameters in the Wifi Router or in the Mario Kart config?

2) I can connect with Mario Kart but I've not tested any other homebrew.

Thank you for your interest, kevinc

In the Mario Kart wifi config, try disabling DHCP and putting a fixed IP.
(For instructions on this check the "Troubleshooting Wifi Homebrew Problems" thread)

/ yeah, the Wifi Config tab is broken.

Excellent work,kevinc,as always.

Latest version -rev2- works fine with SCSD.

Keyboard touch problem is finally gone,now its more accurate than ever. If only it were a little bigger...

Sends ink too,but dunno if recieves,other chatter that i tested had a previous version of msn messenger and couldn't write with ink.

I created

/beup
/beup/avatars/
/beup/emoticons/,

threw my avatar and the emoticons pack in,and just started chatting.

So,kevinc,what's left on your TODO list?
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kevinc wrote:

The last version (updated minutes ago) saves the user info to root (no dirs needed). If that still doesn't work, you may want SRAM saving (like .1, .2) in the nofat version.

I tried that with my EZFlash4, and it works! Thanks, this program is amazing.

kevinc wrote:

In the Mario Kart wifi config, try disabling DHCP and putting a fixed IP.
(For instructions on this check the "Troubleshooting Wifi Homebrew Problems" thread)

/ yeah, the Wifi Config tab is broken.

Yeah, with a fixed IP and some parameters taken from that thread, MSN works!! Very Good Job Kevinc!!

so what is next on this project
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jester wrote:

so what is next on this project

still have to figure the fat problem... :(

after that?
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jester wrote:

after that?

ask kevinc ^_^

probably just bug and GUI improvements. (and keeping up to date with the latest libs etc)

Dan2552 wrote:

probably just bug and GUI improvements. (and keeping up to date with the latest libs etc)

no.. more major things will come too ;)

After many, many attempts to test this out, I finally got it to work (somewhat)... I've found that DHCP just does not work at all with any homebrew apps, but I have no issues when using games... I blew out all my connections and set up a static IP, and I was able to connect (I could also only connect in the wifi test apps by manually entering in the same settings), although it did drop the server quite a few times before actually connecting... I was then able to log in, and it did show that I had a few contacts, but nobody was on at the moment so I couldn't test it further... pretty cool so far though...

Currently running NDS Lite + m3 CF Perfect + beup-chishm-test.nds (though beup-rein.nds connected as well with the static settings)

*one thing I just remembered: I tried beup 0.1 last week, and it actually connected via DHCP, but wouldn't connect to the server itself... For some reasons the later versions won't take for me, and I can't locate that version again to test it once more...

Donkey Wrestler wrote:

*one thing I just remembered: I tried beup 0.1 last week, and it actually connected via DHCP, but wouldn't connect to the server itself... For some reasons the later versions won't take for me, and I can't locate that version again to test it once more...

did you get ip 0.0.0.0 ? :D that means you weren't be able to connect :D

Hi guys, this version is very good ! and i've make a AZERTY modified keyboard, if you want to test this way !
http://ffclip.free.fr/keyboard.rar

screenshots : [Images not permitted - Click here to view it]
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And here a good pack of emoticons made by neastea80 :
http://www.4shared.com/file/2696309/39cff643/beup_emoticons_nestea80.html

HtheB wrote:

Dan2552 wrote:

probably just bug and GUI improvements. (and keeping up to date with the latest libs etc)

no.. more major things will come too ;)

awsome..!! voice chat?? or even dialing (better whehe)

Can you make a version for the ezflash4 lite? Is it possiable? The passwords and accounts save but the avatars and smilies don't.

edit: is there a way you can compile the smilies into the .ns.gba for ezflash users?

http://www.4shared.com/file/2696309/39cff643/beup_emoticons_nestea80.html

best pack i've seen so far. Thanks.

Awesome work, Kevin, as usual. Keep up the good work.

Dutch translation: http://ls5.cydonianknight.com/index.php?download=strings-nld.zip.

No sounds included this time?! Would love to see them back in the app just like in 0.2b

EDIT: oh well...by now i did notice some sounds ^^ Well....the message notification. But I'm missing a sound for people signing off and myself signing in....that nice bootup-sound...u know?

EDIT2: And avatars is not working for me....I did set it up correctly on the DS, but my buddys arent able to see my avatar-picture :-S !?

EDIT3 ^^: My last question...........could you add the "personal status message" thing?! ....I'm using Windows Live Messenger, and aside from your nickname you can enter a "personal status message" like...."on vacation", "afk", "whatever".........could you add a input-bar somewhere for that?!

keep it up
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jester wrote:

so what is next on this project

For later revisions, an included emoticon package.

For .4, custom sounds, user options (block, add), see offline members, notifications in form of popups, improved ink.
Featurewise, animated / downloaded emoticons (if the memory is enough), file xfer, update from protocol 9 (msn6) to 13 (live) - since the lib seems to be able to handle big packets, unlikely voice chat.

Buuuut, considering I'm entering exam period, I doubt you'll see .4 before October.

Keyboard seems to be off. If I hit h, dead center, it taps y. It seems the Y axis is a bit off, I have hit just under the key I want to be able to type without issues. Works well though, any chance of hand writing recognition? So we can write to normal MSN people? If I try ink on normal MSN users, it appears white.

Looks great, found my connection with no pain but... I need an underscore, because my email adress uses that character and it doesn't exist in the current keyboard! :'(

Please Kevin, put the underscore (_) in your to do list... anyway, grrrrrrrrreat work, thanks a lot! :)

dsputnik wrote:

Looks great, found my connection with no pain but... I need an underscore, because my email adress uses that character and it doesn't exist in the current keyboard! :'(

Please Kevin, put the underscore (_) in your to do list... anyway, grrrrrrrrreat work, thanks a lot! :)

Hit the SHIFT key dude, it's there.

Yes, I'm a complete stupid :( Thank you, TheVirus!

cano wrote:

And here a good pack of emoticons made by neastea80 :
http://www.4shared.com/file/2696309/39cff643/beup_emoticons_nestea80.html

Hi, thanks for posting my emoticons pack. :P I found the confirmation e-mail in my junk mail folder. Forgot to check that. Silly me.

Does this latest version make ink and avatars work? Otherwise there's really no need to upgrade, as revision 1 rein version worked fine on SCSD.

I need some help. (I've searched the whole board but couldn't find an answer)

I'm using an Asus 167g and SoftAP.
I've setup manual IP/DNS. No DHCP.
I've tried both hidden and non-hidden SSID.
It works perfectly with Mario Kart and MPH WFC.

BUT , BeUp (regardless of which version 0.2 or 0.3) gets stuck like below.

Connecting using firmware setup:
Searching

It just doesn't even associate to the AP.
I've tried using two different NDSL and two different PCs as APs.
I had it working previously with 0.2 but now it fails to associate. =(

Any ideas??

bessiebenny wrote:

BUT , BeUp (regardless of which version 0.2 or 0.3) gets stuck like below.

bessiebenny wrote:

I had it working previously with 0.2 but now it fails to associate. =(

Huh? Does any other wifi homebrew work?

HtheB wrote:

Dan2552 wrote:

probably just bug and GUI improvements. (and keeping up to date with the latest libs etc)

no.. more major things will come too ;)

custom wifi settings
rename-able contacts
bigger handwriting space! (have the current one, and an extended option)
voice things

though it would be nice if it told you whether the person is using an appropriate version of MSN/Live (Windows Messenger defiantly wont receive them). When sending handwriting and voice things.

and on a note: my contacts who CAN see my handwriting seem to be random. Some that can also send handwriting, do not see my messages, others that can't sometimes do see the handwriting, whilst others can. People that can reply with ink would probably have MS office, or the ink addon from mess.be or wherever

I also have the same problem like bessiebenny..dont know why before all apps worked well but now i dont know what is causing the problem.

Nestea80 wrote:

cano wrote:

And here a good pack of emoticons made by neastea80 :
http://www.4shared.com/file/2696309/39cff643/beup_emoticons_nestea80.html

Hi, thanks for posting my emoticons pack. :P I found the confirmation e-mail in my junk mail folder. Forgot to check that. Silly me.

Your emoticons pack?
it seems more like the regular msn messenger emoticons resized.

laurens wrote:

Nestea80 wrote:

cano wrote:

And here a good pack of emoticons made by neastea80 :
http://www.4shared.com/file/2696309/39cff643/beup_emoticons_nestea80.html

Hi, thanks for posting my emoticons pack. :P I found the confirmation e-mail in my junk mail folder. Forgot to check that. Silly me.

Your emoticons pack?
it seems more like the regular msn messenger emoticons resized.

isn't that the point?
so that you could have the same emoticons when messaging someone using the windows client?

hello, you dont want to have different results at different ends
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does BeUp cycle through all the WFC settings and find one that works? I have 3 settings (home, work, other)
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laurens wrote:

Nestea80 wrote:

cano wrote:

And here a good pack of emoticons made by neastea80 :
http://www.4shared.com/file/2696309/39cff643/beup_emoticons_nestea80.html

Hi, thanks for posting my emoticons pack. :P I found the confirmation e-mail in my junk mail folder. Forgot to check that. Silly me.

Your emoticons pack?
it seems more like the regular msn messenger emoticons resized.

leave him.. I think he dont know about the original emoticon pack that was given by kevinc...

rofl.. n00b :D

Ok any one else still having the SSL errors When trying to authenticate?

Ive disabled WEP on my router to no avail. Its happens with a hotmail.com and a hotmail.co.uk address.

SC MiniSD with Max Media Launcher btw.

HtheB wrote:

laurens wrote:

Nestea80 wrote:

cano wrote:

And here a good pack of emoticons made by neastea80 :
http://www.4shared.com/file/2696309/39cff643/beup_emoticons_nestea80.html

Hi, thanks for posting my emoticons pack. :P I found the confirmation e-mail in my junk mail folder. Forgot to check that. Silly me.

Your emoticons pack?
it seems more like the regular msn messenger emoticons resized.

leave him.. I think he dont know about the original emoticon pack that was given by kevinc...

rofl.. n00b :D

Yeh what else should he do, customize them or sumthing? Very nice work Nestea80!!!

hey btw i have created a dutch translation for beup 0.3, if anybody wants it, please say so and i will send it 2 u

There's lots of good artists here, so anyone looking to help out could perhaps create some custom smileys better suited to the small screen?

I'm hopeless at that stuff, so I can't do it myself :(

I've found a bug in this, btw.
With Nestea's (very big) emoticon pack, not all of them appear in the selection box. However, there are many empty spaces at the right on some rows.
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HaXor88 wrote:

Yeh what else should he do, customize them or sumthing? Very nice work Nestea80!!!

but uh.. isnt it the same work what I and kevinc allready done? 8-)

Continuing my hanging on "Searching" stage problem with BeUp.

It works now!!

All I did was run a "repair" on my wireless network on my Windows. (All it does is disable, re-enable the wireless NIC and refreshed DNS and IP)

But, the weird thing is I've done this many times before and also have rebooted the pc before. =P

Oh well. Now I can associate tot he AP. But hangs during "Doing Handshake". I'm getting closer but not close enough yet. =(

laurens wrote:

Nestea80 wrote:

cano wrote:

And here a good pack of emoticons made by neastea80 :
http://www.4shared.com/file/2696309/39cff643/beup_emoticons_nestea80.html

Hi, thanks for posting my emoticons pack. :P I found the confirmation e-mail in my junk mail folder. Forgot to check that. Silly me.

Your emoticons pack?
it seems more like the regular msn messenger emoticons resized.

Okay, it's not MY emoticon pack. It's Microsoft's. Sorry for the confusion. *rolls eyes and shakes head* I thought it would be obvious that it is Microsoft's since beup doesn't support custom emoticons. But I guess the word "my" threw you off ... it should've been replaced by "the". I just thought "my" would be fine because I resized them and I made the RAR. I didn't want to give the impression that I somehow managed to draw these smileys.

HtheB wrote:

HaXor88 wrote:

Yeh what else should he do, customize them or sumthing? Very nice work Nestea80!!!

but uh.. isnt it the same work what I and kevinc allready done? 8-)

Yeah, it is the same work. Just added a few more smileys. Which apparently, don't all show up for some reason.

I can get everything up and running fine on my M3 miniSD. I'm using the chishm nds file with the fat libs included. Everything loads fine, I show screens and can input, also does the Network setup at the top. But when it's trying to connect.. it displays the following:

Starting connection
Connected to the MSN dispatch server
Doing handshake...

And then hangs there until finally after a few minutes, displays

Lost contact to server, disconnecting.

Anyone else having this problem and find a way to fix it? I'd really LOVE to get this working.

The L button doesn't work as backspace in the scsd rein.ds.gba version. It is a quite handy and critical feature if you ask me :) I type with my right hand and going for the backspace on the keyboard seems like a pain for me. L is good :) Pllllease fix it! :)

This is exactly what happens to mine. I have M3 MiniSD with DS Lite.

It didn't happen with 0.3 R1 but now I installed 0.3 R2, and deleted the old version so I'm screwed! :(

Zexmaix wrote:

I can get everything up and running fine on my M3 miniSD. I'm using the chishm nds file with the fat libs included. Everything loads fine, I show screens and can input, also does the Network setup at the top. But when it's trying to connect.. it displays the following:

Starting connection
Connected to the MSN dispatch server
Doing handshake...

And then hangs there until finally after a few minutes, displays

Lost contact to server, disconnecting.

Anyone else having this problem and find a way to fix it? I'd really LOVE to get this working.

I have mine fixed now. I did a google search on my D-Link router that I have (DI-524) and it's compatability with Nintendo DS WiFi. Turns out you might need to tweak a few settings such as Mixed Mode and the Transfer Rate (TX) on the router. After putting it in Mixed Mode and changing the Transfer Rate to 54. Leaving everything else Dynamic and Auto, the DS was able to pick up the connection. Now my WiFi settings work flawlessly with the router, never had to make anything static, I can connect to all games from the M3 miniSD and Beup works like a charm. Might want to try changing your TX rating and be sure you're in Mixed Mode.

I already did that a while ago :( Damnit.

Zexmaix wrote:

I have mine fixed now. I did a google search on my D-Link router that I have (DI-524) and it's compatability with Nintendo DS WiFi. Turns out you might need to tweak a few settings such as Mixed Mode and the Transfer Rate (TX) on the router. After putting it in Mixed Mode and changing the Transfer Rate to 54. Leaving everything else Dynamic and Auto, the DS was able to pick up the connection. Now my WiFi settings work flawlessly with the router, never had to make anything static, I can connect to all games from the M3 miniSD and Beup works like a charm. Might want to try changing your TX rating and be sure you're in Mixed Mode.

stingfist wrote:

The L button doesn't work as backspace in the scsd rein.ds.gba version. It is a quite handy and critical feature if you ask me :) I type with my right hand and going for the backspace on the keyboard seems like a pain for me. L is good :) Pllllease fix it! :)

no.. the keys are really great now :)

B is quick backspace... :)

Now i'm getting confused.

My SoftAP using Asus 167g USB seems to work as it should.
- My laptop associates without probs.
- And can browse the web and connect to MSN messenger through it
- DHCP works fine. Static IP works fine also.

My NDSL associates to the SoftAP fine also.

But.......

It gets stuck doing the handshake with BeUp..
WFC games such as MK and MPH don't connect either.. (61020 error)

So..... seems NDSL is quite fussy with the WLAN? hmmm..
I'll keep hammering on till I can get it working...... =(
(It was working last week!! No idea what could have changed... hmmm..)

faction wrote:

I already did that a while ago :( Damnit.

Zexmaix wrote:

I have mine fixed now. I did a google search on my D-Link router that I have (DI-524) and it's compatability with Nintendo DS WiFi. Turns out you might need to tweak a few settings such as Mixed Mode and the Transfer Rate (TX) on the router. After putting it in Mixed Mode and changing the Transfer Rate to 54. Leaving everything else Dynamic and Auto, the DS was able to pick up the connection. Now my WiFi settings work flawlessly with the router, never had to make anything static, I can connect to all games from the M3 miniSD and Beup works like a charm. Might want to try changing your TX rating and be sure you're in Mixed Mode.

How about the 4x mode? Try turning it off in your router setup ... if you have that option.

I still have problems with my ralink rt2500 card because it seems that when I run my homebrew apps the Ap does not associate to my ds..i don't know where is the problem.

Okay. I FIXED it. (More like, I found a workaround to get it to work) =P

1. For the "Searching" issue.

I had this issue when i was using the 2916 version of SoftAP and drivers.
Problem got resolved soon as I uninstalled it and installed 2371 version. (which has the drivers also)
ftp://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/WL-167g/eng_2371.zip

2. For the "Doing handshake.." issue.

With SoftAP, go to advanced options and enable "Use Short Slot Time" options.
Then I was able to complete the handshake and authenticate.
Maybe it does something? No idea. Just reporting what I found.

3. For the "Ink" not working with MSN issue. (Sending/receiving blanks)

It seems if you have the Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer installed, it does not work with Beup.
But if you don't or uninstall it, Ink messages from BeUp will show up fine.
But you cannot send ink messages to BeUp as you need Windows journal viewer installed. (so it's 1 way or nothing)
Can this be fixed or changed so that it will work both ways??

One thing still left over - WFC games still do not work for some reason.
(BeUp now has a 100% success rate but WFC games fail every time. gawd.)

Anyways..

I still have a bad issue with the lower third of the touch screen where the calibration is very off.
(I have to touch further below than the buttons them selves on screen)

Also, could the touch screen accuracy/refresh rate for the Ink be improved?
(Or is this the best that can be done currently for homebrew?)
Touchscreen is sooo much more accurate and precise for genuine games... hehe..

Anyways, this app is my fabourite and can't wait for it to get better! =)
Thanks to kevinc and others who contributed to the creation of BeUp!

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HtheB wrote:

stingfist wrote:

The L button doesn't work as backspace in the scsd rein.ds.gba version. It is a quite handy and critical feature if you ask me :) I type with my right hand and going for the backspace on the keyboard seems like a pain for me. L is good :) Pllllease fix it! :)

no.. the keys are really great now :)

B is quick backspace... :)

Well I'm saying B being the backspace isn't that handy for right hand users :)
I'm typing with the stylus and I gotta stop typing and slide my hand to the B button. With that, pressing backspace on the keyboard seems to be faster. L being the backspace was so handy :)

Actually, I think it would be great if we were able to configure the key bindings on our own. Everyone has their way of typing :)

I still cant connect using homebrew..it says authenticating but the access point restarts continuosly and no association is made.don't know maybe my ds is going mad or my pc.

highly doubt it's the DS.

Try disabling WEP and have it fully opened.
(But use MAC filtering if u want some form of security)

And try tweaking with many different settings.
Seems the DS wifi is very sensitive and quite fussy.

I borrowed a router and succeeded in connecting, so the problem is coming from the wifi settings don't know why cause my wfc games work.

kaymm2 - if i understand you correctly, your ds has 3 wifi settings. i couldn't get mine to work until i deleted all but the ip assigned one. this may have been a fluke etc, but it connects now. now just to get the rest of it to work.......

tobster wrote:

kaymm2 - if i understand you correctly, your ds has 3 wifi settings. i couldn't get mine to work until i deleted all but the ip assigned one. this may have been a fluke etc, but it connects now. now just to get the rest of it to work.......

I finally got it to associate with my AP, used static IP. However it just sits at the windmill trying to log in.
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faction wrote:

I already did that a while ago :( Damnit.

Zexmaix wrote:

I have mine fixed now. I did a google search on my D-Link router that I have (DI-524) and it's compatability with Nintendo DS WiFi. Turns out you might need to tweak a few settings such as Mixed Mode and the Transfer Rate (TX) on the router. After putting it in Mixed Mode and changing the Transfer Rate to 54. Leaving everything else Dynamic and Auto, the DS was able to pick up the connection. Now my WiFi settings work flawlessly with the router, never had to make anything static, I can connect to all games from the M3 miniSD and Beup works like a charm. Might want to try changing your TX rating and be sure you're in Mixed Mode.

What router are you using? I can confirm that the DI 524 Rev. A works using that fix.

Is there a way to create a messenger account without DLing the MSN software?

Someone told me to use the messenger built into XP, but I already disabled it heavily and can't undo it.

compacho wrote:

Is there a way to create a messenger account without DLing the MSN software?

Someone told me to use the messenger built into XP, but I already disabled it heavily and can't undo it.

If you're just annoyed by all the crap on the MSN client, get the Mess Patch from Mess.be or A-Patch from http://apatch.ikhost.com/index.php

You can get rid of ads as well as a plethora of other things that may be annoying. It's the only way I go...

compacho wrote:

Is there a way to create a messenger account without DLing the MSN software?

Someone told me to use the messenger built into XP, but I already disabled it heavily and can't undo it.

www.passport.com

Just register ANY working email and follow instructions. You can use bluebottle/gmail accounts, yahoo, or whatever you want.

Nushio wrote:

compacho wrote:

Is there a way to create a messenger account without DLing the MSN software?

Someone told me to use the messenger built into XP, but I already disabled it heavily and can't undo it.

www.passport.com

Just register ANY working email and follow instructions. You can use bluebottle/gmail accounts, yahoo, or whatever you want.

but i don't think that you can add new contacts etc using beup, you need one of the messengers running on your pc for that
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Just a minor mention: your chosen icon and the activity state does not save at all (if I choose the default to be online, it still kicks in as offline when I have it to set to log on automatically)... It's not a big deal, but a couple less things to do for us lazy folk who just want to jump on and go... I tried looking in the config file, but I really don't know what I would add to enable these two aspects...

Has anyone been able to get DHCP to work at all? Manual settings work like a dream, but it's kinda useless for using in random open hotspots around town...

*hmmm, something interesting I just found... I tried the new DSAim homebrew (though I don't actually use the name I have), blew out all my settings and just used the autodetect setting, and lo and behold, it connected, though Beup still doesn't...

hi
silly question coming.
as you can't send something before the other party enters the chat , how do you get this other person to enter the chat?

tobster wrote:

hi
silly question coming.
as you can't send something before the other party enters the chat , how do you get this other person to enter the chat?

try out ??

not quite sure i understand that

It's automatic, just try it out and you'll figure it out. If it says they left, just start typing and it will reinvite them.

I see, so by just typing the system/program 'invites' my contact to join in. then when they say yes (how do they do this?), so i can send my message?

tobster wrote:

I see, so by just typing the system/program 'invites' my contact to join in. then when they say yes (how do they do this?), so i can send my message?

yes... just try it out...

double clicking on the contact seems to tell them I want to talk - is that the only way to get the chat going?

tobster wrote:

double clicking on the contact seems to tell them I want to talk - is that the only way to get the chat going?

you can press the A button (you can select with the D-pad)

is it possible to add contacts within beup or do they have to added on a pc?

Hi, great software! But I have found a glitch, I think.

I added teh smiles pack from Nestea into the proper folder, but when I click the smilies button, both screens turn to a alternating pattern of vertical black and white lines, essentially locking the ds up. I can, though, use smilies if I type ;) (H) etc. I am using SuperCard MiniSD and FlashMe v7.

Thanks

Just wondering, does anybody else have the bad touchpad calibration issue on the lower third portion of the screen?

Mine is so bad that I have a real hard time selecting the bottom tabs.
(BTW, this happens with ScummVMDS also. But all other games work fine.)

Is this a known issue?

bessiebenny wrote:

Just wondering, does anybody else have the bad touchpad calibration issue on the lower third portion of the screen?

Mine is so bad that I have a real hard time selecting the bottom tabs.
(BTW, this happens with ScummVMDS also. But all other games work fine.)

Is this a known issue?

This happens to me when I'm using Draw3, there's a part at the bottom where no line can be drawn at all. I think I have similar problems with Beup. At least, I hit N a lot when I mean to press the space bar.

all works perfect for me now. rock and roll.

Hi,

I made an Italian translation for Beup:

http://bafio.drunkencoders.com/strings.zip

Unzip and copy to the beup folder.

Cheers

Bafio

i can't seem to go past the authenticating part... It keeps saying "cannot connect"....

I put the ip adress, gateway & sybnet in the firmware, but it's still not working :(

The application also freezes when i click on the "use Custom" button (if you select "use firmware" in the SSID screen))

[Edit: it's suddenly started working :)]

1 little request: The font... It has some serieus sub-pixel blurrrrr problems. maybe it needs to be bold?

I made a pack including beup-rein.nds, the emoticon pack, two avatars and an spanish translation I made :)

There you go:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y8NIBD9Z

Hi, I just installed BEUP ( the new version ) via WiFiMe and GBAMP

everything work fine, the homebrew open, when it try to connect it say :

'' Connecting using firmware setup ''
'' Searching... ''

I've try to put my IP ( when looking at my router infos ) but even there, when I ask to use my custrom it simply freeze

I never tried any homebrew before using a Wireless connection so I cant tell if it work with other. But I would gladly appreciate a little help to make the whole thing work.

I've seen others members with a similar problems, one of them resolved it by the repair utility, I've tried it and no result

Thanks

If it take to long to answer here, I can post my msn whitout a problem :D thanks again !

You could try this thread:
http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=10320

So, you have tried without DHCP?
From what I understand, the homebrew wifi lib doesn't have very solid DHCP support yet.
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I'm currently readint trough it, so far not a lot of result, I'll look a bit further hopping to find something

I think once all of this will be done I'll do a long posts saying how to do WiFime, Homebrew, etc... like explaning everything in details, even how to connect to a WiFi with homebrew. This way it will be easier for everyone sine everything will be in 1 place from A to Z

I know I'm going to pass for the noob here, but well if I want to learn we all have to start somewhere, but where do I desactivate the DHCP

I'm in my router setting and I dont see anything

In the Wifi settings for your DS (accessed with an official Wifi enabled game), configure your settings to not automatically acquire IP and DNS, then enter in a static IP. (And probably your gateway IP for DNS).

Actually, I don't think this is your problem.
If it stops on Searching, I guess that means it just can't find your AP.
Does Beup search for any AP, or only APs set up in the firmware?
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well now I disabled my DHCP, disable WEP, etc...

now it say this :

'' Connecthing using firmware setup ''
'' searching... ''
'' associating... ''
'' Authenticating... ''

*** then I wait ****
** and then ***

'' Cannot Connect ''

It seem I got another commun problem, any ideas for this one ?

EDIT : now I've tried to delete all my infos in the WFC on metroid, trying to enter them back autamaticly and manualy and neither want to work... how to I put them back so it work and still be able to run Beup

Your router should broadcast the SSID, or else it won't connect either.

*Nevermind.*

ok well after hours of troubles, needed to contact my ISP provider, needed to work with linksys, needed to do some others things, I finaly been able to get back internet ( dunno why it stopped in first place ) and now I can acces the

'' doing handsake ''

thing

but like many others I encouter the problems of...it wont do anything afterward.... :S

So if you could please refer to me to a page explaining how to pass that step or simply tell me here how to achieve it, It would really be appreciated

thanks !

maarch wrote:

ok well after hours of troubles, needed to contact my ISP provider, needed to work with linksys, needed to do some others things, I finaly been able to get back internet ( dunno why it stopped in first place ) and now I can acces the

'' doing handsake ''

thing

but like many others I encouter the problems of...it wont do anything afterward.... :S
thanks !

If it gets stuck in "doing handshake", that means the program can't receive any information from the server (it's a "ping" kind of communication, the server always responds immediatly).
Make sure beup has a correct Wifi configuration, that you have a proper IP / gateway / subnet mask, and that the IP is able to send and receive information.
The ones you've got appear on top of the login screen. Make sure the IP you've set (if you deactivated DHCP) is consistent with your network (follow the guidelines in the "Wifi Troubleshooting" thread).

Dutch translation is almost finished. Some dutch words are just too long to fit properly though :(

One more thing: When some1 is typing there is a punctiation after his nickname.

Dutch translation!

followed directions 100% made the directories and sub directories needed but still avatar and emoticons don't work at all. besides that its a great app, in fact thats why it sucks so bad those features don't work. cos i really like beup. heres what i use. any help is much appreciated..
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BMH wrote:

Dutch translation!

Heh, you're the third one to do a Dutch translation. Look at the pages 27 and 29. ;)

LS5 wrote:

BMH wrote:

Dutch translation!

Heh, you're the third one to do a Dutch translation. Look at the pages 27 and 29. ;)

no.. there are even more...
(on other forums :D)

http://antoineturmel.free.fr/ds/french.zip

I made a french translation ;)
Enjoy !

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BMH wrote:

One more thing: When some1 is typing there is a punctiation after his nickname.

The typing tab shortens the nickname of the typing users to about 20 chars. Given that everybody loooves their 100 char nicknames, I assumed most of the time the nicknames would be abbreviated (that's why the point is fixed).

Ok, for an unknow reason even taugh DHCP is activated it seem to work anyway...wich I dont understand why, but I still get stuck in the Doing Handksake process ( and I need to have WEP activated to...:S )

My connection say I have an excellent signal, so I dont really know what to do. You said to check if my ds have a right WiFi connection, do I need to change it in a DS games or in Beup ?

I just checked with Metroid Prime, and it receive a signal, but when testing the connection it get stuck there, just looking for something like he wasnt able to receive data or I dont know, you guys could help me out with this, I think the whole problem come from this but I'm not sure how to fix it :S

EDIT : Ok I tested it by making my ds detect my router and connection and it work like a charm, but when I enter myself the info, I see that everything is fine till it's testing the connection, where it simply test and test and dont give any result

so I probably did something wrong, here my connection ( router ) info :

SSID : ( well the good one )
WEP : ****************
IP Adress : 69.70.153.119
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 69.70.153.1
DNS 1 : 24.200.241.37
DNS 2 : 24.201.245.77
DNS 3 : 24.200.243.189

here what I entered in Metroid Prime :

SSID : ( same as the one of my router )
WEP KEY : ( wont tell it but it's the same )
IP adress : 69.70.153.119
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 69.70.153.1
Primary DNS : 24.200.241.37
Secondary DNS : 24.201.245.77

and in Beup here's my Network Setup :

Using IP adress : 69.70.153.119
Gateway : 69.70.153.1
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0

Right now I'm under DHCP ( since it make BEUP work, whitout it, it dont want to work. I have a WEP key ( I've try whiout it and BEUP dont work anymore afterward ), have SSID activated, using 6 Canal at 2.437 GHz and I have no MAC filter on.

With all of this, BEUP reach the handsake state, then nothing else, like it dont receive anything wich is probably the same thing why Metroid stay in the Testing phase when looking for my connection. So please help me out, I'm so darn close to finaly get everything working

thanks in advance

EDIT 2 :

I forgot, it might be handy for you guys, here's what it give me when doing a ipconfig :

Wireless network :

IP : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Masl : 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 192.168.1.1

dunno if it can help to find my problem, thanks again

hey guys does it support hotmail??? if it dun please gimem some suggestions and other accounts that work with links that allow me to sign up. please pm me:) i rearely can find posts like this

maarch wrote:

EDIT 2 :

I forgot, it might be handy for you guys, here's what it give me when doing a ipconfig :

Wireless network :

IP : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Masl : 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 192.168.1.1

dunno if it can help to find my problem, thanks again

Yes.

Now try this in your Metroid Prime Wifi config:

SSID: Your SSID
WEP: Your WEP key
IP: 192.168.1.55*
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 192.168.1.1

*change the 55 if you want for any number between 2 and 254 that isn't taken (not 101)

Now save, test, and try beup again. Wipe hands on pants.

trully a HUGE HUGE thanks Kevinc, it was exactly the thing that wasnt working :D :D

I couldnt say thanks enough !!!

beup .3 rev 3

Changelog: (minor changes)
- Fixed bug that made beup crash with long emoticon lists (nestea's set now works fine)
- Fixed bug where UTF-8 text width was calculated wrongly.
- Added 3 new strings in the string list (that I had forgotten to include)
- Added the languageID tag for the string list (that tells the MSN server in which language to send replies). If you're a translator, it's recommended you put it in (instructions are inside the string file).

Also for translators: You *can* also use special characters inside beup, like ?, ?, ?, ? and so on. You must however, when saving, choose the encoding "UTF-8". Any decent editor will have that.

Downloads back on page 23.

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Thanks kevinc !
I have updated my strings :

French Translation : http://antoineturmel.free.fr/ds/french.zip

Nope, that won't work (or shouldn't). Your file is still in ISO-8859-1 (the normal encoding). Beup (and MSN) works with UTF-8.
You can check it when words with special characters, like "S?lectionnez", appear as "SÃ©lectionnez".

I think even Notepad lets you change encoding (at least my version does). In the Save As window, change the encoding from ANSI to UTF-8.

EDIT: Methinks it's correct now. Nevermind.
EDIT2: Whoops, found another bug. Fixed.

Nice work, Kevin.

Dutch translation updated: http://ls5.cydonianknight.com/index.php?download=strings-nld.zip.

Fixed, it's work.
kevinc I send you a pm

i need some help im using the gigabyte soft ap and wfc works but beup isnt and its driving me crazy, i have the ip eneterd manually same with the dns and still nothing -_-

Code:

string "WifiDHCP" "(from DHCP)"

Is not multilanguage supported.
Using non english letters printed weird characters on the screen.

I also noticed that all the letters are so blurry, why is that?

Btw guys.. beup v0.3 rev3 (rain version) runs on M3-miniSD, no problems.
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Can someone explain what the different versions are for? I used the... middle one, normal fat libs. I have M3 Mini-SD w/ Lite. Is that just fine? I see this last one says M3 beside it but I don't know what difference it makes. Also, what's switch (channels?) for Lite option do when signing in?

yeah right now I'm using the english version, but if I change to french, with the update version can I use letters like '' ? , ? , ... '' or it still wont work ?

So far, everything in v.03 works for me with a Passcard 3 and a GBAMP. However, I've been having a problem with entering my password. Since I use certain characters besides letters and numbers within my password (i.e. !, @, #, $), beup doesn't register such inputs and thus forcing me to change my password entirely via computer using only letters and numbers.

Just pointing it out, if it hasn't be brought up...

Xtreme wrote:

Using non english letters printed weird characters on the screen.

I also noticed that all the letters are so blurry, why is that?

If you use special characters, the strings file *must* be in UTF-8 (used by MSN) format, not the normal ANSI format. When saving the translation file, make sure to select the correct encoding (Notepad lets you change it in the Save As menu).
A correct UTF-8 translation, for example, is in MEstk's file. Notice how special characters are changed to a two-charas combination.

@faction et al: If the letters are blurry in the top screen for DS Lites, make sure you checked the option "switch bands on top" on the login screen.
(This option is harmless, feel free to toy with it.)

@maarch: The ability to use special characters was always there, I was just pointing out the capability :)

@phil2dot6: Beup's keyboard does contain !,@,#,$ (and lately |) in the Shift section. Which other characters do you need?

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I use fatlib one but the ink and file system won't work in micro SD.

Can this program use unicode font to display some foreign language?
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kevinc wrote:

Xtreme wrote:

Using non english letters printed weird characters on the screen.

I also noticed that all the letters are so blurry, why is that?

If you use special characters, the strings file *must* be in UTF-8 (used by MSN) format, not the normal ANSI format. When saving the translation file, make sure to select the correct encoding (Notepad lets you change it in the Save As menu).
A correct UTF-8 translation, for example, is in MEstk's file. Notice how special characters are changed to a two-charas combination.

I forgot to mention that the file is saved as UTF-8.
In other places the foreign characters are showed correctly, but that white box does not support the characters.
Can you fix it.. or should I demonstrate?
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I use notepad2 :
http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html
File -> Endoding -> UTF-8

sailinghk wrote:

I use fatlib one but the ink and file system won't work in micro SD.

Can this program use unicode font to display some foreign language?

Not all. Only latin, greek, cyrillic character sets, and some math symbols. Enough for european languages, but no arabic, japanese or chinese thingies. The font is Verdana, same as in Windows.

@Xtreme: Which white boxes? Editable textboxes?

EDIT: Oh, I know. Yep, textboxes aren't UTF-8 compatible. The problem being that they aren't aware of multi-byte characters, and deleting/editing only part of a special characters would cause problems.

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well beup ever have a mode where you can play music when a contact signs on or when you sign on

jester wrote:

well beup ever have a mode where you can play music when a contact signs on or when you sign on

Custom sounds are planned for .4 (so that you can put whatever sound you want for events).

kevinc wrote:

@Xtreme: Which white boxes? Editable textboxes?

The box that displays the "(from DHCP)" text.
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Kevinc I send you a private message on forum.

can beup fully load your Display pic and your contacts display pic

jester wrote:

can beup fully load your Display pic and your contacts display pic

Yep, you can use your own display pic (except in the nofat version), and you can download the avatar of the contacts you're chatting with (not of every active one, for memory issues).

There is a bug, though, in sending avatars right now, I'll release a fix later today.

is a backlight feature possible , does it work on GBAMP and all flash carts is their compatibility list for the flash carts that work on it for each version?

does the supercardlite not like beup then? it's be the rein version you'd need to use right?

it seem that I got problem to go online somehting ( beup keep me in offline mode ) any way to change this lil problem. Except that, the program is perfect !

You just tap the offline text and a list of modes will display then choose online that's all

KevinC:
HtheB:

Please add some smiley?s i?ve seen your going to add some sound. I guess adding smiley?s has been asked for a while :-( :-P

I only say this for the ones (like me) who cannot change their files on their flashcard.

Umm, yes, for the poor flashcard users the GBFS should be implemented ...
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kevinc said he wont release a original msn pack icon included...

(but I will :P)

so dont worry guys ^_^

yeah I know how to put me online, but what I mean is when I choose online, it simply put be back to offline

and lately when I start a conversation with someone ( when I'm able to go online ) after a first message it seem the contact dont receive anything ( like the data werent sent ), if not I simply cant connect at all

maarch wrote:

yeah I know how to put me online, but what I mean is when I choose online, it simply put be back to offline

and lately when I start a conversation with someone ( when I'm able to go online ) after a first message it seem the contact dont receive anything ( like the data werent sent ), if not I simply cant connect at all

When you choose a presence in the dropdown menu, beup sends the command to the server. Only after it receives confirmation does it change the label to the chosen presence.

Your problem, methinks, comes from a low/bad signal (sent info doesn't make it to the server).

HtheB wrote:

kevinc said he wont release a original msn pack icon included...

(but I will :P)

so dont worry guys ^_^

How come? he said there will be coming one soon :-(

But anyway thanks..!!

no he didnt...he said that the next update aka fix, will be fixing the thing where you select your smiles, because if you had many you couldnt choose them (using someones smiles pack (dont remember whos)).

kevinc wrote:

@phil2dot6: Beup's keyboard does contain !,@,#,$ (and lately |) in the Shift section. Which other characters do you need?

Sorry for the misunderstanding; I do notice these characters were there, however the problem is inputting these characters in the password field. If you'd like to test it out, change around your password containing such characters and beup wouldn't let you through.

Is it possible to add support for some slavic letters, like these?
[Images not permitted - Click here to view it]
They're used in pretty much every slavic country except Serbia, Montenegro & ex-Soviet countries. I can receive them fine, but it'd be nice to be able to write them too :)

More info:
http://aatseel.org/keyboards.html
http://www.kada.lt/litwin/kbd/Slovenian.gif
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Hey guys, I'm having a connection issue with this program that I can't seem to solve, and it hasnt been working for any version that has been released. I've tried searching the Wi-Fi homebrew troubleshooting thread, and also browsed over nearly every page of this 30 something odd page thread and can't see anyone with the same issue.

A few things about my setup first:

This pc is connected to my wireless router with cat5, the router is a D-Link DI-624. I've tried with WEP 64bit encryption (both shared and open), and with WEP off entirely, both with the same result.

I'm using G6 Lite with Passcard 3.

My problem is that when I run the program, it just sits on "Connecting using firmware setup:
Searching..."

It sits there forever, when I click Use custom to manually put in an ip/gateway/subnet, the program usually just locks up entirely. I've gotten it to allow me to put in custom information once, and that didn't fix anything. I've gone into mario kart ds and turned off DHCP and assigned my DS an ip/etc manually, and tested the connection from there and it works fine, then tried firmware settings in beup to no avail. Most of the issues I see with beup connections seem to at least be getting past the "searching..." step of the connection. The wifi light on my DS flashes every 2 or so seconds.

I've tried everything I can think of. In addition, this isnt just related to beup but rather every Wi-Fi homebrew app I've tried (Sylphirc). I just want beup working really badly and can't figure it out.

The only suggestion I have is perhaps update your routers firmware *shrug* Looks like you've tried everything else :S

Just to confirm I'm running the app correctly. I'm copying the .nds file directly from my hard drive to the root of the G6's removable drive. Then once its in my DS Lite, going to MyCard, and finding the .nds and selecting "run".

Also, there was a firmware upgrade for my router which I installed with no effect :(.

kevinc, beup is great, I admire your ability to craft such an app. I urge you to share your touchscreen recognition method with other developers, as it's the most accurate I've yet experienced in any homebrew. At any rate, congrats.

anyone tried beup with supercard microSD?

I tried with chism and works, but don't work emoticons nor avatars. I also tried with rein, but don't work.

i tried the rein one through moonshell but it freezes trying to search for an access point.

daninski wrote:

i tried the rein one through moonshell but it freezes trying to search for an access point.

That's what I'm getting except it's not just through moonshell, its any way I try to run it. Just freezes on "searching..."

Kikuchiyo wrote:

anyone tried beup with supercard microSD?

I tried with chism and works, but don't work emoticons nor avatars. I also tried with rein, but don't work.

I am using supercard lite too, same problem occured.
buddy cannot see the ink too.
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looks like avatars and emoticons don't work for sd users. *shrug*

they work...im using them on my SuperCard SD

everything's been working fine for me on my M3 MiniSD (v1)... just use the Rein version of Beup and it should work well.
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I just found a bug: if the SSID Broadcast is disabled, the connection hangs on

connecting using firmware setup:
searching...

beup 0.3 rev4

Bug fixes:
- Fixed bug in which association stopped when status reached "Cannot connect" (it sometimes gets to that point as temporal intermediate).
- Fixed bug that made program crash when closing tabs with many inks
- Fixed eraser bug in ink canvas
- Fixed rare crashes when somebody registered as offline leaves (ok, not fixed - just made it not crash, still a design bug)
- Fixed stupid bug that made avatars be identified as emoticons (and not be downloaded by the official client), and others related.
- Fixed some avatar uploading bugs (tough see Known Issues).
- Notifies the source of errors for gif decompressing in ink displayings, on hope that I'll know where to debug :)

Known issues
- For some reason, some versions of the official client simply don't ask for beup's avatar, even after it reports the user has changed it. I need to check deeper on how to notify it, or whether I need permission to send it at all.
- Some issues with Ink sending and the official client refusing to display it.

Other stuff
- Compiled against the 31/7 wifi lib
- beup nofat version now comes with an included emoticon package, also as separate download, with most of the official client's emoticons.
Other downloads back on page 23.

PS: It's 4 AM here, so I apologize for any spelling mistakes :)

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