wraggster
March 28th, 2019, 19:34
Do you own a modded Switch or a Wii U? Would you like to get your homebrew directly to your console? If you answered yes to both questions then you most likely already know about @vgmoose (https://gbatemp.net/members/382062/) and Team 4TU's Homebrew App Store and if not, it's a great time to give it a shot!
The new version 2.1 is available for both of the aforementioned consoles and delivers a good number of improvements. For starters, you can expect faster downloads as well as a new miscellaneous category for homebrew apps, while platform-specific Switch additions include a smoother UI thanks to hardware accelerated rendering, a new category dedicated to themes (with the ability to install them once downloaded) and being able to launch NROs after installing them. Of course, there are also several Wii U-specific improvements as well: a search function has been added, more details are available for each package, the code was synced with the Switch version of the hb-appstore (so you'll be able to enjoy some features and enhancements perviously exclusive to that version) and a few others.
Those are just some of the highlights - if you're interested in reading about all that's available in this version, the full changelog is available below!
Switch:
new theme category + allow theme installation
NRO launching after installation
uses GPU to render (smoother)
Both:
faster downloads
can actually exit with minus button
misc category added
Wii U:
synced with switch codebase! Now using SDL2
can search now!
can control without touch screen
can scroll and read more details about packages (size, changelog, etc)
can install files anywhere on SD (Retroarch, haxchi, etc updated)
sort apps, smoother scrolling, and other quality of life things from syncing with Switch
The PC build has also started migrating to Buck + Buckaroo (https://github.com/vgmoose/hb-appstore#building-for-pc-with-buck) for building and dependency management. It is my long term goal to use the same Buck configuration to compile across all platforms!
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https://gbatemp.net/styles/default/xenforo/clear.png Source (https://github.com/vgmoose/hb-appstore/releases)
https://gbatemp.net/threads/homebrew-app-store-2-1-released.534637/
The new version 2.1 is available for both of the aforementioned consoles and delivers a good number of improvements. For starters, you can expect faster downloads as well as a new miscellaneous category for homebrew apps, while platform-specific Switch additions include a smoother UI thanks to hardware accelerated rendering, a new category dedicated to themes (with the ability to install them once downloaded) and being able to launch NROs after installing them. Of course, there are also several Wii U-specific improvements as well: a search function has been added, more details are available for each package, the code was synced with the Switch version of the hb-appstore (so you'll be able to enjoy some features and enhancements perviously exclusive to that version) and a few others.
Those are just some of the highlights - if you're interested in reading about all that's available in this version, the full changelog is available below!
Switch:
new theme category + allow theme installation
NRO launching after installation
uses GPU to render (smoother)
Both:
faster downloads
can actually exit with minus button
misc category added
Wii U:
synced with switch codebase! Now using SDL2
can search now!
can control without touch screen
can scroll and read more details about packages (size, changelog, etc)
can install files anywhere on SD (Retroarch, haxchi, etc updated)
sort apps, smoother scrolling, and other quality of life things from syncing with Switch
The PC build has also started migrating to Buck + Buckaroo (https://github.com/vgmoose/hb-appstore#building-for-pc-with-buck) for building and dependency management. It is my long term goal to use the same Buck configuration to compile across all platforms!
Click to expand...
https://gbatemp.net/styles/default/xenforo/clear.png Source (https://github.com/vgmoose/hb-appstore/releases)
https://gbatemp.net/threads/homebrew-app-store-2-1-released.534637/