Beup v0.2 (MSN for Nintendo DS)

***wraggster*** · June 24th, 2006, 05:09

kevinc has posted a new release of his MSN Clone for the Nintendo DS:

Changelog: Lots
- Added support for sending / receiving user display pictures through MSNSLP
- Added support for sending / receiving INK gifs (not sure if works with official client, it does work with aMSN, kopete and others)
- Can handle now 302 Transfer in SSL auth (I think, if it doesn't, contact me)
- Added keyboard pressed key mask thingy a lot of people asked.
- Updated to devkitpro19
- Fixed bugs where some transaction ids were expected to be 1 char long
- Changed principal interface
- Can change now avatar / display name
- Fixed bug where would crash if disconnected while chatting
- Fixed bug where MSN would still consider you online / in some session even after closing (in my PC works fine, probably an error of socket closing of the lib)
- Fixed some stuff where a principal would create new tabs continuously because beup didn't recognize that it had left the one before
- Tabs now appear only after partner sends a message (so sessions used only for avatar exchange don't clutter the tab container)
- Added some sounds
- Tabs now use principal names instead of account
- Fixed chat tabs in general
- Changed button look
- Simplified principal synchronization (hope it crashes less now)
- Implemented composite glyphs for dstype (now can display accents / tildes / stuff)
- More other stuff that I can't remember.

Stuff still wrong:
- DHCP still fails sometimes (probably the lib, probably *I*'m using the lib in a wrong way)
- SSL still fails sometimes (tell me somebody is writing a native SSL lib for the DS...)
- WEP seems to crash regularly (can't check it since I don't use WEP)
- I probably should create an interface to update network config on beup itself, so people shouldn't rely on firmware / weird dhcp behavior.
- Still uses small keyboard (even though many have asked for a bigger one). Anybody knows where to get a simplistic keyboard bitmap that doesn't have dozens of shade effects?

All in all, I'm sorry for making you wait. I'll start working on .3 soon.

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**MikeDX** · June 24th, 2006, 13:49

This is looking very cool. Now I can chat on msn from all the free wifi spots

All we need is a slightly better keyboard, and impoved handwriting support, and it will be awesome.

Emoticons would be great too.
Nice work

**boomer_jmoore** · June 24th, 2006, 23:07

I downloaded the program to my DS HDD I got from Datel and it loads the program perfectly. The problem is is that I can't type on the keyboard on the bottom screen so I can log in. How do I fix this?

**Gizmo356** · June 24th, 2006, 23:42

very cool cant wait to try

**Himura** · June 25th, 2006, 21:19

I tried it extensively on my Supercard CF last night, and it worked flawlessly for me. Great job.

**The Hombrew Hunter** · June 25th, 2006, 22:34

Ho baby. All I need is to get that 512 MB CF card I got off ebay and then I can freakin' get mom to look at that damn m3 CF +Passcard 3... Then I can check out this sexy $#@!!

Edit: Woo 102nd post!

**cloud_952** · June 26th, 2006, 03:00

o_o Now, if only it'd work with WEP. I'd love to have MSN anywhere in the house, but I don't want to run an insecure network. >_> I guess it should be nice around the university, at least. But I won't be in classes till the fall.

Keep up the good work, though. =D It's quite awesome.