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So. My idea... create a Brawl Vault Homebrew app where users can browse for and download new textures (From Brawl Vault) to their SD cards directly from their Wii! Other options would be to delete existing textures/movesets and such, and view which costume each texture will be replacing.

Anybody else think this is a good idea?

This is a wondeful idea. It would save so  uch time between the computer and wii.

I thought about that idea too, It may be difficult due to varying file sharing sites, wether if it's packed or an individual file.
I would totally download if someone made that though.

very cool I approuve

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This could work if all the hacks were hosted on the same site. But they're not.

I think they sould change BV to make it so that you upload the files directly to the site.

Pulling the BV file data and loading em to a dedicated host would be easy. Just gotta find a host everyone agrees on

And you know...

back converting 9000+ hacks by...
standardizing naming and compression conventions...
re-uploading to a single site...

and ya need someone to code the actual app.

It's not gonna happen --- its far too late in the game to do something like this unless someone is willing to do what I said up above.

ooo on top of the files having to be auto (re)named to Fit(char)(##) and all that junk.. also needs a safety script that provents accedental model replacement of chars you want to keep..

Two words: SD-Explorer.
You can use that to rename files...

I may be wrong, but it seems like the Wii is constantly downloading and extracting files... like new apps and updates from the Homebrew Browser?

yes

nono, if we used a brawlvault downloading app.

I think the real problem is that most of them are on Mediafire, which doesn't support direct-linking (because ads are their source of income) unless you get pro.

Your post is BTW
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I want this app was create

But its impossible without completely revamping the Vault's 9k hacks.

The homebrewbrowser doesn't have to with nearly as many apps, updating is handled manually, and has a distinct format (required xml, png, and boot.dol/elf)

Now, if someone were to modify Opera to be able to download (and add an extracting utlity, likely borrowed from HBB)... that would work. But that is still highly unlikely.

There is one way, but like all others it would be extremely tedious. If you were somehow able to create a network hub for the application to brawlvault, it would be possible to browse it with a sort of built in internet browser. Then you could find a way to have the selected files extracted from their download link, and packaged onto the homebrew channel in the form of Another app that  could be made to sort the hacks in the SD card via SDExplorer. This would have to use 2 separate applications, but I would find it worthwhile

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SDExplorer is extremely dated. WiiXplorer is WAY better. Just sayin'.

FTW.

I can stress enough that this a very Hi-Tech idea

Well, I don't think people need to care about getting every single hack in BV compatible with this thing, just have a 'from now on' type option going.

Of course, that's probably not the only problem with this. But it's way better than trying to get every single brawlvault page connected.

Same thing, really. Sure WiiXplorer is better ( I know, I use it), but SDExplorer came first.

But anyways, yeah ths could work, and we don't have to compile all the hacks in. Heck, Netflix has of yet to uplaod half the movies onto the wii streamign, but no ones complained.

Me and Jack had a similar idea awhile back, but it was kc:mm Blog hbc app.  It shows the few latest stuff on the blog, a few pics, and a download that saved in the correct spot on your SD card.

much simpler, but admittedly far beyond me

It would be cool, but no

i sooo approve :D this deserves alot of attention :srs:
I vote Mediafire as the share site so we dont hav to  wait 45 seconds

Then you should probably get to work doing what picano mentioned above.

What if KC-MM were to upgrade its memory and bandwidth? How much would that cost? If there was a donation pool, I'd donate.

Maybe that way, we can look to avoid having duplicate posts for updated mods.

Maybe, if someone would get a prototype app working, I'd set up something Vault side to assist.

But, many of my reasons against it would still stand.
-No retroactively support unless updated manually. (Either by staff or original user)
-File Packaging / Placement (Either needs to be standardized before upload, require intelligent recognition app-side, or require built in file management)
-Download source
---Dantarion hosts us, you'd have to ask him about prices for storage/bandwidth. Even if Dantarion would host everything (which, he would have with BrawlTex...), I wouldn't want it. No offense to Dantarion, but I'd rather not risk having all the hacks hosted by him; if kc-mm went down for whatever reason, all the hacks would be gone. With the current system, if kc-mm falls, I simply upload my SQL file (~10MB zip) elsewhere. Same goes for any other dedicated hosting.
-As for other sites (mediafire), whoever codes the app would essentially need to make a mini-web-browser.

Thing is, people make cool ideas but don't think about how much work needs to go into them. Yes this is a good idea but.

It's a hopeless fantasy right now. Not entirely hopeless it may be possible but right now its a 70% to 30% chance that this will happen. Successfully anyway

(http://www.halolz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/halolz-dot-com-supersmashbrosbrawl-captainfalconapproved.jpg)

Even Falcon approves of this wonderful idea.

I don't know but this definetely needs to be done.

And still, no takers on a programmer. >.>;;

Of course. It's much easier to say something needs doing and let others handle the messy details. That way, you look like you're contributing without actually doing a thing.

I can do this for you guys! Lolz jks.. I don't know crap except making loop music for myself and getting all sorts of hacks. I love this idea except getting small amounts of these hacks into the app because most of them are old, they don't support media fire, there to big to fit in the app, and they can't be rar'ed or exracted. Well anyways like I said Iike but it's not gonna happen.

What we need is a new internet browser that can actually download files >.>

Agreed.. The downloads should go in a folder or in the root of the SD Card/ USB.

"September 7th, 2010"
>.>
Did you notice that before you posted?

It wasn't me officer, honest.
Kidding aside, yeah don't bump old topics, people like me might post in them. :/

Everytime you necropost, this happens:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APH1LIJaq7A

SO DON'T DO IT. >:C