Building for Wii

 



The Wii port is a cross-target port. The build and installer scripts should be
used instead of hand-copying compiler pieces, because the Wii package layout has
target-specific library, include, and tool paths.

Build and installer test

(sh)
./build_scripts/msys2-build-freebasic-wii.sh
./build_scripts/msys2-test-freebasic-installer.sh --kind wii

The package scripts use the same version metadata as the rest of the tree and
the install/uninstall layout rules in mk/inst_uninst.mk.

Building a homebrew bundle

(sh)
fbc-wii program.bas -x program.dol
fbc-wii program.bas --bundle my-program --assets game-data

--bundle DIR writes DIR/boot.dol in the layout expected by the Homebrew
Channel and Dolphin. --assets DIR copies data beside the DOL after a
successful build. The package must contain a matching devkitPPC/libogc
toolchain; a desktop PowerPC compiler is not a substitute.

Runtime testing

Wii graphics, sound, input, and program startup should be tested with emulator
or hardware smoke tests when the toolchain is available. This target is close
enough to the graphics and sound internals that backend changes can affect it
even when desktop tests pass.