Hi everyone,
That's what I have been hearing a lot lately. I'm curious if I really would get donated enough to by myself a Wii?
For starters: The thing is, I don't have a Wii. However, owning one would be quite useful since I'd have a reference platform for developing then. Also I would be able to verify some parts of the current emulator implementation against the actual hardware behavior.
Things I MIGHT tackle with a real Wii (in descending likelihood of actually being done):
- Playing more than actually developing (seriously)
- emulation test suite (mostly rendering and FIFO related, but possibly for IOS as well)
- WFC emulation (unlikely)
- Possibly other stuff which I can't think of right now
NOTE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DONATE:
As I indicated in the list above, having a Wii won't magically increase my Dolphin-coding-related productivity. To be honest, while I'd be grateful, I reject any kind of responsibility. That is, don't expect any results to magically pop out of this - I'll still be just as busy with university (even more than recently) and still be just as lazy as recently. Also, I'm not sure for how long I'll keep developing for Dolphin anyway.
tl;dr: I might use a Wii for some awesome stuff, but I also might not. While I'm grateful for any donations I receive, do not expect me to show off results. I won't behave any more politely on the forums either
Fwiw, if you're donating and do have some wishes about what I should tackle next, you're free to tell me so. Maybe I'll actually work on it then (probably not, but you never know).
So you have been warned Still want to donate? Cool. PM me or answer to this thread, just somehow tell me what amount you feel like donating. I'll give you my paypal info then. Fwiw, I'm not sure if I'll officially thank everyone for donating, but if you object being mentioned, tell me so.
Note that I won't accept any additional donations once I've got enough for a Wii (and for some adapter so that I can connect the Wii to my PC monitor maybe). I guess 200-300 € should suffice thus. Note that I won't spend any money on a Wii unless I really get enough donations due to a lack of money otherwise.
Thanks again.
Sincerely,
neobrain.
(06-12-2011, 07:43 PM)Coldbird Wrote: Bout donating a Wii, im sure enough people, including myself would donate cash so you can buy one yourself.
That's what I have been hearing a lot lately. I'm curious if I really would get donated enough to by myself a Wii?
For starters: The thing is, I don't have a Wii. However, owning one would be quite useful since I'd have a reference platform for developing then. Also I would be able to verify some parts of the current emulator implementation against the actual hardware behavior.
Things I MIGHT tackle with a real Wii (in descending likelihood of actually being done):
- Playing more than actually developing (seriously)
- emulation test suite (mostly rendering and FIFO related, but possibly for IOS as well)
- WFC emulation (unlikely)
- Possibly other stuff which I can't think of right now
NOTE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DONATE:
As I indicated in the list above, having a Wii won't magically increase my Dolphin-coding-related productivity. To be honest, while I'd be grateful, I reject any kind of responsibility. That is, don't expect any results to magically pop out of this - I'll still be just as busy with university (even more than recently) and still be just as lazy as recently. Also, I'm not sure for how long I'll keep developing for Dolphin anyway.
tl;dr: I might use a Wii for some awesome stuff, but I also might not. While I'm grateful for any donations I receive, do not expect me to show off results. I won't behave any more politely on the forums either
Fwiw, if you're donating and do have some wishes about what I should tackle next, you're free to tell me so. Maybe I'll actually work on it then (probably not, but you never know).
So you have been warned Still want to donate? Cool. PM me or answer to this thread, just somehow tell me what amount you feel like donating. I'll give you my paypal info then. Fwiw, I'm not sure if I'll officially thank everyone for donating, but if you object being mentioned, tell me so.
Note that I won't accept any additional donations once I've got enough for a Wii (and for some adapter so that I can connect the Wii to my PC monitor maybe). I guess 200-300 € should suffice thus. Note that I won't spend any money on a Wii unless I really get enough donations due to a lack of money otherwise.
Thanks again.
Sincerely,
neobrain.