wii-raytracing

Description

This is a fast raytracing implementation on the Nintendo Wii using SIMD instruction provided by libogc.

It is an improved version of the PlayStation 1 project.

I used devkitPro for creating this project.

Testing on Emulator

This project is tested on Dolphin Emulator Nintendo GameCube/Wii emulator.

Testing on Console

If you want to test it on the real console, you need to:

• get a SD card formatted in FAT32
• install Homebrew Channel on the Wii following this guide
• create a new folder called raytracing in SD root/apps/
• Download the latest release and put it on SD root/apps/raytracing, the name must be boot.dol

Development

This project is currently in development on Ubuntu (using WSL), Windows is not tested.

Steps for setting up environment:

• follow this guide for installing devkitPro and install the Wii Dev kit
• execute source /etc/profile.d/devkit-env.sh to export devkit environment variables
• clone the repository https://github.com/SimoSbara/wii-raytracing.git

Now you can build the project with make, the binary is wii-raytracing.dol