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MKW Vita 1.3.0

Progression and licenses, a Settings screen in the LiveArea, and Battle upgrades.

Important

You must rebuild your game files. The menus now have new text baked in from your disc (license names, "Locked", "Unlocked!"), so your current ux0:data/mkw files aren't enough. Run Build Game Files.bat from this release's source code, then copy build\vita\data\mkw\ to your Vita again. If you kept your build folder from 1.2.0, only the changed steps run, which takes a few minutes instead of the full build.

What's new

Licenses and progression

  • Licenses. Pick an empty slot on the License page and the Vita's keyboard asks for a name. Each of the four licenses keeps its own unlocks, best times and ghosts.

Important

Don't want to unlock things? Open Settings from the LiveArea and turn on Unlock Everything. Every character, vehicle, cup and Mirror opens for every license, exactly like before. Turn it off any time to get each license's own progress back.

  • Unlock everything as on the Wii. New licenses start with the original roster. Characters, karts, bikes, cups and Mirror open the same way they do on the Wii: cup wins, 1-star ranks, Time Trial courses played and expert staff ghosts. Full list: IGN's Mario Kart Wii unlockables.
  • Cups. Star and Special Cup, Leaf and Lightning Cup open after trophies in the cups before them, in each class.
  • Mirror and the karts/bikes switch. Mirror opens after winning every 150cc cup. Bikes in 50cc and karts in 100cc open after a trophy in every cup of that class.
  • Expert staff ghosts. Your Time Trial times are checked against each course's real expert unlock time, read from your disc. Unlocking them counts toward Funky Kong, Baby Luigi, Tiny Titan and the rest.
  • Locked and Unlocked. Locked choices are dimmed and say "Locked". New unlocks pop up with "Unlocked!" when you're back in the menus.
  • Your old times stay. Best times and ghosts from 1.2.0 move into the first license you create.

Settings

Tap the new Settings button under Start on the game's LiveArea. Close the game first.

  • Presets:
    • Performance: a steady 60 FPS.
    • Default: 45-60 FPS with everything on.
    • Quality: 2x resolution with every effect at a locked 30 FPS.
    • The preset shows Custom when you change things yourself.
  • Resolution from 1 to 2. Type a value or step it with left/right. The game restarts by itself to apply it.
  • Framerate, shadows, bloom, particles, object detail and minimap style.
  • Unlock Everything, delete a license, and Reset to Defaults.
  • Save and Start or Save and Exit. Circle leaves without saving.

Battle

  • Random teams. Teams are shuffled at the start of every set, so you're no longer always red. CPUs, homing shells and name tags all follow the new teams.
  • Thicker team outlines around the faces on the minimap.

Coin Runners

  • Hits drop coins. Getting hit drops up to 3 coins (or all you have). They fly out of your kart and anyone can grab them, CPUs included. Untaken coins vanish after 10 seconds.
  • Coins on the minimap. Every coin on the ground is a yellow dot. Taken coins disappear until they respawn.
  • Coin sound. Picking up a coin plays the coin sound.
  • Half the starting coins. Each arena starts with half as many coins as before.

Also new

  • What's new pop-up. A one-time screen before the opening shows what each new version adds.

Known limitations

  • Staff ghosts: you can't race or watch them yet (in progress). Their times already count toward unlocks.
  • Ranks: Grand Prix star ranks are estimated from your points.
  • Dropped coins: they don't check for walls or ledges, so one dropped next to a wall can end up inside it.
  • Settings button: it only works when the game is closed.

Install

  1. Install mkw.vpk (attached below) with VitaShell.
  2. Rebuild your game files:
    • Get the source with Git: 
      git clone https://github.com/boomannotjeff/mkwiita.git
cd mkwiita
      Already cloned? Run git pull in that folder instead.
    • Run Build Game Files.bat, which doesn't need VitaSDK, and drag in your Mario Kart Wii (USA) disc image. If you kept your build folder, only the changed steps run.
  3. Copy the contents of build\vita\data\mkw\ to ux0:data/mkw/. Your best times and ghosts stay and move into your first license.
  4. Make sure ur0:data/libshacccg.suprx exists (run ShaRKF00D once).

The VPK and the game files must come from the same release. The 1.3.0 VPK doesn't work with 1.2.0 game files, or the other way round.

The VPK contains no Nintendo game files. Please don't share your built game files.

Building it yourself

  • Build MKW Vita.bat builds the game files and the VPK (needs VitaSDK).
  • Build Game Files.bat builds only the game files.
  • See BUILDING.md for details.
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