Papaya HUD

This is a HUD (Heads-Up Display) plugin for the Aroma environment on the Wii U.

Features

Supported stats:

• Current time, console uptime, game play time.

• Frames per second.

• CPU utilization, for all 3 PowerPC cores, and the ARM core.

• GPU utilization. Note: this will lower the frame rate for some games.

• Network configuration (WiFi SSID, or Ethernet).

• Network bandwidth.

• Filesystem performance.

• Button presses per second.

You can also use a button shortcut to toggle the HUD on or off. By default it's TV + L on the gamepad, but you can change it in the plugin config menu (L + DOWN + SELECT).

The toggle state is NOT saved when using the toggle shortcut; this is done on purpose, in case the game/app crashes when the HUD is turned on. The settings are only saved when using the plugin config menu.

The HUD color is also configurable. You can press Y while changing the color, to switch between RGB and hex mode.

Note that any option can be reset back to the default value by pressing X while editing it.

Building

This plugin can be built in 3 different ways: locally, with Docker, or through Github Actions.

Local build instructions

This is an Automake package that's intended to be cross-compiled using devkitPro's environment. Besides the base Wii U packages (installable through dkp-pacman), you will also need to manually install the dependencies:

• wut (because the latest devkitPro package is outdated.)

• libbuttoncombo

• libmappedmemory

• libnotifications

• WiiUPluginSystem

To get the Papaya HUD source, either extract a release tarball (.tar.gz), or clone the code with git (remember to clone with the --recurse-submodules option.)

Build steps (skip step 0 if you used a release tarball):

0. ./bootstrap

1. ./configure --host=powerpc-eabi CXXFLAGS="-Os -ffunction-sections -fipa-pta"

2. make

3. (Optional) If your Wii U is named wiiu in your local network, you can also run:

   • make run (will temporarily load the plugin into Aroma without installing it, requires wiiload package from devktiPro)

   • make install (requires curl from your system)

   • make uninstall (requires curl from your system)

Docker build instructions

If you have Docker, just run the ./docker-build.sh script.

Github Actions build instructions

If you fork the repository, you can create builds using Github Actions:

1. Click on Actions.

   • If prompted, enable actions for your fork.

2. Click on Build Binary, on the left.

3. Click on Run workflow on the right, then again on the Run workflow button.

4. Wait a few seconds and refresh the page. You will see the Build Binary action being queued and executed.

5. After the build finishes (the status icon turns green), refresh the page. You can find the .wps file listed as an artifact, at the bottom.