I have not made any emulator modifications. I am editing Owna's code repository that Firo directed me to earlier. In it's current stage, it's more of an overhaul. I have removed a lot of redundant code and functions, rewritten the core into a more object-oriented fashion, and don't worry - wxWidgets supports UNICODE, and all I'll have to do is link to the unicode libraries so people can continue using special characters.
Another good feature of wxWidgets is multi-language support, so with some work I can implement Japanese/Chinese/Korean/etc, just depends on what areas play the most. We'll get to that stage eventually, but keep in mind I've been the only person making these changes to the kaillera client, so progress is slow but steady. I've made sure after every build to keep testing with 0.13 users to ensure the potential of desync does not increase at all.
In fact, I have obtained (through looking around the MIPS decompilation of the Super Smash Bros ROM) the Player1/Player2/Player3/Player4's X and Y position. I am now in the process of updating the client to locally read these addresses, convert them to a float position value (it's a wacky coordinate system so bare with me), and the next step will be to introduce some SSB64-specific desync detection straight into the latest EmuLinker server. This means that people playing SSB64 over the Kaillera network will automatically be informed (properly) of a desync because the clients will all be locally sending the player's positions to the server, and if the server detects the values do not match, then obviously a desync has occurred.
The next step would be to find a way to "reset" the game, perhaps by saving a slot state to the Character Select screen, so that all players would be back in sync just by resetting the game and loading the slot state. The last game's stock options, item switch, etc should all remain the same as the slot save will automatically save at character select. Basically, in the event of a desync, the game will automatically reset to the character select screen - across ALL clients connected - with a synced game.
I don't know whether or not this will work yet, as I've previously stated I'm not very familiar with the internal workings of the emulator, however if it doesn't we can simply automatically close the game and restart after all clients have dropped. This usually fixes the desync but I'd much rather keep the game open and still make it work.
Obviously this would only work for SSB64, but honestly that's one of the few that I play and a lot of this work I would like to dedicate specifically for that game. I don't want to exclude other users, but I can't promise the same desync detection and prevention for other games unless we really dig down and find the true cause of them to eliminate them entirely (or at least reduce).
I won't work on any emulator updates until I have a stable release of this kaillera client. I know the community would like it as soon as possible, but we are still in very early stages and it still needs excessive testing to a dedicated testing team (which I will assemble soon under Firo's guidance). The last thing I want is a leak of an unfinished progress, which I have encountered in past projects. In SA-MP an unfinished client was released that had a lot of bugs, and some members of the community thought the release was real and left because of this.
Smasherx74 has nothing to do with this project, neither will his client hacks. From my understanding he is a code thief and would likely put his name all over my work, so I've rejected his request of joining my development team. As far as the animated emoticons go, I'll probably have it disabled by default but in the GUI options dialogue you will be able to enable them (as well as the other languages, etc).
