Guidelines For Error-Handling; Error-Handling Policy With Optical Disc Drive Device Driver; Error Types That Developers Need To Resolve; Disc Cover Open Error (Wii Has No Cover) - Nintendo Wii Manuallines

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Guidelines for Error-handling

3.1

Error-Handling Policy with Optical Disc Drive Device Driver

The error-handling policy of our optical disc drive device driver is "polling". No complicated error-handling
routine is needed. All the game developer needs to do is to poll the "error type" and show the proper mes-
sage on the screen.
3.2

Error Types that Developers Need to Resolve

There are four "error types" that developers need to resolve.
• Disc Cover Open Error
• No Disc Error
• Wrong Disc Error
• Retry Error
• Fatal Error
A description of each error type follows.
Note: These errors are generated when the issued command is not processed normally for some rea-
son. They will not occur unless a command is issued. For example, when no command has been
issued, a No Disc error will not occur,
need to inform the game player about these status changes when they do not generate errors. In
other words, even if the game player
this message until the Game Disc is accessed.
3.2.1 Disc Cover Open Error
When the game player opens the Disc Cover of the optical disc drive, this error will occur. Display the fol-
lowing message instructing the user to close the Disc Cover:
"The Disc Cover is open. If you want to continue the game, please close the Disc Cover."
3.2.2 No Disc Error
This error occurs when the optical disc drive cannot find a
instruct the user to insert the appropriate disc:
"Please insert the <Game Title> Game Disc."
This error may also occur in the following situations:
• The Wii Disc is inserted upside down.
• A disc that is not a
• An extremely dirty Wii
If the game has multiple Game Discs, please display some message like:
"Please insert <Game Title> Game Disc 1"
to clearly indicate which Game Disc must be inserted.
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CONFIDENTIAL
(Wii has no disc cover)
even if a disc is
ejects the disc
(Wii has no disc cover)
Wii Disc, for example if a 12cm CD, is inserted.
Disc is inserted.
ejected. Additionally, the developer does not
during gameplay, you do not need to display
Wii Disc. Display the following message and
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Graphics Library (GX)
RVL-06-0179-001-A
Released: October 4, 2006