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FuwanViewer 2.0 (beta release)

Hey guys, Nosebleed here with some Fuwanovel related news. For those of you who haven’t been around as long there was a project started back in 2012 called FuwanViewer which was intended to be an app that allowed Fuwanovel members to access our site’s library directly without the need of a browser. Although the first release was pretty well recieved, after some main site updates the software was no longer working and in August 2013 was effectively removed. However this didn’t mean the death of the project. Our  members Kreweta, Ilegend and Kuky_nekoi started working on an improved version of this app and after months of work a new and functional FuwanViewer has finally been released for testing.

Introducing: FuwanViewer 2.0 (beta)

This app is completely free and you can download it here. Simply extract the zip file wherever you want and run the executable file. Keep in mind you need to have an account on our forums in order to log in.

With this version of FuwanViewer you currently can:

  • Browse all novels in Fuwanovel with some basic information and preview.
  • Inspect a visual novel in detail ( i.e. get simlar view as on fuwanovel website).
  • Filter results by company name, tags and some other conditions.

The software requirements are:

  • Windows Vista/7/8 (Sorry XP users but Windows XP won’t run NET Framework 4.5)
  • .NET Framework 4.5
  • Around 128MB of RAM to run smoothly

There are already some known issues such as:

  • Your password is not 100% safe, it’s really easy to find since there wasn’t any encrypting.
  • Featured novels misses scroll bar.
  • Images are popping up in some annoying fashion.
  • Application size is big, that’s due to some development pieces being compiled and never really used in the app itself.

There are  also some future features that have been planned like:

  • Storing user related informations (read/finished/ignored novels).
  • Extending VisualNovel data with information from vndb.org.
  • Theming/Skinning feature, so that you may alter the app view in some minor ways.

Keep in mind this is a first release so if you happen to find any other bugs or issues, your report would be very helpful. You can drop your opinions and reports in the official thread so any new issues can be added to the list and you can get help in case you run into other problems.  There is plenty of room for improvement and all the problems will be looked into and worked on with time. Since this is a beta release the bigger the sample the better so don’t hesitate in downloading it. All feedback is greatly appreciated in order for the app to be improved with what the users need and want. Even if you don’t find any bugs, just the support and constructive critique is already great.

I hope this app can be useful to any members out there that didn’t know about it or even other Fuwanovel visitors. And finally a big thank you to these 3 members who have been working for quite some time now to make this happen. Your efforts are greatily appreciated.

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hi
hi
10 years ago

nice work! 😀

O_O
O_O
10 years ago

EPIC!!

zchronos
10 years ago

No linux version… 🙁
Whatever, nice work.

The Last Melody
Reply to  zchronos
10 years ago

Shouldn’t be that hard to make it work with WINE ^_^

Doesn’t seem like a very complicated software and the requirements are low ^_^

alienvn762
10 years ago

well done 😉

SieghartXx
SieghartXx
10 years ago

Well done! It looks really cool c:

Irufort Grantz
10 years ago

WOAH!!! OMGWTFBBQ!! COOL!! SUPERB!! SPECTACULAR!! HORRIBLE….

Irufort Grantz
10 years ago

WOAH!

Elsnid
10 years ago

Awesome program, or it would be if i could download it… all download links are down, i suggest you put up a torrent download on Pirate bay or some other site cause all the other links seem to disappear in a millisecond.

Nosebleed
Nosebleed
Reply to  Elsnid
10 years ago

That’s weird. It’s working fine for me. The hyperlink should take you to a google doc page with the zip file. Simply click on it and then there’s a download button on the bottom. It might take a bit to start the download but it’s not down.

me
me
10 years ago

Is there any public API available?

xPoW~
10 years ago

I don’t see the need for such an application without updates on fuwa whatsoever.

Fenix
10 years ago

NICE! as a programmer I want to say thanks for taking the time and effort to make this; I know it aint easy! I’ll definitely be using this (to play the latest released vns eheh) If you guys need any help with testing/debugging drop me an email.

Keep up the good work!
Fenix

louigel
10 years ago

Thx for your hardwork

Kanpachi
10 years ago

This is great!

tantei
10 years ago

Any chance of ever getting this on andriod or ios?

soso
10 years ago

Why can’t I log in?

Kreweta
Reply to  soso
10 years ago

Umm…. maybe one day. But for now we want to finish windows version, as we are faaaar from done.

Kreweta
Reply to  soso
10 years ago

If you can’t log in with forum user/password then umm… I don’t know. There must be something wrong on fuwanovel api server, since it’s them who perform authentiaction. Can’t help it for now.

Nayleen who brought up the API is not with fuwanovel anymore, but we’ll try to investigate this issue before next release. (someone else had same issue)

Cosine
10 years ago

Now waiting for an Adroid/ iOS version. It’s great actually!

Zael
10 years ago

I would personally like to try to get this running on XP, however at least it’s still a work-in-progress so it’s getting some attention that is needed.

sanahtlig
10 years ago

“an app that allow[s] Fuwanovel members to access our site’s library directly without the need of a browser”
I’m confused why there’s a need for this. Why would you design an app simply to circumvent the use of a web browser?

Kreweta
Reply to  sanahtlig
10 years ago

Hehe. That’s a good point. There are 2 reasons:
1. There are some features that are not available on web. This app allows extended searching/filtering/browsing, this way you can find what you want faster than on web. Of course, this could be available on website, but it ain’t 🙂
2. Personally I just wanted to try myself in WPF, we’re all still students from what I know and it’s a good exercise.
But yeah, else than that I agree that there ain’t much need for app like this. <3