PES Wii series (2008-2013) on Wiimmfi

Check the communities tab for PES Wii communities. Let me know if there are more!

Current Efforts:

• We are preparing the ability to send custom updates to all PES Wii players. This includes the ability to update squads and players (but unfortunately not clubs and leagues, so those can't be changed) even for online play. If you are interested in working on edit files let me know.
  
• Setting up own update server. Done
  
• Extracting existing update files. Done
  
• Testing delivery of update files. Done
  
• Generating new update file from edit files. Done
  
• Ensuring data integrity for custom update files. Needs more reverse engineering
  
• Preparing up to date roster edit for use as common update file. Underway
  

Known issues:

• You can't play against your friend and the game gives the error that an update should be downloaded? Read the post behind this link on how to resolve this issue. This issue should be resolved for many versions but still applies if it the error still occurs.
  
• Please post in this topic if you find any other issue not resolved or covered yet.
  

Bonus work (stuff that wasn't possible on Nintendo WFC):

• We are testing matches between different regions (more testers wanted!).
  
• Adding friends, seeing Mii, nick and online status works for PES12 PAL<->NTSC-J. Requesting matches didn't.
  

Thanks
People I like to thank for all the progress (in German)

If you know more PES Wii communities (especially for the Americas) please post them in this thread.

Europe

• PES UP! (German, English, French)
  
• Jeux Wii Online (French)
  

Japan

• Wiiウイニングイレブン プレーメーカー - Wi-Fiフレンドコード交換＆対戦掲示板 (Japanese)
  

The Pro Evolution Soccer series on the Wii employ an unique so called Playmaker control scheme that works akin to RTS games, something that still hasn't been recreated in another sports game or on any other platform (yes, not even by Konami). The Playmaker control scheme allows intuitive access to freely moving around players as well as doing pinpoint passes and shots. Starting from version 2009 a so called Classic control scheme is included which makes players used to the golden age of classic PES4/5/6 feel right at home. In Mixed mode players of both styles can coop online.

The series continued to improve the netcode along the versions. When having tested all versions 2012, 2013 and to a lesser degree 2011 and 2008 are sufficiently playable online. 2008 is the most basic and 2013 the best version. 2009 and 2010 honestly aren't worth playing online.

Status of confirmations
PES08: Free Matches confirmed to work for PAL. Other regions are not offered yet. If wanted please request in this thread.
PES09: Free Matches confirmed to work for PAL, need feedback for NTSC-U and NTSC-J.
PES10: Free Matches confirmed to work for PAL, need feedback for NTSC-U and NTSC-J.
WE10JC: Free Matches confirmed to work.
PES11: Free Matches confirmed to work for PAL, need feedback for NTSC-U and NTSC-J.
PES12: Free Matches confirmed to work for PAL, need feedback for NTSC-U and NTSC-J.
PES13: Free Matches confirmed to work for all regions.

Please post in this thread if you come across issues or can confirm the working of one of the unconfirmed NTSC versions.


General compatibility status

Matchmaking refers to requesting and connecting for friend matches and don't include free matches.

Intro

The Pro Evolution Soccer series on the Wii employ an unique so called Playmaker control scheme that works akin to RTS games, something that still hasn't been recreated on any other platform (yes, not even by Konami).

The series continued to improve the netcode along the versions. When having tested all versions (there are six: 2008-13) only 2008, 2012 and 2013 are sufficiently playable online. 2008 is basic and 2013 the best version. Thus 2013 is the version I'm looking at unless otherwise mentioned.

Servers

When connecting to WFC DNS name resolution is done for the following server:

gpcm.gs.nintendowifi.net
gpsp.gs.nintendowifi.net
gamestats.gs.nintendowifi.net
gamestats2.gs.nintendowifi.net
winelev13wii.available.gs.nintendowifi.net
winelev13wii.natneg1.gs.nintendowifi.net
winelev13wii.natneg2.gs.nintendowifi.net
winelev13wii.natneg3.gs.nintendowifi.net
winelev13wii.master.gs.nintendowifi.net
winelev13wii.gamestats.gs.nintendowifi.net
winelev13wii.gamestats2.gs.nintendowifi.net
winelev13wii.ms7.gs.nintendowifi.net
naswii.nintendowifi.net
dls1.nintendowifi.net

Except for the last server this list matches with MKW. Prior versions differ by the game specific title and by the number used for the ms* server.



2009 also had a possibly unused peerchat server at weleplay09wii.peerchat.gs.nintendowifi.net.

While the oldest version explicitely mentions the region, every newer one bases on the Japanese name of the series ("Winning Eleven") so the segregation by region may be done on server side since. Anyone able to check the game specific server names in a version from regions different from EU?

Patches

A different area in the game allows to check for and download patches (used to update team squads). Those being up to date is a hard requirement to be able to go online and having no mismatches between different clients.

If the client is up to date the check exactly equals step 1-5 from Login, see below.

TODO: Check client behaviour and server responses when outdated. Get patches.

Register

Registering the account for online use is done right before the first time logging in and consists of 3 TCP streams:

1. POST naswii.nintendowifi.net/ac
Communication matches exactly the one used as step 1 in every login, see below.

2. GPCM communication mostly as described in MKW GPCM

Second server response includes following currently undocumented paramenters: blk, bdy, rar.



3. GPCM communication mostly as described in MKW GPCM

Second server response includes following currently undocumented paramenters: blk, bdy, rar.



After this the client offers the ability to do the standard login process.


Login

Connecting to WFC consist of 6 separate TCP streams:

1. POST naswii.nintendowifi.net/ac client request similar to MKW action=login



server response similar to MKW response to action=acctcreate (which is never used here)



2. GPCM communication mostly as described in MKW GPCM

Second server response includes following currently undocumented paramenters: blk, bdy, rar.



3. GPSP communication exactly as described in MKW GPSP otherlist

4. POST naswii.nintendowifi.net/ac client request





5. POST dls1.nintendowifi.net/download (encrypted communication just like naswii)
Simple communication with patch download server, first asking for the number of patches, then asking for a list of them.









Clients that are not up to date are always disconnected right away. A different area in the game allows to check for and download patches.

6. POST naswii.nintendowifi.net/pr
Might be nonsense communication. The content for words reflects the player names in the Mii team, which doesn't appear during the online stay.





7. At this point the GPSP stream at step 3 is repeated and the player gains the ability to check the friends list or search for a random free match.