Hacking USB Loader GX

[Bigdrago]

sorry if the answer is harsh, but: if it's not the 4th icon ... didn't it come to your mind to try the 3rd or 5th? or any other icon from the top menu to see if you would find a menu corresponding to the description I provided?

so now please, try all other buttons.
You need to find a menu where you can "enable Wii games", because the loader can display games based on their type :
- Wii games
- Gamecube games
- Channels
- EmuNAND


So, you need to enable the display of the wii games to be sure that your issue is not just because Wii game display is disabled.
Sorry if I mistaken the position number of that menu.


Once you are sure that the loader is set to display wii games, then we can try to find another solution.
This one is the easier to test and resolve.


If you don't have any menu resembling what I described, the you are using a very old version.
Please, update the loader.

reporting errors using old versions is useless.
If it's a bug, it's probably fixed long ago.

Sorry, didn't mean to be rude I checked everything.

Problem solved btw... I used version 1.0, dont know why I have been doing that.
But everything works perfectly now... except that NSMB dont work and themes cannot be downloaded (119 error).

 

[Cyan]

Sorry if it was rude too.

Theme not working is a known issue.
NSMB should work.

Can I ask which version of the loader you are using now?
Latest version is "3.0 r1231"
"3.0 r1180" is a little old (though, NSMB should work with it). It contains few bugs which are fixed in newer version.


It doesn't launch at all, or do you see an error after few seconds/minutes of playing?

If it doesn't launch, maybe your ISO is bad.
if it's an error after playing some minutes, it's still an old version of the loader. New version has a patch for that game.

 

[Bri64]

I cannot seem to rename GC games, they go back to their original title after USB Loader GX starts again.

Edit: With Gametdb off, some games disappear?

 

[Cyan]

the option to rename games in the loader is not very stable. It's storing the user's choice in the cache, sometime the cache is replaced with Gametdb, sometime gametdb s not loaded correctly too.
Instead, you can use two different methods:

1. use Wiitdb database (you can download it from the update menu, then enable it in the features menu).
It will rename the games with the real/official names.

2. rename the folder where you put the ISO, and disable gametdb feature.
the loader is using the path as game's title and GameID if found.

for example:
games/GZLP01/game.iso <-- this one will try to load the game found in the ISO if you don't use gametdb
games/Zelda wind Waker/game.iso <-- this one will use the folder name as Game's title, but will look in the ISO to find the gameID.
games/zelda Wind Waker [GZLP01]/game.iso <--- this one will use both the gameID and the title from the folder's name.

If you enable gametdb, it will only use the gameID to rename the game based on the database's title.

 

[Bigdrago]

Sorry if it was rude too.

Theme not working is a known issue.
NSMB should work.

Can I ask which version of the loader you are using now?
Latest version is "3.0 r1231"
"3.0 r1180" is a little old (though, NSMB should work with it). It contains few bugs which are fixed in newer version.


It doesn't launch at all, or do you see an error after few seconds/minutes of playing?

If it doesn't launch, maybe your ISO is bad.
if it's an error after playing some minutes, it's still an old version of the loader. New version has a patch for that game.

I downloaded, installed (forwarder) and used the update function. Now I have r1231.
I think maybe Wii backup manager have corrupted the game... it worked fine with usb loader gx 1.0 when I installed from disc.
I will try another ISO. (and that worked).

I want to thank you for taking the game for us gamers

 

[themanuel]

I thought you didn't use this loader (when I was on IRC you always told me you don't really use it )
I'm glad you like it.
If you have any other issue, or suggestion let me know (I'll add that to my already long list of things to do or verify lol)

You may be confusing me with somebody else. As soon as USBGX implemented banners I started using it and never looked back. As for nintendont, I've always kept an eye on it because of audio streaming support and now it's gotten so mature that I may switch to it from DM as my primary GCN loader. The good thing is I don't have choose since both can coexist :-)

Thanks again for your helpl.

 

[Cyan]

yeah, I confused you with someone else (etheboss)

bigdrago, I'm glad you solved your NSMB issue with another ISO.

 

[isira]

Decided to come back and play with ULGX now that Nintendont has bluetooth working. If USB HID set to disabled, does it still make sense to have a warning about controller.ini missing everytime I start a GC game? Seems to me the warning should only occur the file is missing and HID is enabled.

Any plans to add SD card support for Wii games? Ever since I moved to the Wii U, due to the lack of power the USB ports can output, I've had to use a y-cable which means there is only room for 1 HDD (gotta save the front USB ports for the upcoming GameCube controller adapter ), and I don't want to buy an externally powered USB drive when I have so many 2.5" HDD's laying around. I prefer using the HDD for Wii U and SD card for Wii. I know, I could use another loader (and am due to the stated limitations of my setup), but I much prefer this loader .

 

[DaXIthR]

I'm at my wit's end. My Wii backups all seem to load flawlessly. When I try load my GCN backups through Dios Mios, I get the error message stating that I need to install more software of try a different loading method.

Here are the facts..

The GCN games are all ISO files and the folder structure is correct. I've made sure the path is correct.

From the Credits screen of USB Loader GX 3.0
Nintendont Built Sep 2 2014 9:51:27
Rev 1231 IOS 249 (Rev 21008) + AHB
(d2x v8final base 56)

From SysCheck:

Spoiler

SysCheck v2.3.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199, and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.1U (v449)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 02.13.200702
Homebrew Channel 1.1.0 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 50390781
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v2
Found 192 titles.
Found 54 IOS on this console. 3 of them are stub.

IOS4 (rev 3): Stub
IOS9 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS80 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS90 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS202[60] (rev 65535, Info: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38+37] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS224[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS245[37] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS246[38] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS247[53] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS248[55] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS249[56] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 09/07/2014.

I'm temped to use ModMii to just overwrite everything. Please help, thanks.

 

[tswntk]

I'm at my wit's end. My Wii backups all seem to load flawlessly. When I try load my GCN backups through Dios Mios, I get the error message stating that I need to install more software of try a different loading method.

Here are the facts..

The GCN games are all ISO files and the folder structure is correct. I've made sure the path is correct.

From the Credits screen of USB Loader GX 3.0
Nintendont Built Sep 2 2014 9:51:27
Rev 1231 IOS 249 (Rev 21008) + AHB
(d2x v8final base 56)

From SysCheck:
.............
BC v6
MIOS v10

I'm temped to use ModMii to just overwrite everything. Please help, thanks.

You setup is fine except you haven't installed Dios Mios. You can however, run Nintendont since you have that installed

 

[DaXIthR]

You setup is fine except you haven't installed Dios Mios. You can however, run Nintendont since you have that installed

Ha! I was under the impression I had to install the WADs BCv6 and MIOSv10 when I installed the DM WAD. So, I installed DM 2.9 and am now GCN titles boot to a black screen.

Thanks for point that out. I think this is progress.

 

[Toyskyline]

I keep setting up my custom paths to usb1 but when I put my sd card in the paths always get reset to sd. I need my sd inserted to launch the latest build of usbloaderGX but I would prefer to free up as much space as possible on my sd and load all paths from usb1. Is there a way around this?

 

[Walker D]

I keep setting up my custom paths to usb1 but when I put my sd card in the paths always get reset to sd. I need my sd inserted to launch the latest build of usbloaderGX but I would prefer to free up as much space as possible on my sd and load all paths from usb1. Is there a way around this?

SD is prioritized over the usbs, so it creates its own settings like that when you first load the loader with it in (it creates new settings on the sd itself) set them right once with the sd in and then you should have the right settings one the sd and on the usb ...seems like you said you already did it ..is that right?

..if yes, maybe you should copy the settings found in the usb to the sd (see what was created in the he sd and override those with what you have on the usb) ...but I don't think that it would be necessary

 

[raffymo]

my USBLOADERGX cant read my HDD but wiiflow can read my HDD only problem is i get blackscreen when i try to play at my wiiflow

 

[Cyan]

You can have the setup stored on SD, with all the path in it pointing to USB folders (covers, themes, languages, etc.)
The setup file will take only few kb on your SD card.

isira:
I thought nintendont always creashed if no controller.ini was present, even if HID wasn't used. But maybe it was an old version with this issue. It's probably fixed now.
I'll remove the check if HID is not set.

As for adding SD support for Wii games, I thought about it but I didn't take a look at it yet.
I don't promise I'll do it. I already have a lot to add/change/fix, and I'm so slow to update.

raffymo:
post a syscheck report, so we can see which IOS you have.
syscheck tutorial is linked in my signature.

 

[raffymo]

SysCheck v2.3.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199, and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6432).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v545)

Drive date: 06.28.201106
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 609349997
Console Type: vWii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v0
Found 48 titles.
Found 34 IOS on this console. 0 of them are stub.

IOS9 (rev 1290): No Patches
IOS12 (rev 782): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1288): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1288): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1288): No Patches
IOS17 (rev 1288): No Patches
IOS21 (rev 1295): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1550): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 2063): No Patches
IOS31 (rev 3864): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3864): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3864): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3864): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3864): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4380): No Patches
IOS41 (rev 3863): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3863): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3863): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3863): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4380): No Patches
IOS53 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5918): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 6175): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6432): USB 2.0
IOS59 (rev 9249): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6942): No Patches
IOS80 (rev 7200): No Patches
IOS249[56] (rev 21010, Info: d2x-v10beta53-alt-vWii): NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 21010, Info: d2x-v10beta53-alt-vWii): NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 21010, Info: d2x-v10beta53-alt-vWii): NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS512 (rev 7): No Patches
IOS513 (rev 1): No Patches
Report generated on 09/09/2014.

here

 

[Cyan]

Alright, all seems fine.
I see you are on WiiU.

Are you using a Y-cable? or an external power for your HDD?
Maybe the black screen issue is because your HDD doesn't have enough power.

 

[raffymo]

Alright, all seems fine.
I see you are on WiiU.

Are you using a Y-cable? or an external power for your HDD?

external power

 

[Cyan]

USBLoaderGX is blocked at the "20 seconds countdown - waiting for HDD" screen?
Could you try to connect the HDD when you see this screen, not before? (sometime it helps)

You can also try to set the IOS to 58 in the settings:

Settings > Loader settings > Loader's IOS : 58
then reboot the loader.


Also, be sure you connected it at the top port (on Wii it's the bottom port, but on WiiU it's using the top one).

 

[raffymo]

at boot/standard??? the first one didnt work, my HDD's light doesnt turn on when start USBLOADERGX