[oggzee]

Configurable USB Loader



by oggzee, usptactical, gannon and Dr.Clipper

Based on Wanikoko SD/USB Loader 1.5, Kwiirk Yal, Hermes uLoader 3.1, WiiPower NeoGamma R4
+ many others (Sorg, nIxx, fishears, 56Killer, WiiShizzza, hungyip84, Narolez,...)

Contents

Features
Videos and screenshots
Installation instructions
Download
Other useful download links
FAQ
FAT support FAQ
Archive of OLD stuff

Features:
This version of the loader allows you to customize numerous options to better suit your preferences.
- SDHC and USB HDD device support
- GUI and Console mode (switchable runtime)
- Background Music (.mp3 or .mod)
- Themes (switchable runtime)
- Widescreen (auto-detect)
- Transparency (covers and console)
- Cover images download
- Cover styles: 2d, 3d, disc
- Automatic resize of covers
- Renaming game titles (using titles.txt)
- Per game configuration of Video mode, Language, Ocarina cheating
- Light up DVD slot when install finishes, optional eject
- Childproof and parental guidance
- USB HDD with multiple partitions supported (WBFS for games and FAT for config, covers and other resources)
- SDHC with multiple partitions supported (WBFS for games and FAT for resources...)
- Custom IOS selection for better compatibility with USB drives and other USB devices.
- cIOS supported: waninkoko's 249 & 250, Hermes 222 & 223 (mload) v4,v5, kwiirk 222 & 223 (yal)
- Banner Sounds
- Loading games from .wbfs or .iso files on a FAT or NTFS partition
(with cios 249/250 rev18+ or cios 222/223/224 v4+)
- Loading games from DVD
- WiitDB support for info, sorting and filtering of games
- Configurable


Videos and screenshots
Video of cfg39 showing the various GUI styles in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBbFuzuavUE

Screenshots: (Blue Matrix theme by Narolez)



Installation:

Tutorial: http://gwht.wikidot.com/usb-loader (by Dr. Clipper)
Config options explained: http://gwht.wikidot.com/configurable-options

Quick Instructions:
Copy the contents of "inSDroot" to the root of your SD card, This will add the USB Loader to your homebew channel.
You can also install a channel forwarder to start the loader directly from the system menu.
Or a full channel without dependence on the SD card (See below in the Other useful download links)
Please see the included README-CFG.txt for more help and info.

There is a poll:
NEW: What Do You Use To Play Your Backups?
OLD: Which is your favourite USB Loader?
Please vote I'm curious where will we land...

Webchat: http://webchat.quakenet.org/?channels=USBLoaderCFG

Download:

cfg v56 (release)
Cfg_USB_Loader_56.zip (full)
cfg56.dol
cfg56-222.dol
lang56.zip
(or online update)
Full package now includes a new theme "Grey Matter" by pepxl which matches the new intro.

Changes:

18-03-2010 cfg v56 (release)

 * omit false DL warning

16-03-2010 cfg v56b2 (beta2)

 * Choosing "Disc" from alt dol menu will prompt for
   Disc Plus options on launch of game (choose for
   Metroid Prime Trilogy to be asked which to play)
 * Disc Plus bug fixes
 * Fixed sorting of long multibyte titles (oggzee)
  
14-03-2010 cfg v56b (beta)

 * Sam & Max fix restored for disc. (Clipper)
   Gets CSI: Deadly Intent working from disc.
 * Alt dol menu with scroll (Clipper)
 * Gui text outline fix
 * Minor intro update (pepxl)
 * Minor cleanups

13-03-2010 cfg v56a (alpha)

 * Alt.dol disc plus (from NeoGamma R8.RC4 by WiiPower / tueidj)
   .wdm files go to: sd:/usb-loader/GAMEID.wdm
 * New intro (by pepxl)

Utility to convert .iso to split .wbfs files and vice versa: wbfs_file_2.9.zip
Included are sources and binaries for: windows, macosx and linux.
And also the utility scripts move_dirs.bat and resplit.bat

Sources:
cios_mload_cfg50.zip (ehcmodule source)
Cfg_USB_Loader_50-src.rar


CfgThemePack1.zip:
http://sharebee.com/11527860
(nature3d, wolf3d, BlackCat)



Other useful download links:

Language files (translations): topic

Configurator tool for windows: cfgLoader Configurator (by Dr. Clipper)

Forwarders:
Priiloader compatible Forwarder (by baduncle): http://priiloader.baduncles.de/forwarder/

Forwarder: CFG USB Loader - DCFG
Hybrid Channel (cfg v56a): CFG USB Loader ID - DCFG
Both by pepx. For more info see his: post

USBLoaderCFG_NForwarder (by Narolez)
Forwarder DOL and WAD for Configurable USB Loader with passing cIOS arguments: < http://cloud.github.com/downloads/Narolez/..._NForwarder.zip >
For more information read the readme.

(Universal) Forwarder Channel: (by Narolez)
USBLoaderCFG_Forwarder-R3.rar

CODE

USBLoaderCFG_Forwarder-UCXF.wad
  - ID: UCXF
  - Region Free
  - Trying to load CFG USB Loader from different paths, the load order is:
    1. sd:/apps/usbloader_cfg/boot.dol
    2. sd:/apps/usbloader/boot.dol
    3. usb:/apps/usbloader_cfg/boot.dol
    4. usb:/apps/usbloader/boot.dol

Readme and forwarder dol for Preloader are included ...

Themes:
by DonTlaloc: Nature, Nature 3D, Sunrise 3D, Evil Monkey 3D, Iceberg 3D, Match 3D
Bike Canal 3D, Blue Sunset 3D, Bocanegra 3D, Pink Sunset 3D, Stream Bridge 3D
Pearson 3D, Eva 3D, Keeley 3D
by Blue-K: NXE NXEv2+BlueAura
by Milcoi: Milcoi, Brew, Brew2, Config_usb_loader, Colors
Also see this topic: Theme's for Configurable USB Loader
HBC icon by matriculated

Game cover images: http://www.wiitdb.com

titles.txt: http://wiitdb.com/titles.txt

Partition Editor: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (Useful for creating multiple partitions on SD Cards and USB Thumb drives and creating FAT32 partitions larger than 32GB, but be careful to select the correct disk, so that you don't wipe your other drive)

fat32 format tools: fat32format fat32format GUI

cIOS 222/223 with mload by Hermes:
v4 and v5 cIOS 222 is supported, however 223/224 v5 might not work the best with cfg for now.
Get cios 222 v4 here: http://mods.elotrolado.net/~hermes/wii/uloader_v3.0C.rar
official uloader/cios 222 forum(in spanish)

GUI WBFS managers that supports .wbfs files on a FAT partition:
by pccfatman: Wii Game Manager - A GUI for wbfs_file.exe
by fig2k4: Wii Backup Manager

Links to other sites / forums related to the cfg loader:
nextrl.it (Italian forum, by cambo)
emudesc.net (Spanish forum, by PabloACZ)
elotrolado.net (Spanish forum, by Lendrich)

FAQ

Some known issues and suggestions that are frequently asked about:
* Donations: please direct your donations to wiitdb.com
* Return directly to the loader when exiting a game: use preloader!
* Black bar at the bottom of screen in console mode with 576i video mode
* Banner animations or icons
* GUI settings
* GUI game start screen
* GC / HBC launcher
* Automatic download/update of themes,...
* Spinning discs
* NAND emulation
* Screensaver
* HQ cover zooming
* Coverflow Grid mode
* Disable intro screen (done: for direct starting channels)
* DONE: New Gecko OS 1.9.x (aka Ocarina 2 aka Brawl+ support) (by Wiipower)
* DONE: Profiles / Multiple favorite groups
* DONE: WiitDB integration (game info: description, genres, which controllers, number of players, etc...)
* DONE: GC and other controllers
* DONE: DVD launcher
* DONE: Multiple wbfs partitions support
* DONE: Automatic download/update of titles
* NO: Installing / starting games over network

The list is here just so we can tone down the number of repeated requests on the forum
We might or might not work on any of the listed items.

FAT/NTFS support FAQ

The FAT and NTFS support has raised a lot of repeated questions, so here's a FAQ about that:

Q: Can it play .iso files directly?
A:
NTFS: Yes.
FAT: Yes but only .iso files which are smaller than 4GB such as forwarder .iso files or .iso files compacted with WiiScrubber. To solve the 4GB problem, convert the .iso to .wbfs format using the wbfs_file utility.

Q: Isn't FAT limited to 4GB file size but a game iso is larger than 4GB?
A: Yes, that's why the .wbfs files are scrubbed to save space and if it is still larger than 4GB it is split to 4GB chunks. Split files are named gameid.wbfs, gameid.wbf1, gameid.wbf2,... similar to how the a .rar archive can be split to multiple files (.rar, .r01, .r02,...)

Q: What about the file size, games on WBFS partition are scrubbed / compressed, will it take more space on a FAT/NTFS partition?
A: No, it will take the same space because the files are not in .iso format but instead .wbfs format, which uses the same scrubbing / compression method as on a WBFS partition, actually the file format is the same as the format of the WBFS partition. And to be even more accurate, the .wbfs files will take even less space, because the wbfs block size will be smaller too. (The size depends also on the selection which partitions are copied - all or only game)

Q: I have copied the .iso/.wbfs files to my usb drive but the loader doesn't see them?
A: The files have to be copied to the \wbfs folder on the FAT/NTFS partition.
These filename layouts are supported:
D:\wbfs\GAMEID.wbfs
D:\wbfs\Title [GAMEID].wbfs
D:\wbfs\Title [GAMEID]\GAMEID.wbfs
D:\wbfs\GAMEID_Title\GAMEID.wbfs
Same for .iso:
D:\wbfs\GAMEID.iso
D:\wbfs\Title [GAMEID].iso
D:\wbfs\Title [GAMEID]\GAMEID.iso
D:\wbfs\GAMEID_Title\GAMEID.iso

Q: Can I extract all the games from a WBFS partition to .wbfs files?
A: Yes, use this command:
wbfs_file.exe W: extract_wbfs_all D:\wbfs
Where W: is your WBFS partition and D:\wbfs is the FAT partition on USB (or on local hard-disk)

Q: How to convert all the .iso files to .wbfs files in one step?
A: Open up CMD where your iso files are and run:
for %i in (*.iso) do wbfs_file.exe "%i"
If you write that in a .bat batch file then you have to use %%i instead of %, like this:
for %%i in (*.iso) do wbfs_file.exe "%%i"

Q: How long does it take to convert one game to .wbfs?
A: Depends on hard drive speed and (scrubbed) game size. It should take the same time as copying a file. That means a couple of seconds for a game like WiiPlay which uses only about 100MB and a couple of minutes for games that take up 4GB...

Q: Are there any GUI wbfs managers that support .iso/.wbfs files on a FAT/NTFS partition?
A: Yes:
by pccfatman: Wii Game Manager - A GUI for wbfs_file.exe
by fig2k4: Wii Backup Manager
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Q: Does running games from a FAT formatted SD / SDHC card work?
A: Yes, but only from SD cards, SDHC compatibility is still an issue.

Q: What is the recommended cluster size when formatting FAT?
A: It's not important - any size should work fine. But 32kb is a good choice as that size is aligned to wii disc sector size.

Q: Is it possible to install a game from a dvd disc to a FAT partition in .wbfs format?
A: Yes. Just press button + to install the game as usual.

Q: Is there any advantage using FAT/NTFS rather than a WBFS partition?
A: Depends on personal preference. These are some of the poins:
advantages:
- no need to repartition in case the disk is already used for other stuff
- the game files can be copied using normal file managers
- the partition space can be shared for other purposes
- better choice of file-system recovery / de-fragmentation tools
disadvantages:
- only cIOS 222/223 v4 can be used. FAT/NTFS using cIOS 249 is not supported.
- limited choice of loaders: only CFG and GX support FAT/NTFS at the moment.
- install game on NTFS is disabled at the moment because of libntfs write instabilities (install on FAT works fine)
similarities:
- loading speed should be approximately the same compared to WBFS

Archive of OLD stuff




OLD Channels:

Configurable USB Loader "Hybrid Channel" v44: (by Zektor & Narolez)
SDUSB-Loader_cfg44_Hybrid.rar
This is a combination of a full channel and a forwarder - if the boot.dol is found it acts as a forwarder otherwise it's a full channel. See included README-HYBRID.txt for details.

Full Channel v40 (by zektor)
http://sharebee.com/5389d21c
more info: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=147...p;#entry2177574

Forwarder Channels [Matrix themed]: (by Narolez)
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=147...p;#entry2055383

(Old) Forwarder Channel: http://www.yafaze.com/wii/files/USB_LOADER_FORWARDER.rar
Or: http://www.mediafire.com/file/5mbj2zznhgy/...l_Forwarder.rar

OLD Versions:

cfg v55 (release)
Cfg_USB_Loader_55.zip (full)
cfg55.dol
cfg55-222.dol
lang55.zip
(or online update)

Changes:

09-03-2010 cfg v55 (release)

 * No change (version only, full package)

07-03-2010 cfg v55b3 (beta3)

 * Fixed occasional hang when trying to start
   games on FAT/NTFS with cios 249 rev19

07-03-2010 cfg v55b2 (beta2)

 * Games on SD/SDHC FAT/NTFS with cios 249 rev19

06-03-2010 cfg v55b (beta)

 * Fixed ios250 support
 * Updated 249 r18 dip with disc check fix
 * Print ios249 base ios (37,38,57,60) and mload version
 * Rename cfg-fat to cfg-222
 * Changed option default: hide_hddinfo=1 also for normal cfg.dol
 * Fixed magic word actions for the GUI
 * Changed intro
 * Cleanups

06-03-2010 cfg v55a3 (alpha)

 * 249 rev18 fat/ntfs other base than 38 fix
 * Bug fixes for "nothing" and button remap actions

05-03-2010 cfg v55a2x (experimental)

 * FAT/NTFS support for cios 249 rev18.
   NOTE: it overrides the dip plugin which adds frag support
   thanks to the mload capability in cios 249 rev18

04-03-2010 cfg v55a (alpha)

 * Added new values to the home and button_* options:
    priiloader - uses the Priiloader magic word "Daco" to go to Priiloader menu
    wii_menu - uses the Priiloader magic word "Pune" to go to Wii Menu
    Any other Priiloader magic word can be entered as text (no others exist yet)
    Any channel ID can be entered, e.g., FDCL for pepxl's forwarder

 Cool Usage Ideas:
   To go to Wii Menu when using Priiloader:
     home = wii_menu
     #OR
     home = Pune
   To implement a restart function after updates:
     home = FDCL #replace with your forwarder's ID
     button_H = exit
     # Because of the implementation of the options,
     # This makes the home button restart Cfg when
     # used in a menu like the global menu, and 
     # exit when used in the game list or GUI. 
   Implement multiple exit types and channel launchers:
     button_B = FDCL # reboot via forwarder
     button_1 = HATP # launch PAL Nintendo Channel
     button_2 = etc.

For the rest of the history see this post:

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?s=&showto...t&p=2177398

Feedback welcome!

This post has been edited by oggzee: Mar 18 2010, 09:44 AM

[djtaz]

Sounds good - ill give it a try
Just looking at the config and it looks very good - nice and simple - well done.

Yup i got this going fairly easily and its very good i have to say.


I would recommend you add in a more detailed Read me about what each thing does and where the files should go as this may confuse some people initially.

This post has been edited by djtaz: Apr 11 2009, 02:55 AM

[jebrown19]

Sounds great d'loading now , will let you know how it goes!
Thanks!

[Knocks]

Can you add Game Language? The options would be System Default/Game Default/English/Japanese/etc

[hungyip84]

Great! I would like this as the main configurable option:

Console x position
Console y position
Console width
Console height
Boxart x position
Boxart Y position

So we don't need to recompile everytime

[WiiShizzza]

Another nice Idea. ike it so far... we'll see what comes out at the end.

I'll second hungyip84!

+ maybe you could add the force mode in the way it was mentioned in the other thread.

Read the 4-letter game code. If the fourth letter is J or E, default video on NTSC systems, force PAL on PAL systems. If it's P, force NTSC on NTSC systems, default video on PAL systems.

That way everything should be automatic. Did I miss anything?

Maybe you can also implement parts from nIxx MiniMP3-Player to use a background music in the loader.
the mp3 file could maybe also been added to the config file.


This post has been edited by WiiShizzza: Apr 11 2009, 03:49 AM

[MightyMouse]

looks really promising...i do wish everyone would join up. lol

any word from Waninkoko on a update? or has the community just sort of taken the ball and RANNN reall far with it lol

[WiiShizzza]

I believe waninkoko is just laughing his a*s off, cos of all that messing with his source.

[MadBob]

I like the thought of configurable nice work

[oldskool75]

+1 for this..


Looking forward to see how this one advances!

[Bladexdsl]

I believe waninkoko is just laughing his a*s off, cos of all that messing with his source.

well that's why he released the source so everyone can change it

[ether2802]

wich background format we have to use...??


EDIT: Almost like Nixx, but the covers are a little bit off the space..!!

EDIT2: Nope, is the usptactical template

This post has been edited by ether2802: Apr 11 2009, 07:59 AM

[Screemer]

i want to see that with a nice and shiny ligwiigui interface with an options menu. i that would be possible a password for enabling and disabling the child proof feature would be cool.

well done so far.

[rogras]

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This post has been edited by rogras: Apr 11 2009, 08:54 AM

[MadBob]

It would be nice to be able to configure the images path (SDRoot\Images) so we can use the same images for other loaders instead of having to place them in a different folder for this loader.