Requesting assistance with project...

I'm in need of a skilled photoshop user to create a set of images for my project. Although I can use photoshop just fine, I just dont have the time to visually create the masterpiece I envision.

With that being said, if you think you are capable of creating a sleek, crisp and professional looking set of graphics (refer to bootmii's GUI for what I consider crisp and professional looking) please send me a PM. You're probably looking at a set of about 20 (at the most, probably around 10 or so though) images to create, which include standards such as SD, USB (hdd, not the usb symbol), settings (a cog, whatever...some representation) etc. The full details will be disclosed in a PM reply from me.

Participants will be given the right to beta test the project, should they want to.

Fors

Some scene news...CSSM

For those of you following cSM development very closely, here is an update for you.

As most of you know, lately I have had little to no time for my work, and development has slowed drastically. So drastically, that people are finally releasing things i've had under wraps since oct / nov. Digitydogs has begun to release a custom system menu of his own, changes that are mostly visual enhancements and personal customization of your wii, which are both well over-due.

Dd and I have been discussing a teaming up and joining our projects into one nice shiny development for the scene, which has finally taken place.

Dogs and I will be co-developing what we decided to call cSSM "custom styled system menu". This will allow me to focus my efforts on the coding and functionality aspects of the system menu where-as he can continue remastering the system menu graphically. Now the best of both worlds can be found together.

cSSM will be using the webspace already setup for cSM (written by djtaz in notepad...."real men use notepad" big thanks to him) that includes forums / chatrooms / blogs / downloads among the ability to update cSSM directly from your system menu as it will be redirected to my domain.

Stay tuned for more updates, things should start rolling along steadily now.

Fors & Diggles.

Some Updates

Updates will be found here as they are available.

1/14/09: Boxes from Nintendo of America on my doorstep when I got home from work...Wii's are back at home

Release Schedule:
Dashboard : Feb
cSM - Prelude : Feb
cSM : Undeclared

2/2/09: Yeah i've fallen a bit behind schedule haha...I didnt anticipate the work load of the courses I have this semester >.>

Meanwhile, it will have GC disc backup loading from the disc channel. This is possible, at this point im merely waiting to get my hands on the source for wiigator's gc loader to check how he did something. What I've already written functions as so: When loading a GC disc and you start it from the disc channel, holding 'X' on the GC controller will attempt to boot it with 6x read compatibility (obviously for retail discs) and the default boot mode is to utilize cIOSr7 for 3x readspeed.

This way if you have actual retail games to play you can take advantage of the legitimate read speed.

Noob Translation: if you try to boot a GC Backup Disc and hold X to try to get 6x speed, it wont happen. The wii will throw an error and tell you to reboot, cause surprise, its not a real disc >.>

If any beta tester for Wiigator's GC loader would like to PM it to me I would greatly appreciate it...I was apart of Gamma's testing and was able to make my changes ready for when he decided to release it. At the moment I can't get into contact with either djtaz or Wiigator himself, so this would be a big help. My vacation has kept me out of the loop.

Fors

cSM Sneak Peek!

Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ4I2T-DmjU

UPDATE (1/05/09): This thread will hopefully be locked momentarily, all future information about updates can be found on my blog here at GBATemp, and releases will be given a thread of their own.
http://blogs.gbatemp.net/Forsaekn

UPDATE (11/25/08): Both wii's are off to Nintendo for repair. If you would like to donate to show further support of cSM as many have already on this forum, you can do so Here. (thanks for the idea and your generosity EmperorofCanada)

THIS IS OUTDATED! I've come a long way from this . Updated information on cSM can be found later in the thread, starting at this post #535

A sneak peek (well, more of a tease) of my Custom System Menu or "custom firmware" for the wii. This is cSM_v0.2f ALPHA in action, which is based off system menu 3.2.

The video shows, well, the only few things you can see in this video...the disc channel booting backup discs (without reboot) and my cool logo.

The other features you didn't see that are currently implemented in v0.2f are:

- Region Free System (channels, games, saves)
- Disc Channel lock removed, move it wherever you like...
- Skip Disc Update Check
- Rescue Menu (Hold Y on GC controller before logo)
- Removed NoCopy flag check, copy any savegames or channels you want.

and many, many more on the todo list.

The initial public releases wont contain a lot of visual changes (although I did manage to sneak in the cSM logo for this revision), and will focus more on functionality. As the releases grow, so will my finess with the menu.

As for the chances for bricking, once again this is a complete system menu replacement. It uses IOS 251, so if you install cSM before IOS251 is installed, you're bricked (but I've put a check in the cSM installer that looks for IOS251 first, so you're covered there). The same goes for if you decide to delete IOS251 while cSM is installed, your wii wont boot (can't stop stupidity, sorry).

If you accidently update your system menu to 3.3 or higher while cSM is installed, you will not brick. Your wii will happily update to the newer Nintendo Official version without any problems, as their menus use different IOS's.

Also, sorry for the terribly quality, took it on my cellphone.

Edit: Arm the homeless, yeah. I made a video. just for you. >.>
Edit2: Oh yeah, and WiiShizzza made that awesome logo, in fact he'll be doing quite a bit of photoshopping for me so I can focus my efforts elsewhere.

Fors

Modified Backup Launcher! - Gamma

Same deal as last time, updated for gamma.
See post here for original 0.3b autoboot.

This modified build will now automatically boot directly into the game, unless you are holding '1' down on either the wiimote during launch. This will enter the configuration menu where you can change Language, Force TV Signal type, change Hooktype, enable Ocarina, etc.
Usage: Hold '1' during launch to enter boot configuration menu.
NOTE THIS CHANGE

Changes from 0.3b:
- Button to enter configuration changed
- Full menu is displayed
- Autoboots ~3 seconds quicker

download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/z4tzatj0omi/...r_0.3_gamma.zip

UPDATE: for those of you who want to keep the original channel art (from 0.3b)
download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/2akjb20w2lz/..._gamma_orig.zip

The archives include the dol, modified sourcecode, and a Channel WAD created by me. (Banner image was created by shadowmoses and altered by djtaz, Icon images and sound by myself)
NOTE: make sure you still install the CIOS before using the backup launcher, or it will not work regardless of where you run it from.

Enjoy!

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