The loader should list Wii games, even if you don't have cIOS. You just can't launch them, but they can be listed with IOS58 just fine.
If you don't see the games and they are still on your drive, there could be few things which comes in mind:
- you didn't enabled the "Wii games" as sources, check in the 4th icon on the top menu.
- "wii games" is enabled, but you are listing the wrong partition. Of course, it's only in case your drive had multiple partitions. In that case, go to settings>hdd settings> click on the first option to select the partition with the wii games. It will not affect the gamecube games, as they are loaded independently to that option. Alternatively, you could enable the "multiple partition" option to be sure all partitions are listed at the same time, but you should set the "install partition" to the one where you want the loader to install games to.
- You have favorite option enabled, but no favorite Wii games
- you have Category enabled but set to a wrong option. go to the category menu in the top bar menu, be sure "all" is set to the "V" (check) mark. not the "X" (cross) mark.
- At this point, you could check if the Wii games are still correctly found/detected on your HDD with WiiBackupManager (to see if the name and folders are good)
best layout is : wbfs/game title [GameID]/GameID.wbfs
- try a clean setup (delete or rename the GlobalGX.cfg and all binaries in the loader's folder)
My issue seems to have resolved itself. I left it off overnight and now it's working fine. I didn't change anything just loaded it up and it works now. I took the following steps:
Updated to r1260 (The meta, dol, and icon were replaced)
Booted USB Loader GX
Got stuck at Initializing USB
Backed up all my data
Formatted it (FAT32 32K)
Put everything back on
Loaded USB Loader GX
Got stuck on Initializing USB
Turned it off for the night after giving up
Turned it on just now
Everything loads just fine
I have no idea what is going on, just happy it's working. It will probably stop again I would assume but for now, I can play.
I had the same thing happen to me. It was because I ran my game cube games through discex to get all my games named properly and in the correct folder. So rather then having my 2 disc games in the same folder with disc 1 as game.iso and disc 2 as disc2.iso, it had each disc in a separate folder both named game.iso. So if you used discex or something similar like I did then all you should have to do is find your 2nd disc games, rename them disc2.iso and then place them in the 1st disc game folder.
Gamecube works better without DiscEx. A lot of gamecube games need to be "clean" ISO.
if you use discEX only to get the GameID and "raw" copy to the correct folder then it's fine.
There's another tool you could use, by the same author than WiiBackupManager : http://www.wiibackupmanager.co.uk/gcit.html
or even Wii Backup Manager can list the GameID but you have to make the folder manually.
Gamecube works better without DiscEx. A lot of gamecube games need to be "clean" ISO.
if you use discEX only to get the GameID and "raw" copy to the correct folder then it's fine.
There's another tool you could use, by the same author than WiiBackupManager : http://www.wiibackupmanager.co.uk/gcit.html
or even Wii Backup Manager can list the GameID but you have to make the folder manually.
Yeah, I used DiscEx just to get my ISOs properly renamed. I didn't have DiscEx compress them. But I couldn't figure out how to get DiscEx to used "Gamename [gameID]" as folders. It always just did "[GameID]".
I tried using gcit and it worked great and did "Gamename [gameID]". But when I tried using a batch script on it I couldn't figure out how to stop it from compressing them. If you are interested in reading more about what I was trying to do you can read about it here (https://gbatemp.net/threads/nintendont.349258/page-508#post-5047629).
And then finally, @GreyWolf had created a program called Origamii Librarian that is supposed to do the same thing as above. Again, I haven't used it but it is yet another thing you can try out to easily rename all your games. His post about his program is here (https://gbatemp.net/threads/origamii-librarian.420333/). That reminds me, I really need to give this program a try. In the end I wound up manually going through all my gamecube games and renamed all the folders by hand and I'm sure I made a few mistakes.
Do you have Nintendont installed? If you do, do your gamecube games load up if launching them directly from Nintendont. If so, then it's a settings issue in USB Loader GX. On the top of the screen click on the 4th icon from the left (looks like an SD card and a Wii Channel). Then make sure that the GameCube box is checked. Now your games should show up. If not, let me know.
Do you have Nintendont installed? If you do, do your gamecube games load up if launching them directly from Nintendont. If so, then it's a settings issue in USB Loader GX. On the top of the screen click on the 4th icon from the left (looks like an SD card and a Wii Channel). Then make sure that the GameCube box is checked. Now your games should show up. If not, let me know.
if you updated from an old version of USBLoaderGX, the usb is not enabled for gamecube games, only SD card is recognized.
You have to go to settings>user paths>gamecube "main" folder : set it to usb1:/games/
If you didn't update from an old version (3.0 -> 1260) then it should already be set to usb instead of SD.
If it's correctly set to USB, there's another option where you can check :
As the loader let you set two different paths for gamecubes (main and SD), you can list games either from SD or main (usually USB) or both.
Settings > loader settings > gamecube origin : Main > SD > Main+SD > SD+Main
(the order defines which game is displayed first in case you have duplicates on both drives)
For information, the "main" folder is the one used to install/dump games ISO when inserting a disc in the console.
when only DML was possible and only SD card could be used to launch a game, the loader still allowed users to dump games on USB, that's why there are two different path options. One for "launching game on SD" (used by DML only) and one for dumping games. Other loaders are using both paths independently as they are compatible with both SD and USB.
it's the same with wii games, there's a "main" partition where to install wbfs games, but the loader can list multiple partitions and launch any of them.
You probably tried to set "SD path" to usb.
"SD path" NEED to stay on SD CARD.
did you correctly tried to change "gamecube main folder" to USB?
if you did, then you have an old version of USBLoaderGX, please update to r1260 from my signature and launch from HBC.
If you have a full channel instead of forwarder, follow this to replace the channel.
Hi guys, quick question I'm hoping someone can answer before I need to try for myself
If I use Ustealth on my external, can GX still launch emunand channels? Such as WiiWare or VC titles? I know it can launch through sneek, but I was wondering if it worked the same for "regular" emunand.
Or do I NEED to use the "modded" d2x I found somewhere on these forums?
Thanks. @Cyan ?
Hi guys, quick question I'm hoping someone can answer before I need to try for myself
If I use Ustealth on my external, can GX still launch emunand channels? Such as WiiWare or VC titles? I know it can launch through sneek, but I was wondering if it worked the same for "regular" emunand.
Or do I NEED to use the "modded" d2x I found somewhere on these forums?
Thanks. @Cyan ?
You should only need NEEK for some N64 VC, Konami Rebirth titles, Liight and Flowerworks. (and maybe a few others I can't think of)
The only other d2x I can think of is the "alt" v10 version that works with HDDs on both USB ports. It has reduced compatibility with EmuNAND but doesn't affect NEEK.
You should only need NEEK for some N64 VC, Konami Rebirth titles, Liight and Flowerworks. (and maybe a few others I can't think of)
The only other d2x I can think of is the "alt" v10 version that works with HDDs on both USB ports. It has reduced compatibility with EmuNAND but doesn't affect NEEK.
Hi @GreyWolf , I'm using the latest Origamii Build as we speak
It seems to not like the previous database of checked games? Like, games checked as valid by a previous build need to be rechecked with the newest instead of just checking the new added games? That was not the case before... It's taking a loong time to finish...
Anyway, this is the "mod" I was referring to: https://gbatemp.net/threads/ciosx-rev21d2x-yet-another-hot-fix.277659/page-163#post-5092147
I'm using regular 52 by the way.
*EDIT* By the way, the windows installer for the loader is no longer working. It can't download the dol file. You might want to update it...
Hi @GreyWolf , I'm using the latest Origamii Build as we speak
It seems to not like the previous database of checked games? Like, games checked as valid by a previous build need to be rechecked with the newest instead of just checking the new added games? That was not the case before... It's taking a loong time to finish...
Anyway, this is the "mod" I was referring to: https://gbatemp.net/threads/ciosx-rev21d2x-yet-another-hot-fix.277659/page-163#post-5092147
I'm using regular 52 by the way.
I changed the database format after we finished testing it because it can handle Wii and Gamecube games now. Yeah, it's slow, but it should only have to be done once at least. On the plus side it can calculate hashes while it's copying titles to the drive so you don't have to wait twice at least.
I think that patch is only for hiding drives from the Wii-U and it's probably incorporated by now but either way it shouldn't affect EmuNAND. It just swaps out the partition type so the WiiU doesn't recognize it and complain about it being invalid.
I changed the database format after we finished testing it because it can handle Wii and Gamecube games now. Yeah, it's slow, but it should only have to be done once at least. On the plus side it can calculate hashes while it's copying titles to the drive so you don't have to wait twice at least.
I think that patch is only for hiding drives from the Wii-U and it's probably incorporated by now but either way it shouldn't affect EmuNAND. It just swaps out the partition type so the WiiU doesn't recognize it and complain about it being invalid.
Neat. Pretty sure it only works with 1:1 ISOS on Wii as well, right? So no point in having it enabled for wbfs files. Just change the top dropdown menu from "all" to "gamecube"?
Why is the tool not linked in your signature? I thought it was a replacement for GCverify? It does everything verify does plus more...
Anyway.
I know what Ustealth does and how it does it.
I was wondering about the "update" to the cIOS.
Guess there's only one way to find out... The good ol' "let's try it ourselves" way
Neat. Pretty sure it only works with 1:1 ISOS on Wii as well, right? So no point in having it enabled for wbfs files. Just change the top dropdown menu from "all" to "gamecube"?
Why is the tool not linked in your signature? I thought it was a replacement for GCverify? It does everything verify does plus more...
Anyway.
I know what Ustealth does and how it does it.
I was wondering about the "update" to the cIOS.
Guess there's only one way to find out... The good ol' "let's try it ourselves" way
I haven't gotten the WBFS file stuff working right yet but they're mostly verifiable. As long as the partition hash matches and the system area isn't corrupted they should be good.
I didn't put it in my sig because it's not at release quality yet.
I'm not sure about the d2x patch as I don't have a Wii-U.
Hi guys, quick question I'm hoping someone can answer before I need to try for myself
If I use Ustealth on my external, can GX still launch emunand channels? Such as WiiWare or VC titles? I know it can launch through sneek, but I was wondering if it worked the same for "regular" emunand.
Or do I NEED to use the "modded" d2x I found somewhere on these forums?
Thanks. @Cyan ?
To make a long story short though, you will need to download d2x v10 (the non alt version) and replace the fat.app file with the one from airline 38 in that post you linked to and then install it. Once you do that all your emunand wiiware and VC games will work from a hidden drive.
Clutz already answered it
Thanks for helping each other when I'm away.
I tried to make a full cIOS package (with airline mod too) but users reported issues so I deleted the link.
I wanted to make a "cIOs installer v10, v10mod, v10alt" package.
I will eventually make it again, but this time I'll test it before releasing it
Team USB Loader GX is proudly presenting:
(Click to download the Installer v1.8 for windows)
ATTENTION
USB Loader GX Version 3.0 introduces a new auto-update mechanism which is not compatible with old versions. (The old host is offline)
If you are still using an old version of USB Loader GX, you need to update manually.
Download the latest version or use our easy installer for Windows available on our website.
You can also check how to install or update manually on our Wiki tutorial.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
DOWNLOAD Wii Forwarder only
Targets: device:/apps/usbloader_gx/boot.dol and device:/apps/usbloadergx/boot.dol
On Wii, the installed channel or forwarder requires IOS58.
DOWNLOAD WiiU vWii Forwarder only vWii Forwarder link update 2014-12-05. Please redownload and install over your old one to get USB support from the forwarder
Targets: device:/apps/usbloader_gx/boot.dol and device:/apps/usbloadergx/boot.dol
This loader is based on the original by Waninkoko (v1.1) with many features of his v1.5. So far SD-support is not implemented for Wii games.
I hope we can grant most of your wishes and we will try to keep your suggestions in mind. Anyway we are thankfull for all suggestions and bug reports.
IRC channel on irc.abjects.net. Join #gui-usbloader-chat or just use this simple command on your irc client: /server -m irc.abjects.net -j #gui-usbloader-chat
Template files and manuals
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No real manual yet, but we are in the process of writing it on our website's Wiki.
The template for the latest theme's files can be found HERE.
The template for the latest language's files can be found HERE.
If you wii has internet connection, Boxart and DVD covers can be downloaded directly from the loader. Press "1" button and select the type of cover (Flat or 3D) or the DVD label.
If you want to download a full offline cover pack, you can go to gametdb.com, these packs are updated every weeks. (Wiitdb.com is now Gametdb.com)
Features
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(
= new features since 3.0 r1180)
The GUI is completely based on the awesome libwiigui by Tantric
Look and feel like the original Wii Menu: Use rumble feature, button sounds, background music, disc slot lights up etc. (you can also turn it off in the settings).
Real Wii system menu feeling with our improved System Menu Player with Channels and Banners animation!
Use the real Wii font from the console to look even better.
Supports Dumping and Launching of GameCube games through Dios Mios Lite v1.2+ (DML), DIOS MIOS, Devolution and Nintendont.
Supports Launching of triforce arcade games through Quadforce.
Supports multi-disc GameCube games.
Game information: Reads gameinfos from a xml file in your config folder like publisher, developer, year, rating, genre etc.
Wide-screen support: Without any special themes for wide-screen.
Alternative dol loading: Supports special dol files needed to launch some games (internal or external dol).
Block games from reloading another IOS: No need to use alternative dol booting method (e.g. Metroid Prime Trilogy, Sam&Max or CSI games) (needs cIOS d2x v6+).
Loading homebrew and USBLoaderGX settings files from SD or USB (Support up to 8 partitions, FAT32/NTFS/ext2/3/4).
Works with AHB access and IOS58. No cIOS required to use the loader and launch GameCube or channels.
Supports WiiU virtual Wii mode.
Supports UStealth (modified HDD MBR's signature to prevent WiiU's format message).
Works without a connected HDD to list games from other origins (NAND, EmulatedNand or GameCube).
Supports arguments from meta.xml on boot.
Global Settings and "per game" settings.
Parental control: Read levels for each game via the games database or on user request, locks every menus and buttons one by one.
Four different Layouts: Simple Game list, Game Grid, Game Carousel, Channel grid.
Display games from multiple origins simultaneously : Wii games, GameCube Games, Channels on Wii, Channels on Emulated NAND.
Searching for games via on-screen keyboard.
Themes support: Download themes from the loader or create your own.
Covers support: Download "normal" covers, 3D covers and disc-images for all the games on your HDD.
Custom animated banner download for GameCube games.
Language file support (use your native language for the loader).
Custom sounds: Direct streaming supports for AIF/MP3/OGG/BNS/WAV.
List sorting & Favorites: You can sort the list by playstats, names, favorites ranking and number of players. You also can display your favorites only.
Update function: Update to the latest revision from inside the GUI (requires internet connection).
Playstats: Shows you how many times you played the game.
Playlog: Log the game you played to the Wii message board (You need to exit the game to the wii menu).
Return to the loader (or any installed channel) when exiting a game to the Wii menu. Needs the UNEO forwarder or the UNLR channel installed. (Works best with cIOSx d2x v4+)
Gamer tag compatible, to send the launched game to a dynamic signature creation website, such as Winnertag or DUtag.
Compatible with both USB ports (needs Hermes cIOS or d2x v9+).
List all games from all partitions and from both USB ports at the same time (needs Hermes cIOS or d2x v9+).
Full d2x cIOS support with it's new features (Block IOS Reload, Return To, Sector Sizes > 512b, NAND Emulation).
Supports USB3.0 hard drives.
Supports hard drives with 4kb sector size for FAT32, NTFS and WBFS. (needs cIOSx d2x v6+)
WBFS partition with 4kb sector size allows you to store more than 500 games.
Supports NandEmulation to directly store the save games to SD or USB instead of the Wii memory. (needs d2x cIOS v7 alpha or later)
Supports Displaying and Launching Channels from NandEmulation!
Supports install/uninstall of WAD files to the Emulated NAND, external Wad Managers not needed.
Development & Sources
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Buglist: Please enter every bug you notice in the "Issues" section of googlecode HERE, or report them in the thread.
No known bugs for now... but don't worry... we will commit some pretty soon
Source: To compile USB Loader GX by yourself you need the latest libraries and sources. Extract it to your devkit/libogc folder.
Added support for GameCube games with: DIOS MIOS, Devolution and Nintendont.
Added support for triforce games with QuadForce.
Added autodetection of installed MIOS.
Added support for Yaz0 decompression on banners and system menu resources.
Added a Language settings for GameCube games.
Added a new option to Game Window setting to display banner animation only on Channels layout, other layouts use Rotating disc.
Added new Priiloader 0.8 beta4 compatibility to parental control setting
Added banner download from custom URL when GameCube mode is enable. Set the URL manually in the GXGlobal.cfg
Added support for exit to Homebrew Channel v1.1.1+ (LULZ)
Added possibility to install multi-Discs GameCube games
Added a new setting to select GameCube games source and priority: SD, USB, Sd+USB, USB+SD, Auto
Added a warning when trying to launch a Wii game with a non-d2x cIOS if EmuNAND is enabled.
Added a Harddrive verification to warn the user if the HDD is not correctly setup when launching GameCube games with the selected loader.
Added Wifi6 and wifi10 pictures for GameInfo window.
Added support for USB devices with modified MBR's signature to prevent WiiU's format message.
Added a Dol Video mode patcher in individual Game settings for games which couldn't be forced. (MadWorld, MotoGP08, Mario Party 8, etc.)
Region patch = Patches the dol's known video modes to the region selected in "Video mode" setting, but keep interlace/progressive references.
ON = Patch all dol's known video modes to the one selected in "Video mode" setting.
ALL = Patch all dol's found video mode patterns (even unknown video modes) to the one selected in "Video mode" setting.
Added IOS58 + AHB support.
Added a Loader's IOS setting.
Added LibruntimeIOSPatch to patch IOS58 and Hermes v4.
Added a delete prompt if downloaded cheat file is empty.
Force all launched homebrew to reload to IOS58 if available.
Changed Gecko.c to send logs to wifigecko too (need to be enabled).
Added an option to choose if HDD should be mounted on Loader's launch
Added support for 302 Redirect HTTP error code
Added Auto-edition of meta.xml arguments based on internal user settings.
Added support for meta.xml arguments when rebooting the loader.
Added a verification for downloaded Ocarina content and delete it if needed (Thanks Airline38)
Changes:
Reworked GUI window for covers download and auto select all choices. Select HQ/LQ/custom/original priority in the GUI settings.
Changed default path for GameCube Main Folder to usb1:/games/
Ocarina GCT folder can now be placed anywhere for GameCube Games.
Added back cIOS rev17-21 support for EmuNAND Channel
Updated LibNTFS to 2013-01-13 version
Improved Classic Controller and GameCube Controller usage.
Changed how video mode is chosen by the loader. "Force PAL" now really uses PAL signal instead of NTSC.
Changed the Loader settings and Game settings display. Options are grouped and displayed by Gamecube Loader type.
Merged Gamecube Video settings to a single option.
Removed Error #002 setting (Always set to Anti)
Fixes :
Fixed tooltip opacity on Home Button and game icons on Channel grid mode.
Fixed Banner Grid position X and Y not working in .them file.
Fixed grid mode display with 4 games.
Fixed unzipping downloaded Theme.
Fixed launching GameCube games from disc with official MIOS.
Fixed the auto-completion search bug (Thanks to hvy109 for the patch).
Prevent Playcount increasing if the game couldn't launch.
Fixed launching Korean games (Thanks damysteryman).
Fixed progress window not hiding if Wiiload didn't send the file
Fixed individual game settings to allow modification of the EmuNAND settings based on the game's IOS instead of global IOS.
Fixed USB Initialization when using usbport 1
Fixed mounting WBFS partition without a partition table
Fixed missing parent folder ".." when browsing a NTFS partition.
Prevent Rockband cursor display on GameCube and WiiWare games with "band" in the title
Fixed Playlog writing when using Hermes cIOS v4 (untested) (Requires AHB access).
Fixed EmuNAND when using cIOS revision 65535
Fixed installing games with no_split on NTFS partition if SD Card is inserted (Thanks Dimok)
Fixed a crash issue when plugging HDD after launch and mounting WBFS partition for the first time in HDD menu.
Fixed gamecube game's list when mounting HDD after launch.
Fixed automatic switching to channel mode if no USB device is detected.
Fixed Ocarina download from Geckocodes
Devolution usage:
place Loader.bin from devolution sources in "DEVO Loader Folder".
default folder is sd:/apps/gc_devo/ but you can change it in the loader's settings.
Nintendont usage:
place Loader.dol or boot.dol from Nintendont sources in "Nintendont Loader Folder".
default folder is sd:/apps/Nintendont/ but you can change it in the loader's settings.
Changelog for USBLoaderGX 3.0:
Released on 2012 05 12 You can find the complete changelog HERE
ATTENTION:
USB Loader GX Version 3.0 introduces a new auto-update mechanism which is not compatible with old versions. (The old host is offline)
If you are still using an old version of USB Loader GX, you need to update manually.
Download the latest version or use our easy installer for Windows available on our website.
You can also check how to install or update manually on our Wiki tutorial.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
New:
Added a new Layout: Channel grid mode! Channel grid displays games as channels and plays banner animations like the real Wii System Menu.
Channel grid mode and banner animation requires AHBPROT flags to load resource files directly from your Wii.
If you use an old HBC you should use our latest forwarder or update the HBC otherwise you wont have that support.
Added Channel launching from Emulated NAND. (big thanks to TriiForce guys and Miigotu)
Added GameCube games launching from SD Card through Dios Mios Lite (DML). (thanks to G0dLiKe, crediar, all DML devs and FIX94)
Check DML website
Added direct install/uninstall of WAD files to the Emulated NAND Channel path in the features settings menu.
Added a new icon in the toolbar to select the origin of the titles: Wii games, Channels from Wii, Channels from EmuNand, GameCube games.
Added the possibility to boot USB Loader GX without an HDD connected (It will fall back to "Channel from Wii" title's origin).
Added an option to choose which Game Window mode to use between the old "Rotating Disc" or the new "Banner Animation".
Added the favorite level setting to the game settings since it is no longer displayed when using "Banner Animation" game window mode.
Added an option to adjust the screen size for overscan TVs (Use negative values to shrink the display).
Added display of game's size from Wii disc games on the game window prompt (Rotating disc mode only).
Added a button in the search window to switch between "Beginning" and "Content" search methods.
Added auto-complete function to the search window.
Added a new GUI numpad for entering numbers.
Added setting for tooltip delay time.
Added resize of widescreen screenshots to 768px width.
Added cover download for the currently inserted disc.
Added delete of full cover on art work uninstall and game uninstall.
Added a parental control option to block priiloader override on return to system menu.
Added a prompt asking for downloading new language files when trying to update and no language files exist yet.
Added translation parsing for rating descriptors and for genres from wiitdb.xml. Requires a one time update of wiitdb.xml for cache rebuild.
Added a new option to force reading the game's titles from disc header.
Added renaming of internal TitleID of all HBC versions to JODI for GameTDB to find it.
Added a cheat update button to re-download the cheat text file.
Added a cancel button to several progress bar windows: Game installation, NAND extraction, etc.
Added separate path and setting for Emulated NAND Saves and Emulated NAND Channels.
Added per game NAND emulation path setting.
Added Mii extractor and SYSCONF file extractor to Emulated NAND. It always overwrites old files.
Added automatic Mii extraction on save game extract if the Mii file does not exist yet on Emulated NAND.
Added keep of AHBPROT flag on IOS Reload. Homebrews booted now have AHBPROT. (thanks to davebaol)
Added a new feature to force aspect ratio on games/channels. (thanks to giantpune for help with disassembler)
Added Zelda Skyward Sword Alternative dol offset (PAL and NTSC-U) for automatic dol selection.
Added detection of enabled cheat codes from an already created .gct file.
Added support for 2 USB drives for d2x cIOS (Requires d2x v9+).
Changes:
Removed buggy focus system completely and added support to control screen pointer with analog sticks from respective controllers if the wiimote is
not pointing to the screen. Compatible with Nunchuk, Classic Controller and GameCube controller. A speed factor is available in the GUI settings.
Restructured game's settings for different types of games (Wii/GC/Channels).
Added auto position of progress window messages in vertical direction depending of how many are used at the same time.
If "Titles from GameTDB" is not enabled the title will be read from the folder name if possible or from the game disc header.
Title caching can still be used and is recommended in that case.
Settings title, keyboard text and key color can be changed by themes now.
Added optional background image for list/carousel/grid layouts (unused by default theme).
Use of old built-in font for credits window because it doesn't look good with the system menu one.
Removed the need of a cIOS to launch the loader (if anyone uses it with IOS58 for whatever reason).
Improved detection of game partition when starting the loader without configs (fresh start).
Isfs is now initiated once and deinitiated when cleaning up only, instead of the whole init/deinit every single access.
Updated file system libraries.
Removed pngu which is not needed, changed screenshot function to use libgd instead
added init of network into background thread so it is cancelable and has a timeout
changed wifi gecko to UDP socket
Converted all ogg sounds from 44.1 khz to 48 khz.
Optimized use of memory:
Sizes over 30kb go to mem2 now first till it runs out ; Avoid use of mem2 area used on IOS_Reload (first 2 mb) ;
Change font character texture to I4 which uses half as much memory (less cache memory).
Changed update function to get the files from googlecode website, since old update host website isn't accessible anymore.
Fixes:
Fixed small scrollbar bug when having only 1 item.
Fixed reloading of cover image on game list when only 1 item is left after a change (e.g. filtering).
Improved calculation of progress speed. Now it is always the last 15 secs average instead of overall progress speed.
Fixed "new" game showing even with a parental control setting.
Fixed removing of unused cached titles on wiitdb load.
Fixed ocarina codes when using more than 255 codes (brawl+) (untested).
Fixed bug where entering "-1" (Use global) for cIOS was not possible in game settings.
Fixed playback of some BNS banner sounds.
Fixed reloading into another IOS before launch of game.
Removed buggy lz77 implementation and use the one known working.
Fixed launching of dollz compressed dol files. (thanks FIX94)
Fixed reading game's titles from disc header on fat32/ntfs/ext.
Fixed crash on missing <app> tag on meta.xml files.
Forwarder: Fixed crash on drives with physical sector size > 512 bytes.
Forwarder: Fixed endless waiting for slow HDD. (thanks to FIX94)
Forwarder: Added missing ext2 unmount. (thanks to FIX94)
Supports new WiiMotion+ controllers by using latest libraries.
Lots of string handling improvements (thanks to gerbilsoft for his patch)
New Channel Grid Mode specific features:
New settings section for all banner's settings.
Use of BNR (banner animation) cache setting to load banners and icon's animation faster. (Enabled by default. Takes ~35MB/100 Banners)
Wii games/Channels also accept ID3.bnr for custom-made multi-region banners.
BNR cache path setting.
Pulsing "new" icon on banner grid layout for new games.
Centering and size setting for banner's animation resources.
Channel's zooming speed setting.
Page's scrolling speed setting.
New GameCube specific features:
Supports Dios Mios Lite (DML) v1.2+
Uses of a custom banner for GameCube games which loads the game's internal opening.bnr informations (big thanks to diddy
from the wiithemeteam for creating the brlyt/brlan for the banner).
DML settings editable from the loader (global and per game settings).
Supported formats for gamecubes are ISO/GCM and GCRegEx.
Custom game paths. The following paths are accepted:
DML cheats now work the same way as for other Wii games, gct goes to "GCT Cheatcode Path" as GAMEID.gct
GameCube games copy from USB to SD on demand with choice menu to delete SD games to make space,
If you want to use this feature then set the "Main GC path" to USB and the "SD GameCube path" to SD card.
If duplicated games are detected on SD and USB, the games on SD will be prioritized.
Added GameCube disc dump functionality with multi-disc menu game selection, compress and align support
(thanks to FIX94 and Overjoy for their disc dump sources on which this is based).
Use of the BNR cache path to load ID6.bnr or ID3.bnr if available for custom-made banners. (Loading only)
Video mode option to force interlace mode on GameCube.
Fixed force prog mode on DML 1.4
Changelog for USBLoaderGX 2.3:
Released on 2011 10 23 You can find the complete changelog HERE
New :
Added the possibility to use the internal Wii System Menu font (thanks to giantpune and r-win).
Added proper message to install progress bar to show when install is really finished.
Added a GUI option for Play count display.
Added "Remember Unlock" option in parental control menu to set whether the lock should always be enabled on launch if a password is set.
Added Priiloader override on returning to Wii System Menu.
Added different hooktype and wiird debugger (Thanks to GeckoOS for the sources).
Added NAND emulation to redirect Wii NAND access to SD or USB. Default NandEmu path set to sd:/nand/ (Requires d2x cIOS v7 alpha or later).
Partial emulation: Load and save the game saves to the NandEmu path instead of the Wii internal memory.
The Mii, Wiimote configuration and Wii settings are loaded from the real Wii.
Full emulation: Load everything from the NandEmu path instead of the Wii internal memory.
Attention: if you play on someone else's Wii, you'll need to use your own Wiimote and network might not work.
Added a NAND extract feature. You can extract everything or enter a path to a directory or file which to extract.
Added a save game extraction menu to extract all save games at once from real NAND to NandEmu path.
Added a per game save game extraction to NandEmu path.
Added a per game NandEmu, Hooktype, WiirdDebugger setting.
Added possibility for network re-init (Wifi-Button in Homebrew Launcher).
Changes :
Using new app_booter for homebrew booting (see WiiXplorer changelog).
Reload back to entry IOS when starting homebrew instead of starting it in cIOS.
Removed limit of .csv and .txt game list creation.
Entered characters for the password field are now hidden.
Improved detection of not existing cheat txt files.
Forwarder: Centered the background image and corrected the aspect ratio.
Fixes :
Fixed META.XML format.
Disabled try to mount of drive when no disc is inserted.
Fixed issue with file browser not jumping back to first directory entry on directory change.
Changelog for USBLoaderGX 2.2:
Released on 2011 06 30 You can find the complete changelog HERE
New :
Added game categories and filter games list by categories (Can be imported from WiiTDB).
Wiinertag support.
Supporting arguments from meta.xml on boot (--ios=xxx and --usbport=x) (Requires Homebrew Channel 1.0.7+ or UNEO Forwarder v3.0).
New ehci modules by Rodries with better drive compatibility.
Added two new video modes to force progressive video mode, 'FORCE PAL480p' and 'FORCE NTSC480p'.
Added Sneek Video Patch mode.
Added new 'Inherit' setting for game settings named "Use global". If that option is set then the main loader setting is used.
Full d2x cIOS support with it's new features (Block IOS Reload, Return To, Sector Sizes > 512).
Support for sector sizes > 512B with FAT32/NTFS (Requires d2x v6+)
Real support for simultanious use of both USB ports without switching the 2nd drive temporary off. (Requires Hermes cIOS or Rodries MOD of the Hermes cIOS (recommended)) (thanks Rodries)
Added two new settings menus
Added saving of game browser position when returning to USB Loader GX
Changes :
Improved several GUI controls/navigations
Changed settings menu layout and sorted the items to their correct place (HDD menu, features menu)
Set games settings to use the global setting by default, set to "use global" to use the main loader settings.
Use TinyXML instead of MXML (better XML support)
Updated to new libs (libogc, libfat, libext2fs, libntfs)
Fixes :
"Return to" option now work for all games, even problematic games like Prince of Persia. (Requires d2x v4+)
Xflip setting fixed.
Fix the parental lock of Individual game settings (Thanks to NJ7)
Fix Theme downloader
Fixed reset of the loader when loading game with IOS reload and disabled WiiTDB titles
Fixed timeout timer on startup to count correctly.
Fixed reversed disc image download when Custom/Original option is selected
Fixed reload of game list after a game rename
Fixed horizontal text scrolling
Fixed booting games by arguments (headless id feature)
Fixed We Dare game boot (thx oggzee)
Fixed "Block IOS reload" feature in game settings to allow dol reloading game to work without selecting an alternate dol (Requires d2x v6+).
Auto-patch New Super Mario Bros. Wii AP (no Wip file needed).
Games marked as "New" will also appear in favorite mode.
AltDol+ feature added. Select AltDol method "Prompt when launching" to see a list of dols when launching the game.
If a wdm file is found in wdm path, it will be used to rename the found dol files to friendly names.
Automatic AltDol for known problematic games (SSX, Red Steel, Wii Sports Resort, etc.)
Carousel arrow position is now themable.
Individual Parental control option for every menus and buttons.
When deleting a game, you will be prompt for deleting everything related (covers, cheats, etc.).
New setting for Home menu layout.
Added support for physical sector sizes other than 512 bytes per sector for wbfs partitions only!
Tested with a 3TB drive with a sector size 4096 on wbfs partition (thanks to Dexter).
Added download for Full covers. If a Full cover is found, 3D box will appear in the game info page.
Added additional sort mode "Sort by number of players".
Added support for Multiple partitions. When active, all games from all partitions of the current USB port will be listed.
The selected partition in the GUI Setting will be used for game installation.
Added support for Wiimms virtual sector sizes for WBFS to store more than 500 games.
New Theme menu to manage downloaded themes.
Added support for using USB port 1 (ONLY ON HERMES CIOS).
Added support for using both USB ports at once (ONLY ON HERMES CIOS).
Use this option with Multiple partitions option to list all the games from all partitions from both ports at once.
ATTENTION : Set all your user defined paths to SD card or you can corrupt your data.
Added cache of game titles. This will speed up the startup of the loader. It can be deactivate in the settings.
Added left/right on game info screen to go to the next/previous game.
Libfat now use FS info sector on FAT32 partitions to improve free space reading speed.
You need to run "Synch FAT32 FS info" once in the Loader setting if free space reading is still slow or free size inaccurate.
Cover download menu now uses checkboxes. Choose Discart download priority in the GUI Settings.
Changed USB Loader GX WBFS formatter to choose 2048 as virtual sector size if a drive with a size > 500GB is formatted.
Removed playcount limit (Previously set to 255).
Changed default setting for video mode back to disc default (Correct black screen on game launch).
Changed title/channel browser to use WiiTDB for displaying title names if no name is found in WiiTDB the old method is used
Fixes :
SD Card icon no longer reset the currently loaded Theme.
Fixed bug in the homebrew browser and the homebrew launcher when received via network.
Changelog for USBLoaderGX 2.0:
Released on 2011 01 09
Listing only the important changes since the last stable release r874: You can find the complete changelog HERE
Support for all cIOS (up to Hermes 5.1 and Waninkoko r21)
Support for all IOS slot from 200 to 255.
Support for WBFS/FAT32/NTFS/Ext2/3/4 with Hermes v5+ and Waninkoko r18+
Support for multiple WBFS partitions (Hermes v5+ and Waninkoko r18+)
Support up to 8 partitions to store the boot.dol and datas (config, images, themes, etc.)
Support drives >1Tb
Support for Primary/Logical partitions and GUID Partitions Table (GPT).
Added configuration file version checking. It will reset the old one automatically if important changes occured.
OK, s0 A few days ago I bought a 64gb USB at Walmart for use with USB Loader GX. I get home, format it to FAT32 and use wii backup manager to copy my WBFS' to my new usb. I try to load USB Loader, and it always gets stuck at "Initilize USB Device". I tried adjustin settings, but that didn't work.
I saw other people having this problem, but their problem was they didn't have ios 58 installed, but I do.
I thought maybe I need ios 236, so I did, but it didn't help. my system check is attached below. Thanks!
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