Hacking Xenoblade: How To Play From USB???

[rph.soares]

Fisrt of all, let me teel my story:
I have a FAT32 HD, where I used WiiBackupManager x64 (my system is x64) to transfer the ISO for the HDD in WBFS files.
Returned the HDD to consoles, tried both USB Loader GX and CFG USB - none of them worked.
In the first, I could start the game, but after the "tutorial", the game entered in an eternal load screen , with that beautiful sword shinig in the corner. Forever.
So, after a LOT research on the web, found a solution (don't aske me where, I REALLY don't remeber): Use Loader GX with IOS 249 and Anti-002 enabled (and I saved these config for this game). Bingo! I could play normally! Even saved the game! Until I turned off the console...
When I tried to play it again, the game didn't even seemed to load - It did not show the "reading disc" nor the white screen with Wii joystick warning. Just a black screen. This in Loader GX; is CFG the things got worst: when I select the game, the loader freezes.
I tried to erase the save file, but nothing, the behavior is the same.

Below is my system check, performed when I could play the game at first:

sysCheck v2.1.0b19 by Double_A and R2-D2199, Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)

Drive date: 2008.12.18
Homebrew Channel 1.0.8 running on IOS58
HomebrewFilter ist nicht installiert
Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 147074705
Boot2 v4
Found 154 titles.
Found 53 IOS on this console. 10 of them are stub.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): Trucha Bug
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 256): Stub
IOS12 (rev 526): Trucha Bug
IOS13 (rev 1032): Trucha Bug
IOS14 (rev 1032): Trucha Bug
IOS15 (rev 1032): Trucha Bug
IOS16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS17 (rev 1032): Trucha Bug
IOS20 (rev 256): Stub
IOS21 (rev 1039): Trucha Bug
IOS22 (rev 1294): Trucha Bug
IOS28 (rev 1807): Trucha Bug
IOS30 (rev 2816): Stub
IOS31 (rev 3608): Trucha Bug
IOS33 (rev 3608): Trucha Bug
IOS34 (rev 3608): Trucha Bug
IOS35 (rev 3608): Trucha Bug
IOS36 (rev 3608): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 5663): Trucha Bug
IOS38 (rev 4124): Trucha Bug
IOS40 (rev 3072): Stub
IOS41 (rev 3348): Trucha Bug
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 5120): Trucha Bug
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52 (rev 5888): Stub
IOS53 (rev 5663): Trucha Bug
IOS55 (rev 5663): Trucha Bug
IOS56 (rev 5662): Trucha Bug
IOS57 (rev 5919): Trucha Bug
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 6400): Trucha Bug
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 6912): Trucha Bug
IOS80 (rev 6944): Trucha Bug
IOS202[60] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[37] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS224[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS245[37] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS246[38] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7final): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS247[53] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS248[55] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS249[56] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10

Report generated on 2013/02/01.

Somebody could please help me? WHY I can't load the game anymore?

 

[wiimanofthenorth]

Try using modmii and upgrade your softmod. You've got really old versions of things!

 

[rph.soares]

Working on this right now... Even my ModMii was out-of-date... Hope it works.

 

[Cyan]

The default setting is working fine with most games, and Xenoblade works just fine with the default settings too.

"Use Loader GX with IOS 249 and Anti-002 enabled" = Default setting (for the 002 error: enable or Anti does the same thing).
So, in fact, you didn't change anything, you just forced the default setting.

If the game doesn't work, maybe it's a bad rip (re-rip your game).
Try to defragment your FAT32 partition, sometime it helps.
Another choice is to use a NTFS partition, either with wbfs files or with the full iso.

 

[wiimanofthenorth]

I play this game from a fat32 32K partition and works fine for me.

 

[rph.soares]

Ok, I've updated my Wii With modMii. Got This:

sysCheck v2.1.0b19 by Double_A and R2-D2199, Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 2008.12.18
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58
HomebrewFilter ist nicht installiert
Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 147074705
Boot2 v4
Found 153 titles.
Found 55 IOS on this console. 5 of them are stub.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
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 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
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 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS80 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
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[36] (rev 65535, Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS245[37] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS246[38] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7final): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS247[53] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS248[55] (rev 21007, Info: d2x-v7final): 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 21007, Info: d2x-v7final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10

Report generated on 2013/02/02.

Now, USB Loader GX frezzes as sson as I select a ANY game ane Press A (same thing with CFG USB).
I'll try to reinstall Loader-GX and see if it works...

 

[rph.soares]

Just one more chapter: Tried to use Wad Manager 1.7 and when I ask the app to look USB devices, it gives me an error. I believe that after ModMii update I've messed up something... I'll try to recover.

 

[rph.soares]

I'll ask the most experienced user: Should I keep my HDD in FAT 32, or change it to NTFS OR WBFS?

I left it as FAT32 because I used the HDD to store games, covers, titles and wiitdb.
But now I got a 4gb SDHC (which is more than sufficient for apps, covers, titles and wiitdb)

I believe that dual-layer games in FAT32 is all about luck... for what I searched, I may say that I got a 50/50 ratio of success/falure with Dual Layer games in FAT32 partitions.

 

[PolloDiablo]

for Wii games I recommend using NTFS because FAT has a 4GB limit size

I use a 1TB HDD with two partitions:
- 750GB NTFS for Wii games stored in wbfs format
- 250GB FAT32 (32k cluster size) for roms

 

[tbgtbg]

No need to change it from FAT 32, that's not your issue at all.

 

[rph.soares]

See? That's what I'm talking about... always 50/50 in opinions... As I was with FAT 32, Guess I'm going to NTFS (to keep ISOs in just one file) and watch the results...

 

[Cyan]

@Nahuel: FAT32 has a 4GB limit on a single file, but FAT32 can play games bigger than 4GB as the games are split in multiple smaller files. no need to format to NTFS unless you want to use the single ISO file.

@rph: modmii correctly updated your console.
Your syscheck looks good.

The problem is probably your USBLoaderGX settings.
Which IOS slot are you using? You should set the loader to Slot249 or Slot250.
If it doesn't help, you should delete the setting files (or all the folder) and start a new version of the loader.

 

[rph.soares]

Cyan, thnx for you efforts. I already made the changes in HDD: now it is NTFS.
I made backup of my games (.wbfs) and then I put them back to disc in .iso format.
As for USB GX, I removed the old one, and installed a "new" version - which I discovered being the same I had, lol.
As for CFG USB Loader, I'll install the latest - v70r50 (I was with v70r46). I believe that's not much difference, but mayb e this IS the question, lol.
When I achieve success, I'll tell you all.

btw, Cyan, I feel sorry for your wife and kid. But you shouldn't go onto that train!!

 

[rph.soares]

Ok Here I am again. CHanged the HDD to NTFS, but each time I play the game (which may "increase" the size of savefile) the game takes a longer time to load.
I start the USB Loder GX, select Xenoblade, then I got a black scren. Then I wait... and wait... and wait a little longer. Then I see "reading disc", and then the white-screen-control-waning.
Each time I play, the waiting time increases!

Any of you know what may be the cause of this and how to avoid it?

Today I'll try CFG USB loader - had to unistall it, because everytime I tried to to load Xenoblade, it'd freeze just by clicking the game cover.
I'll reinstall and see what happens.