[stfour]

postLoader 3 (readmii.txt v. 1.2)

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What postLoader is:
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* HomeBrew Browser with subfolder support
* Channel/Title Browser with filters and cover
* neek2o & Uneek+DI game browser with cover support
* Wiiload server

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Features:
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General:
* If started from priiloader it gains AHPBROT and spawn full hardware rights to homebrew applications
* Autoboot your default application/channel: If you don't press (A) in time to enter in interactive mode, postLoader will launch the predefined app (if enabled)
* Direct access to BOOTMII
* Support costom splash screen (only from SD device)
* Full support for UNEEK environment. May work under SNEEK
* Support for Wiimote and GC controllers
* Intergrated UNEEK nand switcher
* wiiload update: If you send postLoader.dol via wiiload, postloader installation will be updated (after confirmation).

oneek2o advanced support
* USB Access for HOMEBREW (see historii.txt for important notices)
* Multiple nand support for different region games
* Built in game cache rebuilder (partially implemented, see historii.txt)

Uneek+DI game browser (see historii.txt)
* Support covers
* Support title vote

Homebrew:
* HB Channel replacement: It can be used to browse homebrew application, with it own interface.
* Dangerous homebrews can be hidden
* Full support for meta.xml arguments and all other tags.
* It support subfolders (see notes)
* Can browse SD and USB device (FAT32 on first/active partition)
* WiiLoad support (straight, compressed dol, zip archieve)

Titles:
* Nand emulation (ciosx/waninkoko on slot 249)
* AHBPROT is need for real nand browsing (otherwise ios249 is used)
* Wii System Channel replacemente: Can browse and run Channels, WiiWare and VC.
* Can run Titles from real and emulated NAND on SD or USB with folder support
* Titles can be sorted voted and/or hiddened
* Support interactive application sorting
* Sort titles by vote/name
* Titles filters (System channels/wiiware/neogeo/c64... etc)
* Fast titles search
* Download title icons from wiitdb
* Alternat nand folder support (other that classic root)
* Experimental microsneek technology for maximum channel compatibilty

<< postLoader on google code >>

Screenshots 

(default splash screen)


(sample of custom splash from sd root file ploader.png)


(sample of custom splash from sd root file ploader.png)


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wii theme




black theme




blue theme

Edited by stfour, 11 January 2012 - 09:52 AM.

[stfour]

Sorry for the new thread, but too much thing are added from v1. Tomorrow I will complete it with snapshoot and more informations.

And also I hate the title I've added to the old thread.

As a new release, expect some problems. Anyway I've tested it deeply.

Edited by stfour, 30 June 2011 - 12:09 AM.

[Albatroz]

nice changes
downloading to test it now
thx

[stfour]

nice changes
downloading to test it now
thx

grrr... found 2 problems... before starting a channel, need almost one time to open the channel menu with (B). And after a channel was run, the wiimote is no more detected. need to power off/on.

See you tomorrow with b6...

[DEFIANT]

Sweet! Gonna test this now.

Could you add code support?

Edited by DEFIANT, 30 June 2011 - 01:39 AM.

[Albatroz]

I found something too:

1. apps/postloader/boot.dol is 1b4 and not 2b5
2. when u configure autoboot to some app, it isnt showing that start marker
3. im getting code dump to hide soome app like Hackmii Installer/Postloader/WadCreator...


But,,, this is loading CFG 70b2 flawless now
the GUI is better too

GZ once again!!!

[DEFIANT]

OK disregard the codes post above. I found out how to use them. Doh!

Things I noted:

I had a problem trying to launch 1942 on sneek nand. It wasn't until I "Forced" NTSC 480i then it worked. Why doesn't default not work?

Codes work. I'm so f*cking stoked. All in all, this app has exceeded my expectations in for that in sneek.

Is there a way to manually sort channels (real nand)? I didn't see anything.

I see the support for pictures has been increased to 192x112. This is good.

I was wondering if I could get an adjustable time delay, say 0-10 sec for splash screen. It whizzes by so fast that I barley get to see it. If at all. I'm not sure if that's even possible?

Just blows my mind how good this app is. Thank you.

Edited by DEFIANT, 30 June 2011 - 04:59 AM.

[Wever]

It took me a while to actually start it. For some reason, it just kept using the old postloader (1beta4). Or so I thought. It turns out the \apps\postloader folder in your zip file is still that version. The new version is the postloader.dol in the root of the zip.
(to those interested: Albatroz's forwarder from the original thread? still works if you rename that postloader.dol into \apps\postloader\boot.dol).
EDIT: what albatroz mentions, in other words.


Anyhow...you sure added a lot of options, stfour. However, these things will require exponentially more support. A few examples:
-boot.elf files are now found (yeey!). However, the two I have (descent and scummvm) crash upon booting. I guess this wasn't as easy as I thought it was.
-channels do not work for me (yes, I opened the 'B' menu first). In uneek, it just quits to the HBC. On real nand, it just black screens. I'll test some more on this (if Defiant can get stuff to work, it should be okay on my end too...somehow).
-I have both SD:\apps\<homebrew> and USB:\apps\<homebrew>. Without the SD card, all my USB homebrew is found nicely. Once I plug in the SD card and rescan the devices, it just shows me the SD card homebrew.
-there used to be a star icon on homebrew if it was marked as auto-run. That icon is now gone for some reason (the actual autobooting still works). I also can't find the option to disable the auto-booting anymore.


For bystanders: these may sound serious issues, but they're not. It's just that you can't "just" merge the HBC with triiforce in just a few weeks and expect everything to be a-ok. So here are a couple of the good things:
+plus and minus now switch pages, 1 switches between homebrew and channels
+nice little icon on the bottom left to indicate the location of the homebrew (sd or usb). Would be better if it would find both SD and USB homebrew at the same time, though.
+an ability to run bootmii (which doubles as a 'switchtosneek' option for those who have it)
+ability to hide applications (which is nicely implemented, I must say)
+downloading channel covers works perfectly.


All in all: very impressive work, man.

Edited by Wever, 30 June 2011 - 08:18 AM.

[stfour]

-boot.elf files are now found (yeey!). However, the two I have (descent and scummvm) crash upon booting.

Ops, this is my fail... yesterday I was becaming crazy making both wiimc and cfg72 working... I was thinking that was the elf support that cause some issue.. so I've partially removed it... this is why it crashs. Sorry.

-I have both SD:\apps\<homebrew> and USB:\apps\<homebrew>. Without the SD card, all my USB homebrew is found nicely. Once I plug in the SD card and rescan the devices, it just shows me the SD card homebrew.

If on the root of sd you have "ploader.sd" usb device is just skipped. Can you check ?

-there used to be a star icon on homebrew if it was marked as auto-run. That icon is now gone for some reason (the actual autobooting still works). I also can't find the option to disable the auto-booting anymore.

This is strange... I'll check...

The option for disable autobooting is under "About postloader"... yes, I need to change this label

+nice little icon on the bottom left to indicate the location of the homebrew (sd or usb). Would be better if it would find both SD and USB homebrew at the same time, though.

It should !

All in all: very impressive work, man.

Thank you... I hope to make postLoader2 more stable in few days...

Edited by stfour, 30 June 2011 - 10:11 AM.

[Wever]

More info:

-I found the star icon. It now shows up on the homebrew icon you last ran instead of the homebrew you set to autoboot.
-removing the ploader.sd did the trick to find both USB and SD cards. At first, I wasn't sure how to prevent it from happening again, but then I found the "Disable boot time USB initialization" option (perfect option to have, but like the boot option, it's a bit out of place in the "about postloader" section ).
In any case, this shows all the homebrew it can find (you said it: like it should ).

Another small bug:
-if you go to channel mode and then choose 'use Nand on USB device', then using the button 'use real nand' does almost nothing. It says "real nand" in the top, but still displays the emulated nand channels. You have to switch to homebrew mode first before the real nand shows the correct channels again.

I still have a lot to test about the channels...most of them still blackscreen for me, but this is sorta normal: it happened in  triiforce as well that I had to mess with those same settings until the damn thing played.

[stfour]

More info:

-I found the star icon. It now shows up on the homebrew icon you last ran instead of the homebrew you set to autoboot.
-removing the ploader.sd did the trick to find both USB and SD cards. At first, I wasn't sure how to prevent it from happening again, but then I found the "Disable boot time USB initialization" option (perfect option to have, but like the boot option, it's a bit out of place in the "about postloader" section ).
In any case, this shows all the homebrew it can find (you said it: like it should ).

Another small bug:
-if you go to channel mode and then choose 'use Nand on USB device', then using the button 'use real nand' does almost nothing. It says "real nand" in the top, but still displays the emulated nand channels. You have to switch to homebrew mode first before the real nand shows the correct channels again.

I still have a lot to test about the channels...most of them still blackscreen for me, but this is sorta normal: it happened in triiforce as well that I had to mess with those same settings until the damn thing played.

Now I'm at work... maybe in the pause I will relase a new version, that I can't test by myself (I have no wii at work ). Maybe you can do it for me in the afternoon.

So that I when I come to home I already know what to fix

[stfour]

-I found the star icon. It now shows up on the homebrew icon you last ran instead of the homebrew you set to autoboot.

Great ! You are right... fixed it !

[oggzee]

btw, shouldn't this be posted in wii hacking section, this is not a backup loader, right?

[stfour]

Right, how to move a thread ?

[SifJar]

Right, how to move a thread ?

Report your post. In the "Enter Your Report" section, put where you want it moved to.

Edited by SifJar, 30 June 2011 - 01:36 PM.