Backup Launcher 0.3 gamma

http://www.iol.ie/~taz/backuplauncher0.3_gamma.zip

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Backup Launcher 0.3 gamma

What is included:
- cIOS Installer
- Backup Launcher 0.3 with banner

Changelog:
0.3 gamma
- Optimised speed
- Higher compatibilty
- Support loading 1:1 backups from disc channel

Note: This version is faster, but some videos will play a little bit too slow. This also depends on the quality of your DVD media.

0.3 beta
- Cinematic now working properly
- Wi-Fi Enabled
- Faster Load time
- Drive speed is still 3x. It is so fast that some testers believed it is running at 6x.
- Supports non-patched and patched Wii games (The correct term for "patched" is "decrypted")
- Not all games will work, but as of now most do.

Some parts are modification of free available source code, and are unsupported and not condoned by the original authors of it. The backup loader modification is solely the work of WiiGator.
Thanks to Waninkoko for the speed optimisation.
Thanks to WiiShizzza for the graphic.
Thanks to all testers.

Before you use the software check, if this is the offical version by comparing the hash values.

SHA1
1b8b63102ca62510ee0e8e8f19af8eacf6f68f19 Backup_Launcher/boot.dol
da5f573c6a1b26cf185e3b2aad6c64800e06bfd9 cIOS_Installer/boot.dol

MD5
e282fe34268d5dde7674571aaa3a9fa6 Backup_Launcher/boot.dol
639fdbfc04373cc6174598b65794b259 cIOS_Installer/boot.dol

WiiGator

It is prohibited to use any of the software to illegally copy games, they are intended only to create and play legal backups of games that you own. In some countries or regions it is still illegal to make copies of games that you own, check with your local authorities if you are unsure. I cannot be held responsible for any misuse of these programs. The use of any of the above software is done so at your own risk. If you mess something up or anything undesirable (ie: loss of warranty, brick, lawsuits, jailtime) happens because of any of these programs, it is your own fault. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!

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Instructions
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1. Install new cIOS. Make sure its properly installed
2. Load Backup Launcher and play game.

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F.A.Q.s
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Q. What does it do?
A. Play Wii backups on your non-modded Wii.

Q. Do all games work?
A. This is only a beta version. Not all games will work, but as of now most do.

Q: Where do I get support for it?
A: I do this in my free time. So you need to search in the internet for forums like http://gbatemp.net.

Q: Where do I get an update?
A: You will get updates at my blog: http://gbatemp.net/?act=module&module=...member=WiiGator

Q: When will it support ... and when will be released?
A: I do this in my free time, so I don't know.

Q: How do I start a game from the disc channel?
A: You need to start Backup Launcher and press button "B" (See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGU52_ttd9o&fmt=18). The NAND flash is not changed for this feature. The support works until you go back to the Wii System Menu or reset the Wii. The feature may not work, if you have Starfall installed.

Q: Should I install an update from a game backup?
A: No. This is untested and by default disabled.

Q: I started a game from the disc channel and then I go back to the Wii System Menu. Why I can't start the next game from the disc channel?
A: Backup Launcher need to be started again to launch the next game.

Q. What does patched games means and do I need it?
A. This was used in the first version. The game application was decrypted. It is not needed anymore. 1:1 backups have higher compatibility than patched games.

Q. How do I run it?
A. Seems you don't know anything about homebrew yet:
- You need to install http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Channel.
- You will need http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Twilight_Hack and the game "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess" to install the channel.
- Create the directory apps in the root of your SD card.
- Copy Backup_Launcher and cIOS_Installer to the directory apps.
- Put the SD card into the front SD slot of your Wii.
- Then run the homebrew channel.
- First install cIOS and then run Backup Launcher.

Q. I can't install cIOS, I keep getting an error. How do I fix this?
A. You need to downgrade your Wii. I suggest not to uninstall IOS249 until you are sure that you have downgraded your Wii.

Q. Do I need the new cIOS to play games?
A. Yes.

Q. Does Wi-Fi work?
A. Yes, some games have been tested and they work. Though we're not sure if all of them work. Newer games which use IOS37 seems to be slow.

Q. I have a problem, will you fix it?
A. Post it in the Backup Launcher thread and beta testers or someone can help you.

Q. Can I be a beta tester?
A. You have already something what you can test.

Q. Will this brick my Wii?
A. There is a slim chance that it will. I have installed the cIOS countless times with no problems. But just make sure you follow the onscreen instructions. It is possible that someone puts malicious software on a game disc. I suggest to run only games which are correctly signed by Nintendo! You can check this for example by running extractpartition. Don't install updates from a burned game disc of a different region, this was already reported to brick your Wii, when using a hardware modchip. Note: The Wii System Menu is not changed in the flash, so launching from disc channel should be safe.

Q. My game doesn't start. What should I do?
A1. The loader isn't perfect. It will probably be fixed in the next update.
A2. Try to launch it directly from Backup Launcher (First menu entry, Button "A").
A3. Try to launch it using the disc channel (Button "B").
A4. Check if IOS is correctly installed. The used IOS version is shown in the bottom right corner and should be IOS249. If IOS249 is not displayed, you need to install the cIOS.
A5. Try to change the hook type in the configuration.

Q. Does it load GameCube backups?
A. No. GameCube backups are shown in the disc channel, but can't be started (just reboot).

Q. Does it play old games like Twilight Princess and Red Steel?
A. Twilight Princess is working, Red Steel is not working. Some old games are not working.

Q. Do I need dvdx?
A. No. Just ignore it and forget that it could be in anyway related to this program.

Q. There is a online or disc update available from Nintendo, should I update it?
A. NEVER MAKE ANY UPDATE FROM NINTENDO!!! This can make the backup launcher unusable. There are better ways to do this. If you make an update, you may not be able to install this.

Q. Where does cIOS install?
A. It installs on the NAND flash of your Wii. It uses IOS249 v7.

Q. Is this easy to uninstall if I decide I dont want it?
A. Yes - most of the install files can be removed with the WAD manager - the rest just delete off the SD card.

Q. I'm getting an error with : DVD Read Error when I try to run a game - why ?
A. This is a burn media issue - don't use DVD REWRITABLES and try a different disc/drive/burn speed. You need to change the book type of DVD+R.

Q. I'm getting an error with (game graphic): Disc eject and RTFM - why ?
A. Eject the disc and insert it again. This is a burn media issue - dont use DVD REWRITABLES and try a different disc/drive/burn speed. You need to change the book type of DVD+R.

Q. I don't have Wi-Fi, how can I install it?
A. You need to download the following files with your computer:
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/tmd.1042
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...0100000024/cetk
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/00000000
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/00000001
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/00000002
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/00000003
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/00000004
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/00000005
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/00000006
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/00000007
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/00000008
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/00000009
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/0000000a
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/0000000b
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/0000000c
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/0000000d
http://nus.cdn.shop.wii.com/ccs/download/0...000024/0000000e

Create the directory /00000001/00000024/v1042/ in the root of your SD card. Copy all downloaded files to this folder and put the SD card in the front SD slot.

Q. Why is Super Smash Bros. Brawl is not working?
A. Dual layer DVDs are not supported in this release. You need to shrink it.

Q. My patched/decrypted game is not starting with the disc channel - Why?
A. Patched/decrypted games are not support by the disc channel, because there are some parts of the disc removed.

Comments

[quote name='quim69' post='1557129' date='Nov 17 2008, 09:35 AM']Yes it blocks updates, no it doesn't work with decrypted games.[/quote]
is their a way for me to install the cios but also keep 0.3beta cuz sum games are decrypted and i wanto use that using my decryted games, once i rip em, theyll still be decrypted, i dont have the orignal isos and my internet is slow so
 
[quote name='peta18' post='1556009' date='Nov 16 2008, 11:21 PM'][quote name='plagueseason' post='1555748' date='Nov 17 2008, 05:30 AM']Also, none of my backups work with the disc channel. It just doesn't recognize the discs. Did I do something wrong or is the support for this feature really that abysmal?[/quote]

go to the Wiigator's menu and press B, Wii will reboot and now you can load your games from disc channel (only one game for every reboot).

or

(from FAQ)
Q. My patched/decrypted game is not starting with the disc channel - Why?
A. Patched/decrypted games are not support by the disc channel, because there are some parts of the disc removed.

but i'm not sure about that, i've patched Wii Music and it works fine with disc channel.
[/quote]
how???? man i really want to use the new loader but loading it from there doesnt work how did you get it to work, i should try
 
[quote name='plagueseason' post='1556474' date='Nov 17 2008, 12:29 PM']What do you mean by only one game for every reboot? Do you mean if I shut the console off and turn it on, it won't recognize the disc again in the disc channel? If so, what would be the point of that? Is there a performance boost of some kind by launching it through the disc channel?[/quote]

Exactly ;) it will recognize the disc (if you don't eject game before shut down), but it won't start.

Look at FAQ:

Q: How do I start a game from the disc channel?
A: You need to start Backup Launcher and press button "B" (See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGU52_ttd9o&fmt=18). The NAND flash is not changed for this feature. The support works until you go back to the Wii System Menu or reset the Wii. The feature may not work, if you have Starfall installed.

it's only a gamma version, so we have to wait. Maybe with the next version of BL this boot function will be enhance.
 
[quote name='4.blaze.' post='1556559' date='Nov 17 2008, 01:21 PM']I think this question is for this topic.

May be someone can help?

- Have PAL Wii 3.3e (bought 5 days ago).
- No more updates over inet.
- Installed Homebrew channel v9 beta (Zelda Twiilight Hack).
- Installed Backup Launcher 0.3 gamma
- Ran cIOS Installer (IOS249 v7) - no mistakes.
- Downloaded 2 ISO {Wii}Samba de Amigo[PAL,ENG] and Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels (seems to be 1:1 while size is 4 Gb)
- Burned "Samba de Amigo" DVD-R on iBase, LG speed 16x. Nero 8.
- Burned "Star Wars The Clone Wars" DVD-R on iBase, LG speed 4x with verification. Nero 8.
- Burned "Star Wars The Clone Wars" DVD-R on iBase, LG speed 1x with verification. Nero 8.
- Ran Backup Launcher 0.3 gamma, with no default config changes, tried to run all 3 DVDs: response is Read Error 324 (the same with rebooting, while rebooting image disk was inside of Wii)
- Installed Gecko Os v 1.7b (didn't touch previously installed IOS249 v7)
- Tried to run all 3 DVDs: response No DVD (first running Gecko Os, then putting DVD)

- Native Wii Sport and Wii Fit load via Backup Launcher and via Gecko Os without problems.

What to do?[/quote]

I've Pal Wii too (the same configuration) and everything works fine.
Maybe the problem is in games: try to burn them by Imgburn (http://www.imgburn.com/) or try to download another confirmed games eg. Mario Kart, Wii Music, Mario Galaxy.
 
[quote name='Thor1981' post='1553943' date='Nov 16 2008, 05:57 PM']Hello,
I have a problem, I installed the CIOs and install wiigator to the top of me carrying the games through the channel disc but I have worked only once, I have to install the menu pathcher of waninkoko?
Or perhaps it is a failure of services Wiigator.[/quote]


[quote name='plagueseason' post='1555748' date='Nov 17 2008, 05:30 AM']I tried Animal Crossing with this and everything seems to work fine, but the load times are kind of annoying, and there's this weird pause after entering/exiting houses and building before you can move your character.

Also, none of my backups work with the disc channel. It just doesn't recognize the discs. Did I do something wrong or is the support for this feature really that abysmal?[/quote]

you to are just dumb and cant google or read

[quote name='dkelley' post='1557117' date='Nov 17 2008, 06:31 PM'][quote name='4.blaze.' post='1556778' date='Nov 17 2008, 07:04 AM'][quote name='Sstew' post='1556749' date='Nov 17 2008, 03:36 PM']Also try not to burn at such slow speeds, 1x and 4x isnt really good, your better off 8x-16x[/quote]

Thanks, I will try it.
[/quote]

yea (sorry, last post in that topic in this thread ;-):
burning memorex dvd-r at highest possible speed works great for me under gamma. burning same discs at any speed never worked under beta, burning same discs at 4x under gamma gives some read errors sporadically.
[/quote]

and im confused here i have all my back ups burnt to sony dvd+r with the book type changed burnt at 2X with zero read problems and errors and a clean burn verification and when burning movies the slower the burn the better the burn whats different about game isos, nothing right its still just an iso so what are you guys talking about i dont get it some say one thing others say another just wanted to say that that is all
 
[quote name='Nautilart' post='1557821' date='Nov 17 2008, 02:18 PM']and im confused here i have all my back ups burnt to sony dvd+r with the book type changed burnt at 2X with zero read problems and errors and a clean burn verification and when burning movies the slower the burn the better the burn whats different about game isos, nothing right its still just an iso so what are you guys talking about i dont get it some say one thing others say another just wanted to say that that is all[/quote]

as stated elsewhere in this and other threads, burn speed does affect the quality of the finished media, but not always as you might think. The combination of particular brand of media and particular model of drive with particular firmward for that drive will mean that every individual will get different results. Also, some brands are just better than others with more drive makes and models, so memorex discs (which work well with fewer burners and fewer readers) may cause issues that other brands (like sony, fuji, verbatim and so on) won't.

Typically for games and for data discs in general, burning at a very slow speed will introduce MORE errors in a disc, not less, however it depends on the disc, the writer, the format of the disc, and so on. For me, memorex discs never worked with beta, but they do now work with gamma. Also for me, they work perfectly with gamma at highest speed burn, less reliably at lower speed burn.

A different example is my car stereo (18 year old stock clarion cd player in a Saab 9000 CD turbo). If I burn my audio discs at 1x (or as slow as my writer/software will allow, I don't recall what that is right now) I actually get fewer errors towards the outside of the disc (it's quite obvious based on the noise and crap towards the end of cds when burned at high speed, something that affects older audio cd players only).

audio cds play back at 1x. movies might as well, I don't know, but certainly game reading is much more random in nature (rather than sequentially reading the disc progressing from inside to out as with audio discs), so game reading will showcase all kinds of different issues from movie and audio disc reading.

So don't get all caught up on why something works for someone and not someone else. The point of my message was that gamma reads discs much more reliably and gets around errors in the discs much better, because my memorex burns that won't work under beta at all actually work great under gamma, and I know they have errors in the discs so it means that gamma has much improved code for re-trying error laden media.

Cheers
 
[quote name='Nautilart' post='1557821' date='Nov 17 2008, 04:18 PM']you to are just dumb and cant google or read

and im confused here i have all my back ups burnt to sony dvd+r with the book type changed burnt at 2X with zero read problems and errors and a clean burn verification and when burning movies the slower the burn the better the burn whats different about game isos, nothing right its still just an iso so what are you guys talking about i dont get it some say one thing others say another just wanted to say that that is all[/quote]

Learn how to use the english language. Sorry I missed an FAQ, I figure I'm allowed to do that once in awhile. I guess I was just a little confused as to what the point of the disc channel functionality is at this time considering you have to load up Backup Launcher to even use it, which then you might as well just launch your game through Backup Launcher. I'm sure the fact that I've gotten everything working to this point by myself, including the time I had to install a fix after updating my Wii, also attributes to the fact that I'm dumb and can't google or read.
 
[quote name='plagueseason' post='1557959' date='Nov 17 2008, 03:22 PM'][quote name='Nautilart' post='1557821' date='Nov 17 2008, 04:18 PM']you to are just dumb and cant google or read[/quote]

Learn how to use the english language.
[/quote]

LoL
 
I was told that the main difference between beta and this is the cIOS installer. This is not true. I see no difference in code when I look at the cIOS source code. Am I understanding this correctly? What is the difference between beta and this one?
 
Does Backup Launcher need OCARINA in order to work?

otherwise i think its a wise idea to remove it from future release. or make it only work with offline play.
i am not sure if its because of ocarina or other cheat device but since Backup Launcher Beta, the number of cheater on online play has increase.

TO ALL OCARINA user: when you don't have tallent or skill to play game don't try to compete with other people online by using cheat. it just so disgracefull and disrespectful! just stick with offline play if you're not good enough or can't accept defeat.

really hate the maker of cheat device, without a doubt they are a smart, but smart in wrong direction. cheater should gone and banned.!
 
[quote name='knowitall599' post='1558128' date='Nov 18 2008, 01:32 AM']What is the difference between beta and this one?[/quote]

The difference is in ver. number :)
But really, I'm curious too.
 
[quote name='knowitall599' post='1558128' date='Nov 17 2008, 04:32 PM']I was told that the main difference between beta and this is the cIOS installer. This is not true. I see no difference in code when I look at the cIOS source code. Am I understanding this correctly? What is the difference between beta and this one?[/quote]

where are you getting the source code from for both versions? Since the old loader loads gamma-only games it shows that the difference is definitely in the Cios... (at least I've heard that the old loader loads gamma-only games.... haven't tried it because my system works and I don't want to mess with it)
 
so when i try to install the cios it tries to use the internet connection for something, i don't have wifi, am i dead in the water?
 
[quote name='jink84' post='1560981' date='Nov 18 2008, 12:04 PM']so when i try to install the cios it tries to use the internet connection for something, i don't have wifi, am i dead in the water?[/quote]
Read the FAQ
 
[quote name='EndlessDiversity' post='1558253' date='Nov 17 2008, 07:25 PM']Does Backup Launcher need OCARINA in order to work?

otherwise i think its a wise idea to remove it from future release. or make it only work with offline play.
i am not sure if its because of ocarina or other cheat device but since Backup Launcher Beta, the number of cheater on online play has increase.

TO ALL OCARINA user: when you don't have tallent or skill to play game don't try to compete with other people online by using cheat. it just so disgracefull and disrespectful! just stick with offline play if you're not good enough or can't accept defeat.

really hate the maker of cheat device, without a doubt they are a smart, but smart in wrong direction. cheater should gone and banned.![/quote]

There is no problem with ocarina. I don't like using cheats to win games, it makes the game no fun. Those are really just basic cheats for health, mp, ammo or whatever though. The fun codes are like the ones in twilight princess or mario galaxy. Yeah wifi codes really aren't fair though.

Does ocarina even work in gamma though? I can't seem to get any codes that I try to work.
 

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