Backup Launcher 0.3 beta

This is the release of a test version of the backup launcher. It runs stable for most games. I hope someone can make a compatibility matrix in the wiki. Please provide some good input data. Don't ask questions which are already answered. If you didn't use it before, you should check the posts for the old version.

Please put test results here.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OLZZUJSJ

The files are also in the signature of djtaz (see post below).

If you have problems with the archive, you may rename it from .tgz to .tar.gz and extract it twice.

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

Changelog:
- 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 his support and the first version of the backup loader.

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

SHA1
40169d38e18b19561f331471f9c3a119f7faf30a cIOS_Installer/boot.dol
6693c1c439566bfd4ca62cd60fea709bf3d53583 Backup_Launcher/boot.dol

MD5
a3fec9280cde7d955b061ed32c75aec3 cIOS_Installer/boot.dol
925d030f977f22d61012c04b03985874 Backup_Launcher/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.

A: I heard a rumour that ...?
Q: Don't believe it. Wait until it is approved or declined.

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. If you have a previous cIOS installed, remove it with Waninkoko's cIOS Uninstaller or use AnyTitleDeleter. Then
try to install the new cIOS. IF YOU RECENTLY UPDATED THE WII, DON'T UNINSTALL CIOS, BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR LAST HOPE TO DOWNGRADE AND USING THIS!!! People reported about automatic updates when Wii connect 24 was activated. Wait until something is released to fix this. More information is on page 7.

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.

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.

Q. <Insert Game Here> doesn't work, whats the problem?
A. The loader isn't perfect. It will probably be fixed in the next update.

Q. Does it load GameCube backups?
A. No.

Q. Does it play old games like Twilight Princess and Red Steel?
A. No, but some are 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.

Q. Where does cIOS install?
A. It installs on the NAND flash of your Wii. It uses IOS249 v6.

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 Identify Failed when I try to run a game - why ?
A. 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'm getting an error with : No DVD when I try to run a game - why ?
A. 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. My game doesn't start. What should I do?
A. Try to change the hook type to GC in the configuration.

Q. My game has a read error. What can I do?
A1. You can try the cIOS with read retry.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=26HQT909 (SHA1 1113cbb49643d2f8ddc72754760d859152f976f9 cios_installer.dol, MD5 548c3ec9eaba982997d4bf2f0100ad8b cios_installer.dol)
A2. You can eject the disc and insert it again. Sometimes this helps.

Comments

A
Just wanted to update on the issues I was having. They're all fixed =D!
I followed this guide here, which was incredibly helpful and completely solved the problem. After following those steps, I went back to WiiGator's original instructions and was able to install his cIOS with no problems whatsoever. I can safely report that Wii Music boots great :D. Thanks for all the replies everyone :)
 
TyrianCubed
I think it was a good idea to release a public beta since we all conducted lots of tests and are giving our feedback to Wiigator and his team. I hope our testing will be helpful for them in developing future releases.

plus, probably has stopped some people whining about its release, since they have something in their hands right now LOL :)
 
C
I got what I assumed to be an untouched backup of Mario Galaxy. Burned at 6x in IMGburn, and it runs just about as well as the original. Flawless.

So I'm thinking that the trouble I was having comes from the rest of the disks being patched for mod-chips and whatnot, as per the suggestion of someone around here whose name I forget. :P I've gotten the best results from untouched ISOs.

At any rate, good times. Waninkoko and Wiigator both rock. Thanks guys.

EDIT: Alright, since I'm new to all this, I downloaded Brickblocker and patched a Pal Mario Kart ISO to keep from downloading the update and screwing up my NTSC Wii. I didn't keep the ISO around after I patched it, and unfortunately it seems like the Brickblocker patch is keeping the game from running in this loader. So what I'd like to know is if there's a way to say, rip the ISO back to my HDD (I know how to do that much) and somehow remove the Brickblocker patch. I know that's probably far-fetched, but it would save me a lot of trouble if it is possible.

Thanks in advance for your help.
 
L
I have a question I downloaded this about two days ago and installed it but I wanted to know what version of the cios is included?

I looks through the downloaded files and I saw a version # nowhere.
 
N
i dont own very many games but the ones i do i backed up to try and they worked like a charm just one question though does this adversely affect my wiis hardware in any way? And i dont quite understand the forcing options do i just play with them untill i find some settings that work or what? Thanks great project by the way now i can play my backups and save my main copies for when my kids plays godzilla with my games tower!
 
TyrianCubed
as far as I know you shouldn't worry about brickblock your ISOs before burning them because the loader automatically blocks the updates from the disc. Read the FAQs anyway, I take no responsibility :P
 
ShadowXP
Hi wiigator, thanks very much for your backup loader, its works excellently with my PAL games :)

I have just one NTSC game downloaded though, and I am in the PAL region using a PAL Wii. I am trying to play Wii Music, and whilst it works fine, it outputs on my TV a little fuzzy and in black and white. I understand this is because my TV doesn't support NTSC. I tried FORCE PAL60 and PAL50 options of your backup launcher, but this emits a green screen. Is there any advice you can give me, or is this game just incompatible with FORCE PAL60/50?

Thanks for any help. :)
 
T
Hello friends,
I have a question, to install the service 247 tengoque uninstall the service 249? I will have any problem with the compatibility of games?
 
A
[quote name='Thor1981' post='1516703' date='Nov 3 2008, 04:28 PM']Hello friends,
I have a question, to install the service 247 tengoque uninstall the service 249? I will have any problem with the compatibility of games?[/quote]

I'm not sure what you mean by that... if I'm understanding your question correctly, then yes, you have to uninstall cIOS 249 to be able to install the cIOS that comes with the Backup Loader (although someone else should confirm this).

Para dejartelo claro: Si, se supone que tienes que desinstalar el cIOS 249 para poder instalar el cIOS que viene con el Backup Launcher de WiiGator. (Si es que malinterprete tu pregunta, escribela en Español y te puedo responder :) )
 
T
I have read each of the posts and replies sent by apu2009 with great interest but still have some questions or need for clarifications. It seems I am in the same boat apu2009 was in (I have HBC running, IOS 247 and various IOS fixes, shop channel updates, etc) and have an NTSC wii updated to 3.3U. I haven't been able to get the original wiigator backup loader working (keep getting DVD Region error; I know that this is most likely a burn issue but have tried several burns at 2.4 and 1 speeds on TDK DVD-R disks using IMGBurn 2.4 but get the same error) and hope that the latest v3 loader will work properly and with better performance and game compatibility. I read that the latest wiigator v3 loader needs a newer IOS and that IOS can't be installed without first uninstalling the old IOS using AnyTitleDeleter, but then I read that uninstalling an older IOS on a 3.3U updated wii will prevent new IOS installations. So apu2009's fix was to follow RadioShow's instructions above, but those instructions seem to be geared for wii's with no older IOS's installed. My question: should I attempt to follow RadioShow's instructions and copy the new IOS over the old one, or somehow erase everything, start from scratch and follow Radioshow's instructions to get a proper IOS installed, then follow the instructions to get the v3 loader running? If starting from scratch is the best option, how do I delete the right stuff from the wii?
Thanks for all for the hard work in making this stuff available and the information I have found here.
Edit: sorry for the novel; just want to be clear...
 
T
[quote name='apu2009' post='1517006' date='Nov 4 2008, 12:35 AM'][quote name='Thor1981' post='1516703' date='Nov 3 2008, 04:28 PM']Hello friends,
I have a question, to install the service 247 tengoque uninstall the service 249? I will have any problem with the compatibility of games?[/quote]

I'm not sure what you mean by that... if I'm understanding your question correctly, then yes, you have to uninstall cIOS 249 to be able to install the cIOS that comes with the Backup Loader (although someone else should confirm this).

Para dejartelo claro: Si, se supone que tienes que desinstalar el cIOS 249 para poder instalar el cIOS que viene con el Backup Launcher de WiiGator. (Si es que malinterprete tu pregunta, escribela en Español y te puedo responder :) )
[/quote]

Ok, Para instalar cIOS 247 tengo que desinstalarel cIOS 249? Tendré algun problema de compatibilidad de Juegos con el nuevo cIOS?
Gracias
 
cobol
Para instalar el cIOS247 no tienes que quitar el cIOS249, son independientes.

You don't need to unistall cIOS249 in order to use cIOS247.
 
Flagcarrier
I also seem to be suffering from the problem which makes two error messages overlap, "No DVD" and "DVD Identify failed" when trying to boot any game backup'ed in the Backup Loader channel.

I'm running 3.2E and have installed the "safe 3.3". I hope this is easy to fix.
 
A
[quote name='Flagcarrier' post='1519805' date='Nov 4 2008, 05:43 PM']I also seem to be suffering from the problem which makes two error messages overlap, "No DVD" and "DVD Identify failed" when trying to boot any game backup'ed in the Backup Loader channel.

I'm running 3.2E and have installed the "safe 3.3". I hope this is easy to fix.[/quote]

I followed this guide here when I was getting that problem:
Guide

Then once I was done with that, I went on to install WiiGator's Loader by following his instructions :)
 
C
wiigator
wii don t hear about you anymore for a long time now,are you still ok?
Just give us some news mate,and thank s again the 0.3 is very good,i m surprise most of the games work when their are decripted, i hope you find a way out to minor compability problems!
Is it a cios pb?
Did you have more test with disc channel?
Shuss!!
Cedwii!!
 
sgwiiboy
[quote name='theman060606' post='1518619' date='Nov 4 2008, 01:54 PM']I have read each of the posts and replies sent by apu2009 with great interest but still have some questions or need for clarifications. It seems I am in the same boat apu2009 was in (I have HBC running, IOS 247 and various IOS fixes, shop channel updates, etc) and have an NTSC wii updated to 3.3U. I haven't been able to get the original wiigator backup loader working (keep getting DVD Region error; I know that this is most likely a burn issue but have tried several burns at 2.4 and 1 speeds on TDK DVD-R disks using IMGBurn 2.4 but get the same error) and hope that the latest v3 loader will work properly and with better performance and game compatibility. I read that the latest wiigator v3 loader needs a newer IOS and that IOS can't be installed without first uninstalling the old IOS using AnyTitleDeleter, but then I read that uninstalling an older IOS on a 3.3U updated wii will prevent new IOS installations. So apu2009's fix was to follow RadioShow's instructions above, but those instructions seem to be geared for wii's with no older IOS's installed. My question: should I attempt to follow RadioShow's instructions and copy the new IOS over the old one, or somehow erase everything, start from scratch and follow Radioshow's instructions to get a proper IOS installed, then follow the instructions to get the v3 loader running? If starting from scratch is the best option, how do I delete the right stuff from the wii?
Thanks for all for the hard work in making this stuff available and the information I have found here.
Edit: sorry for the novel; just want to be clear...[/quote]

Hi,

I tried using TDK DVD's and to be blunt they are a waste of money. I went back to Verbatim DVD-R's and my backups are working again. I found MR DVD discs worked 50% of the time but honestly Verbatim discs are the way to go and it really is worth buying them.
 
sgwiiboy
I signed up to this forum just to say to Wiigator that .3 is awesome. Considering this is a beta, I can't wait to see what the final release can do. Most of my backups are running as fast as the original, amazing!
 
WiiGator
[quote name='cedwii' post='1520438' date='Nov 5 2008, 04:19 AM']wiigator
wii don t hear about you anymore for a long time now,are you still ok?
Just give us some news mate,and thank s again the 0.3 is very good,i m surprise most of the games work when their are decripted, i hope you find a way out to minor compability problems!
Is it a cios pb?
Did you have more test with disc channel?
Shuss!!
Cedwii!![/quote]

The next version will be called Backup Launcher 0.3 gamma:
- It will use the newer G****OS
- It includes support for the rebooter, so 1:1 backups are working with the disc channel (Including newer titles).
- Dual layer may not work.

Current state is:
"de Blob" works on PAL
"Star Wars - Force unleashed" seems to work on NTSC.
"Star Wars - Force unleashed" doesn't work on PAL.

I need more time to fix it.
 
Sstew
[quote name='WiiGator' post='1522301' date='Nov 5 2008, 02:24 PM'][quote name='cedwii' post='1520438' date='Nov 5 2008, 04:19 AM']wiigator
wii don t hear about you anymore for a long time now,are you still ok?
Just give us some news mate,and thank s again the 0.3 is very good,i m surprise most of the games work when their are decripted, i hope you find a way out to minor compability problems!
Is it a cios pb?
Did you have more test with disc channel?
Shuss!!
Cedwii!![/quote]

The next version will be called Backup Launcher 0.3 gamma:
- It will use the newer G****OS
- It includes support for the rebooter, so 1:1 backups are working with the disc channel (Including newer titles).
- Dual layer may not work.

Current state is:
"de Blob" works on PAL
"Star Wars - Force unleashed" seems to work on NTSC.
"Star Wars - Force unleashed" doesn't work on PAL.

I need more time to fix it.
[/quote]


Sounds great, Keep up the good work.
 

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