Wii GameCube Backup Launcher 0.1 Theta

Purpose: Run GameCube backups on the Wii.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N6946KPF
Mirror: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?download=4757

In the source archive there are the binaries as archive included. You will need to first to extract gcbackup0.1_v7.tgz and then gcbackup0.1_theta.tgz.

Not all games are working and it still contains bugs. If you have a problem don't send me a message. Just post in the forum. You will get a faster answer.
Check first: http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/index.php/Gam...patibility_List

Don't start complaining that a game is not working. You have the source code and can fix the bug. I do this in my free time and I don't get paid for it.

There is a video showing it in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xak8qdMKbU&fmt=18

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!!!!

Short Instructions:
1. Run miospatcher
2. Press X (only one time!), if you want to use Wii Backup Launcher or Wii disc channel to start.
3. Press A
4. Run rungcbackup
5. Press A and play your game

This application theoretical can brick your Wii and make it unusable. It was written to be safe as possible. If something fails it should only have effect on the GameCube mode. You should still be able to use Wii mode and repair it by installing a MIOS with a WAD installer.

Thanks to WiiShizzza for the graphic
Thanks to Waninkoko
Thanks to ppc_gba
Thanks to all people who will handle the most noobish noobs here
Thanks to all testers

Comments

hey i just burnt a gcos multigame dvd with three games on it and every time i try to push boot dvd it says press a then once i push a it returns to the main menu
 
hi, im not sure where to post this, so ill just do it here. i downloaded a gc game off net which has 3 parts, and when i extract, its around 600mb iso, is that ok, would it be like a shrunk version of the image? thanks for the help.
 
[quote name='patrickv' post='1766093' date='Feb 10 2009, 05:14 PM']i downloaded a gc game off net[/quote]
That's all thats needed to send you RICK ROLL BROWSER HIJACK
 
[quote name='Golfman560' post='1766027' date='Feb 10 2009, 04:51 PM']I'm probably looking at the wrong IP address then.

Did you write:

"Goes to black screen after picking New Game then does nothing" On Baten Kaitos?

and
"Use patched MIOS to launch. Long green screen delay, but it will pass." on Killer 7?[/quote]

The killer 7 one is mine, but not the other. Those came from the same IP??
 
Yeah according to the history.

Actually screwed up checking the Baten one, you wrote:

"Use patched MIOS launcher option"

I'm still checking what happened to them.

Keep playing Baten Kaitos, someone else says it freezes randomly ingame

And all your edits are still there, however I alphabetized some stuff so you might have missed it.
 
i installed waninkoko installer CMIOS everything installs fine... but for some reason when i boot through disc channel i get a boot menu to insert a disc i press a and nothing happens but when i try to load it through backup launcher wiigators.. i can select the games that i have burned through multiiso creater but on his when i press B to reload i get nothing it goes green and then nothing happens any ideas?
 
[quote name='Levente' post='1765301' date='Feb 10 2009, 03:46 PM']How is the GC Homebrew loading possible?
If I installed waninoko's cMIOS is it possible to uninstall with WiiGator's MIOS Patcher?[/quote]

Homebrew can be loaded using:

1. Wii GameCube Hombrew Launcher OR
2. Wii Homebrew Launcher

Both methods should work. My patched MIOS include the dolloader needed by these launchers.

You should be able to uninstall Waninkoko's cMIOS using my MIOS Patcher.
 
[quote name='WiiGator' post='1766276' date='Feb 10 2009, 11:40 PM'][quote name='Levente' post='1765301' date='Feb 10 2009, 03:46 PM']How is the GC Homebrew loading possible?
If I installed waninoko's cMIOS is it possible to uninstall with WiiGator's MIOS Patcher?[/quote]

Homebrew can be loaded using:

1. Wii GameCube Hombrew Launcher OR
2. Wii Homebrew Launcher

Both methods should work. My patched MIOS include the dolloader needed by these launchers.

You should be able to uninstall Waninkoko's cMIOS using my MIOS Patcher.
[/quote]

Do you think that the audiofix is possible through software?
 
anyone got the gamecube multidisc iso to run from disc channel using CIOSCorp and selecting on which game to play?
 
[quote name='Tanas' post='1766284' date='Feb 11 2009, 12:45 AM'][quote name='WiiGator' post='1766276' date='Feb 10 2009, 11:40 PM'][quote name='Levente' post='1765301' date='Feb 10 2009, 03:46 PM']How is the GC Homebrew loading possible?
If I installed waninoko's cMIOS is it possible to uninstall with WiiGator's MIOS Patcher?[/quote]

Homebrew can be loaded using:

1. Wii GameCube Hombrew Launcher OR
2. Wii Homebrew Launcher

Both methods should work. My patched MIOS include the dolloader needed by these launchers.

You should be able to uninstall Waninkoko's cMIOS using my MIOS Patcher.
[/quote]

Do you think that the audiofix is possible through software?
[/quote]

fstfix is a software which can apply the audiofix to an image...
or did u mean "on the fly"?
 
[quote name='blitzer320' post='1766279' date='Feb 11 2009, 12:42 AM']wiigator can u give me any help with my problem[/quote]

Did you put a GCOS image within a GCOS image? This is not supported. What you see is the booted GCOS on the screen, right?

@cooler89: Are the games reported to work in the wiki?

I don't know if fstfix fix the audio problem. Someone need to try it.
 
After using the MIOS installer, I selected v8 and added support for the disk channel. After the installation, I got my burned copy of Super Smash Bros Melee to work. However, when I tried to play an actual retail gamecube game, the backup loader intervened and said that it couldn't read the disk. So, I tried to go to the installer again and press B instead of A on the parameters I set up to uninstall that patch. After I did this, I found that I got a black screen when trying to load my retail game. Then, I went into AnyTitleDeleter and deleted the only MIOS file that was on there, thinking that it was the MIOS that I had just installed. It wasn't. It was the system file responsible for playing GameCube games, if I'm not mistaken. Anyhow, I was hoping someone could provide me with a method on how to install this lost MIOS and also on how to play retail and backup gamecube games on the same system. Thank you in advance!
 
Quick question, is it normal for the launcher to freeze like 25% of the time and the screen (the green gamecube logo) to distort?
 
[quote name='MBond42' post='1766621' date='Feb 10 2009, 08:13 PM']After using the MIOS installer, I selected v8 and added support for the disk channel. After the installation, I got my burned copy of Super Smash Bros Melee to work. However, when I tried to play an actual retail gamecube game, the backup loader intervened and said that it couldn't read the disk. So, I tried to go to the installer again and press B instead of A on the parameters I set up to uninstall that patch. After I did this, I found that I got a black screen when trying to load my retail game. Then, I went into AnyTitleDeleter and deleted the only MIOS file that was on there, thinking that it was the MIOS that I had just installed. It wasn't. It was the system file responsible for playing GameCube games, if I'm not mistaken. Anyhow, I was hoping someone could provide me with a method on how to install this lost MIOS and also on how to play retail and backup gamecube games on the same system. Thank you in advance![/quote]

You need to find a mios wad and install it using wad manager. RVL-mios-v8.wad is the latest I think, but you could also do v4 for AR. I just tried a retail metroid prime, and it said error, but then booted it regularly. If you get sound but no image this is a problem with starfall/preloader having gc region free enabled. Note though that backups from other regions will still have this problem with region free disabled.

If you want the backup launcher then go ahead and reinstall it, because it should work fine. Otherwise if you want to avoid trouble just install a mios.

[quote name='Ilive2frag' post='1766647' date='Feb 10 2009, 08:24 PM']Quick question, is it normal for the launcher to freeze like 25% of the time and the screen (the green gamecube logo) to distort?[/quote]

That happened to me when I burned an image under 1 gb. (which is not compatible with this launcher) If it actually works sometimes, then keep in mind this is a beta.
 
Hey, just a quick question here, can I toss the GCN backups on just any DVD or must they be on mini-DVDs? My cousin is gonna back his up, and I don't want to have to get miniDVDs since I have DVDs and CDs laying around @_@;
 
[quote name='Pyrofyr' post='1766789' date='Feb 10 2009, 07:36 PM']Hey, just a quick question here, can I toss the GCN backups on just any DVD or must they be on mini-DVDs? My cousin is gonna back his up, and I don't want to have to get miniDVDs since I have DVDs and CDs laying around @_@;[/quote]


Please read this thread, it has been confirmed many times that dvdrs will work.
 

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