Wii Cover Downloader for Cfg-Loader

Wii Cover Downloader
v1.1 released 23/7/2010

Download covers for use with usb loaders:
Choose to load your wbfs folder or select games from the wiitdb.com titles.txt.
Download single covers for 2d,3d,disc,customdisc, full and fullHQ, or download all avaiable covers for selected game.
Download all covers for all available games.
Check availablilty of covers before downloading.
Choose which language to search covers for.
Right-click on game to open corresponding page on wiitdb.com
*Download wiiware images for use with triiforce

I decided to use seperate folders for every cover type, so you get:
2D
3D
disc
disccustom
full
fullhq

easier to manage this way.

Cover folder layout:
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Download:
I accept no responsibility if this software blows your house up, or turns your pc into a mac.
link deleted until fixed

Without lustar and all the contributors to http://wiitdb.com this app wouldnt exist so thanks to the wiitdb team.

Huge thanks to cambric for your help.

Comments

[quote name='r3lay' post='2488400' date='Dec 27 2009, 01:22 PM']I'll add the get all feature soon, i may add searching from other sites later.[/quote]


You have my full permission to use www.wiiboxart.com to download the covers from if you wish.

The new hosts have unlimited bandwidth (or so im told after checking several times) and as such once the hosting costs are paid theres no more issues so i dont really have to limit the site any longer (thankfully)
There are also cheats on the site now so that could also be integrated into the downloader if you wanted to expand it a little.

I would suggest searching both sites for covers as i know a lot of the main ones are ok, but some of the more obscure covers that are hard to come by wont be on both sites.
 
[quote name='outcast22' post='2563007' date='Jan 28 2010, 03:59 PM']Might be a silly question but do ALL the images supposed to show up as 007 Quantum of Solace cuz mine are?[/quote]

No they are not, and im not able to reproduce this problem.

[quote name='Chrnosclock' post='2573974' date='Feb 2 2010, 09:41 PM']Is it possible to download ALL at once? Doesn't seem to work for me.[/quote]

you cant download all covers for every game at once, feature isnt included.



[quote name='djtaz' post='2573998' date='Feb 2 2010, 09:52 PM'][quote name='r3lay' post='2488400' date='Dec 27 2009, 01:22 PM']I'll add the get all feature soon, i may add searching from other sites later.[/quote]


You have my full permission to use www.wiiboxart.com to download the covers from if you wish.

The new hosts have unlimited bandwidth (or so im told after checking several times) and as such once the hosting costs are paid theres no more issues so i dont really have to limit the site any longer (thankfully)
There are also cheats on the site now so that could also be integrated into the downloader if you wanted to expand it a little.

I would suggest searching both sites for covers as i know a lot of the main ones are ok, but some of the more obscure covers that are hard to come by wont be on both sites.
[/quote]

Thanks, been a bit busy recently but if i re-visit this i will add wiiboxart as a source.
 
[quote name='corenting' post='2583831' date='Feb 7 2010, 12:06 PM']An update ! An update !

I love your program ![/quote]

Small update:
Download all covers for all your games at once.

Download in 1st post

Also, save this image as 'bg.jpg' and put in same dir as app
bg.jpg


image size is 469px x 507px
 
Could you add a feature that when I double click or right click to game title, it open the corresponding website of that game on Wiitdb.com ? That would be awesome !
 
[quote name='icyrainz' post='2771425' date='Apr 20 2010, 05:30 PM']Could you add a feature that when I double click or right click to game title, it open the corresponding website of that game on Wiitdb.com ? That would be awesome ![/quote]

Added, updated download in top post.
 
Yah great ! Fast update !

One issue , for some games the program just skips downloading the covers even there are available on the wiitdb.com. And some downloaded covers are half-downloaded or 0 byte size. The half-downloaded images are like half image half black.
 
[quote name='icyrainz' post='2776497' date='Apr 22 2010, 03:16 PM']Yah great ! Fast update !

One issue , for some games the program just skips downloading the covers even there are available on the wiitdb.com. And some downloaded covers are half-downloaded or 0 byte size. The half-downloaded images are like half image half black.[/quote]

ummm... never had this problem, when u say it skips downloading how do u mean, is this for single cover dl's or when you try and download all at once?

for the 0 byte files i would try downloading again and see if it comes down ok.
 
Just tested with 20 games with no covers at all, the only covers that were skipped were the ones that don't exist, i had no 0 byte size files either.
 
How do you use Wii Cover download with your USB Loader?
Where do you download the covers and how does it work?

Thanks.
 
Great tool.
It'll save me some headache getting covers on the Wii without internet connection on Wii.
Thx a lot.
 
I have a WBFS formatted drive therefore I cannot access the drive. How can I download the images if I cannot open the file? This is not that big of a problem for me since I have wireless internet, I am just using this to try to find certain images that config. usb loader cannot find.
 
[quote name='mrbudders' post='3174804' date='Oct 4 2010, 10:16 AM']I have a WBFS formatted drive therefore I cannot access the drive. How can I download the images if I cannot open the file? This is not that big of a problem for me since I have wireless internet, I am just using this to try to find certain images that config. usb loader cannot find.[/quote]

Set a cover path (ie: on your desktop)
Go to 'Mode' then select 'Get covers from title.txt selection'.

Then just search for the games you want, and they'll save to where you set your cover path.

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There seems to be a problem with Wii Cover Downloader v1.1... :(
For example for SF801 (Donkey Kong Country Returns), it doesn't find any covers... :sleep:
Although they are definitely there: http://wiitdb.com/Game/SF8P01 :wacko:
Any chance for this to be fixed in next version? ;)
 
[quote name='XICO2KX' post='3281290' date='Nov 22 2010, 06:19 PM']There seems to be a problem with Wii Cover Downloader v1.1... :(
For example for SF801 (Donkey Kong Country Returns), it doesn't find any covers... :sleep:
Although they are definitely there: http://wiitdb.com/Game/SF8P01 :wacko:
Any chance for this to be fixed in next version? ;)[/quote]

Delete the titles.txt from within the folder where you have the exe, launch the app,select 'Get covers from titles.txt selection' from the mode menu, this will download a new titles.txt file which has the Donkey Kong Country Returns listed.

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[quote name='outcast22' post='2563007' date='Jan 28 2010, 08:59 AM']Might be a silly question but do ALL the images supposed to show up as 007 Quantum of Solace cuz mine are?[/quote]
Mine are all showing up as Wii Music.....
 
I cant get any game to download cover using the title.txt method or by folder. Every game shows no cover available. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
 

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