Hacking Configurable USB Loader

[icebrg5]

How about when saving the gct file for cheats for gamecube games that it saves the gct file to the game id folder instead of the codes folder.

The cheats will not work from the codes folder for GC games only from the game folder itself

This is where it saves the gct file

usb:\usb-loader\codes\GM4E01.gct

This is where it needs to save the gct file

usb\games\GM4E01\GM4E01.gct


The cheat codes do infact work with the file that cfg makes but you have to manually move it to the proper folder first.

I saw this issue on the google code page as well but it was a few months old and no update status was given on it since april.

 

[rudy.pig]

Can someone tell me how to force NTSC on CFG? I can't find it in the options...thanks in advance...

Yeah, I don't have much experience with CFG either. I was wondering that as well.

There should be a line in sd:\usb-loader\config.txt
look for a line that says video = system
change it to video = ntsc
but if your system is ntsc, then video = system should be just fine, just ensure it does not say video = game , otherwise your pal games will try to output as PAL, which will suck. Just a word, I found a number of the mod version of Config would not correctly read the config.txt file, the absolute lastest r35 version has fixed that. (just redownload r35 as I had an older version of r35 and it DID NOT WORK CORRECTLY). Get a fresh r35 to fix, or go r36

http://code.google.c...es/detail?id=58

It would be good if we could doing all these settings things from within Config as well, as it would take away a lot of confusion to those not familier with Config.

Can someone tell me how to force NTSC on CFG? I can't find it in the options...thanks in advance...

Yeah, I don't have much experience with CFG either. I was wondering that as well.

r35beta2 works fine for me loading DM 2.0


Any chance though to make if an official update and get rid of the green buttons?

I second no green buttons. They look really out of place and are misplaced, so their text is off-centered (and sometimes part of it goes outside of the button). Also, it would be nice for problem of the flashing disc slot led constantly flashing during GC gameplay to be solved, as it's really distracting.

However, the change I would like the most is the implementation of a feature to show only Wii games. There's a option to show just GC games but not one for Wii games, which I find lame.

Can someone tell me how to force NTSC on CFG? I can't find it in the options...thanks in advance...

Yeah, I don't have much experience with CFG either. I was wondering that as well.

Select the game and go to Options > Video > Force NTSC.

Thank you guys!!!! I finally got it...after i found it i felt like a dumbass....i appreciate the help...

 

[tstwitter]

Hi guys, I have just been getting into DIOS MIOS 2.0, it works but you must change the dml setting in Config to DM otherwise it will try to copy your GC game to the SD card. That DM setting fixes that.

 

[AbdallahTerro]

A simple solution:
When having 2 game partitions: (1st is Fat32 active with DM games and 2nd NTFS with wbfs folder/files) there is no way to see both Wii & GC games at same time, we need to change partition to see one at a time.
My suggestion to see all games at same time is the following: wimms tools can create wbfs files from GC ISOs, if we make these and place them in NTFS:\WBFS folder is there a way to make DM boot them correctly?
Another simpler solution is to enable multiple-partitions feature used in GX.
Thanks

 

[ferjero989]

A simple solution:
When having 2 game partitions: (1st is Fat32 active with DM games and 2nd NTFS with wbfs folder/files) there is no way to see both Wii & GC games at same time, we need to change partition to see one at a time.
My suggestion to see all games at same time is the following: wimms tools can create wbfs files from GC ISOs, if we make these and place them in NTFS:\WBFS folder is there a way to make DM boot them correctly?
Another simpler solution is to enable multiple-partitions feature used in GX.
Thanks

got the same question, also multi disk game loading?

 

[R2-D2199]

A simple solution:
When having 2 game partitions: (1st is Fat32 active with DM games and 2nd NTFS with wbfs folder/files) there is no way to see both Wii & GC games at same time, we need to change partition to see one at a time.
My suggestion to see all games at same time is the following: wimms tools can create wbfs files from GC ISOs, if we make these and place them in NTFS:\WBFS folder is there a way to make DM boot them correctly?
Another simpler solution is to enable multiple-partitions feature used in GX.
Thanks

DM can not boot games from NTFS partitions.
So it can not read .wbfs files on a NTFS partition.
I think the simple solution is to scan all partitions for GC games.

got the same question, also multi disk game loading?

r37 beta1 can display multi disk games, support for disk swapping must be added in DIOS MIOS.

How about when saving the gct file for cheats for gamecube games that it saves the gct file to the game id folder instead of the codes folder.

The cheats will not work from the codes folder for GC games only from the game folder itself

This is where it saves the gct file

usb:/usb-loader/codes/GM4E01.gct

This is where it needs to save the gct file

usb:/games/GM4E01/GM4E01.gct


The cheat codes do infact work with the file that cfg makes but you have to manually move it to the proper folder first.

I saw this issue on the google code page as well but it was a few months old and no update status was given on it since april.

The .gct file is copied to the game folder before starting the game.
But I saw that this can actually only work on sd cards, because the code is only used for "sd:/".
I will fix this in the next release/beta.

 

[icebrg5]

A simple solution:
When having 2 game partitions: (1st is Fat32 active with DM games and 2nd NTFS with wbfs folder/files) there is no way to see both Wii & GC games at same time, we need to change partition to see one at a time.
My suggestion to see all games at same time is the following: wimms tools can create wbfs files from GC ISOs, if we make these and place them in NTFS:\WBFS folder is there a way to make DM boot them correctly?
Another simpler solution is to enable multiple-partitions feature used in GX.
Thanks

DM can not boot games from NTFS partitions.
So it can not read .wbfs files on a NTFS partition.
I think the simple solution is to scan all partitions for GC games.

got the same question, also multi disk game loading?

r37 beta1 can display multi disk games, support for disk swapping must be added in DIOS MIOS.

How about when saving the gct file for cheats for gamecube games that it saves the gct file to the game id folder instead of the codes folder.

The cheats will not work from the codes folder for GC games only from the game folder itself

This is where it saves the gct file

usb:/usb-loader/codes/GM4E01.gct

This is where it needs to save the gct file

usb:/games/GM4E01/GM4E01.gct


The cheat codes do infact work with the file that cfg makes but you have to manually move it to the proper folder first.

I saw this issue on the google code page as well but it was a few months old and no update status was given on it since april.

The .gct file is copied to the game folder before starting the game.
But I saw that this can actually only work on sd cards, because the code is only used for "sd:/".
I will fix this in the next release/beta.

Thank you

 

[ferjero989]

does that means its not possible to list multiple partitions yet?

 

[alazarus]

hi! i have a problem loading "Tales of symphonia" on CFG USB loader V70r35 the problem is that the screen goes black after i launch it and the wii remote shuts off. and i have to hold the power off button to reset the wii.
But when i revert back to CFG USB loader V70r34 the game works fine!!!
i also tried it on CFG USB loader V70r36 with the same lockup problem.
i tried switching back to DML 1.2+ to see if that would work but no change.

so for now i think i will stay with V70r34 because all of my games work with that version.
has anyone else had problems with V70r35 or 36?

any feedback would be appreciated Thanks !


its ok i found the solution myself

the new config says

All games should default to video=System Default within each game. Instead all games are defaulting to video=Game Default
within sd:\usb-loader\config.txt is video = system

except for this game .....

when i changed
video=system Default

back to
video=Game Default

the game worked!!!

now im using cfg usb loader v70r36 all my other games are set to
video=system Default

this is the only game ive found that needs the older setting sofar

 

[R2-D2199]

A simple solution:
When having 2 game partitions: (1st is Fat32 active with DM games and 2nd NTFS with wbfs folder/files) there is no way to see both Wii & GC games at same time, we need to change partition to see one at a time.
My suggestion to see all games at same time is the following: wimms tools can create wbfs files from GC ISOs, if we make these and place them in NTFS:\WBFS folder is there a way to make DM boot them correctly?
Another simpler solution is to enable multiple-partitions feature used in GX.
Thanks

r37 beta 2 can load GC games from fat32 partition while loading wii games from ntfs.
http://code.google.com/p/cfg-loader-mod/issues/detail?id=48#c10

 

[AbdallahTerro]

A simple solution:
When having 2 game partitions: (1st is Fat32 active with DM games and 2nd NTFS with wbfs folder/files) there is no way to see both Wii & GC games at same time, we need to change partition to see one at a time.
My suggestion to see all games at same time is the following: wimms tools can create wbfs files from GC ISOs, if we make these and place them in NTFS:\WBFS folder is there a way to make DM boot them correctly?
Another simpler solution is to enable multiple-partitions feature used in GX.
Thanks

r37 beta 2 can load GC games from fat32 partition while loading wii games from ntfs.
http://code.google.c...etail?id=48#c10

Thanks, I'll try it now

 

[AbdallahTerro]

Great, works like a charm
Thanks a million

 

[dlf]

REVELATION! It seems wiiflow will load games for me but not configurable. It's a start but I'd MUCH rather use config than wiiflow. Cept in Wiiflow only ONE Wii Game shows - Skyward Sword but my VC games show.

Also seems like GX works as well. Why doesn't configurable? How the can I get configurable to boot games again, so I can get rid of Wiiflow?

 

[tstwitter]

REVELATION! It seems wiiflow will load games for me but not configurable. It's a start but I'd MUCH rather use config than wiiflow. Cept in Wiiflow only ONE Wii Game shows - Skyward Sword but my VC games show.

Also seems like GX works as well. Why doesn't configurable? How the can I get configurable to boot games again, so I can get rid of Wiiflow?

I think we are going to need a bit more info, like
D2X version ?
are you running config on cios 249(base56) ?
how are you putting your iso's onto your usb drive, Wii Backup Manager ?
What version of Config are you using ? Config v70 ?
hard drive size
etc...

 

[fgsfdsyo]

I'm trying to dump some multigame gc discs that I have. I have a HDD with a fat32 partition and a ntfs. fat32 is primary and first partition, but when I try to dump the multi-gc games, it tries to use the SD slot. Any changes I can make to the config file?

 

[airline38]

mod r37 beta3
=========
1. Improve multi-disc GC games ripping -
No need to manually change filename of disc 2
after ripping.

2. Support to load GC games from 2 partitions of USB drive.
(so far DM can only recognize 1st FAT32 partition)
** Thanks @R2-D2199

3. Improve ocarina(cheats) management of GC games.
Save cheats to either SD card or USB (\games\GAMEFolder\)
instead of \usb-loader\codes\ .
(load GC cheats from GAMEfolder)
** Thanks @[member='icebrg5']
http://code.google.com/p/cfg-loader-mod/issues/detail?id=48

 

[Maxternal]

mod r37 beta3
=========
1. Improve multi-disc GC games ripping -
No need to manually change filename of disc 2
after ripping.

2. Support to load GC games from 2 partitions of USB drive.
(so far DM can only recognize 1st FAT32 partition)
** Thanks @R2-D2199

3. Improve ocarina(cheats) management of GC games.
Save cheats to either SD card or USB (\games\GAMEFolder\)
instead of \usb-loader\codes\ .
(load GC cheats from GAMEfolder)
** Thanks @[member='icebrg5']
http://code.google.c...es/detail?id=48

That's some good stuff.
Some comments / questions :
On #1 : Do we need to rip the disks in order or can it tell which is disk 1 and which is disk 2?
On #2 : Is that that it automatically copies from USB2 to USB1 or is this just waiting for DM to recognize second partitions?

 

[airline38]

That's some good stuff.
Some comments / questions :
On #1 : Do we need to rip the disks in order or can it tell which is disk 1 and which is disk 2?
On #2 : Is that that it automatically copies from USB2 to USB1 or is this just waiting for DM to recognize second partitions?

You don't need to rip disks in order. (either rip disk1 or disk2 first)

Since DM can only load/start GC games from 1st FAT32 partition, you had better
put all GC games in the 1st partiton. (it won't be copied from 2nd partition to 1st partition
automatically)

 

[AbdallahTerro]

mod r37 beta3
=========
1. Improve multi-disc GC games ripping -
No need to manually change filename of disc 2
after ripping.

2. Support to load GC games from 2 partitions of USB drive.
(so far DM can only recognize 1st FAT32 partition)
** Thanks @R2-D2199

3. Improve ocarina(cheats) management of GC games.
Save cheats to either SD card or USB (\games\GAMEFolder\)
instead of \usb-loader\codes\ .
(load GC cheats from GAMEfolder)
** Thanks @[member='icebrg5']
http://code.google.c...es/detail?id=48

Great Thanks
Is there a dol with standard icons and logo please?

 

[airline38]

Great Thanks
Is there a dol with standard icons and logo please?

It's a test/beta/unofficial version only.

I believe @R2-D2199 will release an official version soon.
(including some of the changes I made)