Hacking WiiFlow - an open source GUI USB-Loader

[Damian666]

think you can do some cleanup for ini stuff fix94?

make the settings uniform in the way they store their values?

 

[kineticUk]

New 4.0.1 update sounds like it will be great FIX94,
I've got fingers crossed still, hoping you will get emunand on SD working...
(this is the one big problem, only thing I can think of which should work but is broken).

Latest wiiflow though with v14 forwarder and IOS 58, very impressed, blown away so keep up your good work and release when you feel its ready.
Very lucky I think to have you working on wiiflow and I appreciate everything you have done. Respect mate.

 

[MassiveRican]

Tried 695, same as before, semi-usable with devo. If anyone can tell me how to get the priiloader dols, or how to add my own splash screen, that'd be great. Also I have a couple requests of Fix94. I have a wode which has better gamecube compatibility over dm/devo. If you could make wodeflow a plugin or just add wode support to wiiflow, I'm sure many wode users would appreciate it. Also I recently started downloading virtual copies of Nintendo power and other mags, and the thought crossed my mind, Wouldn't it be awesome if these could be launched from wiiflow with a Comix channel plugin? I figure we already have nongaming media on wiiflow, with mplayer, what's one more if it isn't too difficult? I realize that there are far more important issues to deal with right now, I just thought I'd throw them out there. Thank you for your time, and have a nice day

Dude that's a freaking awesome idea, cuz I LOVE the comix channel, but always had a bit of a hard time getting the comix channel resizer to work properly on my schlaptop. Always error'ed out, it was a pain in the ass. I for one show my support for a kick ass feature like this in the future.

Good news for everyone, just fixed some fatal things which you guys already noticed
-fixed fatal bug in usb mounting (broken timeout for slow hdds)
-fixed devolution usage with slow hdds
-fixed possible bug on usb remount if IOS got changed
-proper shutdown of devices on wiiflow end (boot game, exit to, etc)
http://www.mediafire...9w65d7z1egwd1w3
What do you guys think, is it worth a 4.0.1 on official wiiflow svn?

+1 bro, the more stability in the official svn the better.

BTW, how do I get into the chat now that the wiki is dead?

If you don't want to d/load a client you can go to mibbit.com, it's a webchat IRC client.

Is the bug with not being able to disable nand showing is already fixed?

Whats that for a bug?

Hey fix are you asking about the bug or saying that it's not a bug at all? If other users can reproduce it, and it's a feature that no longer works, then shouldn't it be either removed or fixed? @macia10 does WiiFlow codedump when you try to disable NAND showing or does the ini line just not function at all?

 

[macia10]

Is the bug with not being able to disable nand showing is already fixed?

Whats that for a bug?

When I set in wiiflow.ini under [NAND] disable=yes it is still shown. It works fine when set under other groups.

 

[FIX94]

When I set in wiiflow.ini under [NAND] disable=yes it is still shown. It works fine when set under other groups.

Ahhh, then you use the wrong option disable=yes is for disabling nand emu, what you want is "hidechannel" in [GENERAL]

 

[Damian666]

told ya to fix up the settings ini... xd

but seriously, the inifile does get confusing

 

[FIX94]

but seriously, the inifile does get confusing

I know, it confuses me as well, I often need to look into code to see what to change lol. Maybe in the next release I'll change that, it'll take a bit time to clean it up

 

[Gassy]

think you can do some cleanup for ini stuff fix94?

make the settings uniform in the way they store their values?

In corporate programming, i always created a function that accepted 1, yes or true for the ini file parameters, and then returned a boolean. That way, you just need to be consistant with the defaults, and you're good. Hopefully all of the defaults are being set in one location in the code. If he re-works all of the defaults now, he's going to break all of the existing users.

 

[kineticUk]

Will the "broken sd emunand ww/vc launching" issue be accepted now its a checked/confirmed issue or are issues only marked "accepted" once someone is assigned to fix it?
Just it shows as "reviewed" only on the issues page... (sorry I sound like I'm complaining, just wish the bug could be found its a bit of a downer this not working).

About .ini cleanup, also noticed the true/false, 1/0, on/off, etc... would be a good idea to go through that and get it cleaned up a bit.

 

[FIX94]

Just it shows as "reviewed" only on the issues page.

Accepted means we already got some idea what to do but atm it looks bad...

 

[kineticUk]

Accepted means we already got some idea what to do but atm it looks bad...

I worried that this would be the case FIX94 mate, at least I know I should be quiet about the issue, that it's known and confirmed.... I really wish I could help and that I could code cause its really buggin' me this one.

I have posted on the d2x topic asking for any info incase it was a d2x issue.

I guess I'll quietly keep my fingers crossed from now on. Hopefully in the future this bug will be FIX94'd too.

Thank you.

 

[MassiveRican]

Below are the individual links to each of the updated v14b forwarders. Pics or vids to follow.. possibly lol. If anyone wants to help with that it would be awesome, Wii Banner Player is not working for me, I have all the DLL's necessary and it crashes regardless with some Win7 error, and I don't have a capture card, at best all I could do is video or pics with my iPhone which is kinda crappy .

8Bits-FIX94v14b-forwarder-DWFA
Carbonik-FIX94v14b-forwarder-DWFA
DU WiiFlow Forwarder_v14b - DWFA
Green-FIX94v14b-forwarder-DWFA
Nihonflow-FIX94v14b-forwarder-DWFA
Orange-FIX94v14b-forwarder-DWFA
Orchid-FIX94v14b-forwarder-DWFA
StarNight-FIX94v14b-forwarder-DWFA
Violet-FIX94v14b-forwarder-DWFA
WiiFlow BC_v14b - DWFA
WiiFlow Beach Babe Bass Beat_v14b - DWFA
WiiFlow Brown_v14b - DWFA
WiiFlow Lightning_v14b - DWFA
WiiFlow Sci-Fi_v14b - DWFA (Final Fantasy VII Sound Loop)
WiiFlow SMG Theme_v14b - DWFA (Super Mario Galaxy Theme)

Edit: Title for all channels is "DWFA" so you can still download the GAMETDB cover if you so want.

All credit goes to original authors, such as Fix94, Mastershoes, JJ-Kwik, Jiiwah and Benjay. Please send me a PM if I have not credited you, my apologies as I don't know who all the original creators are.

 

[FIX94]

Here is 4.0.1, its like a bugfix update, so lets list the fixes:
-fixed return to wiiflow in ios reloading wii games
-added support for 3 more 2 disc gamecube games for installing (thanks etheboss)
-improved wav banner sound loop support
-auto reload to cIOS on disc game boot for backup disc support
-fixed possible bug on usb remount if IOS got changed
-proper shutdown of devices on wiiflow end (boot game, exit to, etc)
-fixed fatal bug in usb mounting (broken timeout for slow hdds)
-fixed devolution usage with slow hdds
Also some more things changed:
-dont display the base in about in IOS58 mode (because IOS58 base IOS58 is kinda stupid to display )
-now you can have as many categories as you want.
-copied the idea of selected, hidden, and required categories from USB Loader GX. Thanks Cyan. Checkmark = selected, X = Hidden, and + = Required.
-redid categories.ini layout and renamed it categories_v4.ini so you can copy and paste settings from the old one to the new one. Each view (USB,DML,EMU,NAND,HOMEBREW) has it's own numcategories, category names, and category settings. All games are now seperated based on the view. Don't forget to add 1 to numcategories for the show All mode.
-Replaced All checkbox with CLEAR button which clears all checkboxes so no category is selected and all games will be shown.
-Added features to the Game Selected Categories Menu. Now the title is the title of the current game. You can now press plus(+) and minus(-) on wiimote to go to the next or previous games without going back to previous screen making it easier to setup categories for your games.
note: all changes will not be saved in categories_v4.ini unless you exit wiiflow or launch a game.
-language and help files updated (thanks to all translators)
-temporary disabled internal wiiflow update feature
That may be not much, but I'm sure it'll increase stability and usability for you guys.
You can grab it on google code as you know

 

[Gassy]

Dios mios is giving me an apploader size is zero. What can cause this?

 

[Damian666]

can be anything, wrong iso, wrong setting, hell, even wrong format of the card/hdd can cause it >.<

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[AbdallahTerro]

v14b Forwarder Channels: default, Carbonik. Starnight & clouds.
here: http://www.mediafire.com/?1i51lre33fhjb

 

[ddog800]

I'm not able to run any plugins under v4 or 4.0.1. Everything else is being detected OK like games (once I select usb1 initially), cover art, etc, but when I go to the emulator source screen all I get is a message saying "Welcome to WiiFlow. I have not found any plugins. Select partition to select your partition type." I've set the partition to usb1, but all I ever see is that same screen. I've confirmed that the plugins are correctly loaded at root:/wiiflow/plugins on the hd. I've also blown away my settings and everything a few times and let it recreate hoping it was something there, but it's had no effect. I've loaded the latest plugins pack from the google code download site.

Please let me know if I need to provide additional info about my setup.

Thanks!

 

[DaveZ_227451]

The forwardes mention above by MassiveRican and Abdallah Terro refer to the channel used from the Main Wii menu correct?

CHEERS

 

[AbdallahTerro]

I'm not able to run any plugins under v4 or 4.0.1. Everything else is being detected OK like games (once I select usb1 initially), cover art, etc, but when I go to the emulator source screen all I get is a message saying "Welcome to WiiFlow. I have not found any plugins. Select partition to select your partition type." I've set the partition to usb1, but all I ever see is that same screen. I've confirmed that the plugins are correctly loaded at root:/wiiflow/plugins on the hd. I've also blown away my settings and everything a few times and let it recreate hoping it was something there, but it's had no effect. I've loaded the latest plugins pack from the google code download site.

Please let me know if I need to provide additional info about my setup.

Thanks!

There's a tutorial for Wiiflow 3.1+ setup in tutorials section. (or check @fledge68 signature)

The forwardes mention above by MassiveRican and Abdallah Terro refer to the channel used from the Main Wii menu correct?

CHEERS

you can use there Fw-Channels on both real and emu nands. yes
TC

 

[MassiveRican]

@abz I have another channel for WiiFlow called oceans that you created, are you going to post an updated version or perhaps you're not satisfied with the channel. I don't think it has any sound, so I was wondering if you could update it and post it to you're liking with a relaxing loop sound, cuz I liked the ocean in the BG, it was very serene and cool looking with certain SM themes.