Hacking WiiFlow - an open source GUI USB-Loader

[panmusic]

Well,I am really glad that Fix fixed VC/Wiiware emulation in the last weeks -NO MORE black screen!!!!

My only minor grip is that currently Wiiflow can not launch any Region Free of another's region VC/Wiiware games.I have a PAL Wii and I am sure that my NTSC wads work via latest Postloader just fine.When using Wiiflow with NTSC wads,it gives me a black screen.

Fix may I ask you if you are aware of this?

 

[AbdallahTerro]

@fledge68 thanks for the last update.
can we have 8 pages limit for super advanced setup.
Mastershoes is trying to make a standardized magic number naming convention so we might need 3-4 extra pages to test everything here

Edit: we already have a naming convention for the source menu icons, check my set v2 RC3 here for all the corrected names: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dkxh3sb48pq2od1

 

[wiikey]

Hope someone can help just upgraded to wiiflow r666 and now all my emulator roms are showing there folders names rather than the game names

 

[Maxternal]

@fledge68 thanks for the last update.
can we have 8 pages limit for super advanced setup.
Mastershoes is trying to make a standardized magic number naming convention so we might need 3-4 extra pages to test everything here

I don't know how fast you would run out of memory but you can just recompile it. the max number of source menu buttons is set in menu_source.cpp on line 23. It looks like it's actually the max number of buttons +1 but it could at least work for a test version for him.

 

[VashTS]

well it starts then clicks (auto press A at start screen) then freezes. im willing to bet its too many channels being the culprit.

How long do you wait before deciding it's frozen? Does your hard drive activity stop? Mine always takes quite a while.
It's something like this
start neek2o
wait
wait some more
health screen
press A (set to autopress in my case)
wait
screen goes black
wait
hear the system menu music start up
wait just a little bit more
system menu shows up

I've never thought of my hard drive as all that slow, either. I personally prefer to just use WiiFlow to avoid the neek system menu all together
neek channels return to WiiFlow
neek mode WiiFlow always returning to REAL system menu etc.

i've waited up to 10 minutes at a black screen. gonna try chkdsk in a min. i am familiar with neek2o, i've had rev88 working in the past with this same nand, no changes have been made to the nand since it was last working.

 

[drakorex]

While browsing through some tv shows with mplayer, a thought occurred to me. What if we could assign a designated folder containing other folders to the coverflow? Here's how I see it. Say mplayer is set to USB1:/videos. that would be our root. Inside that folder we have other folders.
Music videos/artist/vids by that artist
TV shows/show name/episodes/special features
Movies/The films(also maybe box sets)/special features
Other random stuff/...
So when you click on one, any other folders inside it would come up in a flow.
It could help cut down on the need for outrageous amounts of categories and could itself be a sort of category flow.
Thoughts?

 

[mastershoes]

Just organized a huge plugin pack for advanced source menu users. It includes a new "standardized" magic number setup (keeping all the established ones of course)..

-Every plugin available, both as a whole, or split. (ie - genplusgx OR megacd/megadrive/mastersystem/sg1000/gamegear... or BOTH!).
-Ini's for all of them, new advanced plugin magic #'s included as well as the standard numbers - 50 Ini's in all! They are all setup to match the list in the spoiler below.

I'm just awaiting some "proofreading" and feedback from abz and fledge. I really think this will make plugin life a lot easier for everyone!

Oh, and also, there's been a pretty big Gameboy Classic Cover update, check out the covers thread if you're interested!

Spoiler: Proposed "WiiFlow Plugins Magic Numbers Master List"

Standard Plugin Magic #'s (21 Total)

43505331=fba_cps1
43505332=fba_cps2
464E454F=fba_neo
46434555=fceugx
46434D4D=fceumm
474D4254=gambatte
5247454E=genplus_gx_retro
53454741=genplus-gx
4D504345=mednafen_pce
4D57534E=mednafen_wonderswan
4D504345=mplayerce
4E4F3634=not64
5052424D=prboom
5343564D=scummvm_plugin
534E5854=snes9x_next
534e4553=snes9x-gx
56425854=vba_next
56424158=vbagx
57493634=wii64
4d45444e=wiimednafen
59876543=yabause

Advanced Plugin Magic #'s (50 Total - Standard #'s are the same)

43505331=fba_cps1
43505332=fba_cps2
464E454F=fba_neo
46434555=fceugx
46434D4D=fceumm
474D4254=gambatte
474D4264=gambatte_gb
474D4274=gambatte_gbc
5247454E=genplus_gx_retro
5247455E=genplus_gx_retro_cd
5247456E=genplus_gx_retro_md
5247457E=genplus_gx_retro_ms
5247458E=genplus_gx_retro_sg
5247459E=genplus_gx_retro_gg
53454741=genplus-gx
53454751=genplus-gx_cd
53454761=genplus-gx_md
53454771=genplus-gx_ms
53454781=genplus-gx_sg
53454791=genplus-gx_gg
4D504345=mednafen_pce
4D57534E=mednafen_wonderswan
4D504345=mplayerce
4E4F3634=not64
5052424D=prboom
5343564D=scummvm_plugin
534E5854=snes9x_next
534e4553=snes9x-gx
56425854=vba_next
56424158=vbagx
56424168=vbagx_gb
56424178=vbagx_gbc
56424188=vbagx_gba
57493634=wii64
4d45444e=wiimednafen
4d45445e=wiimednafen_gb
4d45446e=wiimednafen_gbc
4d45447e=wiimednafen_gba
4d45448e=wiimednafen_gg
4d45449e=wiimednafen_lynx
4d45404e=wiimednafen_md
4d45414e=wiimednafen_nes
4d45424e=wiimednafen_ngp
4d45434e=wiimednafen_pce
4d45454e=wiimednafen_pcecd
4d45464e=wiimednafen_pcfx
4d45474e=wiimednafen_ms
4d45484e=wiimednafen_vb
4d45494e=wiimednafen_wonderswan
59876543=yabause

 

[fledge68]

@fledge68 thanks for the last update.
can we have 8 pages limit for super advanced setup.
Mastershoes is trying to make a standardized magic number naming convention so we might need 3-4 extra pages to test everything here

I don't know how fast you would run out of memory but you can just recompile it. the max number of source menu buttons is set in menu_source.cpp on line 23. It looks like it's actually the max number of buttons +1 but it could at least work for a test version for him.

yes the max number of buttons is set in line 23 of menu_source.cpp. It should be a multiple of 12 * pages and then subtract 1. the 46 was a typo - should be 48. Also you shouldn't have to worry about memory since only 12 actual buttons are used. It's the texture (image) for each button that changes each time you change pages. So no matter the max number of buttons you still always only have 12 buttons instead of 48 or 60 or 72.

 

[DaveZ_227451]

Hey guys.. making headway with my attempt at a theme
Looks nothing like the fab themes you guys make but hey it's all me LOL
Anywho I am having a bit of grief on a small aspect. When you hover on anything selectable or changable
the graghic expands. This is fine except for the changable.. ie. the forward and backward buttons.
Is there a way to make only these graghics NOT expand when you highlite them, but still use the altered graghic?
Hope tha made sense, its almost 6am and the wifey is gonna kill me LOL

CHEERS

 

[shortz1994]

Hey guys.. making headway with my attempt at a theme
Looks nothing like the fab themes you guys make but hey it's all me LOL
Anywho I am having a bit of grief on a small aspect. When you hover on anything selectable or changable
the graghic expands. This is fine except for the changable.. ie. the forward and backward buttons.
Is there a way to make only these graghics NOT expand when you highlite them, but still use the altered graghic?
Hope tha made sense, its almost 6am and the wifey is gonna kill me LOL

CHEERS

yep, play with the "effect" scale in the ini..

[MAIN/DML_BTN]
click_sound=
effect_scale_x=1
effect_scale_y=0
effect_x=-200
effect_y=0
elmstyle=
height=50
hover_sound=
texture_normal=mdml.png
texture_selected=mdmls.png
width=50
x=53
y=366

 

[nibb]

Yo Fledge68, Thanks for your updates, but could you at least come to irc before you commit a change and if your not able to do that Please dont commit anything...
r766+ broke some important stuff

Thanks

 

[seam]

has anyone gotten the prboom plugin working in wiiflow? i have it running fine in retroarch, but cant seem to get it to work from within wiiflow. if anyone whos gotten it running could post their .ini file, it would help me out a lot.

ALSO... my fceugx/vbagx/snes9xgx plugins arent displaying the rom names.. every rom in fceugx comes up as "Nintendo" and every snes9xgx rom comes up as "Super Nintendo" etc. its using the DisplayName for all the games... i have no idea why. im using the .ini files fix94 created which use "arguments={device}:/{path}|{name}|{loader}" not sure whats goin on...

 

[ToddofWar420]

has anyone gotten the prboom plugin working in wiiflow? i have it running fine in retroarch, but cant seem to get it to work from within wiiflow. if anyone whos gotten it running could post their .ini file, it would help me out a lot.

ALSO... my fceugx/vbagx/snes9xgx plugins arent displaying the rom names.. every rom in fceugx comes up as "Nintendo" and every snes9xgx rom comes up as "Super Nintendo" etc. its using the DisplayName for all the games... i have no idea why. im using the .ini files fix94 created which use "arguments={device}:/{path}|{name}|{loader}" not sure whats goin on...

[PLUGIN]
magic=5052424D
coverColor=000000
coverFolder=Wads
fileTypes=.wad
romDir=wiiflow/plugins/wads
dolFile=prboom.dol
bannerSound=
displayname=Wads
consoleCoverID=prboom
arguments={device}:/{path}/|{name}

 

[shortz1994]

alright here is droidflow 2. thanks to drakorex, doing some excellent work with this. it's now even sweeter then the first one. though i would strongly tell everyone to use default banners. some times they become corrupt.( though i have yet to encounter this.) i think this is more of a custom banners issue. this is why i'm releasing this. (not due to the theme but a custom banners issue.).
here is the change log of what drakorex has worked on. next we are doing source menu buttons, an exit to buttons. thanks again for your help drakorex.

http://www.mediafire...4ulztmuc2b0mgr1

Spoiler

droidflow change log
-Main buttons are now zoned
-pods now slide open
-fixed category page button
-fixed home menu buttons, added background
-zero'd out the prev/next buttons, because hitting random invisible buttons is annoying
-animated source menu, plugin,category background
-fixed emunand settings background
-resized cheat back button
-other stuff
issues
-home menu has no USER support, so can't animate
-Can not change pointer for some reason
-Source menu icons are randomly invisible, and custom banners are some times corrupted.

 

[FIX94]

Just r768 for you guys to test:
http://www.mediafire.com/?cy8kd3prpx5f8zf
If you find bugs, get codedumps or shit like that let me know, I wanted to release 4.0.3 prolly tomorrow...

 

[seam]

has anyone gotten the prboom plugin working in wiiflow? i have it running fine in retroarch, but cant seem to get it to work from within wiiflow. if anyone whos gotten it running could post their .ini file, it would help me out a lot.

ALSO... my fceugx/vbagx/snes9xgx plugins arent displaying the rom names.. every rom in fceugx comes up as "Nintendo" and every snes9xgx rom comes up as "Super Nintendo" etc. its using the DisplayName for all the games... i have no idea why. im using the .ini files fix94 created which use "arguments={device}:/{path}|{name}|{loader}" not sure whats goin on...

[PLUGIN]
magic=5052424D
coverColor=000000
coverFolder=Wads
fileTypes=.wad
romDir=wiiflow/plugins/wads
dolFile=prboom.dol
bannerSound=
displayname=Wads
consoleCoverID=prboom
arguments={device}:/{path}/|{name}

well that doesnt help...

my doom wads are in "sd:apps/retroarch-wii/additional-files/doom" which is how retroarch says to have it setup. if i try loading wads from any other location it just makes retroarch codedump.

 

[drakorex]

alright here is droidflow 2. thanks to drakorex, doing some excellent work with this. it's now even sweeter then the first one. though i would strongly tell everyone to use default banners. some times they become corrupt.( though i have yet to encounter this.) i think this is more of a custom banners issue. this is why i'm releasing this. (not due to the theme but a custom banners issue.)
here is the change log of what drakorex has worked on. next we are doing source menu buttons, an exit to buttons. thanks again for your help drakorex.

http://www.mediafire...4ulztmuc2b0mgr1

Spoiler

droidflow change log
-Main buttons are now zoned
-pods now slide open
-fixed category page button
-fixed home menu buttons, added background
-zero'd out the prev/next buttons, because hitting random invisible buttons is annoying
-animated source menu, plugin,category background
-fixed emunand settings background
-resized cheat back button
-other stuff
issues
-home menu has no USER support, so can't animate
-Can not change pointer for some reason
-Source menu icons are randomly invisible (EDIT: was using an older rev,updated to 765 and source menu icons work properly now), and custom banners are some times corrupted.(EDIT2: it was some problem in the theme ini. Rebuilt over carbonik, custom banners now work fine. This will be fixed in the next update.)

 

[ToddofWar420]

has anyone gotten the prboom plugin working in wiiflow? i have it running fine in retroarch, but cant seem to get it to work from within wiiflow. if anyone whos gotten it running could post their .ini file, it would help me out a lot.

ALSO... my fceugx/vbagx/snes9xgx plugins arent displaying the rom names.. every rom in fceugx comes up as "Nintendo" and every snes9xgx rom comes up as "Super Nintendo" etc. its using the DisplayName for all the games... i have no idea why. im using the .ini files fix94 created which use "arguments={device}:/{path}|{name}|{loader}" not sure whats goin on...

[PLUGIN]
magic=5052424D
coverColor=000000
coverFolder=Wads
fileTypes=.wad
romDir=wiiflow/plugins/wads
dolFile=prboom.dol
bannerSound=
displayname=Wads
consoleCoverID=prboom
arguments={device}:/{path}/|{name}

well that doesnt help...

my doom wads are in "sd:apps/retroarch-wii/additional-files/doom" which is how retroarch says to have it setup. if i try loading wads from any other location it just makes retroarch codedump.

I organized my whole setup for easier access and everything I have works just the same.
It says you have your .wads in the app folder? That's unheard of to me. Anyways, I would suggest try using this .ini and see if it helps you any... course you may need to do some rearranging.

 

[seam]

has anyone gotten the prboom plugin working in wiiflow? i have it running fine in retroarch, but cant seem to get it to work from within wiiflow. if anyone whos gotten it running could post their .ini file, it would help me out a lot.

ALSO... my fceugx/vbagx/snes9xgx plugins arent displaying the rom names.. every rom in fceugx comes up as "Nintendo" and every snes9xgx rom comes up as "Super Nintendo" etc. its using the DisplayName for all the games... i have no idea why. im using the .ini files fix94 created which use "arguments={device}:/{path}|{name}|{loader}" not sure whats goin on...

[PLUGIN]
magic=5052424D
coverColor=000000
coverFolder=Wads
fileTypes=.wad
romDir=wiiflow/plugins/wads
dolFile=prboom.dol
bannerSound=
displayname=Wads
consoleCoverID=prboom
arguments={device}:/{path}/|{name}

well that doesnt help...

my doom wads are in "sd:apps/retroarch-wii/additional-files/doom" which is how retroarch says to have it setup. if i try loading wads from any other location it just makes retroarch codedump.

I organized my whole setup for easier access and everything I have works just the same.
It says you have your .wads in the app folder? That's unheard of to me. Anyways, I would suggest try using this .ini and see if it helps you any... course you may need to do some rearranging.

can you tell me where you store your doom wads and music when using prboom in retroarch

 

[MassiveRican]

has anyone gotten the prboom plugin working in wiiflow? i have it running fine in retroarch, but cant seem to get it to work from within wiiflow. if anyone whos gotten it running could post their .ini file, it would help me out a lot.

ALSO... my fceugx/vbagx/snes9xgx plugins arent displaying the rom names.. every rom in fceugx comes up as "Nintendo" and every snes9xgx rom comes up as "Super Nintendo" etc. its using the DisplayName for all the games... i have no idea why. im using the .ini files fix94 created which use "arguments={device}:/{path}|{name}|{loader}" not sure whats goin on...

[PLUGIN]
magic=5052424D
coverColor=000000
coverFolder=Wads
fileTypes=.wad
romDir=wiiflow/plugins/wads
dolFile=prboom.dol
bannerSound=
displayname=Wads
consoleCoverID=prboom
arguments={device}:/{path}/|{name}

well that doesnt help...

my doom wads are in "sd:apps/retroarch-wii/additional-files/doom" which is how retroarch says to have it setup. if i try loading wads from any other location it just makes retroarch codedump.

I have my Doom WADS, prboom.wad, and the music @ "USB1:/retroarch/Doom/" and both Retroarch and Wiiflow are functioning fine.