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Trying the design a official looking gamecube icon that loads into usb loader GX but so far nothing looks quite right imo so just wondering if anyone has a high quality 128 x 128 gamecube icon there willing to share :)
 

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I can make you an icon but nothing looks high qaulity in 128 x128, looks like me and you are doing similar stuff, can you help me? My last Wii U broke so I don't have usb loader gx or nintendon't anymore, I can get it back but I kinda don't want to? Is there a way to load up nintendon't and usb loadergx through wii u channel? Like, I know how to put gamecube and wii games on Wii U menu but I have to create icons for each games and I have over 500 games and I don't want to make icons for each lol, Can you help? Is there a way to just run the games?
 

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I can make you an icon but nothing looks high qaulity in 128 x128, looks like me and you are doing similar stuff, can you help me? My last Wii U broke so I don't have usb loader gx or nintendon't anymore, I can get it back but I kinda don't want to? Is there a way to load up nintendon't and usb loadergx through wii u channel? Like, I know how to put gamecube and wii games on Wii U menu but I have to create icons for each games and I have over 500 games and I don't want to make icons for each lol, Can you help? Is there a way to just run the games?

you can load into nintendont very easy from the wii u menu but if im right in my understanding USB loader still needs to be set up on the vwii and the files installed on the SD card ect....first install a fowarder on the vwii then a wii u fowarder and your all set :) tbh i think iv sorted my problem out so will upload my pack and you can try it for your self
 

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you can load into nintendont very easy from the wii u menu but if im right in my understanding USB loader still needs to be set up on the vwii and the files installed on the SD card ect....first install a fowarder on the vwii then a wii u fowarder and your all set :) tbh i think iv sorted my problem out so will upload my pack and you can try it for your self


awesome! So you don't need that icon?
 

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by all means if you can make a nice icon that would be great as im still having a mess about at the mo (have major OCD haha)
 

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someone beat me to it, so you'll have a pack so I can go to nintendon't through Wii U menu? I Can use my gamepad and pro controller right?
 

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theres already a nintendont fowarder on the wii u usb helper just download it off there :) im just making a usb loader forwarder as i always use GC games using a wavebird....
 

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theres already a nintendont fowarder on the wii u usb helper just download it off there :) im just making a usb loader forwarder as i always use GC games using a wavebird....
Does nintendon't forwarder need to be install vwii homebrew channle and all that? I want to keep my Vwii empty tbh
 

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small snag :( got the app to load usb loader up but once i pick a GC game it shows a nintendont error so i guess i cant boot nintendont within usb loader??? using wiivc injector...
 

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small snag :( got the app to load usb loader up but once i pick a GC game it shows a nintendont error so i guess i cant boot nintendont within usb loader??? using wiivc injector...
Why not boot Nintendont directly? It's way better than USB Loader GX since you can load from SD.
 

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USB loader looks loads better and has better cheat support ect and as i have kids the cheat support is just to good to just to boot directly into nintendont and run the game i was using wiiu2hbc forwarder but for the life of me i carnt replace the TGA files via ftp in order to add my own icon ect as i always get a ??? icon and app refuses to load :(

edit....all games are installed to SD as wiivc injector will not run anything via usb it seems
 
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USB loader looks loads better and has better cheat support ect and as i have kids the cheat support is just to good to just to boot directly into nintendont and run the game i was using wiiu2hbc forwarder but for the life of me i carnt replace the TGA files via ftp in order to add my own icon ect as i always get a ??? icon and app refuses to load :(

edit....all games are installed to SD as wiivc injector will not run anything via usb it seems
Editing stuff after installation breaks it for some reason. You will have to change the icon, then encrypt and install the channel.
 

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USB loader looks loads better and has better cheat support ect and as i have kids the cheat support is just to good to just to boot directly into nintendont and run the game i was using wiiu2hbc forwarder but for the life of me i carnt replace the TGA files via ftp in order to add my own icon ect as i always get a ??? icon and app refuses to load :(

edit....all games are installed to SD as wiivc injector will not run anything via usb it seems
The tga files need to have a 32 bit depth and be uncompressed. Also be sure that "..TRUEVISION-XFILE.." in hex is at the end of the file. You can use this program to verify the image is correct https://gbatemp.net/threads/tgaverifiy-a-tga-verifier.450997/

If you're using python 3 feel free to use my (sloppy) conversion of his app
Code:
import struct
import msvcrt as m
import os

def wait():
    m.getch()
   
def readByte(file):
    return struct.unpack("B", file.read(1))[0]

def readu16le(file):
    return struct.unpack("<H", file.read(2))[0]

def readu32le(file):
    return struct.unpack("<I", file.read(4))[0]


tgas = ["iconTex.tga","bootLogoTex.tga","bootDrcTex.tga","bootTvTex.tga"]
dimensions = [[128,128,32],[170,42,32],[854,480,24],[1280,720,24]]
for i in range(len(tgas)):
    tga = tgas[i]
    dimension = dimensions[i]
    if os.path.exists(tga):
        with open(tga,"rb+") as f:
            header = readu32le(f)
            if header != 0x00020000:
                print (tga + "is compressed. it cant be compressed!")
                break
            f.seek(12)
            actDimensions = [readu16le(f),readu16le(f),readByte(f)]
            hasHadBadDiment = False
            for j in range(len(actDimensions)):
                if j == 0:
                    type = "width"
                elif j == 1:
                    type = "height"
                else:
                    type = "depth"
                diment = dimension[j]
                actDiment = actDimensions[j]
                if diment != actDiment:
                    if not hasHadBadDiment:
                        hasHadBadDiment = True
                        print ("dimensions are not valid for: " + tga)
                    print (type + " is: " + str(actDiment) + " should be: " + str(diment))
            if hasHadBadDiment:
                break
            f.seek(1,1)
            f.seek(int(actDimensions[0]*actDimensions[1]*(actDimensions[2]/8)),1)
            f.write(b"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00TRUEVISION-XFILE\x2E\x00")
    else:
        print (tga + " could not be found!")
print ("All TGA's verified!")
print ("press any key to exit...")
#todo verifiy bootovie.h264
wait()
 

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tryed everything but alas can not get the icon to work haha heres the icons im trying to convert if anyone could lend me a hand :)
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small snag :( got the app to load usb loader up but once i pick a GC game it shows a nintendont error so i guess i cant boot nintendont within usb loader??? using wiivc injector...

Can you try unplugging your Wii U GameCube adapter before loading USB Loader GX? Make sure you have the latest Nintendont installed. I had the same issue with a similar setup and replugging in the adapter after the GameCube game loaded allows everything to work.

You can find my original post detailing the issue in the USB Loader GX thread:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/usb-loader-gx.149922/page-1227#post-7664935

IF this is the same issue, do you mind posting in the USB Loader GX thread? I have been the only one to report this bug so far.

Thanks!
 

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small snag :( got the app to load usb loader up but once i pick a GC game it shows a nintendont error so i guess i cant boot nintendont within usb loader??? using wiivc injector...

Can you try unplugging your Wii U GameCube adapter before loading USB Loader GX? Make sure you have the latest Nintendont installed. I had the same issue with a similar setup and replugging in the adapter after the GameCube game loaded allows everything to work.

You can find my original post detailing the issue in the USB Loader GX thread:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/usb-loader-gx.149922/page-1227#post-7664935

IF this is the same issue, do you mind posting in the USB Loader GX thread? I have been the only one to report this bug so far.

Thanks!
 

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i will have alook at that thread now the crash isnt a straight hardlock as it gives me a error regarding a a ios fail then gives me a rough idea why (nintendont failed to load) then gives me 10 seconds before it reboots but it just crashes thus needing a unplug :(
 

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i will have alook at that thread now the crash isnt a straight hardlock as it gives me a error regarding a a ios fail then gives me a rough idea why (nintendont failed to load) then gives me 10 seconds before it reboots but it just crashes thus needing a unplug :(

Ah! Take some pictures of the error page. Try loading Nintendont from within USB Loader GX by using the built in homebrew launcher (icon is in the lower right corner immediately left of the "Wii" button)
 

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