Hacking How Can I Compile USB Loader GX

macmel · Jul 21, 2009

USB LOADER GX Compile GUIDE

Can anyone help me or point me to a guide so that I can compile the USB Loader GX's latest revision. Updates are really fast and I don't have a connection for my Wii in our house that is why I can't use the update feature within USB Loader GX.

Thank you.
NOTE: I have added the GUIDE made by emupaul below as this topic is being link from the USB Loader GX ReadMiiv2.

BY: emupaul
This is my second attempt at writing a compile guide, sorry if its crappy, this method has worked on my version windows home premium but *should*
work on windows xp. Not very sure about windows 7, I preorded a copy so maybe ill post more guides for other things for windows 7 later, I just
pull this out of my arse so plz dont flame me.

How Can I Compile USB Loader GX?
Its very easy...

First download and Install a svn client to check out a few sources. I recommend Tortoisesvn because it's explorer shell integrated but you can use whatever you desire.
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
Link to download

Next thing to do is download & install DevKitPro Tool Chain & Reboot (to apply environment variables)
http://www.devkitpro.org/
Link to download

After the install navigate to your C drive or any folder you want to check the source tree too and check the sources out for libogc libfat and usb loader
https://devkitpro.svn.sourceforge.net/svnro...o/trunk/libogc/
https://devkitpro.svn.sourceforge.net/svnro...o/trunk/libfat/
http://usbloader-gui.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/

Next launch Msys located in the devkitpro folder and navigate to the folder libogc and type make then press enter and wait about 5 mins, do the same for libfat

Next type make install, make sure you type make install in the libfat folder too!

Next Navigate to the usb loader folder in msys then type make, ignore the first two warnings about svn command and wait for it to finish build and locate your dols

Done.

Download link to binary

Issues that may occur during the build procress could be caused by a few things in vista so the first few things do should be to disable UAC

How to Disable UAC

Also check if your environment variables installed properly

If i left something out or is unclear just ask. Ill update.

YOU MAY WANT TO TRY THE BELOW AS ADDED BY giantpune

Some stuff to add...
1 If you use the libogc required for compiling USB Loader GX, you won't be able to compile lots of other apps, as we use a different version and it has conflicting definitions for vector/guvector. you will have to just go through the source and change most (or all) or Vector to say guVector. I did it with cfg loader and it works fine.

2 you need to have a command line based svn client installed for the rev# to show up in the credits screen. So, what I do is just install sliksvn but never use it. I still checkout with tortoisesvn.

3 don't do the last 3 steps listed. instead, use this URL http://usbloader-gui.googlecode.com/files/...-08-07-2009.zip to get the libraries that we use and copy them into your X:\devkit\libogc folder and merge these folders with the ones already there. then, when you checkout the source, double-click the "gui.pnproj" file and it should open up in programmer's notepad. then press alt+1 and wait 3-5 minutes and it will do the last 3 steps for you. when it is done, you will have boot.dol and boot.elf

4 the folder you checkout the source code to cannot have ANY SPACES IN THE FULL PATH NAME. this means that you can't put it on the desktop as it is a child of the "documents and settings" folder which has spaces. best to put it right on the root or close to it.

DKAngel · Jul 21, 2009

i cant get the update feature to work anyway, it allways downloads the same revision over and over again, it reconds it allways needs to update, just use a card reader and manual put the build on the card yourself

macmel · Jul 21, 2009

DKAngel said:
i cant get the update feature to work anyway, it allways downloads the same revision over and over again, it reconds it allways needs to update, just use a card reader and manual put the build on the card yourself

Yeah, that's the way I usually do whenever someone compile the latest dol. If you look at the sites belw

http://sites.google.com/site/usbloadergui/...loads/revisions

at the time of this posting the revision there is r630

While the below site is already at r635

http://code.google.com/p/usbloader-gui/source/list

That is why I wanted to learn how to compile it rather asking someone to compile it.

emupaul · Jul 21, 2009

Give me like 10 - 15 mins ill write you a guide and post it here.

Logan · Jul 21, 2009

GX aside, it would be interesting to see a guide for compiling DOL's.

Look forward to it Emupaul.

tj_cool · Jul 21, 2009

Only thing I know is that you need Devkitpro and LibOGC
and of course the source

emupaul · Jul 21, 2009

ok its going to take longer than 10 mins but ill post it, its few extra steps becauase u need the lastest svn version libogc, i never built this before but its going smooth.

emupaul · Jul 21, 2009

edit: longer slightly more detailed version here
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AOU8QXAZ

This is my second attempt at writing a compile guide, sorry if its crappy, this method has worked on my version windows home premium but *should*
work on windows xp. Not very sure about windows 7, I preorded a copy so maybe ill post more guides for other things for windows 7 later, I just
pull this out of my arse so plz dont flame me.

How Can I Compile USB Loader GX?
Its very easy...

First download and Install a svn client to check out a few sources. I recommend Tortoisesvn because it's explorer shell integrated but you can use whatever you desire.
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
Link to download

Next thing to do is download & install DevKitPro Tool Chain & Reboot (to apply environment variables)
http://www.devkitpro.org/
Link to download

After the install navigate to your C drive or any folder you want to check the source tree too and check the sources out for libogc libfat and usb loader
https://devkitpro.svn.sourceforge.net/svnro...o/trunk/libogc/
https://devkitpro.svn.sourceforge.net/svnro...o/trunk/libfat/
http://usbloader-gui.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/

Next launch Msys located in the devkitpro folder and navigate to the folder libogc and type make then press enter and wait about 5 mins, do the same for libfat

Next type make install, make sure you type make install in the libfat folder too!

Next Navigate to the usb loader folder in msys then type make, ignore the first two warnings about svn command and wait for it to finish build and locate your dols

Done.

Download link to binary

Issues that may occur during the build procress could be caused by a few things in vista so the first few things do should be to disable UAC

How to Disable UAC

Also check if your environment variables installed properly

If i left something out or is unclear just ask. Ill update.

WiiPower · Jul 21, 2009

You forgot the reboot after installing devkitpro. It never worked for me without reboot. Also you should note that Vista and/or Windows 7 can cause a lot of trouble when trying to use devkitpro.(don't know if running as admin is enough on Vista)

emupaul · Jul 21, 2009

thanks for pointing that out wiipower, my laptop is programming power house so I did probably do some extra things like release UAC auto elavate command prompt and set some enviroment variables , but that was a long while ago pre guide.

giantpune · Jul 21, 2009

Some stuff to add...
1 If you use the libogc required for compiling USB Loader GX, you won't be able to compile lots of other apps, as we use a different version and it has conflicting definitions for vector/guvector. you will have to just go through the source and change most (or all) or Vector to say guVector. I did it with cfg loader and it works fine.

2 you need to have a command line based svn client installed for the rev# to show up in the credits screen. So, what I do is just install sliksvn but never use it. I still checkout with tortoisesvn.

3 don't do the last 3 steps listed. instead, use this URL http://usbloader-gui.googlecode.com/files/...-08-07-2009.zip to get the libraries that we use and copy them into your X:\devkit\libogc folder and merge these folders with the ones already there. then, when you checkout the source, double-click the "gui.pnproj" file and it should open up in programmer's notepad. then press alt+1 and wait 3-5 minutes and it will do the last 3 steps for you. when it is done, you will have boot.dol and boot.elf

4 the folder you checkout the source code to cannot have ANY SPACES IN THE FULL PATH NAME. this means that you can't put it on the desktop as it is a child of the "documents and settings" folder which has spaces. best to put it right on the root or close to it.

tj_cool · Jul 21, 2009

Probably unneeded, but you can press ALT + 2 (the 2 thats not on the numpad) in the prog. notepad to delete previous boot.dol and elf files before you compile the new ones with ALT + 1.

fabi280 · Jul 21, 2009

giantpune said:
Some stuff to add...
1 If you use the libogc required for compiling USB Loader GX, you won't be able to compile lots of other apps, as we use a different version and it has conflicting definitions for vector/guvector. you will have to just go through the source and change most (or all) or Vector to say guVector. I did it with cfg loader and it works fine.

Since r584 i cant compile it anymore on my linux shell.
I updated libogc but it didnt work
It was showing vector errors at video.cpp as far as i can remeber.
If some1 is using linux, could you hand me a tar, dpkg.... please?

emupaul · Jul 21, 2009

fabi280 said:
giantpune said:

Some stuff to add...
1 If you use the libogc required for compiling USB Loader GX, you won't be able to compile lots of other apps, as we use a different version and it has conflicting definitions for vector/guvector. you will have to just go through the source and change most (or all) or Vector to say guVector. I did it with cfg loader and it works fine.

Click to expand...

Since r584 i cant compile it anymore on my linux shell.
I updated libogc but it didnt work
It was showing vector errors at video.cpp as far as i can remeber.
If some1 is using linux, could you hand me a tar, dpkg.... please?

if its still showing errors about guVector i dont think you updated to the lastest svn versions of libogc & libfat 1.7.1 of libogc is not the lastest
sorry if i jumped to a false conclusion

macmel · Jul 21, 2009

I'm very grateful to you emupaul, I'll be trying the steps tomorrow as I am out now. Is it possible to edit my first post and add your Guide there? Thanks to everyone who contributed.

emupaul · Jul 21, 2009

macmel said:
I'm very grateful to you emupaul, I'll be trying the steps tomorrow as I am out now. Is it possible to edit my first post and add your Guide there? Thanks to everyone who contributed.

Sure, im tired right now, but ill revise it later too so, you may need to repost a fresh one or ill make a new thread if people want it, its not the best thing ever its just a little common sense.

tj_cool · Jul 21, 2009

Added the link to this topic in the readmii

Its under [2a]Compiling the loader

macmel · Jul 21, 2009

tj_cool said:
Added the link to this topic in the readmii

Its under [2a]Compiling the loader

I've updated my 1st post to show the guide made by emupaul.

macmel · Jul 22, 2009

Hi,

I just compiled the r636.dol & elf, I will be trying it when I get hold of my Wii tomorrow. Just a few clarifications for the below step;

Should I make a new folder for libogc as it exist in the devkitpro folder. I made new folders for the gx and libfat in the root.

After the install navigate to your C drive or any folder you want to check the source tree too and check the sources out for libogc libfat and usb loader
https://devkitpro.svn.sourceforge.net/svnro...o/trunk/libogc/
https://devkitpro.svn.sourceforge.net/svnro...o/trunk/libfat/
http://usbloader-gui.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/

And the below is the output I got, noticed a few text that are different in color. Does this means that I made something wrong, although the dol and elf were created?
CODE> "make"
"make": svnversion: Command not found
make[1]: svnversion: Command not found
FreeTypeGX.cpp
Metaphrasis.cpp
audio.cpp
buffer.cpp
input.cpp
main.cpp
menu.cpp
sys.cpp
video.cpp
gui_button.cpp
gui_customoptionbrowser.cpp
gui_diskcover.cpp
gui_element.cpp
gui_gamebrowser.cpp
gui_gamecarousel.cpp
gui_gamegrid.cpp
gui_image.cpp
gui_imagedata.cpp
gui_keyboard.cpp
gui_optionbrowser.cpp
gui_sound.cpp
gui_text.cpp
gui_tooltip.cpp
gui_trigger.cpp
gui_window.cpp
getentries.cpp
networkops.cpp
Settings.cpp
SettingsPrompts.cpp
DiscBrowser.cpp
c:/gx/source/prompts/DiscBrowser.cpp:237:3: warning: multi-line comment
ProgressWindow.cpp
PromptWindows.cpp
gameinfo.cpp
wad.cpp
c:/gx/source/wad/wad.cpp: In function 's32 Wad_Install(FILE*)':
c:/gx/source/wad/wad.cpp:409: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
c:/gx/source/wad/wad.cpp:418: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
c:/gx/source/wad/wad.cpp:428: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
c:/gx/source/wad/wad.cpp:437: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
c:/gx/source/wad/wad.cpp:445: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
c:/gx/source/wad/wad.cpp: In function 's32 Wad_Uninstall(FILE*)':
c:/gx/source/wad/wad.cpp:610: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules

giantpune · Jul 22, 2009

the first 2 things you got are because you didn't install a command-line based SVN client like i said on page 1.

the warnings about dereferencing type-punned pointer are just there because of the way we changed the c wad installation stuff for use in c++. everybody gets those, its fine.

as far as compiling libogc, you can make a folder anywhere as long as you don't have spaces in the full path name and you can name it anything you want. basically, when you install devkit, it puts a libogc folder in X:\devkit. for apps that use the the svn version of libogc, you will either need to compile it yourself or use a link (like the one i put on page 1) to get a version somebody else has compiled. unless you rae going to change it before you compile or you just want to do it cause you like that sort of stuff, there is no real reason to do it yourself.

the libogc folder you are making and checking out the source code to is only to hold the source for libogc. when compiled, it creates a lib folder and an include folder. these 2 folders then go inside the libogc folder in X:\devkit. then every app compiled on this toolchain use the svn version of devkit. the same applies for libfat.

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