Hacking USB Loader GX

ChokeD · Jul 18, 2009

giantpune said:
ChokeD said:

Can something be implemented to identify these partial files on the HD in the list, with also a means of deleting them ?? or is the file just overwritten when re-installing the game the second time ???

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This is covered it that magic little readmii file. Read it people. It really is a smart little file and it might answer your question as well as the next one you would have asked. That's what it's there for, so you don't ask the same question that was just answered for somebody else.

FYI, I downloaded the file in the first post (USB Loader GX V 1.0) and there is know "magic little readmii" in that pack. Just the .dol, .xml and .png for the loader.

So next time try making sure the file you refer to is accessible or perhaps post a link to the answer in the thread your referring to or post the "magic little readmii" for the people that may not have it.

Respectfully,
ChokeD

PM sent to me from: giantpune

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readmii
I did not put together the pack that you downloaded nor do I have anything to do with keeping it updated. But next time I talk to the people that do, I'll ask them to put the readmii in there.

REPLY FROM ME:
Thanks that would be great, but my question never got answered and I still don't have the readmii.

dogmanky · Jul 18, 2009

ChokeD said:
REPLY FROM ME:
Thanks that would be great, but my question never got answered and I still don't have the readmii.

Don't sweat it dude... I remember when I first got on teh interwebs.

http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_e...ader+gx+readmii

ChokeD · Jul 18, 2009

dogmanky said:
ChokeD said:

REPLY FROM ME:
Thanks that would be great, but my question never got answered and I still don't have the readmii.

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Don't sweat it dude... I remember when I first got on teh interwebs.

http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_e...ader+gx+readmii

I'm not new to it, I'm true to it. lol

Thanks much for the info,
ChokeD

ejp · Jul 18, 2009

Occasionaly when I start the loader with the hdd powered off it will give me the 'wait 30 seconds...' message which is fine.

Sometimes however after it's detected the hdd it will tell me that it can't find the wbfs partition and would I like to format the drive? After a restart it finds the partition and everything is fine.

Would it be possible to make this a little safer? (Maybe suggest selecting format from the main menu, and having the menu item compliant with the general parental settings?)

I'm terrified that this is going to happen when one of my kids is at the controls and they hit the format button.

I really like the child-friendlyness of the loader - the parental controls are excellent and I'm happy enough that there's not much damage my kids can cause, but it would be nice if this one also obeyed the parental controls.

tagteam3283 · Jul 18, 2009

word up yall,

can anyone explain the alt dol from disc please?

i have burned a redsteel onto a disc then inserted into wii, changed setting to load dol from disc then gat "no dol found"

am i understanding this right that instead of having the alt dol on the SD we are using a list on the loader to specify where each dol is on thew ISO which has been burned

OR are we meant to be on the USB HDD

OR are all the alt dols meant to be burned indiviually onto a DVD and inserted into Wii?

nice 1

giantpune · Jul 18, 2009

it isn't what i would call completely functional, but here's the skinny. if you have a game that is an alt dol game, go into the game specific settings and put the "alternate dol" setting to "dol from disc". then go down 1 setting and click on "dol from disc". this is where is isn't really done. the idea is that since you have the iso on your drive, then you already have the alternate dol that is needed to run the game. the way we are telling the wii to load this dol is based on the number of files that come before it within the iso. there already is a list of some games and the correct number of the file stored in the loader. if you click this option and we already know the number, then you will be asked to use this number. if you say no to that option or the number for your game is not known, then we attempt to open the iso and list the possible dols and their number for you. sometimes this leads to a code dump and sometimes it works. if you do see the list of dols from the iso, just click the correct one and confirm that you want to use that. then save the settings and launch the game.

currently the list is using the same number for all regions of a game, but i just learned that fifa 08 uses different offsets for different regions, so i'll have to switch it to know the difference. the list would be more complete, but only 3 people have bothered to help with the list and i only own 3 of these games, so it is like it is. if you feel like helping, just shoot me a pm with the full 6 character id and the # of the dol file.

tagteam3283 · Jul 18, 2009

nice 1 GP, just tried PAL MOH: heroes 2[ RM2P69], said yes to suggested dol [AUT in settings] got a black screen had to hard boot, cIOS38v12, using 249, 002 off

all same setting which worked with ald dol from SD

is this ithe info u need or do u need the speciifc dol to launch the game?

REdstel, PAL worked fine

have u the list of games which require alt dols?

arathorngr · Jul 18, 2009

Awesome work! Thank you very very much
Just 3 questions:

Is there a channel installer (wad) yet for version 620?
Is it better to update GX through the built in updater or just use the new dol provided?
I know how to install the channel via wad and the GX through the dol. The forwader thing confused me a bit. What should i do exactly? Also, if i use it, will it erase my existing channel that i have installed via the wad?

Keep up the good work guys. It's really appreciated!

giantpune · Jul 18, 2009

i have changed the list in r622 to using different numbers for pal/ntsc/jap games. if you use one of the suggested numbers and the game doesnt work, try it with the dol on the sd and see what happens. it could me that your video settings or something else are messed up. if the game loads fine with the dol on sd and not with the number that we have in the app, then try to say no to the option to use the number we have and pick it yourself from the browser. if the game boots fine with the dol you selected and not with the one built into the app, please pm me the game ID and the number. and ill look into it.

Logan · Jul 18, 2009

D34DL1N3R said:
I will be starting to post dols at the following link:
www.mediafire/com/d34dl1n3r

Bookmark it if you want to stay updated - as I will update at least 2-3 times daily or more depending on the number of revisions released.

"Invalid File. This error has been forwarded to MediaFire's development team.

The key you provided for file download was invalid. This is usually caused because the file is no longer stored on Mediafire. This occurs when the file is removed by the originating user or Mediafire."

pepxl · Jul 18, 2009

QUOTE said:
"Invalid File. This error has been forwarded to MediaFire's development team.

The key you provided for file download was invalid. This is usually caused because the file is no longer stored on Mediafire. This occurs when the file is removed by the originating user or Mediafire."

works for me revs currently at r620

bula · Jul 18, 2009

Link to r623:

http://www.mediafire.com/?xzvmigozihi

Logs:

r623
load xml at startup and keep it in memory instead of each time the game info is called. it adds 1 second to my startup time with 100+ games. just testing to see if breaks anything doing it like this now that the xml is much smaller.
r622
change the dol list to use all 6 chars of the ID because some regions are different
r621
added more alt dols to the list of known and also a messeg if somebody loads one that isn't on the list to give it to us so it can be added

owz206 · Jul 18, 2009

Got to say, loving the new alt dol feature, Red steel works like a charm.

I'm having problem with the alt dol feature on PAL MOH: heroes 2[ RM2P69] using cIOS38v13a and 249, when i click on alt dol from disc everything freezes.

padawan · Jul 18, 2009

owz206 said:
I'm having problem with the alt dol feature on PAL MOH: heroes 2[ RM2P69] using cIOS38v13a and 249, when i click on alt dol from disc everything freezes.

Having the same problem with Safar'Wii (PAL). Tried r609/r620/r623 and did not help. I choose "Alternate dol from DVD" and then the option below that and the menu stops responding (I can still click on menu-items, but they won't respond and once I have clicked on a item I can't click on it again). This is on a PAL Wii with 3.4E and cIOS13b.

owz206 · Jul 18, 2009

padawan said:
owz206 said:

I'm having problem with the alt dol feature on PAL MOH: heroes 2[ RM2P69] using cIOS38v13a and 249, when i click on alt dol from disc everything freezes.

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Having the same problem with Safar'Wii (PAL). Tried r609/r620/r623 and did not help. I choose "Alternate dol from DVD" and then the option below that and the menu stops responding (I can still click on menu-items, but they won't respond and once I have clicked on a item I can't click on it again). This is on a PAL Wii with 3.4E and cIOS13b.

That's exactly what's happening with me. I'm using a PAL wii with 4.0e

retKHAAAN · Jul 18, 2009

owz206 said:
padawan said:

owz206 said:

I'm having problem with the alt dol feature on PAL MOH: heroes 2[ RM2P69] using cIOS38v13a and 249, when i click on alt dol from disc everything freezes.

Click to expand...

Having the same problem with Safar'Wii (PAL). Tried r609/r620/r623 and did not help. I choose "Alternate dol from DVD" and then the option below that and the menu stops responding (I can still click on menu-items, but they won't respond and once I have clicked on a item I can't click on it again). This is on a PAL Wii with 3.4E and cIOS13b.

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That's exactly what's happening with me. I'm using a PAL wii with 4.0e

This is a known issue as giantpune noted in his post at the top of this page. Please bear with the coders while they sort it out. I will note though that I was able to boot all of my altdol games (RedSteel, MOH2, Mortal Kombat, Fate of Atlantis) without issue on rev620. 4.0U / cIOS 222.

Also, keep in mind that you should delete your config files when updating to a revision that introduces new features. This is a simple fix that will more than likely solve your problem.

d popcorn · Jul 18, 2009

Logan said:
D34DL1N3R said:

I will be starting to post dols at the following link:
www.mediafire/com/d34dl1n3r

Bookmark it if you want to stay updated - as I will update at least 2-3 times daily or more depending on the number of revisions released.

Click to expand...

"Invalid File. This error has been forwarded to MediaFire's development team.

The key you provided for file download was invalid. This is usually caused because the file is no longer stored on Mediafire. This occurs when the file is removed by the originating user or Mediafire."

works fine for me just clicked

CuriousG · Jul 18, 2009

"load xml at startup and keep it in memory instead of each time the game info is called. it adds 1 second to my startup time with 100+ games. just testing to see if breaks anything doing it like this now that the xml is much smaller."

What happened is that I updated ALL from whatever older dol I was on to whatever is the current on the update feature (R620?). When I went to view the synopsis, no information is shown. I thought maybe it never updated the wiitdb.zip file. So I plug it into my card reader and the file is a 26K with my 57 games. Looked in the XML file and it appears to have information in it. So I decided to get the 596K file from the wiitdb website manually. Now all I get is exception error. Could it be that the Wii has run out of memory with the new implementation? If so, that is a bad idea since not everyone would be updating from their Wii so their wiitdb.zip file would be much bigger.

*Update*
So I made a current build R624 and with the full wiitdb.zip file downloaded from the website and it appears to work. One other change I made was delete all the .cfg files on the config directory. There still appears to be an issue with scrolling the synopsis where some text is missing when you scroll towards the end and even when you scroll back to the beginning, the first line is missing at times.

bdr9 · Jul 18, 2009

Where do you go to view the game information from wiitdb.zip?

nightwalker · Jul 18, 2009

bdr9 said:
Where do you go to view the game information from wiitdb.zip?

press "2" on the wiimote

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