Hacking Configurable USB Loader

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sadsack said:
I believe this was the loader that was called USBLoaderCFG_Forwarder-UCXF.wad, but this version does not accept meta.xml data... Take it for me I've tried:



Configurable USB Loader
60 (release)
20100912000000
oggzee, usptactical, gannon, Clipper,...
Play from USB drive

Play Wii Backups from USB harddrive
Waninkoko cIOS 249 is required!
Hermes cIOS 222/223 is supported.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!


intro=3 (tried 0 1 2 & 3 and I still get the bland b&w logo that takes up the whole screen)

Well, if you're really using CFG60, that's probably the reason. The selectable intro was not introduced until CFG61B.
 

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Worst of it is, I did an online update to the very latest beta and is still did the same.... a kinda been there, seen it, done it..... and yes the problem still exists, someone even suggested i ran it directly from hbc but that made no difference.

Still looking for someone who has checked out the forwarder and could possibly/kindly show a pic of it running...

ttfn

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Don't normally use the forwarder, but installed and tested. The forwarder passes the arguments fine for me when launched, had no problems with it picking up either the default or a selected intro arg from the meta.xml.

After you updated CFG, are you still getting the grey intro screen or the colored default one (default intro was changed starting with Cfg61b)? If you've updated to the latest and still have the grey intro, something isn't right, and almost sounds like maybe the dol didn't update correctly.

Don't think it would make a difference, but I'm launching CFG off SD, not USB.
 

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DGenerateKane said:
dabotsonline said:
Someone needs to install an SSD in an enclosure to check out the performance ;-)

It would be throttled by the usb speed.

Yeah, but search times would be eliminated, and thus, fat32 partitions containing an abundancy of small files would get a much better speed when reading stuff... Not to mention the great speed we would achieve in NAND emulation purposes...
 

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No, still the grey intro screen.... even after con usb update.
Thats what makes me think its the forwarder, The forwarder was installed ages ago, and has been working fine, with the little red switch logo, but with the latest beta of config thats when i lost the switch.
Is it possible for you to put up an image showing your forwarder please, as this would be of much help...


ttfn

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Dr. Clipper said:
onad0301 said:
Hey everyone...looking for some guru's help... I'm currently using version46 of config loader...4.1u...I was copying the new star wars game on my external hard drive.. decided to go into global settings..pressed B to go back to the previous screen...WRONG... got a block error... now when i go into the games, and scroll the games by single covers...I get so far ..the screen goes green and boots me to the main Wii menu....If I scroll the games using grid method, no problems.

Wondering if there was a way of fixing this? Also was wondering if I updated to the lastest version of config loader would this fix it? If I did update to lastest...should I update anything else like isos?

any help would be apprec.

Thanks onad
This is definitely a cover error as XFlak suggests. The corrupted cover is almost certainly within your full covers too, given grid mode works (although if you have fake 3D covers in grid mode, then it could be a 2D).

Take a look at the covers/full image folder on a PC and see if you can see any bad images. If you can't find it that way, then move the images elsewhere and copy them back in chunks until you find the bad one, or just redownload all the covers again by going to the download covers option in global options and pushing left on the D-pad.


Also, yes, you should upgrade Cfg to v60 or v61b2. There are many, many improvements that have been made since your version was released.


That did the trick...there was one cover screwed up...but when I redownload cover..same thing...must be a problem with the cover. THANKS again for the help guys.
 

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sadsack said:
No, still the grey intro screen.... even after con usb update.
Thats what makes me think its the forwarder, The forwarder was installed ages ago, and has been working fine, with the little red switch logo, but with the latest beta of config thats when i lost the switch.
Is it possible for you to put up an image showing your forwarder please, as this would be of much help...


ttfn

sadsack
This is the current forwarder from the link on the first page:

forwarder.jpg


Though you still won't get the be able to select the red switch logo, that's been removed from the newer dol's. So your options in the meta.xml are: intro=1 (small centered Configurable USB Loader text on black background), intro=2 (Colored "Cfg" logo (default intro) - not the one with the red switch), or intro=3 (larger grey logo screen - the one you don't want)
 

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cfg v61t3 (debug)
cfg61t3.dol
(or online update)
Changes:

cfg v61t3 (debug)
* print more debug info, debug enabled by default
* if home=screenshot then make a screenshot if home is being held for 1 second
otherwise exit to hbc. So a short press on home will exit while holding home
for 1 second will make a screenshot
* possible fix for corrupted console text


NOTE: this is release intended for troubleshooting only, not normal use.

I would like this to be tested by people that experienced problems with 61* series:
- hangs
- mp3 playing
- console corruption
- usb init
It doesn't try to solve COD:BO problems (because it is still built with devkit 22+ogc 185)
I don't remember the exact nicknames of the people with the above problems, but I hope to hear from you.
The debug in this version is enabled by default, since some people had problems enabling it in meta.xml especially in combination with the forwarders.
Using home=screenshot it's possible to get a dump of the debug screen when it asks to press any button, by holding home for 1 second, (note another button has to be pressed after that to continue). Of course if it hangs the screenshot can't be made so I'd like to see a snapshot with a camera or phone or written by hand the last couple of lines (let's say 6).
The debug looks something like this:


 

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oggzee said:
cfg v61t3 (debug)
cfg61t3.dol
(or online update)
From a quick test:

Hangs - Have not experienced
Console corruption - Have not experienced
USB Init - Have not experienced
MP3 playing - .mp3 playing is fine
MOD playing - .mod playing does not work
 

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buddy said:
From a quick test:
Hangs - Have not experienced
Console corruption - Have not experienced
USB Init - Have not experienced
MP3 playing - .mp3 playing is fine
MOD playing - .mod playing does not work
COD Black Ops - I know you said you didn't try fixing this, but I tested and it's actually working correctly with this version.
Thanks for the testing.
Hmm, it's strange that COD works, what kind of a setup do you have?
Do you use a different ios for loader than the game?
 

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darkgunsou86 said:
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SD startup
fatMount(sd,1869001465) = 1 1869001465
mount_add(sd,2,1869001465,1)
CFG Load
at which it hangs. please note that the numbers might be wrong. blame the blurry composite SD resolution.
Hope this helps in your debugging. maybe i need to upgrade to waninkoko CIOS 20b? with the normal v60, there is a lot of logs but it works fine so i did not bother to list it out. besides, they scroll too fast.
Please try 61t3.
And if you will write it by hand don't worry about getting the numbers right, the last few lines before it hangs should be good enough.
 

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oggzee said:
Bloodlust said:
Need some urgent help here. Anyone knows what's wrong? When I launch CFG recently, the text in the GUI is missing...

Looks like you have the same problem as this guy: FoGBaV
This is his first post:
http://gbatemp.net/t147638-configurable-us...t&p=3205686
Check his other posts to see what have we tried ti figure out the problem, but in the end it looked like the drive was problematic:
QUOTE(FoGBaV @ Oct 25 2010, 04:52 PM) oggzee !
I found that f*** bug - not displaying this f** chars in the console ...
It's that f*** harddisc ... or some game there ...
i exchanged the hdd with another one ... and options and menue is back !
Yehaaaa !

Bloodlust and FoGBaV, please try 61t3 and let me know if the console is still corrupted?
 

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I love this loader but there's only ONE HUGE PAIN about it..

Why can't I set a GLOBAL setting that forces NTSC for ALL Games in a single setting like other loaders?
Something like this shouldn't take more than a few lines of code?

It's impossible to keep individually setting 100 PAL games through trial and error if I ever lose the settings.
 

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oggzee said:
buddy said:
From a quick test:
Hangs - Have not experienced
Console corruption - Have not experienced
USB Init - Have not experienced
MP3 playing - .mp3 playing is fine
MOD playing - .mod playing does not work
COD Black Ops - I know you said you didn't try fixing this, but I tested and it's actually working correctly with this version.
Thanks for the testing.
Hmm, it's strange that COD works, what kind of a setup do you have?
Do you use a different ios for loader than the game?
EDIT: Please disregard my previous comments regarding COD...was running some differnet setups lately and ios's were not what I thougth they were. You're correct, there is no change with cfg51t3. My mp3/mod findings are still valid though.
 

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two for the price of one!

FullMetalEngineer said:
I love this loader but there's only ONE HUGE PAIN about it..

Why can't I set a GLOBAL setting that forces NTSC for ALL Games in a single setting like other loaders?
Something like this shouldn't take more than a few lines of code?

It's impossible to keep individually setting 100 PAL games through trial and error if I ever lose the settings.
http://gwht.wikidot.com/configurable-options

QUOTE(squirrelman10 @ Nov 18 2010, 10:12 AM) ok this is going to sound rhetorical and stupid, but how do i go from a game back to the usb loader so that im not going to the wii menu? i just some clarification on how to do it
http://gwht.wikidot.com/configurable-options
 

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Funnily enough I've just gone back to con usb loader v52, because I suffered from IOS 249 Error = CIOS 249 rev 18, cios 222v4, cios 223v4, ect ect and it ended with upgrade ios 249 and set -frag = -128 error = setwbfs = -128

so I deleted my boot.dol from my apps/usb loader folder and replaced it with my backup .dols and everything is back to normal, I was obviously using the wrong .dol file but for now it's working again so i'm not to worried.

Yes Buddy, that's what I get when I run my old Forwarder, that's the same screen. but on my main screen it looks like:

IMG00070-20101118-1728.jpg



SD into USB Logo

IMG00069-20101118-1728.jpg



after running forwarder

IMG00071-20101118-1728.jpg



Con Usb Loader Running

IMG00072-20101118-1916.jpg


Does The New Version look anything like these?..

ttfn

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QUOTE said:
(oggzee @ Nov 18 2010, 12:14 PM)
cfg v61t3 (debug)
cfg61t3.dol
(or online update)

USB Init - I had problems with lots of the new builds for this, had to keep switching my USB drive off/on at the splash screen, then it would load, this version seems to load ok with each button press and I don't need to keep switching off/on.

Might have jumped too soon, I have now gone back to 61b2 to get rid of debug info, and this loads ok too, now the only setting I have altered is simple=1 to stop my kids deleting things. this setting seems to have also helped my USB drive initialising and loading. Unless you fixed the USB thing in this version?
 

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MadBob said:
USB Init - I had problems with lots of the new builds for this, had to keep switching my USB drive off/on at the splash screen, then it would load, this version seems to load ok with each button press and I don't need to keep switching off/on.

Might have jumped too soon, I have now gone back to 61b2 to get rid of debug info, and this loads ok too, now the only setting I have altered is simple=1 to stop my kids deleting things. this setting seems to have also helped my USB drive initialising and loading. Unless you fixed the USB thing in this version?
No, only 61t2 and 61t3 have the usb init immediately after ios reload.
It seems like it might help, but I'm not sure if it's just random or a fact.
 

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