Hacking Configurable USB Loader

pplucky · Jun 16, 2011

Hi there.

I was going through the 'Home' button (Quit popup) in Configurable USB Loader v69d and these options are still not 100% clear to me...

So what we have is:

Reboot [HOME] --> goes back to System Menu
Homebrew Channel --> loads Homebrew Channel
Exit --> goes back to System Menu
Shutdown --> depends on what you have in Wii settings for Standby...

So 2 questions:
1. What is the difference between Reboot [HOME] and Exit?
2. Why not adding a new option 'Standby' that would always put the console to Standby regardless of Wii settings for Standby and changing Shutdown to always put the console to Shutdown regardless of Wii settings for Standby? I've seen it other Homebrew and I think it make more sense to make these options independent of the console settings...

Thanks in advance and congratulations for this GREAT piece of Homebrew software.

solidhit · Jun 16, 2011

Just a quick update. Back in post #15072 I had mentioned an incompatibility issue between my external hard disk and CIOS d2x. It turns out that after changing my external box for a new one, the issue was gone!

So, it didn't have to do with my hard disk, only the external box. For anyone's interest, the old box has a cirrus logic sata to usb chip and it works fine with Windows.

If any developer needs more information I'd be glad to help. Now I can enjoy d2x too!

oggzee · Jun 16, 2011

pplucky said:
So 2 questions:
1. What is the difference between Reboot [HOME] and Exit?
2. Why not adding a new option 'Standby' that would always put the console to Standby regardless of Wii settings for Standby and changing Shutdown to always put the console to Shutdown regardless of Wii settings for Standby? I've seen it other Homebrew and I think it make more sense to make these options independent of the console settings...

1. exit is supposed to return to whatever was used to launch the program, if started from hbc it should return to hbc if started from anywhere else it will usually end up in sys menu, because it depends on exit code that hbc leaves in mem and libogc uses. Theoretically other launchers could write their own exit handlers... but in practice it's not important, that option is there mostly for historical reasons... could as well be removed.

2. maybe i don't know, if someone prefers one over the other why not set it in wii settings?

pplucky · Jun 16, 2011

oggzee said:
pplucky said:

So 2 questions:
1. What is the difference between Reboot [HOME] and Exit?
2. Why not adding a new option 'Standby' that would always put the console to Standby regardless of Wii settings for Standby and changing Shutdown to always put the console to Shutdown regardless of Wii settings for Standby? I've seen it other Homebrew and I think it make more sense to make these options independent of the console settings...
1. exit is supposed to return to whatever was used to launch the program, if started from hbc it should return to hbc if started from anywhere else it will usually end up in sys menu, because it depends on exit code that hbc leaves in mem and libogc uses. Theoretically other launchers could write their own exit handlers... but in practice it's not important, that option is there mostly for historical reasons... could as well be removed. OK, clear now.

QUOTE(oggzee @ Jun 16 2011, 01:55 PM)

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2. maybe i don't know, if someone prefers one over the other why not set it in wii settings?

Imagine that usually you have it to shutdown, but if you want to use USB port for charging purposes (like wiimote batteries), sometimes it may make sense to just standby. Wouldn't it make sense to make Cfg Usb Loader allow you to make that choice, instead of just doing what is in the settings? Isn't that the point of having these options? For me, it would make sense, but I don't know, what do you think?

WiiPower · Jun 16, 2011

oggzee said:
pplucky said:

So 2 questions:
1. What is the difference between Reboot [HOME] and Exit?
2. Why not adding a new option 'Standby' that would always put the console to Standby regardless of Wii settings for Standby and changing Shutdown to always put the console to Shutdown regardless of Wii settings for Standby? I've seen it other Homebrew and I think it make more sense to make these options independent of the console settings...

Click to expand...

1. exit is supposed to return to whatever was used to launch the program, if started from hbc it should return to hbc if started from anywhere else it will usually end up in sys menu, because it depends on exit code that hbc leaves in mem and libogc uses. Theoretically other launchers could write their own exit handlers... but in practice it's not important, that option is there mostly for historical reasons... could as well be removed.

2. maybe i don't know, if someone prefers one over the other why not set it in wii settings?

If i were you i would check for the HBC reload stub on exit. If it's not there, load the channel you use for the auto return to channel function. (Or use the auto return to channel function to do this for you...)

This way exit and reboot would do different things for most people. And without HBC reload stub and without channel id, i would grey out the exit function to make the handling of those "perfect".

XICO2KX · Jun 16, 2011

Hey, oggzee!

I have a small problem running the latest versions of CFG!

When I play a game and then go to the Wii's "Play History", the play time is correct...
But the name of the played game always shows "CFGLoaderUSB" and not the name of the actual game I've been playing!

I have the "Write Playstats" option enabled as you can see...

Code:

block_ios_reload = auto
write_playstats = 1

A couple of weeks ago it was working perfectly, but then I updated CFG and cIOSX d2x and I noticed this!

Can someone confirm this problem too, please?

Hozu · Jun 16, 2011

It's working fine for me... v69d

oggzee · Jun 16, 2011

XICO2KX said:
write_playstats = 1[/code]

the correct option is:
write_playlog=1

XICO2KX · Jun 16, 2011

oggzee said:
XICO2KX said:

write_playstats = 1
the correct option is:
write_playlog=1

Thanks, oggzee!

Then, there's an error in CfgLoaderConfigurator!

But in the README-CFG.txt file, both options are listed!

CODE

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#
# write_playstats = [1], 0
#ÂÂ Write to the play history file.
#
(...)
#
# write_playlog = [0], 1, 2, 3
#ÂÂ Write gameplay stats to the Wii message board log.
#ÂÂ This option won't work when the Wii Menu is skipped before
#ÂÂ starting Cfg (e.g., using Priiloader or BootMii autoboot).
#ÂÂ 0 = off, do not write to the Wii Message Board log.
#ÂÂ 1 = on, set title based on the value of the language option unless
#ÂÂÂÂÂÂ the title in that language is blank where it then uses the
#ÂÂÂÂÂÂ English title or the Japanese title (whichever is valid).
#ÂÂ 2 = on, set title to the Japanese title.
#ÂÂ 3 = on, set title to the English title.
#ÂÂ In the per-game menu, these options show up as "Off", "On",
#ÂÂ "Japanese Title" and "English Title" respectively.
#

oggzee · Jun 16, 2011

XICO2KX said:
Then, there's an error in CfgLoaderConfigurator!

But in the README-CFG.txt file, both options are listed!

There's no error in the configurator.
Both options are valid and do different things.
playlog is what you're insterested in.
playstats is the sd:/usb-loader/playstats.txt
And that is used to remember and select last played game and for sorting by last play time and maybe other stuff...

Dr. Clipper · Jun 17, 2011

Yep. Configurator has both options.

XICO2KX · Jun 17, 2011

oggzee said:
There's no error in the configurator.
Both options are valid and do different things.
playlog is what you're insterested in.
playstats is the sd:/usb-loader/playstats.txt
And that is used to remember and select last played game and for sorting by last play time and maybe other stuff...
QUOTE(Dr. Clipper @ Jun 17 2011, 06:36 AM) Yep. Configurator has both options.

Oh, ok! My bad, then!

Sorry for the confusion!

kirbymaster101 · Jun 17, 2011

Using Usbloader gx right now, but if i switch to configruable can i change the settings IN the program or di i have to use the configurator

Slimmmmmm · Jun 17, 2011

kirbymaster101 said:
Using Usbloader gx right now, but if i switch to configruable can i change the settings IN the program or di i have to use the configurator

You don't need to "switch" you can have both.

Most cfg settings can be changed from within cfg itself, the configurator and doing things in a manual way isnt't required for many things most people would change anyway.

So download it, keep gx as you might change your mind from time to time and have a look at the settings within the app, if you for any reason want to "go back to gx" then you can in seconds.

alwyzstyln · Jun 18, 2011

quick question...... when playing a game and then wanting to play a different game is there an easier way to go back to choose a different game then pressing the home button and then going back to the wii menu and opening up cfg usb loader again?

arjaylight · Jun 18, 2011

in config.txt add line return_to_channel=UCXF. then try pressing home then wii menu, youre in cfg usb loader again. make sure you install cfg channel with UCXF id.

alwyzstyln · Jun 18, 2011

thanks alot.... worked perfectly really appreciate it

DEFIANT · Jun 18, 2011

Anyone have a working Netflix iso or wbfs file to load into CFG? The one's I've found on this site are outdated.

IceIceBird · Jun 18, 2011

DEFIANT: Read the rules or you probably will get banned.

ecw · Jun 18, 2011

Trying CFG for the first time. It seems awesome. I want to add background music but cannot figure out how. Can someone please tell me where to put the mp3 and if I need to edit anything? TIA

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