Homebrew USB Loader GX forwarder channel for Wii U menu

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Sadistblue said:
Another question after reading some posts, I have installed cios 249-251 with the d2x r52 with a base of 56-58. Then installed the alt53 over 252/253/255. Was this a blunder using 255?
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the r52 you installed are good. it works with emuNAND, and only USB Port 0.
the r53 you installed are beta, and useful only if you need USB Port1 support in Wii games. (plug HDD with Wii iso on port1). r53 doesn't work well with emuNAND.
there is a r52 mod which can be used with emuNAND+Ustealth HDD.

installing a cIOS in slot 255 is not (or shouldn't) affect the fw.img (also using the same slot number).
the WiiVC slot255 is virtual, it doesn't really load what's installed in the slot255 of your vwii. that WiiVC cIOS255 is loaded from the WiiVC Wiiu NAND, inside the channel's content, and it's the "fw.img" patched file.
that virtual slot can't be changed, the fw.img is always the one used, even if an app requests an IOS_reload, it's still fw.img which is reloaded and faking the slot number to the requested one.


I don't know about your issue, maybe JacobM found your problem?
JacobM, you fixed that issue by unplugging USB?

I think it's a bug in recent version of nintendont + USB HID plugged + Argument launching method.
Fix94 recently talked about it in USBGX thread, someone (you?) made some changes to nintendont to test that bug.
I don't remember if I made a test version to not pass the settings using arguments and only rely on SD's nincfg.bin file.
 
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JacobM said:
That sounds exactly like an issue I am experiencing. Do you have any USB controllers plugged into the system including the Wii U Gamecube Adapter (even if no gamecube controllers are plugged in)? Remove any non-storage USB device before booting USB Loader GX.
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No, all I have plugged in is the Wii U hard drive for this. (I found even all ustealthed out and working, some games didn't like 2 drives plugged in, long load times and such) Is there a certain ios I should be forcing through the meta.xml of usbloadergx so it has permissions to launch other homebrew from within the vc injects environment? or does a default 249/250 not make a difference because it doesn't rely on ios loading? Should I be blocking ios reload from within usbloadergx?

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installing a cIOS in slot 255 is not (or shouldn't) affect the fw.img (also using the same slot number).
the WiiVC slot255 is virtual, it doesn't really load what's installed in the slot255 of your vwii. that WiiVC cIOS255 is loaded from the WiiVC Wiiu NAND, inside the channel's content, and it's the "fw.img" patched file.
that virtual slot can't be changed, the fw.img is always the one used, even if an app requests an IOS_reload, it's still fw.img which is reloaded and faking the slot number to the requested one.
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This is very enlightening, thank you! Was having an oh sh#! moment when I read that 255 was possibly used by something and I may have overwrote it.
 
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Sadistblue said:
No, all I have plugged in is the Wii U hard drive for this.
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Under WiiVC (gamepad mode), the default settings for Nintendont/USBLoaderGX work fine for me (omitting usb controllers). In WiiVC mode, can you try clicking the "Wii" button in the bottom right corner of USB Loader GX to boot Nintendont. Do your games load from the Nintendont interface?

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JacobM, you fixed that issue by unplugging USB?

I think it's a bug in recent version of nintendont + USB HID plugged + Argument launching method.
Fix94 recently talked about it in USBGX thread, someone (you?) made some changes to nintendont to test that bug.
I don't remember if I made a test version to not pass the settings using arguments and only rely on SD's nincfg.bin file.
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Thanks for following up Cyan. Yeah, unplugging USB devices prior to loading a Gamecube game then re-plugging them after Nintendont boots has been my current solution. Its not a bad compromise for Gamepad + Multiplayer support. I'm just worried about wearing out my usb ports from the frequent unplugging/replugging. I'm going to test out a short extender cable that I can disconnect so I don't abuse the physical WiiU ports.

You are correct in that it has to do with USB HID and Argument launching. Fix94 advised me to make some changes to identify the step Nintendont was crashing at. Unfortunately, we didn't make any progress on this issue and I have yet to see anybody have the same issue! We haven't tested any test versions specifically for this issue, but I am always happy to give them a shot whenever you find the time to continue development!
 
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I'll try to add an option to disable arguments when using WiiVC (not sure if it's a good idea, but I'm sure users wouldn't notice)
Or I can make a manual option to force the loader to generate nincfg.bin and not use arguments, so users still have control on that choice (and it could benefit on Wii/vWii mode too, not only WiiVC).

If I didn't make a release in 1 month, feel free to make me remember :P
 
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Cyan said:
I'll try to add an option to disable arguments when using WiiVC (not sure if it's a good idea, but I'm sure users wouldn't notice)
Or I can make a manual option to force the loader to generate nincfg.bin and not use arguments, so users still have control on that choice (and it could benefit on Wii/vWii mode too, not only WiiVC).

If I didn't make a release in 1 month, feel free to make me remember :P
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Many thanks Cyan :)
Btw, any chances to have wiiflow's like plugins for emulators on USB Loader GX?
Both vWii and WiiVC users may benefic a lot from this :)
 
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there's a mod by Fledge which adds the emulator plugin to USBLoaderGX.
it's now based on an older version of the loader, and has some bugs, but it works. unfortunately, not with WiiVC gamepad support (you'll need wiimote passthrough to launch a game with the wiimote instead of WiiU gamepad)
You can find the link on the first post of the official thread.
I'm sorry, I never used it and can't provide support or help to setup the needed folders and files.
 
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Why you can’t move from usb to nand? I can’t understand why report error if you move forwarder from usb to nand.
 
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I also tried to install the USB Loader GX forwarder channel for Wii U menu. The installation to USB worked without noticeable errors. I used the installer of the OP. But when I am trying to launch the forwarder, the logo of the USB Loader GX appears on the screen for a few moments and then the screen gets black, while the music is still playing. I can wait forever, but nothing is happening anymore. I tried to install the forwarder with WUP Installer GX, WUP Installer GX mod and WUP Installer y Mod and every combination using SigPatcher2HBL and/or SigPatcher2sysmenu I could think of. The result is always the one described above.
Launching hbl2ULGX.elf directly from the HBL never(!) fails! So I assume that both the USB Loader GX forwarder and the USB Loader GX itself are installed correctly. The hbl2ULGX.elf is located in SD:\wiiu\apps\hbl2ULGX\ which also seems to be correct.
I installed the vWii environment using The definitive vWii hacking guide.
I installed cIOS 249, 250 and 251 using d2x-v10-beta52-vWii and installed a modified version of IOS36 on IOS slot 236 using IOS236 Installer MOD v8 Special vWii Edition.
Am I missing something? Everything is working fine so far (Wii U games from the first HDD and Wii / GC games from the second HDD) except the USB Loader GX forwarder channel for Wii U menu.
I am a bit lost. Could anyone help me with this? Please keep in mind that I am relatively new to Wii U hacking. Hacked my Wii U about two weeks ago. ;) :wink:
 
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Deezle said:
I also tried to install the USB Loader GX forwarder channel for Wii U menu. The installation to USB worked without noticeable errors. I used the installer of the OP. But when I am trying to launch the forwarder, the logo of the USB Loader GX appears on the screen for a few moments and then the screen gets black, while the music is still playing. I can wait forever, but nothing is happening anymore. I tried to install the forwarder with WUP Installer GX, WUP Installer GX mod and WUP Installer y Mod and every combination using SigPatcher2HBL and/or SigPatcher2sysmenu I could think of. The result is always the one described above.
Launching hbl2ULGX.elf directly from the HBL never(!) fails! So I assume that both the USB Loader GX forwarder and the USB Loader GX itself are installed correctly. The hbl2ULGX.elf is located in SD:\wiiu\apps\hbl2ULGX\ which also seems to be correct.
I installed the vWii environment using The definitive vWii hacking guide.
I installed cIOS 249, 250 and 251 using d2x-v10-beta52-vWii and installed a modified version of IOS36 on IOS slot 236 using IOS236 Installer MOD v8 Special vWii Edition.
Am I missing something? Everything is working fine so far (Wii U games from the first HDD and Wii / GC games from the second HDD) except the USB Loader GX forwarder channel for Wii U menu.
I am a bit lost. Could anyone help me with this? Please keep in mind that I am relatively new to Wii U hacking. Hacked my Wii U about two weeks ago. ;) :wink:
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Keep in mind that the USB Loader GX Forwarder what it really does is redirct to the vwii forwarder of the UNEO USB Loader GX Forwarder. In conclusion, you have to install it in the vWii with some Wad installer. If you can't find it, you can download it from my sd package which link can be found in the OP of my Ultimate setup.

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eipok said:
Keep in mind that the USB Loader GX Forwarder what it really does is redirct to the vwii forwarder of the UNEO USB Loader GX Forwarder. In conclusion, you have to install it in the vWii with some Wad installer. If you can't find it, you can download it from my sd package which link can be found in the OP of my Ultimate setup.

Best regards.
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The vwii forwarder is already installed and working.
As far as I understood the wiiu ULGX forwarder launches the wiiu elf hbl2ulgx.elf. This elf launches the vwii forwarder. And the forwarder launches ULGX.
Starting hbl2ulgx.elf manually using the wiiu hbl works perfect! After a few moments ULGX is running. But using the wiiu ULGX forwarder gives me only a black screen. It seems as if he is not able to launch/find hbl2ulgx.elf. But the file is as far as I can say located in the correct directory.
SD:\wiiu\apps\hbl2ULGX
 
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Deezle said:
The vwii forwarder is already installed and working.
As far as I understood the wiiu ULGX forwarder launches the wiiu elf hbl2ulgx.elf. This elf launches the vwii forwarder. And the forwarder launches ULGX.
Starting hbl2ulgx.elf manually using the wiiu hbl works perfect! After a few moments ULGX is running. But using the wiiu ULGX forwarder gives me only a black screen. It seems as if he is not able to launch/find hbl2ulgx.elf. But the file is as far as I can say located in the correct directory.
SD:\wiiu\apps\hbl2ULGX
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This is how I get this working:

SD\hbl2hbc.txt With this content: LULZ=Homebrew Channel
SD\wiiu\apps\hbl2ULGX\hbl2ULGX.elf
SD\wiiu\apps\hbl2hbc\hbl2hbc.elf

This installed in the vWii: USB Loader GX-UNEO_Forwarder_5_1_AHBPROT



Hope it helps.

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Hey,

thanks. That‘s a detailed description. ;) I was not aware that the installation of hbl2hbc is necessary. I‘ll definitely give it try. I am going to report the results. :D

Greetz
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This time everything works. Thanks a lot for your help, eipok.
Stupid me was not realizing that starting HAXCHI before(!) launching any forwarder is mandatory. I forgot to mention that I don‘t use Coldboot HAXCHI. ;)
 
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