Hacking The Great Quest for Wiiflow Plugins™ - A call for adventurers!

Tetsuo Shima · Oct 11, 2020

Jate said:
I have tried again:

I have discovered something with the rx emulators (fceu and snes9x). If I delete the settingsRX.xml file that is in the Plugins folder, the emulators work correctly and create that file again (maybe the previous configuration that was in the Plugin Pack gave me the code dump)

But with the Tx emulators (fceu and snes9x) if I try to save I get an error: "error to open the folder".
I have looked at the forum threads for these emulators and the author says in red that the directories have been renamed, so I have tried it and it works fine for me. I don't understand how the Tx emulators work for you with the same folders as the Rx ...

In wiiflow/plugins you have 2 .xml files
Settings.xml is for Snes9x TX
settingsRX.xml is for Snes9x RX

You can edit them with a text editor. From there you can set your folders as you wish:

Here's my TX settings.xml for example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<file app="Snes9x TX" version="1.0.4">

<section name="File" description="File Settings">
<setting name="AutoLoad" value="1" description="Auto Load" />
<setting name="AutoSave" value="1" description="Auto Save" />
<setting name="LoadMethod" value="2" description="Load Method" />
<setting name="SaveMethod" value="2" description="Save Method" />
<setting name="LoadFolder" value="roms/snes/" description="Load Folder" />
<setting name="LastFileLoaded" value="Super Mario World.sfc" description="Last File Loaded" />
<setting name="SaveFolder" value="snes9xgx/saves" description="Save Folder" />
<setting name="AppendAuto" value="0" description="Append Auto to .SAV Files" />
<setting name="CheatFolder" value="snes9xgx/cheats" description="Cheats Folder" />
<setting name="ScreenshotsFolder" value="snes9xgx/screenshots" description="Screenshots Folder" />
<setting name="CoverFolder" value="snes9xgx/covers" description="Covers Folder" />
<setting name="ArtworkFolder" value="snes9xgx/artwork" description="Artwork Folder" />
</section>
.....

Ripster · Oct 11, 2020

Tetsuo Shima said:
yes, just change the magic number in your fba_neo.ini and in your source menu.
You should also add rompartition=0 if your roms folder is on SD
Or rompartition=1 if you have roms on USB

Alright, so I did these changes and even found another romset that does work via the homebrew channel, but It still kicks me out from wiiflow... lets say that King of Fighters 3 works on the homebrew. then I try it via wiiflow and kicks me out. The BIOS are placed correct aswell. Any suggestions?

Tetsuo Shima · Oct 11, 2020

Ripster said:
Alright, so I did these changes and even found another romset that does work via the homebrew channel, but It still kicks me out from wiiflow... lets say that King of Fighters 3 works on the homebrew. then I try it via wiiflow and kicks me out. The BIOS are placed correct aswell. Any suggestions?

So, which dol are you using?

Ripster · Oct 11, 2020

Tetsuo Shima said:
So, which dol are you using?

dolfile=retroarch-wii/fba_cores_neo.dol

Tetsuo Shima · Oct 11, 2020

So you still not tried the dol from my pack. Why don't you give it a try?

Ripster · Oct 11, 2020

Tetsuo Shima said:
So you still not tried the dol from my pack. Why don't you give it a try?

Would love to, but do I have to redo the whole wiiflow setup then? I mean, I've put alot of time to structure everything on the previous version. Everything looks completly different on the new one aswell so I'm afraid that I have to make everything again from scratch.

Jate · Oct 11, 2020

Tetsuo Shima said:
In wiiflow/plugins you have 2 .xml files
Settings.xml is for Snes9x TX
settingsRX.xml is for Snes9x RX

You can edit them with a text editor. From there you can set your folders as you wish:

Here's my TX settings.xml for example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<file app="Snes9x TX" version="1.0.4">

<section name="File" description="File Settings">
<setting name="AutoLoad" value="1" description="Auto Load" />
<setting name="AutoSave" value="1" description="Auto Save" />
<setting name="LoadMethod" value="2" description="Load Method" />
<setting name="SaveMethod" value="2" description="Save Method" />
<setting name="LoadFolder" value="roms/snes/" description="Load Folder" />
<setting name="LastFileLoaded" value="Super Mario World.sfc" description="Last File Loaded" />
<setting name="SaveFolder" value="snes9xgx/saves" description="Save Folder" />
<setting name="AppendAuto" value="0" description="Append Auto to .SAV Files" />
<setting name="CheatFolder" value="snes9xgx/cheats" description="Cheats Folder" />
<setting name="ScreenshotsFolder" value="snes9xgx/screenshots" description="Screenshots Folder" />
<setting name="CoverFolder" value="snes9xgx/covers" description="Covers Folder" />
<setting name="ArtworkFolder" value="snes9xgx/artwork" description="Artwork Folder" />
</section>
.....

It seems to me that I already know what happens. In the plugin pack that is available to download, there is only 1 xml file (settingsRX.xml) the settings.xml file was created by the core. Maybe you have that configuration created before the emu author changed the directories and it doesn't affect you.
If it's not a bother, could you save the settings.xml file somewhere else and let the core create it when wiiflow launches it? It is to see if the same thing happens to you, in that case your addresses will have changed.

Anyway, all the cores work fine for me, thanks.
Although I have seen something strange, the fceux emulator saves the games in the snes emulator folder, I don't know if that happens to someone else.

Tetsuo Shima · Oct 11, 2020

Jate said:
It seems to me that I already know what happens. In the plugin pack that is available to download, there is only 1 xml file (settingsRX.xml) the settings.xml file was created by the core. Maybe you have that configuration created before the emu author changed the directories and it doesn't affect you.
If it's not a bother, could you save the settings.xml file somewhere else and let the core create it when wiiflow launches it? It is to see if the same thing happens to you, in that case your addresses will have changed.

Anyway, all the cores work fine for me, thanks.
Although I have seen something strange, the fceux emulator saves the games in the snes emulator folder, I don't know if that happens to someone else.

Yes, if you delete the xml files they will be recreated with the default directories.
And yes, there's this issue of the Nes savegames being saved in the Snes folder. I think it's a side effect of using these emus as plugins.
However I prefer it this way, than having to create so many folders in the root for Gx, Tx, Rx... kinda pointless.

Tetsuo Shima · Oct 11, 2020

Ripster said:
Would love to, but do I have to redo the whole wiiflow setup then? I mean, I've put alot of time to structure everything on the previous version. Everything looks completly different on the new one aswell so I'm afraid that I have to make everything again from scratch.

I understand you. However, with the latest Wiiflow Lite it's easier than ever to change plugins, romsfolders and build your source menu, you don't need to edit the .ini files anymore. Now it's all done with a few clicks on the wiimote, without using the PC at all.
But if you don't feel like doing it, you could try to just use the "fba_neogeo.dol" from 'wiiflow/plugins/RA-HEXAECO' instead of your dol. It won't conflict with your Retroarch installation.
The corresponding plugin ini file is "FBA_NeoGeo_RA-HEXAECO.ini", found in 'wiiflow/plugins/arcade/FBA 2012'

Ripster · Oct 11, 2020

Tetsuo Shima said:
I understand you. However, with the latest Wiiflow Lite it's easier than ever to change plugins, romsfolders and build your source menu, you don't need to edit the .ini files anymore. Now it's all done with a few clicks on the wiimote, without using the PC at all.
But if you don't feel like doing it, you could try to just use the "fba_neogeo.dol" from 'wiiflow/plugins/RA-HEXAECO' instead of your dol. It won't conflict with your Retroarch installation.
The corresponding plugin ini file is "FBA_NeoGeo_RA-HEXAECO.ini", found in 'wiiflow/plugins/arcade/FBA 2012'

I will try that first, thanks alot! When I have the time for it I will update to the newer one since I have everything backedup on different SD's and HDD so nothing to loose from it

however, may I just ask what causes your theme not to be able to chose when I updated to your new plugins? It just says "default" and not the option to chose rapsodii shima theme. I totally forgot how to fix that.

Tetsuo Shima · Oct 11, 2020

Ripster said:
I will try that first, thanks alot! When I have the time for it I will update to the newer one since I have everything backedup on different SD's and HDD so nothing to loose from it however, may I just ask what causes your theme not to be able to chose when I updated to your new plugins? It just says "default" and not the option to chose rapsodii shima theme. I totally forgot how to fix that.

Really?

Weird, they're totally unrelated.
I think you may have accidentally deleted Rhapsodii Shima.ini from wiiflow/themes_lite.
Well, the easiest thing to do to fix it is to reinstall the theme

Boured · Oct 11, 2020

Been having a bit of an issue on WiiFlow for the past bit, just set it up with 4.5.6 as that's the newest one available on the github, set up the databases and carts/screenshots and installed Rhapsodii Shima and this plugin pack for emulators.

However for the life of me I can't get FDS to just work. I have a good BIOS, and good roms. It seems RA-HEXAECO doesn't like loading through WiiFlow, even with the bios in the correct spot.

I'm able to boot them via Wiimednafen, however that's only a temporary solution as I can't for the life of me find how to make Wiimednafen the default if RA-HEXAECO is just broken.

Help would be much appreciated thank you.

Tetsuo Shima · Oct 12, 2020

Boured said:
Been having a bit of an issue on WiiFlow for the past bit, just set it up with 4.5.6 as that's the newest one available on the github, set up the databases and carts/screenshots and installed Rhapsodii Shima and this plugin pack for emulators.

However for the life of me I can't get FDS to just work. I have a good BIOS, and good roms. It seems RA-HEXAECO doesn't like loading through WiiFlow, even with the bios in the correct spot.

I'm able to boot them via Wiimednafen, however that's only a temporary solution as I can't for the life of me find how to make Wiimednafen the default if RA-HEXAECO is just broken.

Help would be much appreciated thank you.

FDS Hexaeco is working correctly for me. Just to be sure, Bios location is wiiflow/plugins/RA-HEXAECO/system
Try to delete fds.cfg from ROMS/0_HEXAECo_cfg/

Edit: to make Wiimednafen the default fds plugin, in Wiiflow go to the consoles sourceflow, press Home and select 'Link source buttons to plugins'. Chose 'Famicom Disk System' and then 'FDS (Wiimednafen)'

Boured · Oct 12, 2020

Tetsuo Shima said:
FDS Hexaeco is working correctly for me. Just to be sure, Bios location is wiiflow/plugins/RA-HEXAECO/system
Try to delete fds.cfg from ROMS/0_HEXAECo_cfg/

Yeah it's there, named disksys.rom.
Another thing to mention is I'm using a CRT TV so there is no fds.cfg to delete.

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Tetsuo Shima said:
FDS Hexaeco is working correctly for me. Just to be sure, Bios location is wiiflow/plugins/RA-HEXAECO/system
Try to delete fds.cfg from ROMS/0_HEXAECo_cfg/

Edit: to make Wiimednafen the default fds plugin, in Wiiflow go to the consoles sourceflow, press Home and select 'Link source buttons to plugins'. Chose 'Famicom Disk System' and then 'FDS (Wiimednafen)'

I must have missed something when configuring Shima cause hitting Home just goes back to the previous menu. Unless Sourceflow is where all the games are in which case it brings up the standard menu with things like Help Guide and Select Plugins

Tetsuo Shima · Oct 12, 2020

Boured said:
Yeah it's there, named disksys.rom.
Another thing to mention is I'm using a CRT TV so there is no fds.cfg to delete.

Ok.
Can you post the content of your 'FDS_fceumm_RA-HEXAECO.ini'?
See my edit above about how to change the default plugin

Boured · Oct 12, 2020

Tetsuo Shima said:
Ok.
Can you post the content of your 'FDS_fceumm_RA-HEXAECO.ini'?
See my edit above about how to change the default plugin

I have and I responded, I may not have setup shima correctly or outdated on Wiiflow in general cause I can't find 5.4.7 only 5.4.6.

for the .ini

[PLUGIN]
arguments={device}:/{path}/|{name}|{device}:/roms/0_HEXAECO_cfg/fds.cfg
bannersound=
consolecoverid=nintendo
covercolor=01A300
coverfolder=FDS
displayname=FDS Fceumm (RA-HEXAECO)
dolfile=RA-HEXAECO/fceumm.dol
filetypes=.fds|.zip|.7z
magic=46434D4E
romdir=roms/fds
rompartition=-1

Tetsuo Shima · Oct 12, 2020

Boured said:
I must have missed something when configuring Shima cause hitting Home just goes back to the previous menu. Unless Sourceflow is where all the games are in which case it brings up the standard menu with things like Help Guide and Select Plugins

Yes your Wiiflow is outdated. You need Wiiflow 5.4.7 beta to use the new feature.
Sourceflow is where all consoles are, including FDS.
With the new beta you can also set rompaths for plugins.

Boured · Oct 12, 2020

Tetsuo Shima said:
Yes your Wiiflow is outdated. You need Wiiflow 5.4.7 beta to use the new feature.
Sourceflow is where all consoles are, including FDS.
With the new beta you can also set rompaths for plugins.

Well it's working now, while RA-HEXAECO still doesn't work for some reason on my Wii, can set wiimednafen as a default.

Thanks for the help!

Tetsuo Shima · Oct 12, 2020

Glad it's working. However, weird thing about your fds hexaeco.
I notice from your .ini that you have
rompartition=-1
Which is the default partition in Wiiflow. Is it the correct one?
Do you have the games on SD or Usb?

Boured · Oct 12, 2020

Tetsuo Shima said:
Glad it's working. However, weird thing about your fds hexaeco.
I notice from your .ini that you have
rompartition=-1
Which is the default partition in Wiiflow. Is it the correct one?
Do you have the games on SD or Usb?

Sorry for the late reply.

My Roms are on SD, the only things that are on USB are Wii games and things for USB only cores. Just checked the settings, Default Plugins Partition is set to SD

EDIT: It also seems like standard NES/FC games work fine for RA-HEXAECO, which quickly shows me that its not the core for me, I use a CRT, so my preferred output is 240p, while RA-HEXAECO supports 240p i guess? It displays it in a wonky stretch fashion on my CRT, so for FDS wiimednafen, for regular NES and Famicom I'll use the good old fceu_gx

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