Hacking The Great Quest for Wiiflow Plugins™ - A call for adventurers!
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I'm working now. Thank you Chrondelta and gZa for your help. I copied everything from "Copy_TO_SD_OR_USB" to my SD card. The funny thing is that it's still reading the roms on my USB HD as I left everything on it from my previous copy but never moved the roms to SD. I guess my question is, what exists on "Copy_TO_SD_OR_USB" that must be on the SD card? The installation instructions make it seem that you can copy that folder to either the SD card or the USB hard drive but that doesn't work.
is apps/wiiflow and root:/wiiflow on SD? then thats where you put your plugins (root:/wiiflow/plugins)
edit: in addition - you don't have to manually edit every source menu ini to link buttons to plugins.
on any source menu/flow screen simply press the HOME button and one of the choices is to link buttons to plugins. you can select more than one plugin for each button if you like since a button can have multiple magic numbers. if you are changing for example the SNES button make sure to uncheck the current plugin before selecting the new plugin.
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It is, as I installed all my apps to SD but placed all my Wii and GC games on USB. All of my retro console roms are also still on the USB HD only, but appear to be working.
To be honest, I didn't know I could install apps directly to the USB HD, I thought they needed to be on SD (good to know for the next Wii I mod). I must have misunderstood the instructions, incorrectly assuming that I could place all the contents of "Copy_TO_SD_OR_USB" in either location not realizing that it must follow the original location of the WiiFlow app. I appreciate everyones assistance, I'm pretty close to where I want to be. I just need to clean up the files I copied to my USB HD and then get my covers working. I use "Skraper" for my covers, hopefully I can make them work without having to redo them for the Wii
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cover links:It is, as I installed all my apps to SD but placed all my Wii and GC games on USB. All of my retro console roms are also still on the USB HD only, but appear to be working.
To be honest, I didn't know I could install apps directly to the USB HD, I thought they needed to be on SD (good to know for the next Wii I mod). I must have misunderstood the instructions, incorrectly assuming that I could place all the contents of "Copy_TO_SD_OR_USB" in either location not realizing that it must follow the original location of the WiiFlow app. I appreciate everyones assistance, I'm pretty close to where I want to be. I just need to clean up the files I copied to my USB HD and then get my covers working. I use "Skraper" for my covers, hopefully I can make them work without having to redo them for the Wii
https://gbatemp.net/threads/cover-collections-for-emulators-with-cover-support.324714/
https://gbatemp.net/threads/cover-collections-part-2.559649/
ScummVM 2.6.0 was released recently and finally got around to testing.
The same problem exists in this Wii release that has been the plague. The cursor will disappear, making the emulator unusable. I am losing hope this issue will ever be fixed for us Wii users. But what we have is very good although outdated.
There are still a few RA cores i have hope for.
1. Sega GX. (What Happened Here?)
Seriously, this is a result of the RA devs having too much on their table. How can this go unnoticed for so long? Ill bet it is a problem on other platforms as well.
2. ecwolf.
This core is fairly new to the Wii and works. Problem is, it is very buggy. Hoping i can find a release or nightly.
3. Gearboy and Gearsystem.
Would be nice additions but are both unstable emulators. Gearsystem plays GG and MS very well but SG-1000 support is awful.
There has not been a new Official RA release in nearly 4 months and i cannot recall such a time delay between releases in recent memory, so i am hopeful 1.10.4, whenever it is released will be a major fix release. In fact, I'm thinking the next release will be 1.11.0. I hope the Wii gets some love here.
The same problem exists in this Wii release that has been the plague. The cursor will disappear, making the emulator unusable. I am losing hope this issue will ever be fixed for us Wii users. But what we have is very good although outdated.
There are still a few RA cores i have hope for.
1. Sega GX. (What Happened Here?)
Seriously, this is a result of the RA devs having too much on their table. How can this go unnoticed for so long? Ill bet it is a problem on other platforms as well.
2. ecwolf.
This core is fairly new to the Wii and works. Problem is, it is very buggy. Hoping i can find a release or nightly.
3. Gearboy and Gearsystem.
Would be nice additions but are both unstable emulators. Gearsystem plays GG and MS very well but SG-1000 support is awful.
There has not been a new Official RA release in nearly 4 months and i cannot recall such a time delay between releases in recent memory, so i am hopeful 1.10.4, whenever it is released will be a major fix release. In fact, I'm thinking the next release will be 1.11.0. I hope the Wii gets some love here.
I have a few Sega Game Gear games that won't load from WFL, but will load directly from RetroArch's GUI. I use Sega_Game_Gear-genplus_gx_libretro_WS.ini to start them.
The error message in the RetroArch log is only general (i.e. "could not load"). The message contains the complete path to the file, so there can be no truncation of the path. It's shorter then the 260 character path limit.
After starting via WFL I end up in the GUI of RetroArch, but the game is not loaded. If I then load it via the file browser of RetroArch, then the error does not occur and I can play it normally.
Can anyone confirm the behavior or know a solution?
The error message in the RetroArch log is only general (i.e. "could not load"). The message contains the complete path to the file, so there can be no truncation of the path. It's shorter then the 260 character path limit.
After starting via WFL I end up in the GUI of RetroArch, but the game is not loaded. If I then load it via the file browser of RetroArch, then the error does not occur and I can play it normally.
Can anyone confirm the behavior or know a solution?
@fledge68
I have discovered the Time/Date bug that exists for Wiituka is not isolated to that emulator.
I did some testing on Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, SOD Mission 2&3 around a month ago to see if RA ecwolf had made any progress and results were hit/miss (very buggy). So i just reinstalled the normal standalone ports since they work very well.
Fast forward a month later and testing nightly RA ecwolf again, there has been no improvement. But now Wolf 3D and SOD freeze right before gameplay begins. Thinking i made a mistake somewhere, i backtracked to hunt down where the issue was but had no success.
I pulled out my old SD i have not used for 3-4 months thinking there had to be file corruption somewhere on my main SD, knowing both games were working properly on this SD card, but the issue still exists.
So, as a last resort i changed the Date back to July 16, booted up WFL and both Wolf3D & SOD are working but Wiituka is not. I change the Date back to August 16 Wolf3D & SOD are not working again but Wiituka is working.
If anyone else could test this to confirm this it would be appreciated.
I have discovered the Time/Date bug that exists for Wiituka is not isolated to that emulator.
I did some testing on Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, SOD Mission 2&3 around a month ago to see if RA ecwolf had made any progress and results were hit/miss (very buggy). So i just reinstalled the normal standalone ports since they work very well.
Fast forward a month later and testing nightly RA ecwolf again, there has been no improvement. But now Wolf 3D and SOD freeze right before gameplay begins. Thinking i made a mistake somewhere, i backtracked to hunt down where the issue was but had no success.
I pulled out my old SD i have not used for 3-4 months thinking there had to be file corruption somewhere on my main SD, knowing both games were working properly on this SD card, but the issue still exists.
So, as a last resort i changed the Date back to July 16, booted up WFL and both Wolf3D & SOD are working but Wiituka is not. I change the Date back to August 16 Wolf3D & SOD are not working again but Wiituka is working.
If anyone else could test this to confirm this it would be appreciated.
@ukigh4ie
Ill have to hunt those translations down and test. Are they working correctly with other GG emulators?
The more i test/use Sega WS core, the more problems i run into. Just another example is Sonic CD which is a mess using this core.
I have re-added RA 1.8.8 Sega GX for the next release and will not remove it again until there is an updated core that is proven to be working 100%. But also keeping the GX Wide Screen core hoping improvements will be made.
Sonic CD port is added and Space Cadet 3D Pinball will also be included. I tested this port out tonight and it works great.
It will be at least a few more months before the next release but have been keeping up to date with updates. WiiSXRX, WiiSXRX 2022, GX, RX, TX.
If anyone has other ideas or inclusions please post to make me aware.
Ill have to hunt those translations down and test. Are they working correctly with other GG emulators?
The more i test/use Sega WS core, the more problems i run into. Just another example is Sonic CD which is a mess using this core.
I have re-added RA 1.8.8 Sega GX for the next release and will not remove it again until there is an updated core that is proven to be working 100%. But also keeping the GX Wide Screen core hoping improvements will be made.
Sonic CD port is added and Space Cadet 3D Pinball will also be included. I tested this port out tonight and it works great.
It will be at least a few more months before the next release but have been keeping up to date with updates. WiiSXRX, WiiSXRX 2022, GX, RX, TX.
If anyone has other ideas or inclusions please post to make me aware.
Years?
Well i have not tested that thoroughly. I only went back days and months but you could be on to something. Maybe if we clock back to say 2020 these issues will not exist. Ill have to scooby-doo investigate.
well, mostly asking for clarity here. so those dates, july 16 and august 16, 2022... oh right cuz it's today just clocked back a few months. gotcha.
Years?
Well i have not tested that thoroughly. I only went back days and months but you could be on to something. Maybe if we clock back to say 2020 these issues will not exist. Ill have to scooby-doo investigate.
on august 16 2022: still get weird syntax errors when i try to play the games, of the nature i described to you in PM.
Wolf3D gts to the "press a key" screen and simply stops taking inputs from wiimote and GCN controller. Do i need a keyboard for this?
Change to july 16 2022, same results for wolf3D. Haven't tried SoD yet.
Trying Acrojet on Wiituka, still get corrupted autoboot, same as august.
Wolf3D gts to the "press a key" screen and simply stops taking inputs from wiimote and GCN controller. Do i need a keyboard for this?
Change to july 16 2022, same results for wolf3D. Haven't tried SoD yet.
Trying Acrojet on Wiituka, still get corrupted autoboot, same as august.
I do not believe year makes a difference. Trying August 16 of 2020, 2021, 2022... Wolfenstein and SOD both work on all occasions where Wiituka does not. Switching to July 16 of 2020, 2021, 2022...it is the opposite.
It is narrowed to the month, but will try days at the beginning and end of month to see if the short/long months are affected.
It is narrowed to the month, but will try days at the beginning and end of month to see if the short/long months are affected.
i've seen and read this. very disappointing. but i'm really not going back to an older version of devkitPPC. I've been searching devkitpro on github but can't find anything that would cause this strange date issue. i wish i could figure out how to change the date in the wii's memory before launching said plugins but im not experienced enough for that.
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