Hacking Cfg USB Loader 70r78.11 released

[Gamemaster]

I'm not sure that I have the option for that since it's on my Wii U so it'd be running on vWii which doesn't have all the same options as a normal Wii. I'll have to check though.

 

[nitraiolo]

I'm not sure that I have the option for that since it's on my Wii U so it'd be running on vWii which doesn't have all the same options as a normal Wii. I'll have to check though.

In CFG if you set widescreen on a Wii the nintendont wii force wide option is set, if you set it on a WiiU nintendont wii force wide and WiiU wide options are both set.

First of all, running the games directly from nintendot is working well?
If so, i need:

1) cfg debug.log
2) nintendont version
3) nincfg.bin as build by cfg (to get it you have to set nintendont_config_mode=file)
4) nincfg.bin as build by nintendont

 

[Gamemaster]

Will nincfg.bin from cfg be in the root of the SD card or in one of cfg's folders and where do you set nintendont_config_mode=file?

I got the debug file just fine and the version of nintendont that I'm using is v4.432 (Wii U). Here's the Wii U widescreen setting description if it helps any till I get the 2 .bin files for you.

Spoiler: Description

On Wii U, nintendont sets the display to 4:3, which results in bars on the sides of the screen. If playing a game that supports widescreen, enable this option to set the display back to 16:9.

This option has no effect on original Wii systems.

 

[ultramodern]

Is it normal my hdd takes 30 sec to get to the main menu of cfg? I am using a seagate slim 2tb portable backup and noticed the none mod version is loading in under 10 sec.

 

[kmksoulja]

How do I set the native controllers option to on via usbloader?

 

[nitraiolo]

Will nincfg.bin from cfg be in the root of the SD card or in one of cfg's folders and where do you set nintendont_config_mode=file?

I got the debug file just fine and the version of nintendont that I'm using is v4.432 (Wii U). Here's the Wii U widescreen setting description if it helps any till I get the 2 .bin files for you.

Spoiler: Description

On Wii U, nintendont sets the display to 4:3, which results in bars on the sides of the screen. If playing a game that supports widescreen, enable this option to set the display back to 16:9.

This option has no effect on original Wii systems.

"nincfg.bin" is the nintendont configuration file and must be in the root of the device where you installed it.
"nintendont_config_mode=file" has to be set in config.txt (see my fist post)

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Is it normal my hdd takes 30 sec to get to the main menu of cfg? I am using a seagate slim 2tb portable backup and noticed the none mod version is loading in under 10 sec.

No, on my wii is almost 30% faster than cfg70r78. I gained this simply with the devkitPPC 27 compiling...

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How do I set the native controllers option to on via usbloader?

There is no such option in CFG at the moment. It uses the default (bluetooth).

 

[Gamemaster]

Nitraiolo, I sent you a PM with the files that you asked for.

Also here's an update about why my games weren't loading right or at all. It turns out that my USB drive wasn't compatible with my Wii U all this time and that it would read stuff sometimes but as soon as something would start to get wrote to it, it would freeze up and stop working. I found this out from looking at this link (https://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/USB_Devices_Compatibility_List) and seen where someone with the same drive ID had a similar issue. Since then I have gotten the 128gb PNY (which even after formatting still has 125GB's free ) and haven't had an issue. Since my GC games are on my SD card and my Wii games on the flash drive I didn't need one that was as big as my last one anyways. Plus this new drive is a lot faster.

 

[nitraiolo]

OK, from the debug.log I see wiiU isn't idetified:

Spoiler: debug.log

...
Legacy Wii Mode
...

These means that CFG wasn't able to access the CPU identifier (0xCD8005A0)... Have you set ahb_access in the meta.xml?

 

[ultramodern]

No, on my wii is almost 30% faster than cfg70r78. I gained this simply with the devkitPPC 27 compiling...

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I am using cfg70r78.11 and getting 30 sec speed if you have one that's different do you mind sharing? I would like to try it out if possible..Thanks

 

[nitraiolo]

No, on my wii is almost 30% faster than cfg70r78. I gained this simply with the devkitPPC 27 compiling...

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I am using cfg70r78.11 and getting 30 sec speed if you have one that's different do you mind sharing? I would like to try it out if possible..Thanks

No, cfg70r78.11 has been compiled also with devkitPPC 27.

 

[Gamemaster]

How would you set that in the meta.xml file? I'm looking at it right now and don't see that anywhere in it. If your talking about the one that's in the same folder as the boot.dol.

 

[nitraiolo]

How would you set that in the meta.xml file? I'm looking at it right now and don't see that anywhere in it. If your talking about the one that's in the same folder as the boot.dol.

Yes, I mean that one.

Spoiler: meta.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<app version="1">
<name>Configurable USB Loader</name>
<version>70r78.11</version>
<release_date>20170115000000</release_date>
<coder>oggzee, usptactical, gannon, Clipper,...</coder>
<short_description>Play from USB drive</short_description>
<long_description>
Play Wii Backups from USB harddrive
Waninkoko cIOS 249 is required!
Hermes cIOS 222/223 is supported.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
</long_description>
<ahb_access/>
</app>

 

[Gamemaster]

Thank you soo much just adding that fixed it. Also I checked the debug.log to see and it now shows vWii mode.

 

[nitraiolo]

Very good!

 

[kmksoulja]

Can you please add an option to turn on native controllers on certain games in the next release? I would really love having to not go through the nintendont settings when trying to play a GBA connected game on my regular wii console. Thanks for your hard work and dedication.

 

[nitraiolo]

Can you please add an option to turn on native controllers on certain games in the next release? I would really love having to not go through the nintendont settings when trying to play a GBA connected game on my regular wii console. Thanks for your hard work and dedication.

OK, ticket opened http://cfgusbloader.ntd.homelinux.org/trac/CfgUSBLoader/ticket/12

 

[Zopenko]

Hi @nitraiolo

Great work on updating the loader.
Could it be posible to have an actual options menu, instead of editing a text file outside the loader?
There are a few options you can edit however they can only be accesed by changing the config text file.

Thank you and keep up the great work

 

[freakE3]

Hi, I am pretty much a noob when it comes to cfg. Sorry. Can someone explain how to install this fresh to my SD card? All I did is take the binary, named it boot.dol and placed it in /apps/cfg/boot.dol

When using it over homebrew channel it feezes at the boot screen. Nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?

 

[fledge68]

Hi, I am pretty much a noob when it comes to cfg. Sorry. Can someone explain how to install this fresh to my SD card? All I did is take the binary, named it boot.dol and placed it in /apps/cfg/boot.dol

When using it over homebrew channel it feezes at the boot screen. Nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?

Goto the official thread above and follow the instructions in the opening post to install the official version. Then replace the boot.dol with this one. Thats a start .... Theres more after that. Maybe someone can help you further.

 

[Jayro]

Thank you for this.

It's good to see CFG Loader still getting love in the scene. It's my favorite loader, and every game I have for Wii runs from NTFS USB sticks just fine.