Hacking cIOSX rev21d2x: Yet Another Hot Fix!!!!

[Levente]

How to build and install

[*]Download and install ModMii v4.5.7 or higher[*]Download d2x v6beta1 from mirror 1 or mirror 2[*]Remove the old "d2x-beta" folder (if it already exists) from ModMii's folder named "modules"[*]Unpack the content of the folder "modules" inside ModMii's folder named "modules/d2x-beta". This way ModMii will use these modules in place of the ones distributed with ModMii itself.[*]Launch ModMii[*]Enter "I Agree"[*]Enter "4" to navigate to Download Page 4[*]Add to the download queue all the d2x wads you need, for example "249d2x56" and "250d2x57"[*]Enter "2" to navigate to Download Page 2[*]Enter "MMM" to add Multi-Mod Manager to the download queue[*]Enter "D" to download your chosen files[*]Enter "Y" to start downloading[*]Check that all the files are "valid" then enter "E" to exit ModMii.[*]Copy the files from the COPY_TO_SD folder to the root of your SD card and insert it into your Wii[*]Launch Multi-Mod Manager via the HomeBrew Channel.[*]Select "Load another IOS", then select IOS236 or any other patched IOS, typically IOS36 or a cIOS.[*]In Multi-Mod Manager's main menu, go down to select "WAD Manager".[*]Hold + for 2 seconds to select all the WADs in the folder. Then Press A twice to install them all.
If any files fail to install properly, they will remain marked for installation, so just retry installing those files.
NOTE: Be careful not to install any additional wads that may have been previously saved in this folder (they may be safe, but I cannot say for sure).[*]You're done. Please test and report!

I don't have a d2x-beta folder if I install ModMii 4.5.7, I only have a d2xModules folder inside the modules folder.
So where to put the new beta files?

 

[davebaol]

Can't get MPT working, can somebody give more details as to the specific settings which work? I have a FAT32 HD and I'm using cfg 59a5, d2x6-beta1 (tried base 38 and base 56). In cfg, I enabled IOS Reload Block and tried with and without 002 Fix. MPT menu loads fine, trying to open any of the games just resets to the SM.

You are using base 58, isn't it?
Sorry, it doesn't work.

 

[qwertymodo]

Can't get MPT working, can somebody give more details as to the specific settings which work? I have a FAT32 HD and I'm using cfg 59a5, d2x6-beta1 (tried base 38 and base 56). In cfg, I enabled IOS Reload Block and tried with and without 002 Fix. MPT menu loads fine, trying to open any of the games just resets to the SM.

You are using base 58, isn't it?
Sorry, it doesn't work.


No, not base 58. I tried several but not 58. As I said, I tried 38 and 56. I have since also tried 57 and 37. Still no joy. I know enough to understand that if I want relevant help, I have to provide accurate information

QUOTE(Ryoku83 @ Jun 2 2011, 11:15 PM)

The "IOS reload block" feature
This feature was already available in the last versions of Waninkoko's cios.
However in d2x v4beta3 the method 2 used to block ios reload has been fixed to bypass error 002.
Also it has been improved to block ios reloading multiple times. Finally the method 2 has been extended to support any slot, not only 249.
NOTES:

d2x v4: this feature is only relevant to disc loading!!!
d2x v5: USB/SD are now supported as long as the device is wbfs formatted.

None of this is helpful, and you obviously didn't read what I posted -_-

 

[qwertymodo]

Just curious, but does CFG's handling of the IOS Reload Blocking depend on the version number of the IOS (the v21007 part), I know some loaders are coded to react differently to different IOS version numbers (such as WiiFlow not recognizing cIOSes with v21XXX). I did change the version number to v21 (for the afformentioned WiiFlow compatibility issue) if that makes any difference.

 

[icw35]

Can't get MPT working, can somebody give more details as to the specific settings which work? I have a FAT32 HD and I'm using cfg 59a5, d2x6-beta1 (tried base 38 and base 56). In cfg, I enabled IOS Reload Block and tried with and without 002 Fix. MPT menu loads fine, trying to open any of the games just resets to the SM.

Update your CFG. I think they are version 69 or something now. You are way out of date and they made changes to support the CIOS in the later versions (I think).

 

[Ryoku83]

Can't get MPT working, can somebody give more details as to the specific settings which work? I have a FAT32 HD and I'm using cfg 59a5, d2x6-beta1 (tried base 38 and base 56). In cfg, I enabled IOS Reload Block and tried with and without 002 Fix. MPT menu loads fine, trying to open any of the games just resets to the SM.

You are using base 58, isn't it?
Sorry, it doesn't work.


No, not base 58. I tried several but not 58. As I said, I tried 38 and 56. I have since also tried 57 and 37. Still no joy. I know enough to understand that if I want relevant help, I have to provide accurate information

The "IOS reload block" feature
This feature was already available in the last versions of Waninkoko's cios.
However in d2x v4beta3 the method 2 used to block ios reload has been fixed to bypass error 002.
Also it has been improved to block ios reloading multiple times. Finally the method 2 has been extended to support any slot, not only 249.
NOTES:

d2x v4: this feature is only relevant to disc loading!!!
d2x v5: USB/SD are now supported as long as the device is wbfs formatted.

None of this is helpful, and you obviously didn't read what I posted -_-

I did read your post. However I haven't been following Davebaol's progress, didn't know he released v6 beta with support for Fat32 and NTFS. Figured you typoed and meant v5 beta1 which only has support for wbfs formatted devices.

QUOTE(icw35 @ Jun 3 2011, 01:44 AM)

QUOTE(qwertymodo @ Jun 3 2011, 08:10 AM)

Can't get MPT working, can somebody give more details as to the specific settings which work? I have a FAT32 HD and I'm using cfg 59a5, d2x6-beta1 (tried base 38 and base 56). In cfg, I enabled IOS Reload Block and tried with and without 002 Fix. MPT menu loads fine, trying to open any of the games just resets to the SM.

Update your CFG. I think they are version 69 or something now. You are way out of date and they made changes to support the CIOS in the later versions (I think).

Yea they are currently up to v69a5

 

[davebaol]

@Levente
Make "d2x-beta" folder inside ModMii's "modules" folder then follow the instructions.

@qwertymodo
Read the important notes: http://gbatemp.net/t277659-ciosx-rev21d2x-...t&p=3683545

 

[Etheboss]

Can't get MPT working, can somebody give more details as to the specific settings which work? I have a FAT32 HD and I'm using cfg 59a5, d2x6-beta1 (tried base 38 and base 56). In cfg, I enabled IOS Reload Block and tried with and without 002 Fix. MPT menu loads fine, trying to open any of the games just resets to the SM.

Only IOS reload block needs to be turned on in CFG...BTW, you probably meant to write CFG 69a5..
Or maybe the game is not split correctly? I have the same IOS and CFG settings, only difference is i am using NTFS, MPT is working fine here.

 

[oggzee]

Just curious, but does CFG's handling of the IOS Reload Blocking depend on the version number of the IOS (the v21007 part), I know some loaders are coded to react differently to different IOS version numbers (such as WiiFlow not recognizing cIOSes with v21XXX). I did change the version number to v21 (for the afformentioned WiiFlow compatibility issue) if that makes any difference.

Yes!
It has to be: 21005 < version < 24000

 

[davebaol]

@oggzee
Hmmm..... frag.c in cfg usbloader has to be updated in order to support non 512B sector size. Is this correct?

 

[alexdodd]

Well it's all working swimmingly with me, just fired up MPT and Sam&Max and no problems to report at all, although i wasn't expecting any problems

I'll say it again, superb, totally impressed!

What more can you actually do with this now? It's pretty much anything/everything you'd want right?

 

[oggzee]

@oggzee
Hmmm..... frag.c in cfg usbloader has to be updated in order to support non 512B sector size. Is this correct?

I thought so but I checked the file now and I don't see any sector size references there, so it might just be ok.
Maybe one of this would need to be updated:
_FAT_get_fragments
_NTFS_get_fragments
_EXT2_get_fragments
Actually first we need to know if any of fat/ntfs/ext2 on a 4k sec. hdd can be mounted at all?

 

[doncaruana]

Okay...I apologize for being dumb but I don't understand how I can get v5 and v6 beta on the same install. If I read it right, it seems that even v5 final needs to live in the beta folder, which, obviously is where I need to put v6 beta. I've got ModMii 4.5.7 - am I missing something?

 

[davebaol]

@doncaruana
I can't find where you read it.

No need for v5final in d2x-beta folder.

@oggzee
Ok, I contacted dexter222 to let him test this on his 3TB HDD.
Now we just have to wait.

 

[doncaruana]

@doncaruana
I can't find where you read it.

No need for v5final in d2x-beta folder.

Um...how do I get it in Modmii then? When I run Modmii, it shows me v4. Where do I put the zip for v5 final? I tried dropping it in the d2xmodules folder, but that made some weird outcomes. If I put v5 final in the beta folder, it seems to work. But, like I said, I also want v6 beta...How do I do that?

 

[gameshark]

@davebaol/oggzee,

if i use v6 beta with a usb stick and i start cod3 it works perfectly.

if i use v6 beta with my 500gb external drive and start up cod3 i get a stack dump.

 

[oggzee]

@davebaol/oggzee,
if i use v6 beta with a usb stick and i start cod3 it works perfectly.
if i use v6 beta with my 500gb external drive and start up cod3 i get a stack dump.

What about if you use v5 with 500gb and cod3?
Can you post the stack dump screenshot?
(is that on fat or wbfs? i guess fat?)

 

[R2-D2199]

First of all I must say 'thank you' to all involved in cIOS d2x v5. You got what some tried in the past and failed!

Anyway, I already have Mighty Loader prepared for the IOS reload blocking with d2x.
I just copied the block_ios_reload() function. It already works but... maybe I'm missing something more? I don't want to have weird surprises in the future.
Also... What's going to happen to IOS version? Now I force it to check if it's greater or equal than 21005 and less than 40000. Are you going to change it after all or I can already release it?

QUOTE(davebaol @ May 31 2011, 07:13 PM) Personally I'd like to leave 21xxx as version, but maybe in the future it will be maxed out.
ModMii (and presumably soon the d2x installer) already supports a new way to identify d2x cIOS from inside the homebrew applications by reading info directly saved in the cIOS (in a certain .app file specified by the tmd).
See http://gbatemp.net/t294549-cios-installer-future

PS: Only use method 2 for ios reload block. Method 1 never worked, so just ignore it.

I think its the best to support both, identification over the rev number and the new identification.
I install my cIOS always with version 65535.

@ogzee: can you add the new identification to the cfg USB Loader?
With v65535 I cant use the ios reload block.

 

[davebaol]

@doncaruana
[*]Just to be sure, reinstall ModMii 4.5.7 from scratch.[*]Create the forlder "d2x-beta" inside ModMii's "modules" folder.[*]Open cIOSX-d2x6-beta1.rar and unpack the content of the folder "modules" into the "d2x-beta" folder that you've created in step 2.
At the end modules/d2x-beta MUST contain 5 .app files and 1 .bat file.
That's all.

 

[IceIceBird]

First of all I must say 'thank you' to all involved in cIOS d2x v5. You got what some tried in the past and failed!

Anyway, I already have Mighty Loader prepared for the IOS reload blocking with d2x.
I just copied the block_ios_reload() function. It already works but... maybe I'm missing something more? I don't want to have weird surprises in the future.
Also... What's going to happen to IOS version? Now I force it to check if it's greater or equal than 21005 and less than 40000. Are you going to change it after all or I can already release it?

QUOTE(davebaol @ May 31 2011, 07:13 PM) Personally I'd like to leave 21xxx as version, but maybe in the future it will be maxed out.
ModMii (and presumably soon the d2x installer) already supports a new way to identify d2x cIOS from inside the homebrew applications by reading info directly saved in the cIOS (in a certain .app file specified by the tmd).
See http://gbatemp.net/t294549-cios-installer-future

PS: Only use method 2 for ios reload block. Method 1 never worked, so just ignore it.

I think its the best to support both, identification over the rev number and the new identification.
I install my cIOS always with version 65535.

@ogzee: can you add the new identification to the cfg USB Loader?
With v65535 I cant use the ios reload block.

In these days it's no need to set the versions to 65535

and if ogzee did it it would probably mess up the suport for older cIOS.
He could how ever enable the ios reloadblock if the IOS info in the tmp is found, becaouse it's only the d2x cIOS that uses it (I think, maybe xflak with his modmii does it for every cIOS now, I don't know.