Hacking cMIOS rev5 out now

[tHciNc]

I could always run pal pokemon vale of darkness fine with old custom mios. Only Game i had trouble with was having both metal gear solid discs on 1. Tested Paper Mario, Sunshine, Melee, Wario World, Luigis Mansion. All played fine

. Was going to try other bases, but NUS is timing out on me ??

 

[damysteryman]

Tested Action Replay v1.14 PAL:
Partially works.
Technically, it works, but it will only work with legit games.
WiiGator's cMIOS can get it working with backups using the reloader function, but wanin's doesn't have that feature...

You need the action replay save file on memcard in slot B, and you need to switch the AR disc with the legit game disc before selecting the codes.

...and that's all the GC games I can test for now.

 

[wishmasterf]

Tested Action Replay v1.14 PAL:
Partially works.
Technically, it works, but it will only work with legit games.
WiiGator's cMIOS can get it working with backups using the reloader function, but wanin's doesn't have that feature...

You need the action replay save file on memcard in slot B, and you need to switch the AR disc with the legit game disc before selecting the codes.

...and that's all the GC games I can test for now.

So whats your result? which cMIOS has more compatibility? What the difference when using other versions of mios? is there any difference in compatibility?

 

[damysteryman]

Well, wanin's has some minor improvements, but I would stick with WiiGator's for the time being. It's still got better compatibilty.

 

[wishmasterf]

Well, wanin's has some minor improvements, but I would stick with WiiGator's for the time being.

Could you tell me which improvements? is there any game which wasnt working in previous version but with the new?

 

[damysteryman]

Well, I never used wanin's cMIOS before rev5, I used WiiGator's, so these answers may be a bit in comparison to WiiGator's:

WiiGator's couldn't play Pokemon XD by default, you had to use "B for patched MIOS" to get it working, but it works with this cmios.

And some games like Pokemon Channel now use the correct date.

Other than that, I really don't know, and asking wanin won't help, because according to his twitter, not even he remembers what modifications he made from rev3 to rev4, and rev5 seems to be rev4 with some minor changes.

 

[Sir-Fritz]

Well, I never used wanin's cMIOS before rev5, I used WiiGator's, so these answers may be a bit in comparison to WiiGator's:

WiiGator's couldn't play Pokemon XD by default, you had to use "B for patched MIOS" to get it working, but it works with this cmios.

And some games like Pokemon Channel now use the correct date.

Other than that, I really don't know, and asking wanin won't help, because according to his twitter, not even he remembers what modifications he made from rev3 to rev4, and rev5 seems to be rev4 with some minor changes.

Ive not tried pokemon xD but my games have only ever worked with the press b for patched mios thing, otherise they are really glitchy and dont work at all.

 

[The Pink Gato]

Good to hear. Time goes so fast....

~i-C-e~

 

[spotanjo3]

So, new CMIOS is recommend to update or keep the old CMIOS for now ?

 

[damysteryman]

My opinion, go with WiiGator's GC Backup Launcher 0.2 (patched into MIOS v4) for now.

Lets hope that wanin can make his cmios surpass WiiGator's GC BL 0.2.

@Waninkoko
I'm sure you already know, but WiiGator's GC BL 0.2 is open source under GPL licsence, I just can't remember where to find it (I have a copy of WiiGator's GC BL 0.2 source on my computer). Maybe try combining it with your cMIOS?

 

[WiiShizzza]

For those who need it:

official GC Backup Launcher 0.2 Thread

 

[Satangel]

Awesome, hopefully my THPS 4 copy finally works on the Backup launcher now!
Thanks!

 

[WiiUBricker]

Well, the new revolution would be a custom BC (cBC), which allows the Wii to switch to GC Mode with enabled USB since MIOS has nothing to do with the GC mode, but only to start GC games.

What do you think coders?

 

[tj_cool]

Well, the new revolution would be a custom BC (cBC), which allows the Wii to switch to GC Mode with enabled USB since MIOS has nothing to do with the GC mode, but only to start GC games.

What do you think coders?

The MIOS is the thing that disables the hardware, so yes it does have something to do with GC mode...

 

[WiiUBricker]

Well, the new revolution would be a custom BC (cBC), which allows the Wii to switch to GC Mode with enabled USB since MIOS has nothing to do with the GC mode, but only to start GC games.

What do you think coders?

The MIOS is the thing that disables the hardware, so yes it does have something to do with GC mode...

Yeah, but the only reason for its existence is to run GC games. Nothing else. While playing a GC game, MIOS is disabled, so we need to modify the GC mode

 

[Krestent]

Well, the new revolution would be a custom BC (cBC), which allows the Wii to switch to GC Mode with enabled USB since MIOS has nothing to do with the GC mode, but only to start GC games.

What do you think coders?

The MIOS is the thing that disables the hardware, so yes it does have something to do with GC mode...

Yeah, but the only reason for its existence is to run GC games. Nothing else. While playing a GC game, MIOS is disabled, so we need to modify the GC mode

Well, from what I've gathered, that's true. MIOS loads boot2 which in turn loads BC.

 

[tj_cool]

Well, from what I've gathered, that's true. MIOS loads boot2 which in turn loads BC.

Other way around

BC -> Boot2 -> MIOS

 

[Sonic4Ever]

Well, the new revolution would be a custom BC (cBC), which allows the Wii to switch to GC Mode with enabled USB since MIOS has nothing to do with the GC mode, but only to start GC games.

What do you think coders?

I think you don't even know what you are talking about.

 

[WiiUBricker]

Well, the new revolution would be a custom BC (cBC), which allows the Wii to switch to GC Mode with enabled USB since MIOS has nothing to do with the GC mode, but only to start GC games.

What do you think coders?

I think you don't even know what you are talking about.

You think wrong..

 

[Ultralex]

Well, from what I've gathered, that's true. MIOS loads boot2 which in turn loads BC.

Other way around

BC -> Boot2 -> MIOS

I thought it was
Boot2 -> BC -> MIOS ?