Hacking Configurable USB Loader

[palasx]

Excellent work on this loader, and good work especially on implimenting gcmodplay. can we expect to see other formats supported? S3M? XM? 669? Or perhaps multiple tracks, Music1.MOD Music2.MOD etc...

It gives the loader a very nostalgic feel to me at least, and even though i could just slap in any MP3 i wanted, the MODs are my preference. keep up the good work!

 

[hackotedelaplaqu]

Thanks for solving black transparency issue with 3d covers !

Could someone help me resolves this graphic glitch ?

(thanks screenshot feature !)

You see, the first line is missing (choose video mode I guess).
And grey hilighted zone is messed (more than one line).
Here is my config file.

CODE
background = bgnew.png
layout = large3
buttons = options_B
covers = 1
video = patch
ocarina = 0
language = console
home = reboot
console_coords = 95,33,438,154
console_color = 8,15
covers_coords = 233,210
covers_path sd:/usb-loader/covers
device = usb
confirm_start = 0
hide_header = 1
hide_hddinfo = 1
hide_footer = 1
disable_remove = 1
disable_install = 0
disable_options = 0
disable_format = 1
simple = 0
install_partitions = all
colors = mono
music = 1
widescreen = 0
hide_game = 0
pref_game = 0
confirm_ocarina = 0
cursor_jump = 3
console_transparent = 0
cover_style = 3d

 

[oggzee]

Thanks for solving black transparency issue with 3d covers !
Could someone help me resolves this graphic glitch ?
(thanks screenshot feature !)
You see, the first line is missing (choose video mode I guess).
And grey hilighted zone is messed (more than one line).
Here is my config file.
...

The console size is too small to display all the options in one screen, so the text gets scrolled up and so the first few lines are not displayed. I suggest using a theme with a larger console. Or, you could set console_transparent = 1 and enlarge the size a bit, for example to : 95,33,438,176, this should get you a few lines more, but I think it would still be too few to display all options. I might solve this in the future to condense the options screen if there are too few lines...

 

[hackotedelaplaqu]

If you could fix this it would be great because this theme is pretty sexy.

About multi MP3 support. Could you enable music playing by game ?
On the usb-loader folder we could have a default music.mp3 but also "titles" MP3 (eg RJSF.mp3 RGHE.mp3...) so music plays when scrolling each game ?

I've start this thread.
Config.txt creator

A small but maybe usefull tribute to this loader.

 

[oggzee]

If you could fix this it would be great because this theme is pretty sexy.

About multi MP3 support. Could you enable music playing by game ?
On the usb-loader folder we could have a default music.mp3 but also "titles" MP3 (eg RJSF.mp3 RGHE.mp3...) so music plays when scrolling each game ?

I've start this thread.
Config.txt creator

A small but maybe usefull tribute to this loader.

I'll see about small console issue, sometime.
About multi mp3, I'm not sure, that is going to be a lot of music switching when traversing the menu, it would sound psychedelic I think

Config creator is fun stuff

I tend to forget there are so many options already

 

[oggzee]

Excellent work on this loader, and good work especially on implimenting gcmodplay. can we expect to see other formats supported? S3M? XM? 669? Or perhaps multiple tracks, Music1.MOD Music2.MOD etc...

It gives the loader a very nostalgic feel to me at least, and even though i could just slap in any MP3 i wanted, the MODs are my preference. keep up the good work!

I'm more inclined to add .ogg support than other tracker formats like s3m etc..

And even that is not really necessary, after all, this is not a music player but a game loader

we'll see...

 

[PNo4]

Config creator is fun stuff

I tend to forget there are so many options already

~45 options give or take a few options.

 

[lejong2002]

The border of the new 3D coverart is in transparent when we view it using PC.
But in Wii, it's black.
config.txt already set: console_transparent = 1

Same here...
In my case, Previos version worked perfectly...
Today I updated to v24.
I didn't touch the config.txt.

I deleted and redownloaded the 3d covers.
It gave me black border.

Yea, In my PC it's ok too..

What should I do?

 

[NeoNight]

Hmm I can't seem to download the wide screen covers. v24 doesn't work as well as the previous version! When I try to download a cover the app seems to hang and never downloads the cover! Before it would take a few seconds, now the app just becomes unresponsive.

 

[erolz]

is there a Spindown Fix build in this loader?
My Western Digital My Passport Essential 320GB USB external hard drive seems to be automatically spinning itself down after a period of inactivity, and causing the
USB loader to become unresponsive.

No, there's no such fix in this loader.
Is there any other loader that has such a fix?
If so, I could integrate it here.

You can use a modded IOS222 (cIOS USB2) for fixing this issue while playing games. I will try to include it in the cfg 23 for testing.

that would be great. is this allready included in cfg23 or 24? or should cios rev11 fix the spin down problems?

 

[erolz]

....

Are you perhaps using widescreen mode? (hmm, have i asked this already?)
Because if so, it will look for ID_wide.png covers which are 130x225
by default widescreen is autodetected. you can force it with widescreen = 1 or disable it with 0
Also, can try to download them from inside the loader, and let me know if it works..

About multiple configs:
The config.txt in sd:/usb-loader/ is always read. then, if started from homebrew channel also apps/usbloader/config.txt is read.
If started from a forwarder apps/usbloader/config.txt is not used.
This is so that you can have multiple configurations depending on how you launch it.
So you can set it up that if started from forwarder it will be child proof, while if launched from homebrew channel it will have full administration permissions. This is just an example, i guess other uses can be found too...

thanx. i will try to add widescreen = 0 to the config file tonight (i dont want to redownload all covers..although i got a widescreen tv..)

 

[Narolez]

that would be great. is this allready included in cfg23 or 24? or should cios rev11 fix the spin down problems?

cIOS 11 final will fix it, the beta is out.

 

[oggzee]

I can't get console_transparent to work with ver 24.
Also where can we get the background from the transparent example?
Brian

The background is from here:
http://usob.cjb.net/
(click on skins)

Have you edited sd:/usb-loader/config.txt? Or did you edit sd:/apps/usbloader/config.txt?
The first is always used, the second only if started from homebrew channel.
So, if you are starting from a forwarding channel, the second one is not used.

Same here...
In my case, Previos version worked perfectly...
Today I updated to v24.
I didn't touch the config.txt.

I deleted and redownloaded the 3d covers.
It gave me black border.

Yea, In my PC it's ok too..
What should I do?

The transparency worked fine for me, when I tried.
Maybe they were changed on the hosting site http://www.theotherzone.com/
I saw it being mentioned in the USB LOADER COVER IMAGES thread:

Yeah it looks like the script for the server to resize the images cant really handle transparency properly.
Im not sure if anyone has any insight into PHP resizing images on the fly , but i may have to remove it if we are getting things like the above as its pointless having the images like above on the wii.
Ill just keep the actual sizes on the site i cant resolve the problem with resizing.

And I can't verify how the images look like now, because the site seems down

QUOTE(NeoNight @ May 1 2009, 09:09 AM)

Hmm I can't seem to download the wide screen covers. v24 doesn't work as well as the previous version! When I try to download a cover the app seems to hang and never downloads the cover! Before it would take a few seconds, now the app just becomes unresponsive.

v24 doesn't change anything related to networking.
The problem is the hosting site of the covers: http://www.theotherzone.com/
It seems to be down, or sometimes responding very slowly.
I hope it gets back online soon...

 

[snaker]

V24 works great on me!All the covers use transparency fine,but i cant find a good background without the game boxes.Now that we support transparency we need backgrounds with only the console window and not the game box window.Oggzee great job man!!

 

[PNo4]

@oggzee

How hard/easy would it be to add a secondary/third transparent console on screen?

I was thinking about a few things....

1. Maybe a: "text-box" that prints the loaders revision onscreen (v24, v25, etc), movable to where you want it.

2. A more advanced feature, that i must check if its even doable outside the Loader first, and if it is, is it easy enough or to complex to even consider.

 

[erolz]

that would be great. is this allready included in cfg23 or 24? or should cios rev11 fix the spin down problems?

cIOS 11 final will fix it, the beta is out.

does the beta fix this problem too?
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?download=5573

 

[oggzee]

V24 works great on me!All the covers use transparency fine,but i cant find a good background without the game boxes.Now that we support transparency we need backgrounds with only the console window and not the game box window.Oggzee great job man!!

Glad to hear that, thanks!

QUOTE(PNo4 @ May 1 2009, 03:26 PM) @oggzee
How hard/easy would it be to add a secondary/third transparent console on screen?
I was thinking about a few things....
1. Maybe a: "text-box" that prints the loaders revision onscreen (v24, v25, etc), movable to where you want it.
2. A more advanced feature, that i must check if its even doable outside the Loader first, and if it is, is it easy enough or to complex to even consider.

1. The version is shown in the device selection screen. So, adding more consoles sounds like just complicating stuff.
2. what other advanced feature?

 

[PNo4]

1. The version is shown in the device selection screen. So, adding more consoles sounds like just complicating stuff.
2. what other advanced feature?

1. Ohh, never knew, well what do you know there it is.

2. I'll let you all know if it looks like its doable.

 

[hackotedelaplaqu]

I release the first beta of my config.txt creator for configurable usb loader.

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=152...p;#entry1952758

Hope you will enjoy this little tool.

 

[oggzee]

I release the first beta of my config.txt creator for configurable usb loader.

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=152...p;#entry1952758

Hope you will enjoy this little tool.

Hehe, this actually works

Although personally I'm fine with editing the config by hand, but hey, that's me.
I'm sure someone will find this useful.

One suggestion... if an option isn't set, then I would not write it in the config, so that it lets the loader set the default value...