Hacking Configurable USB Loader

[hank987]

Guys, I absolutely love this app. Great job to all involved.

I have BootMii, Homebrew Channel, and 3.2U... Is there any way to get the Wii to boot directly to the USB loader?

Also, is there any way to have random music play at startup? I'm getting tired of my Carribean style Mario music.

Keep up the good work!

...I'm using Preloader and it has an option to boot from a file instead of to the System Menu....

Got it working! Thanks.

This really turns the Wii into an awesome system.

 

[mjfisher]

I have about 150 games with about 30 favourites at the moment. I also tried making the first and last games in the list (Zack & Wiki, and Alien Syndrome) favourites as well just in case there was something screwy it skipping covers but that didn't make any difference. Let me know if you want me to try ''s with different amounts of favourites etc or if there's any other type of testing you can think of that you'd like me to try. Thanks.

OK thanks. I fixed it.

Wow! That was quick

 

[oggzee]

cfg v37 (release)

http://sharebee.com/4ea4d712
(or online update)

CODEChanges since beta2:

* Fixed USB FAT detection on drives larger than 1TB
ÂÂ (Also FAT detection shold no longer require that the partition is marked active)
* Fixed covers not showing in favorites mode
* Minor cleanups

Changes since 36d:

* Fixed some issues with the new libfat
* Display which covers are already present when downloading
ÂÂ missing covers for a single game.
* Improved covers loading speed - using new libfat.
ÂÂ (fixed the issues with usb hdd fat partition in v37ax)
* Cover downloading improvements: when downloading missing covers,
ÂÂ it will now check if it's missing for all cover styles not just the current.
ÂÂ (so that full covers can be easily downloaded, without the need to download everything)
ÂÂ Also note: pressing RIGHT will download only missing covers, while pressing LEFT will
ÂÂ force download all covers. This is valid for per-game cover download and for downloading
ÂÂ covers for all games.
* Changed WiiMote rotation functionality in coverflow: rotate 90 degrees to flip to the
ÂÂ back cover and then rotate back up to 0 degrees to flip to the front.
* Full cover image support in all coverflow gui modes
ÂÂ - NOTE: Full covers will load in all coverflow modes by default.ÂÂIf no local full cover is found,
ÂÂÂÂ the 2D flat cover will be used.
* Full cover download support - choose in Global Options to download
ÂÂ - NOTE: Full covers go in the "usb-loader/covers/full" directory.
* Added URL tags for full cover downloads.
* Twist the WiiMote 90 degrees (right or left) while pointing at the screen to flip the center cover
ÂÂ over to display the back.ÂÂUp on the D-Pad continues to do the same.
* Mouseover on cover in coverflow mode highlights cover and shows game title.ÂÂPressing A on the
ÂÂ selected cover will load the game, 1 will go to Game Settings, etc.
* Visual improvements to cover objects in coverflow mode

 

[milcoi]

WOW...you guy's are fast with bug fixes and updates...keep up the good work.

thanks!!

 

[HostileJava]

Does any one know what the differences are between hermes cios222/223 v2.1c and the latest version? I installed the latest a little while ago to play guitar hero and Rockband because using cios249rev10 was causing guitar hero to skip while playing, now I'm stuck on 36d because I can't load GH or RB with 222/223 on the newer version of Configurable USB Loader. Basically I'd like the to be able to update to the latest version cause I don't want to miss out on the new feaures, but I don't want loose the ability to play these games and I'm really hoping support for the latest version of 222/223 is in the works.......

I just installed Boogie and tried it. You are correct, it shows as ssx.dol - and I don't even have SSX installed

Anyways, I'm guessing that's just what it was named when they packed up the game.
When making the game, they probably just used their code from SSX to play the initial logos and then boot the main game, and couldn't be bothered to change the filename. The only way to see the name of the file is to extract the .iso, so why bother with a proper naming scheme.

Also, for those still confused about the alt .dol mehod, go here.

And for description of configuration options, like changing gui text colour or any other feature, go here.

QUOTE(VivaCaligula @ Jul 25 2009, 07:44 AM) First let me say that this loader looks dank and I am dying to get it to work, but I am having loader problems. I have gotten my drive to work with Ultimate usb-loader 7.4 running IOS249 and rev 10. I tried this with 249 and rev 13 with no luck. Will trying 222/223 possibly solve my problem? This is what I have gathered from reading, but I am not sure and I don't want to mess anything up on my console.

Keep up the good work!

Did you put your drive into the correct Wii USB slot? It needs to be in the slot closer to the edge/base of the Wii (bottom or right, depending on orientation, when looking at the back).

If so, IOS 222/223 might help. Go here to get the installation procedure, but use my link for v2.1C of uLoader as the latest versions don't work.

 

[milcoi]

how to support you guy's with the _wide covers?
I did a batch resize option on the normal wide 3d PAL covers.
Ican upload them to my server. Is there a speciffic path they must have?

 

[nitrozz]

cfg v37 (release)

http://sharebee.com/4ea4d712
(or online update)

CODEChanges since beta2:

* Fixed USB FAT detection on drives larger than 1TB
ÂÂ (Also FAT detection shold no longer require that the partition is marked active)
* Fixed covers not showing in favorites mode
* Minor cleanups

Changes since 36d:

* Fixed some issues with the new libfat
* Display which covers are already present when downloading
ÂÂ missing covers for a single game.
* Improved covers loading speed - using new libfat.
ÂÂ (fixed the issues with usb hdd fat partition in v37ax)
* Cover downloading improvements: when downloading missing covers,
ÂÂ it will now check if it's missing for all cover styles not just the current.
ÂÂ (so that full covers can be easily downloaded, without the need to download everything)
ÂÂ Also note: pressing RIGHT will download only missing covers, while pressing LEFT will
ÂÂ force download all covers. This is valid for per-game cover download and for downloading
ÂÂ covers for all games.
* Changed WiiMote rotation functionality in coverflow: rotate 90 degrees to flip to the
ÂÂ back cover and then rotate back up to 0 degrees to flip to the front.
* Full cover image support in all coverflow gui modes
ÂÂ - NOTE: Full covers will load in all coverflow modes by default.ÂÂIf no local full cover is found,
ÂÂÂÂ the 2D flat cover will be used.
* Full cover download support - choose in Global Options to download
ÂÂ - NOTE: Full covers go in the "usb-loader/covers/full" directory.
* Added URL tags for full cover downloads.
* Twist the WiiMote 90 degrees (right or left) while pointing at the screen to flip the center cover
ÂÂ over to display the back.ÂÂUp on the D-Pad continues to do the same.
* Mouseover on cover in coverflow mode highlights cover and shows game title.ÂÂPressing A on the
ÂÂ selected cover will load the game, 1 will go to Game Settings, etc.
* Visual improvements to cover objects in coverflow mode

support ios222 v3 ?

 

[pepxl]

cant seem to get covers to work

heres a pic of my sd

and here are the custom setting in config.txt

covers_path = [sd:/usb-loader]
# Changing covers_path will change all covers_path_* like this:
covers_path_2d = [sd:/usb-loader/covers]
covers_path_3d = [sd:/usb-loader/3d]
covers_path_disc = [sd:/usb-loader/disks]
covers_path_full = [sd:/usb-loader/3dcovers]

im a doing it wrong because the readme is a bit iffy when it comes to cover location

 

[oggzee]

support ios222 v3 ?

Do you see that on the list of changes?

It's not there.

But, can you re-try it with the latest release? If it works with cfg 36, it should with 37 as well. There was a problem with the new libfat in one of the 37 betas which prevented it to work with cios 222 which has now been fixed in 37 release.

 

[Dr. Clipper]

cant seem to get covers to work

heres a pic of my sd

and here are the custom setting in config.txt

covers_path = [sd:/usb-loader]
# Changing covers_path will change all covers_path_* like this:
covers_path_2d = [sd:/usb-loader/covers]
covers_path_3d = [sd:/usb-loader/3d]
covers_path_disc = [sd:/usb-loader/disks]
covers_path_full = [sd:/usb-loader/3dcovers]

im a doing it wrong because the readme is a bit iffy when it comes to cover location

Remove the square parentheses. They denote the default option and are not meant to be included. You also don't need the "covers_path=sd:/usb-loader" line, seeing as you set them all anyway.

 

[oggzee]

Does any one know what the differences are between hermes cios222/223 v2.1c and the latest version? I installed the latest a little while ago to play guitar hero and Rockband because using cios249rev10 was causing guitar hero to skip while playing, now I'm stuck on 36d because I can't load GH or RB with 222/223 on the newer version of Configurable USB Loader. Basically I'd like the to be able to update to the latest version cause I don't want to miss out on the new feaures, but I don't want loose the ability to play these games and I'm really hoping support for the latest version of 222/223 is in the works.......

As I already mentioned in a post before: If it works with cfg 36, it should with 37 as well. There was a problem with the new libfat in one of the 37 betas which prevented it to work with cios 222, but this has now been fixed in 37 release, so please try the final 37 release again, and let me know if it works now.

 

[oggzee]

how to support you guy's with the _wide covers?
I did a batch resize option on the normal wide 3d PAL covers.
Ican upload them to my server. Is there a speciffic path they must have?

While the loader still supports *_wide.png covers, I consider them obsolete, since the covers are resized automatically anyway from the normal 1:1 aspect ratio covers (if _wide covers are not present).

 

[milcoi]

how to support you guy's with the _wide covers?
I did a batch resize option on the normal wide 3d PAL covers.
Ican upload them to my server. Is there a speciffic path they must have?

While the loader still supports *_wide.png covers, I consider them obsolete, since the covers are resized automatically anyway from the normal 1:1 aspect ratio covers (if _wide covers are not present).

ok, what settings I have to make? in theme or config...

 

[oggzee]

While the loader still supports *_wide.png covers, I consider them obsolete, since the covers are resized automatically anyway from the normal 1:1 aspect ratio covers (if _wide covers are not present).

ok, what settings I have to make? in theme or config...

Usually you don't need to change anything.
widescreen is auto-detected and the cover sizes is automatically adjusted.

but, you might want to take a look at the options: widescreen, covers_size and wcovers_size

 

[milcoi]

While the loader still supports *_wide.png covers, I consider them obsolete, since the covers are resized automatically anyway from the normal 1:1 aspect ratio covers (if _wide covers are not present).

ok, what settings I have to make? in theme or config...

Usually you don't need to change anything.
widescreen is auto-detected and the cover sizes is automatically adjusted.

but, you might want to take a look at the options: widescreen, covers_size and wcovers_size

ty. I had the widescreen = 1
it's set to auto now...ty

 

[charroux]

how to support you guy's with the _wide covers?
I did a batch resize option on the normal wide 3d PAL covers.
Ican upload them to my server. Is there a speciffic path they must have?

While the loader still supports *_wide.png covers, I consider them obsolete, since the covers are resized automatically anyway from the normal 1:1 aspect ratio covers (if _wide covers are not present).

Can the auto resizing from 1:1 also be done for missing background_wide.png files, or would it look really bad?

 

[usptactical]

how to support you guy's with the _wide covers?
I did a batch resize option on the normal wide 3d PAL covers.
Ican upload them to my server. Is there a speciffic path they must have?

While the loader still supports *_wide.png covers, I consider them obsolete, since the covers are resized automatically anyway from the normal 1:1 aspect ratio covers (if _wide covers are not present).

Can the auto resizing from 1:1 also be done for missing background_wide.png files, or would it look really bad?

It certainly can be done, although I've never tried it to see what it looks like.

 

[usptactical]

Pretty quiet on here for a Saturday. Everyone is busy F5'ing Wanin's blog I suppose.

Anyways, with many of the functional things out of the way, I'd like to hear from you guys about new features you'd like to see in the loader. If you'd like a new gui theme (anything you can imagine), if something really irks you, if you want more settings/configuration options, just mention it. Not that we're looking for stuff to do, but if it's something small (and we like it) we'll add it.

Thanks for all the support!

 

[Alex Finlay]

Im gona say you and your mate oggzee are double posting like mad lol.
Anyways i wouldnt like my idea about scrolling with the wiiremote in their but it may be a bit hard.
The new rev may produce new things for the loader you never know lol.

 

[usptactical]

Im gona say you and your mate oggzee are double posting like mad lol.
Anyways i wouldnt like my idea about scrolling with the wiiremote in their but it may be a bit hard.
The new rev may produce new things for the loader you never know lol.

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