Hacking Configurable USB Loader

[Tristar]

I've fixed the bugs in Configurator. I won't be able to check into why the Magic Words don'[t appear to be working from the GUI for a while yet, though.

That was a quick fix to configurator - thanks.

Sorry to keep discovering with these little irritations but...

Although the manual setting is detected by Configurator, it seems to change upper-case to lower. Subsequent re-generation of config.txt / theme.txt will write the setting written in lower-case which of course results in it not working.

If you manually type the setting it is written correctly.

 

[oggzee]

cfg v55a2x (experimental)
cfg55a2x.dol
(or online update)
Changes:

cfg v55a2x (experimental)

* FAT/NTFS support for cios 249 rev18.
NOTE: it overrides the dip plugin which adds frag support
thanks to the mload capability in cios 249 rev18

 

[Dr. Clipper]

I've fixed the bugs in Configurator. I won't be able to check into why the Magic Words don'[t appear to be working from the GUI for a while yet, though.

That was a quick fix to configurator - thanks.

Sorry to keep discovering with these little irritations but...

Although the manual setting is detected by Configurator, it seems to change upper-case to lower. Subsequent re-generation of config.txt / theme.txt will write the setting written in lower-case which of course results in it not working.

If you manually type the setting it is written correctly.

Oh yeah, I forgot about the lower case switch. I should have noticed that too :S. Easy fix. Already done in fact .

 

[bobthebigbat]

cfg v55a2x (experimental)
cfg55a2x.dol
(or online update)
Changes:

cfg v55a2x (experimental)

* FAT/NTFS support for cios 249 rev18.
NOTE: it overrides the dip plugin which adds frag support
thanks to the mload capability in cios 249 rev18

I just tried it out, but whenever I try to load a game it says:
set_frag_list sixlettergameid (it changes for each game)
set_frag: 0

then it just hangs. I'm loading games from FAT32. Launched from Wii Menu with a forwarder.

 

[Tristar]

@Dr. Clipper

to coin a phrase - B E A Utiful!

 

[oggzee]

cfg v55a2x (experimental)
cfg55a2x.dol
(or online update)
Changes:

cfg v55a2x (experimental)

* FAT/NTFS support for cios 249 rev18.
NOTE: it overrides the dip plugin which adds frag support
thanks to the mload capability in cios 249 rev18

I just tried it out, but whenever I try to load a game it says:
set_frag_list sixlettergameid (it changes for each game)
set_frag: 0
then it just hangs. I'm loading games from FAT32. Launched from Wii Menu with a forwarder.

Do you have ios249 rev18?
Does it say loading dip_249_frag at startup (in the intro screen)?

If you have any ios=222-mload lines in config.txt remove them and try again.
(The switching from 222 to 249+fat is not done yet.)

 

[giantpune]

nice! so with this module, does it work with all variations of that IOS?

 

[oggzee]

nice! so with this module, does it work with all variations of that IOS?

It should but I only tried with 38 i think.
I will release the source in a day or so, it really needs some cleanups

 

[Tristar]

cfg v55a2x (experimental)
cfg55a2x.dol
(or online update)
Changes:

cfg v55a2x (experimental)

* FAT/NTFS support for cios 249 rev18.
NOTE: it overrides the dip plugin which adds frag support
thanks to the mload capability in cios 249 rev18

I just tried it out, but whenever I try to load a game it says:
set_frag_list sixlettergameid (it changes for each game)
set_frag: 0

then it just hangs. I'm loading games from FAT32. Launched from Wii Menu with a forwarder.

Same - also loading from FAT32.

Yes it does say 'loading dip_249_frag at startup (in the intro screen)' - also says OK at the end of that line and settings of games show 249 as IOS but just hangs after set_frag: 0

Should a particular IOS be used as a base when installing rev 18?

 

[Taleweaver]

It's always nice to see that there's a lot of developer -> user feedback going on in this thread.

Would you mind if I add in one extra question?

(I'm gonna assume a "no"...if you do: please ignore this post. It's a bit of a luxury problem, anyway)


The last couple of days, I've been trying to get rawksd working correctly. It worked yesterday (link to details). The reason: rock band 2 had to use a clean (though trucha-patched) IOS37. cIOS'es simply don't work.

Now...I can get the game (including imported DLC) working though the wii menu. If, however, I start the game by using CFG's boot disc option, it doesn't work. (well...the game itself loads fine...it's the DLC that doesn't like being loaded through CFG).
At first, I figured that the 'boot disc' option of CFG simply used whatever IOS was set as default (that would be 222, in my case). But while searching through the settings to find a way to change that, I came across this piece of changelog (the underlined part):

cfg v52b (beta)
* Gamecube disc loading
Just like Wii discs, only original discs supported!
* Wii disc loading now uses the disc specified IOS.
This should increase game compatibility.

A very logical approach, so I assume that that hasn't changed in later versions (I'm using v55alpha1 at the moment).
At the same time, I must admit I can't figure out why the he** my imported DLC refuses to work. It loads the original game and uses the correct IOS, so...anyone has an idea what might be different from loading from the system menu?

Thanks for anyone pointing in the right direction, but like I said: it's a luxury problem. Thanks to the new magic word option, my wii menu is just a click away.

PS: I guess I have to apologize: I'm trying to get a legitimate disc working in a backup loader. Since that isn't the main purpose of the software (it's not a backup), I'm basically pirating CFG.

 

[oggzee]

Same - also loading from FAT32.
Yes it does say 'loading dip_249_frag at startup (in the intro screen)' - also says OK at the end of that line and settings of games show 249 as IOS but just hangs after set_frag: 0
Should a particular IOS be used as a base when installing rev 18?

Maybe, which one do you use?
Do you have any ios= lines in config.txt?
I only tested it with 38, and I have another confirmation that with base 38 works.
So that might be the problem.

oh and forgot to mention, fat/ntfs on 249 works only on USB at the moment, SD is not supported yet.

 

[theroar]

Thanks for all the help! After a night of sleeping, and with your tips, the configurator was not so daunting. Worked flawlessly of course. =)

Thanks!

Mike

 

[Tristar]

Same - also loading from FAT32.
Yes it does say 'loading dip_249_frag at startup (in the intro screen)' - also says OK at the end of that line and settings of games show 249 as IOS but just hangs after set_frag: 0
Should a particular IOS be used as a base when installing rev 18?

Maybe, which one do you use?
Do you have any ios= lines in config.txt?
I only tested it with 38, and I have another confirmation that with base 38 works.
So that might be the problem.

oh and forgot to mention, fat/ntfs on 249 works only on USB at the moment, SD is not supported yet.

No IOS= in config.txt

I just tried it with the default 57 so I'll give it a go with 38

*Edit
Yup - works with 38

 

[bobthebigbat]

Same - also loading from FAT32.
Yes it does say 'loading dip_249_frag at startup (in the intro screen)' - also says OK at the end of that line and settings of games show 249 as IOS but just hangs after set_frag: 0
Should a particular IOS be used as a base when installing rev 18?

Maybe, which one do you use?
Do you have any ios= lines in config.txt?
I only tested it with 38, and I have another confirmation that with base 38 works.
So that might be the problem.

oh and forgot to mention, fat/ntfs on 249 works only on USB at the moment, SD is not supported yet.

I had installed IOS 249 with base 60 when I was having the problems. I changed to IOS 249 base 38 as suggested (nothing else) and it's now working.
I was under the impression that base 60 was faster or better in some way. What do I loose by using base 38 instead?
I assume I still need 222/223/224 with base 37 to play GH5 and Band Hero (I've saved custom settings for those game)

 

[oggzee]

I had installed IOS 249 with base 60 when I was having the problems. I changed to IOS 249 base 38 as suggested (nothing else) and it's now working.
I was under the impression that base 60 was faster or better in some way. What do I loose by using base 38 instead?
I assume I still need 222/223/224 with base 37 to play GH5 and Band Hero (I've saved custom settings for those game)

Ok, thanks for the confirmation!
I will try to make it work with other bases too, but will take some time...

 

[dclayp11]

I Have Not Read Back MAny Post, Sorry If This Has Been Asked.

I have been getting an error ret -2 On this loader
The error has been cant load dvd on usbloadergx

My first wii works fine
The wii in Question will play the games from my hard drive from the other wii
I just cant get games to load to a hard drive withe this wii

Rev 17 wank install
Rev 4 of herm installed
Updated both loaders

Have also reinstalled all but dvdx a secound time

Any help would br great

 

[MrX_Cuci]

Oggzee my hero! Been away two days....bitchin about CIOSX Rev18 and there is the full support.

Gonna try it out in a couple of hours. Glad didn't install Hermes back then, despite all you guys talking me in to it

Now waiting for other base IOS support.

I can do this right? Base 37 in slot 250 (for guitar hero etc. support) and base 57 in slot 249 (most compatible for other games due to security issues according to waninkoko)

@dclayp11 USB Loader GX is a different programm dude....

 

[Dr. Clipper]

For the record, I can't find any reason why the magic words wouldn't work from the GUI. When I set a forwarder channel, it works in the GUI, game list and menus. Thus, I have no clue why Magic Words wouldn't work as they use the same function, essentially. Could those that were having the problem or even others just using Priiloader autoboot please try the following:

First, ensure you are using v55a, v55a-fat or v55a2x of the loader and v68+ of Priiloader (links to these are in the last few pages), then:

Add:

home=Pune
button_2=Pune

to the very end of config.txt. Don't bother with changing the rest of your config.txt file, just put those at the end, even if they were set to a different value earlier.

Now, start Cfg and go to the global options menu (1 twice). Check the info it prints out to make sure you don't have an additional config.txt file (if you do have one, add the above lines to that file too).

Now, please check what happens when you push either Home in the GUI, console game listing and any other menu (e.g. options) and what happens when you push 2 in the Gui and game listing (do not check the other menus for 2). Please report in this thread which buttons in which locations send you to the Wii Menu and which don't.

 

[Tristar]

For the record, I can't find any reason why the magic words wouldn't work from the GUI. When I set a forwarder channel, it works in the GUI, game list and menus. Thus, I have no clue why Magic Words wouldn't work as they use the same function, essentially. Could those that were having the problem or even others just using Priiloader autoboot please try the following:

First, ensure you are using v55a, v55a-fat or v55a2x of the loader and v68+ of Priiloader (links to these are in the last few pages), then:

Add:

home=Pune
button_2=Pune

to the very end of config.txt. Don't bother with changing the rest of your config.txt file, just put those at the end, even if they were set to a different value earlier.

Now, start Cfg and go to the global options menu (1 twice). Check the info it prints out to make sure you don't have an additional config.txt file (if you do have one, add the above lines to that file too).

Now, please check what happens when you push either Home in the GUI, console game listing and any other menu (e.g. options) and what happens when you push 2 in the Gui and game listing (do not check the other menus for 2). Please report in this thread which buttons in which locations send you to the Wii Menu and which don't.

Checked all the above - put Pune on home and button_2

Button 2 goes to Wii Menu from games list - not from gui

home goes to Wii Menu from everywhere - except from gui

 

[Cuber]

So I ripped Red Steel using the cIOS disk dumper and then turned the ISO into a WBFS file, the game just seems to crash when I start it up... it this because of the way I did it? Or the game its self...