Hacking Coverflow7 USB Loader

[katrem]

Hi guys, good to hear the name-length bug is an easy fix. Any ideas about the 'not-prompting' when you press A in the main screen (works fine in the configuration screen)?
I do notice that overall it is not as stable as the previous version. It quite often crashes to the homebrew channel but I can't find any pattern...

Besides these bugs it is looking very, very nice. I much prefer the new background and configuration screen, love the 3-d cover.
I can't say anything about the NTSC/PAL options or Ocarina support as I don't use it.

I haven't read this whole thread, so I don't know if you know about it, but if you press left from the first game (in my case Animal Crossing) to go to the end of the list (in my case Zack and Wiki), everything breaks. (Though maybe that's the name too long bug instead).

Yes, that is the long name bug. Just rename your iso or wait for the next version.

 

[SolidMetal]

Hey guys, the loader just is not working for me at all!
sats asomething about network on startup then i get code dump and have to unplug the wii to get it back on?
i have tried to get rid of all the covers and get new ones for the few games i have on the usb device
but that did not work, i also do not have access to internet thru my wii, i don't have fast internet yet.
could that be the problem?

 

[Don Killah]

check your config.txt and comment/remove the following line:
download = 1

if you're trying to access the net and no wifi is present, it will codedump (actually like all loaders) will work on it later, not really on my priority list for now.

 

[cdreams]

@Katrem
Can you check your config.txt and see what mode your on, safe or normal. If it's on normal, I'm not entirely sure but it may not prompt you, whereas in safe mode it should. If it's not doing it in either then it's something that will need looked at.

@Don
Hey Don, hope you have had a bit of a rest and a better day all round today

Hopefully get a chance to speak on msn if your around. I have modified the config.txt and ReadMe.txt to be clearer so I will pass your way to have a look over and make sure I haven't missed anything out. Other than that I got your comment on the blog. Might ask you, Atu and Matt to register and then set your permissions so you can leave actual posts on it if needed. Or if your happy with just using the comments for now then it's also cool

 

[Don Killah]

hi shaun, yep today was much better.
- so yesterday i fixed the long name bug.
- today the 3d cover auto downloading in the settings.
- the "bug" that forces to press 2 time the A button to load a game if safe_mode is set to ON.
- take advantage of the game renaming if title.txt is present.

gonna take a look at the music player, the freetype fonts and also the wad/forwarder.
a member (Oops) also proposed to help with debuging them. he's part of a french forum and have already made channels.
he also asked if you're interrested in making the gfx and he'll include them in the channel/forwarder. i think that's a great way to go, since we can't do all the stuff with the 4 of us: the more the merrier ^^

regarding the blog, can't you just create members right like us being moderators/posters?
pm me the modified file you're talking about as i plan to upload rev9alpha5 tonight.
i'll make sure to catch you around 7am (your time, 8am for me stupid daylight saving time) so we can discuss other things with the guys.
cheers.

 

[katrem]

@Katrem
Can you check your config.txt and see what mode your on, safe or normal. If it's on normal, I'm not entirely sure but it may not prompt you, whereas in safe mode it should. If it's not doing it in either then it's something that will need looked at.

Hi cdreams,

I've already seen Don's post so I guess it was a bug and it's fixed by now, but to be clear: yes it was set to safe mode.

 

[cdreams]

@katrem
Yeah he is a MACHINE and fixes this stuff so quickly. He always impresses me and it's been brilliant working with him.

Looking forward to you guys getting your hands on the fixed revision so keep an eye out for it when Don's got it ready for release.

 

[ChiefChronoX]

where is that demo video of alpha4?

 

[cdreams]

Gone for now. I might make it myself later but as mentioned my camera can't seem to focus when I set the manual shutter speed to avoid it flickering due to the frequencies. So it ends up quite blurry and loses some of the quality of what I am trying to show in the first place.

If anyone else can take some footage of the loader in action and forward the youtube link, then I will add it to the thread on the front page.

 

[cdreams]

Oops, did I post an image there.

That is top secret, not for the publics eyes

 

[Don Killah]

USB Loader v0.9 alpha5 by DK :
http://rapidshare.com/files/229934251/CF7_rev9a5-050609.zip

Changelog for rev9alpha5:

- Fixed the long name bug that causes the previous green or pink bug: all games should be working now (please report if it's not the case).
- Improved the way the name is centered.
- Displaying the game's 3d cover in the settings, if it's not found looks for 4digit name cover, if not found... downloads it off the net.
- Fixed the "bug" that forces to press 2 time the A button to load a game if safe_mode is set to ON.
- Now take advantage of the game renaming if title.txt is present.
- Cosmetic code fixes...

Additional notes:
QUOTEOn the Main screen:
Use up/down to scroll one PAGE at a time,
Use left/right to scroll one COVER at a time,
Press A to run a game,
Press B to display the settings,
Press Home to either reboot to SystemMenu/HBC.

On the Settings screen:
Use up/down to navigate through settings,
Use left/right to switch settings,
Press A to run the selected game,
Press B to return to main screen,
Press 1 to save current game specific options (ocarina cheats/video/language),
Press + to install a game from dvd (only if safe_mode is set to OFF),
Press - to remove the selected game (only if safe_mode is set to OFF).

CD: nice work as usual, keep it up.

 

[cdreams]

@Don
Updated first post as requested

Everyone, I hope this fixes the issues with Alpha4, so enjoy and let us know how it goes.

Cheers

 

[toni.belangenani]

Ha! I accidently saw a glimpse of the picture that cdreams posted, and if that is what you guys are working on now, then it's even better than what I was hoping for!

But for now I'm real happy with alpha4, going to try out alpha5 tomorrow. Great that you fixed these bugs so fast!

But most of all.. Keep up the good work, enjoy the projects you are doing and take all the time you need, just make sure to have fun and I'm sure you'll deliver something even greater than the current version (and now I can't get cdreams' picture out of my head

)

 

[jhoff80]

Shouldn't down go forward and up go backward one page, as opposed to the other way around which it appears to be right now?

 

[cdreams]

Hmm I never even noticed. I know it was set to go alphabetically so you sure it's not working on that. I'll take a look later when I have another go with it. Simple fix I am sure.

Apart from that though, is everything working alright?

 

[Don Killah]

Dunno, seems right to me the way it is, let's see what other users say about it.
I'd also like to say that if you ever get a code dump, please provide as much info as possible like:
- which system are you running (3.2e, 4.0u...).
- how did the bug occured.
- which revision of the loader did you use (rev9a4, rev9a5...)
- if you get a code dump, please report the whole code dump adresses (the numbers you get on screen like: 80006df8 --> 8000446c --> 8001a4a4). Not the whole block, only the line with "arrows".

Thanks for your support and feedback.

 

[jhoff80]

Hmm I never even noticed. I know it was set to go alphabetically so you sure it's not working on that. I'll take a look later when I have another go with it. Simple fix I am sure.

Apart from that though, is everything working alright?

Yeah, everything was working fine for me. I had to update the titles.txt manually because there was a typo I saw in it, (Geomerty Wars instead of Geometry Wars) but that's not your guys' fault really.

The first time I loaded it, I was going through the list and having it download each cover, and after about 60 games or so, it started showing a picture of snow (like when a TV has no signal). After rebooting the Wii, it no longer did that.

As for the up and down, of course it'd be a personal preference I'm sure, but to me, it's like thinking about things as page up and page down on the keyboard. Down would correspond to page down, which would move further through the list. Either way, that's just a tiny little nitpick anyway.

 

[cdreams]

Cool sounds like nothing major to worry about. Sure Don will go into Machine mode though and fix it

As for the scrolling up and down, yeah it could be personal taste but depending on feedback we could see it either way. As Don said lets see what the others have to say.

Don, usptactical, Atupac and Oops check your pm's please

Cheers guys

 

[cdreams]

Cool sounds like nothing major to worry about. Sure Don will go into Machine mode though and fix it

As for the scrolling up and down, yeah it could be personal taste but depending on feedback we could set it either way. As Don said lets see what the others have to say.

Don, usptactical, Atupac and Oops check your pm's please

Cheers guys

 

[pepperoni]

Looking forward to test this out tomorrow!

Gotta catch some Z's now, though.