Hacking Devolution - Public Release

[gumandpok]

So what would happen if someone made available a copy of their memcard.bin file that had a huge number of verified GC games on it or is the file somehow specific to each wii console?

 

[Nintendo Maniac]

Nothing - the memcard.bin does not hold the verification files.

 

[kp_centi]

I haven't asked about verification, and he hasn't said anything. However, he has shown interest in supporting the WiiU, so I'm sure he'll come up with something...

He mentioned that it has to be verified on the Wii. Which is not much of a hassle but for some ㅠㅡㅠ.

 

[Nintendo Maniac]

He mentioned that it has to be verified on the Wii. Which is not much of a hassle but for some ㅠㅡㅠ.

Considering verification currently only works on a per-console and per-harddrive basis, I think what such a statement would mean that Devolution currently only works via verification on a Wii console as of this point in time.

 

[SifJar]

He mentioned that it has to be verified on the Wii. Which is not much of a hassle but for some ㅠㅡㅠ.

I have seen no statement by tueidj to that effect, care to back up your claim with verifiable proof?

 

[kp_centi]

I have seen no statement by tueidj to that effect, care to back up your claim with verifiable proof?

He said so himself on IRC

 

[SuperToxic]

ISO file size is wrong, it's not a clean rip.

Really late response to this (would have come earlier but GBATemp was down, so I forgot) but the ISO does appear to be the correct size. No compression on the Gamecube game and another rip provides the exact same filesize. I'm still getting the 5 blink and reset on my EP1&2, so does anybody else have any ideas?

 

[Nintendo Maniac]

No modchip, right? Those can mess with Devolution. Also consider doing a manual hash check of the ISO to see if it truly is clean or not.

Also, like I stated previously:

Since it's PSO, you may have luck posting in this thread:
http://l33tserv.forum-nation.com/t342-wii-support

tueidj seems to be MUCH more active on that forum than here; my guess is that he himself is an active PSO player and was his main motivation for creating Devolution in the first place.

 

[SuperToxic]

No modchip, right? Those can mess with Devolution. Also consider doing a manual hash check of the ISO to see if it truly is clean or not.

Also, like I stated previously:

Nope, no modchip at all. Devolution worked on MGS:TS too, so its not a general Devolution problem on my console either. I made a post on that forum you suggested, so hopefully I get an answer. Thanks!

 

[Nintendo Maniac]

You should probably include the wifi log in the post on that forum as well.

 

[SuperToxic]

Got an answer, turns out I just needed to use CleanRip instead of the default USB Loader GX backup tool
The games run great from the sample loader but just blackscreen me when loading through GX. I guess I'll have to live with it for the enhanced performance :\

 

[Nintendo Maniac]

You can use ISOs dumped from CleanRip in USB Loader GX... in fact it's what I did for Midway Arcade Treasures 3.

Speaking of enhanced performance, are you saying that PSO via Devolution actually exhibits smoother and/or faster performance than on the GameCube, in a manner similar to Rush 2049 in Midway Arcade Treasures 3?

 

[EzekielRage]

You can use the USBLoaderGX Rip tool for most of the games. i only found one game to not work with it (PK Out of Shadows)
Also, you can use USBLoader to play Devolution as it supports it flawlessy. But you need to start it from Homebrew Channel as the forwarder channel breaks Devo support. You can set up the main gamecube path in devolution so you can use cleanrip folders for devolution.

just make sure you launch USBLoaderGX from teh homebrew channel and you should be fine^^

 

[Nintendo Maniac]

But you need to start it from Homebrew Channel as the forwarder channel breaks Devo support.

Not true. If you use a newer version of the forwarder that enables AHBPROT, you'll be fine - again, it's what I use on my own Wii. It's the actual stand-alone channel install that will make Devolution not work.

 

[SuperToxic]

You can use the USBLoaderGX Rip tool for most of the games. i only found one game to not work with it (PK Out of Shadows)
Also, you can use USBLoader to play Devolution as it supports it flawlessy. But you need to start it from Homebrew Channel as the forwarder channel breaks Devo support. You can set up the main gamecube path in devolution so you can use cleanrip folders for devolution.

just make sure you launch USBLoaderGX from teh homebrew channel and you should be fine^^

Oh! Thats probably whats breaking it then. I'm loading USB Loader GX via Priiloader since everything I actually want to do is loadable from there. I guess I need a AHBPROT forwarder for priiloader now
EDIT: It works! You guys are awesome! I think AHBPROT requirements on GX to make Devolution should be more documented if possible though, but honestly I guess my situation wasnt very common. Thanks all!

 

[EzekielRage]

Not true. If you use a newer version of the forwarder that enables AHBPROT, you'll be fine - again, it's what I use on my own Wii. It's the actual stand-alone channel install that will make Devolution not work.

true. my mistake, sorry

 

[Maxternal]

Not true. If you use a newer version of the forwarder that enables AHBPROT, you'll be fine - again, it's what I use on my own Wii. It's the actual stand-alone channel install that will make Devolution not work.

That's interesting. It seams like there SHOULD be some way to have a standalone channel have AHBPROT patched. I'll have to look into that. Sounds like an interesting challenge.

 

[Cyan]

Both the forwarder and the full channel have the tmd edited to disable the protection (they have AHBPROT Access rights).
The standalone channel's internal loader has not been updated to support latest changes for devolution, that's why it doesn't work. It has nothing to do with the channel itself, but the loader's revision.

 

[KyoufuNoDaiou]

Updated again.

 

[Nintendo Maniac]

Holy crap, the XML actually got updated! It says it's r188 now, that's quite the jump. Wonder what changed...