Hacking DIOS MIOS! GC ISO Loader proof of concept (Starfox Assault)

[Bladeforce]

What if you have a chipped Wii?

 

[tueidj]

Crediar will release his GC iso loader in next months, using some feature taken from Riivolution
(modchip detection, on-the-fly patching, etc)

News to me. I don't remember crediar saying anything about modchip detection, and Riivolution's on-the-fly patching method isn't relevant for GC games.

 

[WiiPower]

Crediar will release his GC iso loader in next months, using some feature taken from Riivolution
(modchip detection, on-the-fly patching, etc)

News to me. I don't remember crediar saying anything about modchip detection, and Riivolution's on-the-fly patching method isn't relevant for GC games.

Apparently it is, there seem to be some SSBM texture hacks.

 

[cojiro]

hopefully he doesn't write his own new filesystem for this :/
as cool as wbfs is, it is a bit of a pain to use, but I've already got my drive formatted for it, but would prefer a ext3/fat format for this.

 

[tueidj]

I didn't say it couldn't be done, just not the way Riivolution does it.

 

[WiiPower]

hopefully he doesn't write his own new filesystem for this :/
as cool as wbfs is, it is a bit of a pain to use, but I've already got my drive formatted for it, but would prefer a ext3/fat format for this.

I think he already mentioned that it will only be possible to be booted from sneek, where the game selection also happens. So the file format is sneek's. Well if he didn't change his mind in the meantime. But then it would be still FAT32.

QUOTE(tueidj @ Jul 19 2010, 04:03 PM) I didn't say it couldn't be done, just not the way Riivolution does it.

Sure, i hope it would use the file format and naming convention from Riivolution, but work technically completely different. For GC backup launching you need to patch the dvd read calls anyways, so you can insert any patching you want, it's just work to do. Well it seems that when running on a GC you can patch the drives's firmware to read backups, but that's off topic.

 

[Arm the Homeless]

hopefully he doesn't write his own new filesystem for this :/
as cool as wbfs is, it is a bit of a pain to use, but I've already got my drive formatted for it, but would prefer a ext3/fat format for this.

Ext3 or ext4 would be too much for backups. Ext2 would be just fine.
You don't need journaling for a Wii backup filesystem.

 

[XLarge]

Or he brings this out, or someone else brings it out. Either way we will be playing gc games from a hard drive

 

[WiiPower]

Or he brings this out, or someone else brings it out. Either way we will be playing gc games from a hard drive

Who are you talking about?
Waninkoko? - Maybe now with the info Crediar released he is able to do that, but so far it doesn't sound like he is having any plans for it
WiiGator? - Left the scene(german...)
emukidid? - Only interested in stuff that also runs on a GC
Me? - Are you kidding?

Sombody knows any other coders slightly related to this? (and not in the group "we don't release anything piracy related")

 

[Fudge]

Or he brings this out, or someone else brings it out. Either way we will be playing gc games from a hard drive

Who are you talking about?
Waninkoko? - Maybe now with the info Crediar released he is able to do that, but so far it doesn't sound like he is having any plans for it
WiiGator? - Left the scene(german...)
emukidid? - Only interested in stuff that also runs on a GC
Me? - Are you kidding?

Sombody knows any other coders slightly related to this? (and not in the group "we don't release anything piracy related")

I know someone that possibly will have a working GC USB Loader, but I can't say anything.

 

[Bladeforce]

Lets face it no matter what crediar says about implementing mod chip detection etc. if he does nobody will use it and also if he does you know who will be making his own to steal the limelight. So if he does then he's a fool. I hope I am wrong tho! It doesnt matter who is first it's who releases a fuly fucntional one to public first that matters

 

[fiveighteen]

I know someone that possibly will have a working GC USB Loader, but I can't say anything.

Way to start the rumor train. If you don't give a name, just don't say anything and let the person actually doing it release info, if said person even exists.

 

[hughjass]

Lets face it no matter what crediar says about implementing mod chip detection etc. if he does nobody will use it and also if he does you know who will be making his own to steal the limelight. So if he does then he's a fool. I hope I am wrong tho! It doesnt matter who is first it's who releases a fuly fucntional one to public first that matters

Lots people will use it. Plenty of people just want to back up the games they bought and run them off a hard drive, and we'll still be able to that. Plus, there are more opportunities it could present, or so I hear.

 

[hughjass]

I'm not usually the one to say this sort of thing, but seriously all you guys whining about the AP, shutup. It's not going to change anything, so what's the point? If you don't like it, code your own GC usb loader.

I'm the first to say I don't 100% see the point in adding AP the a gamecube loader, but get over it, it is what it is.

 

[WiiUBricker]

Or he brings this out, or someone else brings it out. Either way we will be playing gc games from a hard drive

Who are you talking about?
Waninkoko? - Maybe now with the info Crediar released he is able to do that, but so far it doesn't sound like he is having any plans for it
WiiGator? - Left the scene(german...)
emukidid? - Only interested in stuff that also runs on a GC
Me? - Are you kidding?

Sombody knows any other coders slightly related to this? (and not in the group "we don't release anything piracy related")

Not exactly related but there is a chance that Hermes is capable of doing that.

 

[sonknuck23]

--> For HughJass, haha.

Anyway, I agree, I'm down about the A.P, but to be honest, it's better than nothing, and I can easily just borrow a shit-load of GC games off the people I know.

Sick news none the less. I'm excited YAY.

 

[nIxx]

I recommend to read the DIOS MIOS Q&A thread on rvlution.net because it will answer many of the questions

PS: riivolution doesn´t have a mod-chip detection

however we will see if DIOS MIOS will have one at all

 

[gisel213]

I'm not usually the one to say this sort of thing, but seriously all you guys whining about the AP, shutup. It's not going to change anything, so what's the point? If you don't like it, code your own GC usb loader.

I'm the first to say I don't 100% see the point in adding AP the a gamecube loader, but get over it, it is what it is.

This runs from sneek that lets u pirate tons of wiiware games and wii games so why block gc backups????? Seriously which way is that going????
Something smells fishy

 

[WiiUBricker]

I recommend to read the DIOS MIOS Q&A thread on rvlution.net because it will answer many of the questions

Yea, and I recommend posting questions and suggestions in the official DIOS MIOS topic on rvlution.net. There are just a few comments there.

 

[nl255]

I'm not usually the one to say this sort of thing, but seriously all you guys whining about the AP, shutup. It's not going to change anything, so what's the point? If you don't like it, code your own GC usb loader.

I'm the first to say I don't 100% see the point in adding AP the a gamecube loader, but get over it, it is what it is.

Given that it is going to be released under the GPLv2 I doubt there will be any AP other than the fact that burned games won't work (without a modchip) as it would be trivial to remove it and recompile. Keep in mind that it actually takes extra work to read burned Gamecube discs in a custom MIOS so blocking burned discs (again, unless you have a modchip) is trivial.