Hacking Dios Mios Lite

[Hielkenator]

To gx users and dml 1.2:


DML 1.2 works for me but not the way it should.
Upon loading a game, Mariokart DD for instance, it loads fine.
The problem is, USB loader gx ( or DML ) will ONLY load that game.
NO matter what game you Pick after, it will still load you last working game. In this example, Mariokart DD.

 

[sonictopfan]

Not trying to be rude but the sizes I mentioned are what they took in my hard drive, I didn't say anything about the SD card, I bought a 32GB SD card and I have about 3GB worth of Wiiware and emulators and homebrew stuff on it, my whole GC collection while compressed with GCUtility and compressed as .rar combined together are around 22GB yet when I converted them to the DML format they took exactly 32GB on my hard drive making me only able to copy 75% of my GC games on the 32GB SD while getting yet another 8GB SD only for those few games left, I'm not complaining or anything but I'm only reporting my problem, maybe I'm doing something wrong, idk, but I always choose "compress" when converting the games with DiscEX except for Virtua Striker 2002 since I noticed the game only works when not compressed, I will report that I ripped my own disks and didn't download them off the internet!

Oh, I get it. Yeah, I guess it's not the best use of the term "compress".
All it DiscEX actually does is similar to what GCUtility does. It strips off the padding at the beginning of the disk that the manufacturer added to move the files out to the edge of the disk where it's faster to read. It then ends up smaller and, therefore "compressed".
It doesn't really compress it in terms of the RAR or ZIP compression. I never thought about it but I guess for some reason the resulting image file might be harder for that kind of compression program to really shrink down any further.

I think an actual compressed disk image would be going from ISO format to CISO format. (like what uLoader uses.) I think that's the same as changing from GCM files to GCZ in terms of the Dolphin emulator for PC but, unfortunately, DML doesn't support that. My guess is that it would slow down reading times, too, which is a trade-off many are not willing to make.

Oh this explains it then, yeah I noticed GCZ format shrinks files even more and I hoped for something like that to be used in DML like how USB Loader does with wfbs format, but if it slows down performance then I rather speed over space, like I said I'm not complaining, DML team already done what I always dreamed of and aside from 3 games that work with no audio and 4 games that still need disk "only at the beginning" all my GC games work fine in DML and I couldn't be any happier!

 

[JaapDaniels]

and yet version 1.2 stoped working again... thanks! just the loader screen at my wii

 

[FIX94]

I fixed it! I went into the settings and turned on No Disc, set the video mode manually to NTSC480i, and set the loader method to "old". Now Super Mario Sunshine boots for me.

Anyone gotten NMM working on any games in 1.2?

Could you please try dml booter 1.01? Boot method "new" should work now again.

 

[JaapDaniels]

it works! thanks, but still i prever 1.1 for it works with usb-loader gx r1156 (it looks by far better) if someone could make usb-loader gx works i'd be really happy

 

[airline38]

It's weird that DML r58 or r59 + DML booter v1.01 works no problem for me
(Super Mario Sunshine , no disc patch=on, boot method=new).

However,the same config. only shows "GCloader 0.2 screen" if I change to DML v1.2

 

[GolfDude]

guess NMM isnt active in 1.02 since it still isnt pikcing up memory cards on games that worked before, even with your new booter

 

[icebrg5]

A few questions

How do you delete the NGC from the sd card?

Does it prompt you to delete it if there's not enough space for the next game you try to play?

How can you exit the NGC game and get back to the wii menu?


I am using CFG Loader Modv27 and have DMLr58[MIOS-v10].wad installed.

In CFG loader i selected the no disc option to ON and the R51 option to ON.

Should i update to the 1.2?

Also i get what the no disc option does but what exactly is the R51 option for?

Also i keep seeing people reference NMM in this thread. I've searched through pages but still can't find what it stands for.

 

[Zero Aurion]

NMM = No More Memory, from what i understand, it saves onto the hard drive or nand... mainly for people who dont have NGC mem cards.

 

[Maxternal]

How do you delete the NGC from the sd card?

To do it manually, you can go to the "games" folder on your SD card with WiiXplorer and delete the folder from there. The folders in there are named by each games' GameID. A lot of loaders have a button to delete them off of there, too.

Does it prompt you to delete it if there's not enough space for the next game you try to play?

I assume from your post on the other thread that you're talking about when it automatically copies it over from USB to be played on SD. That's something the loader does and some loaders don't do it at all so it depends on which one you're using.

How can you exit the NGC game and get back to the wii menu?

Since DML changes the Wii to Gamecube mode the only way out of gamecube mode is turning it off.
You could always turn it off with the controller button combination and then have your wiimote handy to turn it back on again and go to the system menu that way.

I am using CFG Loader Modv27 and have DMLr58[MIOS-v10].wad installed.
In CFG loader i selected the no disc option to ON and the R51 option to ON.
Should i update to the 1.2?

Sorry, I don't know much about CFG. You could always install it and try it and then change back if it doesn't work for you.

Also i get what the no disc option does but what exactly is the R51 option for?

...???...
Edit : Oh, I get it, that's to tell CFG Loader whether or not you have a version of DML that's higher/lower than r51. (I'm not sure which, though, higher or lower.)

Also i keep seeing people reference NMM in this thread. I've searched through pages but still can't find what it stands for.

It means "No More Memory cards." It tried to use the SD card to save instead of the Gamecube memory cards.

 

[sonictopfan]

How do you delete the NGC from the sd card?

Simply connect you SD to the PC and delete the game folder from the "games" folder on the SD!

Does it prompt you to delete it if there's not enough space for the next game you try to play?

In case you were running the game from a USB then I can confirm out of experience that it doesn't promote you to delete the extra space and it may in fact erase your entire SD, I recommend to copy the games simply from the PC instead of using a UBS but it's your call!

How can you exit the NGC game and get back to the wii menu?

Normally this isn't possible because on Wii you can't go back to the Wii menu in Gamecube mode, however the team added a cool feature that works in r58 and up, just press R+Z+Start on the GC controller "Player 1" and it'll reset your Wii, simple as that, however there are some games that still don't work like that such as Luigi's Mansion!

Should i update to the 1.2?

Well I recommend not to bother with the update for now, I haven't updated yet and am still on r58, it's still the last stable version!

Also i keep seeing people reference NMM in this thread. I've searched through pages but still can't find what it stands for.

NMM = No More Memory, it's for those who don't have a GC memory card, but I hear it doesn't work with all games still, I can't tell for sure since I have 3 GC memory cards so I don't use this!

 

[CyberTails]

Normally this isn't possible because on Wii you can't go back to the Wii menu in Gamecube mode, however the team added a cool feature that works in r58 and up, just press R+Z+Start on the GC controller "Player 1" and it'll reset your Wii, simple as that, however there are some games that still don't work like that such as Luigi's Mansion!

The original Super Monkey Ball also doesn't support soft resetting and I'm using r59 compiled from source

 

[icebrg5]

Ive tried smash bros melee and super mario sunshine.

Both games make the wii shut off.

What am i doing wrong?

 

[CyberTails]

Ive tried smash bros melee and super mario sunshine.

Both games make the wii shut off.

What am i doing wrong?

1. Did you get the NoDisc version of DML?
2. If no to #1, then do you actually have a Disc in the Wii Drive?

 

[Maxternal]

Normally this isn't possible because on Wii you can't go back to the Wii menu in Gamecube mode, however the team added a cool feature that works in r58 and up, just press R+Z+Start on the GC controller "Player 1" and it'll reset your Wii, simple as that, however there are some games that still don't work like that such as Luigi's Mansion!

Interesting, I thought that was just a soft reset and brought you back to the beginning of the same Gamecube game similar to the reset button on the original Gamecube. (I haven't been gotten around to trying it myself, though).

 

[icebrg5]

I have no idea if i got the no disc version or not. How can i tell?

I turn on the no disc option in cfg loader settings to "ON"

There is no disc in the wii drive.


I did figure out the problem though.I was turning the R51 setting to "ON" because i thought it was needed. I turned it off and now the games boot just fine.

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[conanac]

Normally this isn't possible because on Wii you can't go back to the Wii menu in Gamecube mode, however the team added a cool feature that works in r58 and up, just press R+Z+Start on the GC controller "Player 1" and it'll reset your Wii, simple as that, however there are some games that still don't work like that such as Luigi's Mansion!

The original Super Monkey Ball also doesn't support soft resetting and I'm using r59 compiled from source

Latest DML (i.e. v1.2) has another padread hook (found by crediar from Luigi's Mansion game for NTSC version so you could use it now for this game), give it a try to see whether the hook works now.

If you want to add that new padread hook yourself to r59, add this line (i.e. "PadRead D" signature):

http://code.google.c...nk/Patches.c#99

to your r59 Patches.c file and recompile it.

Hope that helps.

 

[Quietlyawesome94]

I fixed it! I went into the settings and turned on No Disc, set the video mode manually to NTSC480i, and set the loader method to "old". Now Super Mario Sunshine boots for me.

Anyone gotten NMM working on any games in 1.2?

Could you please try dml booter 1.01? Boot method "new" should work now again.

That fixed it. Thanks! NMM still won't work with Sunshine. Looks like I'll have to break the bank and buy one for 2 dollars. xD

 

[sonictopfan]

Normally this isn't possible because on Wii you can't go back to the Wii menu in Gamecube mode, however the team added a cool feature that works in r58 and up, just press R+Z+Start on the GC controller "Player 1" and it'll reset your Wii, simple as that, however there are some games that still don't work like that such as Luigi's Mansion!

Interesting, I thought that was just a soft reset and brought you back to the beginning of the same Gamecube game similar to the reset button on the original Gamecube. (I haven't been gotten around to trying it myself, though).

I'm not sure if soft reset is even possible, though it would be cool, if USB Loader can't soft reset Wii games I'm not sure if Gamecube could!

 

[Hielkenator]

Normally this isn't possible because on Wii you can't go back to the Wii menu in Gamecube mode, however the team added a cool feature that works in r58 and up, just press R+Z+Start on the GC controller "Player 1" and it'll reset your Wii, simple as that, however there are some games that still don't work like that such as Luigi's Mansion!

Interesting, I thought that was just a soft reset and brought you back to the beginning of the same Gamecube game similar to the reset button on the original Gamecube. (I haven't been gotten around to trying it myself, though).

I'm not sure if soft reset is even possible, though it would be cool, if USB Loader can't soft reset Wii games I'm not sure if Gamecube could!

Both ways of loading have soft resets.
Did you try?

as for questions about space/ deleting/ copying gc games from hdd from a loader:

Use usb loader gx latest beta.
Everything is promted, when space is'nt available it asks if you want to delete a game.
No need to take your sd card out.
after that it allows you to install a game right from your usb drive.
It FULLY implemened in the latest usb loader gx beta.