Hacking Freeze - Super Mario Galaxy - with CFG loader

[osirisjem]

It freezes during the video at the end of the level: Super Mario Galaxy: Fate of the Universe.
It is a very long video. It freezes in the exact same spot every time. Tried 5 times !

This is the first time I've had a problem with my setup.
The hard drive is a Western Digital Elements USB drive - it's been very reliable.

When it freezes, the wii DVD light flashes, amongst a whole bunch of other things.
I did notice we had the DECA SPORTS DVD in the drive. But I believe it has frozen without the Deca Sports DVD in it. Regardless I took it out.

My setup specs: CFG, WII
- see here.

Things I have tried:

[1] I tried using CIOS 222 (via settings), but that didn't help.

Should I try Video Fix ? (it is an option in CFG).
Any other suggestions ?

Thanks to oggzee for the custom boot screen. My son loves it !

 

[AbdallahTerro]

You can try this latest cfg-mod get it here (it auto-selects the best IOS for the game if you have for instance d2x cIOS installed) : http://code.google.c.../downloads/list
You can also try different usb loaders.
If you get same problem with all then it might be a corrupted game file (iso/wbfs)
Good luck

 

[wii knee]

It freezes during the video at the end of the level: Super Mario Galaxy: Fate of the Universe.
It is a very long video. It freezes in the exact same spot every time. Tried 5 times !

This is the first time I've had a problem with my setup.
The hard drive is a Western Digital Elements USB drive - it's been very reliable.

When it freezes, the wii DVD light flashes, amongst a whole bunch of other things.
I did notice we had the DECA SPORTS DVD in the drive. But I believe it has frozen without the Deca Sports DVD in it. Regardless I took it out.

My setup specs: CFG, WII
- will insert later.

Waiting for 'insert'. What is format of hdd?

Curious...If you have a good dump, I wonder if that's an autosave point where it is freezing like Tintin and what has been termed 'metafortress' anti-piracy. First, you have to determine if others are having a similar problem.

 

[LinkFan16]

Curious...If you have a good dump, I wonder if that's an autosave point where it is freezing like Tintin and what has been termed 'metafortress' anti-piracy. First, you have to determine if others are having a similar problem.

Super Mario Galaxy doesn't have any anti-piracy stuff which would prevent usb loaders from playing the game. I played through it several times using CFG USB loader and didn't have any problems. It would be nice to know which cIOS the OP has installed. A syscheck log would really help to pin point the problem.

 

[osirisjem]

=== from ioshash.txt
# CFG 69d Sat Apr 7 11:12:04 2012
IOS248, {0xca8fe776, 0x7804359c, 0x73994510, 0x84a79f98, 0x2fac7140}, r65535 Base: ??

=== from CFG
CFG 69d
IOS 248 (65535)
IOS: ?? DI 57 mload v1.0

Hard drive: FAT32


debug.log

# CFG USB Loader 69d
IOS:IOS222 Base: ?? (r65535)
IOS223 Base: ?? (r65535)
IOS224 Base: 57 v5.1 (r65535)
IOS245 : not installed
IOS246 : not installed
IOS247 Base: ?? (r65535)
IOS248 Base: ?? (r65535)
IOS249 : stub
IOS250 Base: 57 r21-d2x-v3 modmii (r65535)
MEM STATS:
libOGC 1.8.6 devkitPPC 22 (gcc4.5.1) -Os
libc: s: 9.49 u: 1.05 f: 8.45 mx:8.22
mem1: s: 9.98 u: 3.08 f: 6.90 t:2,1
mem2: s:49.87 u:38.39 f:11.48 t:18,2
m1+2: s:59.85 u:41.47 f:18.38
totl: s:69.34 u:42.52 f:26.83
ccache p: 26 m: 0 f: 474 / 500
cc mem: s:25.0 u:3.7 f:21.3 [26,1]
cc tm: load: 0.773 decode: 0.020
cc 2d:0 3d:0 d:0 f:26 hq:0 f2d:7TIME STATS:
times in seconds:
intro: 0.152 wpad: 0.413
ios1: 0.689 ios2: 0.000
sd_init: 0.109 sd_mount: 0.007
usb_init: 0.799 mount: 0.054 retry: 0.000
open: 0.363 ini: 0.436 cap: 0.000
cfg: 0.161 (config,settings,titles,theme)
misc: 0.015 (lang,playstat,unifont)
wiitdb: 0.609 load: 0.351 parse: 0.258
gamelist: 0.582 mp3: 0.017
conbg: 0.190 guitheme: 0.278
sum: 4.075 uncounted: 2.163
total startup: 6.238DEBUG LOG:
main(2)
[0.000] --> boot
[0.047] --> intro
[0.200]  ios1tmd id: 1000000f8 1-f8 t: 1 v: 65535
brute match: 0 284 84
open(/dev/mload)=4
reload ios: 248 = 0
[0.967]  usb_init
open(/dev/usb2)=4 init:0 cap:1953519615 ss:512
[1.767]  sd_init
open(/dev/sdio/sdhc)=5
[1.876]  sd_mount
fstype(2)=4
Plist(2)=4 ss:512
P#0 237 4079379 6
part_find(1 1)
Mount sd 2 237 1
fatMount(sd,237) = 1 237
mount_add(sd,2,237,1)
[1.883]  cfg
parse(sd:/usb-loader/config.txt) = 3
read(174) = 174
parse(sd:/usb-loader/themes/wiihacks v3/theme.txt) 0
parse(sd:/usb-loader/config.txt) = 3
read(174) = 174
EOF(sd:/usb-loader/config.txt)
parse(sd:/apps/usbloader/config.txt) -EOF(sd:/usb-loader/config.txt)
parse(sd:/usb-loader/titles.txt) = 3
read(167345) = 167345
EOF(sd:/usb-loader/titles.txt)
parse(config.txt) -
parse(titles.txt) -
parse(sd:/usb-loader/custom-titles.txt) -
parse(sd:/usb-loader/settings.cfg) = 3
read(1165) = 1165
parse(sd:/usb-loader/themes/wiihacks v3/theme.txt) 0
parse(sd:/usb-loader/config.txt) = 3
read(174) = 174EOF(sd:/usb-loader/config.txt)
parse(sd:/apps/usbloader/config.txt) -
EOF(sd:/usb-loader/settings.cfg)
[2.045]  wpad
[2.479]  conbg
[2.669]  misc
[2.688]  wiitdb
[2.688] --> db_load
[3.039]  usb_init
init:0 cap:1953519615 ss:512
[5.303]  usb_init
init:0 cap:1953519615 ss:512
[5.353]  usb_init
init:0 cap:1953519615 ss:512
[5.353]

 

[Lacius]

Your IOS249 is stubbed. I recommend you use ModMii to install 249d2x56 (and the other recommended IOS files) and try running it with that.

I'd prefer not to upgrade my CFG (if possible) as I have a custom boot screen.
I dont want to lose it !

If you care more about your custom boot screen than compatibility/efficiency, then that's your problem.

 

[osirisjem]

Your IOS249 is stubbed. I recommend you use ModMii to install 249d2x56 (and the other recommended IOS files) and try running it with that.

I was able to download 249d2x56
What is a good WAD manager ?
YAWM - I tried it ... doesn't seem to work. When I select an IOS I need to press "A" to continue ... but the "A" button doesnt work.

 

[Lacius]

I was able to download 249d2x56
What is a good WAD manager ?
YAWM - I tried it ... doesn't seem to work. When I select an IOS I need to press "A" to continue ... but the "A" button doesnt work.

Follow the instructions generated by ModMii. YAWMM is the best.

 

[AbdallahTerro]

Install the wad with ios222 since you don't have ios236

 

[osirisjem]

I was able to download 249d2x56 What is a good WAD manager ? YAWM - I tried it ... doesn't seem to work. When I select an IOS I need to press "A" to continue ... but the "A" button doesnt work.

Follow the instructions generated by ModMii. YAWMM is the best.

I selected IOS 236 and was then able to load 249d2x56.

Unfortunately, it froze again

Must be a bad rip.

 

[osirisjem]

Does anyone know off hand, if I re-rerip it ... can I move the current saved games to the new rip ?
I've read you can for some games but not for others.

 

[wii knee]

Re-rip and report!

 

[Lacius]

Does anyone know off hand, if I re-rerip it ... can I move the current saved games to the new rip ?
I've read you can for some games but not for others.

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking, but your saved game should automatically work no matter if it's a retail game, backup, or another backup.

 

[AbdallahTerro]

Yes the save file is on the wii nand so the save should work unless you try with a game from another region then it won't

 

[osirisjem]

that's good news. !
i think the problem i had was transferring saved games from one wii to another.