Hacking Loading GC Backups Confusion

[ethteck]

I've had a lot of trouble getting GC backups to work. I'm pretty much just not sure what to do. I've searched around, looked at all of the stickied topics, and it seems that everyone is saying different things to use. I've tried GC Backup Loader 0.2 but the miospatcher just gives me a black screen. Neogamma is a WAD and I don't even know how to install those. I'm sorry about my noobiness, but I really need help.

I'm on system menu 4.2U

All I've done is HackMii installer with DVDX, the Homebrew Channel, and BootMii as boot2. I backed up my NAND.

Thanks for the help, again sorry for being a helpless noob.
Ethteck

 

[Mr_Boo_Berry]

Do you have a cMIOS installed? If not, it needs one.

 

[ethteck]

I don't know what cMIOS I need.

EDIT: But no, I don't have one installed.

 

[Dialexio]

Any should do, but I'd suggest WiiGator's MIOS Patcher 0.2.

 

[ethteck]

If that's the same one as the one packaged with the Backup Loader then it's not going to help. I've tried that and I get a black screen with no options for anything after I load it.

 

[Dialexio]

Have you tried using Waninkoko's cMIOS also?

 

[OOPMan]

You require a cMIOS and you also need a CIOS249 rev14 or below. The latter is important. GC backups will not work if you have CIOS249 rev15 or higher. The cMIOS is required for the game, the cIOS is required for disc identification. With cIOS 249 r15, NeoGamma and Backup Loader are unable to id the disc and hence unable to load it.

 

[Cyan]

I'm on cIOS rev14, tried cMIOS 4, 5 and 8, with and without launcher included.
Every time I run a GC disc, (from disc channel or HBC+GC launcher), it gives me an error on the GC launcher menu (at the position where games would appears), and run the disk anyway.


As I have a Wiikey 1 with GC audiofix, the game still run, but I'm redirected to the GeckoOs menu (main disc boot.dol)
I want the GC backup Launcher menu to select the 2nd disc for a multi disc game

Do I have to disable the Gamecube audiofix in my wiikey config ?
I checked the config disk menu, there's no way to disable Gamecube completly to let GC launcher deal with the multi-iso disk in the place of the wiikey.

My only solution is to use 2 DVD and play the game the classic way, right ?

 

[9th_Sage]

I kept having issues myself until I started using the loader option and using NeoGamma to load the Gamecube disc.

*edit*
To the fellow above...I just realized you have a chip. Why are you loading gamecube stuff this way then?

 

[Cyan]

I kept having issues myself until I started using the loader option and using NeoGamma to load the Gamecube disc.

*edit*
To the fellow above...I just realized you have a chip. Why are you loading gamecube stuff this way then?

It's because when I make Multi-iso disc and run it with the modchip, the usual multi-game select menu (GCOS) doesn't have the ability to swap disc in-game (like for Tales of Symphonia, which has 2 disc)
Or does it have this function too ?

GC Backup launcher has the option to select the 2nd disc before running disc1, then ejecting/reinserting the multi-iso disc can do the trick.
I think I will burn it on 2 disc (waste of space)

edit :
unrelated question :
My wii has difficulties to read DVDs (wii or GC, even the one working before).
I'm getting "error reading blabla, read the manual". eject and reinsert is running the game a little more.
maybe lens cleaning will help ?

 

[harmor]

You require a cMIOS and you also need a CIOS249 rev14 or below. The latter is important. GC backups will not work if you have CIOS249 rev15 or higher. The cMIOS is required for the game, the cIOS is required for disc identification. With cIOS 249 r15, NeoGamma and Backup Loader are unable to id the disc and hence unable to load it.

I assumed rev15 and 16 were improvements on rev14. I currently have rev16 installed and was getting frustrated because my burned GameCube games wouldn't load.
I'll try rev14.

Edit: Thanks OOPMan. I installed rev14 and my GC games work.

 

[ethteck]

OOPMan, isn't downgrading to a different CIOS extremely dangerous? Or am I thinking of downgrading the firmware in general?

If it's worth trying, how would I go about getting a different CIOS? Yeah, I know that's a complete noobish question. Thank you guys for helping out, and I hope the other posters are getting their questions answered as well.

 

[Dialexio]

OOPMan, isn't downgrading to a different CIOS extremely dangerous? Or am I thinking of downgrading the firmware in general?

If it's worth trying, how would I go about getting a different CIOS? Yeah, I know that's a complete noobish question. Thank you guys for helping out, and I hope the other posters are getting their questions answered as well.

You're thinking of downgrading the System Menu. (Well... cIOS rev10 and earlier won't run on the new boot2v4/LU64 Wiis, but that's not as big of a deal.)

To upgrade/downgrade the cIOS, just simply run the cIOS installer. If you have a stub IOS249 (v65280 is a stub), you'll need to delete it first.

 

[OOPMan]

As Dialexio said, downgrading/upgrading the cIOS is pretty safe. I keep the installers and necessary files for cIOS249 13,14 and 15 on my Wii as a matter if course, along with the cIOS 222/223 installer and the cMIOS installer.

 

[Cyan]

Thank you guys for helping out, and I hope the other posters are getting their questions answered as well.

I'm used to not have answers

I'm fine if I don't get it, eventually I'll get the answer someday, when I don't seek it anymore
It's my fault using your thread to ask another question, I don't like creating a new one for minor question, sorry

but thank you for your concern