Hacking Loadstructor

[wiiNinja]

For those who are interested in creating channels for the Configurable USB Loader, use this new forwarder within Loadstructor:

http://www.mediafire.com/?jmjtjeggmzt

Put "CUSBL.Forwarder.dol" into the "loaders" directory, and put the following lines in the file "loaders.ini"

[Config USBL Forwarder]
filename = CUSBL.Forwarder.dol
author = wiiNinja
modder = wiiNinja
discIdPlaceHolder = CRAPPY
configPlaceHolder = CFGUSB
RegionOverrideSupportÂÂ= 0
VerboseLogSupportÂÂ= 1ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ
ForcedVideoSupport = 0ÂÂ
ForcedVideoSelectSupport = 0
OcarinaSupport = 0
LanguageSelectionSupport = 0
SDcardSupport = 0
VIDTVSupport = 0
Anti002Fix = 0
CountryPatch = 0
cIOSSelectSupport = 0

The file CUSBL.Forwarder.dol will look for "sd:/apps/usbloader_cfg/boot.dol"; this path is fixed.
I've only tested a handful of channels, but they all work. This is the forwarder method with an argument passed on to Config USB Loader.
The advantage I see in using this is that if you have small kids and would like to maintain all the loader's config stuff for each game at a centralized location, this is a good tool for that. The disadvantage is that it's a little slower to load since it needs to boot the dol from the SD card. cLoader is still recommended, but now you have another choice.

 

[Cluster]

Great work, wiiNinja

Can you add it to repository? And can I add this to Loadstructor's pack on my site?

 

[Det1re]

@developers: Is it possible to implement Alternate DOL loading in cLoader?

 

[wiiNinja]

This is another pre-release with alternate dol support:

Changes:

- Added Alt_Dol checkbox in Loadstructor
- Alternate DOL from SD card only; no support for dol from game
- Dol path = sd:/usb-loader (name is first 4 letters of the game ID, like this: sd:/usb-loader/ABCD.dol)
- Added an Alt_Dol toggle in the Config Menu (press "B" button while booting up)

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/vztullm5vyo/...oader-1.4t1.zip

Cluster will probably release an official version later with both Alt_Dol loading and Configurable USB Loader forwarder support.
Thanks Det1re for testing.

@Cluster, I'll put up the code soon.

 

[Cluster]

Great

 

[Det1re]

Thanks for the Alt-DOL stuff.

Would it be possible to hide the alt dol debug output when verbose is set to off? It's just something I noticed, after testing with verbose on.

 

[Cluster]

Yes, I'll do it...

 

[Cluster]

wiiNinja, please read my comment: http://code.google.com/p/cloader/source/detail?r=19

We need to initialize SD card only while we are using ocarina and/or alternative .dol. It's not need to initialize it every time. And FAT will be initialized two times while ocarina if on.

 

[Cluster]

FAT initializaion is fixed =) Everything is tested, seems like it's working fine...

 

[sonny615]

Is it possible to make an option that will allow us to hide all the loading messages whenever we run a game through a created channel?


Wonderful work on this one. Ogromnoye spasibo, Cluster. Keep it up!

 

[Cluster]

Is it possible to make an option that will allow us to hide all the loading messages whenever we run a game through a created channel?

Just uncheck "verbose mode" when you are creating channel

 

[sonny615]

Thanks

 

[Cluster]

Some people like verbose mode and some people don't. I like it

 

[bnm81002]

This is another pre-release with alternate dol support:

Changes:

- Added Alt_Dol checkbox in Loadstructor
- Alternate DOL from SD card only; no support for dol from game
- Dol path = sd:/usb-loader (name is first 4 letters of the game ID, like this: sd:/usb-loader/ABCD.dol)
- Added an Alt_Dol toggle in the Config Menu (press "B" button while booting up)

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/vztullm5vyo/...oader-1.4t1.zip

Cluster will probably release an official version later with both Alt_Dol loading and Configurable USB Loader forwarder support.
Thanks Det1re for testing.

@Cluster, I'll put up the code soon.

you mean it's not released as of yet? just kidding, can't wait for it to be official, keep up the GOOD WORK fellas

 

[Cluster]

I'm ready to relese it, but I want to test it... Because it's compiled with new version of devkit. I'm at work now. I'll test and release it at home (tomorrow).

 

[Cluster]

Test passed

Loadstructor 1.6 + cLoader 1.5 + "ConfigUSB Loader Forwarder" by wiiNinja:
http://clusterrr.com/dump/soft/Loadstructo...cLoader-1.5.zip

 

[boxstar99]

I think I've found a bug.

When Ocarina is activated, it seems to screw up SD reading in games. For example, I can no longer load snapshots in SSBB when I activate any Ocarina cheat (SSBB does not see the SD card at all). This bug does not occur in NeoGamma w/ Ocarina + IV hook.

 

[Cluster]

Oh, I'll test it now...

 

[boxstar99]

Oh, I'll test it now...

Nevermind, I didn't see the new release. Just tested and it fixes the problem. Thanks!

 

[Cluster]

Ok

upd:
YES! Finally I did it! I removed this annoying green screen before game boot! =) So there is litte update: cLoader v1.5b. Like is the same.