I'm not sure if this is viable but it would be really cool if you make it display the disk graphics (eg how when Zelda is inserted the disk channel has Zelda animations) that the real disc channel has.
Actually if you reload the system menu with IOS249 all 1:1 disc backups show in the disc channel like a standard disc, but the Disc Channel's loader stub will only boot originals (hence the need for WiiGator's great loader). At the moment i've done some initial work towards modifying this stub, but I still need to decide what the best angle of attack would be and how I would like it to function once completed. The system menu really is a fragile piece of the system, and even the slightest mistake can brick your wii.
Im debating between waiting until BootMii is released so that a recovery method is available in case something goes wrong, or if Starfall would be enough to get things started. The last thing I want would be to release my modification of the loader stub once completed, and have a bunch of people brick their wii for using it wrong. In short, the questions Im asking myself is "can I make this noob proof in the end?" and "If something does go wrong, can people recover from it?"
BIG MOE said:
Thanks man , it's a great work , My Q is can install all three channels without over riding any of the others ? or they all install in the same channel ?
I'm sorry you cant, They all install under the same title. Just pick the channel that autoboots using the settings you use the most (either default for your wii, force NTSC, or force NTSC with vipatch), and if you need to make a change for a particular game you can hold B on the wiimote during load to select more options.
Ragee1234 said:
Wll first of all great work...but if u can i would recommend doing this
It will autoboot the game with all the normal settings like normal...if u hold the 1 button it boots forcing NTSC...holding the 2 button it will boot forcing NTSC and VIDPATCH and holding B to change the settings...make it faster to test games...well if u can do that it would be great!! but still good work
That is a great idea! Im not sure why I didnt think of that haha, I'll come up with a system that will include PAL users as well. I just dont want to overwhelm people with a bunch of possible buttons to hold for different things. Also, I could have it work off of default settings you would set that are saved on say your SD card or something, But i'd have to add a considerable amount of extra code to WiiGator's launcher and I would really like to keep it just his release, and not modify it so much that I create a branch of my own you know? I respect WiiGator far too much to go down that path, even if it's open source
QUOTE(harryk @ Oct 27 2008, 07:08 AM)
Thanks very much for this great release! Works flawless, is fast, looks great. Neat!
Is it hard to modify the Backup launcher so it boots real game discs, too? I think Gecko OS 0.7 was able to do this, if I remember correctly..? Inside the Backup Launcher I always get code dumps when booting real games.
