Hacking postLoader v.1.0 bet

[stfour]

I think it would be useful to use meta.xml arguments, so you have to set them only on one place.
The arguments come handy for the cfg loader to specify some options like ios, debug, intro,...
Adding that is of course trivial and to make if even easier you might just copy it from FIX94 forwarder:
Or implement your own or one might even use a xml parsing library, doesn't matter of course...

Here they are:

V.1.0 beta1

* Added arg parsing from meta.xml
* Now postLoader save its setting in meta.xml config
* Ad more checking on some buffers

Update (without source)

DOWNLOAD REMOVED UNTIL BUGS FIXED

 

[stfour]

I apologize for some bugs that make unusable postloader on a clean system. I will came back as soon I fix them.

 

[SifJar]

No selecting gc saves does load a dol that if a button is held then it loads yet another dol, if you dont hold anything the default is loaded. So not like categorii afaik. Categorii hides some apps by renaming iirc. My hbc always looks the same. Nothing gets moved or hidden because then you need to unhide them again and imho that's a pita

If I click on usb loader it loads a cetain loader, but holding b loads another, 1 another etc.

To add something like this idea to this app you would need to have a sort of drop down menu and it would list the apps you could load. So for example you put apps A,B and C in folderA. If you pick folderA it lets you select a,b, or c.

Or more simple it could switch and show you these apps (like categorii), but as i have it running nothing is ever hidden.

Being honest though, I am not familiar with categori so will have a look in the next day or two and then know if it's worth me switching to. I tried sometihng like that before but it hid certain apps to display some others, and loading it again it undid this.

I know what I said is not how you do it now, I was trying to explain what I thought you wanted in postLoader. i.e. a selection menu pop up when you click GC saves to choose which one you want, rather than needing your button holding workaround.

 

[Slimmmmmm]

SifJar, I don't blame you for being confused I could have explained better. hmm in simple terms, I don't like to see everything, but I don't like anything hidden by removing/renaming etc.

Menu hierarchy and explaining are not my strong points.

 

[stfour]

I think I've corrected all bugs (yes, also your's, Wever)... now tested, retested, again tested. With various sd, various hdd... no usb stick

Slimmmmmm, I've added subfolder... not exatly you said, but I think should be ok...

Hoping to receive some feedback

(download link and full story/history in the first post)

 

[DEFIANT]

How do you set postloader to always boot to sd card? And how do you launch installed virtual console or wiiware or access to any installed channel that does not have a boot?

Is there anyway to have the ability to hide apps or folders from view? I have postloader in the apps directory so I can launch it from homebrew channel but would like to hide it from view when I'm browsing in postloader. That way I can go full circle if I need to drop down into The Wii's menu to play installed wiiware or the like then go back to browse. Thank you, Loving this so far. This kind of reminds me of Wii Homebrew Launcher, but alot easier and better to use

And... one more thing I'd like to see is maybe a customizable splash screen with the ability to turn it on or off. I miss my pirate [health warning] boot screen ... [sad face]

 

[stfour]

Defiant to always boot to sd skipping hdd initialization, simple create a file named "ploader.sd" on root of sd. It can be empty.

Channel support is in my todo list. I like to add also nand emulation,. But it will take time.

Anyway once you have installed postLoader in priiloader there is non need to keep its apps folder. I add to distribution just for let you to test before install in priiloader.

Maybee splash screen can be added. But only if sd is present. My hdd take about 12 seconds to initialize... too much to have a splash

 

[DEFIANT]

OK, I do have it installed in priiloader. But how do I get back to postloader once I return to the system menu without restarting the wii?


Well thank you for your time. I will keep using and testing this. Looking forward to next release.

 

[SifJar]

OK, I do have it installed in priiloader. But how do I get back to postloader once I return to the system menu without restarting the wii?


Well thank you for your time. I will keep using and testing this. Looking forward to next release.

You could load it via HBC or you could build a channel with CustomizeMii or something.

 

[stfour]

OK, I do have it installed in priiloader. But how do I get back to postloader once I return to the system menu without restarting the wii?


Well thank you for your time. I will keep using and testing this. Looking forward to next release.

I remove "STUBAXX", so exititing to HB will return to postLoader (or better, return to menu, but as menu is priiloader.... postLoader start again).

Thank you for you feedback!

 

[obcd]

Are you planning on integrating network connectivity as well? I am trying to find an alternative for the hbc in uneek.
I have developped the uneek_usb_fs file system that gives homebrew applications usb disk access again under uneek.
As there are no sources for the hbc, I can't implement it for the hbc.
Also, the latest hbc 1.08 doesn't work under uneek, and the older 1.07 keeps on asking to install the latest version.
The homebrew filter doesn't come with source code either, so it's also not a valid candidate.
If it would be possible to launch postloader from the uneek priiloader, it could solve the slow boottime of uneek with a lot of channels on the emulated nand as well.

In other words, there is a market for your program.

 

[stfour]

Are you planning on integrating network connectivity as well?

Do you mean support for wiiload ?

s/uneek is fantastic, but I hope that cIOSX d2x nand emulation compatibility will grow, as (and this is my opinion) is the best way to run wiiware and vc.

I just need some time to exit from beta stage. I want to complete some things on the user interface... Anyway I'll add experimenting with neek to my todo list... I will check your module and look how to integrate in postLoader

I think I will need to buy an usbgecko

 

[obcd]

yes, I was referring to wiiload.
S(U)neek has a major advantage that you can mess around with it without much risk of bricking your wii.
If we could find a way to launch it with the bannerbomb, it could even run without the need to alter anything on your real nand.
But, I agree that the d2x cIOSX and an usb loader is an easier way to play your backups.
I prefer to use both for maximum compatibility.
I am just more experimenting with uneek as it's not in such an advanced stage of development as the cIOS are.

 

[DEFIANT]

OK, I do have it installed in priiloader. But how do I get back to postloader once I return to the system menu without restarting the wii?


Well thank you for your time. I will keep using and testing this. Looking forward to next release.
You could load it via HBC or you could build a channel with CustomizeMii or something.

Yes, I can reload it via HBC. But that means I need Posloader in the apps folder, it shows up in Postloader. I'm trying to avoid seeing it in Postloader. But thank you for the suggestion. I might be able to create a forwader and point it to my usb, but it starts getting complex from there. I like to keep it simple with everything in one place if I could.

QUOTE(DEFIANT @ Jun 14 2011, 03:44 PM)

OK, I do have it installed in priiloader. But how do I get back to postloader once I return to the system menu without restarting the wii?


Well thank you for your time. I will keep using and testing this. Looking forward to next release.

I remove "STUBAXX", so exititing to HB will return to postLoader (or better, return to menu, but as menu is priiloader.... postLoader start again).

Thank you for you feedback!

As it is now I can drop down into the system menu via the home button. I like this but if you get channel support working that would make that function obsolete, correct? If possible could you hold off changing the way it is now untill channel support is working. That way I can still have some function to get to the system menu. That is if no one objects to this suggestion?

EDIT: OK... I found something cool... Using 1.0b2... In Postloader I can hit home button and this will drop me into my system menu - this I like and want to keep. Now in sytem menu I have priiloader set to boot to Postloader. All I have to do is hit the home button again and select "wiimenu", and this will take me back to Postloader. That is a desired effect so I don't think any change will be necessary. I can live with that function. What say you...arrrr

And I do have another small suggestion to the way priorities work. Would it be possible to reverse the numbering system, ie; making 0 - the first app, 1 - the second app, 2 - the third app, ect. I was trying to sort my apps and it just seemed more natural to start with the lowest number. It would be easier to sort counting up, rather than figure how many apps I have, then count down. Does that make any sense?

 

[stfour]

And I do have another small suggestion to the way priorities work. Would it be possible to reverse the numbering system, ie; making 0 - the first app, 1 - the second app, 2 - the third app, ect. I was trying to sort my apps and it just seemed more natural to start with the lowest number. It would be easier to sort counting up, rather than figure how many apps I have, then count down. Does that make any sense?

I'm preparing an on screen menu to have more option available.

One of the option can be "enter in sort mode" where do you simply click every apps with (A) in the order you want them to be displayed. Priority will be changed automatically. What do you think ?

 

[Taleweaver]

Are you planning on integrating network connectivity as well? I am trying to find an alternative for the hbc in uneek.
I have developped the uneek_usb_fs file system that gives homebrew applications usb disk access again under uneek.
As there are no sources for the hbc, I can't implement it for the hbc.
Also, the latest hbc 1.08 doesn't work under uneek, and the older 1.07 keeps on asking to install the latest version.
The homebrew filter doesn't come with source code either, so it's also not a valid candidate.
If it would be possible to launch postloader from the uneek priiloader, it could solve the slow boottime of uneek with a lot of channels on the emulated nand as well.

In other words, there is a market for your program.

Damn...I wish I had thought of your project, obcd. I was excited when I heard that you had a way to have USB access on uneek, but had kinda forgotten about it.

I just thought it would be nice to have an HBC alternative. But it would only really show some competition if it had an important feature that the HBC was missing...like USB access on uneek.




But I take it this is mostly a nice to have at this point. I better do some more checks to see if I can get this thing running (haven't checked in a couple days...sorry).


I'll test and provide some feedback later today.

 

[DEFIANT]

And I do have another small suggestion to the way priorities work. Would it be possible to reverse the numbering system, ie; making 0 - the first app, 1 - the second app, 2 - the third app, ect. I was trying to sort my apps and it just seemed more natural to start with the lowest number. It would be easier to sort counting up, rather than figure how many apps I have, then count down. Does that make any sense?

I'm preparing an on screen menu to have more option available.

One of the option can be "enter in sort mode" where do you simply click every apps with (A) in the order you want them to be displayed. Priority will be changed automatically. What do you think ?

I like your idea is even better...sounds good to me.

 

[Taleweaver]

Okay...tested it. And I must say: as hard as it was to get that first beta up, as easy it is to get this one to work.

Of course it's far from a fair comparison to the HBC...except in the main part where it counts: it finds homebrew and it allows it to run. Both the \apps folder on my USB as my SD were found fine and as far as I could check, homebrew got launched exactly the same way as from the HBC. Perhaps it loads a little bit slower, but that's hard to tell.

It works on uneek+di just as well, by the way (ran it through the HBC...if priiloader wasn't so unstable in uneek+di, I would've tested that as well). Of course it didn't recognize the USB \apps folder that way, but that is normal (obcd's part isn't implemented yet). Loading things from SD seemed just as fine as loading it through the HBC.



As far as bugs go, I couldn't find any thus far. There are a lot of suggestions I could make, but most of these are detail.

An interesting one is perhaps this:
the first times I ran it, the text at the top ("postloader - USB://apps/ Page 1 of 2") and the majority of what was in the bottom (what the buttons do and the version+credits) was really blurred. The text "point the screen with the wiimote !" and the names of the selected homebrew applications were fine, though.
This turned out to be because I use component cables but have my settings at "60 Hz (480i)" instead of "EDTV / HDTV (480p)". Once I switched to the setting, the text was fine.
(the reason for this setting has to do with swiss, btw. As long as not everyone with a normal cable gets blurry lines, this isn't much of a priority).



All in all: it's a nice app. Lots of potential, man.

 

[stfour]

Thank you Wever....

I'm working to the next release with this enhancements:

1.0b3
* Popup menu for selecting option (sd,usb, sorting, etc...)
* Displaying long and full hb description
* Custom splash screen (only with SD device)
* Easy sorting of hb apps.
* Separate postLoader in 2 apps... one only the forwarder, one for interactive. So that it can be updated without reloading application in priiloader every time
* Tracking if an application was launched in interactive mode, so that the next time return in interactive without needing to press (A)

Near Future Planned:
* Add support for USB module under neek (i will try)
* Network for automatic updates and wiiload support. Maybe also integrating wiiftp will be great !
* Channels browsing

Far future

* NAND emulation (integrating mighty channel code)

I will test postLoader in interlace mode to see if I see the blur...

 

[giantpune]

dont forget the USB gecko support while your adding in the wiiload stuff