Hacking Priiloader 0.9 Released!

[XFlak]

I just created a pull request for the new hacks_hash (my very first pull request, lol).

Just FYI, not only did I add the "Remove Deflicker" hack, but I also removed the "Lock System Menu with Black Screen" hack. I vaguely recall speaking with you about this at some point in the past, and I think you said you wanted to keep the black screen hack, but I can't recall 100%, nor do I remember what your rationale was. In any case, it's up to you if you want to decide to nix the black screen hack or not, but just be aware that's it's been removed in my pull request.

 

[Magnus87]

I never imagined that Priloader reached version 0.10. Thanks Daco!, I think this is going to be one of the most useful versions of all.

 

[DacoTaco]

I think this is going to be one of the most useful versions of all.

could be said of every version of priiloader tbh

 

[XFlak]

Edit: nvm, see first post

Spoiler

New "Beta" v0.10 from @DacoTaco

https://github.com/DacoTaco/priiloader/releases/tag/0.10.0-beta1

IMPORTANT !!!!!!
Since this is a beta version,installing BootMii in boot2 is strongly recommended !
Those who cannot do this should wait for the Stable Release please !!!!

v0.10 : Version Kappa​

New Features​

• Add ability to load Wii and gamecube discs
  • this ignores region of the discs
  • this also does not apply any hacks
• Add setting to prioritize USB access over SD
• Priiloader can now water your plants
• Refactor device access
  • Priiloader no longer waits for the usb drive to respond when mounting

Fixes & Improvements​

• Fix launching channels from another region
• Refactor the region free hacks on SM < 4.3
• Fix Online updates after my host broke it (again)
• Correctly check for the gamecube shutdown flag
• Fix clearing bss section with .elf files
• Fix typo in installer
• Refactor meta.xml parsing
• Refactor versioning in priiloader

I found the full release notes from Daco on reddit and thought I'd copy and paste it over here for reference

tl;dr : Priiloader 0.10 Beta 1 is online and can be downloaded through github or priiloader : https://github.com/DacoTaco/priiloader/releases/tag/0.10.0-beta1

Hey Guys, Galls and everything in between. It's been a while, i know. but no worries, im here to present you the beta of the new priiloader version, 0.10 ! as always with beta's & pre-releases , please be careful when installing this release and make sure you have bootmii@boot2!

Let's start with the changelog :

v0.10 : Version Kappa​

New Features​

• Add ability to load Wii and gamecube discs
  • this ignores region of the discs
  • this also does not apply any hacks
• Add setting to prioritize USB access over SD
• Priiloader can now water your plants
• Refactor device access
  • Priiloader no longer waits for the usb drive to respond when mounting

Fixes & Improvements​

• Fix launching channels from another region
• Refactor the region free hacks on SM < 4.3
• Fix Online updates after my host broke it (again)
• Correctly check for the gamecube shutdown flag
• Fix clearing bss section with .elf files
• Fix typo in installer
• Refactor meta.xml parsing
• Refactor versioning in priiloader

It's a small changelog, but 0.10 comes with a few nice new features. First Feature: loading discs. Priiloader now has a menu option called 'Launch Disc'. this menu will load the disc inserted into the wii. This launch menu is region free and will load any game from any region, both in GC & Wii mode. It will also apply Video mode fixes which should make it possible to load more games than System menu itself! However, this menu can not, and will never, load burned discs out of the box.
Other than that, if a game does not load don't hesitate to report it to me.

Next up : prioritize usb over sd.
Priiloader up until today was able to access both the USB as SD as a means to load things like the hacks or homebrew. however, it always chose SD over USB if it was available, even if it contained nothing for it to use. this is now changed.
The Settings menu now has an option to select the priority of fat device. by default this is set to Auto, which is the old behavior ( SD has priority over USB ). however, there is also an USB option, which makes priiloader load things from the USB drive before checking the SD card. which can be helpful for setups in which the SD is not the primary device the user is using to store things like homebrew and the hacks file. Together with this change however, was a full device mounting rework, and slow responding USB devices might now work better, or still show slowdown when priiloader is booting something, or shutting down. BUT at least the menu will no longer hang because of all cpu cycles going towards the usb mounting code.

next up we have some fixes, which most can be ignored by 90% of you. The most obvious fix might be that when launching a channel, priiloader will now correctly setup the system so that all virtual consoles and channels from other regions are launched correctly.

And thats about it folks.
Enjoy and keep me posted if any problems come up!
DacoTaco, OUT!

Source:

https://www.reddit.com/r/WiiHacks/comments/sddjth/priiloader_010_beta_1_released/

 

[DacoTaco]

i kinda already edited the first post to include them?

 

[Deleted member 547976]

Hello, great that you are still developing this project, I wonder what will be in the official stable version? And ew when can a stable release be expected? Thank you.

 

[DacoTaco]

I just created a pull request for the new hacks_hash (my very first pull request, lol).

Just FYI, not only did I add the "Remove Deflicker" hack, but I also removed the "Lock System Menu with Black Screen" hack. I vaguely recall speaking with you about this at some point in the past, and I think you said you wanted to keep the black screen hack, but I can't recall 100%, nor do I remember what your rationale was. In any case, it's up to you if you want to decide to nix the black screen hack or not, but just be aware that's it's been removed in my pull request.

check the comments on the PR please.

 

[XFlak]

check the comments on the PR please.

The only comment I see is my own...

https://github.com/DacoTaco/priiloader/pull/296

 

[Deleted member 547976]

I would like to install these latest Priiloader 0.10.0 Beta 1 release
But the console I'm using doesn't have boot2 and I wouldn't want to break anything and I don't know whether to install or wait for a stable release?

 

[XFlak]

Installing a beta is a risk, but AFAIK no one has reported any brick related issues with the beta. If it were me I would stay with the latest official release, and leave the beta testing to those with bootmii boot2, or those who are willing to risk bricking their console because they have spare units or enough available funds to grab a replacement console

 

[DacoTaco]

Priiloader 0.10 beta 2 is released.
i wanted to make this the official 0.10 release, but there have been to much code changes behind the scene to allow that.
test it out, let me know and i might release 0.10 after all.
https://github.com/DacoTaco/priiloader/releases/tag/0.10.0-beta2

the changelog over beta 1 is as following :

v0.10 Beta 2 :
* New Features
  - Priiloader can now drown your plants
  - Added Support for System Menu 1.0
  - Show Priiloader after installation
    - Priiloader will launch when booting System Menu
  - Added new hacks
    - Block disc autoboot
    - Remove Deflicker
* Fixes & Improvements
  - fix hacks saving bug from beta 1
  - fix launching SM on IOS < 28
  - fix launching some game discs
  - fix dvd active check

 

[jeannotte]

Priiloader 0.10 beta 2 is released.
i wanted to make this the official 0.10 release, but there have been to much code changes behind the scene to allow that.
test it out, let me know and i might release 0.10 after all.
https://github.com/DacoTaco/priiloader/releases/tag/0.10.0-beta2

the changelog over beta 1 is as following :

v0.10 Beta 2 :
* New Features
  - Priiloader can now drown your plants
  - Added Support for System Menu 1.0
  - Show Priiloader after installation
    - Priiloader will launch when booting System Menu
  - Added new hacks
    - Block disc autoboot
    - Remove Deflicker
* Fixes & Improvements
  - fix hacks saving bug from beta 1
  - fix launching SM on IOS < 28
  - fix launching some game discs
  - fix dvd active check

Hello @DacoTaco ,

little info:

I installed this version of Priiloader 0.10.0 beta2 on my wii 4.2 E, and everything works fine, I haven't tested the changes (no time, sorry).

I was staying in version 0.7 of Priiloader.I was late

 

[niuus]

Priiloader 0.10 beta 2 is released.
i wanted to make this the official 0.10 release, but there have been to much code changes behind the scene to allow that.
test it out, let me know and i might release 0.10 after all.
https://github.com/DacoTaco/priiloader/releases/tag/0.10.0-beta2

the changelog over beta 1 is as following :

v0.10 Beta 2 :
* New Features
  - Priiloader can now drown your plants
  - Added Support for System Menu 1.0
  - Show Priiloader after installation
    - Priiloader will launch when booting System Menu
  - Added new hacks
    - Block disc autoboot
    - Remove Deflicker
* Fixes & Improvements
  - fix hacks saving bug from beta 1
  - fix launching SM on IOS < 28
  - fix launching some game discs
  - fix dvd active check

As I had to go back to 0.9.1, I wanted to confirm if Priiloader 0.10 Beta 2 doesn't allow you yet to force other IOS for System Menu (I tried 249, 250, 251, probably others are affected). After changing it, It throws an error when I press "System Menu", and if I try to change it back, the console freezes.

It also freezes if you have a USB controller when you enter Priiloader (it was a Dualshock 3), i'm guessing it's due to the new USB DOL loader code. All of this happened to me while testing Fakemote.

 

[impeeza]

Priiloader 0.10 beta 2 is released.
i wanted to make this the official 0.10 release, but there have been to much code changes behind the scene to allow that.
test it out, let me know and i might release 0.10 after all.
https://github.com/DacoTaco/priiloader/releases/tag/0.10.0-beta2

the changelog over beta 1 is as following :

v0.10 Beta 2 :
* New Features
  - Priiloader can now drown your plants
  - Added Support for System Menu 1.0
  - Show Priiloader after installation
    - Priiloader will launch when booting System Menu
  - Added new hacks
    - Block disc autoboot
    - Remove Deflicker
* Fixes & Improvements
  - fix hacks saving bug from beta 1
  - fix launching SM on IOS < 28
  - fix launching some game discs
  - fix dvd active check

so far all functions (but watering my plants) works fine.

 

[DacoTaco]

so far all functions (but watering my plants) works fine.

the watering doesn't work? oh no!

As I had to go back to 0.9.1, I wanted to confirm if Priiloader 0.10 Beta 2 doesn't allow you yet to force other IOS for System Menu (I tried 249, 250, 251, probably others are affected). After changing it, It throws an error when I press "System Menu", and if I try to change it back, the console freezes.

It also freezes if you have a USB controller when you enter Priiloader (it was a Dualshock 3), i'm guessing it's due to the new USB DOL loader code. All of this happened to me while testing Fakemote.

the freezing with a usb controller could be a fakemote thing, could you verify by disabling fakemote and testing it again?
as for the ios setting for system menu, i will have to verify if it works.
at the meantime, could you enable logging and going through this process?

 

[niuus]

the freezing with a usb controller could be a fakemote thing, could you verify by disabling fakemote and testing it again?
as for the ios setting for system menu, i will have to verify if it works.
at the meantime, could you enable logging and going through this process?

Okay, no prob. I'll reinstall the d2x CIOS without Fakemote and do it again. How is logging enabled and where is it saved? Plain SD?

 

[hadi aulia]

@DacoTaco i have this error code after i tried install latest beta, any way to fix this?

 

[darkgunsou86]

does the deflicker setting apply to the system menu only or does it work on games as well?
someone said it doesnt work in games and we have to use usb loader gx, wii flow or patch the iso to remove the deflicker.

 

[DacoTaco]

Okay, no prob. I'll reinstall the d2x CIOS without Fakemote and do it again. How is logging enabled and where is it saved? Plain SD?

you can enable logging from the settings. its called dump gecko output or something.

@DacoTaco i have this error code after i tried install latest beta, any way to fix this?

thats odd, it failed to patch IOS on startup. what IOS are you using? can you send a syscheck?

does the deflicker setting apply to the system menu only or does it work on games as well?
someone said it doesnt work in games and we have to use usb loader gx, wii flow or patch the iso to remove the deflicker.

system menu only. Priiloader can not change the workings of games. that can only be done with very complex patches like the RC24 one

 

[hadi aulia]

thats odd, it failed to patch IOS on startup. what IOS are you using? can you send a syscheck?

Spoiler: syscheck

SysCheck HDE v2.4.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199, and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U (original region: KOR)
System Menu 4.1U (v449)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 09.07.2006
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 136336876
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v4
Found 884 titles.
Found 46 IOS on this console. 0 of them are stubs.

IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS11 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS52 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS80 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS202[60] (rev 65535, Info: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38+37] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS224[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, Beer Ticket
IOS249[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 10/24/2022.

i hope that helped