Hacking Priiloader Public BETA

[Jacobeian]

then do point out where we use very big sizes. from what i can tell we rarely/never do :/

edit : and why nothing crashes on my wii( which is irritating the fuck out of me) but does on some other wii's (which is why this is beta, i knew about the bug thx to FGOD )

I don't know about this program particulary, I just pointed out an issue that arised with some code when using r18 and how to correct it. The guy was talking about a program that handles WAD file, obviously this makes big chunk read and write.

This release is compiled with devkitpro r18 which contains a very bugged libfat that can produce write errors. Since this app writes to the NAND, I'd advise against installing it at this point unless you can compile it yourself using devkitpro r17.

So you use libfat to write to the NAND? libfat is used for SD and USB devices and not the NAND AFAIK.

I wouldn't recommend installing at this point because devkitpro r18 is bugged and the app writes to the NAND. Not necessarily because of libfat itself, but that is one of the major bugs that we are aware of and one of the main goals of this mod of preloader is reading/loading from both SD and USB.

I wouldn't install anything to my NAND (without bootmii/boot2) that was compiled from a bugged compiler. Period.

what bugs ?
Stop spreading false informations, lots of people are currently using devkitpro r18 and the new libogc/libfat WITHOUT any bugs.
Bugs are in applications themselves, introduced by people who don't code correctly

Plus, NAND access have nothing to do with libfat, they are handled by libogc IOS code, which is pretty robust and bugfree, it has been used in tons of other applications and still is (from Wad Manager to IOS patchers)

 

[Daco]

DVD spin bug gone = a must have

not if its not stable deu to memory issues

(again, i almost killed my wii discovering about the bug >_> )

 

[Daco]

a quick dump to tell news posters to stop posting unless they nicely say in big letters

THAT ITS A FREAKING ASS BETA AND HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS (which are btw, unknown to why they happen at random)

 

[Daco]

just a question. is there anyone who has bootmii as boot2 who was able to use priiloader without the crashing on remount of sd ? (it remounds when you select one of the following in priiloader menu :
-system menu
-bootmii
-hacks
-load/install dol
)

 

[xzxero]

just a question. is there anyone who has bootmii as boot2 who was able to use priiloader without the crashing on remount of sd ? (it remounds when you select one of the following in priiloader menu :
-system menu
-bootmii
-hacks
-load/install dol
)

i have boot2 and it crashed on every option.

 

[Daco]

just a question. is there anyone who has bootmii as boot2 who was able to use priiloader without the crashing on remount of sd ? (it remounds when you select one of the following in priiloader menu :
-system menu
-bootmii
-hacks
-load/install dol
)

i have boot2 and it crashed on every option.

ofc you have boot2 , or your wii wouldn't startup >_>

and i didn't ask that, i asked if anyone with bootmii as boot2 didn't have the crashes

 

[FGOD]

i don't think it is a boot2 problem though...

 

[Daco]

i don't think it is a bootmii problem though...

me neither but im open for any theory . and since it works fine on my wii (which doesn't have bootmii) ...

 

[xzxero]

just a question. is there anyone who has bootmii as boot2 who was able to use priiloader without the crashing on remount of sd ? (it remounds when you select one of the following in priiloader menu :
-system menu
-bootmii
-hacks
-load/install dol
)

i have boot2 and it crashed on every option.

ofc you have boot2 , or your wii wouldn't startup >_>

and i didn't ask that, i asked if anyone with bootmii as boot2 didn't have the crashes

aha
sorrry
let me clarlify
i have bootmii v4 installed as boot2
i can install priiloader beta 1
when i access it, every option you mentioned results in a code dump.
i can uninstall it and reinstall preloader .30 r4 and everything works fine again.

and i know you asked for people who didnt crash with boot2 installed, but i dont think youll find any.

 

[Daco]

and i know you asked for people who didnt crash with boot2 installed, but i dont think youll find any.

which is exactly why i asked. its the only difference i can think off between priiloader unmount preloader rev4 by phpgeek/my old preloader and my wii oldboy/your/my bro's wii

 

[xzxero]

that bites, but its a possibility.

your crazy for testing on a wii without bootmii you know that?!

 

[Daco]

your crazy for testing on a wii without bootmii you know that?!

/me gives you a tumb up

 

[FenrirWolf]

I don't think BootMii can possibly have anything to do with the problem. Boot2 finishes loading before anything even comes on screen and once IOS and the System Menu have started, it doesn't do anything else.

 

[Daco]

I don't think BootMii can possibly have anything to do with the problem. Boot2 finishes loading before anything even comes on screen and once IOS and the System Menu have started, it doesn't do anything else.

i know
i know damn well its almost(99%) impossible.
but like i said , im out of theories or ideas
at this point, im open for anything & in this mood im ready to give up on priiloader cause of this bug stopping me from releasing a stable version...

 

[mgrimmenator]

Daco: I wish I could help, I feel your frustration. Is there anyway to just go back to orig v.30 code or even v.29 and just add back in the new features? I know debugging is not easy on this. Best of luck.

 

[Daco]

good news
thx to wntrmute on #wiidev the bug is fixed. im testing/looking at everything before ill release. if you want you can compile rev15 from svn and use it. it should be fine now

 

[XFlak]

Daco, will this revision have all the same functions as preloader 0.30 rev4? I'm assuming it's supposed to be identical to preloader 0.30 rev 4 except it has more bug fixes.

Plz correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Daco]

Daco, will this revision have all the same functions as preloader 0.30 rev4? I'm assuming it's supposed to be identical to preloader 0.30 rev 4 except it has more bug fixes.

Plz correct me if I'm wrong.

yup
i merged all code from rev4 with priiloader.

consider this the first version of priiloader which is a merge of phpgeek's rev4 + my changes + more

 

[XFlak]

sweet, when do u expect to be able to post a binary?

EDIT: Sorry, patience was never my strong suit

 

[Daco]

sweet, when do u expect to be able to post a binary?

just wait and see or build your own (it is open source you know

)