Hacking SoftChip Backup Loader

[Arm the Homeless]

They know what they're doing.

And I'm pretty sure it's not going to be called a cIOS.
I wanted it to be IOSARM (for obvious reasons, two of them. My name being one) and probably will be named either scIOS (SoftChipIOS / Super Cool IOS) or awIOSwdre (A Working IOS Without Disk Read Error)

 

[g00s3y]

Oh i know req and his partners def know what they are doing. But if someone who doesn't comes along and tries something on their wii... well lets just hope people aren't that stupid. (except for the guy who asked if there was a 360 emu for wii...)

 

[KimKong]

@Arm the Homeless
Sounds like a good plan..
When can we expect it to hit the web..?

 

[BIG MOE]

so far 41 page for r41 , not bad at all , more like a race to the future with a well build softchip that plays it all

 

[Arm the Homeless]

@Arm the Homeless
Sounds like a good plan..
When can we expect it to hit the web..?

We don't know yet.
It works fine on all of the games Requiem has tested and there won't be ANY read errors.
One problem is that it freezes on boot sometimes, and you need to reboot to fix it. So it's a RAM error.

He's also trying to figure out how the dip_plugin.bin is made, so he's waiting on #zen-sources (Waninkoko made a Linux kernel) for Waninkoko.

 

[Sorox]

@Arm the Homeless
Sounds like a good plan..
When can we expect it to hit the web..?

We don't know yet.
It works fine on all of the games Requiem has tested and there won't be ANY read errors.
One problem is that it freezes on boot sometimes, and you need to reboot to fix it. So it's a RAM error.

He's also trying to figure out how the dip_plugin.bin is made, so he's waiting on #zen-sources (Waninkoko made a Linux kernel) for Waninkoko.

What games has he tested?

 

[KimKong]

We don't know yet.
It works fine on all of the games Requiem has tested and there won't be ANY read errors.
One problem is that it freezes on boot sometimes, and you need to reboot to fix it. So it's a RAM error.

He's also trying to figure out how the dip_plugin.bin is made, so he's waiting on #zen-sources (Waninkoko made a Linux kernel) for Waninkoko.

Ok, thanks for the reply..!
So there's still some major clean ups left then.. Any idea if the "Sam & Max"-problem is solved..? Because that game have had a troublesome past.. It haven't worked on any version of any cIOS I have tried.. And that's starting to become a few..

 

[Arm the Homeless]

The plan is to have it install as maybe IOS250 so it won't interfere with any other IOS.
Also means that somebody will have to change other loaders to work with IOS250 if they want to use it.

The install program is also based off of WiiGator's installer.

 

[KimKong]

The plan is to have it install as maybe IOS250 so it won't interfere with any other IOS.
Also means that somebody will have to change other loaders to work with IOS250 if they want to use it.

The install program is also based off of WiiGator's installer.

Sounds good to me..
If this new version clean up the "disc error" issue, I see no need for other loaders.. And if I understand correctly, SoftChip also play cross region games, right..?

 

[Arm the Homeless]

The plan is to have it install as maybe IOS250 so it won't interfere with any other IOS.
Also means that somebody will have to change other loaders to work with IOS250 if they want to use it.

The install program is also based off of WiiGator's installer.

Sounds good to me..
If this new version clean up the "disc error" issue, I see no need for other loaders.. And if I understand correctly, SoftChip also play cross region games, right..?

Yep. It now has force options too. (Used to just use what the System Menu used)
Download is at http://ratm.net63.net/SoftChip.zip

 

[KimKong]

Thanks you for the new version..!

But correct me if I'm wrong, but if you guys write the SoftChip to run on IOS250 and you have to install this new IOS to use it. Wouldn't the old (WiiGator and Waninkokos) backup loaders still work fine since they are operating on a different system..?

 

[cdreams]

I think he means if you wanted to use the new improved cIOS for the old loaders, then you would need to have them modified to point at the new cIOS on 250.

Why you would still want the old loaders though when Softchip is running as good as 0.3 just now and with the fixed cIOS will also run games with the read error, I don't know. But maybe some people will have a reason.

 

[Sorox]

The plan is to have it install as maybe IOS250 so it won't interfere with any other IOS.
Also means that somebody will have to change other loaders to work with IOS250 if they want to use it.

The install program is also based off of WiiGator's installer.

Sounds good to me..
If this new version clean up the "disc error" issue, I see no need for other loaders.. And if I understand correctly, SoftChip also play cross region games, right..?

Yep. It now has force options too. (Used to just use what the System Menu used)
Download is at http://ratm.net63.net/SoftChip.zip

So how do i play a PAL game. I started up R-41 and its looks exactly the same. Does it auto change Region? P.S. im using NTSC console with 3.3U (oldest)

 

[cdreams]

Sorox I don't think it does yet. I think it's still what your console region is set to, you need the same region games. The new cIOS will allow any region. At least I think this is what Arm meant. Maybe r41 does allow cross region, hmmm.

I tried it out and it has the settings for using either disc settings or system settings. I thought this was for setting video or something.

 

[Sorox]

Sorox I don't think it does yet. I think it's still what your console region is set to, you need the same region games. The new cIOS will allow any region. At least I think this is what Arm meant. Maybe r41 does allow cross region, hmmm.

I tried it out and it has the settings for using either disc settings or system settings. I thought this was for setting video or something.

I'll wait for my COD:WAW to finish Burning. its done. lol. ANNDDDD............................ It was black and white and still had disc read error.
Well, i guess i wait for gamma then.

 

[acesniper]

will this work with the current ios or do we wait for 250

 

[acesniper]

Sorox I don't think it does yet. I think it's still what your console region is set to, you need the same region games. The new cIOS will allow any region. At least I think this is what Arm meant. Maybe r41 does allow cross region, hmmm.

I tried it out and it has the settings for using either disc settings or system settings. I thought this was for setting video or something.

I'll wait for my COD:WAW to finish Burning. its done. lol. ANNDDDD............................ It was black and white and still had disc read error.
Well, i guess i wait for gamma then.

did you convert the PAL version to NTSC? i heard that if you do, it won't work.

 

[air2004]

Please WiiGator release the gamma soon .... I'm getting read errors

PS. can someone make a copy of there sd card for me using Gators v3 with read retry and wani's v1 loader

 

[lolsjoel]

scIOS was my suggestion!

 

[Sorox]

Sorox I don't think it does yet. I think it's still what your console region is set to, you need the same region games. The new cIOS will allow any region. At least I think this is what Arm meant. Maybe r41 does allow cross region, hmmm.

I tried it out and it has the settings for using either disc settings or system settings. I thought this was for setting video or something.

I'll wait for my COD:WAW to finish Burning. its done. lol. ANNDDDD............................ It was black and white and still had disc read error.
Well, i guess i wait for gamma then.

did you convert the PAL version to NTSC? i heard that if you do, it won't work.

Nope. Just burned 1:1 copy of Pal COD:WAW and it was Black and white. Most likely because i have an ntsc console. I keep hearing this guy talk about the NTSC version of COD, but it hasnt been dumped yet. well at least not publicly.