Hacking SoftChip Backup Loader

[shuggie69]

dol file boots to black screen and takes a couple of times to boot correctly.

 

[nicksasa]

i can run 0.1 on ios 247 and 0.3 on ios 249 perfectly with waninkoko's cios rev 6 on ios 249 and tha one from wiigator 0.1 on ios 247 and ive had ZERO problems but with this loader it just gives an no signal on my tv it loads the title disc perfect it just doesnt start the game...

 

[Sayargh]

i can run 0.1 on ios 247 and 0.3 on ios 249 perfectly with waninkoko's cios rev 6 on ios 249 and tha one from wiigator 0.1 on ios 247 and ive had ZERO problems but with this loader it just gives an no signal on my tv it loads the title disc perfect it just doesnt start the game...

So report it on the google page, and also state which Game it is, Super Paper Mario works on this loader for instance [In fact it even worked better in a specific portion of the game than the other loaders], wario smooth moves went to a green screen for me for instance, it depends on the game.

It'd be more helpful to state what game it is, what region your console is, what region the game is etc.

 

[OriginalHamster]

I test it with Metroid Prime Corruption, I have the IOS 249 with read retry fix -it was packed with the backup loader channel-, but I getting the same ''couldn't read the disc error'' as Wiigators one after the safety screen, SoftChip load a little faster than Wiigators one.

 

[Sayargh]

I test it with Metroid Prime Corruption, I have the IOS 249 with read retry fix -it was packed with the backup loader channel-, but I getting the same ''couldn't read the disc error'' as Wiigators one after the safety screen, SoftChip load a little faster than Wiigators one.

Weird, I was just testing this game - i didn't get a read error with this game, even loaded my previous save game perfectly, loading speed is near enough exactly the same when I shoot the doors. same read retry fix. Pal console.

 

[nicksasa]

i can run 0.1 on ios 247 and 0.3 on ios 249 perfectly with waninkoko's cios rev 6 on ios 249 and tha one from wiigator 0.1 on ios 247 and ive had ZERO problems but with this loader it just gives an no signal on my tv it loads the title disc perfect it just doesnt start the game...

So report it on the google page, and also state which Game it is, Super Paper Mario works on this loader for instance [In fact it even worked better in a specific portion of the game than the other loaders], wario smooth moves went to a green screen for me for instance, it depends on the game.

It'd be more helpful to state what game it is, what region your console is, what region the game is etc.

actualy i did not get any game to work i tryd super paper mario, wii music, disaster day of criisis, mario kart, fifa 09,offroad monster trux,

 

[OriginalHamster]

I test it with Metroid Prime Corruption, I have the IOS 249 with read retry fix -it was packed with the backup loader channel-, but I getting the same ''couldn't read the disc error'' as Wiigators one after the safety screen, SoftChip load a little faster than Wiigators one.

Weird, I was just testing this game - i didn't get a read error with this game, even loaded my previous save game perfectly, loading speed is near enough exactly the same when I shoot the doors. same read retry fix. Pal console.

Yep really strange, well the game is fucking scratched, I bought it so... maybe it's bad dumped or bad burned. All my other games works flawlessly.

 

[Sayargh]

Reply to nicksasa: Could be any number of reasons why, it is a new loader- just have to wait till some bugs are ironed out.

Just report what region your console is, what version of firmware your console is, what cios's are installed and what regions the games are on that google site- it might help getting it to work on your console for the next version of the loader.

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Another game I managed to get working is Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz, Although it takes absolutely ages to get in-game; I am quite impressed with this loader so far, if nothing else it got me past that problem in Super Paper Mario I was having.

-Mario Kart Wii works flawlessly as well as far as I can tell. doesn't really take very long to load the races either.

 

[skedone]

@ requiem4d what flavor of Linux you running mate

 

[Screemer]

@requiem:

i can't get my eclipse working with devkitpro/devkitppc. i get the following error for "include $(DEVKITPPC)/wii_rules":

DescriptionÂÂÂÂResourceÂÂÂÂPathÂÂÂÂLocationÂÂÂÂType
/I/devkitPro/devkitPPC;/opt/devkitpro/devkitPPC/wii_rules: No such file or directoryÂÂÂÂMakefileÂÂÂÂSoftChipÂÂÂÂ10ÂÂÂÂC/C++ Problem
make: *** No rule to make target `/I/devkitPro/devkitPPC;/opt/devkitpro/devkitPPC/wii_rules'.ÂÂÂÂSoftChipÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ0ÂÂÂÂC/C++ Problem

could you help me with that. how do i setup the environment variable vor devkitpro correctly.

 

[nicksasa]

go in the devkitpro folder to msys and go to etc open fstab with programmers notepad and ad the line "c:/devkitPro/devkitPPC /ppc" without the "" and save then set the folder in the devkitPPC folder in the softchip folder there is a folder called include copy all the filew that era there to devkitpro/libogc/include then go to devkitpro/msys and start the msys.bat then type unset PLATFORM type then cd /ppc
type then cd softchip and then type make

voila your dol and elf will be compiled

 

[Screemer]

compiling via msys is working fine. i want to get it running via eclipse. i found a plugin for nds development to use in eclipse: http://snipah.com/index.php?option=com_con...4&Itemid=53

but nothing similar for wii dev. so i have to set it up by hand.

 

[nicksasa]

i posted it on the issue's page

 

[WiiPower]

Could somebody explain me, why SoftChip uses 0x0d15ea53 as boot code while Wiigator uses in both versions 0xd15ea5e? Wiigator's 0xd15ea5e matches the one on WiiBrew.

Where is the right place to ask "stupid" questions like this? Here or as an issue at google code?


I tried both codes with SoftChip with no luck. I always get the game identified, but i always get stuck on a black screen. PAL 3.1E Wii, PAL games, cCIOS for 0.3(working with Wiigator 0.3).

 

[nicksasa]

i have the same problem

 

[requiem4d]

Could somebody explain me, why SoftChip uses 0x0d15ea53 as boot code while Wiigator uses in both versions 0xd15ea5e? Wiigator's 0xd15ea5e matches the one on WiiBrew.

This is a red herring. 0x0001 is equivalent to 0x01. Just as 000000100 = 100. Leading zeroes don't matter, they just make for cleaner code.

We'll have a video patch up shortly.

 

[requiem4d]

@ requiem4d what flavor of Linux you running mate
Depends on what day it is. Today is Ubuntu 8.10.

QUOTEi can't get my eclipse working with devkitpro/devkitppc. i get the following error for "include $(DEVKITPPC)/wii_rules":

All I do is set up the DEVKITPRO and DEVKITPPC env variables within the project settings and let the makefile do the work.

 

[WiiPower]

There are 53 and 5e. That's the difference i meant.

 

[requiem4d]

Oh. Oops. Good eye.

 

[skedone]

mate have you got a guide on setting up eclipse on kubuntu 8.10 as thats what im running i can only find the ubuntu one and as im running KDE 4 the menu entries lines are gonna be all wrong sorry to ask mate

dont worry about devkit i have a bash script of that just updated it for intrepid