That's actually a separate issue that I've addressed in this post.
What you're describing is different because if you boot certain games and then select to return to the system menu your console freezes. And this only occurs when Priiloaders installed.
I didn't ask this before, but what's displayed on your screen when your console freezes? And did you check if the issue also occurs if you configure Priiloader to boot and return to the homebrew channel?
Yeah, that's part of the same issue that you linked to. It'll be resolved when I release an update.
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I just upgraded from 1271 (or 72 can't really remember) to 1281 and I noticed straight away that the sound inside loader is a bit crushed, like when something it's too high pitched. It's especially evident when pressing home. Is this a known issue?
The background music is an obvious change, since it originally had a hiss to it and it didn't loop correctly. But the other sounds are identical when it comes to their pitch.
Some of the file types and sample rates were changed, but you shouldn't be able to hear a difference.
You can compare the files for yourself by downloading the new ones and the old ones.
The sounds are identical, no doubt about it, in fact I believe it's a glitch and that despite the fact that they're the same sounds, they're played differently. I'm not the first person to notice it either: https://gbatemp.net/threads/usb-loader-gx.149922/post-10103206
You can check for yourself while in system menu, press home and listen carefully to that ding. Then do that in usb loader gx 1281 and you'll notice that ding is a bit messed up, like when an audio file is too compressed. Trust me it's very obvious, I noticed it straight away from 71 to 81 and I'm definitely not imagining things.
They were talking about the background music, which was deliberately changed.
Okay, so I put r1271 and r1281 side by side and recorded the audio with my phone and for some reason that picked up a slight difference.
The original files were already poor quality, so I guess I could just recrate all of the audio files. However, this would mean that some things would sound very different than what you're accustomed to.
Is there a way to make SD card mode the default? So I don't have to press A every time. Also is there a way to make games display their actual titles instead of the codenames (Wii Sports instead of SPORTS PACK FOR REVOLUTION)
All I can say is that I'd like to have a new release out before the end of the year.
If you've got USB Loader GX installed to Priiloader then you should uninstall it, since that prevents the loaders updater and SD card mode from working correctly.
Instead of installing the loaders DOL file you should install the UNEO channel booter DOL file for Priiloader. Information on how to do that can be found here.
If you do don't have USB Loader GX installed to Priiloader then check that your SD card isn't in read only mode.
Settings > Updates > WiiTDB.xml
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I don't think it's installed to Priiloader or anything like that, I just downloaded it from the Homebrew Browser? SD card mode functions fine there's nothing broken, I just want to stop it from defaulting to USB mode so I don't have to press A every time I launch it.
Okay, so you're not using Priiloader to autoboot the loader and your SD card isn't in read only mode?
- Launch USB Loader GX from the homebrew channel
- Press A to activate SD card mode
- Press the home button and select to return to the homebrew channel
- Launch USB Loader GX from the homebrew channel again
If you're launching USB Loader GX via an old channel forwarder or a game shortcut (WiiGSC) then this could be the cause of your problem.
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No, I'm just launching it from the Homebrew Channel but every time I get the "Waiting for HDD … A to enable SD card mode" screen, even after selecting that the first time.
Thank you for the help with the game titles.
If you go to
Settings > Custom Paths almost everything is set to the SD card, right?Currently it seems like either your SD card has it's lock switch enabled or meta.xml is set to read only.
You could manually edit meta.xml to enable arguments and change
<arg>--sdmode=0</arg> to <arg>--sdmode=1</arg>. This shouldn't normally be necessary though.In custom paths everything is somewhere on the the SD card except for Main GameCube Path. The card definitely isn't read only and other homebrew apps have no trouble writing to it.
I don't understand what I have to change in meta.xml, there isn't a line that says sdmode, do I have to add it?
When installing USB Loader GX you should extract the loaders apps folder to your SD card and then select yes to replace all files if prompted. That way you'll get an updated meta.xml file too.
Because you've experienced issues you should probably delete your existing installation (sd:/apps/usbloader_gx) and then reinstall the loader.
To edit the meta.xml file you'd open the file in notepad, remove the two lines containing
remove this line to enable arguments, adjust the required argument and then save the file.
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The problem seems to be caused by OSC server, since their zip file is no longer identical to the official release.
Download the loader directly from GitHub and it won't have the problem.
https://github.com/wiidev/usbloadergx/releases
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