Hacking USB Loader GX

[toejam316]

IMO all feature requests should be put on the back burner until the software is stable enough that it requires concentrated effort to cause a crash. I've actually switched to Configurable USB Loader for now, as GX just crashes too often for my tastes, and weird bugs keep popping up for me (and yes I do realize I haven't reported them and thus haven't helped development, but bug reports are a bitch when you're drunk.)

 

[TRushInfo]

i reported a few errors but nothing ever got done either so now i use cfg as well. i like gx tho

 

[D34DL1N3R]

I hate the idea of having to switch if the project is dead. WiiFlow has no console view and the one in CFG is ugly as sin. C'mon team GX!!! I still have faith in you.

 

[dimok]

Can someone check if WIP patches work in this version here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ozommdzzozk

 

[r-win]

Can someone check if WIP patches work in this version here:

No...(it doesn't work)

 

[WiiPower]

I haven't looked at your source, if there is. But my .wip code needs to know where all parts of the main.dol are in memory, because the offsets in the .wip files relate the offset in the .dol and not in memory. You can achieve that with the functions in my wiip.c if you reset before loading the main.dol and call the other one for each part of the main.dol. But don't call it for the other stuff the apploader loads!

 

[Cyan]

I don't have a lot of Wip file to test :
- New Mario bros wii would work, but there's still the auto-patch code inside GX, right ?
- Prince of Persia would need the 921 or 929 mod version to test the wip, to get past the introduction video. (I didn't try 931 yet)

For the GX test version, could you disable the automatic mario patch too, so we can test with this game ?

 

[WiiPower]

I don't have a lot of Wip file to test :
- New Mario bros wii would work, but there's still the auto-patch code inside GX, right ?
- Prince of Persia would need the 921 or 929 mod version to test the wip, to get past the introduction video.

For the GX test version, could ou disable the automatic mario patch ?

Some cIOS have more or less proper BCA handling, i think they just return the BCA data for NSMB for all games. ==> it might be that with new cIOS there's no patch at all required

If you know more about the video mode stuff and have a game that requires video mode patches to run in a certain video mode, you can use Generic Wii Patcher to create a .wip with video mode patches. But really only if you know what you are doing, so if somebody needs to explain you how to do it, you don't have the necessary knowledge.

 

[Cyan]

ah, yes, I could try with One piece unlimited adventure or no more heroes (us), they both don't have PAL signal at all.
I will prepare them unpatched on my drive, thanks for the suggestion

edit : I can hard patch any game too, removing 480p signal, and patching it back with wip, right ? *currently trying that*
Edit : didn't work (I tried with Wiiplay, I removed all PAL and progressive signal, but it still boot in 480p, video mode set to disc default.)

I'll try with NMH instead, I'm sure it needs a forced video mode that way.

 

[dimok]

I haven't looked at your source, if there is. But my .wip code needs to know where all parts of the main.dol are in memory, because the offsets in the .wip files relate the offset in the .dol and not in memory. You can achieve that with the functions in my wiip.c if you reset before loading the main.dol and call the other one for each part of the main.dol. But don't call it for the other stuff the apploader loads!

Yep noticed that now. Already changed, not in the version above though.


Well if anyone is up for testing it, come to IRC. I don't have any games that need that.

 

[alex-pex]

Don't know if you noticed, but USB Loader GX r931 has been released. It's in fact r921 modded (so the team decided to revert). Maybe wip patching is working too, as the changelog says : "DoGameHooks should be called always"

http://code.google.com/p/usbloader-gui/source/detail?r=931

 

[Cyan]

if you read the last few messages here, you would know it's not working yet.

I don't know if you still need help Dimok, maybe someone helped you already. I had to recreate a new dump of NMH to test it. I hope It will work like I want, then I can help. I'm making few test using alt dol first.
I'll come to irc when I'm ready.

 

[dimok]

I don't know if you still need help Dimok, maybe someone helped you already. I had to recreate a new dump of NMH to test it. I hope It will work like I want, then I can help. I'm making few test using alt dol first.
I'll come to irc when I'm ready.

Alright thanks, i'll be waiting. I can remove the internal NSMB patches for the testings but as WiiPower said this might still be patched by the cIOS. I think best way to test it would be with prince of persia but NMH might do it too.

 

[WiiPower]

If you want Prince of Persia working, the loader MUST NOT(*) patch the .dol in any other way than the patch to remove the protection. This includes, video mode patches, language patching, disc-in-drive checks, Ocarina and everything else.



*in german DARF NICHT!

 

[dimok]

If you want Prince of Persia working, the loader MUST NOT(*) patch the .dol in any other way than the patch to remove the protection. This includes, video mode patches, language patching, disc-in-drive checks, Ocarina and everything else.



*in german DARF NICHT!

lol

 

[keyra]

and here goes 932

*WIP Patch fix. WIP patches should work now. Tested and confirmed for PoP.
WIP Patches will be only accepted in the following format (let's not invent
thousands of different formats):
In 3x 4 bytes columns separated by a space (no ":" allowed)
offset | original address | overwrite address

Example for PoP:
007AAC6A 7A6B6F6A 6F6A7A6B
007AAC75 7C7A6939 69397C7A
...

The original address is compared before patching and is not patched if it
doesn't match. You can see the confirmation or fail of a patch on the Gecko
Output.

*A few fix ups in different places

 

[dimok]

Yes i just commited it.

 

[D34DL1N3R]

Wonderful! Thanks dimok!!!! (and anyone who helped)

It's always nice to wake up and see whats been released while you were sleeping, lol.

 

[OuahOuah]

So we must put WIP patches in the same dire than "bca dir" in config ?
Is .WDM support planned ?

 

[Cyan]

I put my wip files in SD:/wip/
but that folder is configurable in the preferences.


The format of the wip file for New super mario Wii, provided by neogamma, will not work. but it's not needed as GX is patching that game automatically.
So right now, only Prince of Persia need a Wip file, and it's already in the correct format, we don't have to convert a lot of file

if someone want the converted wip for mario anyway, here is the PAL one :

Spoiler: SMNP01.wip

001AB750 9421FFD0 4E800020
001CEE90 38A000DA 38A00071
001CEEA8 388000DA 38800071

and NTSC-J (same as NTSC-U ? I don't remember)

Spoiler: SMNJ01.wip

001AB420 9421FFD0 4E800020
001CEB60 38A000DA 38A00071
001CEB78 388000DA 38800071