Hacking USB Loader GX

[Nomado]

I have both game and loader cios set to 249. Had the game checked with Wii Backup manager. But still black screen.
I have EmuNand Save mode set to partial. Tried with that turned off.

Does loading USB loader GX off of SD card has anything to do with it?

 

[blackb0x]

@Nomado The d2x cIOS doesn't allow games to access your SD card while a game is being played from your SD card. So if you're trying to play Excite Truck from your SD card this is why it'll freeze.

From a USB storage device Excite Truck will work with the default settings in r1281. So you could reset Excite Truck to its default settings, reset the loader to it's default settings and then launch the game without changing any settings.

 

[Nomado]

Resetting the loader default settings fixed it. Thanks.

 

[Ouaz]

Stupid question maybe, but does the new "Video Width: Framebuffer" setting also apply to Gamecube games?

 

[blackb0x]

Stupid question maybe, but does the new "Video Width: Framebuffer" setting also apply to Gamecube games?

No, since they're handled by either Nintendont or Devolution.

 

[blackb0x]

I just downloaded the update and it's working, couldn't it fix the Tomb Raider games?

I've played 10 minutes of Tomb Raider Anniversary (RLRP4F) without any issues.

If you're unable to play them and resetting the games and the loader to their default settings doesn't work then they're likely bad rips.

You did also have issues with Call Of Duty Black Ops bugging out on a specific mission, yet your save file worked for me. So you might want to try putting the games onto a different storage device (formatted as FAT32 with 32k cluster size), just to see if your USB HDD is the problem.

 

[ViTOgx]

Less than 24 hours later and I've already got it working

Wow, really? You already fixed the issue with Tintin?

When do you release the next version?

 

[GDX]

@blackb0x

I think I discovered a slight bug

My default language is French in the wii menu

but when I launch Scarface: The World is Yours
the PAL version the language of the game is in English and not in French

what's weird is that it only happens on this game at least for now

on the other hand when you force the tongue it works

 

[alcab]

Sorry for asking but I have a small problem. New r1281 is working flawlessly in my vWii, except when using a LAN connection. When using a LAN Connection, USB Loader GX fails to connect to the network. Other homebrew apps and the vWii itself can connect without problems. But USB Loader GX cannot.

This issue doesn't happen when connected by wifi. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks a lot for all your hard work.

 

[jeannotte]

but when I launch Scarface: The World is Yours
the PAL version the language of the game is in English and not in French

hello,

is it this ID (RSCP7D) of your game ==>https://www.gametdb.com/Wii/RSCP7D

 

[GDX]

hello,

is it this ID (RSCP7D) of your game ==>https://www.gametdb.com/Wii/RSCP7D

Hello,

Yes

 

[blackb0x]

Wow, really? You already fixed the issue with Tintin?

Yep.

When do you release the next version?

I'm not sure yet since there's a few things that I want to look into.

This issue doesn't happen when connected by wifi. What am I doing wrong?

It's a problem with older versions of the loader and WiiFlow too.

Have you tried setting the loaders IOS to 58? Since most homebrew won't use a cIOS and I don't know if maybe that's what prevents your adapter from working correctly.

If I can find a cheap adapter with the AX88772 chipset then I'll try to fix the issue.

Hello,

Yes

RSCP7D should play in your language, but RSCU7D will might default to English because GameTDB don't list any languages for it. So if you're sure it's RSCP7D that you're using I'll look into the issue.

 

[GDX]

RSCP7D should play in your language, but RSCU7D will default to English because GameTDB don't list any languages for it. So if you're sure it's RSCP7D that you're using I'll look into the issue.

Yes precisely this version http://redump.org/disc/54039/

 

[alcab]

It's a problem with older versions of the loader and WiiFlow too.

Have you tried setting the loaders IOS to 58? Since most homebrew won't use a cIOS and I don't know if maybe that's what prevents your adapter from working correctly.

If I can find a cheap adapter with the AX88772 chipset then I'll try to fix the issue.

Wow, thanks a lot. That fixed it!!!

And thanks for your amazing job. You are making a lot of us very happy!!!

 

[blackb0x]

Wow, thanks a lot. That fixed it!!!

And thanks for your amazing job. You are making a lot of us very happy!!!

Okay, that's good to know. But using IOS58 might cause your HDD to stop responding if you let the loader idle for a while and the loader might also fail to create game backups.

If you were to use the second cIOS configuration from the loaders github page then you could try using 251 (base 58).

Yes precisely this version http://redump.org/disc/54039/

With my system language set to French, the global game language setting set to console default and the games settings at their defaults the game displayed everything in French for me.

 

[GDX]

With my system language set to French, the global game language setting set to console default and the games settings at their defaults the game displayed everything in French for me.

really ? strange for me it is set to English with my language set to French I even deleted all the USB Loader GX config to be sure

EDIT:
Problem solved I update wiitdb.xml Thanks @blackb0x

 

[vbarros22]

hey @blackb0x I cant install on my vWii the new d2x
worked fine on Wii but on vWii give me a net_gethostbyname failed: -6

 

[bryceshaw06]

Hi @blackb0x thank you for your updates to USBLoader GX, they are greatly appreciated! I'm so glad I can finally use it with my sd card. However, one problem I've been facing comes with the path that USBLoader picks up for Nintendont boot.dol. I would like to be able to easily switch from loading my games from USB or SD card, but it seems that USBLoader doesn't dynamically pick the Nintendont boot.dol file location depending on the storage device it's booting from. For example, if I have my SD card in and I launch a game from my Wii home menu (Forwards to USBLoader then to Nintendont) it boots and plays great, but if I put the same SD in a USB adapter and launch the forwarder, USBLoader can't find the Nintendont dol.

The one other issue I've had (more of an inconvenience than anything) is that my Wii game forwarders make me press A to play games from the SD, but auto boots ones from the USB. Is there a way to automatically boot into both?

Videos of these can be found here:

 

[blackb0x]

hey @blackb0x I cant install on my vWii the new d2x
worked fine on Wii but on vWii give me a net_gethostbyname failed: -6

You're using the vWii package that's attached to my post, right? Since outdated installers or incorrect DNS settings can cause that -6 error.

However, one problem I've been facing comes with the path that USBLoader picks up for Nintendont boot.dol. I would like to be able to easily switch from loading my games from USB or SD card, but it seems that USBLoader doesn't dynamically pick the Nintendont boot.dol file location depending on the storage device it's booting from. For example, if I have my SD card in and I launch a game from my Wii home menu (Forwards to USBLoader then to Nintendont) it boots and plays great, but if I put the same SD in a USB adapter and launch the forwarder, USBLoader can't find the Nintendont dol.

GameCube games don't require the loaders SD card mode setting to be enabled, so if you had of pressed B in your first video then the game likely would of also worked in your second video.

SD card mode was intended for people who only want to use an SD card for both their Wii and GameCube games. So when you put your SD card into your USB adapter that setting was still enabled and that's most likely why the game didn't boot.

The one other issue I've had (more of an inconvenience than anything) is that my Wii game forwarders make me press A to play games from the SD, but auto boots ones from the USB. Is there a way to automatically boot into both?

That happens when you either don't have a USB storage device connected or it's slow to initialise. So it makes sense to ask the user if they'd like to enable SD card mode here, which if enabled prevents that message from being seen again until the setting is disabled.

I might be able to change some things so that games will boot correctly if you're always using forwarders. And I might be able to remove the countdown for you too, although you'd need to recreate your forwarders.

 

[Nomado]

I read that Homebrew and Emulators use IOS58 mostly but that doesn't do periodical checks or some technique to present HDD Spindown. cIOS on the other hand periodically "wakes up" HDD so it can be initialized or reinitialized quickly without freezing up.

Is there any way to use IOS58 but have it also prevent HDD spin down? Loading emulator from the loader and playing a while enough for the HDD to spin down then returning back to the loader or loading emulator from Wii Menu then returning back to Wii Menu and loading the loader seem to freeze at reinitializing device.