Hacking USB Loader GX

[blackb0x]

Thanks for your great work!

And thank you for the corrections. I'll have a look over it shortly

GameCubePath = sd:/games/

Most of the time this should be usb1:/games/ since there's already a separate path for games from the SD card.

languagefiles_path = usb1:/apps/usbloadergx_r1281/language/

I don't think this is an issue for you, since you understand English. But it's recommended to use the updated translations that come with r1282 (test version).

Cheatcodespath = sd:/usbloader_gx/codes/gct/
TxtCheatcodespath = sd:/usbloader_gx/codes/txt/
WiinnertagPath = usb1:/apps/usbloadergx_r1281/

These won't cause an issue, but they're not the defaults.

covers_path = sd:/usbloader_gx/
covers2d_path = sd:/usbloader_gx/
coversFull_path = sd:/usbloader_gx/
disc_path = sd:/usbloader_gx/
theme_path = sd:/usbloader_gx/
BNRCachePath = sd:/usbloader_gx/
GameHeaderCachePath = sd:/usbloader_gx/

These are all wrong and should be changed to the following...

covers_path = sd:/usbloader_gx/images/
covers2d_path = sd:/usbloader_gx/images/2D/
coversFull_path = sd:/usbloader_gx/images/full/
disc_path = sd:/usbloader_gx/images/disc/
theme_path = sd:/usbloader_gx/theme/
BNRCachePath = sd:/usbloader_gx/cache_bnr/
GameHeaderCachePath = sd:/usbloader_gx/cache/

Otherwise your sd:/apps/usbloader_gx/ directory is going to get flooded with files and some of them will conflict.

 

[FMRad10]

Support for loading new themes isn't fully implemented in this test version, but it will when the release is eventually on GitHub.

Nully and myself are currently working on an official dark version of the theme, which will be an optional download within the loader.

EDIT: To be clear, I added all of the new UI functionality and made it all work as you'd expect it to. And while I can edit images, I am not a graphic designer. So that's where nully comes in, and he's been awesome to work with.

https://gbatemp.net/members/nully.722380/#resources

His existing themes won't have the new UI functionality, but you can see that he's created many great looking unique themes in a short amount of time. And I'm sure he'll eventually release a few more

Amazing!!! thanks for the reply. I'll await the official Dark version then.

 

[truemaster]

is there plans for more usb especialy usb 3 drives compatibility update?

 

[worm28]

I like the new r1282 its nice i like how you can easily switch between wii gamecube emunand nand and custom selection but is there a way to have it just use Wii Gamecube and EmuNand i looked in the settings but cant find it?

 

[AaronZ]

I like the new r1282 its nice i like how you can easily switch between wii gamecube emunand nand and custom selection but is there a way to have it just use Wii Gamecube and EmuNand i looked in the settings but cant find it?

Yeah I would like this too.

 

[lauty29]

I like the new r1282 its nice i like how you can easily switch between wii gamecube emunand nand and custom selection but is there a way to have it just use Wii Gamecube and EmuNand i looked in the settings but cant find it?

You mean only show Wii, Gamecube and Emunand games? the little icon on the right of the "Jigsaw" piece is the one you want.

 

[FMRad10]

You mean only show Wii, Gamecube and Emunand games? the little icon on the right of the "Jigsaw" piece is the one you want.

I assume they mean, not have NAND or Custom as options when toggling between "systems" cos otherwise, that's exactly what the custom option is for.

 

[worm28]

I assume they mean, not have NAND or Custom as options when toggling between "systems" cos otherwise, that's exactly what the custom option is for.

Yes thats exactly what i meant. Also when i boot a gamecube game then exit it does not reboot to the gamecube selection it boots EmuNand.

 

[FMRad10]

Yes thats exactly what i meant. Also when i boot a gamecube game then exit it does not reboot to the gamecube selection it boots EmuNand.

can't rem if it's in this test version but I'm almost sure there was an option in the settings to remember what the last game played was and take you to that. Could that be switched off, if it's in here? Don't know if that's just Wii games though.

 

[blackb0x]

is there plans for more usb especialy usb 3 drives compatibility update?

It's unlikely to change much, since it requires a developer to buy a problematic drive and then add support for it without breaking support for all of the existing devices.

I like the new r1282 its nice i like how you can easily switch between wii gamecube emunand nand and custom selection but is there a way to have it just use Wii Gamecube and EmuNand i looked in the settings but cant find it?

Currently, no. And I explained why a few weeks ago.

The updated UI is designed to be more user friendly while also making it easier for people to troubleshoot. So for example, I now know that everyone will have the same buttons enabled and they'll always be in the same order. And unlike previous versions of the loader there won't be situations where someones games go missing because they booted the loader without their USB drive connected one time.

This might change in the future if I can come up with an efficient way to handle it, while also making it difficult for new users to adjust.

 

[ukigh4ie2]

Hi @blackb0x

did a search in this thread and found a couple of possible similiar problems to mine.

I'm using the loader on vWii with cIOS 11beta3 and partial savegame emulation via emunand. Regardless of whether I have the emunand on sd-card or usb-hdd, the screen goes black when I exit the game and I have to disconnect the power supply to the WiiU.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[retrofan01]

Coming back to my Wii after a while and want to play Kirby's Return to Dream Land. I'm running r1281 (waiting until r1282 reaches stable status before upgrading) and SD Card Mode is set to On every time I load USB Loader GX. I can set this to Off in order to play the game but the setting isn't remembered after I power the Wii off.

Is there an option to manually save settings and if so, where is it located?

 

[XFlak]

Most probably u downloaded r1281 from oscwii.org (open shop channel or homebrew browser or LibreShop), which comes with a broken meta.xml preventing some settings like this from getting saved

Download r1281 from the official github and it should work fine (or just use r1282, while not final, it's already a big improvement over r1281)

 

[DDinghoya]

@blackb0x
I'm always rooting for you.
I made some minor revisions to the Korean translation of the 1282 test version. And, I hope this korean will be implemented in the next version.

Thank you!

 

[geoGolem]

@blackb0x

I finally got around to trying your new test version with the vWii beta3 d2x.

I'm happy to say that the long standing issue where usbloaderGX would freeze when launching with both my WIIU and vWII HDD's connected simultaneously is resolved. I no longer need a switch to turn off the WIIU HDD when launching usbloaderGX..

Plus the update is great... Thanks for all your hard work .. and its nice to see you back after a few year hiatus. I hope you are your loved ones are doing well and are in good health!

Happy Easter!

 

[AaronZ]

I noticed occasionally my Disc LED flashes while playing games from a USD-SSD despite having it set to OFF in the settings? Does it do that when its loading or is there another setting somewhere?

 

[jeannotte]

I noticed occasionally my Disc LED flashes while playing games from a USD-SSD despite having it set to OFF in the settings? Does it do that when its loading or is there another setting somewhere?

it's because your external hard drive remained connected (this is normal)

 

[AaronZ]

it's because your external hard drive remained connected (this is normal)

I think you misunderstood, I'm playing games from the USB SSD, not the disc drive, but the disc drive LED flashes occasionally despite not being used / having a disc inserted.

 

[blackb0x]

I noticed occasionally my Disc LED flashes while playing games from a USD-SSD despite having it set to OFF in the settings? Does it do that when its loading or is there another setting somewhere?

That can happen when you've got EmuNAND saves enabled.

More info @ https://gbatemp.net/posts/10613046

 

[AaronZ]

That can happen when you've got EmuNAND saves enabled.

More info @ https://gbatemp.net/posts/10613046

Oh I see, that's pretty clever.