Hacking USB Loader GX

[dimok]

I just was doing last code clean ups and it should be on svn today. Just mergin now. I didn't have time for that until now.

 

[smf]

I just was doing last code clean ups and it should be on svn today. Just mergin now. I didn't have time for that until now.

cool.

 

[flashmanx]

for some reason usb loader won't dl the cover for my games anymore
it worked just fine the other day
I uninstalled and reinstalled usb loader gx, i read somewhere manually put the .png files on a sd card i got the files off wbfs manager ut them in the cover folder on the root of my sd card made sure they were the proper size that I read they had to be and that didn't work. I even went on the settings and updated where it downloads the covers from. what do I do to get the art work to show up properly?

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usb loader gx tagged 2 games I loaded today. But there is about 9 games already on the drive it refuses to tag with the proper art. I have tried everything I spoke of earlier
please any solution for this. having problems tagging trama center games, deweys adventure, disater day of crisis, ghostbusters, and a few others

 

[Cyan]

What do you call "Tagging"? is it just downloading covers?
I tried downloading cover today, and it worked fine.

Maybe these games don't have the art on gametdb in the language you are using? (I didn't check, but I'm sure they are available, so it's maybe something on your side).
Try another revision of USBLoader GX.
beta r1166 was just released.

 

[snakepliskin2334]

i got a question how come when they come out with new versions of this why you cant just update it through the program it self ?

 

[OuahOuah]

i got a question how come when they come out with new versions of this why you cant just update it through the program it self ?

For the moment, updates are only beta, not stable.
So no update to prevent noob problems
When beta will be stable, it will be updatable I think...

 

[Hunter X]

To prevent noobs from confusing beta releases with stable releases, that's why.

 

[smf]

I just was doing last code clean ups and it should be on svn today. Just mergin now. I didn't have time for that until now.

Any chance of dml 0.49 or earlier support? I've tried hacking it back in but there are just too many changes made in the last three months.
I can't use 1.x at the moment. It might be sd card related, but it just tries to load the game from the optical drive.

I'll try updating to 0.59.

 

[flashmanx]

What do you call "Tagging"? is it just downloading covers?
I tried downloading cover today, and it worked fine.

Maybe these games don't have the art on gametdb in the language you are using? (I didn't check, but I'm sure they are available, so it's maybe something on your side).
Try another revision of USBLoader GX.
beta r1166 was just released.

yes tagging means downloading covers ever added the cover to a mp3 on your ipod? its called tagging
Its not a problem on my end from my googgling around other people have had the same issue. Its just a hickup in the program where it thinks it already tagged the games so it won't
I figured here the go to place for this kind of info I'd get an answer on how I can somehow manualy get these covers to show up.

 

[pepxl]

What do you call "Tagging"? is it just downloading covers?
I tried downloading cover today, and it worked fine.

Maybe these games don't have the art on gametdb in the language you are using? (I didn't check, but I'm sure they are available, so it's maybe something on your side).
Try another revision of USBLoader GX.
beta r1166 was just released.

yes tagging means downloading covers ever added the cover to a mp3 on your ipod? its called tagging
Its not a problem on my end from my googgling around other people have had the same issue. Its just a hickup in the program where it thinks it already tagged the games so it won't
I figured here the go to place for this kind of info I'd get an answer on how I can somehow manualy get these covers to show up.

Covers in a USB Loader ain't "tagging", simply because you don't embed an image in to the wii game as you would an mp3 or even store it in the same dir.

EDIT

FYI all covers for games are stored in a single default folder, all named by a 6 char ID which matches the games unique ID. This folder can also be set via settings or config files.

 

[Cyan]

In USBLoaders, Tagging means something else.
It refer to "game tagging" or "gamer tag", "creating a tag", it's the ability to send to a website the information on the played game in order to create a dynamic tag / signature for forums.

Downloading a cover is just "downloading" in a cover folder


You don't put the pictures on the root of the SD card, you need to place them in the correct folder, there are multiple folders (one for each type of cover : Flat/3D/LQ/HQ/Disc). If you put everything in the same folder, of course the loader will think it's already present, but in the wrong format.

If you want to reset one of the game's cover, you can do it directly from the loader:
Go to game settings > Second page > Delete > covers.
You can then download it again.

Select the type of cover you need in the cover download prompt (press (1) button on wiimote).

 

[chop]

I'm using the latest beta, with virtual nand on. USBGX is showing some old Wiiware that I used to have on my nand, e.g. My Aquarium, and some other unknow titles (BCKW, RIIV, NGRX, RMCP) when I try to remove them from my SDnand with show me wads they're not listed. any tips on what to do.

 

[themanuel]

I'm using the latest beta, with virtual nand on. USBGX is showing some old Wiiware that I used to have on my nand, e.g. My Aquarium, and some other unknow titles (BCKW, RIIV, NGRX, RMCP) when I try to remove them from my SDnand with show me wads they're not listed. any tips on what to do.

Try disabling banner caching and the enabling it again.

 

[spayrosam]

Is there a GX mod? or where can I download the latest version? (I need a download link for my app) (Legal download link Please)

 

[pepxl]

Is there a GX mod? or where can I download the latest version? (I need a download link for my app) (Legal download link Please)

The dl link will eventually be posted here as an official release and not beta, you may need permission to link via SMA so you may be best off asking Pune, Luster, Dimok or any current devs for permission first.

http://code.google.com/p/usbloader-gui/downloads/list

 

[spayrosam]

Thanks

 

[game_rat]

After creating all of my banner cache files (save to usb), I noticed that most of my banners are present but there are several pages that are completely blank. Sometimes the banners are present for about 3 seconds but then the entire page turns blank. Before posting I updated d2x from v8 to v9beta and I updated to the latest GX beta mod. The blank banners occur on the same exact pages every time. My guess is that maybe I have a bad backup and it's causing the problem but I wanted to post my issue here just in case someone else is experiencing the same thing. Thanks in advance.

 

[themanuel]

Just thinking out loud:

Would there be interest in integrating Wiixplorer into USB Loader GX at some point in the future? Wiixplorer could act as a functionality of UGX and would be a great match, and it helps that they share authors. I jump between both all the time, because Wiixplorer is so useful. If not actual integration, perhaps launching Wiixplorer from a button that replaces the "SD Card Reload" button, which does not seem to have much use nowadays.

I realize there are more important issues at hand, but this is just and idea for future consideration.

 

[Cyan]

Is there a GX mod? or where can I download the latest version? (I need a download link for my app) (Legal download link Please)

There are official releases (on google code, and on an external website for internal-update purpose), and there are beta releases.

The beta are released on mediafire and other file host, so the links are always different, and can't be useful to your program.
So you can only link to the latest official release. They are better for the newbie anyway.

On Google Code, you can find this:
(You can link to any of these anytime without problem)

• There are 3 different files :
USBLoader_GX_V2_3_AllinOnePackage_IOS222.zip
USBLoader_GX_V2_3_AllinOnePackage_IOS249.zip
USBLoader_GX_V2_3_AllinOnePackage_IOS250.zip
By default (and if the user is updating from the loader), it's the IOS249 which is chosen.

When we release new versions, they are named the same USBLoader_GX_V2_3_AllinOnePackage_IOS249.zip (just the version number which increase)

• There is also the forwarder which is useful. It's either on a separate download, or included in the AllinOne.
a new one was released (5.1).

• And finally, there is an Easy_Installer for windows.
It copy the required files on SD or USB.
a new one was released today (1.7)


The installer is downloading the files from google code itself.
USBLoaderGX_v2.3_IOS249.dol (the dol)
USBLoaderGX_v2.3_IOS249.wad (the full channel)
It doesn't download the forwarder.


On Auto-update servers:
There's a server which host the boot.dol used for updating directly from the loader settings (which is always the Latest stable version IOS249).
I guess it would be the best solution for you, as it prevent the need to download the zip and extract them. Though, it's only the boot.dol, no forwarder available.

You should ask Dimok first if you want to link to that file directly, and he can give you the address.
It's now using the same link from googlecode.

So you can download the .dol from the googlecode, like our EasyInstaller and rename it boot.dol
The link to the latest Stable revision and dol can be found here:
http://usbloader-gui.googlecode.com/svn/branches/updates/update_dol.txt

 

[Hunter X]

What are the new USBLoaderGX_v2.3 dol and wad for? I couldn't understand the horrible English in the description.