Hacking USB Loader GX

[Columbo2811]

Anyone Interested?

Yes definitely interested. Will you upload the required files or make a pull request? Thanks.

 

[BobzGamer]

OMG I was just setting up my Wiiflow then idk now, when this version will came out? I need i RN.

 

[Whovian NineThreeSixNine]

Just got a Wii and hacked it, woo. But I can't seem to get it to see my USB Drive, which is interesting. It's a 32GB Sandisk FAT32 drive at the moment so any and all help would be appreciated, tip wise!

 

[Subscriber0101]

I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but are there any plans to treat USB controllers as GCN controllers (as you can in Nintendont)?

 

[GreyWolf]

Just got a Wii and hacked it, woo. But I can't seem to get it to see my USB Drive, which is interesting. It's a 32GB Sandisk FAT32 drive at the moment so any and all help would be appreciated, tip wise!

Try a HDD and see if it works.

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I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but are there any plans to treat USB controllers as GCN controllers (as you can in Nintendont)?

No. USB controllers would only be able to work in the loader. Wii games don't support them. Nintendont has control over the environment when it's running. USB HID support would have to be added to the cIOS you're using.

 

[sonictopfan]

Just got a Wii and hacked it, woo. But I can't seem to get it to see my USB Drive, which is interesting. It's a 32GB Sandisk FAT32 drive at the moment so any and all help would be appreciated, tip wise!

First things first, which format did you use on your USB stick? Did it work on other apps or is USB Loader GX your first app?

 

[Saltvann]

I have a problem when USBloaderGX loads up and it always stops to look for a usb device forcing me to hit B. Is there anyway to avoid this?
I have tried turning usb loading off in the settings, but the problem remains. I am using my wii exclusively for Gamecube games and have all the games on my sd card. I running v3.0r1260 but also tried an earlier release with the same result.

 

[Whovian NineThreeSixNine]

First things first, which format did you use on your USB stick? Did it work on other apps or is USB Loader GX your first app?

I had it in Port 0, it appeared. Now USBLoader GX and CleanRip just crash on me when I try to use them, saving to my USB.

Wish me luck

Edit: Edited spelling because gramer es empurtant. (God it hurt to type that.)

 

[GreyWolf]

I had it in Port 0, it appeared. Now USBLoader GX and CleanRip just crash on me when I try to use them, saving to my USB.

Wish me luck

Edit: Edited spelling because gramer es empurtant. (God it hurt to type that.)

It should be in port 0. Port 1 only works with USB storage if you're using d2x beta alt.

 

[sonictopfan]

I had it in Port 0, it appeared. Now USBLoader GX and CleanRip just crash on me when I try to use them, saving to my USB.

Wish me luck

Edit: Edited spelling because gramer es empurtant. (God it hurt to type that.)

You didn't answer any of my questions O.O

 

[Whovian NineThreeSixNine]

It should be in port 0. Port 1 only works with USB storage if you're using d2x beta alt.

Well I had it in the wrong port, according to a friend. Putting it in the other one made it work. Apologies for that confusion!

You didn't answer any of my questions O.O

First things first, which format did you use on your USB stick? Did it work on other apps or is USB Loader GX your first app?

FAT32 and I don't believe else (like CleanRip) was seeing it, no.

(Sorry, I thought that it would become unimportant since I fixed it, blah blah. It's been a crazy past 2 days for me, haha, so apologies!)

 

[sonictopfan]

@Whovian It's alright I'm glad it's working now, I recommend WiiXplorer it'll help you organize stuff and test shit on Wii.

As for the format I recommend you go with Fat32 32KB Cluster especially if you plan on using Nintendont to run GC backups.

 

[Whovian NineThreeSixNine]

@Whovian It's alright I'm glad it's working now, I recommend WiiXplorer it'll help you organize stuff and test shit on Wii.

As for the format I recommend you go with Fat32 32KB Cluster especially if you plan on using Nintendont to run GC backups.

Cheers! I'll definitely have to keep that in mind.
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Now is there a good USB HDD to use with the Wii, so I can get the max space for truly legitimate backups?

 

[sonictopfan]

Cheers! I'll definitely have to keep that in mind.
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Now is there a good USB HDD to use with the Wii, so I can get the max space for truly legitimate backups?

From my testing the best brand I found for Wii is Western Digital, you can get WD My Essentials as it natively disables sleep mode for you, saves you a headache and helps in the long run, use this tool to format your hard drive to "Fat32" with "32 Kb Cluster" and also use it to move your Wii backups.

If you're a Wii U user though I'm not sure about WD products, you might need a y-cable with that, personally I just use a regular Mios Wii for my Wii/GC backups and I use my Wii U for my Wii U needs.

 

[AbdallahTerro]

Anyone Interested?

Cool stuff boss !!
I'm sure Cyan will ask for source patch when he sees this
Part I like most is "Back to Wiiflow" in the end

 

[Whovian NineThreeSixNine]

From my testing the best brand I found for Wii is Western Digital, you can get WD My Essentials as it natively disables sleep mode for you, saves you a headache and helps in the long run, use this tool to format your hard drive to "Fat32" with "32 Kb Cluster" and also use it to move your Wii backups.

If you're a Wii U user though I'm not sure about WD products, you might need a y-cable with that, personally I just use a regular Mios Wii for my Wii/GC backups and I use my Wii U for my Wii U needs.

I'll see. I've heard that both WD and Seagate are good and bad to use so I'm on the fence, there. Though thank you for the info! (I'm slightly amazed that the Wii outputs more power than the Wii U, for this, haha!)

 

[GreyWolf]

The Wii U has more USB ports so if they're all running from the same USB controller the power output could be reduced.

 

[fledge68]

Cool stuff boss !!
I'm sure Cyan will ask for source patch when he sees this
Part I like most is "Back to Wiiflow" in the end

ya it's funny the gx emus say back to wiiflow. I've been fine tuning the code a little in the mean time. the biggest problem is usbloader gx uses 2d and 3d cover images and most of the covers mastershoes put out are full covers for wiiflow. which means it will take a lot of work to cut the full covers down to 2d front covers since there are so many.

 

[AbdallahTerro]

ya it's funny the gx emus say back to wiiflow. I've been fine tuning the code a little in the mean time. the biggest problem is usbloader gx uses 2d and 3d cover images and most of the covers mastershoes put out are full covers for wiiflow. which means it will take a lot of work to cut the full covers down to 2d front covers since there are so many.

don't worry he has batch scripts

 

[Saltvann]

I have a problem when USBloaderGX loads up and it always stops to look for a usb device forcing me to hit B. Is there anyway to avoid this?
I have tried turning usb loading off in the settings, but the problem remains. I am using my wii exclusively for Gamecube games and have all the games on my sd card. I running v3.0r1260 but also tried an earlier release with the same result.

Bump.