1) I would imagine the currently working Wii with the .xml file(which is my primary Wii), which was last updated months ago, might act up (as in the .xml will no longer work for filtering games with parental controls) if I updated it?.
2) but anyways... are you saying that as a general rule 'base 57' is better to use than 'base 56'?
3) but lets just say all of the games I have work fine on 'base 56', is that one generally a little better as I heard something about it being a little quicker than 'base 57'?
1)
If you can test with your other wii and older version of the loader, let me know if you have proper access to game info, renamed game's title, and control parental level filled automatically.
the update since 3.x are mainly for gamecube support (nintendont), so you might not need to update if you play only wii games.
2) there's no real "better" if you understand what you have and what you need.
Most of the games work on both 56 and 57.
some games works only on 57.
some games only with neither 56 nor 57.
Due to old softmod tutorials always telling users to install base56 in slot249 (default slot used by loaders), and 3 of the big games not working with 56 (Call of duty, just dance, sing it), lot of newbie users ended with the compatibility issue and came to the forum for help, and the fix was just "set the slot to 250 instead of 249" to use 57.
I had enough of repeating myself to all newcomers and decided to start telling users to install 57 in default slot so they don't have to ask how to fix these 3 "well known and often played" games.
compared to Spyro, these 3 games are more often played.
so, I think it's "best" to use 57 by default for users with no hacking knowledge.
if you know what a slot is, and what you installed where, then you can just pick the slot which works best for you
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The slot which works best for you being :
base56 or base57 for most games ! IOS56 having a faster USB Read speed than IOS57.
base57 for 3 mentioned games if you have them
base56 for Spyro+portal
base 53 or 58 for spongebob boating bash
base 38 for Animal Crossing
new leaf City folk, if you want to use the USB keyboard
like you see, some games don't work with either 56 OR 57, they need specific IOS base. these games are even less known or played. at least, less users are asking for help here.
maybe if you have kids you'll have a use of that info for spongebob ? you need to install a new d2x cIOS base 58 in slot251. It's one common place for this base, but any or another slot between 230-253 are fine, as long as you know where/what you install and set it in your game's individual setting.
Hi everyone, so I'm having the most frustrating issue with USB Loader GX and I can't for the life of me figure it out. Gametdb titles and synopses refuse to show up. I've updated wiitdb.xml, "use gametdb titles" is set to on, "force disc titles" is off, my paths all point to the correct directories, and still nothing. I can press 2 on a title and a little window pops up with its 3D cover art, but no game synopsis either. It just out right refuses to work and I don't know why. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks
ThaCrip just reported the same issue ! (on the same page, few post above yours).
I'm not sure yet if the problem is the loader's version, or the xml itself.
maybe the last version of the xml is malformed, or maybe the console run out of memory parsing the file because it became too big? Maybe 29MB is too much for 64MB RAM of the console (the loader takes lot of RAM to run already), I'll have to check.
try with older version of the loader and latest xml to see if it works or not, to leave out the possibility of being the file or the loader's version.
you can also try to edit the xml to remove some of the game you don't need and see if file size matters.