Hacking USB Loader... my turn ;)

[Bergkees]

just tried the 16:9 version , looks good , just hope the 50Hz problem ( like jarock mentioned ) gets solved as the black band is still there ! also i dont understand why only a few of us have been posting this problem and not others ? oh well good things come to those who wait !

What is the 50Hz problem?

The black band in the bottom of the screen. WiiShizzza posted a fix earlier, but it doesn't seem to be implemented yet in the latest build.

 

[hungyip84]

Good idea. That might delay my release of V7, so be patient =)

I mentioned this idea to oggzee as well and he said that he was already working on almost this exact same idea

So maybe talk to him first so you both don't end up doing it from the ground up (save you some work anyway.)


QUOTE(oggzee @ Apr 14 2009, 03:56 PM) Hey, we're on the same wave here pal!
I was just thinking today about doing it almost exactly like this.

I'll try to make something out, not sure how fast

Great! But I am half way done, not sure if I should continue lol

 

[talixme]

I don't understand at all.

If you make a channel of the game, it doesn't use my loader at all.
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Sorry if i dont explain correctly. What i mean is that when i make a channel of a game i have to use this loader http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2R5RVJ11 and i want to use your loader with all the features ocarina....force video......

One more time thanks a lot for all this great work.
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It is possible, but it requires some work. I am not sure if i want to do that.

What I need to do is just to strip this loader down so it would only read config and then load the game.

Maybe someone could do it for me?
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Ok thanks for the really fast answer.Maybe some one do it, will be great can use it from a game channel so my son doest have to enter to the USB loader and execute fron the principal menu.
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I would do that if no one do that. But the next thing I would work on would be the hide title option. I could not promise anything, but I will work on it. It's not weekend and the release would become slower.

If oggzee implement this feature faster than me, than I would just merge his implementation into this loader.
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A million thanks my son will be so happy (and me to). The final idea is that can use the WBFS Manager and Channel Creator ( http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=147839 ) with this loader and features. I´ll wait so happy for it.

Thanks a lot.

 

[WiiShizzza]

If somebody wants it, I have a 16:9 V6.7 version with proper bg and matching config.txt right here:
http://ul.to/29ud5n

You know where to put the files, if not, check first post....

What you need is the covers, but in 120x225 to work with this 16:9 version.
Go find them and resize yourself

I got one aswell, including Download Cover mod: Here
You have to

I'll have a look at putting language select in the confirmation/cover download screen.
You'll find the background picture in the rar-file. It's called bg.png. You know where to place it.

The same as above applies to the covers... I'll try to find a automatic resizing tomorrow.

Here are some pictures.

I really like LuffarJoh release. it seems as it's the V6.7 + confirmation/download screen + 16:9 fix
Do bad he's gone and can tell exactly what he added/changed....

I assume it's worth to look into the source Hungyip84.
Maybe you can use something for the V7.

 

[evvil]

Good idea. That might delay my release of V7, so be patient =)

I mentioned this idea to oggzee as well and he said that he was already working on almost this exact same idea

So maybe talk to him first so you both don't end up doing it from the ground up (save you some work anyway.)


QUOTE(oggzee @ Apr 14 2009, 03:56 PM) Hey, we're on the same wave here pal!
I was just thinking today about doing it almost exactly like this.

I'll try to make something out, not sure how fast

Great! But I am half way done, not sure if I should continue lol

Haha if your almost done then you may as well finish it

oggzee hasn't released a new version in a while (a while on this forum is a few hours lol) so who knows when it would be done. Also another idea for a config option: make an option to show or hide the "[+] Select the game you want to boot:" text, that way the background makers can handle that part themselves (not really any need for static text on the console. Also option to show or hide "Used: 00.00GB, Free: 000.00GB, Games: 00" text, as when the new confirmation settings screen gets implemented you could have a super clean console with just the games listed. Just throwing out some ideas I'v been thinkin about.

 

[geedub]

just tried the 16:9 version , looks good , just hope the 50Hz problem ( like jarock mentioned ) gets solved as the black band is still there ! also i dont understand why only a few of us have been posting this problem and not others ? oh well good things come to those who wait !

What is the 50Hz problem?

on mine and other PAL systems our bg.png is not displayed full screen we have a black band along the bottom of the screen , earlier it was thought that it could be a 16/9 problem ! but it wasnt ! jarock said it doesnt show full screen unless we set our wii to 60Hz .................and he's right ! but the quality aint great lol

 

[wiimano]

Good idea. That might delay my release of V7, so be patient =)

I mentioned this idea to oggzee as well and he said that he was already working on almost this exact same idea

So maybe talk to him first so you both don't end up doing it from the ground up (save you some work anyway.)


QUOTE(oggzee @ Apr 14 2009, 03:56 PM) Hey, we're on the same wave here pal!
I was just thinking today about doing it almost exactly like this.

I'll try to make something out, not sure how fast

Great! But I am half way done, not sure if I should continue lol

Haha if your almost done then you may as well finish it

oggzee hasn't released a new version in a while (a while on this forum is a few hours lol) so who knows when it would be done. Also another idea for a config option: make an option to show or hide the "[+] Select the game you want to boot:" text, that way the background makers can handle that part themselves (not really any need for static text on the console. Also option to show or hide "Used: 00.00GB, Free: 000.00GB, Games: 00" text, as when the new confirmation settings screen gets implemented you could have a super clean console with just the games listed. Just throwing out some ideas I'v been thinkin about.

if anything, not showing size of hd and all that stuff should be added to a child proof version, not full version. thats very useful in full version, but i could see child proof being an idea.

 

[evvil]

if anything, not showing size of hd and all that stuff should be added to a child proof version, not full version. thats very useful in full version, but i could see child proof being an idea.

There is only one version now! it is totally configurable, child proof is a setting now not a different version.

I said a config option so you can set it on or off, and you could use it on whatever version you want, to me this loader is all about choice, options, and freatures!

 

[data0002]

Hi Can version 6.7 run from preloader 0.29.

Thanks

Paul

 

[ZaMaster]

If somebody wants it, I have a 16:9 V6.7 version with proper bg and matching config.txt right here:
[url=http://ul.to/29ud5n]http://ul.to/29ud5n[/url]

You know where to put the files, if not, check first post....

What you need is the covers, but in 120x225 to work with this 16:9 version.
Go find them and resize yourself

Yes finally! Thanks for the 16-9 version

. I'm going to use Irfanview to resize all my PAL/NTSC images that I downloaded.

 

[hungyip84]

If somebody wants it, I have a 16:9 V6.7 version with proper bg and matching config.txt right here:
http://ul.to/29ud5n

You know where to put the files, if not, check first post....

What you need is the covers, but in 120x225 to work with this 16:9 version.
Go find them and resize yourself

I got one aswell, including Download Cover mod: Here
You have to

I'll have a look at putting language select in the confirmation/cover download screen.
You'll find the background picture in the rar-file. It's called bg.png. You know where to place it.

The same as above applies to the covers... I'll try to find a automatic resizing tomorrow.

Here are some pictures.

I really like LuffarJoh release. it seems as it's the V6.7 + confirmation/download screen + 16:9 fix
Do bad he's gone and can tell exactly what he added/changed....

I assume it's worth to look into the source Hungyip84.
Maybe you can use something for the V7.

Does the fix stretch the image?

 

[Daileon]

It would be nice to have a REAL 16x9 version, so we don't need to mess up all the images. But I don't know if it is possible to have with the current devkitpro...

 

[Kosaic]

It MUST be possible .... "Stratching" the image is a stop gap, but there must be a way to handle the 160x225 that everyone already has .

Simple co-ordinates isnt it ?

Thanks,

 

[PNo4]

Not even Homebrew Channel have a "REAL" 16x9 mode, they use the same "16-fix" as implemented here, all homebrew does.

Does the fix stretch the image?

Yes, the code stretches the "bg.png" to fully fit a widescreen, and the stretch also stretched the "text-box" and "covers" some, thats why we need to make a special bg.png (anamorphic, 853x480 resized to 640x480), and we need to adapt the covers some to not look to fat/wide/strethed just the same.

Video.c (/* Aspectratio for Widescreen - Fix */)
CODEvoid Video_SetMode(void)
{
ÂÂÂÂ/* Select preferred video mode */
ÂÂÂÂvmode = VIDEO_GetPreferredMode(NULL);

ÂÂÂÂ/* Aspectratio for Widescreen - Fix */
ÂÂÂÂvmode->viWidth = 678;
ÂÂÂÂvmode->viXOrigin = (VI_MAX_WIDTH_PAL - 678)/2;

ÂÂÂÂ/* Allocate memory for the framebuffer */
ÂÂÂÂframebuffer = MEM_K0_TO_K1(SYS_AllocateFramebuffer(vmode));

 

[WiiShizzza]

@hungyip84

No, that version sadly doesn't resize the covers or the bg....
I'm counting on you, bro

 

[Prisoner]

great work with the 16:9 ratio mod....works like a charm with the "special" config

 

[stev418]

thanks for 16x9 version, a simple script on paintshop pro doesnt take long to do images

no more fatty images here

 

[bula]

@hungyip84 can you change the Download cover feature like that one
http://www.nextrl.it/forum/index.php?showtopic=37643

no one has to edit a Textfile or other CodeDump probs and it runs ok.
The new Version/Source is worth a look

I'm trying to do that

I have implented this in the Ultimate v6.7 source.
It never downloads automatic, you have to choose game an then choose to download.

Try it out.
http://sharebee.com/526a4768

Nice touch. Do you have to still set download = 1 for this in config.txt or it is hard cored in the boot.dol? Is it based in the 1.4 or 1.1 version of the USB loder? Ty

It's hardcoded. download = 1 makes no dfferense.

I have made a new version.
Some better texts and a check if the connection gets enabled, else it will not download.

It's based on Ultimate v6.7 wich is based on Waninkoks 1.4, I guess

Here is a permanent link: http://www.nanzen.se/download.php?id=5

If I change anything I'll upload it to the same place.

Hi LuffarJoh,

I shut my connection off and I get a dump screen if I try to download. I think is still trying to download. Just a finding.

 

[stev418]

@WiiShizzza Just one little thing with the 16x9 bg.png, its seems the button images in the pic have lost some definement :\ maybe from resizing?

eg. have a look at right side of the + and - buttons

 

[hungyip84]

7.0 is almost done. Just some cleanup and tuning is needed.

For the 16:9 fix, would it affect non-widescreen tv?