Hacking USB Loader with Multiple Boxart Images.

[cdreams]

Ahh hey there Applebelly.

Ok This is the structure of my SD card: sd:/images/small/

One image I have is this: sd:/images/small/smallRZZE8P.png Thats for MadWorld

 

[nIxx]

@cdreams: sorry i changed the to the same as the normal images

/images/smallxxxx.png

@AppleBelly: i would recommend the FreeImage library to manipulate the image size http://melpo.googlecode.com/files/FreeImage-Wii.zip.
So this would only need the normal one´s.

 

[AppleBelly]

How did you create the small image? can you upload it somewhere like imageshack?

All that info is correct, my only thought is that the image isn't. That is NTSC USA code right?

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Thanks nixx. I will give that a look at.

Also no need to put applebelly's name on the image, as much as i would like the fame, there is a lot of community work on this going on, and the credit should include many people.

 

[cdreams]

I have uploaded the one for muramasa for Japanese Wii. The code is: RSFJ99

Here is are them both large and smaller:

All I have done is taken the original image and altered sizes in photoshop and saved as png's. Original sized at 169x225 and the smaller images sized at 119x168 as stated previously as needed. Maybe I this has changed and I missed something. I don't see why a change in size would affect it though. It also wouldn't be affected if I don't have a noimage.png does it?

 

[cdreams]

nIxx, was there something wrong with the code in that dol you posted then? If so has it been fixed and updated so I can try it?

 

[AppleBelly]

Basically he just made the code i used a bit tidier. He also changed the location of the small images.

Instead of (my version) sd:/images/small/
he changed it to: sd:/images/

So an example of a small image would be:
sd:/images/smallXXXX.png

Give it a try, i;m messing around with freeimage to make it so we don't need the small versions.

 

[nIxx]

Here i changed it extra for you

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8HGWKZ6Y

 

[cdreams]

Ok just put the small images into the main image folder and it's not doing even weirder stuff. Now the image to the left loads up as the larger noimage.png which is just blank. The image to the right does nothing.

 

[cdreams]

LOL this is getting messy

So nIxx, that new dol is that altered to use the sd:/images/small/folder , or is it sd:/images/

Also see that menu.c file you had linked to as well, do I need that somewhere or is that just for people compiling the code to make a dol or something?

 

[Xras]

Could this freeimage also be used in the other loaders, so we don't need to have a set size for the images?

I mean, if freeimage could scale the images, it would solve the problem of images not showing up if they're incorrectly sized, not?

X

 

[AppleBelly]

There is no reason why any of the code any can't re-used by someone else, thats why i am providing the source. I'm sure someone else can do a much better job at this than me as well! I just had an idea and thought i would give it a try.

 

[GEnick]

R3 Source and dol: http://rapidshare.com/files/219727487/USBLoaderABr3.zip.html



About the small images
About the smaller images. I was trying to mess around with libpng to find a way to malke the images without having to have another set, but i couldn't find a way. So i have had to create smaller versions, they are 74% smaller. Size is 119*168.

PAL Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/219725511/PAL_Small.rar.html (400 small images)

The smaller images are stored in [SD Root]\images\small
The format of the name is "smallxxxx.png" the xxx being the game id.

Could someone re-upp these things? Or should we wait for a updatet version without the smaller images?

 

[wiimano]

im just waitin on gettin the images from the site, so we dont have to use the sd card no more

keep it up mate, this ones lookin better and better

 

[roku93]

Im a simple man.

If you would only get rid of that console.. And do everything you possibly can to get rid of the need for resized images on SD card.

 

[Don Killah]

really nice job done there guys.

 

[cdreams]

Hi Applebelly.

Any luck with what might be causing my problem with loading the images to the left and right?

Also I was asking if I need the menu.c file or anything like that in my folders or are they just for the coders out there.

basically all I have is in my apps folder: sd:/apps/usbloader2/boot.dol and for images sd:/images/small/ does that sound corrrect?

 

[blackbrew]

this absolutely fabulous, grate work
just a thought thu can you use the images or the video in the ISO of the game ? like the disk channel

 

[purpe]

Hey guys, someone can make a mirror of R3 version, i can't download it from rapidshare.

Thanks

 

[Wii_Manic]

Grrr.... Im Still Only Getting The Middle Image. On Applebelly's i get the middle and thats it and on nIxx's i get the middle but with large no image pics next to. Help!

For Applebelly's i have root/apps/usbloadergui/boot.dol and
root/images/small/smallxxxx.jpg and large in images with xxxx.jpg
Can someone confirm where nIxx's pics go?

Thx In Advance.

 

[cdreams]

Wii_Manic

I just decided to put the small pics back into the small folder. I used the newest dol he had on here and it doesn't fix the images at the side. However by having the images in the small folder it stops the noimage from appearing to the left full size, which is what I am sure you were getting like I did.

What I think is happening with all this code stuff is that people are releasing bits of code that work but require you to have other stuff on your sd root. A lot of times I have downloaded a dol and it's come in a folder with extra stuff for makefile and menu.c and stuff like that and I'm always wondering what I am supposed to do with it all. In the end all I do is delete it all and only keep the boot.dol for the apps folder, then I just make my own images folder in the root and it's worked so far. Except this one thing.

As I say I am sure it's probably something simple, but the coders are forgetting that sometimes people like me are clueless when it comes to that and just need a really simplistic bit of direction. It's a pain in the ass but I am trying to contribute now with the image and stuff to show I appreciate their help in it.