Hacking Gaming Homebrew usbloadergx problem

[wiiman1234]

if i start a game on usbloadergx then exit the game and start a different game it wont load. The only way to play the other game is if i unplug power to the wii and reload usbloadergx. Is there a setting that can prevent this? and does anyone else have this problem?

 

[jeannotte]

Good morning,

games on SD or external hard drive??

could be a problem with the power supply of your support?

 

[wiiman1234]

my games are on either a usb 3.1 thumbdrive or 2tb hdd.

 

[jeannotte]

is your loader up to date?

post a syscheck report, here please.

very good tutorial ==>
https://gbatemp.net/threads/usb-loader-gx-troubleshooting-guide.617564/

 

[wiiman1234]

I do have the latest version (1281) and in fact this problem only started when i installed this new version. my cios bases are:
248 base 38
249 base 56
250 base 57
251 base 58

my loader ios in settings is 58 because 249 would only work for two games
and my loader ios is set to auto
What have i done wrong
ps: i have an original pal wii.

 

[morning_glory]

Are your problems from the HDD or Flash Drive ?

 

[wiiman1234]

Flashdrive

 

[morning_glory]

That would be the main culprit (Flash Drive).
It's mostly compatibility issues, but you'd have much less problems just using your HDD. I know the feelings & urges in trying to implement Flash Drives, but they are very unpredictable

Have a read here :
https://gbatemp.net/threads/after-modmii-installs-what.620824/page-4

It's long & boring, but my tests have given me some great insight.

BTW - Where in Au are you ?










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[wiiman1234]

thanks i'll just use the hdd
ps: i live in New South Wales

 

[morning_glory]

Wow !!! So it is a long & boring read ? But, there's very strong, successfully proven points mentioned

NSW is almost 1km from my home (Murray River between). I see more of NSW than Vic from my visual Utopia

 

[wiiman1234]

One last thing, i tried doing this in wiiflow and the problem didn't occur.
huh?

 

[morning_glory]

WiiFlow lite is a strange one (to me).
Some people have great success, others don't.
For me, WiiFlow lite was mostly a tester after GX & Config USB failed. Usually, it mostly failed for me (when the other 2 did). I don't have it on my Wii anymore. Setting it wrongly can cause other issues.

Having patience during loading & re-booting paid more dividends. Period.
I always tried to stick with the common trends (USBL GX & Config USB), but many did have success with WiiFlow lite.
If it puts a smile on your dial, then go with flow

 

[wiiman1234]

I have finally figured it out!
so, in USBLoaderGX if you have game iOS set to auto you have to turn off your Wii when switching games(I had to do this a lot and it drove me mad!). However if the game iOS is custom and set to 249 or 250 you won't have to turn the Wii off. A downside to this is that I can't play gamecube games on usbloadergx because that needs the loader iOS 58, but I can just do this from WiiFlow or from my Nintendont forwarder.

So thanks for the help and all!

 

[blackb0x]

However if the game iOS is custom and set to 249 or 250 you won't have to turn the Wii off. A downside to this is that I can't play gamecube games on usbloadergx because that needs the loader iOS 58, but I can just do this from WiiFlow or from my Nintendont forwarder.

Any time you need to change the loaders IOS setting it's a good sign that your USB storage device isn't fully supported.

You could try forcing the loader to immediately boot with a cIOS, since that might help.

1. Reset the loader to it's default settings
2. Power off your Wii correctly
3. From a PC open the loaders meta.xml file in notepad
4. Change <arg>--bootios=58</arg> to <arg>--bootios=249</arg>
5. Remove the two lines to enable arguments (if they're present)
6. Save your changes

If changing the boot IOS doesn't help then you're most likely going to experience worse game compatibility because your flash drive doesn't behave correctly after an IOS reload occurs.

 

[wiiman1234]

well I don't think I need to do that because every game works except for gamecube games.
what iOS settings make gamecube games work anyway?

 

[blackb0x]

well I don't think I need to do that because every game works except for gamecube games.

Are you sure? For example, Worms Battle Island requires cIOS 249 (base 56) and the Call of Duty games require cIOS 250 (base 57). But you seem to be unable to reload to the required cIOS automatically.

Forcing the loader to immediately boot with cIOS 249 might work around the problem.

what iOS settings make gamecube games work anyway?

None of the loaders IOS settings apply to Nintendont, since that uses IOS58 for everything.

 

[wiiman1234]

I just found out that all of these problems are because of my flash drive!
when i got another flash drive everything worked automatically!