Hacking WBFS Manager 2.2

[Aimen]

AlexDP has updated his popular WBFS application for Windows.

WBFS Manager 2.2

Changes (2.2.2)
-Improved multilingual support (can now add more languages by dropping "language packs" into the application's directory).
-Added Dutch support.

Fixes (2.2.1)
-Fixed the libwbfs delete bug.
-Added functionality to help debug the "crash on startup" situations, namely what tommyv and kruy are facing.
-Added Spanish language support, coutesy of dgtor.

Changes (2.2.1)
-Automatic cover downloading (You will be prompted the first time you run the program if you want to enable or disable this. You can also change this setting later from the Edit->Download Covers from Web menu). Please be a bit patient, it takes a couple of seconds to download as the site is somewhat slow. While it's downloading you'll see a placeholder image which will be automatically updated once the download is complete.
-Region code information
-Changed default location for covers to My Documents\WBFS Manager Covers for better UAC compliance.

Fixes (2.2)
-Kept error messages from appearing when adding multiple files. If an error occurs, the entry will be marked with a red error symbol in the Games to Add list and a tooltip with the error message will appear if you hover the mouse over the icon.

Changes (2.2)
-Added multilingual support (currently only French, courtesy of TheCrach), contact me if you'd like to add support for your language.
-Added Hombrew Channel creation (not completely tested).
-Added Cover support. Hover mouse over an entry to see the cover.
-Now defaults the selected drive in the drive combo box to the last used drive.
-Item counts for both lists.
-Added Check for Updates to Help menu. Currently only links to WBFS Manager blog which will list updates. Plan to implement proper updater later to help everyone keep up to date.

Download:

x86

x64

Homesite:
http://wbfsmanager.codeplex.com/

 

[bluebird12]

Thanks for the information, new manager is great.

 

[FvKey]

I just tested it and works fine

. Thanks.

So, if I always add games from pc and never from the usb loader, I won't to have corrupted games, right?
I mean with the new WBFS Manager 2.2.1.


Because I dont want to change the usb loader that I have yet to adn 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, or whatever.

Thanks!

 

[ModderFokker]

Was already mentioned in the original thread

Original Thread...

 

[TroyTheZombie]

yep.


mind you, the delete issue is corrected in usb loader 1.4

 

[RahFah]

Thanks for the news! Great manager!

 

[lazyguy]

can someone zip up the folder, i dont want to install it, i just want to run the exe

 

[AlexDP]

I'd be grateful if you didnt post a link to a zipped up version without the installer. The reason I have the installer is to help people avoid confusion over not having .NET FW 3.5 SP1. Please send this link privately if you plan on doing so.
Thanks.

 

[TroyTheZombie]

heres mirrors for those who have trouble downloading from wiiNewz

WBFSManager2.2.1-x86.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jmrtyotmz5m


WBFSManager2.2.1-x64.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?idtztjlfum2

Don't worry AlexDP, they are your installers, I just added the .1 in the title so people know its the updated one.

 

[tripellex]

So here's my question.....I have a number of games that are corrupt from the old bug. My wife and I have been extracting the working games from the HD to reinstall and intended on reformatting and reinstalling everything before the WBFS corruption fix was released. So my question is, do we still need to reformat the drive and reinstall all the games from scratch, or can we safely delete just the corrupt games with WBFSM2.2 and reinstall those only without messing up the working games? I dont really savor waiting 2 hours to reinstall everything, so if I can get away with just deleting the corrupt games, that would be great.

 

[TroyTheZombie]

So here's my question.....I have a number of games that are corrupt from the old bug. My wife and I have been extracting the working games from the HD to reinstall and intended on reformatting and reinstalling everything before the WBFS corruption fix was released. So my question is, do we still need to reformat the drive and reinstall all the games from scratch, or can we safely delete just the corrupt games with WBFSM2.2 and reinstall those only without messing up the working games? I dont really savor waiting 2 hours to reinstall everything, so if I can get away with just deleting the corrupt games, that would be great.

you'll have a little bit of unusable space, because 1 block was leaked for each game you deleted, so the choice is yours.

 

[tripellex]

So I shouldn't be worried about corrupting the existing good games by just deleting the corrupt games? That was my concern, as I didn't know if the bug was in the code that was used to format the drive to WBFS in the first place, therefore inherent in the filesystem itself, or it was a bug was simply in the code used for deleting games from the drive.

My dilemna is this: I deleted all the original source ISOs from my PC. Even though I've backed up the good games, the way they extracted was peculiar, never getting above 49.80% in wbfs_win.exe, so I have no real way of knowing if they extracted properly from the drive or not. So, I can A) Take a gamble, reformat the drive and hope the ISOs extracted properly when I go to reinstall them, or B) Delete just the bad games, and hope since I formatted the drive with the bugged wbfs.exe that no more games will be corrupted, even with the new bug-fixed WBFS Manager.

Thanks so much for the quick reply last time Troy.

 

[TroyTheZombie]

nah, the bug wasn't in the file system itself, its how the deletion of games was handled.

 

[tripellex]

Thanks for the quick reply again Troy, I feel a bit more at ease.

Alex, have you considered adding some sort of CRC or MD5 hash checking to your manager for both the left and right view panes? It'd be excellent to know if a game is corrupt even before we install it, or verify existing USB drive images for any possible future corruption.

 

[GrizzlyBC]

I don't know why but I see this when I try to use it. Any clue what is wrong?

 

[AlexDP]

Thanks for the quick reply again Troy, I feel a bit more at ease.

Alex, have you considered adding some sort of CRC or MD5 hash checking to your manager for both the left and right view panes? It'd be excellent to know if a game is corrupt even before we install it, or verify existing USB drive images for any possible future corruption.

Yes, I am considering that... although theres a bit of an ambiguity regarding what part of the file should be check as well as where to get the correct MD5 or SHA1 values. Looking into it.

QUOTE(GrizzlyBC @ Apr 13 2009, 11:26 AM) I don't know why but I see this when I try to use it. Any clue what is wrong?

Are you running this inside a virtual machine or something? Can you give the complete specs (hardware and OS and 32-bit/64-bit) on your system and whether or not you installed .NET FW 3.5 SP1 using the WBFS Manager setup or if you did it manually.
Thanks.

 

[geedub]

i keep getting

error occured while opening drive . make sure the drive is not in use or
open and that it has been formatted to WBFS format

now it does show my WBFS drive , but im getting this error ?

yes i installed everything ! surely i dont need to format my drive again , i already have a load of games installed ?

 

[Tagg7]

Fantastic job on 2.2.2 - works like a dream. Major props to AlexDP.

 

[Satangel]

When I try to format my drive with WBFS Manager 2.2.2 it just doesn't do anything. I downloaded the 64bit version for my Vista 64bit.
I have tried running it in compatibility mode and as Administrator, no difference.

 

[Moose13]

When I try to format my drive with WBFS Manager 2.2.2 it just doesn't do anything. I downloaded the 64bit version for my Vista 64bit.
I have tried running it in compatibility mode and as Administrator, no difference.

I have the same problem. Vista 64. It tells me that an error occurred when trying to format the drive.

OK, I ran as admin and got the drive to format. I added a few games from .iso files and that transfered successfully.
I can't see the drive on my wii. It's a Seagate FreeAgent Pro. I've tried everything, unplugging it at different times. Just can't get it to recognize.