Hacking Wii backup Manager for Windows

[redia]

Just a question, since 1.2.4 a lot has been changed in the program, is it still possible to get the titles file and rename the games using the titles file? i cant seen to find it anymore, i really liked this feature

Spidy1000,

this feature has not yet been enabled.
fig2k4 has been rebuilding the whole application to make it threaded and secure.
he is now working on the titles/names.
the new version should be released soon and will have that.

Cheers,
R

 

[Spidy1000]

Just a question, since 1.2.4 a lot has been changed in the program, is it still possible to get the titles file and rename the games using the titles file? i cant seen to find it anymore, i really liked this feature

Spidy1000,

this feature has not yet been enabled.
fig2k4 has been rebuilding the whole application to make it threaded and secure.
he is now working on the titles/names.
the new version should be released soon and will have that.

Cheers,
R

Thanks for the info

 

[Tristar]

fig2k4,

The later versions of cfg usbloader put games into their own folders in the main wbfs folder.

No games in individual folders are shown (at least on my version) in wbm 0.3.0 b4

You probably are already aware of this, just thought I'd point it out in case it hasn't been noticed yet

 

[fig2k4]

Yeah, I've just finished it and having it tested for silly bugs before release.

Here's the changelog entry so far.

Added: WiiTDB titles support (titles.txt).
Added: Download titles.txt from the settings dialog.
Added: Custom Titles support (CustomTitles.txt).
Added: Double click drive entries to edit manually. Changes are saved to CustomTitles.txt.
Added: MD5 Hash functions for .wbfs/WBFS. Hashes are calculated when adding a disc to the drive and can be used to verify the data is still intact at a later date. You can also calculate missing hashes for existing entries.
Added: Custom colors for Drive usage bars, Progressbars, titles and log.
Changed: Reverted back to using the unRAR DLL. Embedding it in the exe was causing problems.
Added: WBFS read retry 10 times, with a "valid handle" check to see if the drive has somehow been dismounted.
Added: Support for the new WBFS file storage convention. You can now store the files in sub-folders or in a single WBFS folder. With an option to automatically convert to the chosen convention when a drive is mounted.

 

[Wiisel]

Cant wait till next release not seeing my games in sub-folders has driven me nuts all week.
fig2k4 keep up the good work this has become my favoured manager since converting to FAT your efforts are appreciated.

 

[giantpune]

any luck on tracking down that read/write error? id even be happy with a retry of the game if it gets that error. when im running this for a few hours unattended, i really dont care if it takes 20 mins longer.

 

[redia]

@everyone,

I just finished testing the last version of WBM..
and the improvement are pretty fine..

R

edit : @giantpune :
which is the latest version you tried ?
could you describe once again your problem. I would love to try replicating it to see if I can help.

 

[giantpune]

im running beta test5 right now. the issue i had was the games that said they were transferred but never were. when the version with the verbose log came around, it showed disc read errors. always at the same sector. i forget the number.

 

[fig2k4]

The issue is caused by the file handle suddenly becoming invalid. I've reverted to locking the WBFS drive and also dismounting it while in use. We'll see how the tests go anyway..

Edit:

id even be happy with a retry of the game if it gets that error.

That probably would be the best option until I stop the handle from randomly becoming invalid.


BTW, do you think it's hardware related, Windows version, or even power management settings that could cause it? Personally, I've got all power management settings off, nothing gets put to sleep or turned off.

 

[giantpune]

my drive doesnt go to sleep. ive made sure of that. it COULD be windows. but no other program or wbfs manager or anything has had this happen.

 

[mousex]

im running beta test5 right now. the issue i had was the games that said they were transferred but never were. when the version with the verbose log came around, it showed disc read errors. always at the same sector. i forget the number.
QUOTE(giantpune @ Dec 10 2009, 02:28 PM) my drive doesnt go to sleep. ive made sure of that. it COULD be windows. but no other program or wbfs manager or anything has had this happen.

Maybe the sector is really bad and causes the progress to fail.

 

[fig2k4]

I think it might be related to how long the drive handle has been opened. It's a major difference I thought of last night, between WBM and other managers etc. I open the handle once when you select the drive in the menu. Other managers open and close the handle as needed.

My next fix attempt will try to recover the handle and continue if possible, retrying the last failed read. If that still doesn't work, the last workaround would need to be retrying the whole transfer (not the whole queue, just from the one that failed, obviously). I'd much prefer to just retry the last read, than the whole thing though..

It's not a problem with bad sectors, since that wouldn't make the handle suddenly become invalid. It would just cause a read error, with a message something to do with CRC probably..

 

[fig2k4]

I've written the handle recovery code. So if the handle suddenly disappears while reading from it, a recovery will be attempted before aborting.
I've simulated the events in this pic. Basically, I made every read fail the first time and re-open the drive handle. The same thing should happen with the real situation.

I'll send a test version to relevant parties after I finish my lunch.

 

[XFlak]

looking good fig2k4 lookin good! I can't wait to test this baby out! thx

 

[fig2k4]

I've just posted version 0.3.0.

Since the WBFS read error is an ongoing thing that most people don't suffer from, I thought I'd release it as the stable 0.3.0 version. Other than that problem, it is pretty stable.

This will be a common question..

Q. How do I convert the existing files on my FAT32 drive to the new sub-folders layout?
A. Go to settings, select "Store files in sub-folders" as the WBFS files storage convention. Tick "Automatically convert storage convention when drive is mounted".

Now when you mount the drive on one of the drives pages, it's automatically converted.
You can switch back and forth between the conventions as easily as selecting the option and mounting the drive.

 

[Wiisel]

I've just posted version 0.3.0.

Thanks for this, time to get doing some sub foldery

 

[pepxl]

 

[fig2k4]

Damn man. According to your log, the handle is still valid.. Will you be around for a few minutes? I could try to refresh the handle before each transfer, instead of when it's found to be invalid. I'll send a quick test..

 

[pepxl]

yeah ive got a spare min or two

 

[Bloodlust]