Hacking WiiFlow - an open source GUI USB-Loader

[davidsl_128]

Yeah, RB2 dlc on normal (non-HC) SD cards works flawlessly (no nand filling up, no outdated songs, etc). It'd be nice if Wiiflow supported cIOS223 v5 though, because it also makes rock band dlc work and fixes spindown on many HDDs.

So are you saying that you need cios rev 19 base 37 for Rock Band DLC to work properly but with Hermes cios 222 rev 4 with 38 merged with 37 it will not work properly? If so, is it only the newer revisions of Wiiflow (after R25) that the DLC works properly or will using Wiiflow R25 with the new cios rev 19 base 37 also let the DLC work properly?

Yep, you got it. I use cIOS249 r19 with base 37 and Wiiflow R25 and DLC works properly; it's the cIOS that fixed things, you can use any Wiiflow revision as long as it supports cIOS249 r18 or r19.

 

[terminal_illness]

i use the latest compiled source and cios 19 with 37 base and every game works and dlc and instruments both work in rock band 2

 

[ephumuris]

Is their a built in update via WiFi yet? That would be very nice!

 

[PizzaPino]

did anyone manage to get dlc working with GH5 with sdHC cards?

 

[.:Plasma:.]

Any chance of getting a fix for Peppa Pig included in the next release, I've tried the R25 patched version posted earlier in this thread, but I now get a Green Screen instead of the Black one it previously froze on. I'm running SysMenu 4.2U but using WiiFlow via PriiLoader. I've also just updated to the CIOS 249 r19 as mentioned above using IOS37 as the base, still no joy!

Plasma

 

[sunnuhvuh]

Yeah, RB2 dlc on normal (non-HC) SD cards works flawlessly (no nand filling up, no outdated songs, etc). It'd be nice if Wiiflow supported cIOS223 v5 though, because it also makes rock band dlc work and fixes spindown on many HDDs.

FWIW, xabby666 compiled a version that supports cIOS223 v5. It is release v28. I have been using it with 223 v5 and it works flawlessly with the DLC for RB2 and GH5 on standard SD cards.

 

[Jiiwah]

Wiiflow r36 with FAT/NTFS support by r-win :

English XML

XML en français

Wiiflow folder with covers MUST be on SD

Look here for theme 100% compatible : Wiiflow StarNight Theme

WARNING : THIS VERSION IS A TEST VERSION. IT WAS UPLOADED BY R-WIN IN /svn/branches/ NOT IN /svn/trunk/

 

[Skater4599]

Wiiflow r36 with FAT/NTFS support by r-win :

English XML

XML en français

Wiiflow folder with covers MUST be on SD

English one says file is temporarily unavailable, have you tested this build yet?

 

[xzxero]

it said that for me too, but i refreshed the page and it showed.

thanks r-win beautiful work working with my drive as i type!

 

[Skater4599]

it said that for me too, but i refreshed the page and it showed.

thanks r-win beautiful work!!

Ah thanks its working now, i would have thought r-win himself would have posted somthing in here about his release, have you tested this is it working? I dont know why but when i read the google code page it sounded like he just added the initial start but not finished yet, but this is great news, Thanks r-win!

EDIT: So hows the test results on this, I have several questions, i cant test at the moment im at work lol
speed compared to WBFS?
Is there an option now to choose whether you wanna use FAT/NTFS or WBFS now or how does it co-exist?
Did you have to have a wiiflow-fat folder or just named wiiflow like normal on FAT drives?

 

[djbubba2002]

yes , NTFS and FAT 32 , i like it alot ..

 

[PizzaPino]

how long have i been waiting for this... finally. THANKS.
so you mean i can't put my wiiflow folder on my usb drive?

 

[djbubba2002]

it said that for me too, but i refreshed the page and it showed.

thanks r-win beautiful work!!

Ah thanks its working now, i would have thought r-win himself would have posted somthing in here about his release, have you tested this is it working? I dont know why but when i read the google code page it sounded like he just added the initial start but not finished yet, but this is great news, Thanks r-win!

EDIT: So hows the test results on this, I have several questions, i cant test at the moment im at work lol
speed compared to WBFS?
Is there an option now to choose whether you wanna use FAT/NTFS or WBFS now or how does it co-exist?
Did you have to have a wiiflow-fat folder or just named wiiflow like normal on FAT drives?

Yes THERE is a option on Page 7 you can pick between WBFS/FAT 32/NTFS

YOU cant put the covers on the hard drive , only SDCARD for now

sd:apps/wiiflow/boot.dol
sd:wiiflow/ same has before

 

[Skater4599]

Thanks djbubba for the info, im curious how to have 2 versions of this working together, i want one with fat (wiiware iso triiforce forwarders) and one with wbfs (wii games). The covers all have different ID #'s so they can be in same folder but im curious how the settings file will work if the path is to the same settings file once this is fixed/changed to load off USB again

Also is there any speed difference slower or faster when using FAT vs WBFS in wiiflow? (Im sure having to use SD makes it different also)

 

[PizzaPino]

alright thx for the edit.

is usb loader gx able to load it from the hard drive? if yes, wiiflow will probably also be able to do that.

 

[r-win]

Ah thanks its working now, i would have thought r-win himself would have posted somthing in here about his release, have you tested this is it working? I dont know why but when i read the google code page it sounded like he just added the initial start but not finished yet, but this is great news, Thanks r-win!

EDIT: So hows the test results on this, I have several questions, i cant test at the moment im at work lol
speed compared to WBFS?
Is there an option now to choose whether you wanna use FAT/NTFS or WBFS now or how does it co-exist?
Did you have to have a wiiflow-fat folder or just named wiiflow like normal on FAT drives?

Allright, here it is

Today, I've commited revision 36 into the google SVN of wiiflow. This revision was commited in a branch, because it still contains one major bug. Support for FAT/NTFS is complete, and confirmed working. A new configuration page has been added (page 7 indeed), which allows you to switch partition types. The partitions are automatically detected upon startup, so the list will only contains partition you actually have.

If you want to use FAT or NTFS, the following filenames are accepted
USB:/wbfs/Game Title (Be Creative) [GAMEID].wbfs
USB:/wbfs/Game Title (Be Creative) [GAMEID]/GAMEID.wbfs
USB:/wbfs/GAMEID_Game Title (Be Creative)/GAMEID.wbfs

Also, FAT and NTFS support REQUIRES Hermes cios rev 4. Support for rev5 and cios 249 will be added later, it has a lower priority.

The major bug I was talking about concerns download full HQ covers to a USB device. The covers are somehow corrupted between downloading and saving. Therefor, store the covers on the SD card until this issue has been fixed.

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Edit: removed USB:/wbfs/GAMEID_Game Title (Be Creative).wbfs as posibility. That is not possible

Thanks oggzee, for notifying me.

Note: On NTFS, .iso files are also supported. The same naming convention applies.
Final note: don't forget to thank oggzee for his great FAT/NTFS loading code.

 

[Blue-K]

The major bug I was talking about concerns download full HQ covers to a USB device. The covers are somehow corrupted between downloading and saving. Therefor, store the covers on the SD card until this issue has been fixed.

Aehm...are you only talking about the FAT32/NTFS-Loading which has a major bug? Because, I still have other Bugs with r36:

-Can't download any cheats (which works from CFG-Loader)
-Still don't have any bannersound from my games with r36. Theme music, etc. works, but the games remain silent. Though it works with r33.
-Shows me around 5 WBFS Partitions (though there's only one

)

No need to hurry, I'll just wanted to mention this. But I guess it's good work for the FAT32/NTFS-Support (can't test, WBFS only for me

). Thanks

.

 

[Skater4599]

Haha thanks r-win! you rock man lol
Also thanks to oggzee for his FAT loading code mad respect for all the devs

 

[MrKill]

I'm downloading all the covers from wiitdb by wiiflow on my wii so its pretty slow but it works so i cant wait to see all my games in wiiflow! Thanks r-win.

 

[terminal_illness]

i use an active wbfs partition and i keep my covers on fat32 active primary partition(i have no more space on my sd card) so really do i want to upgrade? probably not. are there any other features i might want?