Hacking WiiFlow - an open source GUI USB-Loader

[FIX94]

We just made nice progress and fixed we dare and driver san francisco! Tintin works better now but still not perfect. May we get it to work properly the next days/weeks

 

[AbdallahTerro]

Hey Fix, I did more testing with r91 concerning the sync issue:
1. I resynced my 2 wiimotes (after pressing the wii sync button for 15 secs to delete sync data)
2. I tried both my old and the new forwarder.
3. I started wiiflow with both wiimotes synced

what I found is that most of the time just 1 wiimote gets synced while loading while the other one lags by 5-10secs
sometimes it's the first and at other times it's the second (not always the same one) - I have one with motion plus so I can tell the difference.
sometimes mercury meltdown loses sync (I don't know why) the other games are fine.

so I don't think this is a forwarder issue nor a nand emulation problem, this is random delays in one wiimote or the other that pisses me off.

Hope this experiment helps in ponting out the culprit.
I'll be waiting for the next fix.
10x
Abz

 

[Maxternal]

I can only assume the "new" forwarders are the ones with v11d on them instead of just v11. The link for the default forwarder CHANNEL wad is broken, though. The rest of the channels are fine.

It is interesting, though, that it's precisely the Default PRIILOADER forwarder that is the only one that is v11d. The rest of the dols are all still just v11.

Anyway, I was using v11 before, I'll move up to v11d now.

 

[FIX94]

I can only assume the "new" forwarders are the ones with v11d on them instead of just v11. The link for the default forwarder CHANNEL wad is broken, though. The rest of the channels are fine.

Thanks. Forgot to rename it properly, should work now.

It is interesting, though, that it's precisely the Default PRIILOADER forwarder that is the only one that is v11d. The rest of the dols are all still just v11.

Yes, because the default havent got a splash screen and I don't have the splash screens from the others so I can't update them.

 

[Albatroz]

r416, r417, r417 alpha4 and all your mods (r5 to r69) were playing fine.
I didnt test r70+ cause I was travelling, then I got only r89+

 

[mastershoes]

Great work on the new rev Fix & Co!!.. My flow is flowin' so much better now! Cache's are workin' again, the global emu options are great, compatibility up... You guys really stepped it up, thanks for all the hard work!

 

[painless]

@[member='Fix']; Do you think Wiiflow will ever support wiimote motion control as seen in Configurable USB Loader? I think that would be so very excellent!

As a side note, once this gets out of alpha/beta and into final, Im going to add this to my priiloader and use only Wiiflow

 

[painless]

Oh man, I've overwritten my boot.dol file in the Wiiflow folder on the root on my SD card with this new r418.dol and when I try to load Wiiflow from my Homebrew channel it says it's loading r417! Also, I downloaded the new forwarder .wad file and tried to install it from my WAD folder off the root of my SD card using MMM and it wont let me install it. Why is this?

 

[FIX94]

Oh man, I've overwritten my boot.dol file in the Wiiflow folder on the root on my SD card with this new r418.dol and when I try to load Wiiflow from my Homebrew channel it says it's loading r417! Also, I downloaded the new forwarder .wad file and tried to install it from my WAD folder off the root of my SD card using MMM and it wont let me install it. Why is this?

You need to overwrite meta.xml too for r418, see the HBC folder. You need to install the forwarder with IOS236, first uninstall it (yes even if it was not installed) and the install.

 

[painless]

Oh man, I've overwritten my boot.dol file in the Wiiflow folder on the root on my SD card with this new r418.dol and when I try to load Wiiflow from my Homebrew channel it says it's loading r417! Also, I downloaded the new forwarder .wad file and tried to install it from my WAD folder off the root of my SD card using MMM and it wont let me install it. Why is this?

You need to overwrite meta.xml too for r418, see the HBC folder. You need to install the forwarder with IOS236, first uninstall it (yes even if it was not installed) and the install.

Ok, got the meta now in the HBC and I totally was thinking I was going to need 236 for this too but wanted to make sure 1st. As for the uninstall, how do I uninstall the new forwarder wad file if it didn't install in the first place? I take it you're speaking of the forwarder that is to be replaced? I actually did that via the Wii system menu... I uninstalled the channel from the main Wii screen thinking it was going to be easy to install this new forwarder. Duh! lol. Anyway, if you could just clarify what you mean by "uninstall it" I would smile more.

 

[FIX94]

I uninstalled the channel from the main Wii screen thinking it was going to be easy to install this new forwarder. Duh! lol. Anyway, if you could just clarify what you mean by "uninstall it" I would smile more.

In the wad manager you use you can click uninstall wad too, do this and then install it again

 

[painless]

I uninstalled the channel from the main Wii screen thinking it was going to be easy to install this new forwarder. Duh! lol. Anyway, if you could just clarify what you mean by "uninstall it" I would smile more.

In the wad manager you use you can click uninstall wad too, do this and then install it again

lol, you're gonna hate me man but you mean uninstall the new wad forwarder that I have yet to install? It's like a tear in the time/space continuim here. Uninstalling something that has not been installed yet... lol.

 

[FIX94]

lol, you're gonna hate me man but you mean uninstall the new wad forwarder that I have yet to install? It's like a tear in the time/space continuim here. Uninstalling something that has not been installed yet... lol.

The old forwader is still installed, better said the ticket of it, the wii system menu doesnt remove it. This is why you need to uninstall the wad, otherwise you can get errors with the old tickets.

 

[mastershoes]

I made a post a looong while back but never heard anything. Fix, I know yer keeping an eye on this thread now.. Is there a way to display full covers for homebrew apps with less than 5 characters in the name? I have covers for UAE and a few others with short names that I can't get to display in the homebrew section of wiiflow. I figured out if it's 5 characters, I can throw an underscore after it (ex - vbagx_) and that works, but i can't figure out how to get one to display (or if it's possible) for anything like uae, or dmp, etc.. and I would prefer not to rename my apps folders. I'm guessing it would be possible to actually replace the "icon.png" of the app now that the new rev recognizes those.. but If I could continue to put them in my "boxcovers" folder, i'd way prefer that.

Any help would be appreciated man!

 

[painless]

lol, you're gonna hate me man but you mean uninstall the new wad forwarder that I have yet to install? It's like a tear in the time/space continuim here. Uninstalling something that has not been installed yet... lol.

The old forwader is still installed, better said the ticket of it, the wii system menu doesnt remove it. This is why you need to uninstall the wad, otherwise you can get errors with the old tickets.

I understand now. Thank you for the clarification. Since I had problems in the not too distant past (a few days ago) with the number 1 & 2 buttons allowing for the way the covers display not working, and you linked a file for me to use which fixed my problem, I am anticipating the same issue again. As such, can I still use the default.ini file you posted a few pages ago to fix my cover art display problem? LINK

 

[AbdallahTerro]

Wiiflow is not lauching DML after updating DML to r26! Also newly added DML Games are not detected!
Still new wii games not detected when copied directly to wbfs folder.
Any fix soon?

 

[Etheboss]

Wiiflow is awesome!
Thank you for updating and the hard work!
I will be donating when I get some paypal money soon

FIX94 and OverjoY...i think its time to add a donation button with your name on it on the wiiflowiki so ppl can choose who to donate to.

@[member='Fix']; Do you think Wiiflow will ever support wiimote motion control as seen in Configurable USB Loader? I think that would be so very excellent!

Soo what exactly do you mean @[member='painless']? Wiiflow has wiimote gestures...but this option is disabled in the wiiflow.ini by default.

 

[FIX94]

I made a post a looong while back but never heard anything. Fix, I know yer keeping an eye on this thread now.. Is there a way to display full covers for homebrew apps with less than 5 characters in the name? I have covers for UAE and a few others with short names that I can't get to display in the homebrew section of wiiflow. I figured out if it's 5 characters, I can throw an underscore after it (ex - vbagx_) and that works, but i can't figure out how to get one to display (or if it's possible) for anything like uae, or dmp, etc.. and I would prefer not to rename my apps folders. I'm guessing it would be possible to actually replace the "icon.png" of the app now that the new rev recognizes those.. but If I could continue to put them in my "boxcovers" folder, i'd way prefer that.

Any help would be appreciated man!

Hi, yeah it was just a rough solution for homebrew without covers, I never tried it out but I can take a look at it.

As such, can I still use the default.ini file you posted a few pages ago to fix my cover art display problem? LINK

Sure you can still use it.

Wiiflow is not lauching DML after updating DML to r26! Also newly added DML Games are not detected!
Still new wii games not detected when copied directly to wbfs folder.
Any fix soon?

Interesting, this morning my r25 test went successful, I'll see how r26 works here.
edit: Just tested r26 here, works fine for melee here, no problems.

FIX94 and OverjoY...i think its time to add a donation button with your name on it on the wiiflowiki so ppl can choose who to donate to.

Yeah maybe youre right

 

[painless]

@[member='Fix']; Do you think Wiiflow will ever support wiimote motion control as seen in Configurable USB Loader? I think that would be so very excellent!

Soo what exactly do you mean @[member='painless']? Wiiflow has wiimote gestures...but this option is disabled in the wiiflow.ini by default.

In Configurable USB Loader, you simply waive your Wiimote from side to side and the cover art "flows" by until you are ready to select what you want to play. It's very "Matrix-y" with a touch of "Minority Report" kind of tech. Wiiflow looks like one must use the D-Pad in order to scroll around.

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[Etheboss]

@[member='Fix']; Do you think Wiiflow will ever support wiimote motion control as seen in Configurable USB Loader? I think that would be so very excellent!

Soo what exactly do you mean @[member='painless']? Wiiflow has wiimote gestures...but this option is disabled in the wiiflow.ini by default.

In Configurable USB Loader, you simply waive your Wiimote from side to side and the cover art "flows" by until you are ready to select what you want to play. It's very "Matrix-y" with a touch of "Minority Report" kind of tech. Wiiflow looks like one must use the D-Pad in order to scroll around.

Ah, in config it's waving, the wiimote gesture i was talking about is turning the wiimote, like a key, but has the same flow effect..

If you like, you can try it out and change this line in wiiflow.ini (located in USB or SD:/Apps/Wiiflow/):

wiimote_gestures=(add true)

From the wiki: When enabled, coverflow can be scrolled by tilting the wiimote while holding B - Defaults to false