Hacking WiiFlow - an open source GUI USB-Loader

[AbdallahTerro]

No, mod4 same as mod3 back to SM
NES stopped working too my bad, I didn't delete nes-cfg file

just deleted the cfg file and yes nes stopped working too

only working combo so far is the following:
Wiiflow rev242 unmodified + NES any mod (I'm using 3) + SNES Mod 1 & GBA Mod 1

 

[AbdallahTerro]

Fix, after running wiiflow in emu modes with all those roms (2000 or so) I just realized how slow and unstable things became.
I sometimes waited 1 to 2 mins looking at a frozen loading screen before the coverflow appeared.
Moreover I can't exit the emulators to SM directly, instead I need to go back to wiiflow first and wait again..... and again...

This mode is cool and everything but to use it the number of roms has to be low maybe in the range of 200 to 400
I'll be using this mode only after I select a short list of favorite roms to keep Wiiflow fast and stable.

Thanks for your hard work

PS: are u planning to add a coverflow for homebrew in the theme.ini file cause I want to make some adjustments.

 

[FIX94]

I know about stability hehe, thats because there is still no cache for emulator coverflow, remember its still work in progress. Here is a new mod test rev, including the not modified wiiflow svn r243:
http://www.mediafire...v0rm5xll9xbkoba
edit:
Also uploaded the emulator sources again, same link as before.

 

[VashTS]

im in the same situation as earlier. damn, hope its not me. i just tried and NES game, restarted back to wii menu. SNES is working. im playing killer instinct right now. NES fails to boot for whatever reason.

 

[bostonBC]

@[member='bostonBC'], yep thats because fledge forgot to add the needed pngs.
BTW I uploaded a rev with emu support to my svn finally, see here. From now on it only displays the games you want if the dol file is found in wiiflow/plugins (you may need to create this folder by yourself). Sources for fceugx, snes9xgx and vbagx will follow in the next minutes

Thanks. I compiled the latest r244 and don't get the error now. But is the graphic for the check box supposed to say 'checkbox'?

Also what happened to the categories? They used to be ordered alphabetically in two rows, now they cross rows.

Old:

A G
B H
C I
D J
E K
F L

New

A B
C D
E F
G H
I J

Also what changed on how you handle 'all'? Do you no longer reserve the 1st bit for all? It appears that instead of 19 categories available there are 20 in addition to all.

 

[fledge68]

fledge if you please would commit the png too? otherwise I cant make it ready to use

Path for nes is fceugx/roms, for snes snes9xgx/roms and for gb etc its vbagx/roms. Covers are still wiiflow/covers and the name need to be the same than the rom file.

Sorry guys, I guess I did a herp derp Last I checked I wasn't blonde but I sure goofed. Will upload check box pngs in the morning - right now they are on other computer and wife is sleeping.

yes there is now 20 in addition to all. I moved the 'All' cat to the lower left because on the game cat screen it looked kind of weird with an empty space in the upper left and when I moved it to the lower left it gave me the option to add one more cat.

the graphic for the check boxes is made by Fix to fill the gap by dummy me that forgot to commit them on r240 which I will do in the morning.

and yes the first bit is still ALL. changes are:

20 cats plus all

and re-added
numcategories= under GENERAL section to specify number of cats+1 so you can have less than 20 if you like

categories=100000000000000000000 under each view (GAMES, DML, HOMEBREW, CHANNELS) so you can have different cats visible for each view

and check boxes because on and off in other languages is more than 3 letters which don't fit the old buttons - plus I thought maybe I would modernize Wiiflow look a little.

yes they now cross rows ... hope it's not a problem.
changed because i thought it would look better when you use less than 20 cats. say 6 cats for example

old
a f
b
c
d
e

new
a b
c d
e f

 

[kavid]

Chinese_s.ini for r244

hope to update on your code google

 

[AbdallahTerro]

I know about stability hehe, thats because there is still no cache for emulator coverflow, remember its still work in progress. Here is a new mod test rev, including the not modified wiiflow svn r243:
http://www.mediafire...v0rm5xll9xbkoba
edit:
Also uploaded the emulator sources again, same link as before.

Same, same only NES works, also tested with rev244
ps: did not notice any speed change! I'm not using covers yet.

 

[secamfr]

I know about stability hehe, thats because there is still no cache for emulator coverflow, remember its still work in progress. Here is a new mod test rev, including the not modified wiiflow svn r243:
http://www.mediafire...v0rm5xll9xbkoba
edit:
Also uploaded the emulator sources again, same link as before.

Wiiflow don't find my partition (roms are on USB), i have also a SD card i only use for DLC and i see wiiflow create all folders for emulators on it. So think this release only work on SD ?

 

[bostonBC]

fledge if you please would commit the png too? otherwise I cant make it ready to use

Path for nes is fceugx/roms, for snes snes9xgx/roms and for gb etc its vbagx/roms. Covers are still wiiflow/covers and the name need to be the same than the rom file.

Sorry guys, I guess I did a herp derp Last I checked I wasn't blonde but I sure goofed. Will upload check box pngs in the morning - right now they are on other computer and wife is sleeping.

yes there is now 20 in addition to all. I moved the 'All' cat to the lower left because on the game cat screen it looked kind of weird with an empty space in the upper left and when I moved it to the lower left it gave me the option to add one more cat.

the graphic for the check boxes is made by Fix to fill the gap by dummy me that forgot to commit them on r240 which I will do in the morning.

and yes the first bit is still ALL. changes are:

20 cats plus all

and re-added
numcategories= under GENERAL section to specify number of cats+1 so you can have less than 20 if you like

categories=100000000000000000000 under each view (GAMES, DML, HOMEBREW, CHANNELS) so you can have different cats visible for each view

and check boxes because on and off in other languages is more than 3 letters which don't fit the old buttons - plus I thought maybe I would modernize Wiiflow look a little.

yes they now cross rows ... hope it's not a problem.
changed because i thought it would look better when you use less than 20 cats. say 6 cats for example

old
a f
b
c
d
e

new
a b
c d
e f

Ok, thanks. I am going to change the category app to have the real 20 categories then. If you recall I added the ones from the gametdb xml that were in the 'other' category into the 'general' category. I will update my app accordingly and send out anupdated categories.ini.

Is 20 the max now (2 pages)?

Also - any chance for an option to control if the categories cross rows or not? I really liked them the old way but see what you mean about having fewer categories.

Thanks!

 

[FIX94]

Wiiflow don't find my partition (roms are on USB), i have also a SD card i only use for DLC and i see wiiflow create all folders for emulators on it. So think this release only work on SD ?

Strange, thats some completely different problem now, do you have the usb device fat32? Because the emulators only work on either sd card or the first fat partition on the usb device. BTW I would suggest to move the plugins folder somewhere to sd card, that seems to be more compatible, to do that just edit the wiiflow.ini, its the dir_plugins option in the GENERAL section.

edit: Yeah lol fledge I just made some small dummy picture for now, hope you dont have a problem with it

 

[fledge68]

@Fix i feel better now that i saw r242. nice to know I'm not the only blonde.

 

[secamfr]

Wiiflow don't find my partition (roms are on USB), i have also a SD card i only use for DLC and i see wiiflow create all folders for emulators on it. So think this release only work on SD ?

Strange, thats some completely different problem now, do you have the usb device fat32? Because the emulators only work on either sd card or the first fat partition on the usb device. BTW I would suggest to move the plugins folder somewhere to sd card, that seems to be more compatible, to do that just edit the wiiflow.ini, its the dir_plugins option in the GENERAL section.

edit: Yeah lol fledge I just made some small dummy picture for now, hope you dont have a problem with it

Ok it work great now i have move the emulator dol to the plugins dir

 

[FIX94]

Hey guys, just done the same with genplusgx:
http://www.mediafire.com/?s4o8d9a20msy6wl
Usage is pretty much the same, just launch this genplusgx dol before once via hbc, then its the same thing, dol goes to wiiflow/plugins, the boot.dol goes to apps/wiiflow. Wiiflow will read the roms from genplus/roms. Currently it only takes zip files. Have fun

 

[Maxternal]

Just crossed my mind while reading this: will the automatic update function in WiiFlow-mod also automatically download the emulator plugins or is there a separate version for that ... and does it now update to the latest downloadable version in the WiiFlow-mod GoogleCode page or the main SVN?

 

[FIX94]

I'm still not sure how I'll do it, oh and very latest thing are still via mod svn, big and good updates via main svn.

 

[MassiveRican]

I'm still not sure how I'll do it, oh and very latest thing are still via mod svn, big and good updates via main svn.

Loving that system Fix, small updates and testing via mod, big stable updates via main SVN. It's beautiful lol.

 

[Ninn]

Hi guys, i wonder if Wiiflow will work with the smaller hardrives, like LaCie Rikiki 500GB, that only uses a usb cable. or will i need a fat one that uses a power supply, for the extra power?

 

[FIX94]

Sure it will, no need for more power.

 

[Ninn]

thanks alot for the quick answer. now i'll go and get one