TheSonicRetard
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So hey, I guess this is a good place to ask, but how can you create your own channel? Like, I'd like to have my USB loader into it's own channel, that I can start from the wii menu. How do I go about doing this?
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TheSonicRetard said:
you need a forwarder, which I think will be in the shape of a WAD file (at least the ultimate USB loader was). You install that from the homebrew channel using WAD manager 1.3, and then the channel will appear. The ultimate USB one will then launch whatever boot.dol is in the sd:\apps\usbloader\ folder.
TheSonicRetard
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Threi said:
mrklaw said:
thanks. How do I configure the forwarder wad to point to a specific directory?
mrklaw said:
I use the WBFS for Mac OS X v.1.2 and a Mac to do everything else - no problems here.
Hmm... I didn't realize I'd be responding 3 times, sorry for the spam, heh.
While I'm at it, let me say that I'm hacked and on 4.0U when I did what others have posted:
0.) Updated HBC (was already up-to-date at 1.0.1)
1.) Updated HBB
2.) DVDx
3.) cISO rev10
4.) IOS60 (not IOS61 nor Wii Shop Channel) Installer/Patcher
5.) Official Nintendo Update
6.) IOS Downgrader/Patcher
7.) All previous hackery worked just fine
8.) USB Loader Ultimate 7.4
9.) WBFS for Mac OS X v1.2
Now that I can easily rip my Wii games, I went ahead and tried Dolphin - turns out I need to buy a better video card, heh.
TheSonicRetard
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Man this USB Loader is awesome. I'm shocked at how fast loading is... MadWorld and Metroid Prime 3 are instant access.
Wow. It reminds me of the old cartridge days. No loading at all.
Wow. It reminds me of the old cartridge days. No loading at all.
Caesar III
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And we are talking about a USB harddrive here. It would be so much faster with an internal SATA HDD
TheSonicRetard
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pakkit said:
I'm in class, but I started instaling HotD:Ok when I left my place. Class ends in 30 minutes, and it should be done installing when I get back, so I'll tell you then.
SilverLunar
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how can i extract the game files from my game discs?? what program should i use??
TheSonicRetard
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SilverLunar said:
You can use the USB Loader itself if you need.
Seeing how many praises people were giving in this thread, I tried using USB loader and backed up a few of my games, but when I try to run them the system hard freezes a lot. Like usually at places where it seems like it would normally be loading from the disc, aka not in the middle of a game. I have to unplug the power out of the back of the system and plug it back in to fix the freeze.
I'm using USB loader 1.5, a WD usb 2.0 powered passport essentials, and 3.4 firmware that was hacked with the twilight hack -> 3.4fix that installed cios36 rev_10 and downgraded.
I'm using USB loader 1.5, a WD usb 2.0 powered passport essentials, and 3.4 firmware that was hacked with the twilight hack -> 3.4fix that installed cios36 rev_10 and downgraded.
Bebpo said:
You should try this version.
USB Loader Ultimate 7.4
I believe everyone in this thread that is using usb loader is using 7.4.
So I'm about to try usb loader. I just want to make sure I am doing everything right. Currently, I am on FW 3.3. So this is probably what I should do to get usb loader working:
1. install cIOS v10
2. install IOS 60. Do not install IOS 61.
3. Use the nintendo servers to update to 4.0
4. use the wakinoto patch to put back all unpatched IOSes
I should be ready to use USB loader Ultimate 7.4 after I do all these steps, correct? Thanks.
HUELEN10 said:
I'm sort of afraid to update to 4.0 because it seems so complicated. Also I'm using the USB cable that came with the passport. USB Loader didn't have any problems ripping the couple of games I tried or partitioning the drive it.
I'll try the ultimate loader and 1.4 and see if I notice any difference.
Yes, most loaders can force the video mode, but if you're using an RGB cable you will end up seeing everything in shades of red (at least, this is what happens to me with Ultimate USB Loader 6.7, no matter what video mode I choose).Hesemonni said:
So, for my US No More Heroes, I'm using another loader (now discontinued, I think) with video mode patches, made by some guy called WiiPower. NMH works perfectly in color, even with RGB cables.
Does it work? I heard slow ripping was due to cIOS rev10 more than loaders based on 1.4.HUELEN10 said:
That's why I'm still with rev9 and loaders based on 1.1.
Trying the Ultimate 7.4 loader I'm getting freezes but at all different spots!
On NMH Jpn where I froze at the "attach nunchuck screen" with 1.5, it went further and started the game on 7.4 and played the opening cutscene, but when I skipped the cutscene it couldn't load the next part and just froze on the black screen.
On Fire Emblem which played on 1.5 and then froze when loading the intro, on 7.4 it froze in the loader white list screen where it says "booting Wii game, please wait"
I don't know what is going wrong. Maybe I need to update to 4.0.
On NMH Jpn where I froze at the "attach nunchuck screen" with 1.5, it went further and started the game on 7.4 and played the opening cutscene, but when I skipped the cutscene it couldn't load the next part and just froze on the black screen.
On Fire Emblem which played on 1.5 and then froze when loading the intro, on 7.4 it froze in the loader white list screen where it says "booting Wii game, please wait"
I don't know what is going wrong. Maybe I need to update to 4.0.
Awesome, thanks for clearing this. If the new loader with the awesome GUI starts requiring it, I might end up installing rev10 then (disc ripping speed was the major factor holding me back, I've already installed most of my games but I have no intention of waiting hours for my new games to install).HUELEN10 said:
I'm still on 3.2 and everything works. Are you sure your HDD is fully compatible?Bebpo said:
Oh yeah. Some games require it. I'm using Red Steel because it's the only one in my collection that doesn't seem to work with the loader (unless they fixed it with some new version), so if I should ever want to play it again (I seriously doubt it, but you never know) I can just boot it via disc.Bebpo said:
Bluemercury
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Jocchan said:
I want to install the usb loader, i know i need to install the cios36 rev9 or 10. I already asked mejilan but i want to be sure. Should i install the rev9 or 10???is it safe to install either? also i assume those are self loaders or do i need something from my hbc to install it?
SS4Gogita said:
I didn't know, or well I knew but I was unable to find the option to do so...Clipper said:
I couldn't find the option to do so : (, I was on 3.2 and after the formatting I'm still on the 3.2, but it's too weird, I guess I'll format again to try to install the Homebrew Channel
I'm still on rev9, the one I installed to use the USB Loader (rev10 wasn't out yet), so I haven't tried upgrading yet. I hear it's easy as cake, but as I mentioned before the speed issue was holding me back.Bluemercury said:
If I was starting from scratch right now, I would probably install rev10 then... but you'd better ask someone more in the know than me.
To install rev9 I just ran an installer once, and then the Loader worked like every other Homebrew application. I haven't tried channels, WADS and stuff like that (and probably won't... I'm lazy but the two extra clicks needed to run a loader from the HBC aren't that annoying).
rollingstart
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USB Loader helps reduce loading times in games like HD Loader did on PS2?
Is there a quick and easy guide to setting it up?
Is there a quick and easy guide to setting it up?
Dante: Very sorry to hear about your semi-brick issues and lost data, but you really should have carefully read the documentation of all of the apps and installers you were using. Installing a game via USB Loader is as simple as hitting the + button on the Wiimote. The - button, on the other hand, is used to delete games. It seriously couldn't be any easier.
Link: USB Loader greatly slashes load times, ala HDLoader on the PS2, and sometimes even improves in-game performance, as with House of the Dead.
1) You might want to check the compatibility wiki on GBATemp to see if your HDD works well, works with issues (and possible workarounds), or basically doesn't work at all.
2) Also, I've heard that some WDs have "spindown" issues where basically, after a certain number of minutes of not real HDD activity, the drive spins down and goes to sleep. This can happen a lot for games that cache heavily to RAM and only occasionally spin the DVDs. USB Loader cannot recover from this, and the next time the game tries to spin the DVD (in this case, access the ISO on the HDD), the game will freeze and die. There are solutions to fixing WD spindown issues via PC software, but it commonly entails opening up the drive and patching it directly to the PC.
Ultimate USB Loader 7.4 (based on 1.5) is quite a bit better than 6.7 (1.1 or 1.4 versions), in my experience.
False. The sluggish install time issues were due to bugs/changes introduced by Waninkoko in his 1.2.-1.4 revs. He fixed them for 1.5. Any USB Loader mod based on 1.5 should install just as fast, if not faster, than 1.1 or 1.1-based mods.
This sluggish installs never had anything to do with cIOS rev10. I can't believe the amount of disinformation out there concerning rev10. It's better than rev9 in every possible sense. The only "issue" with rev10, is that Waninkoko uploaded a totally borked version originally. He had a fixed version up in about an hour. The only possible problem, now, is if you're downloading the installer from a mirror that still has the borked version. You should be getting it straight from Waninkoko's blog, to avoid that nonsense.
USB Loader 1.5 (and viable 1.5-based mods) running on cIOS rev10 all install games as fast or faster than USB Loader 1.1 running on cIOS rev9. Additionally, USB Loader 1.1 (and viable 1.1-based mods) running on cIOS rev10 all install games just as fast as 1.1 running on cIOS rev9 did.
I've personally verified all of this.
Link: USB Loader greatly slashes load times, ala HDLoader on the PS2, and sometimes even improves in-game performance, as with House of the Dead.
Bebpo said:
1) You might want to check the compatibility wiki on GBATemp to see if your HDD works well, works with issues (and possible workarounds), or basically doesn't work at all.
2) Also, I've heard that some WDs have "spindown" issues where basically, after a certain number of minutes of not real HDD activity, the drive spins down and goes to sleep. This can happen a lot for games that cache heavily to RAM and only occasionally spin the DVDs. USB Loader cannot recover from this, and the next time the game tries to spin the DVD (in this case, access the ISO on the HDD), the game will freeze and die. There are solutions to fixing WD spindown issues via PC software, but it commonly entails opening up the drive and patching it directly to the PC.
Jocchan said:
Ultimate USB Loader 7.4 (based on 1.5) is quite a bit better than 6.7 (1.1 or 1.4 versions), in my experience.
False. The sluggish install time issues were due to bugs/changes introduced by Waninkoko in his 1.2.-1.4 revs. He fixed them for 1.5. Any USB Loader mod based on 1.5 should install just as fast, if not faster, than 1.1 or 1.1-based mods.
This sluggish installs never had anything to do with cIOS rev10. I can't believe the amount of disinformation out there concerning rev10. It's better than rev9 in every possible sense. The only "issue" with rev10, is that Waninkoko uploaded a totally borked version originally. He had a fixed version up in about an hour. The only possible problem, now, is if you're downloading the installer from a mirror that still has the borked version. You should be getting it straight from Waninkoko's blog, to avoid that nonsense.
USB Loader 1.5 (and viable 1.5-based mods) running on cIOS rev10 all install games as fast or faster than USB Loader 1.1 running on cIOS rev9. Additionally, USB Loader 1.1 (and viable 1.1-based mods) running on cIOS rev10 all install games just as fast as 1.1 running on cIOS rev9 did.
I've personally verified all of this.
Bluemercury
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Well i installed the cios36rev10, i created a folder in the sd card with the the files, renamed the file cIOS36_rev10-Installer.dol to boot.dol and put the wad IOS36-64-v1042.wad in the root like its said in the readme, apparentely the install went well. Now i need to know what to do next?, which version is the best of the usb loader?
Bluemercury
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Jocchan said:Now you just connect an USB drive with an empty partition, start the USB Loader (look for Ultimate 7.4) and have fun
Seeing that this is my first atempt to mess with homebrew, since a freind of mine installed the homebrew channel for me, what does the cios36 actually do?
Also which version should i download of the usbloader and what about creating a channel directly for it?
thanks to all.
I'm not sure why all of this is confusing me so much, but it is... Honestly, I didn't have any problems setting up the HBC long ago, or getting its various apps to run, but I just don't understand all of this USB Loader stuff. If anyone is willing to help an idiot, can you tell me:
1. How do I know if I've installed a cIOS in the past? I don't recall doing so, but that doesn't mean I didn't do it. (I have installed HBC as well as apps like Gecko OS and WAD Manager and a number of emulators.)
2. Regardless, given the fact that my Wii has been updated through Nintendo to 4.0U, can I install cIOS36 rev10 (and then go through what needs to be done to add the USB Loader 7.4 app), or am I going to screw things up (i.e., brick my system) if I do that?
3) If I *can* install cIOS36 rev10 without bricking, is that all I need to do before adding the USB Loader 7.4 app, or do I need to do anything else before that? (I've seen people mention other cIOSes that may need to be installed.)
It's OK if this just won't work for me because I updated to 4.0 - I'm just curious. Plus, I'd like to see how it affects loading times on the handful of Wii games I'm playing at the moment.
Thanks for any help!
1. How do I know if I've installed a cIOS in the past? I don't recall doing so, but that doesn't mean I didn't do it. (I have installed HBC as well as apps like Gecko OS and WAD Manager and a number of emulators.)
2. Regardless, given the fact that my Wii has been updated through Nintendo to 4.0U, can I install cIOS36 rev10 (and then go through what needs to be done to add the USB Loader 7.4 app), or am I going to screw things up (i.e., brick my system) if I do that?
3) If I *can* install cIOS36 rev10 without bricking, is that all I need to do before adding the USB Loader 7.4 app, or do I need to do anything else before that? (I've seen people mention other cIOSes that may need to be installed.)
It's OK if this just won't work for me because I updated to 4.0 - I'm just curious. Plus, I'd like to see how it affects loading times on the handful of Wii games I'm playing at the moment.
Thanks for any help!
d+pad said:
HBC, HBB, GeckoOS, and emulators don't require a cIOS, so unless you SPECIFICALLY installed one (and you'd probably remember, since it comes with its own installer), you probably don't have it installed. That said, grab the newest cIOS36 installer (rev10 as of last night) and run it. If don't have a cIOS installed, it'll take care of it for you. If you do have one installed, it'll install the newest one over it. No harm, no foul. Oh wait, but you're already on 4.0? Well then...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=15438897&postcount=1641
Yep. USB Loader requires cIOS36. Just go with the newest one released.
Cheers!
Bluemercury
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d+pad said:
1- i didnt know which version i had installed but i saw a rev8 around so i assumed i had the rev9. I did read that if you updated to the 4.0 you couldnt install the rev9 or 10 unleass you had the rev8.Dont know if its true.
2- i dindnt brick my system.
3- i think you then only need to install the usb loader. but ive yet to do it, and i still have my hdd full so.....
Bluemercury
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Mejilan said:
I assume that if you didnt install any cios before updating to 4.0, trying to install the latest revisions wont work right?Because i managed to install rev10 and it didnt give me any error, so its safe to say the usb loader will work?right?
MikeE21286
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SS4Rob said:
hey man thanks a lot, that was the problem.
Bluemercury
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So which version you advise? Also i have madworld and house of the dead with me, so is it possible to create the image from wii the itself?Mejilan said:
That looks hotJocchan said:
I'm not playing any Wii games right now anyway so I think I'll wait for that and update to it all at once. I'm still on the first Ultimate Loader version I think.For people who want to play Brawl with replays over 3 minutes and the tag of the player saved, I uploaded my gct file:
http://www.sfu.ca/~rsa12/smash/ssbbreplays.gct
Just put that in a folder called "codes" in the root of your SD card. I think you might have to rename it to RSBE01.gct. I just named that so I knew what codes it contained. That's all it changes. Just enable Ocarina codes in Gecko or Ultimate USB Loader by pressing the appropriate button.
Bluemercury said:
What the hell are you talking about, dude?
Have you read any of the readmes included with the homebrew apps you're using?
Have you read this thread at all?
Have you read any of my responses, here or to the PMs you sent me?
1) cIOS36. Install rev10.
2) USB Loader. Drop Ultimate USB Loader 7.4 based on Waninkoko's 1.5 onto your SD card.
3) Launch USB Loader, initialize HDD. Install game.
That's it. It's easy. How many more times do we need to answer your questions?
Wow, the scene is really moving fast with all these USB Loaders right now. I'm not surprised so many are confused. Configurable USB Loader v16, which just released a few hours ago apparently, now seems to be even more useful than Ultimate USB Loader and I have no doubt that the best apps will keep leapfrogging each other for some time to come.
Personally, I'm waiting for two features to arrive before I bite the bullet and install cIOS so I can use these features. First will be the release of cIOS rev11 so I can keep my KVM switch plugged into my Wii (otherwise I would need to turn on my PC or PS3 to play the Wii). Second will be a proper region free app being integrated into the USB loader apps.
I suppose there is one more barrier, that being that it is illegal to format shift game discs in Australia, but I'll decide whether to cross that bridge when I come to it.
Oh, one question to those of you that are using this already... Do the games show up properly in your games played log on the Wii Message Board?
Personally, I'm waiting for two features to arrive before I bite the bullet and install cIOS so I can use these features. First will be the release of cIOS rev11 so I can keep my KVM switch plugged into my Wii (otherwise I would need to turn on my PC or PS3 to play the Wii). Second will be a proper region free app being integrated into the USB loader apps.
I suppose there is one more barrier, that being that it is illegal to format shift game discs in Australia, but I'll decide whether to cross that bridge when I come to it.
Oh, one question to those of you that are using this already... Do the games show up properly in your games played log on the Wii Message Board?