Wiiflow USBLoader 1.1

Post by **nyac** » Thu 31 Dec 2009 14:00

thanks

Post by **zoulou0634** » Sun 3 Jan 2010 10:42

thanks

Post by **DavidFurax** » Sun 3 Jan 2010 15:29

Thanks for this post :p

Post by **clev** » Sun 3 Jan 2010 20:43

Thanks works perfectly on my 4.1e

Post by **century** » Sun 3 Jan 2010 22:25

it's true it makes you want to try it... but I have a question:

is it planned that a future version of Wiiflow will support NTFS drives like USB Loader GX does???

that's the only thing it's missing, apparently

Post by **Oops** » Sun 3 Jan 2010 22:34

We're all hoping but Narolez doesn't give much news even though he lets on that it's planned

Post by **Kookabura** » Mon 4 Jan 2010 10:49

thanks

Post by **mafia_leccese** » Mon 4 Jan 2010 13:49

honestly great but for now I'm staying as I am because it doesn't seem really stable, lots of issues, I'm staying with iso lol

Post by **Oops** » Mon 4 Jan 2010 14:02

mafia_leccese wrote:honestly great but for now I'm staying as I am because it doesn't seem really stable, lots of issues, I'm staying with iso lol

What are you talking about

wiiflow is not unstable at all

Post by **mafia_leccese** » Mon 4 Jan 2010 14:08

noooo not wiiflow instead of usb gx in ntfs, not really convinced lol

Post by **Oops** » Mon 4 Jan 2010 14:12

mafia_leccese wrote:noooo not wiiflow instead of usb gx in ntfs, not really convinced lol

ahhh I prefer that then...

Post by **bajamo** » Mon 4 Jan 2010 14:45

Cool thanks again for your precious help...

See you soon, it runs perfectly on the black wii....

Bajamo

Post by **titou77777** » Mon 4 Jan 2010 15:12

It works like a charm!

Thanks!

Post by **Indochinois** » Mon 4 Jan 2010 15:43

This WiiFlow is simply gorgeous... Great work guys

Post by **The_MGC** » Tue 5 Jan 2010 12:57

Thanks a lot, great topic once again

Post by **djnatoo** » Tue 5 Jan 2010 14:40

Alright I'm going to give wiiflow a try, I'll give you my opinion...

Post by **djnatoo** » Tue 5 Jan 2010 15:16

Alright so here we go for the start of the questions lol:
- I saw that I had two apps, an ios222 and an ios249, what's that for
- I installed the starnight forwarder channel but when I launch it I go back to the wii menu....

Post by **Oops** » Tue 5 Jan 2010 15:52

djnatoo wrote:Alright so here we go for the start of the questions lol:
- I saw that I had two apps, an ios222 and an ios249, what's that for
- I installed the starnight forwarder channel but when I launch it I go back to the wii menu....

to use your own terms, you saw 2 apps.... rename one of them to wiiflow and delete the other.
keeping the ios222 app means you install the ios222 which will be used by wiiflow to read the hdd. Then the choice of the ios used to launch the game will depend on wiiflow's settings, 249 by default.

Post by **djnatoo** » Tue 5 Jan 2010 16:19

ok I renamed the wiiflow_249 folder to wiiflow, that's it, it works, thanks!!

Post by **JAMES0611** » Thu 7 Jan 2010 11:49

Oops wrote:Jiiwah & Oops
present to you:

Wiiflow USBLoader V1.1

Author/Coder: Hibern (Hibernatus)

Wiiflow 1.1 is a very stable final version. If you want more, know that the adventure continues with openWiiflow: https://www.tgames.fr/en/wii/hbwii/wiiflow-4-2-1-r441-maj-31-12-t2592.html

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Contents:
apps/wiiflow/icon+meta.xlm+boot.dol
wad/Wiiflow StarNight Channel Forwarder-WSNF.wad
wiiflow/themes/cabonik+default
wiiflow/titles.ini+language.ini

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+ all the themes
+ several forwarder and non-forwarder channels

Changelog:

- added the automatic anti-fix to avoid a black screen bug in certain cases for people who still haven't understood that they absolutely need to install cios249 rev14 for better use of wiiflow and the other loaders too at the same time.
- Fixed the black screen bug.
- Fixed the bug with IOS222 rev4, updated to version 3.0C of ehcmodule/dip_plugin.
- Improved memory management:
- Big themes are now supported, about 150 High Quality covers can be displayed simultaneously.
- Secure game loading, WiiFlow now guarantees there's no conflict between itself and the apploader.
- Faster music volume adjustment.
- Improved handling of the external ehcmodule: now it must be in sd:/wiiflow/ehcmodule#.elf where # is the revision number of the IOS (not tested).
- You can change the data folder in wiiflow.ini.
- Removed the short lag when selecting an alt dol.

For those who have more than rare bugs like with error rates of 7 to 9 times out of 10
and/or for those who have bad detection of their hdd
start by cleanly reinstalling cios249 as follows:

download cios249 rev14
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Launch the cios installer rev14 but at the start, on the 2nd page, it offers you a choice of the ios that will be used for the installation. Do not choose ios249, with left or right on the wiimote, look for ios36 then confirm to install.

If you make a mistake somewhere, start over from step 1. This is very important.

Test wiiflow again

You can also go for the cios hermes installer 3.0 rev4

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Install choice:

* cIOS223 by default "IOS38"
* cIOS222 "IOS38 merged with IOS37"
* cIOS202 "IOS38 merged with IOS60"

Useful tutorials:

- [TUTORIAL] Download, install and use WBFS Manager to prepare your HDD and install your ISOs on it Thanks to pocchami.

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To not overload the post too much, the next videos will be spoilered.

Created by a Frenchman - Hibern (Hibernatus) - this USBLoader is without any doubt the most beautiful of all. However, it has been abandoned by some of you because it was sorely missing some functions. Today, after several weeks of testing, in which we took part, Jiiwah and myself, we're pleased to offer you this little gem.[/align]

CHANGELOG

Edit: For those who had the beta version, you absolutely must delete the "cache" folder that's in the SD:/wiiflow/ folder then restart wiiflow

Edit again: If you have a hdd with a fat/fat32 partition and you still want to keep the wiiflow folder on your SD so you can access the covers, themes and other ".ini" files more easily. You need to have the wiiflow.ini file on your SD in the wiiflow folder and add or edit the following line in [GENERAL]:
Code: Select all
data_on_usb=no
- 2 dol. using cIOS 249 and 222 with priority. (for loading the wbfs partition)
- Alt dol selection directly on the ISO.
- Compatible with launching isos via cIOS 249, 222, 223, 250.
- ocarina support
- parental control
- Works as a channel, on SD or HDD but also via Preloader.
- Storage of covers, themes and .ini files. On HDD or SD in the wiiflow folder. HDD by default if a FAT partition exists (option changeable).
- Priority download of covers matching your console's language. With full HQ fr covers 1024x680 exclusively for France (Thanks to Benjay and Wiitdb) then LQ 512x240 fr and if not found: LQ eng. Flat covers (one side) if the fullcover doesn't exist.
- Download of 100% French titles.
- Random playback of audio files in OGG format in the wiiflow/music/ folder
- Multi language.
- Compatible with themes with sound.
- And another exclusive - a real killer feature - that I'll let you discover the first time you click on a cover.
I'm surely forgetting some...

CONTROLS

Main page (Coverflow):

Up / Down Previous / Next game (vertical)

Left / Right Previous / Next game (horizontal)

Minus / Plus Previous / Next page

B+Minus / B+Plus Alphabetical search

A Select game

A+B Quick launch the game

B+Home Reload/refresh data

Home Exit

1 / 2 Previous / Next display mode
Game page:

A on the box View the back side

A outside the screen Launch the game

B Back to coverflow

Minus / Plus Previous / Next game (vertical)

Left / Right Previous / Next game (horizontal)
Settings menu:

Minus / Plus Previous / Next page
Display modes adjustment menu:

B+Minus / B+Plus Previous / Next page

B Quick adjustment (B+A instead of a simple button click)

B+1 Copy all the settings of this display mode

B+2 Paste all the settings of the copied display mode
README/MANUAL FR

Spoiler
The Wiiflow manual

Table of contents
========

1.1) Installing WiiFlow
1.2) Installing WiiFlow on an SD card
1.3) Installing WiiFlow on a hard drive
1.4) Starting WiiFlow

2.1) Navigating the main "Coverflow" menu
2.2) Navigating the game selection menu
2.3) WiiFlow settings
2.4) Installing games
2.5) Downloading covers
2.6) Password-Administration
2.7) Game settings

3.1) Playing background music
3.2) Installing themes
3.3) WiiFlow graphic settings (main and game selection screens)
3.4) Configuring the ini file

1.1 Installing WiiFlow
------------------------------
You can install WiiFlow either on your SD card or on your hard drive. Each method has
advantages and disadvantages: If you install it on your SD card, you'll need the
SD card to run WiiFlow. You'll always have to leave the SD card in your
Wii and shouldn't write-protect it, otherwise WiiFlow won't work properly.
It's better to install WiiFlow on your hard drive, but you'll need a FAT partition
for it and a second WBFS partition for your Wii games. If you only have a
WBFS partition, you'll need to repartition your hard drive. This will delete all your installed Wii
games. So I'll explain both methods now:

1.2 Installing WiiFlow on an SD card
-----------------------------------------------
Just copy the contents of the archive to the root of your SD card. You should
get the following path:
SD:/wiiflow/language.ini
WiiFlow will save all the settings and files in the SD:/wiiflow/ directory.
Exception: if you connect a hard drive with FAT and WBFS partitions, WiiFlow
will save its files on the FAT partition. To avoid this, you need to open the
SD:/wiiflow/wiiflow.ini file and add the entry "data_on_usb = no" in the category
[GENERAL]. WiiFlow will ignore the FAT partition. If wiiflow.ini isn't there, copy the one
that was created on the hard drive.

1.3 Installing WiiFlow on a hard drive
------------------------------------------------
You need to split your hard drive into at least two partitions to install
WiiFlow on one of them. One is the WBFS partition which contains all the Wii games
and the other is a FAT16 or FAT32 partition and contains WiiFlow's data.
(If you only have a WBFS partition on your hard drive, you'll need to reformat it
into two parts. The first in FAT and the second in WBFS. You will lose
all the games already installed.)
If you've got that, you just need to copy the contents of the archive onto your
external hard drive. You should get the following path:
USB:/wiiflow/language.ini
WiiFlow will save all the settings and files in the USB:/wiiflow/ directory.
Exception: If you put an SD card with the entry "data_on_usb = no" in wiiflow.ini
in your Wii, WiiFlow will use the SD folder and not your hard drive's.

1.4 Starting WiiFlow
-----------------------
You can launch WiiFlow by running the boot.dol from the archive. WiiFlow launches
from anywhere. It doesn't care about the current directory. It will work in the
directory where you installed it (SD:/wiiflow or USB:/wiiflow). But I'll
explain a few options to start WiiFlow:
1.4.1) Starting WiiFlow via the Homebrew Channel
You need to save the "boot.dol" file in the SD:/apps/wiiflow/ directory so that
the Homebrew Channel can find it. The meta.xml and icon.png files also belong in
this directory, but they are not necessary for it to run.
1.4.2) Starting WiiFlow via a WiiFlow channel
If you have a WiiFlow channel (not a forwarder) the boot.dol is already inside
and it will be launched. There's no need to save it anywhere else.
You can install one of these channels, with the help of a WAD-Manager.
1.4.3) Starting WiiFlow via a Forwarder channel
A forwarder is a channel that runs a specific file in a specific directory.
So, you need to rename the boot.dol and place it in the folder sought by
the forwarder so it can find it. Ask the forwarder's author which folder is needed.
1.4.4) Starting WiiFlow via Preloader
Rename boot.dol to WiiFlow.dol and save it at the root of your SD card. Now
start Preloader and select "Load/Install File" and then select "WiiFlow.dol".
After a short while the file is installed and you can automatically start
WiiFlow when your Wii boots.

2.1 to 2.7 not translated (sorry)
---------------------------------------
!!! I skipped the translation of these points because WiiFlow should be!!!
!!! self-explanatory. I'll do it later to avoid delaying the release.!!!

3.1 Playing background music
--------------------------------
If you want to listen to music in WiiFlow, you can copy one or several audio
files into /wiiflow/music/. WiiFlow plays one of these files in random order each
time you start it. When the music reaches its end, it will start again.
If you want WiiFlow to play another file, you need to restart while holding down
the B button and pressing Home. WiiFlow only plays OGG files and is not
compatible with the MP3 format, but free converters exist.

3.2) Installing themes
-------------------------------
You can change WiiFlow's appearance by installing an additional theme. You can
either download a theme or create one yourself. To install a theme just copy it
into the /wiiflow/themes/ directory. A theme consists of an ini file and a directory,
which contains the images and fonts. You just need to check that both have the same name
(for example the file "/wiiflow/themes/pear.ini" belongs to the directory
"/wiiflow/themes/pear/" and to all the files inside it).
After copying the ini file and its directory, you can choose this theme in the settings.

3.3) WiiFlow graphic settings (main and game selection screens)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This function was made to help theme designers even if all this
might seem a bit complicated. You can customize WiiFlow by clicking
"Adjust Coverflow" in the settings on page 2/6. You can move the
covers, the camera and much more with it. You can even set up
the covers' swaying. I'm not going to explain the various functions here.
Just give it a try yourself. On the upper part of the screen, you'll find
a few buttons. On the left edge, they're reserved for changing the current view.
In the middle, you can switch between the different functions and on the right edge
these are the buttons for saving or exiting without saving your changes.
The settings themselves are on the background of the screen. You can copy everything by holding
down the B button and pressing 1. Now, you can move to another point
of view, hold the B button again and press 2 to "paste". Your changes
will be saved inside the ini file that belongs to the theme. While you're
on a setting's adjustment, press B to speed up (so press B + A instead of
just pressing A when you click the button).

3.4 Configuring the ini file
-----------------------------------
WiiFlow will create the /wiiflow/wiiflow.ini file the first time it runs. It will save
all the settings inside it. You can open and edit this file with your PC,
but the default Windows editor "notepad" can't display it properly. So you need to
use Wordpad on Windows (and avoid any text formatting) or a better text editor
like Notepad++. I'll only explain the settings that you can't find
inside WiiFlow. All the settings must be inside the [GENERAL] category:

data_on_usb = no: WiiFlow will ignore the FAT partition on your hard drive and
use the SD card instead (as explained during installation).
compress_cache = no: This is a useless zlib compression of the cache covers.
Just ignore this setting and leave it on "no".
cover_buffer = 120: The maximum number of covers stored in memory. 120 is a good
value for a resolution of 512x512 pixels or 1024x1024 pixels per cover.
keep_png = oui: WiiFlow only works with the covers that are in the cache folder.
Here, you can force WiiFlow to delete the png file, after a cache file has been created.
max_fsaa = 5: Maximum anti-aliasing (here: 5x). This would be the limit in each theme
and a value higher than five is rarely fast enough for WiiFlow. So the antialiasing
applied is the minimum between this value and the one found in the theme's description.
url_flat_covers =...: Here you can enter the URLs for the flat covers.
url_full_covers =...: Same as above, but for full covers (front and back).

You can enter more URLs here by separating them with the "|" character. WiiFlow uses the
variables you want to use to specify the cover search. Use either {gameid4} or
{gameid6} to indicate the game's ID (with 4 or 6 letters). Use {loc} to indicate the country code
(as used on wiitdb) and {region} for the game's region (as used on wiiboxart).
Translated by google... nah just kidding... By my buddy Jiiwah with 2 i's

FAQ:

Spoiler
So let's go over a few questions that have been asked about wiiflow:

* Question: What is cIOS250?

# Answer from Hibern: "cIOS 250 is a backup of 249 that was installed with rev10 I think. A tester asked me for it. At most if an old game works better with rev10 than with 14 (super smash bros brawl?) this option might possibly be useful. Of course cIOS250 must be installed for it to work."

* Question: In the options specific to each game, page 3, there's a video mode patch with several options: normal, all, more, none... What is its function?

# Answer: The video mode patch consists of looking in the game's dol for the video mode descriptions, and replacing them with the mode you want. This means that when the game itself changes the video mode it will actually apply ours. The different tolerance levels are there to avoid making too drastic a replacement, like replacing 576i with 480p:
- Normal: replaces a video mode if it has the same resolution (number of lines) and the same mode (progressive/interlaced)
- More: replaces a video mode if it has the same mode (progressive/interlaced)
- All: replaces everything without checking. You need to have chosen PAL50, PAL60 or NTSC in the video mode for it to take effect (Default and Auto patch are ignored).

"And actually it's the same thing as the video mode patch but with automatic mode selection, and above all even more stupid!
Oops, I should have removed this option. Especially since I didn't copy-paste the new one, I rewrote it in a simpler way."

* Question: The must-have for the next version, if anyone in contact with hibern could mention it to him:
A small video animation when you click on a cover (And the video is in the background, but you still see the cover and the "Play" button)

And afterwards if people don't like it, you just need to go remove that in our wiiflow's options

(Also a long time ago I wanted a loader like this, I had posted a topic about it xD)

# Answer: "Regarding the game animation, I thought usbloader gx people had always wanted to do it, but it looks like they haven't made any progress at all.
I was tempted to do it myself because it's not complicated, but I don't like unfinished work, and it would have taken too much time.
There's already a very well made interface that reads channels perfectly, and that can launch games from a USB hard drive, it's called System Menu. lol
If it's just to do the same thing but worse, it's not worth it.
In wiiflow I would have displayed animated icons projected onto "covers" (so flat covers with 4:3 proportions and animated).
But not sure it would be as practical as the game boxes, and I simply have other things to do.

* Question: "Otherwise does the built-in Ocarina version support the new types of codes?
(Example the one to counter the 20102 error lol)"

# Answer from Hibern: "No usb loader integrates the new cheat system. The first to do it will maybe be neogamma which failed on a first attempt."

* Question: Wiiflow and ocarina: does it work? And how?

# Answer: "Ocarina should work as before, but I modified how it works so it interferes as little as possible with the game loading. I tested it on a game and it still worked. The only thing that changed is that when you activate ocarina I disable code that's necessary for online play (and maybe a few other small things). This is to not encourage cheating. So, for cheating you need to use another loader. Another thing: if a game crashes with ocarina activated I couldn't care less, I can't take into account a bug report when I'm not sure of the game's integrity."

"Alright so here's my answer to all the questions about ocarina:
- Wiiflow is a loader intended for simple people who are happy to just play games normally. This type of cheating ruins all the magic by giving the impression of playing in debug mode a game under development. Making it too easy is like integrating a spoiler download into a media player.
- For the tinkerers who need ocarina, I think they need a specialized loader, rather than giving the means to ruin games to everyone who would use wiiflow."

"To use ocarina in wiiflow you need to use a piece of software that
converts a TXT to GCT, and copy the GCT into /codes/. A GCT has for
name the game's ID."

end ----------------------------------

Whoa! He's very harsh with ocarina users. I approve 100% because for those who like me love online play and have one day found themselves facing a guy who has infinite ammo, special "deadly" weapons at will and on top of that full armor... well I say:

When he says "in /codes/" I assume sd or usb:/code/
LINKS: (post to see the links)

meta.xlm fr and icon.png
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Useful topic:

cIOS202/222/223 Hermes, (multi) alt dol for, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Guitar Hero 5, Wii Sport Resort, SSBB, etc...

Wiiflow 1.0 full pack 21 themes: 31.8 Mb (identical to those of the full pack)

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3 new themes by spayrosam: Windows Seven, Bob the Builder, SpongeBob.
bob the builder, name: Bob

SpongeBob Squarepants, name: Spong

windows 7, name: windows 7
1 new one by lajd:
White

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THEME VIDEOS:

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[NEW] Windows Seven, Bob the Builder, SpongeBob.
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CHANNEL VIDEOS:

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https://www.tgames.fr/en/wii/chaineswii/wiiflow-starnight-channel-t2186.htmlWiiflow StarNight Channel Forwarder-WSNF.wad[/click]
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Spayrosam Forwarder-SRFW.wad:
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THANKS:

Thanks to Hibern (coder), benjay (beta tester/uploader of FR full covers on wiitdb), Jiiwah who worked really hard to fix a channel until 00:30 this morning even though he was getting up at 5AM . Thanks also to all the other beta testers of the gbatemp topic.

Please excuse me if I made a lot more mistakes than usual and if I forgot things that might seem important to you.

More info will follow later...

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thanks for the tutorial

Post by **scootmen** » Thu 7 Jan 2010 21:11

Thanks that's really nice

Post by **rose de nuit** » Fri 8 Jan 2010 16:30

really nice themes, I was looking everywhere for those

Post by **jnos** » Sat 9 Jan 2010 05:30

great work

Haut / Bas	Précédent / Prochain jeu (vertical)
Gauche / Droite	Précédent / Prochain jeu (horizontal)
Moins / Plus	Précédente / Prochaine page
B+Moins / B+Plus	Recherche alphabétique
A	Sélectionner jeu
A+B	Lancement rapide du jeu
B+Home	Rechargement/Actualisation des données
Home	Exit
1 / 2	Précédent / Prochain mode d'affichage

A sur la boite	Voir la face arrière
A hors de l'écran	Lancer le jeu
B	Retour au coverflow
Moins / Plus	Précédent / Prochain jeu (vertical)
Gauche / Droite	Précédent / Prochain jeu (horizontal)

B+Moins / B+Plus	Précédente / Prochaine page
B	Ajustement rapide (B+A au lieu d'un simple clic d'un bouton)
B+1	Copiez l'ensemble des paramètres de ce mode d'affichage
B+2	Collez l'ensemble des paramètres du mode d'affichage copiez

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Up / Down	Previous / Next game (vertical)
Left / Right	Previous / Next game (horizontal)
Minus / Plus	Previous / Next page
B+Minus / B+Plus	Alphabetical search
A	Select game
A+B	Quick launch the game
B+Home	Reload/refresh data
Home	Exit
1 / 2	Previous / Next display mode

A on the box	View the back side
A outside the screen	Launch the game
B	Back to coverflow
Minus / Plus	Previous / Next game (vertical)
Left / Right	Previous / Next game (horizontal)

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B	Quick adjustment (B+A instead of a simple button click)
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