USB Loader Releases
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USB Loader Modifications
Since the March 30, 2009 release of Waninkoko's USB Loader v1.0 and source, there have been numerous attempts for improving it and adding features. Listed below is a compilation of versions and their features.
Official USB Loader Releases
| Version | Coder | Release Date | REQ | SD, USB Loader | Game List |
Sorg Fix |
LoPsT Mod (HDD Timeout) |
Game Language Select |
Manual Video Force |
Child- Proof |
Ocarina | Box Art |
Background Image |
Background Music |
WiiMote Pointer Support |
Channel | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official v1.0 | Waninkoko | March 30, 2009 | cIOS36 Rev 9 | USB | 6 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Fixed | No | No | Embed | Download |
| Official v1.1 | Waninkoko | March 31, 2009 | cIOS36 Rev 9 | USB | 6 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Fixed | No | No | Embed | Download |
| Official v1.2 | Waninkoko | April 12, 2009 | cIOS36 Rev 10 | BOTH | 6 | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | background.png | No | No | Embed | Download |
| Official v1.3 | Waninkoko | April 12, 2009 | cIOS36 Rev 10 | BOTH | 12 | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | background.png | No | No | Embed | Download |
| Official v1.4 | Waninkoko | April 12, 2009 | cIOS36 Rev 10 | BOTH | 12 | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | background.png | No | No | Embed | Download |
| Official v1.5 | Waninkoko | April 17, 2009 | cIOS36 Rev 10 | BOTH | 12 | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | background.png | No | No | Download | Download |
3rd Party USB Loader Releases
| Configurable USB Loader +GUI "GridFlow" | Wii Cover Flow | USB Loader by Brisma | Coverflow7 | Ultimate USB Loader | uLoader by Hermes | Graphic USB Loader | USB Iso Loader GUI (USB LoaderGX) | Multiple Box Art (cover flow) | USBLoader with Game Images | nIxx's USB Loader | ChildProof Loader | Hungyip84's | Raptor1010's | USB Loader with LibWiiGui KongsNutz Edition | Sorg Usb Loader | UniiLoader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homepage | Here | Here | Here | Here | Here | [1] | Here | Here | Here | Here | Here | Here | Here | Here | Here | None | Here |
| Current Version | 31c | RC6 | 1.5s mod 0.3 | rev9alpha6 | 7.4 | 2.0 | 1.0-RC4 | 1.0r488 | 1.4r8 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.65 |
| Release Date | June 3, 2009 | June 7, 2009 | April 23, 2009 | May 08, 2009 | April 19, 2009 | June 11, 2009 | April 22, 2009 | June 10, 2009 | April 13, 2009 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | May 22, 2009 |
| Coders | oggzee | justin.hawkins et al. | Brisma, klipp, GeniusCode, zimo | Don Killah | WiiShizzza | Hermes | maddoc | Neorame, WiiShizza,Hungyip, nIxxx, dimok, giantpune and cyrex | AppleBelly | upstatical | nIxx | M-Tek | Hungyip84 | Raptor1010 | dimok/KongsNutz | Sorg | Sorg |
| Based On | Waninkoko 1.5 Kwiirk Hermes Ultimate |
Waninkoko 1.5 | Waninkoko 1.5 | Waninkoko 1.5 Applebelly Usptactical Oggzee 56Killer |
Waninkoko 1.1 and 1.5 Nixx FishEars Narolez Hungyip84 Brisma |
Waninkoko's cios 249 kwiirk's modded cios 222 Hermes' modded cIOS with mloader |
Waninkoko | Waninkoko v1.1 and v1.5 Kwiirk FishEars LibWiiGui |
Wanikoko 1.4 | Raptor1010 | Sorg v1.02 | V1.1 | Raptor1010 | Sorg v1.02 | Wanikoko Kwiirk FishEars LibWiiGui |
v1.1 | |
| Hardware Supported | |||||||||||||||||
| USB/SD | Both | USB | Both | USB | USB | USB | USB | USB | USB | USB | USB | USB | USB | USB | USB | USB | Both |
| Wii System Menu Supported | |||||||||||||||||
| 3.2- | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 3.3 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| 3.4 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| 4.0 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Interface Options | |||||||||||||||||
| Game Listed | Configurable | Unlimited | 21 | 7 covers | 12 | 15 Channels | 6 covers | 9 with Scrollbar | 7 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 8 with Scrollbar | 21 | 12 |
| Cover / Box Art | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Background Image | background.png | No | background.png | main.png | bg.png | No | No | background.png | background.png | background.png | bg.png | background.png | Optional | background.png | fixed | fixed | No |
| Background Music | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Wiimote Pointer Support | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Console transparency | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| WideScreen | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Change the Titlename with txt file | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Custom Layout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Cover Auto Resize both 4:3/16:9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Game/Video Mode Patches | |||||||||||||||||
| Game Language Select | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Manual Video Force | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Ocarina (Cheat Engine) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Child-Proof | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Parental Control, Specific Titles |
Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Individual Game Settings | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Update / Online Functions | |||||||||||||||||
| Automatic Box Art / Cover Download | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Auto Update | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Fixes | |||||||||||||||||
| SorgFix | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| LoPsT Mod (HDD Timeout) | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Other USB devices | Yes | Unknown | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Other features | |||||||||||||||||
| Add Game With/Without Update Partitions |
Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Multiple WBFS partitions | No | Unknown | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| cIOS mloader support | Yes | Unknown | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| cMIOS support | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| DVD Support | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Support for waninkokos cios rev13 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Support for FAT32 partition | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Channels/Forwarders/DOL | |||||||||||||||||
| Wii Channel Download | Download | Forwarder | in HBC App folder | Download | Download | Forwarder | Forwarder | Forwarder or Channel | Download | Forwarder | Forwarder | Forwarder | Forwarder | Forwarder | Download | Embed | Forwarder |
| HBC App Download | Download | Download | Download | Download | Read here | [2] | Read Here | Here | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Features Explanation
Interface Options
- USB/SD Loader : Load Wii games from USB device and/or SD card
- Game List: Number of games displayed at once
- Cover / Box Art: Display Wii game's Cover
- Background Image: Name of the background picture if it can be changed
- Background Music
- WiiMote Pointer Support
- Console transparency: support alpha channel or transparency for themes and backgrounds
- Widescreen: Proper support for widescreen TVs
- Change the titlename with txt file: Read the game's name from a file instead of wbfs partition
- Custom Layout: Able to change location of box art, games list, etc.
- Cover auto Resize 4:3/16:9 : Automatically detect widescreen and resize the cover. No need to download different cover size.
Game/Video Mode Patches
- Game Language Select
- Video Mode: user can choose what video mode to use: PAL/NTSC
- Child Proof: Disable install / remove options
- Parental Control, Only Show Games Flagged as Appropriate
- Ocarina: Cheats for wii games
Update / Online Functions
- Automatic Boxart Download
- Auto Update: Automatic download of the latest version
Fixes
- Sorg Fix: Display more names, navigation with left/right, no TV mode change
- LoPsT Mod (HDD Timeout): Give hard drive more time to start
- Other USB devices: Able to use other devices than USB disk (microphones, rock band instruments, etc)
Other features
- Add Game With / Without Update Partition, Not needed with most games, but may be used in the future official release to repair certain games.
- Multiple WBFS partitions: Can use a drive with several partitions formatted in WBFS
- cIOS mloader support: Can use new cIOS architecture with external modules (EHCI, etc). included with the application instead of cIOS reinstall
- cMIOS support: Can use cMIOS to load GameCube Games from DVD
- DVD Support: Start games from DVD
- Support for waninkokos cios rev13: Supports rev13a with more compatibility then rev13b
- Support for FAT32 partition: Supports FAT32 partition to load covers and config files instead of SD card.
Channels/Forwarders/DOL
- Channel: Wii Channel type (Forwarder or Channel) to install on Wii menu.
- HBC app: USBLoader for homebrew channel
Bugs Not Yet Fixed in all loaders
| Name | Description | Examples of Games Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patched to 249 Games | Old Games that require patching to IOS249 do not Work | Red Steel, Mortal Kombat Armageddon, SSXBlur | |
| Reload IOS | Games that Perform a reload of IOS do not work | Metroid Prime 3 | Metroid works with uLoader 1.7 |
| USB Devices | Use of Other USB Devices at same time (Waniniko plans to fix in CIOS Rev 11) | Wii Speak | Fixed in uLoader 1.6 and later using cIOS with mloader support |
| USB Lan Adapter | Use of Other LAN Adapter at same time | Fixed in uLoader 1.7 using cIOS with mloader support |
