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USB Loader Releases

Configurable USB Loader +GUI CoverFloader (WiiCoverFlow) WiiFlow NeoGamma uLoader by Hermes USB LoaderGX
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Current Version 49a 1.3(r1006) 1.1r13 R8 3.0B 1.0r811
Release Date December 1, 2009 November 10, 2009 October 5, 2009 August 16, 2009 November 27, 2009 October 22, 2009
Coders oggzee, usptactical Beardface, scognito, f1she4rs, LoudBob, GC@BB, afour Hibernatus WiiPower Hermes Neorame, WiiShizza, Hungyip, nIxxx, dimok, giantpune and cyrex
Based On Waninkoko 1.5
Kwiirk yal
Hermes
Ultimate
NeoGamma
Waninkoko 1.5 Waninkoko 1.5 WiiGator Gamma 0.3
Kwiirk yal
Waninkoko's cios 249
kwiirk's modded cios 222
Hermes' modded cIOS with mloader
Waninkoko v1.1 and v1.5
Kwiirk
FishEars
LibWiiGui
Hardware Supported
USB/SD Both USB USB Both USB USB
Interface Options
Game Listed Configurable Unlimited Unlimited 1 15 Channels 9 with Scrollbar
Cover / Box Art Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Background Image Yes No Yes No No background.png
Background Music Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
Wiimote Pointer Support Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Transparency Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
WideScreen Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Change the Titlename with txt file Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Custom Layout Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Cover Auto Resize both 4:3/16:9 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Game/Video Mode Patches
Game Language Select Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Manual Video Force Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ocarina (Cheat Engine) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ocarina TXT(Cheat Engine) Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Child-Proof Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Parental Control,
Specific Titles
Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Individual Game Settings Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Update / Online Functions
Automatic Box Art / Cover Download Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Auto Update Yes No No No No Yes
Fixes
SorgFix Yes Yes Unknown No Yes No
LoPsT Mod (HDD Timeout) Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Yes
Other USB devices Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Other features
Add Game
With/Without
Update Partitions
Yes Unknown Yes No No No
Multiple WBFS partitions Yes No No No Yes No
cIOS mloader support Yes Unknown Yes No Yes Yes
cMIOS support No No No Yes No Yes
DVD Support No No No Yes Yes Yes
Support for waninkokos cios rev13 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Support for cios 222 3.0 (v4) Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Support for FAT32 partition Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
IOS Reload Block Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Alternative .dol from disc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alternative .dol from SD Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Alternative .dol from USB Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
External EHCI Modules Support Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
Banner Sound Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Starting games from a FAT32 partition Yes No No No No Yes
BCA Protection ISO support No No Partial (only NSMB) Partial (only NSMB) Yes Partial (only NSMB)
BCA Protection file support Yes (only on version 49 pre-release) No No No No No
Dump/Show BCA Protection data Yes (only on version 49b pre-release) No No No Yes No
Channels/Forwarders/DOL
Wii Channel Download Forwarder or Channel Forwarder Forwarder and Channel None Forwarder Forwarder or Channel
HBC App Download Download Download Download Download Download

Download(Reset bulk module) Download(USB Port 1)

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
  • Transparency: support alpha channel or transparency for themes, backgrounds and cover images
  • 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 which have to be activated by creating a GCT file with another utility
  • Ocarina TXT: Cheats for Wii games (no GCT creation needed, and individual cheat activation/deactivation can be made from within USB loader)

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 cios 222 3.0 (v4): Full support for cIOS 222 3.0 new features: EHCI based on interrupts, with supervisor system access, bulk reset option (geater compatibility and stability), boot2v4 compatibility
  • Support for FAT32 partition: Supports FAT32 partition to load covers and config files instead of SD card.
  • IOS Reload Block: IOS reload blocking allows to load games like House of The Dead 2
  • Alternative .dol from SD: Using an external .dol allows to load games like Red Steel
  • Alternative .dol from disc: Extract the alternative .dol from disc image automatically, without the need for WiiScrubber.
  • Alternative .dol from USB: Load the alternative .dol from FAT32 partition in USB device.
  • External EHCI Modules: Supports loading of different EHCI modules from SD card, increasing compatibility with different disks or USB peripherals
  • BCA Protection ISO support: Support to read relocated data of BCA protection (like New Super Mario Bros) at offset 0x100 in .iso or offset 0x8100 in .ciso. There's a new utility to edit BCA data on .iso or .ciso files. It requires .NET Framework or Mono Framework: Download
  • BCA Protection file support: Support to read data of BCA protection from GAMEID.bca file (binary data of size 64 bytes)

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 Works by using USB loaders with an alternate DOL feature, such as USB Loader GX, uLoader, etc.
Reload IOS Games that Perform a reload of IOS do not work Metroid Prime 3 Works by having any DVD in the system. For some, such as Boom Blox Bash Party, works by using USB loaders with prevent reload, such as USB Loader GX, uLoader, etc.
002 Error Games that produce a 002 Error Boom Blox Bash Party Works by using USB loaders with anti-002 error, such as USB Loader GX, uLoader, etc.
USB Devices Use of Other USB Devices at same time Wii Speak Fixed by using cIOS with mloader support, such as Hermes' cIOS 222 or 223
USB Lan Adapter Use of Other LAN Adapter at same time Fixed using cIOS with mloader support, such as Hermes' cIOS 222 or 223
BCA Protection Causes game to crash after few minutes' playing. New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Avatar. Replace main.dol with fixed one or use a loader with (partial or full) BCA relocated data support.

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