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emu_kidid wrote:can you try this:

Load sd boot 0.4 on wii then load swiss from within sd boot 0.4 and try it.

Only thing I haven't tried yet. Still haven't been able to play Tales of Symphonia, always get a black screen after the intro video (all other games I tested ran "fine", with some sound glitches)

Luigi's Mansion NTSC
Not Work

oh, and, fzero and most of the games that other users say "not work" work for me o0

i'm using Qoob Pro>Sdboot 0.4>Swiss

tnks emu_kidid

Call Of Duty 2 NTSC
Blood Roar NTSC

no works too

gcpro wrote:Luigi's Mansion NTSC
Not Work

I tried the pal version with R24 and it seems to work. patching the video to NTSC gives a black screen but i can still hear the main menu music. i use a standard def tv with composite(yellow,white,red) cables. seems like something is wrong with video patching because it worked before on an earlier rev(7 i think).

Oh, i know, PAL version works for me too, some sound glitches but work, and is very fun XD . but my tv only have support NTSC. is very old xD

finally works for me - it was all about the sd card
so here's my setup and tests:

SanDisk 8GB SD Card Class 4
ViperGC + SDLoad Plugin -> Swiss 0.1R24

all were loaded via Slot B WiiKey SD adapter with video settings set to Auto

Compatible Mode:
Ikaruga NTSC - slightly hangs some time......totally playable though
Mario Party 7 PAL - very slightly sound problems
Baten Kaitos PAL - green screen, loads after 3 secs. sound/video hangs every 2 minutes...
Conflict Desert Storm NTSC - green screen
Hitman 2 NTSC - green screen

Fast Mode:
Ikaruga NTSC - sound glitches
Mario Party 7 PAL - very slightly sound problems
Baten Kaitos PAL - green screen, loads after 3 secs. sound/video hangs every 2 minutes...
Conflict Desert Storm NTSC - green screen
Hitman 2 - green screen

liquitt, If I'm correct then a green should not be very hard to fix, as it's usually a videomode/patching problem. (I'm not 100% sure, but I remember this is a rule of thumb on the Wii )

Also, played Mario Party 4 yesterday with 4 players via Swiss. Everything was working fine! Some very small sound/loading glitches but nothing too noticable. Awesome game.

Glad to hear it guys

I will get to work on some bugs/features on Monday and hopefully release a new version.

If you're using a Wii in 480p mode, please try a non-progressive mode in the wii system menu and see if you're still getting all those black/green screen issues.

It wasn't obvious to me but how do you do disc ripping? Is it an option under Disc? I tried the Disc menu but nothing happens.

I'm trying to use SD Media Launcher and it doesn't always seem to boot swiss. Not sure where the problem lies yet. Need to experiment some more. Once I get the SDML menu and it shows the swiss.dol, I replace the disc with a real game. I then press A but nothing happens. If I power the GC off/on and try again, it works.

I'm using the latest Swiss from the website.

replace the disc when you've loaded swiss.dol - not sure if that makes any difference.

Also, disc ripping is temporarily removed until I fix some bugs which were corrupting hdd's.

Dear emu kidid,

so I tested version 0.2 to 0.24 ! Here my Results...

Tested with Wii (Pal) FW 4.0 E launching swiss with GCBooter 1.3 over HB Channel.

Orginal GC Game in Wii ! before launching, GCBooter and Swiss.

SD Cards tested: Panasonic 2 GB
Kingston 2 GB
Kingston 2 GB (Micro)

I can Boot the Orginal GC Game via Diskchannel !
Over Swiss all Versions say Disk/Error (Disk Version)!
Try to launch via SD Mario Party 4 (*.gcm File) all Versions from Swiss give "Error"
Prepatched Iso Swiss say Game Patches then "Error"

I Know I have the new Drive that no reading selfbackups or burned Disks !
I dont understand then why Swiss is not reading the Orginal Disc in Drive ?
Gives Error Disk/Changed or....

In SD-Boot 0.4 its working fine !
It must be an Issue with the Wii Drive ? (My Wii is 1 year old, and Drive is fine) I`dont know...
I hope you became the Issues solved...
Many more i have read in German Boards have the same issue.

Thanks for all !!! (sorry my bad English)

That's what the Wii Swiss Booter is for. I was expecting some error, but i didn't acually try to launch retail discs with another GC homebrew booter. The change that it tells the arm to finish its stuff allows GC homebrew to reset the drive -> more or less required to play games from disc.

hello,
is there a sdload slot B version for the viper GC (LPT) available?
i loaded the normal version as a plugin in the bios and this works great, but for playing a game i have to swap always my gecko sd adapter.

batman2509 wrote:hello,
is there a sdload slot B version for the viper GC (LPT) available?
i loaded the normal version as a plugin in the bios and this works great, but for playing a game i have to swap always my gecko sd adapter.

A little bit offtopic here, but you can create your own plugin, if you have sdload-slotb.dol

batman2509 wrote:hello,
is there a sdload slot B version for the viper GC (LPT) available?
i loaded the normal version as a plugin in the bios and this works great, but for playing a game i have to swap always my gecko sd adapter.

Look here: http://www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewto ... ?f=4&t=401

New in svn revision 28:
- Fixed a pretty big bug in SD/HDD code
- Pokemon Box support

I have the Problem that Swiss dont recognize any Orginal GC Game in Drive ! On a Pal Wii. In Discchannel DVD is mounting.
Unknown - Un-Initialized DVD Disc

I am the only one with that Problem on Wii ?

ive tested R29 with 4 games here are my findings..........


F-Zero_GX_USA_NGC-STARCUBE

both 16 and 32mHz Green screen

Beach_Spikers_PAL_NGC-DEATHCUBE

both 16 and 32mHz this is now promoted to working ! , some sound glitches

Super_Smash_Brothers_Melee_USA_PROPER_NGC-STINKYCUBE

both 16 and 32mHz same as Rev 24 working , some sound glitches

Virtua_Striker_3_2002_USA_NGC-USA

tried both 16 and 32mHz modes , not working heres some background below...........


the image i have is a Scene Release and is around 650mb when extracted i have tried the 650mb image and i have used fstfix13f to create a new image to Full Size " fstfix13f.exe U-VS2K2.iso f "

OK the game boots from swiss and says ' Now Loading ' then a few seconds later this pops up........


"An Error Has Occurred

Press The Power Button To Turn Off The Nintendo Gamecube TM

Follow The Instructions In The Instruction Booklet"


btw when i get this message when i open the lid the Original game used to help boot swiss is stagnant " its not spinning "


well done emu_kidid on getting Beach Spikers to the working stage great progress

chat soon


s8n

tried swiss with ide-exi in slot B.
tried to boot Mario superstar baseball but i forgot to put a disc in drive and it gave me the error: lid not closed and after that: error 00

now is the iso of this game corrupted and cant be booted again

tried it with a wii

Is Pokemon Box really working now? Either i did oversee something or right now the Arena High value in memory is one set by the apploader is not overwritten by Swiss, also bi2 and fst are not touched. The result of this should be that the plugin is inside the memory that the game think is available, and fst and bi2 are inside the memory that's "reserved" for the plugin.

HoTep wrote:I have the Problem that Swiss dont recognize any Orginal GC Game in Drive ! On a Pal Wii. In Discchannel DVD is mounting.
Unknown - Un-Initialized DVD Disc

I am the only one with that Problem on Wii ?

You need to use the Wii Swiss Booter if you want retail GC discs with Swiss on your Wii. Another alternative would be to create some custom Wii or GC disc you boot from disc channel which in the end gets you to Swiss somehow. I doubt that's a solution anybody wants...

Tested: Wii Swiss Booter...

Start Wii, Orginal Gamecube Disk in Drive, Discchannel shows Gamecube Game, start HBC, starting
Wii Swiss Booter, Error: Could not read disk ID

I have the new Wii 4.0E

Booting Swiss via GCBooter works ! But swiss recognize the Orginal Disk in Drive.

And what i understand is you need an Orginal Disc in Drive to start any Game via SD.

@emu_kidid: Regarding Pokemon Box again:
Maybe you could consider the prepatcher to not patch the main.dol? And also add the Hi Plugin as test option for other games? I don't see any reason why the prepatcher should patch the main.dol, if you can always do it with the latest patches when booting the games. And if you add a test option for the Hi Plugin, it would be mandatory, because otherwise it would create a total mess. Ok, i guess undo files for the prepatcher should be done before that...

HoTep wrote:Tested: Wii Swiss Booter...

Start Wii, Orginal Gamecube Disk in Drive, Discchannel shows Gamecube Game, start HBC, starting
Wii Swiss Booter, Error: Could not read disk ID

I have the new Wii 4.0E

Hmm, ok, sorry, i thought you used the old GC homebrew booter. Is your Wii one of the backup resistant ones(not white, or bought after christmas '09)? I guess you have only 1 GC game? Which one is it? Did you try to insert the disc after Swiss promted you to insert one? (ok, it just works for me, but testing it doesn't harm)

Yes my wii is backup resistant. It`s a white Wii.
I have ordered at Ebay more Games. That what I have now is "Need for Speed Underground" Players Choice Edition. Curios is in SD-Boot 0.4 I can use any Disk to Launch Games.