Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
I'm proud to finally announce the software that I've been developing on and off the past few months or so. I've labelled it "Swiss" because it'll hopefully (not initially) boast more features than any other homebrew Gamecube utility out there. It is very losely based on the SD-Boot source but about 90% was re-written
It will be 100% open sourced and available online (probably googlecode) so you can see changes as I make them and I'll be releasing binary versions with every new feature/improvement.
Current Features:
- Load DOL from SD/SDHC/DVD-R/HDD
- Load GCM/ISO from Original Disc/SD/SDHC/DVD-R/HDD
- Multi-Game DVD-R support (Cobra/GCOS)
- Multi-Disc support Original Disc/SD/SDHC/DVD-R/HDD
- Disc Ripping to SD/SDHC/HDD
- Region free / Video forcing (480p)
- Full cheat engine for all games (update it via SD/SDHC/HDD)
*HDD features require a IDE-EXI or homemade adapter
**SD features require a SDGecko or homemade adapter
Definite future features (in order of priority):
- Memory Card Management
- USBGecko/SE support
- IPL/SRAM/DVD-ROM/RAM dumping
- IPL Configuration
A beta version will be available in the next two weeks
It will be 100% open sourced and available online (probably googlecode) so you can see changes as I make them and I'll be releasing binary versions with every new feature/improvement.
Current Features:
- Load DOL from SD/SDHC/DVD-R/HDD
- Load GCM/ISO from Original Disc/SD/SDHC/DVD-R/HDD
- Multi-Game DVD-R support (Cobra/GCOS)
- Multi-Disc support Original Disc/SD/SDHC/DVD-R/HDD
- Disc Ripping to SD/SDHC/HDD
- Region free / Video forcing (480p)
- Full cheat engine for all games (update it via SD/SDHC/HDD)
*HDD features require a IDE-EXI or homemade adapter
**SD features require a SDGecko or homemade adapter
Definite future features (in order of priority):
- Memory Card Management
- USBGecko/SE support
- IPL/SRAM/DVD-ROM/RAM dumping
- IPL Configuration
A beta version will be available in the next two weeks
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Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
Finally, thank you so much emu_kidid
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Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
Nice to see the great advance of this piece of homebrew. Great job emu_kidid
I have some questions:
1. "it will be 100% open sourced.....". You mean, the source code available for everyone?
2. "Load GCM/ISO from Original Disc/SD/SDHC/DVD-R/HDD". DVD-R means from burned disk? It will act like GCOS?
I have some questions:
1. "it will be 100% open sourced.....". You mean, the source code available for everyone?
2. "Load GCM/ISO from Original Disc/SD/SDHC/DVD-R/HDD". DVD-R means from burned disk? It will act like GCOS?
I will do itCubelover wrote:
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Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
Yep!Lander wrote: 1. "it will be 100% open sourced.....". You mean, the source code available for everyone?
Yep! I forgot to mention Multi-Game / Multi-Disc - I've updated the first post now.Lander wrote: 2. "Load GCM/ISO from Original Disc/SD/SDHC/DVD-R/HDD". DVD-R means from burned disk? It will act like GCOS?
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
thank you~!emu_kidid~!
this best gift for our!!!!
this best gift for our!!!!
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
You are the man emu! Great work
Does this render our sundriver project useless now?
Does this render our sundriver project useless now?
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
No - the Sundriver doesn't require a modchip and I find more interesting
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Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
Best news I've had all day. Awesome.
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
please search before you ask - a lot has been discussed already!
(or use google with "site:gc-forever.com *term*")
http://is.gd/MDmZcr
we also have a wiki filled with knowledge
http://is.gd/dX58Rm
(or use google with "site:gc-forever.com *term*")
http://is.gd/MDmZcr
we also have a wiki filled with knowledge
http://is.gd/dX58Rm
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
Yeah!!! That's amazing news!!! Now, it's only matter of time to the IDE-Exi adapter, hehe!!
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
It's like a dream.
Anyway, how I get an IDE-Exi adapter?
A GIANT THANKS FOR YOU.
Anyway, how I get an IDE-Exi adapter?
A GIANT THANKS FOR YOU.
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
browse the forums a bit more. there a whole area dedicated to the IDE-EXI.takanari wrote:It's like a dream.
Anyway, how I get an IDE-Exi adapter?
A GIANT THANKS FOR YOU.
there'll be a huge announcement and 2 shops (germany/australia) where you can order them from.
please search before you ask - a lot has been discussed already!
(or use google with "site:gc-forever.com *term*")
http://is.gd/MDmZcr
we also have a wiki filled with knowledge
http://is.gd/dX58Rm
(or use google with "site:gc-forever.com *term*")
http://is.gd/MDmZcr
we also have a wiki filled with knowledge
http://is.gd/dX58Rm
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Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
No chunk ripping option for SD? I guess that isn't so much of an issue anymore anyway with the release of IDE2EXI.
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
Thanks.liquitt wrote:browse the forums a bit more. there a whole area dedicated to the IDE-EXI.takanari wrote:It's like a dream.
Anyway, how I get an IDE-Exi adapter?
A GIANT THANKS FOR YOU.
there'll be a huge announcement and 2 shops (germany/australia) where you can order them from.
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
Progressive mode support, finally . Can't wait to test it.
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
Amazing, you are the best
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
Amazing, here in Spain we only have Albacete knives, but only serve to cut... Your Australian (sorry, Swiss) Knifes will have more interesting uses (Hehehe)
Joking aparts, many thanks for dedicate your time to GC-Community !!!
Joking aparts, many thanks for dedicate your time to GC-Community !!!
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Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
I dig the interface icons. Very MAC OSXish.
Will I be able to boot from DVD on a Wii in GC mode? GCOS always rebooted my system or would not run when I tried to swap discs.
In other news...this is excellent work.
I will def be shooting a donation your way.
~Johnny_Bigtime
Will I be able to boot from DVD on a Wii in GC mode? GCOS always rebooted my system or would not run when I tried to swap discs.
In other news...this is excellent work.
I will def be shooting a donation your way.
~Johnny_Bigtime
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
@Johnny_Bigtime: Swiss is a gc homebrew. Any gc homebrew is launched in GC mode.
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
It will most likely only play GC retail discs on a softmodded wii if that's what you are asking. On a gamecube it can change the dvd drive's firmware to read DVD-Rs, which is something that impossible on a wii. If you look at NeoGamma(or WiiGator's GC backup loader), you see that GC DVD-Rs are possible on a wii, but that would require its own (a bit complicated) code. I think swiss will concentrate on being run on an actual gamecube, everything that works on a wii too is just bonus, so it will have lowest priority if it's done at all.
But i do hope that basic wii support will be done eventually, like running retail GC games with cheats, or the Wind Waker fix. If it's just the gamecube code without tweaks for the wii, i expect retail audio streaming discs to fail, and WW will freeze when you open the minimap(DVD/SD/HDD independent).
But first things first: Let the master do his work and then we can see what we get
But i do hope that basic wii support will be done eventually, like running retail GC games with cheats, or the Wind Waker fix. If it's just the gamecube code without tweaks for the wii, i expect retail audio streaming discs to fail, and WW will freeze when you open the minimap(DVD/SD/HDD independent).
But first things first: Let the master do his work and then we can see what we get
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
YEAH that's awesome news. And I love open source!
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
afterall, this is gc-forever.comWiiPower wrote:I think swiss will concentrate on being run on an actual gamecube, everything that works on a wii too is just bonus, so it will have lowest priority if it's done at all.
please search before you ask - a lot has been discussed already!
(or use google with "site:gc-forever.com *term*")
http://is.gd/MDmZcr
we also have a wiki filled with knowledge
http://is.gd/dX58Rm
(or use google with "site:gc-forever.com *term*")
http://is.gd/MDmZcr
we also have a wiki filled with knowledge
http://is.gd/dX58Rm
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
Great tool, I'm really looking forward to test it out
But I have a question...
The announcement mentions loading backups from SDHC would be possible. But according to my informations SD Gecko doesn't support SDHC >= 4GB, so how would this work?
Or am I wrong?
Sorry if my question is stupid and thanks for anyone answering!
But I have a question...
The announcement mentions loading backups from SDHC would be possible. But according to my informations SD Gecko doesn't support SDHC >= 4GB, so how would this work?
Or am I wrong?
Sorry if my question is stupid and thanks for anyone answering!
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
Thanks for all your GC stuff emu_kidid, I'm glad that my favorite console is far from dead!
Looking forward to the release.
Looking forward to the release.
"The only thing more dangerous than a hardware guru with a code patch is a programmer with a soldering iron."
Re: Announcing Swiss - The "Swiss Army Knife" of GC software
I'm not complaining, just talking. Also since it will be open source, i hope it will help me to improve NeoGamma's GC loading.liquitt wrote:afterall, this is gc-forever.comWiiPower wrote:I think swiss will concentrate on being run on an actual gamecube, everything that works on a wii too is just bonus, so it will have lowest priority if it's done at all.
Apparently all memory card <-> sd card adapters "support" sdhc, meaning, all connections are there in the hardware and sdhc is "only" a matter of the used software. Swiss should be able to load games from sdhc cards put in SD Geckos, but don't expect all sdhc cards to work. If you plan to buy one for this, wait for compatibilty lists.maflom wrote:Great tool, I'm really looking forward to test it out
But I have a question...
The announcement mentions loading backups from SDHC would be possible. But according to my informations SD Gecko doesn't support SDHC >= 4GB, so how would this work?
Or am I wrong?
Sorry if my question is stupid and thanks for anyone answering!