Hacking WBFS Manager 3.0

[Bladexdsl]

oh that fixed it

 

[FoGBaV]

Thanx 4 this great up ... and yes .... Integrity Check and CIso would be awesome ... !

 

[manias]

with many different options for each iso (which partition is included or not) I doubt " intengrity checking " is possible.. Also why ciso if it already has rar support! it will not be compressed on the wbfs partition so there is no point!

 

[olliepop2000]

ciso support is good idea because many of them are appearing on usenet lately.

 

[Satangel]

Working like a charm on my Vista 64bit here, great work on the visual aspect too!

 

[Youkai]

I want to use this app so much, but .net framework is being a pain in the ass. Won't bloody install.

Sometimes the "bootstrapper" (the small 2.5MB package) won't work. Get the big puppy:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/0/e/20e90413-712f-438c-988e-fdaa79a8ac3d/dotnetfx35.exe

This link is right from Microsoft's site. It's the same thing, but there in case the bootstapper doesn't work.


BTW, can somebody mirror WBFS Manager 3.0? I can't get the link on the first post to work.

Edit: Never mind, site works for me now. But I'll offer a mirror anyways of the x86 version.

CODEhttp://www.mediafire.com/file/mjqdzmjixid/WBFSManager3.0-RTW-x86.zip

well thanks but at least for me this won't do the trick

 

[tripellex]

with many different options for each iso (which partition is included or not) I doubt " intengrity checking " is possible.. Also why ciso if it already has rar support! it will not be compressed on the wbfs partition so there is no point!

First, RARing/unRARing is SLOW. cISO gives you the game in a nice, small Scrubbed/Brickblocked package, and it adds/extracts quickly to/from the drive. In fact what i do is add a 4.3gb ISO to the drive, then extract the cISO back to a drive on my computer to have a backup. It'd be nice if Alex's WBFS Manager did that, like WBFS Intelligent GUI v5 does. The RAR feature of WBFS manager is JUSt to extract ISOs from downloaded archives, not for storing them. And maybe you enjoy having 40+ RAR files for each game, but I don't. I'd rather have 1 extracted, compressed ISO file, and not have to extract them everytime I want to readd the game.

Second, integrity checking is for the games already on the WBFS drive, not the ISO images to be added. It makes sure there are no crosslinked files. And I beg your pardon, but it is VERY possible to create an integrity checker for JUST the game partition of any ISO, whether they be scrubbed, brickblocked or friid. Doesn't matter.

Lastly, the games on a WBFS partition ARE in fact compressed in a way. They are stripped down of all unnecessary data. That is why some games are as small as 200 megs on WBFS.

 

[icebrg5]

Im getting errors after adding games(scrubbed) to the hard drive.

Also getting an error when i close the program out with the X button.

I sent the logs to the gmail account it said to.

 

[Matt93]

This is an awesome WBFS tool. The software looks very professional and I am going to use this one all the way!

 

[ZombiePosessor]

I'm having a problem with the created channels. I use the WiiCrazy method, have my key set, and my base wad, using everyone votes channel. It says wad is created ok, it installs fine, and even shows up correctly. However, when I click start, it just goes to a black screen. Am I missing something?

 

[AlexDP]

@ZombiePosessor: Not sure what might be going wrong there... have you tried using a different base WAD?
@icpmattj: Adding scrubbed games is not supported (unless they were extracted from a WBFS partition).
@tripellex and others: While the features you've mentioned would be great, I don't plan on doing any new versions with any new features, fixes are the only thing that will be done at this point. Thanks anyway for the feedback.
A fixed version has been posted on CodePlex (WBFS Manger 3.0.1) which addresses the following issues:

• Added additional checks for temp folder, to avoid crashes that were occurring when the program was closing. (All those who had issues with the program crashing when exiting should download this update).
• Added remaining Chinese (Traditional) translations.
• Automatically generates a default filename for extracting single ISO files.
• Fixed a minor bug with the installer showing 64-bit instead of 32-bit.

 

[TeenTin]

@ZombiePosessor: Not sure what might be going wrong there... have you tried using a different base WAD?
@icpmattj: Adding scrubbed games is not supported (unless they were extracted from a WBFS partition).
@tripellex and others: While the features you've mentioned would be great, I don't plan on doing any new versions with any new features, fixes are the only thing that will be done at this point. Thanks anyway for the feedback.
A fixed version has been posted on CodePlex (WBFS Manger 3.0.1) which addresses the following issues:

• Added additional checks for temp folder, to avoid crashes that were occurring when the program was closing. (All those who had issues with the program crashing when exiting should download this update).
• Added remaining Chinese (Traditional) translations.
• Automatically generates a default filename for extracting single ISO files.
• Fixed a minor bug with the installer showing 64-bit instead of 32-bit.

Where to download ? I can't find it.

 

[MasterHand300]

Thaks Fopr The Update

 

[AlexDP]

Same place as usual: http://wbfsmanager.codeplex.com/Release/Pr...ReleaseId=26808
WBFSManager 3.0.1 RTW x86 or 64 depending on your OS version.

 

[MasterHand300]

Same place as usual: http://wbfsmanager.codeplex.com/Release/Pr...ReleaseId=26808
WBFSManager 3.0.1 RTW x86 or 64 depending on your OS version.

If I have 2.5 already installed on my computer will it uninstall it for me when i install 3.0 on my computer

 

[AlexDP]

No, a new installation system is being used for 3.0/3.0.1
You'll need to uninstall 2.5 first, from the Control Panel (Programs and Features in Vista/7, Add/Remove Programs in XP)

 

[kaputnik]

3.0 working like a charm on windows xp, installed a bunch of games yesterday without any problems at all. Thanks for a great app!


A feature suggestion if you decide to continue the development; it would be nice if it was possible to dump wii discs to the hdd. Couldn't dump my backup discs to the hdd with USBLoader, guess it has something to do with either burn quality since the wii dvd reader is quite picky, or maybe my discs being brickblocked.
Solved the problem by making isos of the backup discs using imgburn, then writing the isos to the hdd with WBFS manager, but still, it would be a lot more convenient if you could skip that imgburn step.

 

[icebrg5]

@icpmattj: Adding scrubbed games is not supported (unless they were extracted from a WBFS partition).

I've added and played scrubbed games no problem using the 3.0 wbfs manager.

Can you tell me how they are not supported?

Also im downloading the new 3.01 or whatever it is.I will let you know if i get code dumps again.

 

[erolz]

Hi,

can you please make a version wich you can uncheck the framework 3.5 sp1 install?
i want to use the tool on my computer without internet connection.
i have installed Dot.net Framework 3.5 SP1 offline with this link:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/0.../dotnetfx35.exe

but everytime i want install WBFS Manager 3.0 it wants to download the 3.5 SP1.... :-(
thanx!

 

[dexter222]

Awesome utility! Thanks!

I just wish there were a way around the pesky 500 game table size limitation with WBFS. It's probably not
possible to use a full 1TB - I've tried with multiple drives up to 1.5TB and bleah! Once you reach 500 games
that's pretty much it (using "Only Game Partition") - on a 1TB drive that leaves me almost 80gigs left.

If I try to add from DOS I get: "no space left on device (table full): No error"

Does anyone have a workaround to this problem? I can't be the only one with over 500 games to put on one drive lol.
Perhaps I'm doing something incorrectly while formatting? Perhaps some trick I can do with partitioning? I'm way open
to suggestions - storing full ISOs... well only 319 fit on a 1.5TB drive...

Oh! There is a bug with WBFS Manager 3.01 I reported on the main site - but you'll only see it if you try to add more
than 500 games - it will tell you the game added alright but it didn't really. Is a tiny bug, really... Also it tends to drop
games when dragging them to the WBFS window in the hundreds - it takes a few tries for them all to take... and I would
pay money to be able to minimize WBFS manager while it's doing its batch.

Thanks again! Stellar utility!