The previous update was a major one, so as expected, a few issues were reported afterward. Hopefully, this release fixes those issues for anyone affected 🤞

New / Improved

• Improved how partition sizes are calculated and refreshed
• Improved GUI responsiveness by adjusting when the cache is loaded
• Improved how a region patch is applied for Japanese GameCube games
• Updated the Korean translation (thanks to DDinghoya)
• Improved GitHub CI

Fixed

• Fixed crashes when using NTFS partitions
• Fixed some partition detection issues
• Fixed a misaligned column in exported game lists

New / Improved

• Updated the theme to support quick switching between Wii, GameCube, NAND, and EmuNAND games (thanks to nully)
• Added the ability to sync Wiimotes and supported accessories (thanks to Zarithya)
• The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn is now fully playable
• Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Excite Truck are now playable from an SD card
• All Just Dance games should now work without the need for outdated cIOS (e.g., Hermes)
• Driver: San Francisco should now work correctly for everyone (cheats still cause issues)
• Various Super Smash Bros. Brawl mods now function correctly
• We Dare now works correctly with the loaders default settings
• Japanese games should now display text correctly
• Added the ability to disable the Wiimote's speaker and motor on a per-game basis or globally
• Added the ability to autoboot discs, allowing quick patching and launching of disc-based games (thanks to jdfr228)
• Games that only support 4:3 on vWii will now automatically use the correct aspect ratio
• Added a Screen Mode setting for vWii (visible only if 16:9 is enabled)
• Improved the 480p fix and video width patches so that all games boot correctly
• Prevented the loader from launching when installed to Priiloader (install the UNEO channel booter and forwarder as intended!)
• Improved USB storage handling on Wii U so that encrypted drives can remain connected
• Improved partition seeking for the config file
• Titles and banners of poorly made forwarder channels are now read correctly
• USB drives missing their MBR will now function with the loader (though formatting and writing an MBR is strongly recommended)
• GameCube controllers should now "just work" with Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
• Improved country string patching
• Improved detection of some countries for the Disc Default video mode setting
• The Homebrew Browser can now boot all types of homebrew correctly
• The Homebrew Browser now displays a wider range of date formats correctly
• Added an option to resample the loaders audio to 48,000 Hz (enabled by default)
• Custom background music now shuffles instead of playing randomly
• Made the silent home menu optional (GUI > Silent HOME Menu)
• While viewing the home menu, pressing left or right on the D-pad changes the music track
• Added the Wii U Menu as a Return To option
• Added Ask as an Ocarina cheat option
• Improved Kirby's Return to Dream Land MetaFortress patches
• The loader now comes with and writes valid meta.xml files
• Added the ability to delete EmuNAND saves (Game Settings > Uninstall Menu)
• Improved formatting of exported game lists
• Improved the loaders built-in updater
• Added the ability to set the Wii U GamePad slot for Nintendont
• Moved the Update Nintendont option to the update menu
• Missing Nintendont assets will now be downloaded during updates
• Added the ability to (re)download all covers from the update menu
• Added the ability to download all cheat files (coming soon!)
• Transitions to and from the home screen are now much smoother
• Added Priiloader as a home screen menu option
• After playing from a disc and returning to the loader, the DVD drive will now be stopped
• The loader will no longer offer the standby option if it is not enabled in your system settings
• Large storage devices will now display their size in terabytes instead of gigabytes
• Improved how the settings menu displays text across all supported languages
• Improved tooltip positioning for custom themes
• Reduced the default tooltip delay
• Favorites now refresh correctly when switching between menus and view types
• Added and cleaned up several parental control options
• The address bar for custom paths is now clickable
• The D-pad can now always be used to navigate in the loaders file manager
• Resetting the loader to its default settings now correctly resets overscan and theme settings
• Removed the Sync FAT32 and Mount USB at launch options
• Removed all online patches for Call of Duty and Rock Band games
• Reorganized various settings
• Added support for reproducible builds (requires matching devkitPPC and libogc versions)
• Updated libraries and ensured compatibility with the latest devkitPro version
• Configured GitHub CI to use an official devkitPPC Docker image
• Improved how the Git ID and revision are generated and used
• Updated all translations (via AI)
• Numerous minor internal changes and fixes

Fixed

• Fixed vWii layout issues caused by Priiloader v0.10.0+
• Fixed NAND titles not being read and displayed correctly on vWii
• Fixed Wii U VC inject support (note: the loader still only functions as a Nintendont frontend)
• Fixed a race condition that could sometimes cause the loader to crash
• Fixed an issue that prevented NAND and EmuNAND games from applying patches correctly
• Fixed an issue that caused banners to turn black when file paths were too long
• Fixed an issue that could cause custom background music to crash the loader
• Fixed an issue that could prevent some games that use MetaFortress from working properly
• Fixed an issue where some 3D case images were incorrectly colored
• Fixed an issue that prevented some Spanish covers from downloading
• Fixed an issue that prevented shared content from installing to an EmuNAND (thanks to qWii)
• Fixed an issue that allowed favorites to be modified while parental controls were enabled

The last update was a big one, so naturally some bugs slipped through the cracks. Everything should work correctly now though 😄

Fixed

• Fixed an issue that would cause USB Loader GX to crash as it boots on some systems
• Fixed an issue that would cause some games to freeze if you turned off the deflicker filter

Improved

• The video width patch should no longer conflict with other patches
• Updated the Spanish translation (thanks to bjxuf)

This is the new home for the official version of USB Loader GX! 😃

New

• Added the ability to play Wii games from SD cards
• Added automatic cIOS selection for games (cIOS changes are recommended)
• Added automatic language selection for when a Wii game doesn't support your systems language (requires wiitdb.xml)
• Added basic CISO support for Nintendont
• Added an option to render games at their framebuffer widths
• Added an option to hide or show your game count
• Added an option to remember your last played game
• Added patches that make Kirby's Return to Dreamland playable (SUKE01, SUKP01 and SUKJ01)
• Added cover action options for the list view (download covers or view information)
• Added the ability to navigate USB Loader GX via guitars
• Added the ability to scroll through the channel grid view
• Added support for multiple instances with separate config files (this is mainly a developer feature)
• Added support for Devolution's progressive patching and regional emulated memory cards (thanks to xperia64)

Fixed

• Fixed an issue that made Excite Truck unplayable
• Fixed an issue that made Driver: San Francisco freeze after you'd complete the tutorial
• Fixed an issue that prevented other homebrew from accessing your USB storage device
• Fixed an issue that prevented USB Loader GX from launching custom channel forwarders correctly
• Fixed an issue that prevented homebrew from returning you back to USB Loader GX when you'd exit
• Fixed an issue that prevented Devolution from loading games from an SD card (thanks to xperia64)
• Fixed an issue that would cause the amount of free space to not be displayed correctly
• Fixed an issue that would cause game ID's to be displayed for EmuNAND titles

Improved

• Drastically improved caching (huge thanks to Oddx for this)
• Improved the accuracy of the region information that's displayed in the list view
• Improved cover downloading (it refreshes less and it should download more covers)
• Improved the quality of the built-in audio files
• The DVD drive should now stop spinning after you've installed a game
• Nintendont's PAL50 patch can now be applied to any video mode
• Game ID's can now be viewed from the info screen (press 2 when the cursor is over a game)
• Some EmuNAND and WAD settings were cleaned up
• USB Loader GX can be compiled with devkitPPC r41
• The development environment was overhauled (Visual Studio Code support, Codespaces support etc.)
• Some translations were updated (thanks to bjxuf, DDinghoya & Bamsemesteren)
• Other miscellaneous corrections and improvements