Configurable USB Loader v51 - News

Version 51
cfg v51 (release)
* New Sort: last play date option: sort = play_date
* Removed empty line from game list when showing database info
* Secondary sort using titles added. Lists should be consistent when there are matching values now

cfg v51b3 (beta3)
* Fixed the ambiguity with the game dir layouts (ID_TITLE or TITLE [ID])
* fat_install_dir = 2 will use the new layout (TITLE [ID]) when installing
* Removed redundant options from main menu.
* Cleaned up the sort and filter menus. Improved sort menu. Ascending / descending options for current sort are remembered.
* Color of database info now changed.
* Install and disc boot menus will show [?] cover before a disc is read, and game cover for disc if found.

cfg v51b2 (beta2)
* More bug fixes
Loader no longer crashes when trying to sort or filter withouta database.
Accented characters now show up in the synopsis.
Display of synopsis cleaned up and improved.
Entities now converted in the synopsis. (", etc)
Main menu will respect the disable_options configuration.
sort=play_count now works properly without reloading the game list.

cfg v51b (beta)
* Minor bug fixes
Loader will not wait for a button press in the event a databaseis not found.
Disc boot menu will show the proper database information.
* Changed db_url option and db_language option slightly
option: db_url = [http://wiitdb.com/wiitdb.zip?LANG={DBL}]{DBL} will be replaced by the db_language value
option: db_language = [AUTO], EN, JA, German, etc
* option: "-asc" is no longer necessary to specify a sort as ascending.
* db_show_info no longer hides the hdd info or footer in the console.
* Added more game directory layouts: (by oggzee)
/wbfs/TITLE_[GAMEID]/GAMEID.wbfs
/wbfs/TITLE [GAMEID]/GAMEID.wbfs
/wbfs/TITLE[GAMEID]/GAMEID.wbfs
When loading games from FAT or NTFS
* Added {PUB} to cover url options.
{PUB} will be replaced by the last two characters of the ID
(the publisher)
This can be used to do things like forcing NTSC covers for
PAL games by replacing {CC} with US and {ID6} with {ID3}E{PUB}

cfg v51a (alpha)
* Wiitdb support. Can be downloaded inside the loader on the global options screen.
* Enhanced nunchuk support: C mapped to A, Z mapped to B
* Filtering of games based on certain criteria
* Sorting of games based on certain criteria
* Gameplay history
* Disc Loading
* New: Main menu accessible by pressing - or going to the global options screen.
Disc loading, sorting, filtering, and more options are located here.
* option: db_url = [http://wiitdb.com/wiitdb.zip?LANG={db_language}]
URL to download database from.
* option: db_language = [Console Language], EN, JA, German, etc
Language to use for the database. If invalid or not able to be displayed by the loader this will default to English.
Both country codes (EN) and languages (English) are valid.
* option: db_show_info = [1], 0
Show info loaded from the database.
* option: write_playstats = [1], 0
Write to the play history file.
* option: sort = [title-asc], etc
Change the default sorting method. Default is Title Ascending.

Valid sort options:
"title" => Title
"players" => Number of Players
"online_players"=> Number of Online Players
"publisher" => Publisher
"developer" => Developer
"release" => Release Date
"play_count" => Play Count
"install" => Install Date
(This will only work with FAT or NTFS drives)
To use ascending add "-asc" to the option.
ie: sort = players-asc

To use descending add "-desc" to the option.
ie: sort = players-desc