Second part of the USButil tutorial by ISEKO
USBUtil Rule
USBUtil requires to generate a name to search inside each ul.cfg, ul-old.cfg, existing configuration, due to it needs to assure thta if the name of the game already exists, it has firstly be recovered in order to create a new one.
Thats why is so important the ul-old.cfg or its copy, it allows us to recover the real name or the old one, it is kind of a reservation; so to keep it must be a priority for each them and for USBUtil as well., so from this version and so on the ul-old.cfg will be a hiden file and a prtected read only file.
Some other recovery cases which require atention:
Inside the ul.cfg there is all the games information, each game has its own field, if it is altered the game will not work anymore.
How can we solve this issue?
In most of the cases it can be solve with USBUtil easily, across any realised operation which requires the modification of the field inside the ul.cfg, like Rename, Order os Recover, in most of this cases USBUtil detects what is wrong, but keep an eye on this: This will be indicated inside the [ ] of all the completed parts; for example [123], there are no dots so we know that the field for this game was altered inside its ul.cfg, with the exception of the field's name, because since it is encoded, if it is altered for all the programs, the game pieces will not exist anymore and USBUtil will generate a new name when it has to recovere it again.
When the procces ends the recovery, the user will be asked if he wants to load the list on whcih the recovery was made, you can use this option if it is your will.
Trick to recover
Remember the rule for USBUtil when recovering, never generate a new name without finding before the real one, we can take this in our advantage if our configuration files (ul.cfg y ul-old.cfg), have been erased, before recovering them we can check if we have some missing ul.cfg or ul-old.cfg somewhere, not necessary the same we had befor, any of those two will be useful, also some friend who have share a game and can give us a copy will be useful, because we will keep a lot of time without the necessity of changing the names; USBUtil will take information it needs about those files to recover (if the games keep the names we had before).
When all the names have been recovered qe can proceed to erase the rest, if it was a ul.cfg it will be marked as in bad condition, if it was the ul-old.cfg it will not apear anymore.
Well at this point you should know how the software works, begginers should and understand the new applications to work with USBUtil.
- The SECOND option for Tools is the Copy record, it is very simple, you only need to press Clear when the record is opened automatically and the operation of Copy/Move or Create was cancelled, the other options is to be able to see how the process ended and in which direction it was made; I have also add the option of mark and erase everythiong you want, if you are not sure just follow the recomendations. For more deatils check image 5.
- The THIRD and last option for Tools is General Information, which gives information about the games in memory and the hard-drive unit in use. It was alse added a list with all the regions or zones used in the games. For more details check image 6.
Image 5 (Copy recor view), note thaa <MARKED> indicates which contents will be erased.
Image 6 (General Information View), detail about the games and hard-disc capacity used.
Help Options
The help options are: Help, About the Software and List of some games, the only which I will make some comments is the last one due to its importance for the work with USBUtil.
The last help option, List of some games is very important, here ayou will know which games will run and which not and also you can keep a record about your own results, thta will be useful to keep working time in the future.
Here you have a record with all the games tested untill now, this list was upgraded thank to EUSTOLIO from
www.scenespain.net, USBUtil with this option creates a new way to work easily with the compatibility list of games for USBExtreme or USBAdvance, because from this software game names van be added and modified´and also a search otion for sentence, word or character has be implemented as well which will make it faster.
Add Option: Shows a window where you can write 50 characters, you can start with the name of the game and the add some extra info, for the comentary you want to add; you can add also if the game works or not, if some DNAS were changed, you only need the number of them to know which ones they were.
On the lower side there are three options to click, they show the adds fotr the mentioned issues before. You can only select one of them, the first selection wil tell if the game works with USBExtreme/USBAdvance, the second one, the DNAS which have to been modified in order to make the game work, and the third one will indicate if the game was tested and doesnt work. For more detail check image 7.
Image 7 (To add a game you just have to wite its name/information, click on the status of it and select Add).
The names of the games will be added by alphabetical order and automatically copied to the disc.
Modification option follows the same way, but it allows to modificate the existing content, and about Erase and Close, one allows to erase a name from the game list (for this option) and the other close and exit to the main menu.
Use Buttons (Main Menu)
There are 8 Use Buttons in the Main Menu: Cop./Mov., Select, Order, Rename, Eliminate, Rest. Spc., ISO Conv. and Reload, all of them allows to work directly with the list of games already loaded in memory.
Important for all uses:
The following options Copy/Move/Create have something in common, and to avoid this TUTORIAL to be too long and boring I will explain here how to use them:
- In destination there will be always an space indicator and a
game existance indicato, if the option carries it. Also you need to know
that if there is no space no operation will be allowed.
- When a Copy/Move or Create action to destination a window will pop up,
indicating re-write or skip if the content already exists.
- Bad conditions games will not allow these options, not even
to re-name.
- When some file is skipped in any of these operations, it will be
un-selected from list, staying marked only teh ones which were really used.
Next step is to explain which use has each button:
Button Copy/Move: Allows to Copy/Move the archive/s selected from memory to destination, in the Copy/Move window you can create a new directory if needed. For more detail check image 8.
Image 8 (check here all the current indicators)
Button Select: Allows to make a selection between games in memor, to be processed, there are 4 predefined ways to select:
- Select all the games in status GOOD.
- Select all the games in status BAD.
- Select the oposite of the current selection.
- Select all.
Button Order: Allows to organize the gamne list in memory and in disc, the configuration files ul.cfg and ul-old.cfg are upgraded automatically.
Button Rename. Allows to rename the game under the selection bar, this option as well as the one before upgrades automatically the configuration files.
Button Eliminate: Alllows to erase the file/s from the memory and/or disc. Note thta after using this option the games can not be recovered.
Button Sp. Rest.: Allows to restore missing spaces due to incomplete games, games whcih stayed keeping space after being erased (so common with USBExtreme) or parts of the games which couldnt be recovered. USBUtil intends that your work should be as clean as posible, and this option is a cleaning complement for anything which can remain in disc, no fear in using it but be careful, never write .ul at the begining of any PC file name or in any game directory, looks silly but there is always someone who makes that mistake.
Myself the author is not responsible of any mistake commited (keep an eye on this) after using this option no game can be recovered, also I make clear thta this option has no efect on any game in GOOD condition. Check image 9 for more details.
Image 9 (In order to restore space, some game garbage must exist, on the opposite if there us not such contentthis option will not be available).
Button Iso. Conv.: Allow the game inside the list to be converted back into ISOs, it is the inverse process to create a game for USBAdvvance or USBExtreme, this option is useful if you wish to burn a game in a CD/DVD, you just have to use this option and after thta use an utility such as Nero, UltraISO, ISOBuster or Alcohol 120.
For more details check image 10.
Image 10 (Check all the indicators and keep in mind the precaution ptotocol given before).
Button Reload: Allows to reload or refresh the game list in memory, taking it from disc.
Here you are all the options available for USBUtil ver 1.01. If you have some doubts please check the Help option attached to the software.
Comments about USBUtil (The Author)
- USBUtil ver 1.01 was created for personal purposes, to improve the workfor create and manipulating games for USBAdvance and USBExtreme.
- USBUtil ver 1.01 is created like an utility to be donated to
www.scenespain.net and for help everyone who needs this tool can free access to it. In this version a new method for treatment of the game compatibility list for USBAdvance/USBExtreme, whcih thanks to our friend EUSTOLIO from the web could be completed on time.
USBUtil Future
- In next version 2.0 new options will be implemented which will allow the user to work with more options and chances, at the moment we will keep what we publicite at the end of this TUTORIAL, in my opinion surprises are nice.
Greetings
First of all to SceneSpain, because across this web the software will reach you all.
To all the friends from the web forum:, YAKO, eustolio and DrVonTennla (traslator to english TUTORIAL), they will publicite the news about this software.
Friends from my country:
Thanks to: Alejandro, Leonardo, Amaury, Pedro and the rest, their opinions and commenta have been really useful.
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