About this fork

This is a fork of makeo/cubiboot which changes the preboot_delay_ms function to extend the boot animation from the first frame. This allows the user to essentially "delay" the boot animation to give video output mods/adapters like GCVideo time to sync with the display before the animation actually starts.

Installation

Installation is the same as makeo/cubiboot — just create a config.ini file at the root of your SD card and add the following inside:

[cubeboot]
preboot_delay_ms = 2000

2000 ms is pretty much the perfect amount of delay to show the full boot animation on an NTSC-J DOL-001 with a Bitfunx Digital HDMI Adapter (GCVideo), but you can adjust this to any amount to fit your specific mod/adapter (2000 = 2 seconds).

Disclaimer

I simply had no other way of fixing this issue for my personal GameCube and couldn't find a fix made by anyone else.

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cubiboot

This is a fork of cubeboot by TeamOffBroadway with support for SD2SP2, SD Gecko or similar SD adapters.

If you have questions regarding this fork you can join the Discord server!

Important

Format your SD card using exFat (Not FAT32).
Currently loading of files is very slow when using FAT32 formatted SD cards.

Installation - PicoLoader

1. Download the cubiboot_picoloader.uf2 file
2. Hold down the button on the RP Pico whilst plugging it into your PC
3. Copy the .uf2 file to the USB drive
4. Download the latest Swiss dol
5. Rename the Swiss dol to swiss-gc.dol and place it on your SD card

Installation - PicoLoader/PicoBoot with gekkoboot payload

1. Download the cubiboot.dol
2. Rename it to ipl.dol
3. Copy the ipl.dol onto your SD card
4. Download the latest Swiss dol
5. Rename the Swiss dol to swiss-gc.dol and place it on your SD card

Using In-Game Reset

1. Download EXTRACT_TO_ROOT.zip
2. Extract the contents to the root of the SD card
3. Pressing Z + A + START whilst in a game brings you back to the cubiboot menu

Other ODEs (e.g. GC Loader)

Download the cubiboot.iso and use it as appropriate for your ODE.
Files and the config have to be stored on a separate SD2SP2, SD Gecko or similar SD adapter.
ODEs besides PicoLoader are not supported, and issues specific to these devices might not be fixed.

Known Bugs

• loading of files is very slow when using FAT32
• cube_logo option does not work
• button_* options to not work (use gekkoboot for this functionality instead)
• no PicoBoot uf2

Special Thanks

• TeamOffBroadway for creating cubeboot
• Extrems, emukidid and everyone involved in creating Swiss

Acknowledgements

• cubeboot (GPL-2.0)
• apploader (GPL-2.0)
• packer for apploader.img (GPL-2.0)
• For more, see CREDIT.md