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GAF Wii Homebrew thread: Homebrew, emulators, USB disc installs! Easy tutorial!
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criesofthepast
Member
I'm trying to run a game off my 4gb sdhc card but I can't seem to get it to work.
I have my configurable loader and other homebrew (emulators) on this card but I also want to use the card to run a wii game. This is possible right?
I partitioned the card so that one partition is fat (the homebrew, loader), and the other partition is wbfs with my wii game on it.
When I try to boot up the game in usb loader it freezes the system instantly and just hangs on the "booting wii game please wait" screen. It says "IOS249" in brackets below. I have to hard reset the system after this.
I am on v60 of the usb loader. Any suggestions?
I have my configurable loader and other homebrew (emulators) on this card but I also want to use the card to run a wii game. This is possible right?
I partitioned the card so that one partition is fat (the homebrew, loader), and the other partition is wbfs with my wii game on it.
When I try to boot up the game in usb loader it freezes the system instantly and just hangs on the "booting wii game please wait" screen. It says "IOS249" in brackets below. I have to hard reset the system after this.
I am on v60 of the usb loader. Any suggestions?
criesofthepast
Member
Yes even the settings file that the wiki says holds more importance than the config file. But yeah I changed it to sdhc.Clipper said:
It strange because USB thumb drive works fine.
I'm thinking it's some kind of compatibility issue with the card. Is SD better than SDHC?
criesofthepast
Member
So I can have my usb loader and the actual wii games on the same partition? Is that what your saying? I didn't try that, no. I will now.Fuzzy said:
Clipper said:I'm not sure. Not all homebrew can be launched in this manner, and perhaps Gecko OS is like that. You might need to use SSBB to launch a different app called LoadMii and then boot Gecko from there.
Or just bite the bullet and install the HBC.
Once installed, is it impossible to remove? Or will the next firmware update get rid of it?
alf717
Member
Clipper said:
Any chance you could go into a little more details about that? I thought the major issue was the message board logging and the save data HBC creates? From my understanding cIOS's can be removed so I assumed removing cIOS' and formatting the Wii to remove message board logs would be good enough? If not then I'm wondering if it is too late for my main console I use to buy VC and WiiWare titles with.
Well anyway off to my two quick question about data tranfer, does an app exist that could help me transfer save data from one console to the other including data that is locked? ex. The Conduit, Animal Crossing? etc...
Is backing up shop channel data considered a grey area for talk around here? I'll ask in more detail if it's OK to fire off this type of question, I figure I would ask since I experimented with HBC on my main Wii but after what Clipper said I'm a bit on the paranoid side now.
Edit:
Clipper said:
Thanks for the tips,my HDD is behaving with the original cable but no other cables seem to provide enough power.
Silent Hill is shot and unfortionatley I dont have the $20 Konami needs to send a replacement so I guess I'll wait for the game to drop in prices or see if I can scrounge up the dough for a replacement.
CFG is really a neat little program and I must say this is really a convienance to have. Would it be possible for me to add higher res box art so it is more legible on my TV screen? Or is this just a limitation of the console itself?
There's some other stuff there. Nuking it all is near impossible. None of it affects your Wii Shop, so it is perfectly safe to buy stuff. The only thing you risk is Nintendo refusing to fix the Wii in the case of it dying. That shouldn't happen, though.alf717 said:
There are a few. StartPatch and SaveGame Manager to name a few.
I consider it a black area. There is no benefit to doing it as the Wii already provides a perfect method for backing it up to SD cards.
You can use change the URLs to take the High Quality covers from WiiTDB. However, they won't look much different to what they do now as the Wii output is locked to a maximum of 480p.
Warren Ellis
Banned
which is the best homebrew app for playing (original) american/japanese gamecube games on a pal wii ?
so I installed the Homebrew Browser yesterday. Everything was fine during the installation, it got to the part where it says it is downloading graphics files and that you can skip if you want, but it's recommended not to. After it did that, there were two error messages, the screen got all garbled for like 2 seconds, and then it loaded the Homebrew Browser...
so I'm not sure if I did something wrong? HBB seems to be working, so I guess I'm fine, but it feels rather unpolished (not sure if this has to do with the error messages I got during installation, or if it IS just kind of unpolished).
The only reason I downloaded the HBB was I wanted DVD playback. So initially I downloaded the MPlayer TT, but it says I need the DVDx stub for it to work. From what I could gather, you can only get the DVDx stub through HBB. I downloaded the DVDx thing through HBB, ran it in the Homebrew Channel and it said it installed. But when I go into MPlayer TT and try to play a DVD, it still fails. Not sure where I'm going wrong.
For kicks, I decided to download WiiMC for DVD playback, but it was basically unusable.
so I'm not sure if I did something wrong? HBB seems to be working, so I guess I'm fine, but it feels rather unpolished (not sure if this has to do with the error messages I got during installation, or if it IS just kind of unpolished).
The only reason I downloaded the HBB was I wanted DVD playback. So initially I downloaded the MPlayer TT, but it says I need the DVDx stub for it to work. From what I could gather, you can only get the DVDx stub through HBB. I downloaded the DVDx thing through HBB, ran it in the Homebrew Channel and it said it installed. But when I go into MPlayer TT and try to play a DVD, it still fails. Not sure where I'm going wrong.
For kicks, I decided to download WiiMC for DVD playback, but it was basically unusable.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Gecko OS but it does have the issue of some games throwing up consistent disc read errors unless the disc is ejected and re-inserted before these would appear. Finding when these happen and how to avoid is all you can do really.Warren Ellis said:
Apart from that it has all the limitations of a real Gamecube using a freeloader such as some Japanese games not having the correct font and of course Japanese saves unusable on a real Japanese Gamecube (as the memory card format is incorrect).
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
Speaking of which, has there been any progress on gamecube backups being able to be loaded through something like configurable? I want to put my GC games on the same hard drive as my Wii games so I can make gaming on my wii even easier.
criesofthepast
Member
Trying to rip my Netflix dvd to my sd card to run it in usbloader. When I run it, it says: Error - CIOS249REV18, CIOS22V4, CIOS223V4, CIOS224V5 or higher required to start games from a FAT partition.
So I need to update cios249, right? Do I just follow this part of the wiki (http://gwht.wikidot.com/ios249) to update it?
nvm. working now.
So I need to update cios249, right? Do I just follow this part of the wiki (http://gwht.wikidot.com/ios249) to update it?
nvm. working now.
I had a System Menu 4.3 system. I used the Indiana Jones exploit to mod my Wii.
All I did was add the Home Brew Channel and some stuff to launch from in there (emulators, DVD player).
Is there a way to flash my system back to stock 4.3? I also bought two WiiWare games, and it would be nice to keep those, but if it's not possible, whatever.
any help?
All I did was add the Home Brew Channel and some stuff to launch from in there (emulators, DVD player).
Is there a way to flash my system back to stock 4.3? I also bought two WiiWare games, and it would be nice to keep those, but if it's not possible, whatever.
any help?
Unfortunately, it wasn't. And my disc is fine, apparently. I've tried a few more times, and it never worked. And then yesterday I bought Other M, tried to install it, and it also gave me errors.Clipper said:
I think my launch Wii's drive is dying. :/
Guess I better play Other M with the disc spinning noises in the background before it dies completely.
You already have a stock 4.3 Firmware. The HBC is just a channel stored on your Wii. It is very difficult to remove all trace of the HBC unless you took precautions earlier, but there is no need for you to remove it unless you have reason to send your Wii into Nintendo for repair.Futureman said:
EphemeralDream
Member
Will a large (8 or 16 GB) flash drive function the same as USB storage? I don't really plan on playing it on the Wii, I just wanted to rip the games so I could then play them through emulation?
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Yeah, before I had my external hard-drive I stored my Netflix disc on an 8gb SD card/USB reader. You should be fine.EphemeralDream said:
Affeinvasion
Member
So my wife went to put WiiFit in and she said it loaded up fine, but now when we put it in the disc channel just says "System Update." I'm on 4.2U and WiiFit has never wanted a system update before so I find it kind of odd. I installed it to my flash drive to prevent any problems, but does anyone know what's up? Was I right to be wary?
Affeinvasion
Member
Problem solved by installing it to USB, obviously. But it was just so weird, especially since it's never done that before.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Okay, yeah, something's up, because I just popped in my copy of Sakura Wars and it prompted me for a Firmware Update before I could play. That's never happened before.
I'm following the tutorial to block updates.
EDIT: Damn, the download for 4.2 US can't be found. Anyone know where else I can get one?
I'm following the tutorial to block updates.
EDIT: Damn, the download for 4.2 US can't be found. Anyone know where else I can get one?
Fixed1979
Member
Just hoping for a bit of clarification here. I'm sure I'm reading it right, it just seems a little strange.
"You will need to wait at least 24 hours for the stage from the Smash Service to be automatically deleted before trying to run this exploit. DO NOT go on Wi-Fi once the Smash Service stage is deleted."
So I actually just deleted the three replays and now I have to wait until tomorrow night before I can do anything else? I have the boot.elf in the root of my SD card but nothing is happening when I load the stage builder in the vault.
EDIT: Do I need the private and/or private-old folders on my SD card or is the only thing that matters the boot.elf?
EDIT2: Well that's 24 hours and still nothing. I'm assuming I missed something but I'm not sure what.
EDIT3: Alright HBC installed, I thought I was on 4.3 but it was 4.2. Excellent! So my biggest reason for doing this was to play imports, anything else cool I need to try out?
"You will need to wait at least 24 hours for the stage from the Smash Service to be automatically deleted before trying to run this exploit. DO NOT go on Wi-Fi once the Smash Service stage is deleted."
So I actually just deleted the three replays and now I have to wait until tomorrow night before I can do anything else? I have the boot.elf in the root of my SD card but nothing is happening when I load the stage builder in the vault.
EDIT: Do I need the private and/or private-old folders on my SD card or is the only thing that matters the boot.elf?
EDIT2: Well that's 24 hours and still nothing. I'm assuming I missed something but I'm not sure what.
EDIT3: Alright HBC installed, I thought I was on 4.3 but it was 4.2. Excellent! So my biggest reason for doing this was to play imports, anything else cool I need to try out?
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
Any news on Dios Mios? Wasn't it supposed to release in October?
dope4goldrope
Member
Hey guys, quick question.
A long time ago I soft-modded my Wii and installed The Homebrew Channel. I just saw on Engadget that there is a Netflix application available in the Wii Store I would like to try out but I need to system update first.
I've never gotten around to toying around with homebrew so I don't really care about losing THC, am I safe to perform a System Update? (4.0 to whatever the latest version available is)
A long time ago I soft-modded my Wii and installed The Homebrew Channel. I just saw on Engadget that there is a Netflix application available in the Wii Store I would like to try out but I need to system update first.
I've never gotten around to toying around with homebrew so I don't really care about losing THC, am I safe to perform a System Update? (4.0 to whatever the latest version available is)
Dragona Akehi
Retired
OK I'm really dumb here. Is it just me or does VBA GX run at half the refresh rate? Is there something I'm missing? Is there a better emulator out there? I thought I remember reading that VBA GX was suitable for playing Mother 3, which would make the problem I'm having a huge issue for playing Mother 3 (since the audio appears out of sync). I'm running the latest version linked from WiiBrew...
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Okay, looks like I need to upgrade to 4.3 to get the Netflix channel. According to the Wiki I can safely use Nintendo's update process, and I just need to reinstall 222/223, 249, and the HBC afterward?
No. You don't have to upgrade to 4.3, you just have to update the shop channel. Follow the instructions at the wiki.The_Technomancer said:
http://gwht.wikidot.com/wii-shop
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Hm, okay, using DOP-shop wouldn't connect to my network, so I followed the procedure to use DOP-Mii instead. It said that it installed the shop channel fine, but when I try to go into the shop channel I get a blue-screen error and a "eject the game disc and power off" message.Htown said:
Gotta take whatever we can get in console homebrew scene. Is the audio issue really that bad? I might try Mother 3 tonight to hear.Dragona Akehi said:
VBA is a bit resource intensive, so i'm not surprised at all it doesn't run 100% on the Wii. Still, it's not THAT bad. I'm currently playing Shantae on it, and have also dabbled in a bit of Wario Land 4 as well. I do notice a music looping error, but it only happens every 20 minutes or so, and it's only on-screen for a fraction of a second. Even Nintendo's Game Boy Player couldn't emulate the GBA flawlessly.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
CO_Andy said:
Oh I wasn't in any way trying to take homebrew coding for granted. I just wanted to know if I was missing something in the options or somesuch.
It's a shame because SNES9XGX runs fantastically... The game I was playing was Megaman Zero games. Apparently, VBA GX runs GBC/GB games great, so that's good to know.
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
When I do Dop-Shop, I'm able to go all the way to a version 50 for the shop channel. According to the wiki, it says to install v20. Is that still the case?
So my wii has had the black glitching problem for quite some time now and its just gotten to the point of unplayable. I want to send it in to nintendo but I do have homebrew installed? Do I try to virginize it or do they even bother checking for it? I would of course remove any hints of homebrew from the channels but I'm not sure if I need to go all the way with it.