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Wii update 3.4 is out.
- Thread starter Baconbitz
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Is this posted?
System Menu 3.4
As of November 17, 2008, Nintendo is sending notices to the Wii Message Board announcing the availability of Wii Menu 3.4. The announcement lists these changes:
- USB keyboard support in Mii Channel
- Enhanced parental controls
- Twilight Hack version 0.1beta1 cannot be copied to the console.
Two other changes have been noted:
- Improved SD card read/write speed
- Improved disc reading
- Update appears to include IOS50 (used by menu) and IOS254 (a copy of IOS9, to block PatchMii).
What is affected
Affected/Workaround
Twilight Hack 0.1beta1 and below /None (yet)
PatchMii/None (yet, but should be easy)
Not affected
The Homebrew Channel (only if already installed)
http://wiibrew.org/wiki/System_Menu_3.4
System Menu 3.4
As of November 17, 2008, Nintendo is sending notices to the Wii Message Board announcing the availability of Wii Menu 3.4. The announcement lists these changes:
- USB keyboard support in Mii Channel
- Enhanced parental controls
- Twilight Hack version 0.1beta1 cannot be copied to the console.
Two other changes have been noted:
- Improved SD card read/write speed
- Improved disc reading
- Update appears to include IOS50 (used by menu) and IOS254 (a copy of IOS9, to block PatchMii).
What is affected
Affected/Workaround
Twilight Hack 0.1beta1 and below /None (yet)
PatchMii/None (yet, but should be easy)
Not affected
The Homebrew Channel (only if already installed)
http://wiibrew.org/wiki/System_Menu_3.4
viewtiful_dru
Member
Kulock said:
Has any 3rd party Wii game contained a System Update? (just wondering, since I thought only 1st party games did)
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Might be a dumb thing to ask, but my HBC is still beta 8 and it hasn't prompted me to update: the new GeckoOS is beta 9. Is there any way to manually get it to search for updates?
Sindou_Hikaru20
Member
dannie said:
I can confirm this
Alien Crush (289 blocks) in 23 Seconds
ScrabbleBanshee
Member
Already at 3.4, Nintendo is packing on features at an alarming rate. Since my Wii hasn't been turned on in half a year, I'm in for a real treat when I upgrade.
RagnarokX said:
Automatic, mandatory updates as you sleep would be the first thing I'd add into a new gen console to make it piracy resistant. Wouldn't be piracy proof, but it'd keep the freeloaders off the online service.
I'd add a legitimate homebrew service too though, and tools similar to RPG maker to buy and use with the system.
Haunted
Member
Do you mean an update for the HBC or an update for the GeckoOS?Dragona Akehi said:
Because if it's the latter, you should be able to see and download the newest version in the homebrew browser.
If it's the former, I'd like to know that as well, as I'm still on HBC 0.8 and didn't even know there's a 0.9 out. Although the HBC did update on its own from 0.7 to 0.8 iirc.
Like the hat?
Banned
I updated, then i ran the homebrew channel and it said there was an updated version of the hbc. so i downloaded that and installed it, then tried to go into the homebrew browser from the hbc, and it said it was not a supported app.
lame.
lame.
DefectiveReject
Banned
guy above, that's because your file tpe for HBB are now wrong.... problem with HBC ver9
Zelda OOT transferred to my shitty 1GB card in 38seconds
SDHC 4GB card wouldn't work.
Zelda OOT transferred to my shitty 1GB card in 38seconds
SDHC 4GB card wouldn't work.
You don't need the new update to improve SD transfer speed. Use the Panasonic formatter instead. If you've ever done a SD format with Windows you'll always see decreased speeds with flash media. http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/sd/download/sd_formatter.html
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Meh, the only time I'll care for SD speed is when the Wii could play game channels in it or read save data. =/
Oh god, I just hope TvC doesn't have 3.4 update!
Oh god, I just hope TvC doesn't have 3.4 update!
mentalfloss
Banned
Wii Updates - only really important for the homebrewers
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Weren't 3rd party games with updates only come from western games?
JoshuaJSlone
Member
By agreeing to new terms of service, you give them that permission.Scrubking said:
Nuclear Muffin said:
Not true. The tickets redemption/download was added in the stand-alone Wii Shop update that hit a few weeks ago. The one that partially borked some homebrew. I used the homebrew-installer to install that Wii Shop update without the borking shit. I've had that tickets redemption functionality since then.
Hell, I got Animal Crossing last night and used GeckoOS to launch the game without running the mandatory update on the disc, and I was STILL able to redeem my Wii Speak ticket and download the placeholder channel.
Hours before 3.4x even hit the update servers.
DayShallCome
Member
Ookami-kun said:
I'm guessing that these speed increases are part of the buildup for the Spring update that Iwata was talking about.
Here's how you manually update the Homebrew Channel, from within the HBC.Dragona Akehi said:
1) Download the latest HBC from here: DOWNLOAD
2) Create a folder and call it "Update"
3) Move the HBC's boot.dol into that folder
4) Place that folder in the app folder on your SD card
5) Then just run it from the HBC you have now and it should update
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
With WiiWare taking off and the VC still going, it might actually benefit Nintendo to increase storage. I'm a casual but I still had to clean out my fridge recently (including removing the excellent (for nintendo) marketing tool that is the nintendo channel) so I could download Alien Crush while still leaving room for GH downloads.markatisu said:
I must say, in some weird way, the way they handle the updates and the wii shop channel for example, has lead to me having just a little less respect for nintendo..
(I'm a programmer) I thought they had crazy ass jedi master programmers there but if you look at what little they do to improve the interface of the wii shop channel, etc.. it's pathetic.
An intern at E.A. could do a better job.
(I'm a programmer) I thought they had crazy ass jedi master programmers there but if you look at what little they do to improve the interface of the wii shop channel, etc.. it's pathetic.
An intern at E.A. could do a better job.
poppabk said:
Yeah but it will benefit them more when they release the "big" update that also changes (I assume) how we utilize the sd card.
Remember they are supposed to be changing it so everything is done in the background, so why do it now when they have not rolled out the big update.
That way they can market both WiiWare and the VC alongside the new SDHC cards instead of just doing one or the other
Now watch the big update comes and we still dont have "official" SDHC access :lol
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Linkhero1 said:
Thank you, you're a lifesaver!
Now I just have to wait until the Wiibrew gang patch the Wiishop channel so I can go buy stuff and not be forced to update...
later said:
I don't think the problem lies with the programmers at all. I'm sure there are tons of great ideas and working prototypes laying on the cutting room floor. They just haven't been released because, I think, unless Nintendo can find an easy way to get an update out to a very large percentage of the base, they simply won't do it. MS and Sony seem to lean towards giving the most hardcore gamers what they want, and allowing others to join in as they please. Nintendo, on the other hand, seems to plan for the most casual, least tech-savvy consumer and then force core gamers to deal with harsh limitations. The problem is, Nintendo's way is both much cheaper and more successful thus far.
I will say that I was expecting far more new channels in the first two years than what we've gotten. They made it sound like they would be coming out regularly, but we haven't gotten shit since the Nintendo Channel (incidentally, the only really useful channel). Animal Crossing not getting its own channel is just ridiculous. Talk about a game made for that kind of thing.
Nintendo is like the anti-Google. The updated iPhone app with voice searching and a bunch of other shit is still only version 0.3.142.951, meanwhile Nintendo's on 3.4 while having added pretty much nothing of any real value.
Dragona Akehi said:
I thought they already did
http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wii_Shop_and_IOS51_installer
Unless you are talking about having already run the 3.3 or 3.4 updates
Nintendo uses a very XP mentality of not changing anything unless it's broken and starting with a simple solution. It's actually a really smart way to go about things. However unlike XP they do not have a quick turn around time for updates which causes NeoGaf to bitch about this and that while it gets addressed.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
markatisu said:
Yeah the 3.3.3 or 3.4 updates. I haven't updated since before the last two, and I don't really want to. Will that one give me access to the store? I doubt it...