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ChesterJT posted:Same here. I'm on 4.3 but some homebrew stuff I have requires that I use an older 2gb sd card. I think that issue is more that homebrew makers aren't using the updated libraries (or in most cases, the homebrew app just hasn't been updated in years).
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Well now, either through sheer dumb luck or being able to follow simple yet extensive instructions, possibly both, I modified my Wii using Modmii, doing every step in the generated guide. Quick question: Modmii's menu gives you 'region change' as one of the tasks you can perform, but when I click into the option a handy note tells me it's not necessary to change region to play the games of a different region to your own (mine is a European Wii, and I want to play US games). If that is the case, why would anyone need/want to change their region at all?
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Loader apps can spoof the region, but if you wanted to play an imported game on disc (rather than ripping it and loading your ISO through one of the loaders), you may run into scenarios where you'll need a legit region. That's the only reason I can think of.
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Exioce posted:Quick question: Modmii's menu gives you 'region change' as one of the tasks you can perform, but when I click into the option a handy note tells me it's not necessary to change region to play the games of a different region to your own (mine is a European Wii, and I want to play US games). If that is the case, why would anyone need/want to change their region at all? I guess if you want to buy digital games from another region's Wii Shop? I think I've read somewhere that installing other region WiiWare games can brick your System Menu, but that's entering  territory anyway.
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Exioce posted:Well now, either through sheer dumb luck or being able to follow simple yet extensive instructions, possibly both, I modified my Wii using Modmii, doing every step in the generated guide. There are a small handfull of games that use the system fonts and if you play the game from another region it won't display some or all of the text correctly. I played a lot of Wii imports and the Japanese version of the Klonoa remake had this issue.
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Hi. I know nothing about modding consoles, but I read an article about using the Classic Controller for Donkey Kong Country Returns and I want to do it. I found this article, but I'm not really sure what to do. I'm assuming I have to download this thing, put it on an SD Card and then put the SD card in my Wii? Do I have to use GeckoOS or does LetterBomb work? I'm assuming the steps are really simple, but if not, I'd appreciate if someone spoke to me as if I was a child about this.
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Grump posted:Hi. I know nothing about modding consoles, but I read an article about using the Classic Controller for Donkey Kong Country Returns and I want to do it. Gecko OS is a piece of homebrew or user created software. It's one of several homebrew that can be used to launch a game in a way other than starting the game from the Wii menu. One benefit of this kind of software is the ability to use cheat codes. 'Ocarina' refers to the format of the cheat codes as opposed to game genie or action replay. So you need Gecko OS or a similar launcher on your SD card, as well as the file for the cheat codes it provides. But then you need a way to run this homebrew software; you can't just put it on your SD card and launch it from there. 'Letterbomb' is one of several possible exploits used to install the Homebrew Channel. To prepare your Wii for homebrew the usual recommendation is that you get a program called ModMii for your computer. It will ask you questions about what you want to be able to do with your Wii, then it will download all of the files you need and put them in a folder called 'COPY CONTENTS TO SD CARD' or something. It will also generate a step-by-step guide just for you.
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Thanks. Unfortunately, I won't be able to give this a try until Spring Break.
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Anyone have any idea why the Homebrew Channel, FCE Ultra, etc are working on my Wii U but the forwarders for everything but Configurable USB Loader aren't working? Google has been utterly loving useless
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I softmodded my Wii a while ago and don't really care much about that functionality anymore, however my shop & Netflix channels aren't working and require an update. If I re-enable allowing software updates, will I be able to get the latest updates for those channels without problems? Again, I don't care about the softmod functionality anymore.
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Yeah, you should be able to just do a system update, it'll delete all the homebrew stuff but everything else should be fine.
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This is driving me crazy. In Xenoblade, I know there is an Ocarina code that can make it so that you always get Mega Heat after crafting a gem. I know this because I used it. But I lost the .gct file and code .txt file due to doing something stupid, so I need I find it again because it's not in the standard SX4E01.txt. But I cannot for the life of me find it anywhere on the internet again.
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Not really a homebrew question but are those HDMI converters any good?
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Nate RFB posted:This is driving me crazy. In Xenoblade, I know there is an Ocarina code that can make it so that you always get Mega Heat after crafting a gem. I know this because I used it. But I lost the .gct file and code .txt file due to doing something stupid, so I need I find it again because it's not in the standard SX4E01.txt. But I cannot for the life of me find it anywhere on the internet again. I have that code (a quick count shows me that i have a list of 75 various codes for Xenoblade), but it's for the PAL version, or SX4P01. I doubt it'll work, but you can try. 04222074 380001FE 04222160 380001FE
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:Are there any good 3rd party wireless GC controllers for Wii usage? I have a used Wavebird, but I'm not overly fond of it I'm interested.
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So I have a few questions: I've been able to run Devolution, the gamecube usb loader, from Configurable USB Loader before, but I cannot for the life of me remember how I got that app to recognize the gamecube games on my USB drive. Anyone have any thoughts? Also, is there anyway I can use cheat codes like Action Replay stuff with Devolution?
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ChaosArgate posted:So I have a few questions: I've been able to run Devolution, the gamecube usb loader, from Configurable USB Loader before, but I cannot for the life of me remember how I got that app to recognize the gamecube games on my USB drive. Anyone have any thoughts? Download the the one at the very top, cfg70MODr65.dol, rename it boot.dol, then have it replace the boot.dol in your USB Loader folder.
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Purple D. Link posted:This mod of Configurable USB Loader should let it see GCN games https://code.google.com/p/cfg-loader-mod/downloads/list How should I keep the GCN games on the usb drive though? Should they be in a games folder, like Devolution uses, or should they be in the wbfs folder?
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ChaosArgate posted:How should I keep the GCN games on the usb drive though? Should they be in a games folder, like Devolution uses, or should they be in the wbfs folder? *would look something like this, GQSEAF, which is the ID for Tales of Symphonia. It also really has to be called game.iso.
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Oh, cool, it works! Now I'm having issues trying to get it to think there's a memory card in place. 
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Right so I figured it was time I got a dedicated SD card for Wii stuff as I booted up the Wii again and want to start trying out some homebrew games and more applications. At the moment I've been sharing my old 512 MB SD card between the Wii and the camera and I think I don't want to use the same SD card for my 3DS and for Wii homebrew. Any manufacturers that are more/less recommended than others? Kingston, Sandisk, Transcend, Lexar? Anything else?
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KennyMan666 posted:Right so I figured it was time I got a dedicated SD card for Wii stuff as I booted up the Wii again and want to start trying out some homebrew games and more applications. At the moment I've been sharing my old 512 MB SD card between the Wii and the camera and I think I don't want to use the same SD card for my 3DS and for Wii homebrew. Any manufacturers that are more/less recommended than others? Kingston, Sandisk, Transcend, Lexar? Anything else? I've pretty much always used Kingston and Sandisk, and both have given me pretty much no issues, though I had better luck on my Wii with Kingston as my Sandisk card didn't read the first few times I tried it, which may not have anything to do with the brand.
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KennyMan666 posted:Right so I figured it was time I got a dedicated SD card for Wii stuff as I booted up the Wii again and want to start trying out some homebrew games and more applications. At the moment I've been sharing my old 512 MB SD card between the Wii and the camera and I think I don't want to use the same SD card for my 3DS and for Wii homebrew. Any manufacturers that are more/less recommended than others? Kingston, Sandisk, Transcend, Lexar? Anything else? You're not going to believe this.
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Well, even if I did, I believe the line that says it doesn't ship to me. Was going to pick one up since I'd be heading into town tomorrow anyway, just need to decide if I want 8 or 16 GB.
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Alright. So I'm trying to make this thing do all the things the FAQ says it will do. I put all the stuff from COPY_TO_SD where it's supposed to be, turned "private" into "privateold," stuck it in, clicked the letterbomb, and all that happens is my screen goes black and I have to reset. What am I doing wrong?
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I cracked my Wii recently and didn't have to rename anything, did you use ModMii?
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DiscoMouse posted:I cracked my Wii recently and didn't have to rename anything, did you use ModMii? Yes I did! I fixed the problem, I think, via the magic of actually putting the right MAC address. Now the opening screen gives me the new options, but I can't choose anything. I have to reset and it takes me to the regular start screen.
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I think at one step you could only control the options with the buttons on the console, maybe give that a try.
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Your Boy Fancy posted:Yes I did! I fixed the problem, I think, via the magic of actually putting the right MAC address. Yeah if you get to that point try using either a Gamecube controller or the physical buttons on the console itself. Good luck you're so close!!
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Hey WiiGoons, I have a question for this fine thread. A friend lend me his old Wii and asked me to add the homebrew channel so he can play off his HDD. I basically followed these instructions which was probably a bad idea on hindsight (should've just searched on SA, as I usually do). I've done the whole thing, but my HDD is formated as NTFS (and contains a bunch of personal things). Since I read that the USB loader only works with FAT32... I copied everything from my HDD, formated it to FAT32, then tried to copy a disc file... only to realize the images are more than 4gb in size and FAT32 doesn't work with that. So that was fun! Anyway, my plan was to buy a 12gb-or-so flash drive and format it to wbfs, and use that for my copies. That said, should I do this some other way? I don't know if I can just run ModMii and follow the steps on the OP, after I already did the other instructions. I'd risk it but the Wii is a friend's, so I really don't want to brick it due to me being stupid. One last thing: my region is PAL if that matters. Thanks in advance! Hugoon Chavez fucked around with this message at 07:56 on Sep 8, 2014 |
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https://code.google.com/p/usbloader-gui/ works with NTFS drives, you just have to change a setting to enable it, I believe.
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FlyingCheese posted:https://code.google.com/p/usbloader-gui/ works with NTFS drives, you just have to change a setting to enable it, I believe. Huh, this is the Loader I'm using, but it hasn't worked so far with my 2Tb HDD. May be because of the HDD itself? Fake Edit: Wait, I haven't been using the proper folder, just placing the games in root. That's probably related  still, it freezes at "Loading HDD" (or something like that), but I'll try using the HDD right today before buying anything else.
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Hugoon Chavez posted:Huh, this is the Loader I'm using, but it hasn't worked so far with my 2Tb HDD. May be because of the HDD itself? FAT32 is fine even for large discs if you convert them to wbfs format, files get split before the size limit so they fit nicely. Did you convert back to NTFS? I've always had the least trouble when using Configurable USB loader. I think it can let you select device and partition on startup which eases troubleshooting.
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Keito posted:FAT32 is fine even for large discs if you convert them to wbfs format, files get split before the size limit so they fit nicely. Did you convert back to NTFS? Yeah, back to NTFS since I actually use it for regular stuff. Think I'll try with proper folders + Configurable USB and if that doesn't work I'll just get a flash drive and use it exclusively for the Zelda console.
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You also need to use a backup manager to place the games on the drive. Can't just drop the games in the wbfs folder.
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Hugoon Chavez posted:Yeah, back to NTFS since I actually use it for regular stuff. Think I'll try with proper folders + Configurable USB and if that doesn't work I'll just get a flash drive and use it exclusively for the Zelda console. Just remembered only one of the USB ports is good for attaching storage, but not which that is. So if you've only tried one with your HDD, try the other. Getting some dedicated storage for the console is probably a good idea either way though.
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Active666 posted:You also need to use a backup manager to place the games on the drive. Can't just drop the games in the wbfs folder. You sure can.
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Active666 posted:You also need to use a backup manager to place the games on the drive. Can't just drop the games in the wbfs folder. Isn't that the case if the whole drive is in wbfs format (and only because the OS won't recognize it)? .wfbs should move without a problem as a regular file, right? Keito posted:Just remembered only one of the USB ports is good for attaching storage, but not which that is. So if you've only tried one with your HDD, try the other. Getting some dedicated storage for the console is probably a good idea either way though. Yeah, I'm using the one closest to the edge of the wii, the other one doesn't even recognize that there's something plugged in (and just tells me that there's nothing to see, instead of freezing when loading it) edit: thanks for all the help!
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Active666 posted:You also need to use a backup manager to place the games on the drive. Can't just drop the games in the wbfs folder. For all it's worth my setup uses a dedicated 250gb external USB hard drive connected to both usb ports. I use Wii Backup Manager (WBM) to throw my disc images on and have never had a single issue with it. In face it's so nice it's almost too drat easy.
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Tyson Tomko posted:For all it's worth my setup uses a dedicated 250gb external USB hard drive connected to both usb ports. I use Wii Backup Manager (WBM) to throw my disc images on and have never had a single issue with it. In face it's so nice it's almost too drat easy. This is what I meant
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