GAF Wii Homebrew thread: Homebrew, emulators, USB disc installs! Easy tutorial!
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Snes9X is irritating me. Since the very beginning, it's been smooth as silk on my console, but now it's nowhere near as fluid when playing a game. Like it's dropping frames every so often - it's a pretty big problem for me. And Yoshi's Island doesn't work anywhere near as good as it used to either.
I'm on the latest update - is there a better one I should use?
I'm on the latest update - is there a better one I should use?
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
Clipper, you said there was no danger in updating the shop using the GWHT's method, but what about Wiibrew's warning about working with the NAND potentially being dangerous and of the possibility of having my Internet go out during the process?
Also, if for whatever reason I did update to 4.3 sometime later, would there be a problem with the shop already being updated?
Also, if for whatever reason I did update to 4.3 sometime later, would there be a problem with the shop already being updated?
Saves also go on your NAND. As would the 4.3 update itself. With the stuff that is being updated, you would have to be extremely unlucky for it to go wrong. Also, the warnings are there for the other stuff that can be updated by WiiSCU, like how it used to have IOS60, which could cause problems if it was only partly updated.Sir Ilpalazzo said:
The update upgrades the titles involved in exactly the same way as the Nintendo update would, so the official update would just ignore them as they had already been updated (or possibly Overwrite them with exactly the same thing).
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
I started the process, and it downloaded IOS61 with no problem, but while it was downloading the shop channel, it stopped at part 12 of 18 and displayed a red error message, saying that it failed with error -1. What does this mean?
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
Okay, thanks.
GodfatherX
Member
I am soo far behind on wii homebrew...USB loader? Snes9 ?
I haven't turned my wii on in a year, and I used the Twilight trick probably 18 months ago..but my girlfriend who loves wii is moving in with me so guess u should catch up
kind of imtimadating
I haven't turned my wii on in a year, and I used the Twilight trick probably 18 months ago..but my girlfriend who loves wii is moving in with me so guess u should catch up
kind of imtimadating
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Most of it is pretty simple. If you can get anything to run using one of the methods, you can install the Homebrew Channel. And once you've got that going it's easy to put in Homebrew Browser and get most of what you'd want straight from the Wii.
Setting up a USB loader to rip and play your games has quite a few more specific steps that does get quite intimidating, even if it is explained well at the wiki.
Setting up a USB loader to rip and play your games has quite a few more specific steps that does get quite intimidating, even if it is explained well at the wiki.
You can just copy them over, but I don't recommend it as you can't install games to an NTFS partition at the current time.TwinIonEngines said:
It doesn't work? This probably has something to do with the video mode. It doesn't support 480p by default, if that's what your Wii is set to. You may need to use one of the other methods for it that allows you to force 480p. E.g., Cfg will force 480p if you set Video to Force NTSC and Video Patch to All.daakusedo said:
GodfatherX
Member
I think im on 3.1 or something NTSC, with the homebrew channel already, just not sure the best way to go about updating to a newer firmware and I need to look into usb loader, im assuming with it, it prevents a lot of the issues I was having before with back ups skipping and suchJoshuaJSlone said:
Clipper said:
It's a different drive with a 1TB partition (about 300 GB free), I wanted to use it because I'm not confident about the drive I'm using now, and I'd still have the FAT drive to install games onto, but it doesn't seem to want to load so I may have to give up on the idea.
Can you run CFG off USB/NTFS, or would I need to put it on an SD card?
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
daakusedo said:
If you mean playing it by disc, then I always used Gecko OS and it worked flawless, dunno about Startpatch.
I'm going to ask for clarifications here; long story short: a kid buys a second hand Wii with god-knows-what on it.
We want to remove that stuff.
When he put his newly-purchased Mario Galaxy 2 it asked to upgrade to 4.2, and the system also said that if he proceeds, there may be a brick chance.
If he does update, will it just remove the HBC/everything else? (good thing since "we" want to do that) or will it 100% brick his Wii?
This is a little difficult because I'm just trying to help a poster from another forum, I haven't seen the Wii in question, I absolutely don't know the homebrew it runs, but I'm pretty sure there's also stuff we can't discuss on GAF.
So we want to remove that in a safe way: is Galaxy 2 safe? thanks!
We want to remove that stuff.
When he put his newly-purchased Mario Galaxy 2 it asked to upgrade to 4.2, and the system also said that if he proceeds, there may be a brick chance.
If he does update, will it just remove the HBC/everything else? (good thing since "we" want to do that) or will it 100% brick his Wii?
This is a little difficult because I'm just trying to help a poster from another forum, I haven't seen the Wii in question, I absolutely don't know the homebrew it runs, but I'm pretty sure there's also stuff we can't discuss on GAF.
So we want to remove that in a safe way: is Galaxy 2 safe? thanks!
viewtiful_dru
Member
Wizpig said:
You could just update. http://wiibrew.org/wiki/System_Menu_4.2
check that link. If there's anything that's still installed on the Wii (aside from IOSes that some games require) remove it with AnyTitleDeleter.
if anything though, I don't think having the HBC hurts you. I would at least keep that installed.
radioheadrule83
Banned
DARKCORP Lite v1.1's installer uses the TBR-41 bomb hack to install cIOS249, so 4.3 is pretty much defeated.
I'm not saying its completely cool to update now, if you're going to update - do it in a way that'll avoid all your shit being deleted, but if you have already updated and have been without homebrew, there may now be a way for you to rectify the situation
I'm not saying its completely cool to update now, if you're going to update - do it in a way that'll avoid all your shit being deleted, but if you have already updated and have been without homebrew, there may now be a way for you to rectify the situation
radioheadrule83 said:DARKCORP Lite v1.1's installer uses the TBR-41 bomb hack to install cIOS249, so 4.3 is pretty much defeated.
I'm not saying its completely cool to update now, if you're going to update - do it in a way that'll avoid all your shit being deleted, but if you have already updated and have been without homebrew, there may now be a way for you to rectify the situation
No idea what that DARKCORP thing is, but I'm happy to see 4.3 fall.
What a useless fucking update.
It hasn't fully fallen yet. We don't have a BannerBomb replacement. If you are stupid enough to update before the new HBC comes out, you may very well lose your only method of running homebrew and will need to own Lego Indiana Jones if it's a PAL Wii or Lego Indiana Jones or Super Smash Bros. Brawl if it's a US Wii. If it's a Japanese or Korean Wii, you have no option at the current time.
DO NOT use any of the current 4.3 upgrade techniques. Especially not the DARKCORP one. That's the new name for the old CIOSCorp and it's just as stupid and useless as ever. Waninkoko's one is just as bad.
If you are in the boat that you already updated, then yes, you could use one of the current techniques to get your homebrew back now, but I strongly recommend against such things. Just wait until the new HBC releases. It will only be another week, probably. At that point, I will update the GWHT to include methods to restore everything on your Wii.
If all you want to do is remove homebrew, I suggest you do the following:
That technique should restore you fairly close to factory settings. You could also Format the Wii in order to remove HBC and the other channels. If, instead, you wanted to leave the HBC but remove the nasty stuff, then the IOS stuff should be enough.
DO NOT use any of the current 4.3 upgrade techniques. Especially not the DARKCORP one. That's the new name for the old CIOSCorp and it's just as stupid and useless as ever. Waninkoko's one is just as bad.
If you are in the boat that you already updated, then yes, you could use one of the current techniques to get your homebrew back now, but I strongly recommend against such things. Just wait until the new HBC releases. It will only be another week, probably. At that point, I will update the GWHT to include methods to restore everything on your Wii.
If the HBC were updated, then HBC won't be removed. Only some of the IOSes installed will be removed too.Wizpig said:
If all you want to do is remove homebrew, I suggest you do the following:
- Use AnyTitle Deleter MOD to delete all non-normal channels except the HBC.
- Use Dop-Mii to install the latest version of every Nintendo IOS except for those that are a multiple of 10 (30, 40, 50, etc.).
- Delete the HBC using the Wii settings menu
- Update online
That technique should restore you fairly close to factory settings. You could also Format the Wii in order to remove HBC and the other channels. If, instead, you wanted to leave the HBC but remove the nasty stuff, then the IOS stuff should be enough.
GodfatherX
Member
Clipper said:Looks like you didn't notice the multiple links in this thread to this:
It will answer all of your questions and then some.
it did wonders...like telling me the safest upgrade path from 3.1u, or if I should keep my twilight hack in tact and just upgrade the firmware, and several other specific questions that a person would be totally out of place to ask on an online forum
I understand the "check the guide/wiki" mentality but sometimes people want a bit more info in regards to their specific situation
Right, and there is nothing wrong with asking that sort of stuff if it isn't covered, but every one of the questions you asked was already answered there. It also sounded like you were looking for information along paths that often lead to disaster, so I wanted to make sure you were safe.GodfatherX said:
If you do have further questions not answered by the Wiki, by all means ask them. That's how I learn what needs to be added or explained better within the tutorial/FAQs.
Shotgun Kiss
Member
Hey, I've downloaded and am in the process of running WiiSCU in order to update the Wii Shop channel. However, upon running it, I get a notice that says:
"PLEASE READ IF YOU DON'T WANT DUPE WEATHER/NEWS CHANNELS
I have determined that your Wii runs PAL channels.
If this information is incorrect, your SYSCONF may be corrupt, or you need to change your GAME REGION in AnyRegionChanger.
I will use this information to install your region weather/news channel.
Press (1) to continue or HOME to exit."
My Wii is indeed PAL. If I continue, I'm not going to get duplicate weather and news channels installed, am I? Or is the point of that notice to say that if my setting are wrong, *then* I would end up with dupes?
"PLEASE READ IF YOU DON'T WANT DUPE WEATHER/NEWS CHANNELS
I have determined that your Wii runs PAL channels.
If this information is incorrect, your SYSCONF may be corrupt, or you need to change your GAME REGION in AnyRegionChanger.
I will use this information to install your region weather/news channel.
Press (1) to continue or HOME to exit."
My Wii is indeed PAL. If I continue, I'm not going to get duplicate weather and news channels installed, am I? Or is the point of that notice to say that if my setting are wrong, *then* I would end up with dupes?
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
If all you do is follow what it says on the GWHT, then you'll have no problem. That's just a warning in case you want to mess with those.
Shotgun Kiss
Member
Thanks.
Also, the GWHT guide says to select v19 for the Wii Shop Channel, but I noticed I have the option to select up to v25. I was just wondering if the guide was a little out of date? Or does it specify v19 as the later ones cause issues or something?
Also, the GWHT guide says to select v19 for the Wii Shop Channel, but I noticed I have the option to select up to v25. I was just wondering if the guide was a little out of date? Or does it specify v19 as the later ones cause issues or something?
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
I don't know the details, but v19 is your best choice. It is the newest version.
Shotgun Kiss
Member
Sir Ilpalazzo said:
I just finished everything, and started up the Wii Shop channel. Is it normal for it to run slower, or is it just a coincidence?
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
It might be a coincidence, or maybe your connection or something. The shop you get through homebrew is no different from the one you would have gotten through 4.3.
Shotgun Kiss
Member
OK, that's good to know. Thanks again.
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So I don't know what to do here, so I am turning to homebrew for hopefully an answer.
I used to have the hbc channel and all that on my wii, but I decided I didn't want/need it anymore, and have just been updating my software directly through the Wii. Now that 4.3U is out, I tried updating, but I keep getting error 32017, and it won't do anything else. When I try to access the shop channel, it tells me that I need the update. So I go back to try updating again, when I notice that now on the settings page, it says I have version 4.3U already. So I try the shop channel again, and again it tells me that I need the update.
I don't know what to do here. I wanna be able to access the shop channel.
I looked at the wiki but wasn't seeing anything that fits what's going on with me. I don't wanna have to send my wii in because for one thing it's way out of warranty, and another thing I don't know if Nintendo can detect that I had the HBC channel and stuff on there and end up refusing to fix it anyway.
I guess my other option is to wait for a game to come out that has 4.3U on it, but who knows when that'll happen. I no longer have the HBC, and since it's saying I'm on 4.3U already I assume I can't update the shop channel that way.
help me obi-gaf kenobi, you're my only hope.
I used to have the hbc channel and all that on my wii, but I decided I didn't want/need it anymore, and have just been updating my software directly through the Wii. Now that 4.3U is out, I tried updating, but I keep getting error 32017, and it won't do anything else. When I try to access the shop channel, it tells me that I need the update. So I go back to try updating again, when I notice that now on the settings page, it says I have version 4.3U already. So I try the shop channel again, and again it tells me that I need the update.
I don't know what to do here. I wanna be able to access the shop channel.
I looked at the wiki but wasn't seeing anything that fits what's going on with me. I don't wanna have to send my wii in because for one thing it's way out of warranty, and another thing I don't know if Nintendo can detect that I had the HBC channel and stuff on there and end up refusing to fix it anyway.
I guess my other option is to wait for a game to come out that has 4.3U on it, but who knows when that'll happen. I no longer have the HBC, and since it's saying I'm on 4.3U already I assume I can't update the shop channel that way.
help me obi-gaf kenobi, you're my only hope.
The error may have been caused by Nintendo's servers being too busy. Try again at a different time. If that doesn't work, wait for the new HBC to release. At that point, you will be able to use the homebrew Wii Shop techniques to forcibly update the Wii Shop.
If it's a PAL Wii, you will also need Lego Indiana Jones. If a US Wii, having Super Smash Bros. Brawl is also enough. Yours seems to be US , so either is good.
If it's a PAL Wii, you will also need Lego Indiana Jones. If a US Wii, having Super Smash Bros. Brawl is also enough. Yours seems to be US , so either is good.
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Sweet. I'll try again tomorrow or so. Thanks Clipper!
Ok, I've looked all over, and I need some help. I recently used wbfs file to convert all my isos to wbfs files. I reformatted my freeagent to be a fat32 with the only partition set as active. I have got 249 v19 and 222/223 v4. I've got the wbfs files in USB:\wbfs\
As far as I can tell, I did it all right. But when I open usbloader gx or cfg loader, no games appear. Nada. I've set both to look at the fat32 partition. Nothing.
What am I missing? Any ideas? I'm about ready to go back to wbfs, except I'm not sure if wbfs manager will accept the .wbfs format or how to convert back to iso files.
As far as I can tell, I did it all right. But when I open usbloader gx or cfg loader, no games appear. Nada. I've set both to look at the fat32 partition. Nothing.
What am I missing? Any ideas? I'm about ready to go back to wbfs, except I'm not sure if wbfs manager will accept the .wbfs format or how to convert back to iso files.
Thanks for the help. I figured it out, sort of. I renamed the .wbfs filename to the name of the game, taking out the Game ID. CFG will only read it if it has the game ID in the filename. So I'm doing the files as (Game Name) (Game ID).wbfs.
USB Loader GX is still not seeing anything, which is annoying, but oh well.
USB Loader GX is still not seeing anything, which is annoying, but oh well.
josh_tarrant
Neo Member
I am currently using a USB loader and I have filled up my rather small hardrive - around 40gig. I am going to buy a bigger one - but before I do - is there any way to transfer the games over from Hard Drive to Hard Drive or would I need to rip them all again?? Also I am a mac user - dont know if that makes any difference.
Also does anyone know of a way to use the BBC iplayer outside of the UK - I have a UK wii but now live in Australia and I really miss the use of the iplayer as it was rather nifty.
Thanks in advance.
Also does anyone know of a way to use the BBC iplayer outside of the UK - I have a UK wii but now live in Australia and I really miss the use of the iplayer as it was rather nifty.
Thanks in advance.
If the hard drive is formatted as FAT32, you can just copy them over. If it is WBFS, I suggest you use this opportunity to move over to FAT32 on the new drive anyway. The application and instructions at this page should help with that transfer, but you have to be familiar with the Mac equivalent to the command line. If you do work out how to use the Mac version of the app, please post your instructions as several less savvy Mac users have requested those instructions and I don't own one.josh_tarrant said: