Hacking NOOB PARADISE - ask away

GreyWolf · Apr 26, 2017

WBFS was originally a partition type that only stored the contents of Wii discs. The library was updated later on to support reading files as if they were WBFS partitions. Those can be put on any type of partition type that your cIOS supports. (i.e.: FAT32, NTFS, ext2)

It's easiest to use just one FAT32 partition. That way it's accessible by all homebrew and loaders. WitGUI uses Wiimm's ISO Tools and should support copying games to your drive in a /wbfs folder. Make sure to check the option to split them at 4GB so they will fit.

nonstopski · Apr 26, 2017

GreyWolf said:
WBFS was originally a partition type that only stored the contents of Wii discs. The library was updated later on to support reading files as if they were WBFS partitions. Those can be put on any type of partition type that your cIOS supports. (i.e.: FAT32, NTFS, ext2)

It's easiest to use just one FAT32 partition. That way it's accessible by all homebrew and loaders. WitGUI uses Wiimm's ISO Tools and should support copying games to your drive in a /wbfs folder. Make sure to check the option to split them at 4GB so they will fit.

Ah, ok, there was my disconnect. Probably another case of me reading old things that aren't true anymore. Thanks! Does formatting it in Fat32 in "32k clusters" still matter? Or nah? Mac doesn't make it very easy to specify the clusters.

jeannotte · Apr 26, 2017

@ Nonstopski

A DDE in FAT 32 ==> for Wii
And with 32 Clusters ==> for if you play with gamesGamecube

After you have to see

Sableswirl · Apr 27, 2017

ISSUE: Cannot load Ocarina/Codes through USB Loader or Configurable USB Loader successfully on Mario Kart Wii.

Anytime I go online with the codes it either:

Allows me to play 1 match without issue and then freezes up with a black screen on the following match. I don't even make past the voting screen.
Black screens as the first match starts.

I've tried a few different hooks to see if it changes anything...But, it simply doesn't. I'm not sure what the default hook to use for codes is. I'm finding conflicting information on this. Or do I simply just enable Ocarina and ignore the hook type?

I have the codes in a GCT labeled: RMCE01.gct within the codes folder on the root of the SD card. I'm not entirely sure if maybe my codehandler is causing the issue? I can load up the game and run everything else just fine without the Ocarina or the codes enabled.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

GreyWolf · Apr 27, 2017

Uh, why are you using cheats in an online game? It will end up getting your console banned.

Sableswirl · Apr 27, 2017

GreyWolf said:
Uh, why are you using cheats in an online game? It will end up getting your console banned.

I didn't realize the "character/vehicle change between matches" code was bannable.

nonstopski · Apr 27, 2017

Once I have a ripped game finally in WBFS file format, there isn't anything else for me to before I put it on my USB Hard drive, is there?

i0nzeu5 · Apr 28, 2017

Hi all, I'm wondering a few things & hopeful someone can help me out.
1) should the emulators be kept on the same device as the ROM's?
or
2) can the emulators themselves (such as FCEUX, SNES9x etc) be placed on a different device than the ROM's?
3) is there any benefit to one setup vs the other?

On my SD card I currently have ALL my emulators, ROM's & Gamecube ISO's.
On my USB device I have my Wii wbfs files

I'm just interested in streamlining things or wondering if there is a "preferred" organizational scheme?

For reference I launch FCEUGX, SNES9XGX & VBAGX as channels. I launch GenplusGX & Wiimednafen thru Homebrew. And I launch Nintendont & USBLoaderGX "forwarders" (they look just like channels but apparently dont take up actual memory on the Wii?) & I think are called "wad" files?

Ha! sorry if these are dumb questions. Getting into modding at 43 is fun but the learning curve is steep.

banjo2 · Apr 28, 2017

Sableswirl said:
I didn't realize the "character/vehicle change between matches" code was bannable.

My understanding is that it's not. But it's better to use something such as CTGP Revolution (http://chadsoft.co.uk) with that feature built in, plus some other fun in-game stuff, and 218 custom tracks.

nonstopski said:
Once I have a ripped game finally in WBFS file format, there isn't anything else for me to before I put it on my USB Hard drive, is there?

When you rip the game, it should already be on the USB drive unless you ripped it on another device. And no, other then making the folder, I don't think so.

nonstopski · Apr 29, 2017

EDIT: Nevermind i was using Witgui somewhat incorrectly

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nonstopski · Apr 29, 2017

New question: What's the best way to handle the fact that the Wii has a tiny internal memory? I moved a lot of my VC games over to my SD, but my SD is only 2 GB. I have read about EmuNAND, which makes it sound like you can run VC games from that + USB Loader GX. But is that the only way?

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Previous question has been edited & FIXED :

Seems with Yet Another WAD Manager, the WADs are listed twice, one at 0.0 MB, and secondly at their actual size. So I had to scroll way down the list to see the "real" WADs. Once I did that, things installed great. So, that solved me seeing WADs as 0.0 MB and getting the "ret = -1" error

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Using Yet another Wad Manger, and I have bunch of n64 Virtual Console WADs in a "wad" folder on the SD card (in root). And WADMAnager's folder is in the apps folder.

My SD card is about 1/3rd empty (so it's pretty full). The wads live on the the SD card, but when I go to load them or install them, they say they are 0 MB file sizes and I get the ret = -1 error code. I also copied them to my USB drive and tried to load them from there. Nothing. Shows the files at 0 MB! Same error!

I already added one or two forwarder wads a few days ago, so I don't know what the issue is. I also downloaded a forwarder or 2 from the home brew browser. Could the mix of both be causing an issue?

And when I go into YAWMM, I disable the NAND question when I load WADManager, since I don't know the answer, but based on my setup I think it should be disabled.

I have 1200 blocks free in memory.

I also set up Priloader after I loaded the first two forwarders/one WAD. Maybe that set something wrong?

Echelia · Apr 30, 2017

Hi there!

I found my old Wii not long ago and, surprise! It's bricked. I came upon this forum while looking for a solution, but I've hit a wall. Any help?

Here's what I can tell you:

- Issue: Wii boots into health & safety screen, but no "Press A button to continue" message appears.

- Bought on release day.
- Soft modded with Zelda hack way back when, I don't remember the original configuration of boot/boot2, I do have a back up of my NAND.
- Successfully used a Gamecube controller to boot into recovery, OS version seems to be 4.2 EU.
- Tried booting with an SD (2 GB in FAT32, well, it's actually a microSD with an adapter, but this shouldn't be an issue, right?) with HackMiiInstallerHBCv12, no use.
- Tried booting from recovery with said SD and files + original SSBB, recovery boots. I can hear the DVD being read, screen goes from "4.2 EU" to black, nothing happens.

Any ideas welcome.

Thanks!!

Echelia · Apr 30, 2017

Echelia said:
Hi there!

I found my old Wii not long ago and, surprise! It's bricked. I came upon this forum while looking for a solution, but I've hit a wall. Any help?

Here's what I can tell you:

- Issue: Wii boots into health & safety screen, but no "Press A button to continue" message appears.

- Bought on release day.
- Soft modded with Zelda hack way back when, I don't remember the original configuration of boot/boot2, I do have a back up of my NAND.
- Successfully used a Gamecube controller to boot into recovery, OS version seems to be 4.2 EU.
- Tried booting with an SD (2 GB in FAT32, well, it's actually a microSD with an adapter, but this shouldn't be an issue, right?) with HackMiiInstallerHBCv12, no use.
- Tried booting from recovery with said SD and files + original SSBB, recovery boots. I can hear the DVD being read, screen goes from "4.2 EU" to black, nothing happens.

Any ideas welcome.

Thanks!!

Replying for future reference, because I found out that using a game with a higher OS update (in my case, I needed 4.3, I got a list of games with their updates here: http://forum.wii-homebrew.com/index.php/Thread/5280-Wii-Games-mit-Systemupdate/ ) in Recovery triggers the update and my Wii booted correctly!

In case anyone sees this: is my Wii still softmodded? Should I update something?

Thanks again!

nonstopski · Apr 30, 2017

If I install a VC game from SD to the internal storage using WAD Manager, and THEN to save space on the internal storage I use the Wii's Storage Manager to move the specific VC game/"channel" from Wii to the SD, can I then delete the WAD from the WAD folder, safely?

GreyWolf · May 1, 2017

nonstopski said:
If I install a VC game from SD to the internal storage using WAD Manager, and THEN to save space on the internal storage I use the Wii's Storage Manager to move the specific VC game/"channel" from Wii to the SD, can I then delete the WAD from the WAD folder, safely?

Yup. You won't be able to download the title from the store again unless you purchased it on the same console but after the ticket is installed you can move it back and forth with SD.

Yellowbird · May 1, 2017

What do I need to do to play gamecube games on my wii off my sd card I already have homebrew

nonstopski · May 1, 2017

Yellowbird said:
What do I need to do to play gamecube games on my wii off my sd card I already have homebrew

Nintendont.

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GreyWolf said:
Yup. You won't be able to download the title from the store again unless you purchased it on the same console but after the ticket is installed you can move it back and forth with SD.

Any idea where that SD version of the VC game actually lives? I had a WAD file for *installing* WADs, but now that I moved a few to the SD, did those go back into the WAD folder, i assume, making it impossible to figure out which is which (if that makes sense?)

GreyWolf · May 1, 2017

nonstopski said:
Nintendont.

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Any idea where that SD version of the VC game actually lives? I had a WAD file for *installing* WADs, but now that I moved a few to the SD, did those go back into the WAD folder, i assume, making it impossible to figure out which is which (if that makes sense?)

They're stored in a folder called /private/wii/title/XXXX where the "XXXX" is the title ID. They're encrypted by the system menu when they're copied so you can't use them on another console. There is a homebrew app called BlueDump that you can use to make WADs out of stuff that's installed on the console.

wangsouffle · May 2, 2017

Can someone explain the directory structure requirements needed to get modern neek2o to boot? I have several backups in usb:/wbfs/ but /games is empty on both my SD and USB. I also have a single emunand in usb:/nands/<name>/. Should this be enough to get uneek+di to boot properly?

Nothing has worked for me so far with three different USB drives, so I'm curious if I'm doing something wrong or if I have terrible luck with incompatible drives.

I've tried building uneek+di via ModMii (r96) and using the packaged version (r96 beta 8.6) from the wiiflow master pack, both without success.

Zarathustra27 · May 2, 2017

I am experiencing several issues with my soft mod. I have all emulators installed so I can pretty much play any old game I want. However, I want to use emu nand with either usbloadergx or wiiflow, whichever is easier to set up and honestly I've been at it for 5 days and nearly sleepless nights and am still unable to play and have used numerous tutorials. Also, I am able to play most Wii games but no GameCube, which is something I have to be able to do. I've had breakthroughs with both loaders for the emunand but things were never quite right so I keep reading and rebuilding. No matter how hard I search I have some questions that I just can't find. First, usbloadergx will only recognize my usbdrive when I launch from inside MMM. The channel says something along the lines of " can't find usb drive" and it unticks the fourth button "Wii" games from what it shows. This happened after I dumped emunand I don't know if they are related but need to find out. Question 1) how do I uninstall usbloadergx completely so I can reinstall it and launch the forwarder? I tried to manually take it off the SD card but several of the files, the game stamp time and another, won't allow access. Maybe I'm going about it the wrong way and there is a better way I would love to know! 2) what is the absolute, easiest, 100% method I can use to play my wiiware and VC wads and also Wii and GameCube games? Should I start over? I'll do anything at this point that the experts think is best. I have used modmii several times to update everything. Modmii WILL NOT work for making the emunand for sneek it says it can't find an internet connection but everything else downloads fine. 3) on my SD card, in the apps folder, there is a folder d2x cIOS Installer v3.1. that folder is saying it is 402 gb. Inside the folder are 316 files that can't be opened and have crazy names like ", please no" and "per who.sup" and "rohead).(so". What in the world is this file and how do I get rid of it? Also, my SD card is only 2gb! 4) can I just completely redo my SD card put back all the files except this last one in question 3 and the usbloadergx file? 5) and last I promise, I have installed bootmi into boot2, it says it was a success, but it doesn't load into bootmi or have a bootmi launcher in the Homebrew channel. I would like to make a backup but I can't load bootmi.
My soft mod at this time is completely updated through modmii, newest homebrew channel, 4.3u menu, I ran syscheck and the only thing it said I needed was bootmi and HBC. These forums have been so helpful thank you everyone in advance for any input even if you can answer just one or a few questions.
**Update. I have everything working EXCEPT I still cant play GameCube games which is one of my three main reasons for hacking the Wii. I fixed the issues by repairing my SD card, uninstalling and reinstalling the apps I had trouble with. So now, my only question is what is the number one absolute easiest way to play GameCube games on Wii? I've tried dios mios and nintendont without success. With nintendont I get "error 13" it doesn't seem to be able to read my USB cruzer 64 gb flash drive. I followed all guides, I know the GameCube games are ripped correct and that my hard drive is formatted correctly as said in the guides. Very disappointed no one could take a few minutes out to help with the last questions but maybe writing it out inspired me to try another way to fix it

Below is my syscheck log
sysCheck v2.1.0b19 by Double_A and R2-D2199, Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 2007.02.13
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58
HomebrewFilter ist nicht installiert
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 64061489
Boot2 v4
Found 98 titles.
Found 49 IOS on this console. 5 of them are stub.

IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS80 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS202[60] (rev 65535, Info: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38+37] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS224[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236[36] (rev 65535, Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS249[56] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65280): Stub
BC v6
MIOS v10

Report generated on 2017/05/02.

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