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  1. RetraCarteR

    Romhackers recreate lost media for "BS F-Zero" from scratch

    Okay, there seems to be some confusion in this thread as to where certain courses come from and what lost content this hack recreates, so let me break it down: In late 1996 and early 1997, BS F-Zero Grand Prix (sometimes referred to as "Grand Prix 1" to differentiate it from the second one) was...
  2. RetraCarteR

    Hacking USB Loader GX

    The video settings available for games depends on the system settings of your EmuNAND, which USB Loader GX creates based on your system's real NAND. This means that it is impossible to run 240p and 480p games on the same EmuNAND within USB Loader GX, but I've found that there is a workaround...
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    Hacking Circle Pad patches for Super Mario 64 DS and other games (in TwilightMenu with TWPatcher and RTCom)

    There's a ROM hack for that available on romhacking.net, but I don't know whether or not it's the same one you're talking about. Still, it might be worth a shot. You can find it here. It even changes the in-game button prompts to reflect the control changes, which is a nice bonus.
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    Hacking Emulation Homebrew USB Loader GX: EmuNAND Settings Issue with VC Release of Sonic & Knuckles

    I run my Wii to my display through a video upscaler called the OSSC, and 240p gives me more control over the scaling than 480p. And I have tested the game on my real NAND, and it's working fine there. The issue is clearly an EmuNAND one. While I could just keep the game on my real NAND...
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    Hacking How would someone using a Wii Mini get around to playing smash mods such as Project M or SMB Universe?

    I mean, there's a hardware mod to add an SD card slot to the Wii Mini, but if you're not willing to go that route, you're kind of out of luck if you want to play anything that requires an SD card.
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    Hacking Circle Pad patches for Super Mario 64 DS and other games (in TwilightMenu with TWPatcher and RTCom)

    Yeah, on DeSmuME, there's already a solution to this problem. Somebody made a fork of it that emulates a hypothetical Slot-2 analog stick add-on and maps it to the touchscreen. Obviously, it's a very different solution to the one shoco came up with.
  7. RetraCarteR

    Hacking Circle Pad patches for Super Mario 64 DS and other games (in TwilightMenu with TWPatcher and RTCom)

    The short answer is that the circle pad patches only work on a 3DS or a 3DS emulator, and will never work on any DS emulator that doesn't also emulate the 3DS. The AR code in and of itself isn't what makes analog control with an analog stick/circle pad in DS games possible; it's just the final...
  8. RetraCarteR

    Hacking USB Loader GX

    The code for Kirby's Return to Dreamland includes an anti-piracy program that freezes the game if it detects that any of the game's code has been altered. Under default settings in previous versions of USB Loader GX, the game worked, but certain loader settings (such as the deflicker patch and...
  9. RetraCarteR

    Hacking USB Loader GX

    If you have "EmuNAND Save Mode" turned on for that game, turn it off. Excite Truck doesn't like that option.
  10. RetraCarteR

    Hacking USB Loader GX

    The "meta.xml" file, located in the same folder as the app's "boot.dol" file. You know how whenever you pull up an app in the Homebrew Channel menu, there's a little blurb about the app that you can read before opening it? That's what the "meta.xml" file contains.
  11. RetraCarteR

    Hacking USB Loader GX

    Sadly, a fix for Tintin is unlikely to materialize in the foreseeable future. The game uses an anti-piracy program for the Wii called MetaFortress, which is specifically designed to prevent games from being played off of a USB device. It works by pinging the Wii's USB ports, and if it sees that...
  12. RetraCarteR

    Hacking USB Loader GX

    Try setting "Aspect Ratio" to "Force 4:3" and "Dol Video Patch" to "All". If that doesn't work, set "Video Width" to "Framebuffer". If that doesn't work, go to "Features" in the global settings menu and set "Wii U Widescreen" to "Off". I don't have a Wii U myself, so I can't test it out, but I'm...
  13. RetraCarteR

    Is it worth the hassle moving from an RVL-101 to an RVL-001 for BootMii as boot2?

    Short answer: yes they are, but you can't install BootMii as boot2 on them. Though depending on your needs, that might not matter as much as you'd think. Long answer: the RVL-001 has five motherboard revisions (labeled as 01, 20, 30, 40, and 60, respectively), with each iteration lowering the...
  14. RetraCarteR

    Hacking USB Loader GX

    I've just finished updating the mod with your feedback in mind. Now, it shows two warning prompts when switching over to the new video modes and gives users the option to opt out of doing so, in which case the video mode will be set back to the default. If the user proceeds anyways, one last...
  15. RetraCarteR

    Hacking USB Loader GX

    @Darz Just checking: you do have your paths set up correctly, right?
  16. RetraCarteR

    Hacking USB Loader GX

    Hey everyone! I've created a fork of USB Loader GX that allows users to force 240p (NTSC and PAL) and 288p (PAL only) video modes, and I've submitted a pull request on GitHub to merge it into the main project. I've tested out a few games using the new "Force NTSC 240p60" option I added under...
  17. RetraCarteR

    Hacking USB Loader GX

    Thanks! I'll see if I can get it to work in the next few days.
  18. RetraCarteR

    Hacking USB Loader GX

    @blackb0x Thanks for putting the r1281 update out so quickly. I didn't personally experience any of the bugs that people are saying were introduced in r1280, but I'll be sure to update regardless. Are we allowed to make feature requests here? Because if so, one thing I'd really like to see is...
  19. RetraCarteR

    Hacking USB Loader GX

    Okay, that makes sense. Guess I'll switch to the new recommended cIOS setup, then.
  20. RetraCarteR

    Hacking USB Loader GX

    Thanks so much for the updates! I'll be sure to try them out later today. Just one thing: I saw that along with your cIOS update, you changed the recommended installation slot order so that base IOS 56 is now the default instead of base 57. Why is that? Has base 57 finally been conclusively...
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