Homebrew Been out of the loop and need some advice on USB loaders

[kbf]

I haven't had a modded wii in a long time but in the past I used USB loader GX which seemed to work nicely for me. I got a few questions:


1. I don't have a GCN memory card. Is there still a way to use backups and somehow have a virtual memory card?

2. Do I have to format an HDD like with the Wii U in order to use it?

3. I have vwii and some other files set up on an SD card already, can I just rename the folder "private" to private2 and it will still function? just asking cuz I don't have a ton of space on this card and I wanna use it for both my wii and wii U and didn't want to touch any of the files I already had set up for my wii U.


Thanks.

 

[bbking67]

you'll want to use Nintendont with GameCube games. it will emulate the game card (and let u use regular Wii controllers).
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you really want a FAT32 hard drive for this.

I don't know about the SD card question. why not buy a small cheap SD card for the Wii?

 

[kbf]

you'll want to use Nintendont with GameCube games. it will emulate the game card (and let u use regular Wii controllers).
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you really want a FAT32 hard drive for this.

I don't know about the SD card question. why not buy a small cheap SD card for the Wii?

I have Nintendon't for vwii. Hopefully it will just show up when I try it(moving all the files back now)


Can I set it up somehow so I can play games off an external HDD? because with vwii it seemed like I could only use it on sd card

 

[bbking67]

Yes it can be used with an external HDD but the drive needs to be FAT32 in either case. For example, a WiiU formatted drive will not work--you need a separate drive formatted as FAT32.

You absolutely can use it with a HDD... make sure you are using newer versions of the USB loader and Nintendont and that you are placing the files in the appropriate directories. I use the modded version of cfg loader and Im assuming usb loader gx is similar. The other thing is that realistically you need a hard drive that gets power from a wall plug. I wouldn't mess with 2.5 inch bus-powered devices at all (some people use these with Y adapters to a different power source).

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Yes it can be used with an external HDD but the drive needs to be FAT32 in either case. For example, a WiiU formatted drive will not work--you need a separate drive formatted as FAT32.

You absolutely can use it with a HDD... make sure you are using newer versions of the USB loader and Nintendont and that you are placing the files in the appropriate directories. I use the modded version of cfg loader and Im assuming usb loader gx is similar. The other thing is that realistically you need a hard drive that gets power from a wall plug. I wouldn't mess with 2.5 inch bus-powered devices at all (some people use these with Y adapters to a different power source).

I use mine with a Y-cable and have had no problems with it, I would definitely recommend that over a large 3.5" external that's almost as big as the Wii U. Anyway, it sounds like he's asking about Wii, so it doesn't apply in his case anyway.

I haven't had a modded wii in a long time but in the past I used USB loader GX which seemed to work nicely for me. I got a few questions:


1. I don't have a GCN memory card. Is there still a way to use backups and somehow have a virtual memory card?

2. Do I have to format an HDD like with the Wii U in order to use it?

3. I have vwii and some other files set up on an SD card already, can I just rename the folder "private" to private2 and it will still function? just asking cuz I don't have a ton of space on this card and I wanna use it for both my wii and wii U and didn't want to touch any of the files I already had set up for my wii U.


Thanks.

You don't need to rename the private folder. At least I never bothered with it. Savegames exported to SD are not console unique anyway and IIRC WiiWare/VC are stored in a separate directory for each console so there should be no conflicts.