Hello out there!
I hope I'm posting in the right spot for this, but I've been using tons of the homebrew wii resources out there to softmod, and have been successful in getting a ton of awesome features set up properly, primarily using the Mastermod pack by Abz. As I've gotten a little more familiar with some of the potential features that can be used, I have encountered some difficulties that I have been unable to solve properly (running a Project M iso, running Neek2o on an emulated nand to install all the VC/Wiiware channels I want, getting PSX to load my PS1 .bins from USB, and general emulator strangeness when loading games off of USB rather than SD) despite my concerted efforts and a decent chunk of time invested in solving each problem, so I wanted to know the best way to go about the modding process again. I have just enough experience messing with all of this to see what a properly finished product could look like, so I have a few particular goals in mind:
1) Use a FAT32 formatted HDD (500gb) to play .wbfs files, GCN backups through Nintendont, PSX .bins through WiiSX, GBA and SNES games through vgbax and snes9xgx respectively. I have achieved all of this in Wiiflow, but because of SD size limitations, I want all of this stored on my external HDD. Ideally I want as close to 100% of files to be stored on USB, including the apps folder and the Wiiflow folder with its various plugins.
2) Create an emulated NAND on this USB, and load all my Wiiware/VC .wads through it in Neek (I have tried and failed using the included Fresh_Emunand_4.3_Uneek_DI_Rev96 in the Mastermod pack, but was hopeful it could be a formatting issue/have another separate HDD that could be experimented with)
3) Use the emuNAND for all of my gamesaves, including GC games (if this is possible)
4) Play movies and shows with >4gb file sizes stored on this USB through WiiMC.
I'm not actually 100% that this is possible on a HDD with a single FAT32 partition, so can anyone speak to that? If that all is possible then its just a matter of getting all the Coverflow stuff configured (found a good Mastershoes guide to the more difficult aspects of that) until my organizational OCD is satisifed. Is there any super specific step I should take before starting this whole process to help ensure at the end everything is functional? More than willing to reinstall any cIOS/.wad/run ModMii and have a PC, 2gb SD card, and another HDD that can be used.
Right now I have all of my Wii games (in .wbfs format from Wii Backup Manager) and GCN games in a freshly reformatted FAT32 HDD, what next?
I hope I'm posting in the right spot for this, but I've been using tons of the homebrew wii resources out there to softmod, and have been successful in getting a ton of awesome features set up properly, primarily using the Mastermod pack by Abz. As I've gotten a little more familiar with some of the potential features that can be used, I have encountered some difficulties that I have been unable to solve properly (running a Project M iso, running Neek2o on an emulated nand to install all the VC/Wiiware channels I want, getting PSX to load my PS1 .bins from USB, and general emulator strangeness when loading games off of USB rather than SD) despite my concerted efforts and a decent chunk of time invested in solving each problem, so I wanted to know the best way to go about the modding process again. I have just enough experience messing with all of this to see what a properly finished product could look like, so I have a few particular goals in mind:
1) Use a FAT32 formatted HDD (500gb) to play .wbfs files, GCN backups through Nintendont, PSX .bins through WiiSX, GBA and SNES games through vgbax and snes9xgx respectively. I have achieved all of this in Wiiflow, but because of SD size limitations, I want all of this stored on my external HDD. Ideally I want as close to 100% of files to be stored on USB, including the apps folder and the Wiiflow folder with its various plugins.
2) Create an emulated NAND on this USB, and load all my Wiiware/VC .wads through it in Neek (I have tried and failed using the included Fresh_Emunand_4.3_Uneek_DI_Rev96 in the Mastermod pack, but was hopeful it could be a formatting issue/have another separate HDD that could be experimented with)
3) Use the emuNAND for all of my gamesaves, including GC games (if this is possible)
4) Play movies and shows with >4gb file sizes stored on this USB through WiiMC.
I'm not actually 100% that this is possible on a HDD with a single FAT32 partition, so can anyone speak to that? If that all is possible then its just a matter of getting all the Coverflow stuff configured (found a good Mastershoes guide to the more difficult aspects of that) until my organizational OCD is satisifed. Is there any super specific step I should take before starting this whole process to help ensure at the end everything is functional? More than willing to reinstall any cIOS/.wad/run ModMii and have a PC, 2gb SD card, and another HDD that can be used.
Right now I have all of my Wii games (in .wbfs format from Wii Backup Manager) and GCN games in a freshly reformatted FAT32 HDD, what next?