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New Hackmii installer and new bootmii version. HBC 1.0.3 Hints of new HBC features to come!

"Yay, finally another release!

Version 0.2 of our installer (the BootMii beta2 release) is almost 3 month old, and we finally got around to push out some fixes.

We hoped to have some nice additions for HBC done for this release, but unfortunately those are not yet ready for prime time. We didn’t want to delay some fixes to the installer and BootMii any further, so we hope you enjoy this one – even if HBC remains unchanged compared to BootMii beta 2.

HackMii installer (v0.3):

* Saner selection of IOSs for the installer itself and the installed HBC
* BootMii will now install on Wiis with bad blocks in the boot2 area
* Fixed some hangs when rebooting Starlet

BootMii beta 3 (v1.0):

* Improved the SD card compability
* Increased the backup/restore speed for some SD cards, but decreased it for others tongue.gif
* Fix GPIO input for all Wiis
* Wavebird support
* Fixed a silly bug where NAND backups were left as 0 byte files
* Keys are now saved to SD as /bootmii/keys.bin too

Grab the new installer here. (go to bootmii.org)

As always: Please link to this post instead of mirroring the binary, thanks and stay tuned.

Enjoy." -Dhewg

http://hackmii.com/

I've been informed that this was previously posted. So MODS can do away with this when they please


Hackmii and new bootmii version hints of new HBC features to come!

"Yay, finally another release!

Version 0.2 of our installer (the BootMii beta2 release) is almost 3 month old, and we finally got around to push out some fixes.

We hoped to have some nice additions for HBC done for this release, but unfortunately those are not yet ready for prime time. We didn’t want to delay some fixes to the installer and BootMii any further, so we hope you enjoy this one – even if HBC remains unchanged compared to BootMii beta 2.

HackMii installer (v0.3):

* Saner selection of IOSs for the installer itself and the installed HBC
* BootMii will now install on Wiis with bad blocks in the boot2 area
* Fixed some hangs when rebooting Starlet

BootMii beta 3 (v1.0):

* Improved the SD card compability
* Increased the backup/restore speed for some SD cards, but decreased it for others
* Fix GPIO input for all Wiis
* Wavebird support
* Fixed a silly bug where NAND backups were left as 0 byte files
* Keys are now saved to SD as /bootmii/keys.bin too

Grab the new installer here. (go to bootmii.org)

As always: Please link to this post instead of mirroring the binary, thanks and stay tuned.

Enjoy." -Dhewg

http://hackmii.com/

First of all thank you everyone who has posted in the past. I'm not coming into this blind. I have searched the site and google.

I've modded older WIIs but now my brother has a new WII, haven't seen the serial yet but I assume its LU64+

I've looked at acouple guides and alot of posts regarding how to do this. Just acouple questions unanswered.

Let me tell you what I plan to do...

1. Bannerbomb to Hackmii install.
2. HBC, DVD, and BootMii ISO installs

Thats as far as I get without questions....and here they are....

1. I kind of want to keep the Wii at 3.X I assume its coming to me from factory at 3.2? Would it actually be 3.4 maybe?
If it is 3.2/3.4 I would be using the softmii LU64+ fix...unless someone can tell me a better fix or a really good reason to upgrade or use....

2. Should I upgrade to 4.0 (through nintendo) and then perform the steps listed at this guide http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=158068 ??

3. Is it dangerous to use a Cios other then that provided by the softmii Lu64+. I use Ciosrev9 on my other WII and it works quite well for all the disk and USB backups I have. Can I use Ciosrev9 instead of rev11 that is listed in that 4.0 upgrade guide??

4. How does Bootmii provide brick protection through the IOS? You back up your nand and...? As I understand you must start Bootmii IOS thru Homebrew Channel. How do you get to homebrew channel if you have a brick? I don't understand that...Someone enlighten me??

5. Last question! How do I get system hacks on my LU64+? Does preloader work??? I've been told it doesnt. Does startpatch work?? I need something like that to protect from system updates and provide region free and such...Does it matter which system menu I use and what option is available to me??


Thank you to all the understanding and answer these questions if you could. If you can't answer them all then just do what you can. I'll piece it together. And if you want to link me a good guide I would be grateful.

I have researched alot already. I'm just hoping people can give me some definitive answers.

Soo I bought Rockband WII version. I needed another game which I could play with my brother and his wife, so I thought this one would be fun, expensive but fun. I like the song list and got half way through it yesterday. Drumming is fun as hell and I actually think I've developed a better sense of rhythm and co-ordination with my feet with the bass pedal.

At this point I can get atleast 90% on guitar and vocals consistantly on the first run through on hard mode. I can even do 90s on while playing guitar and singing at the same time, if I know the song of course.

My one gripe so far is with the guitar. The keys are clicky,clunky and cheap when compared to the GH3 guitar. The strumming part is loose feeling and gives no feed back for when you are actually hitting it. I find myself jamming down hard on the thing over and over to get notes one after another. This leaves me tired and frusterated. Instead of just strumming like on the GH3 guitar. I'd rather it be clicky like the GH3 guitar. I was wondering if my guitar is defective or if they are all soo loose and crappy feeling. It makes playing the guitar parts alot less satisfying when I am missing notes I know I would be hitting on a GH3 guitar. Simple crap becomes stupid hard if I can't strum consistantly. I don't want to revert to strumming up and down because even that way it doesn't give enough tactile feedback to know when I'm actually clicking through a strum.

And the GH3 guitar is not compatible with the rockband...which blows because I can't use one for bass now. And blows extra hard if the Rockband guitar is really this crappy on purpose.

Also other things of note....Microphone and Drums get plugged into USB hub. You also plug in wireless reciever for wireless guitar through the USB hub. No extra WIImotes involved.

One thing they don't tell you in the manual is you have to use a WIImote to join in the microphone and select its settings and all.

I just haven't seen many people talking about books that they read on this site. Which isn't very surprising I guess. Video games are like the anti-book, at least for me.
Books on the DS from Moonbooks count by the way =) I dare say that comic books don't...

I'm currently in the middle of three separate books right now. I'll give a short bit about each of them...and I'd like if people could recommend other books for when I get through one of these...

1. Easter Rising by Michael Patrick Macdonald: A non-fiction following the life of a young boy growing up in the southside Irish slums of Boston. Set during the late 70s and early 80s the author tells of how we grew up in this despairing neighborhood. He loses 4 siblings during his life growing up as a "Southie". Its full of the struggle of his mother and very large family living in a pretty desperate time. He throws himself into the budding punk-rock movement of The clash, Mission to Burma...and tries to escape his unfortunate surroundings. I'm more than 1/3rd of my way into the book which is enough for me to know that I'm going to keep coming back to it everyday. Its a very insightful story of poverty, passion, and perseverance. Excuse all the P alliteration...now I sound like a dust-jacket.

2. Musicophilia By Oliver Sacks: Dr. Sacks is a neurologist who has written many books about his unique patients over his many years of practicing. I had previously read 2 of his books, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and another I'm going to forget. Musicophilia is more specifically about his dealing with Music and the Brain. Imagine your favorite song in your head right now, you can kinda hear it right?? Well if you were half of the patients in this book you would ACTUALLY hear it, right down to the neurons firing in your brain. For all intensive purposes it IS really play and you wouldn't be able to turn it off. And it might not be your favorite song...but a song you heard when you were seven...and you wouldn't even realize that you are thinking of the song you would be looking for the radio instead. The human mind is an amazing thing. This book delves into everything to do with the brain and it's special affinity for music. The brain treats music unlike anything else. I could remember most of a song hearing it once, but I would be at a loss describing a picture just seeing it once. This may not be a really good example but its true to a point. This book isn't written just about people with psychosis, not just the old, not just the hard of hearing. This book is filled with stories of everyday people who perhaps got a concussion, had a stroke, or just plain wake up one day to realize that their mind is filled with music. The music is different for everyone, could be something the mind is composing or something you had only heard once. It could all make sense or be completely out of tune and form. It is quite the fascinating book for me since I've always been able to play back songs pretty clearly in my head. The thought that people don't realize the music is in their head is the strangest part of some of these stories. Anyway...psychology/neurology is kinda my education and music is really my main hobby so this book is quite appealing to me.

3. A Remarkable Mother By Jimmy Carter: This is a book I bought for my Mom for mothers day, but I'm hiding it for now and reading it in the meantime. Jimmy Carter, I wish he has the president when I was younger. He would have inspired this generation, but instead we were exposed to the damn media Lewinsky scandal that had nothing to do with politics and was more akin to a McCarthy witch hunt and the horrible era of bush and the aftershock which will become of his idiotic international policy. I'm so disappointed in politics these days. I've known nothing else, but still I expect alot more. But anyway... I hardly knew how great of a person he was until I researched him. He was a true democratic president. A great leader and a forward thinker. I'm sure he made some mistakes. His recent work in the middle east was not a mistake at all. He was the greatest human rights focused president for both Americans and aboard. This book isn't so much about him but about his mother. He grew up humble and well-grounded thanks to his mothers teachings of peace and attention to the greater public good. She attended the first major league game that Jackie Robinson played in. Living in the south she was without prejudice. She was a nurse and a social butterfly. I have not read too far into this book but I'm so inspired by Jimmy Carter that I had to read alittle about a history that extends beyond himself. My mom likes Jimmy Carter as well, and I'm sure she will appreciate this book.

Well damn, I didn't even mean to write that much. Chances are if you aren't reading a book you probably don't care what I was reading either. But anyway, I'd love to hear what other people are reading!
Maybe I was just warming up to do a real book review on the Moonbooks site...you all know they are giving away some new Itouch DS flash carts right???
There...I finally got your attention.