Hacking Can anyone confirm if new Wii U update effects homebrew in vWii?

[Bryon15]

http://www.nintendo-insider.com/2013/10/01/nintendo-provide-details-on-latest-wii-u-system-update/

 

[JohnnyBlaze1986]

Seconded. Does this affect anything or are we still good? Even more so, do we still get to play the Wii on the Wii U Gamepad with this new update?

 

[DonkulousPrime]

I was hoping someone could shed a little light on this myself...

 

[~kao]

Im currently installing it, 8 minutes to go.



Hopefully wont erase anything

 

[elunesgrace]

Seconded. Does this affect anything or are we still good? Even more so, do we still get to play the Wii on the Wii U Gamepad with this new update?

Wait what? Since when could you play Wii Games on the Wii U Gamepad?

 

[the_randomizer]

http://gbatemp.net/threads/new-wii-u-update-out-now.355413/page-3#post-4787892

Read post 48, HBC still in tact

Wait what? Since when could you play Wii Games on the Wii U Gamepad?

Since the most recent firmware, tonight, it can be done, read the thread please HBC is untouched and Wii off-screen as well as HBC can be done.

 

[Supercool330]

Looking at the Wiimpersonator report, it looks like only three channels changed: the system menu, HCUE (the wii menu manual), and IOS59 (which is sort of interesting). Not sure what the changes to the sysmenu are (could potentially affect homebrew), but other than that you should be safe. This wasn't a major "bug gets fixed in every IOS" sort of patch.

 

[JohnnyBlaze1986]

So, If I do the hack tomorrow with the new update, I should be fine then?

 

[Supercool330]

That would be my guess (like I said, it is possible there is something in the new SM like remove the homebrew channel on boot, but I think they gave up on that).

 

[seanami]

All my homebrew is in 4:3 now

 

[the_randomizer]

All my homebrew is in 4:3 now

Bollocks. That sucks. Hope it can be fixed.

 

[Supercool330]

Can anybody try running homebrew configured to use IOS59 (or a CIOS based on IOS59) and see if it fixes the screen res issue? I have a hunch what is going on.

 

[AzureuzZetsunai]

homebrew works fine, just some of them runs on 4:3. BUT i noticed that usbloader GX runs on 16:9 if i run it from the forwarder channel.

 

[Rinnux]

Does anybody know if it affects cios?

 

[the_randomizer]

Can anybody try running homebrew configured to use IOS59 (or a CIOS based on IOS59) and see if it fixes the screen res issue? I have a hunch what is going on.

Really? I hope we can get this resolved because I sure as hell aren't gonna update till we can figure this out. Very weird issue indeed. Wonder if it was intentional or just a weird quirk.

homebrew works fine, just some of them runs on 4:3. BUT i noticed that usbloader GX runs on 16:9 if i run it from the forwarder channel.

Have you tried emulators like RetroArch or Snes9x GX to see how they looked?

 

[Supercool330]

What happens if you launch stuff with one of the exploits (say smash stack)?

 

[JohnnyBlaze1986]

Wii games loaded from Wiiflow run in 16:9 right?

 

[~kao]

Everything is working fine, except that when you run homebrew channel it runs on 4:3

Although, running usb loader gx from a forwarder will get it in 16:9. Cant run a backup since dont have any installed

Pd: TLoZ Skyward Sword and SSBB look gorgeous, beautiful and awesome in that small screen

 

[Intentional]

One thing I noticed is that 4:3 Virtual Console games no longer appear stretched on a 16:9 TV in 1080p, they now have black bars on the sides. I usually had to force my TV to display in 4:3. This is a welcome change to me. Homebrew Channel is locked in 4:3 with bars now as well, and every emulator I threw at it is the same. Even in Snes9X GX, setting the aspect ratio in the menu options to 16:9 Correction only squishes the image further.

Another interesting point to note is that Wii VC NES games look much sharper on the GamePad and TV vs playing the Wii U VC counterparts. The Wii U versions are blurry in comparison. What's that all about?

 

[Quicksilver88]

Do you have to use a Wii controller even for games that use classic controller??? If so I wonder if the homebrew scene could fix this or if we will have to wait for Nintendo next update....really they get vWii on the gamepad with classic controller on the gamepad and that will rock as then we can play all or Wii VC stuff offTV in our hands including the N64 games adn also stuff like XenoBlade, Last Story, COD BOPS, 007 and other games that support classic controller pro. How does this feature work, is there a key combo to switch down to the gamepad or does the system just now mirror the vWii output to the gamepad at all times?

One other much desired feature was finally included in that they now allow you to output audio thru both hdmi and AV cables....still can't do 5.1 or anything but atleast those using DVI monitors with their wii can have a stereo solution now....plus you can go into a lot of 5.1 or 7.1 with AV and atleast get your subwoofer and psuedo surround plus wii pro logic support...Really makes me mad that Nintendo didn't put a damned toslink port on the thing and support standard 5.1 codec like DTS or Dolby...cheap asses