Homebrew RiiConnect24 - WiiConnect24 Replacement

[s3r1alpari4h]

Hey guys. Most of you already know about RC24 but all the threads on gbatemp about it are old or not updated.

RiiConnect is a WIP WiiConnect24 Replacement.
Not to be confused with Nintendo WFC for online gameplay, RiiConnect24 is meant to revive the message board and other channels functionality.


Team:
Cheers to these awesome guys for reviving WiiConnect24

• AwesomeMarioFan
• PokeAcer
• Larsenv
• V0idst4r (aka me)
• Ciapa
• Leseratte
• Shutterbug2000
• Thejsa

Detailed credits can be found at https://rc24.xyz


Current Status:
To see the latest stats and info, visit https://rc24.xyz/stats

For instructions on how to connect:
please click the appropriate link on https://rc24.xyz

Any questions?
That's what this thread is for! Ask away!

 

[Clutz450]

Thanks for the update. Glad to hear you guys are still working on it. Do you think you will ever be able to bring back the in game wiiconnect24 stuff. Like how nintendo would send us messages and items in game on Animal Crossing City Folk?

Edit: Just checked out the site and the only thing is that in your how to connect instructions it makes no mention of needing to patch IOS 31, how to patch it, or how to install it once it is patched. I know it's mentioned else where on that site that you need IOS 31 patched but that's it. Just trying to look out for all the noobs who may come to your site.

 

[s3r1alpari4h]

Thanks for the update. Glad to hear you guys are still working on it. Do you think you will ever be able to bring back the in game wiiconnect24 stuff. Like how nintendo would send us messages and items in game on Animal Crossing City Folk?

Edit: Just checked out the site and the only thing is that in your how to connect instructions it makes no mention of needing to patch IOS 31, how to patch it, or how to install it once it is patched. I know it's mentioned else where on that site that you need IOS 31 patched but that's it. Just trying to look out for all the noobs who may come to your site.

Not sure about the animal crossing WiiConnect24 messages. That might require alternative work.

And yeah I'm probably going to add the stuff about patching the IOS on the details, thanks

 

[revoblam]

yay, another reason to dust off my Wii and Load some homebrew! thanks for it

 

[eduall]

Waiting for release

 

[LWares87]

Just curious to ask, is the News Channel "region specific" as when the service was re-launched, it wasn't working for me (even though the console language is English and the region is set to United Kingdom).

 

[tswntk]

Additionally, you will need to patch IOS 31 (and possibly other things in your NAND). You can download IOS 31 from the NUS and patch them with this application for Wii U (vWii)

Isn't patching official vWii ios stops the WiiU from updating?
Does the package provide a way to backup and restore the official ios?
I know you can backup and restore by other means but those process might be too complicated for noobs/lazy guys.

 

[Larsenv]

Waiting for release

It's almost done, I still have some things to fix.

Just curious to ask, is the News Channel "region specific" as when the service was re-launched, it wasn't working for me (even though the console language is English and the region is set to United Kingdom).

What was the error code?

 

[LWares87]

@Larsenv: "Unable to download the latest information. Error Code: 107245"

Patched IOS is installed on console and custom DNS is set correctly in Internet Settings.

 

[Larsenv]

@Larsenv: It's error code 107245

That means RSA Verification Failed. This is very common to get.

You should wait until this comes out to try this, as we patched IOS 31 to change the RSA Public Key.

"This patch is needed to replace the RSA Key in the Wii so we can sign our files."

You can download this on our homepage.

 

[LWares87]

i thought this was already up and working? :S

 

[Larsenv]

i thought this was already up and working? :S

It is, but not with custom news.

When we soon release this, then you should try it.

 

[LWares87]

which will be when? As this was supposed to be released ages ago! :/

 

[YugamiSekai]

God I wish there was a Wii no ma translation that can be used with this. Sad that it was canceled... ;-;

 

[Larsenv]

As this was supposed to be released ages ago! :/

Please don't be like this, it's a big project and takes a while. This is a pet peeve of mine to be honest.

We had to delay this, we're almost done but we're moving servers at the moment.

Please be patient.

God I wish there was a Wii no ma translation that can be used with this. Sad that it was canceled... ;-;

We don't have any dumps for this, but we're working on making the Mii Products available in this channel.

 

[LWares87]

that's fair enough, but there was no notice to say that it still isn't working though.

I don't use my console much nowadays, but there hasn't been any news or updates on the Wii message board either.

 

[Larsenv]

that's fair enough, but there was no notice to say that it still isn't working though.

I don't use my console much nowadays, but there hasn't been any news or updates on the Wii message board either.

It's not that it doesn't work at all, but I'm just saying it would probably be better to try when the custom news works since the files on the server now were from a few years ago.

 

[eduall]

the website change
riiconnect24 site

 

[Larsenv]

the website change
riiconnect24 site

We're doing stuff with the servers at the moment.

Please don't worry about this.

 

[Fun]

When will the wii U be able to do this? I don't mean to be pushy or anything, but i'm just curious because I no longer have a wii.