Hacking Wii U USB loading - install WiiU games to USB or internal memory

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Awesome thanks for the info!!!

One last question... There is a copy AND a move setting..... I of course want to MOVE it to the bigger drive, but whats stopping me from copying it to another drive and popping it on another wii? Does it lock the drive to the console when you format a new drive?

Thanks!!!
Yes. If you connect your HDD to another console, it will ask to format it.
I don't recommend using the Move option, Copying and deleting afterwards is a way more safe option if something goes wrong in the process.

when both drives are plugged in at the same time with the same info, which drive does it pull the game from in the main UI?
It will show a popup saying that it's impossible to use two drives at the same time and will assume you want to manage data between them. If you cancel, it will reset and show the same popup again.
 
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Is it possible to keep the save files on the Wii U's internal memory? I know it's suggested to move them before installing to USB, but can the save files then be moved back to internal or do they have to stay on USB with the game?
 
I guess that works too!

This way you can throw one drive in a drawer so when the one plugged in dies you have a backup! Now the question is..... when both drives are plugged in at the same time with the same info, which drive does it pull the game from in the main UI?
That's a good question...I'm guessing drive #1
 
Yes. If you connect your HDD to another console, it will ask to format it.
I don't recommend using the Move option, Copying and deleting afterwards is a way more safe option if something goes wrong in the process.


It will show a popup saying that it's impossible to use two drives at the same time and will assume you want to manage data between them. If you cancel, it will reset and show the same popup again.


So it seems like Nintendo actually coded a very elegant solution! Bravo Nintendo...
 
Anyone know this?

So I filled up my USB HDD. Ordered another one online. I can just move all the installed games from one USB to another in the WIIu software right? It wont let me duplicate it but move it right?
Just be aware that it will take several hours to do the transfer to a new usb drive. I would recommend anyone new to this to start with the biggest drive they can get instead of upgrading later.
 
Just be aware that it will take several hours to do the transfer to a new usb drive. I would recommend anyone new to this to start with the biggest drive they can get instead of upgrading later.


just transfered 300GB today and have the almost complete Wii U collection. so there is really no need for a 1TB drive.
transfers max out at around 14MB/s unfortunately. bottleneck is the usb 2.0 controller on the wii U. so be prepared for a long "backup" :(
 
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just transfered 300GB today and have the almost complete Wii U collection. so there is really no need for a 1TB drive.
transfers max out at around 14MB/s unfortunately. bottleneck is the usb 2.0 controller on the wii U. so be prepared for a long "backup" :(
Yup got around 300GB haha. Ok overnight transfer coming up!
 
If i have a USA game with EUR .tik , could i modify to make it USA?
I don't think so, there's still the meta.xml file which also has some region-specific things, also the game code/content folders sometimes have region-specific changes, so it's highly unlikely that might work.
 
So, following my previous batch script, i updated it so i don't have theses folders name with only the game ID, but with the name also, like ShovelKnight_00050000101D7500
So, first, it ask you the game ID and the game name (Spaces don't work), download it trought Jnus, remind you the game and the ID (usefull for searching the title.tik after it finished), and tell you it gonna rename the folder,
then take you back to the start for another game & ID.

I share it if there is any JNUS users like me that would like a clear and easier way of downloading with it :).
I guess it could work with nusgrabber because folders are kinda the same without the tmp_ before no ? so you would just have to modify that line and the line of the JNUS code :).
Code:
@echo off

:start
    cls
    cd %~dp0
    set /P id="Enter game ID: "
    set /P game="Enter game name: "
    java -jar JNUSTool.jar %id% -dlEncrypted
    echo -----------------------------------------------
    echo Finished downloading %id% %game%
    echo -----------------------------------------------
    Pause
    cls
    echo -----------------------------------------------
    echo Renaming folder with game name and id
    echo -----------------------------------------------
    Pause
    cls
    MOVE *_%id% %game%_%id%
    echo -----------------------------------------------
    echo Finished, folder name is now %game%_%id% returning to start
    echo -----------------------------------------------
    Pause
goto :start
I got bored and decided to make something similar for nusgrabber.exe based on your work. Mine will ask for all of the title ID's and game names you want to install at the beginning and will then download them all in one go. It works by using the user input to write another batch file that includes every game the user wants to download.
Code:
@echo off
cd %~dp0
del download.bat
:setgamelist
cls
echo Type -1 to begin downloads, or add more below.
set /P id="Enter game ID: "
if %id% == -1 goto :end
set /P game="Enter game name: "
echo echo ----------------------------------------------- >> download.bat
echo echo Downloading %game% - %id% >> download.bat
echo echo ----------------------------------------------- >> download.bat
echo nusgrabber.exe %id% >> download.bat
echo echo ----------------------------------------------- >> download.bat
echo echo Renaming Folder %id% >> download.bat
echo echo ----------------------------------------------- >> download.bat
echo MOVE %id% "%game%" >> download.bat
goto setgamelist
:end
echo echo ----------------------------------------------- >> download.bat
echo echo Downloads Completed! >> download.bat
echo echo ----------------------------------------------- >> download.bat
echo pause >> download.bat
call download.bat
I'll maybe try to find a way to incorporate also grabbing tickets from a pre-existing folder and move it into the game install folder matching the ID (it won't download tickets for you, you would have to have them already). But for now this is all I wanted to work on.
 
I got bored and decided to make something similar for nusgrabber.exe based on your work. Mine will ask for all of the title ID's and game names you want to install at the beginning and will then download them all in one go. It works by using the user input to write another batch file that includes every game the user wants to download.
Code:
@echo off
cd %~dp0
del download.bat
:setgamelist
cls
echo Type -1 to begin downloads, or add more below.
set /P id="Enter game ID: "
if %id% == -1 goto :end
set /P game="Enter game name: "
echo echo ----------------------------------------------- >> download.bat
echo echo Downloading %game% - %id% >> download.bat
echo echo ----------------------------------------------- >> download.bat
echo nusgrabber.exe %id% >> download.bat
echo echo ----------------------------------------------- >> download.bat
echo echo Renaming Folder %id% >> download.bat
echo echo ----------------------------------------------- >> download.bat
echo MOVE %id% "%game%" >> download.bat
goto setgamelist
:end
echo echo ----------------------------------------------- >> download.bat
echo echo Downloads Completed! >> download.bat
echo echo ----------------------------------------------- >> download.bat
echo pause >> download.bat
call download.bat
I'll maybe try to find a way to incorporate also grabbing tickets from a pre-existing folder and move it into the game install folder matching the ID (it won't download tickets for you, you would have to have them already). But for now this is all I wanted to work on.
Nice ! :), i thought about a way for the tickets, something that would require a folder named tickets with folders inside that would be named with the games ID, and inside, the ticketand should looks like that:

Code:
set NusDir=%~dp0
cd %~dp0/tickets/%id%
copy title.tik %Nusdir%/%game%_%id%
 
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Nice ! :), i thought about a way for the tickets, something that would require a folder named tickets with folders inside that would be named with the games ID, and inside, the ticketand should looks like that:

Code:
set NusDir=%~dp0
cd %~dp0/tickets/%id%
copy title.tik %dir%/%game%_%id%
I'm wondering if there is a way to simply search all subfolders in the ticket folder to find the one that has the same title id, and from there pull the title.tik file. That way people could just download the ticket megapack from that iso site and unzip it into the ticket folder (which is what I did). Maybe I'll look into that tonight and see where I get with it.
Feels kinda nice to get back into programming, I haven't done anything with that skill in a while because I've been busy with work and school.
 
For anyone who's trying to create a fake ticket to use with the new redNAND:
0x1dc -> Title ID
0x1bf -> Encrypted Title Key.

Edit: if you want to save the trouble of making a ticket yourself, use this:
http://www.cpokemon.com/labs/tik/index.php
 
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I'm wondering if there is a way to simply search all subfolders in the ticket folder to find the one that has the same title id, and from there pull the title.tik file. That way people could just download the ticket megapack from that iso site and unzip it into the ticket folder (which is what I did). Maybe I'll look into that tonight and see where I get with it.
Feels kinda nice to get back into programming, I haven't done anything with that skill in a while because I've been busy with work and school.
with FOR yeah, trying to "reknow" how to make it work, its been YEARS since I made a batchfile :P
 
Anyone ever have problem where installing tik completes successfully but no game icon appears on the menu? Then there's unnecessary data on your USB but deleting process goes for hours - never finishes?

Ok reinstalling fixed it
 
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I'm wondering if there is a way to simply search all subfolders in the ticket folder to find the one that has the same title id, and from there pull the title.tik file. That way people could just download the ticket megapack from that iso site and unzip it into the ticket folder (which is what I did). Maybe I'll look into that tonight and see where I get with it.
Feels kinda nice to get back into programming, I haven't done anything with that skill in a while because I've been busy with work and school.
got it :)
Code:
for /d /r %NusDir%\tickets %%a in (*) do if /i %%~nxa==%id% set "folderpath=%%a"
echo "%folderpath%"
feel free to implement it in a proper way the last line was for my tests ^^
 
with FOR yeah, trying to "reknow" how to make it work, its been YEARS since I made a batchfile :P
Code:
for /f "delims=" %I in ('dir "%ticketdir%\title.tik" /b /s^|find /i "%id%"') do copy "%~fI" %Nusdir%\%id%\title.tik

Yes, double the % on the I if it's in a batch file.
 
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