Hacking Haxchi, cbhc, mocha confused

[icw35]

I use haxchi 2.3 with sysnand. I dont use cbhc cos I dont need or want cold boot hax. I dont have nor want rednand.

I am quite happy with this setup. Boot up, play. Want patches? Start haxchi which autoboot sigpatch2sysmenu, play. Want ftpii or wup, start haxchi hold button a boots dimoks iosuhax.

Do I need mocha? Will it bring any benefits to my setup? Or should I substitute my haxchi a button press with mocha?

By the way, this all pretty f'ing awesome. Great work Fix & Dimok.

 

[pietempgba]

It's very similar to sigpatch2sysmenu and it has ftpiiu and wupserver support and it has the launch_image.tga on the SD card itself

 

[icw35]

It's very similar to sigpatch2sysmenu and it has ftpiiu and wupserver support and it has the launch_image.tga on the SD card itself

Thanks. So in my case, makes more sense to sub it for fw.img (my a button) as I will only use when I need wup or ftpii. Ill keep sigpatch2sys as default because its fast.

 

[MSco]

Does the old sigpatch2sys boot faster than mocha?
Edit: But it cannot be used for coldboot, can it?

 

[leonmagnus99]

i like that haxchi stuff, needing to only run it once (and it appears like a game on the homescreen when you turn on the wii u right?)

meaning you just open haxchi and the homebrew you directed it to will automatically load yeah ?
e.g the fw img (cfw booter) for signature patches.

if yes then thats a pretty cool shortcut, but a DS game is still required so i guess i will have to get some nintendo eshop card.
a 10$ card should suffice i guess.

 

[lordelan]

i like that haxchi stuff, needing to only run it once (and it appears like a game on the homescreen when you turn on the wii u right?)

meaning you just open haxchi and the homebrew you directed it to will automatically load yeah ?
e.g the fw img (cfw booter) for signature patches.

if yes then thats a pretty cool shortcut, but a DS game is still required so i guess i will have to get some nintendo eshop card.
a 10$ card should suffice i guess.

You're right with everything but you can buy the DS game with a credit card so it's not 10$.

 

[icw35]

Does the old sigpatch2sys boot faster than mocha?
Edit: But it cannot be used for coldboot, can it?

Yes, it boots faster because there is no native support for wup or ftpii (there is also a version with WUP but it is slightly slower). I for one am not on ftpii all day (no need) nor do I make many edits with WUP. So I don't see the need (in my case) to cold boot with these extra features just because you can Some people like to have it all (and probably won't use it much). Each to their own. Everybody has their own preference. Me personally, I would love to use it, just because I can, but I don't see the real need and don't want to f*** anything up.

Can it be used for coldboot? Anything can - if you have haxchi and set the default to boot sigpatch2sysmenu. Cold boot essentially starts haxchi (instead of sysmenu) and haxchi is set to autoboot whatever.

That gives you what? Well, everything but ftpii and WUP. You can still play all games on USB whether they are full or fake (i.e. fake signed think eShop, VC).

I could set this up but like I said, don't see the need.

 

[raphamotta]

Probably in the future Mocha will be updated and sigpatch2sysmenu don't.

 

[icw35]

Probably in the future Mocha will be updated and sigpatch2sysmenu don't.

True, but if you don't need any more than sigpatch, doesn't matter if it gets updated or not.

 

[leonmagnus99]

You're right with everything but you can buy the DS game with a credit card so it's not 10$.

thanks for reminding me , i forgot about that option.
i will eventually grab a DS game, it is worth it for haxchi.

 

[lordelan]

thanks for reminding me , i forgot about that option.
i will eventually grab a DS game, it is worth it for haxchi.

It's absolutely worth it! My Wii U was never that great.
I grabbed Yoshi Touch & Go for around 7 bucks as far as I remember and I don't need any hosting websites or selfhosting stuff like PC, Android or ZSUN any longer. Just click on the Haxchi icon once after every boot and enjoy.
And this click can also be avoided by using Coldbood Haxchi (CBHC) but it's still a little too risky for me.

 

[Cyan]

sigpatch 2 sysmenu don't need any update, it's already doing what it's intended : signature patching the system menu. that's all, it won't do more.
if you want fast menu reloading, use simle signature patcher (sigpatch2sys or sigpatch2hbl).
if you want full patches (iosunode, for HBL channel, ftpiiu everywhere, wup server, selection menu, NAND redirection options), then boot Mocha instead.

You can set a config.txt in Haxchi to this:
default=sigpatch2sysmenu
a=hbl
another_button=Mocha

boot Mocha only when you need additional patches (wup or ftpii or HBL as channel)

You can autoboot haxchi or not using CBHC, it's irrelevant to Mocha.
boot -> system.xml (CBHC) -> haxchi -> multi boot choice using the config file

Or if you don't use CBHC, just run Haxchi channel manually to patch sysMenu (signpatch) or boot into hbl (A) or sysNAND or redNAND with full IOSUNode (mocha), etc.



Mocha purpose is to choose patching option in real time, instead of hard patching them in a fw.img that you need to compile.
with a fw.img, you have to compile multiple different version, one for sysNAND only, one for redNAND only, etc.
you had to use haxchi with multiple button options, one per fw.img

now with Mocha, it's patching all your selected options in real time in memory.
no need to use multiple fw.img, no need to use any fw.img at all.
boot Mocha -> select what to enable from the diplayed menu : NAND redirection ON/OFF, etc

 

[lordelan]

sigpatch 2 sysmenu don't need any update, it's already doing what it's intended : signature patching the system menu. that's all, it won't do more.
if you want fast menu reloading, use simle signature patcher (sigpatch2sys or sigpatch2hbl).
if you want full patches (iosunode, for HBL channel, ftpiiu everywhere, wup server, selection menu, NAND redirection options), then boot Mocha instead.

You can set a config.txt in Haxchi to this:
default=sigpatch2sysmenu
a=hbl
another_button=Mocha

boot Mocha only when you need additional patches (wup or ftpii or HBL as channel)

You can autoboot haxchi or not using CBHC, it's irrelevant to Mocha.
boot -> system.xml (CBHC) -> haxchi -> multi boot choice using the config file

Or if you don't use CBHC, just run Haxchi channel manually to patch sysMenu (signpatch) or boot into hbl (A) or sysNAND or redNAND with full IOSUNode (mocha), etc.

I've installed the HBL channel a few days ago and I'm pretty sure it's launching with only sigpatch2sys but I have to test it again.

 

[Cyan]

ah, I thought simple firmware patcher had only the signature patched, not the IOSU Node.
Maybe you are using the v0.2 (beta of Mocha) that he didn't release on Simple Signature Patcher github, but only as "test" and asked to find a name for it.

quote from simpleSignPatch 0.1:

What you don't get with this compared to a full custom fw.img is a wupserver or libiosuhax /dev node.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding. Maybe HBL channel doesn't require IOSUNode?

 

[SomeGamer]

So what is currently the best coldboot setup? (CHBC or haxchi-coldboot) And what's the best thing to autoboot with it? (sigpatcher2sys, Mocha, some fw.img or somthing entirely new)

 

[Cyan]

I would set signpatcher2sys as default, it's the fastest solution to just launch installed games.
If you want more features, press a button at launch to trigger haxchi's setting to boot mocha with additional patches.

personally, I would make a config.txt with more options, like ability to boot a fw.img on SD card too, in case of emergency fix etc. (you could even boot an original fw.img without patches to boot the retail firmware mode)


default: simpleSigPatch
a= HBL
xxx=mocha
yyy=fw.img

 

[SomeGamer]

I would set signpatcher2sys as default, it's the fastest solution to just launch installed games.
If you want more features, press a button at launch to trigger haxchi's setting to boot mocha with additional patches.

personally, I would make a config.txt with more options, like ability to boot a fw.img on SD card too, in case of emergency fix etc. (you could even boot an original fw.img without patches to boot the retail firmware mode)

Thanks! So it's CHBC then? And didn't haxchi drop support for configs (or am I confusing it with something else)?

 

[Cyan]

yeah, I've read it droped support for config.txt, but then I'm confused for people who don't want to use CBHC (not CHBC, think about "Cold Boot"), and want to run Haxchi channel manually to boot different homebrew...
is it droped in 2.3 only ?
can we use v2.2 with CBHC?

I'm not sure and will have to re-read haxchi or CBHC release thread.
Github still provides a link to the full config.txt button mapping, and the sources still have them. so I'm not sure it's dropped.

 

[leonmagnus99]

It's absolutely worth it! My Wii U was never that great.
I grabbed Yoshi Touch & Go for around 7 bucks as far as I remember and I don't need any hosting websites or selfhosting stuff like PC, Android or ZSUN any longer. Just click on the Haxchi icon once after every boot and enjoy.
And this click can also be avoided by using Coldbood Haxchi (CBHC) but it's still a little too risky for me.

sounds very neat !

this means not even internet is required i guess?

anyway i will be buying a ds game these days and then if i have, can i set any kind of app to boot with haxchi ?

does it also have the option to hold a button while it loads up to boot a specific app from the SD card , similar to how we boot stuff on the 3ds with payloads xD

I would set signpatcher2sys as default, it's the fastest solution to just launch installed games.
If you want more features, press a button at launch to trigger haxchi's setting to boot mocha with additional patches.

personally, I would make a config.txt with more options, like ability to boot a fw.img on SD card too, in case of emergency fix etc. (you could even boot an original fw.img without patches to boot the retail firmware mode)


default: simpleSigPatch
a= HBL
xxx=mocha
yyy=fw.img

this is cool , but btw. is redNAND really needed in this case ?
i mean i have a few games installed already on USB and every game runs just fine (even online) so i guess having sysNAND alone is okay too as long as i dont do anything funny with it, i wont brick or get banned i guess?

 

[Cyan]

RedNAND usefulness depends on the user.
If you want to try editing system files (to theme the WiiU menu, try patching SEEPROM values to try different USB HDD, etc.) ... yeah, you'll need redNAND !
if you want to play a game, sysNAND is good enough.

redNAND is more a safe sandbox, in case you install a game and WUP installer didn't work correctly, you brick only your redNAND instead of sysNAND.
if you try browsing files (by curiousity) with FTPiiU everywhere, You'd better do it on redNAND, etc.