Hacking What is you're preferred way of playing backups

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Hi guys, I recently hacked my Wii Using plailects guide, and now I wanna play my backups. Ive got everything set up with Loadiine, but Im not really happy with the results... Most of the games play yes, but a few won't at all, and many/most have some pretty ridiculous load times. Which got me thinking there must be a better way; is this really preferred ways of playing backups?

I thought I would be happy with Tiramisu but now I'm wondering if there's a different route I can go? Is Loadiine outdated? I like the idea of having everything on the main menu, but haven't installed aroma or any forwarders or anything like that.
Should I be using injectors? Would using NUSpli fix this problem?

TLDR: Loadiine is slow and compatibility is meh. What's the best way of playing backups on a Wii U?
 
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ichig0kurosaki said:
Hi guys, I recently hacked my Wii Using plailects guide, and now I wanna play my backups. Ive got everything set up with Loadiine, but Im not really happy with the results... Most of the games play yes, but a few won't at all, and many/most have some pretty ridiculous load times. Which got me thinking there must be a better way; is this really preferred ways of playing backups?

I thought I would be happy with Tiramisu but now I'm wondering if there's a different route I can go? Is Loadiine outdated? I like the idea of having everything on the main menu, but haven't installed aroma or any forwarders or anything like that.
Should I be using injectors? Would using NUSpli fix this problem?

TLDR: Loadiine is slow and compatibility is meh. What's the best way of playing backups on a Wii U?
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Just install them on an external drive.
 
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ichig0kurosaki said:
I'm using NUSspli now. Any harm in using a thumb drive?
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Lol, hellooo. Is there a big difference between Tiramisu and Aroma?
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Loading times would probably be slow, but I did have like 3 games on a thumb drive at one point. I just directly installed them using Wup Installer.
 
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V10lator said:
The Wii U is known for killing thumb drives, so I wouldn't do it.
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Mine has had the same thumb drive plugged in for years and it’s fine.

Also, OP, why not just install the games to the home screen with WUP installer? Makes it easier to launch games and makes it more ‘vanilla’.
 
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One disadvantage to using a thumb drive is that sometimes they don't draw enough power from the system causing your games to freeze or sometimes you may get an error message explaining the thumb drive is not drawing enough power from the Wii U.

Thumb drives are also known to degrade faster than hardrives.

If you just want stuff (games) installed directly to your system use NUSspli.

If you want to keep local backups for future usage (emulation, preservation) use Wii U USB Helper in combination with WUP installer.
 
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Winduss said:
Mine has had the same thumb drive plugged in for years and it’s fine.

Also, OP, why not just install the games to the home screen with WUP installer? Makes it easier to launch games and makes it more ‘vanilla’.
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A lot more people have reported that the Wii U killed their thumb drive in weeks/months, so I wouldn't recommend it.
 
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Winduss said:
Mine has had the same thumb drive plugged in for years and it’s fine.
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I don't have two drives to test it with, but do you know if you can 'hot swap' drives as long as they have the same data? Copy the files and make a backup? Mine wasn't able to be read by my MacBook unfortunately... Don't know if that's by design or what.

A lot more people have reported that the Wii U killed their thumb drive in weeks/months, so I wouldn't recommend it.
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So far on the internet I have run across only two people who say the thumb drives with Wii U was safe. If I can back it up I wouldn't mind taking the chances as much.
 
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The Real Jdbye said:
A lot more people have reported that the Wii U killed their thumb drive in weeks/months, so I wouldn't recommend it.
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Well also people tend to buy the cheapest stuff in the market... Since they're not paying anything for the games they play you expect them to shell out some cash for a good thumbstick? i had mine for years now, never really had an issue. even used it for PS3 games. But i actually spend money on the thing.
 
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V10lator said:
That tool is so old... Either use NUSspli (it can download only as well as keep downloaded files after installation) or Wii U Downloader.

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Same for that tool. NUSspli can install 3rd party content, too...
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If you want to keep local backups for future usage (emulation, preservation) use Wii U USB Helper in combination with WUP installer.
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Don't quote me if you can't read
 
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