Hacking Best Way to Mod Any Wii: ModMii for Windows: Official Support Thread

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I have used the mauifrog guide to hack my wii. I can play MH3 great with my loaders.

My cIOS merged with 37 it's certainly "cIOS222[38+37]-v4", but i can play GH games ?
 

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rafao said:
@XFlak

I have used the mauifrog guide to hack my wii. I can play MH3 great with my loaders.

My cIOS merged with 37 it's certainly "cIOS222[38+37]-v4", but i can play GH games ?
Hermes v4 [37+38] should be able to play guitar hero games, so should Hermes v5 [37] and Wanin's v19[37] (I prefer Wanin's v19)
 

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Xflak, can you update the NUSAD to instead( or make a new guide) of downgrading 4.3 Wiis to 4.2, use Smash Stack to load LoadMii and then boot the NEW HackMii Installer 0.7, and then keep on the process, would you??
 

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I am running on 3.2E at the moment with softmods already installed (not sure what I did before). Can I use NUSAD to update my softmods? Will this work? Are IOSes such as 222/223/249 included in the dl?

Also, I have downloaded some wads which failed all redownloads and verification during the process. Is there a way I can redownload only the ones that failed?


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* Wii is already modified
* Current firmware is 3.XE
* Desired firmware is 4.2E

* Download Photo Channel
* Download Internet Channel
* Download Weather Channel
* Download News Channel
* Download Mii Channel
* Download Shopping Channel (and IOS61)
* Download Wii Speak Channel

* Download HackMii Installer v0.6 and BannerBomb v1 (with IOS61)
* Download recommended cIOSs and cMIOS
* Download Priiloader
* Download Extra Brick Protection
* Update active IOSs
 

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@naruses, way ahead of u
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@Downloaderz, yes u can use nus auto downloader to update your softmods, if u repeat your download, only the files that failed will actually be redownloaded (the files that are already okay will be skipped). And yes, it includes 222/223/249 (u should see them in the list of wads to install)
 

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Hi XFlak, I'm sooo lost here. I wanted to install Priiloader 0.4 for the Wii brick protection. It wanted me to have an IOS61 patched. I'm curious but does NUS have that? I dunno if I'm looking in the wrong area but I'm not seeing it. I heard different things about using IOS 249 so I dunno which is reliable
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XFlak said:
@Downloaderz, yes u can use nus auto downloader to update your softmods, if u repeat your download, only the files that failed will actually be redownloaded (the files that are already okay will be skipped). And yes, it includes 222/223/249 (u should see them in the list of wads to install)

Thanks for your quick reply, cleared up most of my questions. I have another one, as I have already softmodded before last year, my SD card is filled with stuff that I cant remember what they are for. Is it alright to clear/reformat the card and move the newly downloaded wads?
 

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Downloaderz said:
XFlak said:
@Downloaderz, yes u can use nus auto downloader to update your softmods, if u repeat your download, only the files that failed will actually be redownloaded (the files that are already okay will be skipped). And yes, it includes 222/223/249 (u should see them in the list of wads to install)

Thanks for your quick reply, cleared up most of my questions. I have another one, as I have already softmodded before last year, my SD card is filled with stuff that I cant remember what they are for. Is it alright to clear/reformat the card and move the newly downloaded wads?
the only thing u absolutely must not delete is the nand.bin and your keys.bin (your bootmii nand backup). You may also want to backup your private folder as it may have any channels or games saves u saved. Everything else should be fine delete
 

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NUS Auto Downloader for Windows
Version 4.1.9 RELEASED


NUSAD 4.1.9 Changelog
  • Download Wizard now supports upgrading to 4.3 (but still not recommended).
  • Download Wizard now supports non-virgin Jap and Korean 4.3 Wii's (Virgin 4.3 Jap and Korean Wii's are still unsoftmoddable)
  • Added 'HackMii Solutions' support for 4.3 Wii's of all regions.
  • Added a SNEEK Game/ISO Bulk Extractor to facilitate transferring an entire folder of Games/ISOs to your SNEEK+DI or UNEEK+DI enabled FAT32 Hard Drive.
  • File Cleanup feature added to assist those wanting to delete un-needed files after mod completion.
  • Bootmii.ini builder/configurator added. It can build/customize the bootmii.ini file, as well as download the ppcboot.elf and armboot.bin, all of which are required to launch bootmii (these files are also saved to the SD Card when bootmii is manually installed).
  • Added the ability to save your Wizard Settings for future use or redistribution. When starting the Download Wizard, if Wizard_Settings is detected, it will ask you if you want to load the saved settings or continue with the Download Wizard like normal.
  • All IOSs/MIOSs are now ONLY saved to the WAD folder unless you enable the new 'Root Save' Option to Save IOSs\MIOSs to root instead of the WAD Folder (does NOT affect Download Wizard and only applies to IOSs\MIOSs). This is useful for Wii Apps that require IOSs\MIOSs saved to Root (also useful in combination with the option to save the 00000001 folder, as some Wii apps also require IOSs/MIOSs saved to the 00000001 folder).
  • When saving Download Queue's, 3 settings now also will be saved to the queue (Root Save, Keep 00000001 Folder and Save Zip). When this Queue is loaded, it will use the settings saved in the queue (and notify the user what they are and if they differ from your overall settings).
  • Active IOSs have been updated to their most recent releases (post 4.3 update versions). Stub IOSs have been removed entirely as there is no good reason to support them.
  • Reorganized the 3 Batch Download Pages and also made them directly accessible from one page to the next, allowing you to add files from multiple pages to a single Download Queue.
  • Added more error-reduction checks when building a cIOS. Now the base wads will also be verified and deleted/re-downloaded if corrupt somehow.
  • Updates checks now download a *.txt file instead of a *.bat file, which should fix the update error one user reported having.
  • Multiple enhancements to the custom generated guides (especially for 4.3 Wii's).
  • Other minor changes.
 

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@XFlak or anyone

What's a difference with FAT32 HDD vs. WBFS HDD...

-Limit of file size. (can be split or no, etc)
-What is files can be stored ?
-Advantages and Disadvantages
-Stability

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Thank's to NUSAD program.
 

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rafao said:
@XFlak or anyone

What's a difference with FAT32 HDD vs. WBFS HDD...
I don't really know too much about Stability etc but there's this little titbit of info

Q: Isn't FAT limited to 4GB file size but a game iso is larger than 4GB?
A: Yes, that's why the .wbfs files are scrubbed to save space and if it is still larger than 4GB it is split to 4GB chunks. Split files are named gameid.wbfs, gameid.wbf1, gameid.wbf2,... similar to how the a .rar archive can be split to multiple files (.rar, .r01, .r02,...)

Q: What about the file size, games on WBFS partition are scrubbed / compressed, will it take more space on a FAT/NTFS partition?
A: No, it will take the same space because the files are not in .iso format but instead .wbfs format, which uses the same scrubbing / compression method as on a WBFS partition, actually the file format is the same as the format of the WBFS partition. And to be even more accurate, the .wbfs files will take even less space, because the wbfs block size will be smaller too. (The size depends also on the selection which partitions are copied - all or only game)

Q: Is there any advantage using FAT/NTFS rather than a WBFS partition?
A: Depends on personal preference. These are some of the points:
advantages:
- no need to repartition in case the disk is already used for other stuff
- the game files can be copied using normal file managers
- the partition space can be shared for other purposes
- better choice of file-system recovery / de-fragmentation tools
disadvantages:
- limited choice of loaders: only CFG, GX and WiiFlow support FAT/NTFS at the moment.
- loading speed should be approximately the same compared to WBFS
& I'm not sure but I think that you can't just copy over files from your PC directly onto a WBFS drive (through windows) since Windows doesn't recognize the WBFS formated drive - you'll need to use another file explorer-type program like 'Wii GameBackup Manager'
 

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hey guys,

I have a problem... I did everything from the tutorial but I still can not read my backup dvds.
I installed the hbb and then dvdx but it still doesn't work.

what did I do wrong?

thx

EDIT: I tried the USB way but as soon as I load the USB drive I see a black screen and my wii makes a reset
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new wii's can't play backup discs without getting a modchip or replacing the dvd drive.

What do u mean u tried the USB way? Did u use NUSAD's USB-Loader Setup function? You need to give more info. Most likely reason it is failing is because u have an incompatible hard drive, or its formatted improperly, or u messed up installing cIOS249.
 

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Hey XFlak, found a small problem with 4.1.9. It's not anything that's crucial to the program, but there's two options for pressing "S" on the main menu.
 

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lol, TBH I caught that last night, its already fixed in v4.2.0 beta, all it means is that people can't use the option to open their browser to the NUSAD homepage, oh well, people will have to use the old fashion way

btw, v4.2.0 beta already has another new sneek feature currently being tested
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What can I do to play backup disks?
I know there was a problem with 249 and 250 on v15, so I used v14 before, but now its on v19....

So, can we still play backups from disk?
 

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