No it's cool ;-) - I just updated the previous message. It must be the most common one ;-)
No it's cool ;-) - I just updated the previous message. It must be the most common one ;-)
Ok, I extracted some other update partitions from other games and I got both games succesfully converted to Iso format, and then to WBFS format with no problems. Thank you.
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Someone posted on reddit a version including recovery files, btw
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No huge deal, I got an Xbox, but still...
(The card, by the way, is the Samsung I listed as problematic with IGR + alternate reads)
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After reformatting the SD, Animal Crossing (a known working title) does work as nkit.iso, but Smashing Drive doesn't (with or without alternate reads, as full iso, nkit.iso, and nkit.iso with "nkit" removed from the filename just in case)
No huge deal, I got an Xbox, but still...
(The card, by the way, is the Samsung I listed as problematic with IGR + alternate reads)
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I'd like to request support for converting nkit to iso without a recovery partition. It's a big nuisance for USB Loader GX users to track down a partition just to convert the game to wbfs (which also doesn't require partitions) and it makes distributing partition-less nkit games less practical. The current warning is helpful but could you please make partitions optional when converting?
Yup. Agree.
Sure, keeping 1:1 isos for collections it's important. Even more for preservation. But... we're in 2019 now. Most of those partitions are useless. Why would you need an update partition with the, for example, 3.2U system update when there's the last 4.3U update?
By the way, nanook. I've been using your software almost every day with nkit isos from Vimm's Lair and Update Partitions from a torrent someone shared on Reddit and I've had no problems at all. Your software it's simply perfect.
I've been reading here and elsewhere about NKit and have two questions relating to using it with real Wii softmodded hardware:
1. Is it true that I can take a "game.iso" of a Gamecube image and "Convert to NKit ISO" and the resulting file can be "played" via Nintedont on my real Wii? Do I rename it "game.iso" or will Nintendont see, for example, "4x4 Evo 2 (USA).nkit.iso"?
2. Is it not currently possible to do this with Wii WBFS or ISO files because updates to both USB Loader GX and the homebrew system itself need to be worked out first?
Thanks for this tool.
1. Is it true that I can take a "game.iso" of a Gamecube image and "Convert to NKit ISO" and the resulting file can be "played" via Nintedont on my real Wii? Do I rename it "game.iso" or will Nintendont see, for example, "4x4 Evo 2 (USA).nkit.iso"?
2. Is it not currently possible to do this with Wii WBFS or ISO files because updates to both USB Loader GX and the homebrew system itself need to be worked out first?
Thanks for this tool.
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When converting Wii images to nkit, the removal of the update partition is completely optional. In fact the config defaults to keeping them. I agree that not having them when trying to convert back would be tedious. It all depends on your requirements. This tool was primarily designed for preservation after all.
1. Yes can be played by Nintendont on a real Wii. I've not used it so I'm not sure about the rules as to how.
2. NKit saves more space than other formats by removing the hashes and encryption. This was favoured for preservation purposes. Otherwise it might as well be wbfs, which is currently recoverable by nkit to redump iso. So just choose nkit for smallest size+dolphin or wbfs for hardware.
Hopefully someone might create a wii cios for Wii nkit one day
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It is probably because your nkit.iso did not have the so-called "Update Partition" and you don't have the 11 gigabytes worth of update partitions for NKit to use to fix ISOs with no
Update Partitions. They really don't have to be fixed (you don't need Update Partitions), but NKit will by default delete the resulting ISO because it will fail the verify without it.
There's a way around this. In the "NKit Processing App" there is an option you can unselect labelled "Delete Recover Match Failures." Unselecting that will leave the unverified (most likely working but with no update partition) ISO file in the following folder:
\NKit\Processed\Wii_MatchFail
Update Partitions. They really don't have to be fixed (you don't need Update Partitions), but NKit will by default delete the resulting ISO because it will fail the verify without it.
There's a way around this. In the "NKit Processing App" there is an option you can unselect labelled "Delete Recover Match Failures." Unselecting that will leave the unverified (most likely working but with no update partition) ISO file in the following folder:
\NKit\Processed\Wii_MatchFail
@nanook I'm sure you are already aware of this but in case you are not: bugs[.]dolphin-emu[.]org/issues/11900
Edit: And if you really have nothing better to do, can you maybe look into supporting dev GCMs (like archive[.]org/details/spiderman4wiiunreleased) at some point? Maybe @GerbilSoft can help with that.
Edit: And if you really have nothing better to do, can you maybe look into supporting dev GCMs (like archive[.]org/details/spiderman4wiiunreleased) at some point? Maybe @GerbilSoft can help with that.
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There is a fix for the SPM issue in the workings. I've been busy lately since diagnosing the issue. As far I was aware all GCMs were supported, if not I'll look to make sure they are.
Cheers ;-)
An encrypted GCM? As in GameCube?
If I remember correctly the fst for Mario Kart Fun is not valid and cannot be shrunk and playable with nkit. NKit will shrink and restore most corrupt images. It does this by ignoring the fst and processing the whole area as a raw data. The custom image may be perfectly valid for use as in practice the console will look up a file position and read the data. No problems. However to compact the image there must be no overlapping file entries or files that go beyond the end of the image.
I will double check my facts though in a few days. Just to make sure.
Read the description, it's a Wii image from a dev unit (since those don't have an optical drive).
I can just repeat what @Wiimm told me: The image is fine and uses hard links which are not yet supported by NKIT. WIT can handle the image just fine and even convert it to WIA (which is pretty similar to NKIT).
Okay calm down. I thought Wii Dev Kit images were RVT-H which is unencrypted. I think they are signed with a devkit key though. I have no plans to support that atm.
As I said. I'll take a look. WIT is an amazing app, it does not preserve data exactly though which adds constraints. Can you define "fine" and "hard links" also.
Damn, I didn't mean to sound rude lol. Yeah, you don't have to worry about it, just an idea when you get bored some day.
This is the thread: forum.wii-homebrew[.]com/index.php/Thread/59372-Wiimms-MKW-Fun-2019-10-v1-Release/
Translation:
Anuskuss said:
Leseratte said:
Wiimm said:
Anuskuss said:
Wiimm said:
That's very useful thanks. If hardlinks are just multiple fst entries pointing at the same file then that's no problem at all. Multiple entries pointing at the same file location and size isn't used by Nintendo, but it's simple to cater for.
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Hi 1MiinMofo,
where is the 11GB update partition compilation posted to download it? I cannot find it! And, what about those games with other partitions, like the channel partition or another one detected by WiiBackupManager (which is not update, nor channel, nor game of course)?
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Hi @nanook ,
I am following several threads about NKit and in some messages they are saying that someone posted a huge (11GB) compilation with update partitions to be able to recover those images without it... do you know where it was posted / from where it can be downloaded?
Thank you very much!
Regards,
Gabriel
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Hi @Sk17 ,
I am following several threads about NKit and in some messages they are saying that someone posted a huge (11GB) compilation with update partitions to be able to recover those images without it... do you know where it was posted / from where it can be downloaded?
Thank you very much!
Regards,
Gabriel
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Someone posted on reddit a version including recovery files, btw
(off topic)
After reformatting the SD, Animal Crossing (a known working title) does work as nkit.iso, but Smashing Drive doesn't (with or without alternate reads, as full iso, nkit.iso, and nkit.iso with "nkit" removed from the filename just in case)
No huge deal, I got an Xbox, but still...
(The card, by the way, is the Samsung I listed as problematic with IGR + alternate reads)
Hi @Ryccardo ,
I am following several threads about NKit and in some messages they are saying that someone posted a huge (11GB) compilation with update partitions to be able to recover those images without it... do you know where it was posted / from where it can be downloaded? You also mentioned something like that...
Thank you very much!
Regards,
Gabriel
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