Hacking About Gecko OS

[Supa_S]

Okay so a few questions

1- Is there a guide for it?
2- Does it work for all games?
3- Is there a possibility that it will brick my Wii?
4- Will it work on my wii? I'm currently using 3.2U
5- What is the latest version? I currently have 1.5
6- I've heard from a friend that it also allows you to play gamecube games. Is this true?

Thanks a lot!

 

[kedest]

The latest version of Gecko OS is 1.07b. It's regionfree functions should work on most games, also gamecube. It does not work as a backup loader though, so it won't help your running a copied disc if you have no modchip.
It does not modify anything on the Wii itself, so there should be no risk of bricking.

 

[Supa_S]

Thanks kedest. My next question is, how do I install the latest version? I've got the homebrew channel but I haven't had a chance of actually using anything on it.

 

[djdynamite123]

if you get a channel of it as a wad, then you can install it through a application(channel) wad manager, or you could just use the application, and put the folder gecko which ever one into your apps folder on your SD

 

[kedest]

That's easy. Just unpack it to it's own folder in \APPS.
That's how all Wii homebrew works. Just put it in a folder under APPS and the homebrew channel will find it and show it in the menu

 

[Supa_S]

That's easy. Just unpack it to it's own folder in \APPS.
That's how all Wii homebrew works. Just put it in a folder under APPS and the homebrew channel will find it and show it in the menu

So I'm assuming that means that the version of Gecko that I currently have has a folder on the SD card. Should I just copy and replace then?

 

[kedest]

Yes, if you don't have it installed as a channel, it's on your SD card. You can just overwrite it.

 

[Supa_S]

Thanks a lot kedest! I'm gonna give it a try and see if it works (I don't own any PAL wii games but I've got some PAL gamecube games)

To be honest, I wasn't interested in this until I saw Disaster Days of Crisis and the new Taiko no Tatsujin

 

[Supa_S]

So I've downloaded the newest version and added it to my SD card but now I can't see it on the homebrew channel :/

what did i do wrong?

 

[kedest]

Make sure it's in a sub folder of \APPS
\APPS\geckoOS for example. The exact folder doesn't really matter, but I believe the ZIP file already will extract it to a suggested folder.
Also make sure it's executable file is called either BOOT.ELF or BOOT.DOL
Then it should show up in the homebrew channel

 

[Supa_S]

Sorry man, I copied over the wrong folder. It's working now though

thanks a lot!!

 

[Supa_S]

Okay this is gonna be my FINAL question. I was just looking over the options and I'm not quite sure what they mean

Force PAL 60
Force NTSC
Force PAL50
VIDTV Patch
Hook Type
Ocarina On

What r they exactly?

 

[kedest]

The 'force' options are about video modes.
I believe the hook option only applies if you have a USB Gecko device
Ocarina is the cheat engine

 

[djdynamite123]

Ocarina are code to add into you games as CHEATS, The FORCE's are forcing of an NTSC game to play on pal wii e.g. forcing pal 50, otherwise you will get fuzzy or black & white screen, the Hooks are hooks to restart wii, where you can move the disc channel when you've restarted, and optional things.

 

[Supa_S]

I've tried two games: Mario Kart Double Dash and Mario Party 5 but both of them didnt work. I only got a black screen. Oh and they're both from Australia.

Would i need to change some of the settings? I've tried PAL50 and PAL60 but I'm still getting a black screen

 

[djdynamite123]

yeah just play about with the force settings, can only choose 1 as you'll know, also try just launching game, all you can do it check all.

 

[Supa_S]

None of the force options worked though and I've tried launching the game w/out enabling any of the options

 

[kedest]

do you have a modchip? If so, you can also burn gamecube discs with GCOS. That will also work as a regionfree application

 

[FAST6191]

PAL runs are 50Hz normally but NTSC is 60Hz, PAL regions tend to feature NTSC compatibility which means they can run at 60Hz too. Forcing PAL 60 (Hz) does what it means: the wii will run at PAL 60Hz regardless of what anything says.

NTSC is a video standard used mainly in the US and Japan as far as the consoles are concerned. It forces the video mode to NTSC.

See the PAL 60 explanation but instead replace runs at 60Hz with runs at 50 Hz regardless of what else happens.

VIDTV patch. This is used to force the game to work using your selected video mode as far as I am aware.

Hook type. When cheating and/or patching games you have to get your code to run somehow. The hook method is the method used to get the code to run (you can set it to run every 80 cycles, when a interrupt occurs....)

Ocarina is a game launching app but it also functions as a cheating tool.

edit. Much too slow.

 

[Supa_S]

Well I've tried 5 games so far:

Buffy Choas Bleeds - works fine
Mario Party 5 - doesn't work at all
Mario Kart Double Dash - doesn't work at all
Simpsons Hit and Run - doesn't work at all
Super Mario Sunshine - blue screen, but I can hear the game in the background 0_0

Now I'm starting to wonder if imports like Disaster Days of Crisis and Taiko are actually going to work