Getting Rock Band to work on softmodded Wii

Hello.

Thank you.

Test on an NTSC Wii is possible,please give me a little Time.

But I think it is more a matter of your USBLoader Settings,your Equipment...not of the Region.

As you see,I have only used NTSC Games.

 

@alexander1970, thank you so much for doing each game test individually, and not giving up thinking "all are the same".
Strangely, there is one with a different result !!

@Eguin
Quick explanation :

IOS : File redirection is done on IOS level
When using the emuNAND Full or Partial option from the loader, it's loading the cIOS installed on your NAND, and the cIOS is responsible for redirecting file requests (for disc, for NAND). so it's a custom IOS and some games might have "custom/antipiracy" detection. the custom IOS receive game's command "please provide me this file from disc" and the cIOS tell the game "you'll get the file from USB instead". Most games are happy to receive the file whatever the place it comes from. Some games don't like it.

Neek : File redirection is done on a lower level (kernel)
When using emuNAND Neek option, it's loading EVERYTHING from a NAND copy (on SD or USB), and the console is not aware it's been redirected. it uses the copy of the NAND located on USB or SD as if it was the real NAND located on the console. The IOS, the files, everything is loaded from it (instead of Disc or NAND) without knowing it, and using official IOS (not custom). the official IOS receive game's command "please provide me this file from disc" and the IOS tell the game "sure, I found this file on disc" without knowing the source is actually located at a different place.


Neek mode might seems perfect, but it's a little slow to launch and not compatible with different features (cheats, return to, video mode settings from the loader, etc.)
I recommend using neek only for specific games not working with either USB, real NAND, or emuNAND.

Neek is not using any cIOS at all, only official IOS, so all game "should" work.

 

Yeah, neek can take minutes to load if you had everything in it. I only two games in mine, and it's very fast.

 

one bad thing I discovered about neek is that if you have a pro controller, for example, that you added to the system after the neek nand was made (on the wii u of course), it will be unattached to to the system after going into neek or loading a neek game. I noticed this with wii remotes as well. it's tied to the emunand as well as the normal system menu, so my new pro controller has to be resynced each time I do that. my old pro controller - no problems. the only way to fix it is to make a new emunand with it synced, but it's not really worth doing that right now.

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another way is to sync the controller while in neek, but a pro controller afaik can't be synced in the virtual wii.

 

you could try with neek. some games, and possible peripherals, are only usable with it. you can use sneek on the sd card or uneek on the usb. they're collectively called neek which stands for something I've forgotten I believe. I've never tried neek with a retail game, only emunand, but I don't see why it wouldn't work if that's the problem. some games require very specific credentials like skyward sword doesn't work with emunand for example. black screen after the wii remote screen.

 

here's what neek2o at least looks like on the wii u via my own system. the difference between neek and neek2o is that you have more options with neek2o:

 

you can find normal neek guide on hacksden by @JoostinOnline , not sure about neek2o. the one on the wii u was leaked or the files anyway. I'm not sure about neek2o on the wii though.

 

I don't think so. the kernel is called something like kernel.bin for the wii while the virtual wii is like vwiikernel.bin. I don't think they're the same file.

 

you could try this: https://sites.google.com/site/completesg/how-to-use/sneek

I don't know where it's at on hacksden, just remember it. it sounds difficult, but it's not as hard as it sounds. I did with the wii, but not the vwii. neek2o on that I just downloaded some prepared files.

 

The sync is stored inside the SYSCONF file.
USBLoaderGX has an option to copy console's SYSCONF into your current emuNAND (channel) path.

if you add new wiimote or pro controller, or balance board to your NAND, use the copy SYSCONF feature to also put it into (neek's) emuNAND.

I'm not sure it's working fine if it's a fresh new empty NAND from modmii.
Only use that feature if you dumped your own nand to emuNAND, and therefore use the same data in both. it's like dumping NAND again, but ... only the sync file

 

damn, that will save me the frustration of making a neek emunand again.

 

it worked! thanks!

 

Great setup, i prefer guitar hero controler compared to rock band so my usb hub i use only mic for vocal harmony

Just in case you want upgarde your usb hub i recomended this
https://www.ugreen.com/products/usb-2-0-hub-rj45-ethernet-adapter
It have 3 usb port also ethernet port just in case you need more stable connection