Hacking Mighty Channels

[Etheboss]

Thnx Davebaol, but i am only gonna test if rev 21 is fixed so all (or most) vc/wiiware games work in emunand. I am happy with sneek atm. i even have wiiflow running in sneek emu to load my vc/wiiware.

 

[davebaol]

From my tests cIOSX rev21d2x v3 beta1 definitely fixes save file issue (free space check).

ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ rev17ÂÂÂÂrev21ÂÂÂÂrev21d2x-v3beta1
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Tetrys PartyÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂOKÂÂÂÂÂÂ ERR1ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂOK
Brain ChallengeÂÂÂÂ OKÂÂÂÂÂÂ ERR2ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂOK


ERR1 = Cannot save the game after each level
ERR2 = Black screen soon after the logo if the save doesn't exist already

If someone can summarize all the stuff broken in official rev21 since rev17 I can try to fix it.
For the time being I have no classic controller so VirtualConsole issues are a bit harder to fix.

 

[KeithF40]

You shall use modmii on your computer :

Menu Advanced Custom Downloads, select CIOS (ou IOS) to modify : 24917 (for slot 249 CIOS 17).

Enter slot required : 248 , don't change version number (so answer "N" to version question)

Download it

and you will get a wad like cIOS249v17b38slot248.wad

this is CIOS 17 ready to install on slot 248.

install it as a wad.

Olivier

the best moniker is well deserved. totally worked. this modmii program is now my go to program. thanks alot.

 

[KeithF40]

some images missing. for n64
super smash bros
bottom of the ninth

 

[coreduo0099]

From my tests cIOSX rev21d2x v3 beta1 definitely fixes save file issue (free space check).

If someone can summarize all the stuff broken in official rev21 since rev17 I can try to fix it.
For the time being I have no classic controller so VirtualConsole issues are a bit harder to fix.

This link to page 7 of this thread has the results of testing I performed last month:
Mighty Channels Compatibilty with different cIOS versions

Great work on the save identification issue.. Hopefully that will fix many of the issues I identified in the chart.
If you could figure out why nand emulation will not work on 2TB drives, you would make a lot of us happy campers...

Keep up the great work!

 

[marc_max]

Time to say something...

I'll release the final version of Mighty Channels soon. I also want to announce that I won't be updating it anymore. I'm very tired of it, I'm tired of reading the same code whenever I want to continue it.
I cannot do anything more, now it's all a cIOS thing (and it seems that davebaol is helping a lot!).
I recommend everyone to use the new cIOS rev21d2x. Because it's rev21 (it doesn't have the cache bug of rev17 that is giving problems to some users) and it has some bug fixes.

The special version of Mighty Channels is canceled. It will be replaced by another utility for Sneek that will allow to sort games in System Menu and select which ones will appear in its 4 pages. I think it's the best solution for anyone who wants to play WiiWare from SD/USB and doesn't want to mess with cIOS and incompatibilities.


EDIT: This doesn't mean that I'm not recommending Mighty Channels! Triiforce/MC are still faster to boot than Sneek. And since they use the same virtual NAND and Sneek, the best solution is to have both of them installed. If a game doesn't boot on Triiforce/MC then just use Sneek (+my Sort Sneek if it's needed).

 

[davebaol]

@coreduo0099
Thanks, great report!
Unfortunately I have no 2TB drive but I can investigate.
At least tell me what happens when you launch MC on a HDD greater than 1TB.
Does it crash? And when?
Please be as explanatory as possible so to point me in right direction since I'm literally blind.

@marc_max
Thanks for trusting in me.

TBH I might need your help to fix >1TB HDD and VirtualConsole issues.
Can I bother you via pm if necessary?

 

[Taleweaver]

Your work is well appreciated, marc_max. Frankly: I prefer you saying you won't be making changes anymore because you're tired of it than just let it slack away on some "I'll do it later" shelve.

Cheers.

 

[IceIceBird]

There is actually just one thing missing and that's a cheat option that way we could hack the "protected" games easier

Then we at last could play almost everygame

Thanks for all the time you spent on your app, much appricated!

 

[Fox888]

Just want to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH for Mighty Channels and your work on Mighty Channels are very much appreciated

(so it´s sad, that you won´t work on this anymore

, but thats life )
Cheers....

 

[papermanzero]

@marc_max
You are doing such a great work. Really.
The project is genius.

I hope you are just going to make a break and then you will do some updates in the futures. =D

 

[atavol]

just want to say thanks for your hard work marc_max and for the joy this project has given to many .even though there wont be any regular updates i hope that in the future you will give it another go. all the best in your future projects and lot of success.

 

[coreduo0099]

@coreduo0099
Thanks, great report!
Unfortunately I have no 2TB drive but I can investigate.
At least tell me what happens when you launch MC on a HDD greater than 1TB.
Does it crash? And when?
Please be as explanatory as possible so to point me in right direction since I'm literally blind.

When using a drive larger than 1TB....

using cIOS21 base 57

In Mighty Channels:
a error message appears in the app, no crash.

ERROR: I can't enable NAND emulator ret=-101

In Triiforce:

ERROR: I can't Initialize NAND

using my 1TB Drive with Mighty Channels:

cIOS 17 works flawless

cIOS 21 dx2beta3 base 56 and base 57:
It says starting USB NAND emulation... then...
ERROR: I can't get title list ret=-3


Using my 320GB Drive with Mighty Channels:

cIOS 17 works
cIOS 21 dx2beta3 base 56 and base 57 both work
by work I mean.. it says startign USB NAND emulation, then Getting Title/Game list.... Then I see my channels

 

[RobGee789]

ive made all the rev21d2x wads here they are

(cIOS249[57] v21d2xv3beta1 works best for me)

all 249 rev21v3beta1 wads

cIOS249[37] v21d2xv3beta1
cIOS249[38] v21d2xv3beta1
cIOS249[56] v21d2xv3beta1
cIOS249[57] v21d2xv3beta1

edit added all 250 rev21v3beta1 wads

cIOS250[36] v21d2xv3beta1
cIOS250[38] v21d2xv3beta1
cIOS250[56] v21d2xv3beta1
cIOS250[57] v21d2xv3beta1

all 249 rev21d2x2 wads

cIOS249[37]-v21d2x2
cIOS249[38]-v21d2x2
cIOS249[56]-v21d2x2
cIOS249[57]-v21d2x2

all 250 rev21d2x2

cIOS250[37]-v21d2x2
cIOS250[38]-v21d2x2
cIOS250[56]-v21d2x2
cIOS250[57]-v21d2x2

 

[marc_max]

Strange. o.O
Yes I am talking about PAL games.

I am using USB and I have 12 games installed.
At the moment I am using the standard configuration (the settings since the first start)
I didn't change anything.

Video Mode is 60Hz PAL in Wii Main Menu.

Edit:
Nevertheless I like your application very very much. =D

It could be caused by a small function I use to free all images from memory.
You have 12 games. Are you using 4:3 (9 games per page) or 16:9 (12 games per page)?
Where are exactly the games that don't run placed? If you are using 4:3 try to place them in the first page and save changes and run MC again, try the games again but without moving page.
If this doesn't work, please try to delete the MC config file and try again.

 

[papermanzero]

It could be caused by a small function I use to free all images from memory.
You have 12 games. Are you using 4:3 (9 games per page) or 16:9 (12 games per page)?
Where are exactly the games that don't run placed? If you are using 4:3 try to place them in the first page and save changes and run MC again, try the games again but without moving page.
If this doesn't work, please try to delete the MC config file and try again.

I am using Pal 4:3 (9 Games per Page).
The games are placed on the second page.
I will try your suggestion and report asap.

Edit: Sorry, both solutions didn't work. I put the games on the first page and then I reloaded MC. After Reloading, MC shows a code dump (after selecting a vc title).
Si I deleted the config file, but same here. Code Dump after selecting a vc title.
But anyway, I like MightyC really really much. ^^
If this will work it would be perfect.

I will post some screenshots soon. Maybe I will try it with 2dx.

 

[marc_max]

It could be caused by a small function I use to free all images from memory.
You have 12 games. Are you using 4:3 (9 games per page) or 16:9 (12 games per page)?
Where are exactly the games that don't run placed? If you are using 4:3 try to place them in the first page and save changes and run MC again, try the games again but without moving page.
If this doesn't work, please try to delete the MC config file and try again.

I am using Pal 4:3 (9 Games per Page).
The games are placed on the second page.
I will try your suggestion and report asap.

Edit: Sorry, both solutions didn't work. I put the games on the first page and then I reloaded MC. After Reloading, MC shows a code dump (after selecting a vc title).
Si I deleted the config file, but same here. Code Dump after selecting a vc title.
But anyway, I like MightyC really really much. ^^
If this will work it would be perfect.

I will post some screenshots soon. Maybe I will try it with 2dx.

You get the code dump when you try to boot the game or when the banner should show up along with the sound?

 

[mrkazador]

Tried out v21d2xv3beta1 [38] & [57] and some games don't work anymore when it did with rev17. I get a black screen after mighty channels loads the game.
Drift Mania
Excitebike
Bit.trip Fate
Sonic 4
Tetris Party
I have not tried all of my games but do know that Cave Story works and 4 of my VC N64 games. Pressing home then Wii Menu works now also, no freezing.

 

[davebaol]

Same as Fox888 with The Will of Dr.Frankenstein.

1. With beta5 code dump just right before the healt screen should show up.
2. Then using beta4 the game began to work
3. back to beta 5 without doing anything, just replaced the boot.dol and IT WORKS NOW WITH BETA 5

That's really weird.

If you want I can give you my emulated nand so you can check.
Let me know

in beta 5 i can´t get the will of dr. frankenstein to work..(using r17 base 38) but it works perfect in beta 4..
normal boot method i got a stack dump.. apploader boots into black screen..

cheers
Strange. It works for me in BETA5 (PAL version).


well it does for me in beta 5 (did a clean install and using ios246 r17 base 38) went back to beta 4 and it worked again....
and it is also a PAL version

here is the stack dump i´m getting with beta 5 :

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7088/dsc00097jjd.jpg

The error appears when the banner sound should play or after pushing A to boot?
How many games do you have installed? How many pages do you have?
USB or SD?
Are you using a forwarder?
Does it work on Triiforce/mrc? Can you try older BETAs?

1 : The error appears when the banner sound should play or after pushing A to boot?
2 : How many games do you have installed? How many pages do you have?
3 : USB or SD?
4 : Are you using a forwarder?
5 : Does it work on Triiforce/mrc? Can you try older BETAs?


1 : the error appears after i push A, right before the healt screen should show up..
2 : i got 54 games installed, so that is 5 pages + 1 pages for 5 games that don´t work the tales of monkey island series.. so total 59 games on 6 page..
3 : my nand is on Fat32 USB and i boot Mighty Channels from SD..
4 : i use both, a forwarder and from hbc with same result..
5 : Beta 4 : works.... Beta 3 : works... Beta 2 : works... Beta 1 : well i can´t get the games to show up, so i can´t test this one
and for Triiforce/mrc as my setup is atm i can´t test with that sorry

anyway´s Thank you very much for giving us this great loader, really great work

Could you try it with a clean NAND without any game installed but Frankenstein?
If it still doesn't work, then upload that NAND somewhere and PM me. I'll try it with your NAND.

Seriously, I don't know what can't be happening. I didn't touch anything about the boot. It was just two things about downloading images and sorting games. And the funny thing is that it works for me.

QUOTE(marc_max @ Jan 28 2011, 10:08 AM)

QUOTE(Fox888 @ Jan 28 2011, 09:31 AM)

weird things happen after testing the other beta´s, i went back to beta 5 without doing anything, just replaced the dol IT WORKS NOW WITH BETA 5

so thank you very much for your time on this weird issue and keep up your great work

I don't know if I should be worried or not. It sounded weird.

 

[papermanzero]

Same as Fox888 with The Will of Dr.Frankenstein.

1. With beta5 code dump just right before the healt screen should show up.
2. Then using beta4 the game began to work
3. back to beta 5 without doing anything, just replaced the boot.dol and IT WORKS NOW WITH BETA 5

That's really weird.

If you want I can give you my emulated nand so you can check.
Let me know

Maybe this is the Bug. The config is eventually corrupted with Beta5.
But Beta4 is creating a correct config file. So if you create a config file with previous versions it will work.