Hacking Nintendont

[Bugahy]

I am using the nintendont forwarder on Wii U, when i run the app it loads the nintendont logo, enters wii mode and then black screen, i have to unplug the console everytime this happens, sometimes I get lucky and nintendont loads fine, but 8 times out of 10 wont load past the wii logo.
I have the latest release (5.462) and IOS58 v25.32

I found a solution (kind of) for those wondering, i have to enter Wii mode first and then return to the Wii u system menu then load a sig patcher or a CFW and run nintendont from there, i dont know why it need to enter wii mode first but at least it works.

 

[spraydom22]

My understanding is the wii vc / gc (nintendont) vc files need sig patching to execute in wii u mode (cfw active like haxchi/cbhc/mocha) as they are not signed, and without cfw active, the wii u won't execute unsigned code.

 

[bootmonster]

The controllers de-sync and shut down the console. This usually happens for me after 2 minutes of no input. I think my hard drive is fucked cause it shuts down with wii vc as well.
Edit tried another hdd and problems seemed to have gone

Was the first hard drive you used a toshiba by any chance? They are known to spin down to a sort of 'sleep' mode which can cause issues on the Wii U.

 

[Columbo2811]

Was the first hard drive you used a toshiba by any chance? They are known to spin down to a sort of 'sleep' mode which can cause issues on the Wii U.

No it was a maxell 500gb with y cable and timed out pretty much exactly 2 mins in when not pressing any buttons in nintendont which is rather strange. New one is working perfectly now.

 

[Bugahy]

My understanding is the wii vc / gc (nintendont) vc files need sig patching to execute in wii u mode (cfw active like haxchi/cbhc/mocha) as they are not signed, and without cfw active, the wii u won't execute unsigned code.

You're correct, but i execute CFW Mocha before running nintendont on wii u mode, and doesnt run past the Wii logo (that means it runs and enters wii mode), i have to enter manually to wii mode and then exit and run the CFW again and then the nintendont VC app in the wii u menu. i have the USB Loader GX on the Wii U menu as well but that one runs fine.

 

[Maxbeta]

Install forwarder (see nintendont forwarder url file) via wup installer gx2 and make sure your nintendont is updated to latest version to avoid errors.

Thanks for providing the loader and help.
I recently installed everything along with Nintendont v5.464 which is the lastest one provided on the 1st post here but I am having some issues.
Upon the first try running the loader I ran into a black hanging screen after the Wii logo. I had to unplug my WiiU and turn on the unit.
Ran the Loader again and immediately got a console error which asked me to power down the Wii U and try again.
Powered up the Wii U, went into CHBC/Haxchi, exited with Home button and ran the loader and Nintendont finally loaded....third time's a charm I guess BUT however it does not detect games on my USB drive.

Is it supposed to give this many problems? Or is there actually a workaround to get it running off USB and on the Gamepad?

I'm just going to revert back to not using a gamepad and wait for a more stable version. Thanks again man!

 

[pedro702]

Thanks for providing the loader and help.
I recently installed everything along with Nintendont v5.464 which is the lastest one provided on the 1st post here but I am having some issues.
Upon the first try running the loader I ran into a black hanging screen after the Wii logo. I had to unplug my WiiU and turn on the unit.
Ran the Loader again and immediately got a console error which asked me to power down the Wii U and try again.
Powered up the Wii U, went into CHBC/Haxchi, exited with Home button and ran the loader and Nintendont finally loaded....third time's a charm I guess BUT however it does not detect games on my USB drive.

Is it supposed to give this many problems? Or is there actually a workaround to get it running off USB and on the Gamepad?

I'm just going to revert back to not using a gamepad and wait for a more stable version. Thanks again man!

wiivc inject has no acess to usb lol also you need sigpatches to launch wiivc games, you can make a wiivc game with game inside that can be on the usb of your wiiu or nand but vwii usb fa32 will not work. also nintendont launches here every single time, you probably had a bad install.

 

[Maxbeta]

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Well I haven't done any vc injects before and I thought this was just a loader for a new version compatible with the gamepad. Forgive me for not being a GBAtemp Guru such as yourself but then again thanks for the additional info. Also if it managed to load I don't think it was a bad install, at least not from what I saw WUP Installer perform. I think it may be related to something else. Anyways, I'll just wait until things are more stable.

 

[Kleyon]

Thanks for providing the loader and help.
Upon the first try running the loader I ran into a black hanging screen after the Wii logo. I had to unplug my WiiU and turn on the unit.

No you don't! Already had this many times (seems to concern first launch after installing forwarder and/or Nintendont). You just need to press A 2 or 3 times at launch for loading first game from list, after that it should launch as expected. Plus power button from WiiU must work now, no need to unplug it. Only case when I was forced to unplug WiiU is when I try Wii ISOs that vWii can't handle (other Region for example) so not related to Nintendont anymore. This bug can be bypassed by injecting GameCube games.

 

[pedro702]

Well I haven't done any vc injects before and I thought this was just a loader for a new version compatible with the gamepad. Forgive me for not being a GBAtemp Guru such as yourself but then again thanks for the additional info. Also if it managed to load I don't think it was a bad install, at least not from what I saw WUP Installer perform. I think it may be related to something else. Anyways, I'll just wait until things are more stable.

remenber, everytime you are reinstalling something with the same id uninstal it first then reinstall overwriting it makes isntalls very dodgy, i installed nintendont with mkgp2 iso inside, then it would blackscreen everytime when launching the game i deleted rebuilded the nuspacker files and reinstall and everything is good, so yeah bad shit can happen sometimes, nintendont is very very stable, no one gets more blackscreens than boots for a very very long time unless some file is off.

 

[spraydom22]

Well I haven't done any vc injects before and I thought this was just a loader for a new version compatible with the gamepad. Forgive me for not being a GBAtemp Guru such as yourself but then again thanks for the additional info. Also if it managed to load I don't think it was a bad install, at least not from what I saw WUP Installer perform. I think it may be related to something else. Anyways, I'll just wait until things are more stable.

Make sure your vWii drive/flash/disk on key that you use for usb loader gx, wiiflow, etc. for wii/gc is disconnected when you try to load this up. Nintendont gets cranky if it detects two usb devices (i.e Wii U's encrypted disk for storage and the vWiis's device) simultaneously. (alternatively, you can use ustealth to hide the vWii device)

My setup before I did Wii/GC VC injects was

Wii U games on encrypted Wiiu drive
GC games on SD card (for Nintendont via vWii)
Wii games on other usb (FAT32) vWii disk drive with ustealth enabled.

To quote Nintendont's page: "- The USB device can be connected on any USB Port, but it MUST be connected alone.
Do NOT connect another HDD at the same time. Even a WiiU formated HDD will prevent Nintendont from working.
Please, disconnect all your other connected device before launching Nintendont."

 

[spraydom22]

It seems there are two options for installing the nintendont forwarder with wup installer gx2

1] Install on USB.

a)You'll only be able to play games on the SD card.
b)You'll have to ustealth or remove the vWii USB device.

2] Install on NAND

a) You'll be able to play gc games on SD or vWii USB device
b) You'll still have to remove the Wii U USB device to avoid nintendont's two USB device limitation

 

[pedro702]

Make sure your vWii drive/flash/disk on key that you use for usb loader gx, wiiflow, etc. for wii/gc is disconnected when you try to load this up. Nintendont gets cranky if it detects two usb devices (i.e Wii U's encrypted disk for storage and the vWiis's device) simultaneously. (alternatively, you can use ustealth to hide the vWii device)

My setup before I did Wii/GC VC injects was

Wii U games on encrypted Wiiu drive
GC games on SD card (for Nintendont via vWii)
Wii games on other usb (FAT32) vWii disk drive with ustealth enabled.

To quote Nintendont's page: "- The USB device can be connected on any USB Port, but it MUST be connected alone.
Do NOT connect another HDD at the same time. Even a WiiU formated HDD will prevent Nintendont from working.
Please, disconnect all your other connected device before launching Nintendont."

latest nintendont can now work with wiiu formated drive and a fat32 drive btw.

 

[spraydom22]

latest nintendont can now work with wiiu formated drive and a fat32 drive btw.

Ah, I see now in the changlelog - https://github.com/FIX94/Nintendont/blob/master/NEWS.md

 

[marduk666]

So is it impossible to put Nintendont in the .wup so it can be played without a SD card?
Not necessary to be sure. But it would be nice.

Thanks for all the hard work fix94!

 

[spraydom22]

So is it impossible to put Nintendont in the .wup so it can be played without a SD card?
Not necessary to be sure. But it would be nice.

Thanks for all the hard work fix94!

TeconMoon's WiiVC script will convert a gc.gcm to a wup installer gx2 gc vc package that gets installed on the WiiU USB or NAND. You just need the nintendont files on the SD card.

 

[marduk666]

Yea, I get that. Thanks. My question was if nintendont itself can be worked into the installed .wup. and not located on the SD card. In case an SD card went out or for whatever reason wasn't available the installed .wup would still play the way other .wups would.

 

[Kleyon]

Yes it could, some does but you'll need to reinject it each time it is updated. Using forwarder can simply allow you to change DOL file on SD card.

 

[ShadowOne333]

latest nintendont can now work with wiiu formated drive and a fat32 drive btw.

Inside Wii VC or just for vWii/Wii as it was before?

 

[pedro702]

Inside Wii VC or just for vWii/Wii as it was before?

on wiivc you cant use hdd so no on vwii and well wii if you wanted to add a wiiu formated drive or wbfs drive or something.