Hacking NOOB PARADISE - ask away

[xzxero]

is your card sdhc?
3.2 does not support sdhc.

I don't believe so (at least it doesn't have SDHC on the card like most sdhc cards I've seen do). Not 100% certain, but I don't think SDHC cards are ever made as small as 1gb either.

Please let me know any other information I can provide!

1gb is not sdhc.

what bannerbomb are you tring?

 

[Wangus8]

what bannerbomb are you tring?

I'm actually using the precomplied .zip you graciously linked to in your guide. So I'm actually not sure of version. Should I try to version 1 specifically?

Extra info: when I insert the SD card, the bottom right hand of the screen pops up some japanese characters (which I of course don't understand), but there are the numbers 7297 in between some characters.

edit: little things that may not be important - 1) My wii doesn't crash/nothing bad happens to it when I put in the SD card. There's just no prompt to do anything (nor does the wii think there's anything that it can use on the sd card at all. 2) When I placed files from the NUSD into the respective 00001->downstream folders, some of my folders were bigger than yours in your screen shot (ie. 1.8MB instead of ~800kb).

Edit2: just tried a complete FAT32 reformat of the sd card with no luck. and tried using the elf.dol from hackmii with no different response.

 

[xzxero]

what bannerbomb are you tring?

I'm actually using the precomplied .zip you graciously linked to in your guide. So I'm actually not sure of version. Should I try to version 1 specifically?

Extra info: when I insert the SD card, the bottom right hand of the screen pops up some japanese characters (which I of course don't understand), but there are the numbers 7297 in between some characters.

edit: little things that may not be important - 1) My wii doesn't crash/nothing bad happens to it when I put in the SD card. There's just no prompt to do anything (nor does the wii think there's anything that it can use on the sd card at all. 2) When I placed files from the NUSD into the respective 00001->downstream folders, some of my folders were bigger than yours in your screen shot (ie. 1.8MB instead of ~800kb).

Edit2: just tried a complete FAT32 reformat of the sd card with no luck. and tried using the elf.dol from hackmii with no different response.

weird, maybe your sd card isnt compatible with your wii?

 

[Wangus8]

That would suck. Is there any sd card you'd recommend? (preferably one I could buy tomorrow and not have to buy online and wait?)

Also, is there a way I would test that incompatibility? Because it seems like I can put things like saved games on there (though I haven't actually done it yet).

 

[xzxero]

That would suck. Is there any sd card you'd recommend? (preferably one I could buy tomorrow and not have to buy online and wait?)

Also, is there a way I would test that incompatibility? Because it seems like I can put things like saved games on there (though I haven't actually done it yet).

well you should test stuff out like moving saves to your sd card to make sure its compatible.

 

[Wangus8]

That would suck. Is there any sd card you'd recommend? (preferably one I could buy tomorrow and not have to buy online and wait?)

Also, is there a way I would test that incompatibility? Because it seems like I can put things like saved games on there (though I haven't actually done it yet).

well you should test stuff out like moving saves to your sd card to make sure its compatible.

Seems like it works. Admittedly, because I was pressing buttons randomly, I deleted the first the first saved game attempt (no worries, though: scrub game anyway). But yes, the transfer worked fine.

Would you still recommend me trying a different SD card?

 

[xzxero]

well if the card reads, then no.

try using different version of bannerbomb

 

[Wangus8]

well if the card reads, then no.

try using different version of bannerbomb

Got it. Just to make sure I'm not going anything silly: I'll follow your guide like normal, except using these different versions of the 'private' file (and it's subdirectories)?

 

[xzxero]

yea exactly, and hopefully you get one that works.

 

[Wangus8]

I'll let you know tomorrow (time to bed for me). Thanks for all your help so far!

 

[rubberchickenmx]

Say if a new preloader comes out. I have preloader .29 installed, do I have to uninstall .29 or just run the update?

 

[tj_cool]

Say if a new preloader comes out. I have preloader .29 installed, do I have to uninstall .29 or just run the update?

Just install the new one

 

[Wangus8]

Looks like all the other bannerbomb versions didn't work.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I should proceed from here?

Recap of what's happened: my wii (ntsc-J v3.2) doesn't seem to recognize the boot.elf in the sd card. I've tried multiple little fixes related to the sd card. It's all been detailed on page 304 of this great thread. Thanks!

 

[bowser]

If you are having trouble with Bannerbomb, maybe you can try using the Twilight Hack since you are on 3.2

 

[Wangus8]

If you are having trouble with Bannerbomb, maybe you can try using the Twilight Hack since you are on 3.2

Sounds like it's worth a try. Since I'm using an NTSC-J wii, would I have to get an NTSC-J Twilight Princess? That would be unfortunately because that would actually take awhile (plus would probably cost a bit in shipping).

 

[bowser]

If you are having trouble with Bannerbomb, maybe you can try using the Twilight Hack since you are on 3.2

Sounds like it's worth a try. Since I'm using an NTSC-J wii, would I have to get an NTSC-J Twilight Princess? That would be unfortunately because that would actually take awhile (plus would probably cost a bit in shipping).

Since your Wii has a modchip, you can use NTSC-U or PAL Zelda. (I myself used an NTSC-U Zelda on my NTSC-J Wii). Make sure the Twilight Hack you use is the same region as the game (not the Wii).

Install BootMii to boot2, take a NAND backup and then run AnyRegionChanger (or cIOS downgrader) to change your Wii to NTSC-U. (Trust me, it's worth it. I did it

)

Then follow the rest of the guide to upgrade to 4.1 U.
Don't upgrade to 4.2 because there are reports of bricked Wiis that have been region changed. Confirm with xzxero if it's ok to upgrade to 4.2 after changing the region.

 

[Wangus8]

Since your Wii has a modchip, you can use NTSC-U or PAL Zelda. (I myself used an NTSC-U Zelda on my NTSC-J Wii).

Install BootMii to boot2, take a NAND backup and then run AnyRegionChanger (or cIOS downgrader) to change your Wii to NTSC-U. (Trust me, it's worth it. I did it

)

Then follow the rest of the guide to upgrade to 4.1 U. Don't upgrade to 4.2 because there are reports of bricked Wiis that have been region changed. Confirm with xzxero if it's ok to upgrade to 4.2 after changing the region.

Awesome. I can pick that up at the local Walmart pretty easily. If you can help, I have a few questions: I know the Twilght hack will allow me to install things like the HBC and bootmii; I think I get the general gist of it. However, is there a simple and cohesive guide to using the twilight hack (much like xzxero's bannerbomb guide)? The current stickies all seem to address the bannerbomb style.

Thanks again!

 

[xzxero]

Since your Wii has a modchip, you can use NTSC-U or PAL Zelda. (I myself used an NTSC-U Zelda on my NTSC-J Wii).

Install BootMii to boot2, take a NAND backup and then run AnyRegionChanger (or cIOS downgrader) to change your Wii to NTSC-U. (Trust me, it's worth it. I did it

)

Then follow the rest of the guide to upgrade to 4.1 U. Don't upgrade to 4.2 because there are reports of bricked Wiis that have been region changed. Confirm with xzxero if it's ok to upgrade to 4.2 after changing the region.

Awesome. I can pick that up at the local Walmart pretty easily. If you can help, I have a few questions: I know the Twilght hack will allow me to install things like the HBC and bootmii; I think I get the general gist of it. However, is there a simple and cohesive guide to using the twilight hack (much like xzxero's bannerbomb guide)? The current stickies all seem to address the bannerbomb style.

Thanks again!

its not hard to do the TP hack, just start a zelda save file, then replace it from within the wii settings with the hack from the sd card. then start zelda again and you should have load the twilight hack.

 

[bowser]

Since your Wii has a modchip, you can use NTSC-U or PAL Zelda. (I myself used an NTSC-U Zelda on my NTSC-J Wii).

Install BootMii to boot2, take a NAND backup and then run AnyRegionChanger (or cIOS downgrader) to change your Wii to NTSC-U. (Trust me, it's worth it. I did it

)

Then follow the rest of the guide to upgrade to 4.1 U. Don't upgrade to 4.2 because there are reports of bricked Wiis that have been region changed. Confirm with xzxero if it's ok to upgrade to 4.2 after changing the region.

Awesome. I can pick that up at the local Walmart pretty easily. If you can help, I have a few questions: I know the Twilght hack will allow me to install things like the HBC and bootmii; I think I get the general gist of it. However, is there a simple and cohesive guide to using the twilight hack (much like xzxero's bannerbomb guide)? The current stickies all seem to address the bannerbomb style.

Thanks again!

Download the Twilight Hack here. The included readme gives detailed instructions.

But before all that do this:
Do you have file extensions enabled in Windows? Open My Computer, go to Tools --> Folder Options --> View. Uncheck the option for "Hide extensions for known file types" and click OK. Then check the names of the files in the SD card. If they don't have file extensions or have double extensions (like boot.elf.elf) rename them appropriately and then Bannerbomb should work.

 

[BORTZ]

Im guessing this has been addressed somewhere but i cant find anything. I have
Wii firmware is 4.0
i have the HBC and i think bootmii is installed but when i try to start up with the bootmii sd card, it just gives me a black screen. now it will go if i try again and take it out though.

EDIT:
Ok i didnt delete the private forlder. now did and i have two folders: wad and apps. now when i boot up with the card, it boots up normally, and when i go to the HBC, it acts like there is no sd card. when i choose load bootmii it gives me a blank screen and my dvd gate light pulses until i pull the plug.