Hello from a wii noob. I've had the console for a week now and thanks to a great guide from this forum I was able to install HBC and am currently using NeoGamma 7 for starting up backup discs (burnt ISOs).
Without fully understanding what I'm doing, I also installed PreLoader and now when I turn on my wii, I get the PreLoader screen. I try to launch HBC from it and get a message:
Error autobooting HBC, maybe title not installed? (what I also see on the screen is IOS v30, Systemmenu v354 and Preloader v0.29)
I dont know should I worry about this because when I select Systemmenu and activate it, wii menu loads normally, I go to HBC and start a game with NeoGamma.
1. So my first question is - should I just ignore this or is sth wrong with my preloader that I should try to fix?
2. A question about hacks.ini - after reading about it, it seems to me I should open this file on my PC, copy in the lines of hacks code and then save it to SD card and activate from PreLoader menu... is this correct? If so, does that mean hacks stay active at all times or do I need to load them each time I start the console?
3. I already tried playing backups of NTSC and PAL games via NeoGamma and they both work. That means I should not bother with a "region free" hack, right?
4. If I use hack for skipping disc check, that means that if I get a game that would normally try to update firmware, it won't be able to do so so I'm safe from game updating firmware and bricking my console, right?
5. Since those games that require firmware update don't really require firmware update but new IOSes, I can download and install those IOSes via WAD manager and those games will play normally, but because I have a hack that stops disc check, I'm safe from bricking?
6. If I'm correct in no 5. that means that it's not really necessary to ever update firmware for new games, just add new IOSes?
I appologise if some of my questions are fuzzy to understand, but my knowledge of wii and all this is fuzzy to, so bear with me.
I thank you in advance, whoever chooses to provide me with an answer to any of this