Hi everybody.

Been reading some threads but before I proceed I would like to be a 100% sure of what I´m doing.

I got a PAL Wii with SM 3.2E and a Wiikey chip on 1.9g.

Have installed hbc and bootmii on boot2 (yay). Also made a NAND dump and saved it on like 4 different locations.

So here are the noob questions:

1. For some reason I´d like to stay on 3.2E if possible and as far as I know the game Punch Out (and other new games) is updating the SM to 3.4E or similar (or even 4.1). Is that correct?

2. What can I do to prevent that? Should I use Preloader or StarPatch? I´ve heard these programs has a update blocker option. They won´t intervene with bootmii?

3. Can I even use StarPatch on 3.2E or is it called StarFall for that SM? And StarPatch for newer SM?

4. Are there any disadvantages to go from 3.2 to 4.1?

5. Should I use the wireless update function or Waninkokos 4.1 updater?

6. I´ve installed USB Loader 1.5. Should/could I also install USB Loader GX? Is the later one a better choice?

Thanks in advance!

/dacore

 

If staying on 3.2, you use Starfall.

The only advantages as far as I know for going to 4.1 are:

Playing channels from the SD card
Being able to go to the Shop Channel to purchase games legally
Not having to worry about a game forcing an update on you.

If you do decide to update, Preloader gives you some more options for the System Menu. (Like being able to move unmovable saves)

http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Preloader/hacks

 

install bootmii as boot2 first, then use startpatch and then install preloader if you load sysmenu from preloader then, your loadign the startpatched sysmenu so you have it both

 

With Preloader there is a hack to block updates, so if you are on 3.2 and you play Punchout it wont ask you to update if you have that hack enabled. When you rip games to a USB device the update is removed from the game so you don't need to worry about it when playing games from USB.

 

you can run the ISO through a brick blocker program and remove the update before you burn it

 

thnx everyone for all fast replies. It has really helped me out.

ATM I´m satisfied just to be able to play games from the usb stick. So if the USB loader automatically ignores all updates I maybe don´t even have to install Preloader/StarPatch or similar?

I got bootmii installed as boot2 so I guess that´s the safest thing to achieve with a Wii (yeah I have made the NAND dump)? So I shouldn´t really have to use preloader as any safety reason either, or?

Thanks again everyone!

Edit: So if I´m about to run a game from a DVD I got the choice to brickblock it or install preloader and activate the update block option? It will be the same result?

 

Ok thnx. So no reason to try out USB Loader GX then huh?

Are there any "big" differences between the programs or just small ones? I suppose I can have them both installed at the same time otherwise to try them out (or if one Loader gives me problem with a game, maybe the other Loader can handle it)?

Are there any games that has problems with any of the Loaders? Heard something about Pikmin and Wii Sport Resorts and so on.

Edit: And also. Are there anyway to send the .png covers wireless to the SD card in the Wii? Or do I have to plug it into my PC card reader everytime I exchange the games on the usb stick to get the covers?

 

Thank you very much for your well written answer. That also explains a lot. I´ve learned more today about Wii and homebrew then I have for the last two years all together.

 

Nah that´s allright. Better to get more than less info
Hope you can bare with me but new questions pop up all the time.
The USB Loader 1.5 is working perfectly but as everyone else has evolved I´d like that also.

Read some in the USB Loader GX thread, but there´s almost 700 pages so it´s taking forever.
A n00b as myself can´t understand half of it.

Hopefully someone can answer this questions also?:

1. Gecko OS is also a kind of USB Loader to boot games from USB devices?

2. Ocarina is a cheat application? Can I use it separetly from Gecko OS or is it _only_ implemented in Gecko?

3. SDUSB-Loader and NeoGamma is also Loaders?

4. Is it correct that a dol forwarder is just like a shortcut to run applications from your SD card?

5. I saw that USB Loader GX could be installed as both "channel" and "forwarder". I got HBC and USB Loader 1.5 as icons on the SM. I´m pretty sure that´s channel installations and they are working fine. Any mening to install as "forwarder"?

6. If I install an application as channel it goes to the NAND memory? How "big" is the NAND memory? Is it ok to install applications as channel or should I sometimes prefer dol forwarder?

7. Is it harder to remove a program if it´s installed as a channel than a forwader? If it´s on the SD Card it´s just to delete it huh and no harm is done to the Wii itself?

8. Right after I installed HBC I made a NAND-backup. Is it ok (even smart) to do a new (a second) NAND backup when all applications is installed? If I should brick my Wii, could i choose which one of those NAND-backups to reinstall with?

9. After reading some about the USB Loader GX the manual says: "You will need to have any 1 or more of cIOS 249rev9 or greater, cIOS222, or cIOS 223.". I kind of know what i cIOS is but how do I check which ones I already got? I got a tool called "title_lister" with a boot.dol. Anyone heard of that one? If anyone have, could I just put that folder in the apps folder on the SD card and run it from HBC? I think that app will create a list of all cIOS currently installed.

10. I know for sure I got "cIOS36 rev10" installed. Can/should I also install "cIOS36 rev11" (or newer)? Will that replace the old one or will they go hand in hand?

11. Is "cIOS 249rev9" actually also called cIOS38 or something?

12. What is the difference between a WAD installation and a Network installation? I thought I should use WAD installation if I got the WAD-files on the SD-card. Is network installation in case I don´t got any SD-card and can install the WAD wireless from my computer?


Wow, really hope I don´t get flamed about this (all n00b questions). Well thanks a million in advance if someone got the time to answer a few or all questions.

Best regards / dacore (sry for bad English)

 

Thank you very much for your answer and sry if I´m a bit slow but which question did you answer? =)

Yes I will off course continue reading as much as possible (about GX and other things) but sometimes you understand 99% of something but not the last 1%