Hacking PRELOADER V.26

[fishears]

Anyone else got this problem?:
PAL Wii with Preloader .26 and RiiskiMod.
When I enable the Force Disc Region Hack in Preloader my Twilight Princess PAL goes black screen after I click Start....
I disabled that hack and now it works again...

EDIT: just saw your post Tanas - sounds like we found the same problem here

 

[Deleted User]

Okay. But I don't want to use ARC and don't have a WAD for Systemmenu. And I DON'T want to google something like this critical...
I could hook you up with that wad. Mine is extracted from the semi-brick fix disk from hackmii.
Exactly like afif95 said.
Your choise, mine is the PAL version.

QUOTEI'm, kind of a noob in preloader here. So here's a few questions:

1)How do I develop my own hacks.ini?
2)Do I need to remove all starfall hacks?
3)Someone tested it yet >__>?
4)Someone can give me good hacks.ini?
5)Do I need special version of homebrew apps to make it work on preloader?

Thanks!

1) The format is found in the hacks.ini which comes with PreLoader. Finding the offsets and changing them, I don't know.
2) Not neccesary, but PreLoader can perform the same hacks which come with starfall. So my advise is to remove the starfall hacks and enable them with preloader. Keeps it all in one place for your convenience.
3) Extensive testing is done before release. Crediar tried to make it as brick proof as possible. If you still don't trust it, hold off for now and follow this thread.
4) There are some good hacks.ini scattered through the 0.25 thread, also check the first page. Also a pretty complete .ini is provided in the RiiskiMod pack.
5) No, existing homebrew is supposed to work. Dols can be lauched from SD. Place them in the root and you can and launch them from the PreLoader menu. Also a .dol can be installed to the nand and be selected to autoboot every time the wii is powered on (optional).

Ahh, thanks! Been waiting for an answer

I asked 5 because there was some bug that does not load .dols from preloader

, but I could be wrong though.

 

[Tanas]

Anyone else got this problem?:
PAL Wii with Preloader .26 and RiiskiMod.
When I enable the Force Disc Region Hack in Preloader my Twilight Princess PAL goes black screen after I click Start....
I disabled that hack and now it works again...

EDIT: just saw your post Tanas - sounds like we found the same problem here

The Force Disc Region options appear to be next to useless.

 

[FRanatic]

@ afif95:
That bug should be fixed in 0.26
It was found in 0.25 and didn't boot most hb, but some worked.

 

[bebs]

First of all, thank you FRantatic for all your help right here.
correct me if i'm wrong.
if i want to change my settings stored in hack.ini and to install new ones, i have to remove the hack.ini file from the nand in order to clear it, and put the new one right?


example: if i want to have the hack.ini (posted by iron mask)in the preloader v0.25 first page. I have to "uninstall" what i've done with my initial hack.ini from the nand,and then install iron mask's?

or i simply have to add it into my hack.ini?

 

[FRanatic]

Anyone else got this problem?:
PAL Wii with Preloader .26 and RiiskiMod.
When I enable the Force Disc Region Hack in Preloader my Twilight Princess PAL goes black screen after I click Start....
I disabled that hack and now it works again...

EDIT: just saw your post Tanas - sounds like we found the same problem here

The Force Disc Region options appear to be next to useless.

Possibly it counteracts with the ARC region install.
Did you use Riiski too tanas ?
Installing it fresh might be worth testing.

 

[putifreak]

When I installed this, my custom health screen system menu became corrupted. "The System Files are corrupted" It didnt even display the message correctly, it was truly corrupted.

Same Here.

 

[robiul]

OMG...
Are you for real ?? 0.26 just got released !

But to be honest yes.
Crediar has intentionally put in some bugs for him to fix, so he can release 0.27 on feb 12.

Kidding I only said that to get people up and working, I think it worked

.

 

[Tanas]

Anyone else got this problem?:
PAL Wii with Preloader .26 and RiiskiMod.
When I enable the Force Disc Region Hack in Preloader my Twilight Princess PAL goes black screen after I click Start....
I disabled that hack and now it works again...

EDIT: just saw your post Tanas - sounds like we found the same problem here

The Force Disc Region options appear to be next to useless.

Possibly it counteracts with the ARC region install.
Did you use Riiski too tanas ?
Installing it fresh might be worth testing.

Ok mate I'll give it a try.

 

[SanGor]

you have to enabled BOTH hacks, you also need the region free wii hack to be enabled.

 

[WiiCrazy]

Head over to hackmii, get the semi-brick fix disc, extract the sysmenu wad using trucha signer or whatever. Or, just use ARC.

Anyway, some one have the heart to answer my questions?

:

I'm, kind of a noob in preloader here. So here's a few questions:

1)How do I develop my own hacks.ini?
2)Do I need to remove all starfall hacks?
3)Someone tested it yet >__>?
4)Someone can give me good hacks.ini?
5)Do I need special version of homebrew apps to make it work on preloader?

Thanks!

Answer to 1

You need to learn a bit of power pc assembly at least to create hacks... but most useful ones are already created...

By the way, any ideas for new hacks?

 

[FRanatic]

Answer to 1
You need to learn a bit of power pc assembly at least to create hacks... but most useful ones are already created...
By the way, any ideas for new hacks?

Possibly a tough one:

Blocking official updates from wifi.

 

[WiiCrazy]

Answer to 1
You need to learn a bit of power pc assembly at least to create hacks... but most useful ones are already created...
By the way, any ideas for new hacks?

Possibly a tough one:

Blocking official updates from wifi.

Well I've seen nus.cdn.blah blah in system menu dol but it's referenced by some code dealing with sha...
Probably it's scattered in a lot of files too... wiiconnect24 checks the updates too and it has a totally different binary... (at least it was so last time I checked... maybe I'm mixing things up..)

 

[Deleted User]

I've some ideas:
1)Unlock Disc Channel
2)...

Will edit my post if I have more, in the mean time, I've got one last question:
1)Can I just add hacks from other hack.ini into another?

 

[FRanatic]

I've some ideas:
1)Unlock Disc Channel
2)...

Will edit my post if I have more, in the mean time, I've got one last question:
1)Can I just add hacks from other hack.ini into another?

The disc channel has been done already. Look for it in the 0.25 thread. I think I've seen it there.

EDIT: Found it

CODE[Move Disc Channel]
version=289
offset=0x813A7D88
value=0x60000000
[Move Disc Channel]
version=290
offset=0x813A7E84
value=0x60000000

You can add hacks from other ini files. Open it in a text editor and copy paste yourself silly (LOL)
Make sure you add the hacks for your region or else they will not show up in the list.

 

[D-Jay]

Answer to 1
You need to learn a bit of power pc assembly at least to create hacks... but most useful ones are already created...
By the way, any ideas for new hacks?

Possibly a tough one:

Blocking official updates from wifi.

When you're on Wifi, block it in your Router.

 

[Deleted User]

I've some ideas:
1)Unlock Disc Channel
2)...

Will edit my post if I have more, in the mean time, I've got one last question:
1)Can I just add hacks from other hack.ini into another?

The disc channel has been done already. Look for it in the 0.25 thread. I think I've seen it there.

You can add hacks from other ini files. Open it in a text editor and copy paste yourself silly (LOL)
Make sure you add the hacks for your region or else they will not show up in the list.

Thanks for helping this preloader noob

Will install preloader tomorrow perhaps.

 

[DaWiis]

My Wii now Hangs when inserting any game. Even if all the hacks is turned off.

Installed .26 via .25 with a dol.
Will try to remove them both and install .26 agian after work.

 

[FRanatic]

First of all, thank you FRantatic for all your help right here.
correct me if i'm wrong.
if i want to change my settings stored in hack.ini and to install new ones, i have to remove the hack.ini file from the nand in order to clear it, and put the new one right?


example: if i want to have the hack.ini (posted by iron mask)in the preloader v0.25 first page. I have to "uninstall" what i've done with my initial hack.ini from the nand,and then install iron mask's?

or i simply have to add it into my hack.ini?

That's how I would do it. It doesn't hurt to be carefull.
It's a pretty new app and it does write to the nand so caution is advised.
Overwriting could also be possible, but I'm not sure.
Better safe than sorry.

Sorry, for the late respons. I missed it while scanning the thread.

 

[Tanas]

Anyone else got this problem?:
PAL Wii with Preloader .26 and RiiskiMod.
When I enable the Force Disc Region Hack in Preloader my Twilight Princess PAL goes black screen after I click Start....
I disabled that hack and now it works again...

EDIT: just saw your post Tanas - sounds like we found the same problem here

The Force Disc Region options appear to be next to useless.

Possibly it counteracts with the ARC region install.
Did you use Riiski too tanas ?
Installing it fresh might be worth testing.

Ok mate I'll give it a try.

FRanatic, I've just done a fresh Riiskii install and I'm still getting the same results, I also get the same results when using a chip.