Hi guys,

for some days I have this idea in my head, that it should be somehow possible to lunch WADs from the SD directly. What I mean by this is the following steps

1) Unpack wad to sd card
2) run the unpacked stuff without installing it to the wii nand (not sure channels/content is saven on a nand memory)

In my head it's something like gecko os, however with the extra step of the unpacking the wad added.

I'm not very well into the wii hacking, trying to gain some knowledge, but basically couldn't find much info on this topic as of now.

Do you think such thing is possible at all?

 

He wants to load VC /WiiWare Games from his SD-Card.

 

Ya, I understand that I just think it is pretty pointless. I mean, I have no clue as to how you could make this work, but why would you want to? The Wii System memory is pretty much ONLY used for channels (VC,WiiWare too, obviously) and saves, so why not utilize it for that? I'm sure you wouldn't be able to do this easily, and it seems like wasted effort to me. Just my opinion though.

 

i think this is a while off yet. It has been mentioned on this forum a number of times but no solution so hopefully someone will have the head to make it happen

 

In my modest opinion...

we just need to install the wad as usual with a moddiffied dol (00000001.app) with changed path where the dol call files...
After that... some way to delete the "unnecesary" files from NAND 2.app, 3.app, etc because that files can be stored/linked on SD
Keeping 0.app and 1.app on NAND

Obviouslly xD the "problem" is moddiffy it XD


Im just dreaming? XD

 

yep, the main reason is to be able to run more vc/wiiware games than the internal memory allows you to install. I've been a bit sleepy the other night when I posted this, so I used WADs but what I meant was wiiware/vc running from SD card.

Also, if we have this, it'll be easy to move around consoles, and have everything on your sd card - for example like the stuff everyone has in their homebrew channel - once any wii has the HBC installed you can put your sd card and have access to the homebrew collection you've compiled.

The same with wiiware will be nice to have. Well having them as channels is not that important I believe , some simple homebrew that just lists the WADs from the sd and you select which one to execute would be ok I believe. The idea is not to install them at all to the wii system memory, but rather only running them, and probably getting the saves on the sd too. That really seems as lot of work.

 

It is now possible to run WADs off your SD card Thanks to System Menu 4.0 and by following these VERY simple instructions.

Note: Must have Wii Menu Version 4.0 or above for this to work.
1. Download the latest GeckoOS off the Homebrew Browser[Utilities Category].(Should be v1.9.2 or Higher)
2. Install the WAD to the WII.
3. Copy the WAD's channel to your SD card.
4. Delete the WAD's Channel off the WII. DO NOT UNINSTALL THE WAD!
5. Now Open GeckoOS and select "Launch Rebooter". DO NOT CHANGE ANY SETTINGS!
6. Now Open the SD card Menu and Load the Game like usual.
-Repeat Steps 5 and 6 whenever you want to play the WAD.

TaDa!! You are now playing your WAD off Your SD.

PS: If you want you can Install a GeckoOS WAD to your WII for ease of use.

 

Not Really. Something I do is search google once I figure something out to see if anybody else could use what I've learned. That way I'm not the only one that benefits from hours of work.

 

i think the best way to go right now would be to write a program which install WAD data onto your SD card and install the ticket and title onto your Wii.

That way, its like installing the WAD like normal, then already having it moved to the SD card.

better than manually moving each game from the NAND to SD card.

i mean, the data is already on the SD card, why install it to the NAND then move it back?

installing the ticket and title takes no time at all, and unpacking a wad file on the SD card to its sd card location should be quick also.

for now, installing the WAD to the NAND, then moving it to the sd card, and using a trucha'd system menu IOS works just fine.