Wii 3.3U Update

[sphere9]

If I remember well, the creators of the Twilight hack said that the bug was actually very easy. They also said, if they needed too, they could recreate this bug with other games as well.

well all the update does so far is block the exploit in twilight princess, so the workaround is to use another game

source: http://hackmii.com/2008/06/june-16-wii-update/

 

[Drkirby]

I heard some saves could get deleted from this, while others won't. Does anyone know if the PAL Mario Kart Wii save will survive the update on a US system?

 

[Maikel Steneker]

Damn, this really, really sucks... Well, I won't be updating then... This means the end of the homebrew scene via Twilight Hack-like exploits!

 

[dydy]

the scrubbed games still work? Thanks for infos

 

[sphere9]

I heard some saves could get deleted from this, while others won't. Does anyone know if the PAL Mario Kart Wii save will survive the update on a US system?

to the best of my knowledge this only checks for zelda saves that have a character name for epona that exceeds six characters, so a mario kart save should be safe.

 

[Auyx]

As far as I am aware all scrubbed releases are signed back up again with the Trucha exploit so this update would theoretically kill all your scrubbed games. I don't know for sure as I refuse to update but its an educated guess from the info I have seen so far.

 

[DarkCamui]

Custom Firmware here we come.

 

[dydy]

And the games brickbloked or use region free work i think is not a trucha ( brickblocker and regionfree ) ,

 

[linuxares]

Will see what will happen, I personally think its possible to fix this fix.

EDIT: Hmm... aint Virtual Console games signed with the Trucha Exploit? By the way, Brickblocker and Regionfree just HEX edit, they never sign.

 

[blu9987]

wiiscrubbed games should work as well, as they don't trucha sign afaik.

 

[Skyler]

Brickblocker and Regionfree just HEX edit, they never sign

And most of you are going to want Brickblocker on your BackUps to remove the update from new games if you want to avoid it.

For me, this update isnt a big deal, I've not used Twilighthack since Wadinstaller Channel and HomeBrew Channel were installed.
All my backups are PAL with BrickBlocker used.

With the above preparations, I think I might update.
Just that whole VC Wad questionmark I guess.

 

[chaofan]

So from what I'm getting so far:

-Hacked Virtual Console games work
-Hacked Virtual Console game saves survive
-Homebrew Channel survives
-Twilight Hack is killed
-Trucha signed games killed

And I've got one question to the list: Does this update kill Freeloader? IIRC, Freeloader uses the same system as the Trucha method, so this isn't looking good for us PAL gamers. WHY? WHY?????

And good luck to the Twilight hack team, for finding a solution! Perhaps it'll now be called the Galaxy hack, eh?

 

[elfsander]

The Twilight Hack was an exploit of a bug. Incorrect usage of the twilight hack might cause your Wii to brick. So it's perfectly normal for Nintendo to fix it.

And I'm glad they did.

 

[Loginer]

Looks like this update breaks the Freeloader, too. Oh well, as long as you have the Homebrew Channel, it doesn't matter. :/

 

[Dylaan]

^^You've got to be kidding right? There are loads of easier ways to brick your Wii than via Twilight Hack. It can't really be 'maliciously' exploited without the end-user's consent so I don't really understand your point. (Like it can't be hijacked or anything unless you copy a dodgy save over)

(And do we still call it the twilight hack?)

 

[linuxares]

They seem to check some lenght in the save file, I guess its possible just to change name of the save file to something else and bypass it. I don't know how to do it but its just an idea.

EDIT: What I am mening by the name of the save file is that "TWHILLIGHT HACKED SAVE" or what is called to something like... TWH

 

[elfsander]

The twilight hack worked BECAUSE of the too long name. Now it checks if Epona's name is too long, and if it is it will be deleted.

 

[Loginer]

They seem to check some lenght in the save file, I guess its possible just to change name of the save file to something else and bypass it. I don't know how to do it but its just an idea.

EDIT: What I am mening by the name of the save file is that "TWHILLIGHT HACKED SAVE" or what is called to something like... TWH

Nope. Changing the name of the save wouldn't accomplish anything. It identifies the save with some sort of ID, and if you change that, TP won't find the save, so...

 

[BvanBart]

The save editor works !! So you can force the twilight hack in with the Home brew channel

 

[MrBubbles]

The save editor works !! So you can force the twilight hack in with the Home brew channel

Wut? Elaborate.