Hacking Wii U Hacking & Homebrew Discussion

[ddrrmm]

I'm sure NWP1 & others mentioned an emunand based FW will become available real possible soon enough, he might correct me on this but I think he said something along those lines, I'm sure of it.

well they mention a lot of things that could or would be possible..
Doesn't mean they (or anyone for that matter) are working on that.

 

[InsaneNutter]

@MrRean For Windows users (maybe also Wine, didn't test it) there is a way to get the game update files!

1.) Pull your WiiU out off the outlet! If you don't want to risk updating the fw!
2.) Disable the URL-blacklist.
3.) Get UWizard, goto:
Settings->Search for Updates (to get the latest version and database)
3.1.) Close UWizard for now.
4.) Search for the Wii U common key online. Less than 1min search.
5.) Use a HexEditor of your choice, create an empty file and copy the key inside of it.
6.) Save it as "ckey.bin" in the same directory as the UWizard exe is.

[do steps 4-6 with the "Espresso ancast key", but name the file it differently]
(looks like the Ancast key is used for something else, can someone concretise?)

7.) Open UWizard again (or restart it, if you didn't close it before)
8.) Under the "Settings" tab check whether to the right of "Wii U Common Key" and "Wii U Espresso Ancast Key" in a green box stating that it accords to the "SHA1-Hash". If not, point to the files containing the keys! (or directly enter the keys [not recommended this way due to potential loss])
9.) Go to the "NUS Downloader U" tab and choose a game in the list to the right! (or add one from here)
10.) Tick the "Decrypt content" box and start the download.
10.1.) Wait until everything is finished
10.2) Continue with any of the other games until you have all of the files you need.
11.) Enable your URL-blacklist again! (make sure you can't access ANY of the URLs!)
12.) Put the Wii U into the outlet again and enjoy using the updates!


Edit: Splatoon's PAL ID is a little messed up in the database!


UWizard does have some other interesting features. Look through the tabs and explore!
And sorry if I named some of the tabs and strings wrong. I didn't use the English version!

Thanks for the instructions, is it possible to put updates on the Wii U and use them? I get the impression is it from what your saying? but if so then you don't explain how to (unless i'm missing the obvious?!)

 

[Sendel]

Hello, i cant login to nintendo network, i must update, i'm on 5.3.2, nintendo network is working for you ?

 

[juli299]

Don't know if someone posted it yet, but NDS injection works great Replaced Dr. Kawashima with another ROM that was not so big, as it takes a lot of time to load big ones

Spoiler

EDIT:
Also, I noticed something interesting: When changing the values in the RegionLang.txt to Jp (Japanese), it actually looks as if the Wii U tries to load some things in Japanese, however it ends up crashing :-/

Spoiler

 

[AboodXD]

 

[OncleJulien]

i'll always remember you, page 499 - you were the hackiest and homebrewiest of them all.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

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Nice! Any way to change the background, though? It looks a little derpy having the Acorn Plains background on a NSMBU remix of Super Mario Bros

 

[ShadowOne333]

Nice! Any way to change the background, though? It looks a little derpy having the Acorn Plains background on a NSMBU remix of Super Mario Bros

IIRC you can't change the background yet with the current version of the editor.

 

[loco365]

I'm on 5.5.0, glad I'm not in your shoes!

If I had access to a hack that worked on the latest firmware, I'd gladly update. Like that's ever going to happen though.

 

[BullyWiiPlaza]

Dammit I was looking forward to see if you was making codes on that game

It barely matters, I couldn't make online codes right now even with the possibility to go online on 5.4.0 but offline is unaffected so I'll start there anyway.

 

[AboodXD]

Nice! Any way to change the background, though? It looks a little derpy having the Acorn Plains background on a NSMBU remix of Super Mario Bros

Not possible...... yet.

IIRC you can't change the background yet with the current version of the editor.

I didn't even use that version, I used an older one.

Check out the "making of SMB 1-1 remake in NSMBU" video!

Sorry for bad quality.

Download link(Sorry, no underground area, for now...): http://www.mediafire.com/?ym3tfb3f3b7fa4k/
I'll be happy if somebody can record it with a capture card so I can upload it on YouTube.

 

[MrRean]

RoadrunnerWMC and I are working together.

 

[nastys]

RoadrunnerWMC and I are working together.

Does it mean that a bfres ←→ obj converter is going to be released?

 

[TotalInsanity4]

So I've been away for a while, is there an introductory thread to making custom MK8 courses?

 

[AboodXD]

Does it mean that a bfres ←→ obj converter is going to be released?

There is a public BFRES to obj converter, but there is a private obj to BFRES converter.

 

[Mega-Mew]

There is a public BFRES to obj converter, but there is a private obj to BFRES converter.

Nintendo sdk ?

 

[AboodXD]

Nintendo sdk ?

I don't know, you have to ask chadderZ.

 

[nastys]

There is a public BFRES to obj converter, but there is a private obj to BFRES converter.

Then creating a public obj → BFRES converter should be as easy as comparing a BFRES file with the same file converted to obj using the public converter

 

[AboodXD]

Then creating a public obj → BFRES converter should be as easy as comparing a BFRES file with the same file converted to obj using the public converter

Don't know about that..... Have you ever tried doing something like this?

 

[nastys]

Don't know about that..... Have you ever tried doing something like this?

It depends on how different the two formats are...