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Wii Softmod leaked..

Got Gamecube backup launcher working. I can report that Pikmin is still brilliant.
 
Cool, although New Play control Pikmin is out soon with wii controls. Might actually be out over here already actually.
 
cybershot said:
FYI, a newer version of 0.3 gamma was released before the new year that fixes an 002 error with need for speed underground I think.

Link below is for the DjTaz download which includes the hack, homebrew channel, WADS and other stuff, as well as a howto guide on how to install/upgrade.

http://www.iol.ie/~taz/wii/002fixGammaLoader.zip

Howto for those that want to read up before installing/upgrading: http://www.iol.ie/~taz/wii/WiiHowToGamma.html

Can confirm have upgraded to this version and everything is working still working fine.
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I've been going round and round for hours trying to sort the 002 error with the instructions above (download no longer available as was) and even resorted to trying wiiscrub - couldn't get either to work.

Basically I've been trying to get Mad World to work.

Wii firmware 3.3E
WiiGator 0.3?

Addy!! :o:confused:
 
For anyone suffering from games not working with their softmod, I have a solution...

Use this!

Put everything in the zip file on to your SD card and go throught the normal routes..
(install Homebrew Channel if you dont have it already)
Install all the cIOS's on the SD card.
Install the WiiGator-WGBL-autoboot.wad for the launcher chanel and you should be able to play everything-up-to-date.
 
Just an advanced warning for people using this that Nintendo has officially announced system update 4.0 which they will probably start pushing out towards Wii systems today. So if you get a message in your message center to upgrade to 4.0 You'll probably want to leave it for a while until the guys behind the softmod's either confirm if the mod still works ok or if an update needs to be applied.

Bascially 4.0 update allows the Wii system to access the SD card stragiht from the Wii channel screen and you can load VC games and channels etc directly from the SD card rather than having to keep copying back and forth.

As the library of downloadable WiiWare and Virtual Console games continues to grow, Wii owners have asked Nintendo to provide easy, expanded storage space. Starting today, Wii owners will be able to save downloaded WiiWare, Virtual Console video games, and Channels directly to High Capacity SD cards, in addition to SD memory cards. To play games that have been saved to SD cards, consumers will be able to select and launch them from an SD Menu icon on the Wii Menu. (Note that when launching games or channels from an SD card, an equivalent amount of internal Wii memory is required. To clear space from the internal memory, users can transfer games or channels from the Wii Menu to the SD card). This feature is included in the latest version of the Wii System Menu Update, which owners will receive immediately after performing a system update today.
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There is already a V4.0 firmware update fix...

Waninkoko Wii 4.0 Firmware Updater
This application allows you to update the firmware of your Wii safe and convenient to install only the applications needed for this (IOS, System Menu, channels ...)

Quote:
+--------------------------------+
| [+] Firmware Updater v4.0 |
| developed by Waninkoko |
+--------------------------------+
| www.teknoconsolas.es |
+--------------------------------+

[ DISCLAIMER ]:
- THIS APPLICATION COMES WITH NO WARRANTY AT ALL, NEITHER EXPRESS NOR IMPLIED.
I DO NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE IN YOUR WII CONSOLE
BECAUSE OF A IMPROPER USAGE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

[ DESCRIPTION ]:
- This application allows you to update your console's firmware installing only the
needed applications (IOS, System Menu, channels...).
Thanks to it you can keep some features like Trucha bug that affected first IOS
versions.

[ REQUISITES ]:
- 150-250 free blocks.
- Internet connection.

[ HOW TO USE ]:
- Run the application with any method to load homebrew and the update will be done
automatically.

[ KUDOS ]:
- Team Twiizers and devkitPRO -> libogc
- frontier -> libpng
- All my betatesters.
http://www.teknoconsolas.tv/wanin/Fi...pdater_4.0.zip

From http://www.teknoconsolas.es/node/10764

Not tried this yet myself, still doing my research.
From what i'm reading, this update will not affect any already installed Hombrew Channel or Backup Launcher channel or any cIOS's that have been installed to do other hacks.
There is no Twilight Hack yet available for a v4.0 firmware, so you cant install the Homebrew Channel on a v4.0 Wii.

Pro's of upgrading to genuine:
You get all the latest cIOS's so game compatibility shouldn't be a problem for those with 002 errors.
You get the 'Read from SD card' function for VC and WiiWare games.
You can still downgrade to v3.2 if you need to. (make sure you have cIOS36-v8 installed)

Con's:
Starfall, Softmii and preloader will not work (as with v3.4 update)
If you use the Wii shop channel (dont know why you would), it will delete any unsigned (copied) wad files (bye bye VC/WiiWare games)
If you dont already have Homebrew installed, you wont be able to ever do it (until a fix comes out or you modchip)

I will test it next week when more guinea pigs have logged their reports and the scene hackers are confident with their findings and release.
 
Addy said:
For anyone suffering from games not working with their softmod, I have a solution...

Use this!

Put everything in the zip file on to your SD card and go throught the normal routes..
(install Homebrew Channel if you dont have it already)
Install all the cIOS's on the SD card.
Install the WiiGator-WGBL-autoboot.wad for the launcher chanel and you should be able to play everything-up-to-date.
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Worked a treat. Cheers Addy!
 
Ok so, I've ordered a wii and it should arrive on Tuesday. Now, I know I need Zelda etc, but I have a question about downloading games, should I only be going for PAL versions or does it not matter?
 
I've played games such as MLB Power Pros which has never been released over here just fine, haven't even had to force to NTSC or anything, I don't think it matters, but the option is there should the disc play up. Unless there is specific changes to the game for the EUR release which matter to you, you should be fine with NTSC stuff as well.

Just DON'T upgrade to system menu 4.0 before you do the hack, as at the moment, there is no way to install the homebrew channel on the new 4.0 system menu. I wouldn't imagine we'd start seeing Wii's shipped with 4.0 menu just yet anyway, especially as you can pick one up almost anywhere without a problem now, but new stock within the next couple of months will probably have 4.0 on. If you thinking of purchasing a Wii and softmodding it, you may want to do it sooner rather than later at the moment.
 
Yeah, you can use any region games you download, but I would advise running them through Wii BrickBlocker to patch/remove any updates so as not to install a wrong region update.
Its also advisable to install the Starfall file with Custom Wad Manager and , as this will be required if ever you semi brick your Wii.
 
Had a crack earlier and got it all sorted. Played my first back up and it works just fine, although a friend's back up of Rock Band 2 crashed when I left the starting demo playing. If you put that zip file together yourself addy then many thanks, and for bringing this to my attention.
 
I do try and test whats new on the scene, and package together an archive that I consider good to go.

I'm just in the proccess of playing with a fixed v4.0 firmware and the Wannikoko USB boot loader, so you can rip and boot disc images direct from an external USB hardrive.

So far so good.... when the dust settles i'll be uploading a new 'install pack'
 
Addy said:
I do try and test whats new on the scene, and package together an archive that I consider good to go.

I'm just in the proccess of playing with a fixed v4.0 firmware and the Wannikoko USB boot loader, so you can rip and boot disc images direct from an external USB hardrive.

So far so good.... when the dust settles i'll be uploading a new 'install pack'
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If you play the games straight off a USB connected HDD, will the loading times decrease?
 
I thought I would bump this as a fair few people may be interested to know that:

A) there is a new exploit on the block called bannerbomb which is compatible with pretty much all wii system menus including 4.0 and doesn't even need the zelda game in order to install the homebrew channel: http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Bannerbomb

B) The USB loaders that Addy talked about previously seemed to have come on alot, I decided to take a leap and give it a bash a couple of weeks ago and have been nothing but impressed since. I choose the uLoader version as that was said to be compatible with the guitar hero mic, where as other's were not. Here is the rar file, follow the instructions to install the cIOS update first then run uLoader with a (ideally blank or a drive that has had it's data backed up) USB device attached and hopefully it will detect it and format it to the WBFS file system. http://mods.elotrolado.net/~hermes/wii/uloader_v1.9.rar

(Connect the USB device into the USB slot that is on the right if you was looking at your wii from the back, it's important you use that slot)

You can also use SD HC cards but as I don't have one, I haven't tested this method, and you'll have to use a different loader to uLoader. More information on loaders here. Choose one that supports SD: http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/index.php/USB_Loader_Releases

Alot of games seem to work much better and Guitar Hero has no lag anymore at all neither does metroid from what I can tell. So i guess the games are loading at the speed they would be as if they was run from the original discs.

Here's the game compatibility matrix: http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/index.php/USB_Loader_v1.x_Game_Compatibility

I'm using WBFS file Manager to copy ISOs I've downloaded from my PC to my external hard drive: http://wbfsmanager.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=26808#ReleaseFiles

The beauty of the USB loader is that when you copy an ISO to the drive it only copies the actual game data, so stuff like big brain academy is only 0.10gb in size! even thou it's on a 4GB DVD!!! So it only uses 0.10gb of space on your drive! I've currently got a 120GB hard drive hooked up and have 56 games loaded onto it. With about 25GB still free. If you need to move games off it you can use WBFS file Manager to extract the ISO back to your PC for safe keeping.

Oh, and if you want to add images to your games in uLoader, press the home button when your cursor is over a game and choose load PNG file. some already made on here: http://www.elotrolado.net/wiki/Iconos_de_juegos_para_uLoader (I had to translate the page to work it out!!) copy them to your SD card then just have to the correct image for your game. Has to be a PNG thou which is a bit rubbish, especially if you wanted to make your own!

The following link also gives an idea of what devices are compatible, but the easiest way to find out is to just plug in an external hard drive, and run uLoader, if it detects it, it will ask if you want to format to WBFS, if it comes up with an error it's probably not compatible: http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/index.php/USB_Devices_Compatibility_List

If anyone has any Q's i'll try and answer as best as possible, but fir first instance my Wii is still on system menu 3.2 as I haven't upgraded it from when I used the original twilight hack as mentioned previously in this thread, so if you have system menu 4 or have a lower system menu and want to install homebrew without having the zelda game then you'll need to use Bannerbomb which I have never used, so I can't give any help on that.

The the first obvious question is yes, you need the homebrew channel installed in order to load uLoader, if you've already got it then this should be fairly simple to you, you just need to find a USB device that will be compatible or get a SD HC card if your on system menu 4 and use a different loader. if you don't have the homebew channel then you need to start off a virgin installer and use bannerbomb or twilight hack in order to install the homebrew channel first. Check out my first link in this post for bannerbomb info, and the following link for the homebrew channel: http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Channel
 
Is there anything of late of any advantage to someone with a hard modded Wii? The last thing I did with my Wii - other than put a game in - was stick a few Virtual Console games on it, way back when the Twilight Princess hack first came out.

Say for instance the USB loader - don't games have to be converted somehow, and the drive formatted in some way so it's readable? If so what's the purpose, when it's (a) hassle and (b) blank DVDs are cheaper per GB than hard drives?
 
If your hard modded it's probably pointless.

The original softmod backup loader still works as well for blank dvds, although I don't think there's been any development on it for a long while so I doubt that will get fixed to sort out lagging issues with the speed that the disc get's read.

The USB loader seems to be the preferred method to go these days and yes it can be hassle, however you can also use SD HC cards if your on system menu 4.0 so that saves alot of the USB drive compatibility issues I would imagine but not all the loaders support SD, check one of my links above to see what ones do, however I'm not on system menu 4.0 and don't want to upgrade to it just yet because i'm a paranoid freak.

Burning to blank dvds will obviously be easier for some people. I like being able to turn on my wii and have every game available to me without having to faff about or get up to change the disc!! I'm 'that' lazy. Plus it's cool to go round a mates and just take the wii and a small usb drive.
 
BUMP.

I bought a Wii last Xmas and after a housemove it's just been stored in the attic since Feb! I came across this softmodding concept and seeing as the Wii is currently useless upstairs I might as well 'experiment' on it.

Before I go upstairs and search through 50 boxes and shift 200kg of crap blocking the Wii, is there a way to determine what VERSION my Wii is. I've come across 3.x and 4.1 in the softmod threads and so was wondering if my Wii is compatible for softmod.
 
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