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Post by dschroll on Mar 15, 2017 11:05:27 GMT -5
Haha. Enjoy oldskool.
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Post by oldskoolboarder on May 29, 2017 17:08:25 GMT -5
Here you go dscholl.
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Post by dschroll on Sept 4, 2017 20:48:43 GMT -5
Hey Cesar. There are a number of games that you have that I don't. I likely have ones you don't have as well. Maybe we can exchange some files. Let me know if you're interested and if there's a way for us to send each other files digitally semi-efficiently.
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Post by oldskoolboarder on Sept 5, 2017 10:45:03 GMT -5
No worries. I think I have a mini HDD that I can use to put a bunch of games. I 'think' my bootcamped Mac Mini still has WBFS Manager on there and that'll make it easy.
I'll email you w/ status.
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Post by oldskoolboarder on Feb 3, 2018 19:17:13 GMT -5
Yeah, but eventually I would like to get one to use for homebrew somewhere down the line. With the gamepad the Wii U could become the ultimate homebrew machine. It's only taken a year and a half, but thanks to a just-released exploit for the Wii U: www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1215749I've done this myself and (after buying Brain Age for Wii U) was able to successfully 'inject' Phantom Hourglass and play it in Wii U Virtual Console mode! This is something I've been waiting for FOREVER as my Zelda marathon with my brother and daughter has been stalled waiting for Phantom Hourglass / Spirit Tracks to be released on the Virtual Console (only in Europe WHY?) I also 'ripped' Mario Kart 8 to have a backup, but forgot to disable the 1-hour timeout shutdown so it didn't get the whole game (it's SLOW over the network). This new development should be VERY interesting as there are ongoing discussions about getting N64 and GBA games working in addition to DS using the same 'injection' system over an existing valid game. It's also apparently possible to easily customize the DS screen appearance on the Wii U ... I'll be trying that shortly to get side-by-side screens on Phantom Hourglass (top / bottom is too small on a widescreen TV). Best of all, this is solely a 'softmod' - only a website and video player exploit is used so other than copying files to an SD card nothing in the Wii U itself is compromised. I may start digging into this. I have a hard-modded Wii. But I kinda want to retire it and move everything to the Wii U for consolidation as I'm building up a kids' rec room so they have their own space while my man cave stay's untouched by adolescents.
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Post by UsualNoise on Feb 3, 2018 23:04:03 GMT -5
I may start digging into this. I have a hard-modded Wii. But I kinda want to retire it and move everything to the Wii U for consolidation as I'm building up a kids' rec room so they have their own space while my man cave stay's untouched by adolescents. FYI - there's 2 basic exploits at this point: 1) Wii U exploit: allows ripping your discs to a local hard drive and playing disc-free. Also can further mod to do less-legal stuff but I haven't tried that. You'll want to carefully follow this guide for the Wii U hack. 2) Wii mode of Wii U exploit: basically identical to soft modding the original Wii as this thread originally discussed. I've also done this, and it works almost identically to the Wii. You'll want to use this guide for the Wii mode hack. I have both exploits currently active, one thing to note: you can't use the same hard drive for both Wii U games and Wii games (at least, not yet). I have separate drives and switch between them as needed. You could alternatively install to an SD card but that isn't super helpful if you have a lot of games to install for space reasons.
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Post by oldskoolboarder on Feb 4, 2018 12:59:01 GMT -5
1) When you say separate HDD, can you have both connected via USB or can you only connect 1 at a time? 2) If my un-modded Wii U already uses an external HDD, how will it work afterwards?
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Post by UsualNoise on Feb 4, 2018 23:25:46 GMT -5
1) When you say separate HDD, can you have both connected via USB or can you only connect 1 at a time? Based on reading gbatemp you can now have both hooked up at once - only caveat is the Wii / GameCube drive has to be plugged into USB 0 (back top USB port on the Wii U) and the Wii U drive can be anywhere else. I'll try to confirm it works on my Wii U later tonight. Since I already have one USB port taken up by my LAN adapter this doesn't help me, since each drive consumes 2 USB ports for power. If you don't need any of the 4 ports (2 back 2 front) *OR* if you have a self-powered USB drive this might not be an issue (one plug doesn't supply enough power for a passively-powered drive). 2) If my un-modded Wii U already uses an external HDD, how will it work afterwards? It will work the same. Just follow the instructions to make your Wii / GC drive 'hidden' via the UStealth program so the Wii U won't try to format every time.
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Post by dschroll on Feb 4, 2018 23:57:52 GMT -5
So, the modded Wii U can play Gamecube games as well? Is this through emulation or is Gamecube hardware built into Wii U? What about Gamecube controllers? Do you use the Gamecube to Wii U USB adapter?
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Post by UsualNoise on Feb 5, 2018 4:24:06 GMT -5
So, the modded Wii U can play Gamecube games as well? Is this through emulation or is Gamecube hardware built into Wii U? What about Gamecube controllers? Do you use the Gamecube to Wii U USB adapter? The second exploit I described (Wii mode of Wii U) allows you to do exactly the same stuff that could be done on the Wii. So yes, that includes playing GameCube games. Just as you can play Wii and GameCube games on a modded Wii, you can play them (in almost exactly the same way) on the modded Wii portion of the Wii U (a.k.a. vWii). Nintendont (the GameCube homebrew software that allows playing GC games) supports pretty much all possible controllers and control schemes. I usually use the GC / Wii U USB adapter, but pro controllers work as well. For the most authentic experience definitely use original GC gamepads if you have them.
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Post by UsualNoise on Feb 5, 2018 18:24:33 GMT -5
I'll try to confirm it works on my Wii U later tonight. I can confirm that you can have a Wii U drive and a Wii/GC drive hooked up simultaneously and both will work. As described previously, the Wii/GC drive needs to be plugged into the back top port and needs to be 'hidden' via the UStealth program.
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Post by oldskoolboarder on Feb 5, 2018 20:30:10 GMT -5
So, the modded Wii U can play Gamecube games as well? Is this through emulation or is Gamecube hardware built into Wii U? What about Gamecube controllers? Do you use the Gamecube to Wii U USB adapter? How do you get the GC games? IIRC, the Wii U can't read the discs?
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Post by UsualNoise on Feb 6, 2018 0:40:57 GMT -5
I use my Wii for any GameCube disc ripping. Wii U can't read GC discs.
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Post by oldskoolboarder on Feb 11, 2018 1:32:52 GMT -5
OK, boys, need some help here.
Got through the Noob guide up to the WUP Installer method. Bunch of questions:
1) I backed up my SYSNAND and just copied the whole SD on my computer as a backup. What actual files can I now delete from that SD card to free up space? 2) Once WUP Installer GX2 is installed on the SD, I'm a bit confused what to do next. It's directing me to use Wii U USB Helper. But I'm not that interested in downloading games, I'd rather just rip the ones I have. On the Wii, I could install a game and it would rip it into the HDD. How can I accomplish the same w/ this set up.
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Post by UsualNoise on Feb 11, 2018 13:40:13 GMT -5
1) Don't know. I never actually did a backup. I would imagine the safest course is not to delete anything. I'm sure there's installed games you could get rid of but I don't know what they look like. I still have my Wii NAND backup from years ago that is untouched. 32 GB isn't all that large in your average modern PC, you might want to get another drive (internal for desktop, external for laptop) just to store some large game-related files. 2) If you've gotten to the WUP Installer portion you have everything you need to rip your own games. The noob guide doesn't detail that process. Hopefully you installed Haxchi, that's by far the easiest way to start homebrew. The process I followed was to use this program to dump the game and then used this process to install the dumped .wud game to the Wii U. I'll say right up front that dumping and installing your own games is NOT a short process. Very time-consuming, but I followed those instructions and it worked perfectly for me on all my disc games. The basic idea is 1) Dump raw game using homebrew to SD card. 2) Copy dumped files to a PC, combine to one .wud file. 3) Extract relevant game data using PC tool in first link (DiscU). 4) Copy back to SD card in correct format for installation. 5) Install using homebrew (I used 'Wup installer v1.0 mod Y'). I'd read through those two threads a couple times first.
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Post by oldskoolboarder on Feb 11, 2018 14:56:44 GMT -5
Argh, I was hoping the ripping was as easy as it was on the old Wii homebrew where I could do it all on the Wii and attached HDD, regardless of how long it took.
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Post by UsualNoise on Feb 11, 2018 17:22:03 GMT -5
Yeah, sorry. One reason for the length of the process is the size of the game itself (can be 5-20 GB instead of 1-4 GB on the Wii), and the other is the multi-part process of copying to PC to extract the game files and copying back to SD card. Oh yeah, and make sure you have a LARGE SD card / micro SD card to allow copying several games at a time. Otherwise it will take even longer. I think it took me the better part of 2 days to get everything done. Of course, you can leave it unattended when installing larger games, but it still takes a while. Make sure to disable automatic power-down on the Wii U as well if you do this! Still, eliminating the need for discs is a nice bonus.
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