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[royboyz]

Hi all, turned my wii on for the first time in months perhaps years this weekend, updated to 4.3e then did some research into softmodding. After much faffin i went out bought lego indiana, and I have now got the Homebrew Channel on my wii main screen, Also downloaded Homebrew browser, and downloaded Doom! which was an almighty game when i was a nipper but now i want to get top shelf games!

Im not sure how i go about this.
Do i need Wad Manager? i tried downloadin it to SD card putting it into Apps Folder. renamed it to Boot.dol when i open homebrew I have a Wad Manager App there when i click on it, screen goes Blank and Wii does nothing have to reboot.

Do i have to download games as Wads? where can i get them from?

I appreciate any help in advance as you guys/gals get asked all the time stuff like this from dimwits such as myself

Cheers

[ck-ok]

Hi all, turned my wii on for the first time in months perhaps years this weekend, updated to 4.3e then did some research into softmodding. After much faffin i went out bought lego indiana, and I have now got the Homebrew Channel on my wii main screen, Also downloaded Homebrew browser, and downloaded Doom! which was an almighty game when i was a nipper but now i want to get top shelf games!

Im not sure how i go about this.
Do i need Wad Manager? i tried downloadin it to SD card putting it into Apps Folder. renamed it to Boot.dol when i open homebrew I have a Wad Manager App there when i click on it, screen goes Blank and Wii does nothing have to reboot.

Do i have to download games as Wads? where can i get them from?

I appreciate any help in advance as you guys/gals get asked all the time stuff like this from dimwits such as myself

Cheers

you dont download games as wads,if you want games learn how to use bit torrents.when you say you have homebrew channel does that mean you have fully modded your wii?or you just have homebrew channel? normally you dont have to rename wad manager just put the wad manager folder inthe apps folder but make sure wad manager is not in a folder inside another folder

[royboyz]

not sure if its fully modded, just softmodded i think, Managed to get wad manager v1.4 on but when im installing it its saying error! (ret = -2011)
the guide im using is just pre 4.3e i think
What IOS setting am i supposed to use?

I know how to download torrents wasnt sure if that was the route for games thats all

[ck-ok]

not sure if its fully modded, just softmodded i think, Managed to get wad manager v1.4 on but when im installing it its saying error! (ret = -2011)
the guide im using is just pre 4.3e i think
What IOS setting am i supposed to use?

I know how to download torrents wasnt sure if that was the route for games thats all

what tut did you follow?

[renke_uk]

ret -2011: No trucha bug
Your Missin your fakesigned IOS

Did you fakesigned ios36 ?
Have you installed a cIOS? (aka249)
Regards

[royboyz]

right i managed to sort it last night, through the mauifrog tut

Thanks for the replies though

I now have usb launcher gx and load mii

so do i just download game torrents? can i put them on a usb pen drive how do i play them? is it through usb launcher?

also i didnt know how big the games actually was, i have an external hdd 1tb but i havent partitioned it and its formatted to fat32 so it would play on my dvd player and ps3.
Is there a way of creating a partition on it without deleting any data that i already have on it. Ive used up about 80gb with films, photos, data etc so i really dont wanna lose it if poss.
I dont have enough room on my laptop hd to drag it all onto there temporarily.

[renke_uk]

You can leave it as FAT32 and transfer games in the .wbfs format instead of .iso usin wii game manager

All you need it cios222/223 or cIOSxr19
And the best USB Loader - CFG USB Loader
Regards

[royboyz]

downloaded game manager its an exe file, what do i do with it?
same with CFG usb loader which is 2 wad files? 1 orange 1 blue
stick them on my sd card?

All you need it cios222/223 or cIOSxr19???????? what does this mean? i dont understand this jargon

Sorry im a real amateur

[ck-ok]

downloaded game manager its an exe file, what do i do with it?
same with CFG usb loader which is 2 wad files?
stick them on my sd card?

All you need it cios222/223 or cIOSxr19???????? what does this mean? i dont understand this jargon

Sorry im a real amateur

game manager is a pc based app install that on your pc.
cios222/223 are mostly used for games with usb hardware get that here Digital Kaos - Downloads - custom cios222v5 installer (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/wii/16/custom-cios222v5-installer-1188/)
i wouldnt bother with ciox19 if your a novice try this Digital Kaos - Downloads - cios38 rev17 (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/wii/16/cios38-rev17-1134/)
as for cfg loader put the wad files in your wad folder and install with wad manager

[renke_uk]

Sorry Royboyz,
Didn't mean to confuse you...

ck-ok
Thanks for clearing up my post.....

Have a read Here >>> USB Formats (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f16/info-usb-loader-formats-140329/#post658557)<<<

Regards

[ck-ok]

renke sorry for jumpin in on your thread.didnt know you would be back online 2nite.
cheers ck-ok

[renke_uk]

Anytime, there your your Flock by the looks of it - Bet its almost a full time job !!! lookin' after them all....

Regards

[royboyz]

right i installed Red & Blue wads through wad manager now i have both of them on my main wii screen.
cios222v5installer downloaded, where do i put that?
my computer and sd card has that many softwares from trying to set this up i dont know where im putting what!!!

feels like a bottomless pit im digging

as for the founding out what version im running via syscheck thats a load more apps on it that i dont know where im putting

so when i finally download a game, i use game manager to sort the file then the wii usb loader to run it on the wii from hdd. why is there 2 (1 red 1 blue) is it the same software just different colour??

[ck-ok]

right i installed Red & Blue wads through wad manager now i have both of them on my main wii screen.
cios222v5installer downloaded, where do i put that?
my computer and sd card has that many softwares from trying to set this up i dont know where im putting what!!!

feels like a bottomless pit im digging

as for the founding out what version im running via syscheck thats a load more apps on it that i dont know where im putting

put 222installer in apps folder and run through homebrew channel as for having two channels just delete one with wad manager

[ck-ok]

Anytime, there your your Flock by the looks of it - Bet its almost a full time job !!! lookin' after them all....

Regards

can be busy sometimes,and im glad for any help you give us,keep up the good work
cheers

[royboyz]

right will do that tomorrow, packed up for tonight, thank you very much for the help you are giving. Its very much appreciated.
:top:

[royboyz]

deleted the red one so now i only have the blue one Cheers

got into installer, which ios do i choose ?
when i choose that next screen has 4 custom install slots

(1) Install Custom IOS 202 v65535 (homebrew)
(2) Install Custom IOS 222 v65535 (Default)
(3) Install Custom IOS 223 v65535
(4) Install Custom IOS 224 v65535

Press A to select or B to Abort

Current IOS: 249 v17

Dont want to go further as im scared to bugger it up

[ck-ok]

install all of them

[royboyz]

Which IOS base do I choose is it the 38 recommended?
I went with 38 downloaded & installed ok
So is that done now. Just download games and run through wii USB loader?

[renke_uk]

Now then,

Have you installed the USB & Gamma channel forwarders?

[royboyz]

Have you installed the USB & Gamma channel forwarders?
not sure? is it an icon on my main screen? i have Neogamma, wii USB loader, usb loader gx, load mii and homebrew channel


On the plus side I Opened usb loader and chose my pen drive which i formatted to wbfs and i was able to add a game through the disk drive, however my pen drive is only 8gb, i so wish i had created partitions on my 1tb hdd :(
But at least i managed to do something, play a game without the disk!! which is something i couldnt last week! :)

[ck-ok]

your all set then enjoy

[renke_uk]

Sounds like they are there NeoGamma & CFG

What format is your Hard Drive?

[royboyz]

how do i get the game onto my hdd cos its in fat32?
when i open up usb launcher its says no wbfs partition.

Is it through game manager? iso.files??


What format is your Hard Drive?
fat32 and its unpartitioned

I assume neogamma is for if i want to burn games to dvd and play through that? if thats the case i have downloaded imgburn also

[renke_uk]

there are 2 main game formats, .iso (that you put on a WBFS Partition) and .wbfs (that you put on a FAT32 Partition.

To use fat32 you need to have installed cIOS222/223 - which you have.

Create a WBFS Folder on the Hard Drive
Use Wii Game Manager to convert & copy your .ios to the Hard Drive. (check my sig)
For the copy options your lookin for 'create with subdirectories,4GB Split'
Once you done one it's a doddle.

I'm back this afternoon if you want a walk through
Regards

[royboyz]

Create a WBFS Folder on the Hard Drive
Use Wii Game Manager to convert & copy your .ios to the Hard Drive. (check my sig)
For the copy options your lookin for 'create with subdirectories,4GB Split'
Done that, when i open up CFG usb loader choose HDD it still says no WBFS partition found create or abort

Im off to work now, then playin footie so will be on around 9.30 tonight.
Thanks for the info
Cheers

[renke_uk]

Sounds like you not using the right boot.dol for FAT Drives
Download the latest CFG FAT32 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/nv6mnj)
Extract and copy to the root of your SD card
Regards

[royboyz]

Copy all the files from that download or just the boot.dol?

[renke_uk]

All of them

[royboyz]

highlighted them all and extracted them to my sd card.
Root of SD Card now has following:-

apps
PCApps
usb-loader
bootmii
ios
prboom
private
Wad
boot.elf
bootmini.elf
installer.log
boot.dol

tried again but still no joy getting same message

[royboyz]

there are 2 main game formats, .iso (that you put on a WBFS Partition) and .wbfs (that you put on a FAT32 Partition.
Just re-read and noticed this part. I have a fat32 hdd and an iso file. Do I need to convert it to a .wbfs file in order to add it?

[royboyz]

right ive got my wbfs file on my hdd in the wbfs folder, its split 2 parts wbfs and wbf1.
when i open usb loader its not giving me the no wbfs partition for the first time!!!!! haha
But its counting to 30 then timing out with a
(error = ret -1) message
any ideas?

[ck-ok]

right ive got my wbfs file on my hdd in the wbfs folder, its split 2 parts wbfs and wbf1.
when i open usb loader its not giving me the no wbfs partition for the first time!!!!! haha
But its counting to 30 then timing out with a
(error = ret -1) message
any ideas?

yeah why not just patition your hard drive with this Digital Kaos - Downloads - Partition wizzard home (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/wii/16/partition-wizzard-home-1038/) have one fat32 and one wbfs and use Digital Kaos - Downloads - wbfs manager 3 (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/wii/16/wbfs-manager-3-1085/) to format the partition you want for the wii and to put the iso,s on it.nearly all wii downloads are iso so theres no messin just put them strait on

[royboyz]

managed to do it, shifted all my files off the laptop and reformatted it with partitions then re-added now have a wbfs partition for my wii gamses and touch would is working fine.
Thanks for the help