Nintendo Wii

Parental control

• To remove parental control: http://wii.marcansoft.com/parental.wsgi

SoftModding

Install HomeBrew Channel and BootMii

• Install letterbomb, see guide at http://www.wiigen.fr/installer-chaine-homebrew-wii-4-3-grace-letterbomb-article-8335-1.html.

• Enable WiFi on the Wii, and collect MAC address (do not allow firmware upgrade after enabling WiFi)

• Go to http://please.hackmii.com/

• Unpack archive on SD card

• Insert SD card in Wii, and select the letter bomb

• Install Homebrew channel
• Install BootMii

Done

Backup NAND

• Use BootMii to backup the NAND
• Start HomeBrew Channel, click HOME button, select BootMii
• BootMi does not work with WiiMote!!! Use Power button to cycle through options, and reset button to select.

• • Reference BootMii: http://bootmii.org/
  • More info: http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/BootMii

Install Sciifii ONline

Tutorial: http://www.wiigen.fr/sciifii-online-wii-article-9564-0.html

• Download sciifii-v5-final_1335954711.zip
• Unpack in SD card root

FAILED - Server no longer available

Same with MAtt MOD. See http://www.wiigen.fr/forums/sciifii-v5-final-mod-matt-r001-t61514.html

• Download "SciiFii V5 Final MOD MAtt ONline.zip"
• Unpack in SD card root
• Launch (via HBC), select "Hack complet avec usbloader GX"
• Wait...

Configure PriiLoader

• See guide at http://www.wiigen.fr/tuto-bien-configurer-son-priiloader-article-8331-1.html
• Install file
  • Loader GX (forwarder)
    Easier to set up forwarder, so that we can update the loader without need to reconfigure priiloader.
• Configuration:
  • Autoboot: Installed file
  • Return to: Autoboot
• System config:
  • Block Disc Updates
  • Block Online Update
  • No-Delete HAXX.JODI.DVDX.DISC.DISK.RZDx
  • Skip Health Screen Auto
  • Re-enable Bannerbomb v2
  • Remove NoCopy Save File Protection
  • Move Disc Channel

Configure USB Loader GX

• French guide
• Official page (see readmii for documentation)

Settings:

• Extract all savegames
• Extract all Mii
• Extract all Channel
• Extract SYSCONF
• Enable full Mii NAND emulation
• Enable full savegame NAND emulation
• Enable Error 002 fix (needed for Skylanders for instance)
• Go to Update menu, and update all (incl. WiiTDB.xml)

Note:

Partial/full savegame emulation (see [1])

Partial uses game saves from emu NAND and Mii's from real NAND and Full uses both from emu NAND.

NAND mode partial / full (see [2])

Partial means it's using settings from real NAND for wiimotes, internet, etc... while Full gets everything from the emu NAND.

Guide

Using Priiloader

• Press and maintain reset button while turning on the Wii to reach the Priiloader menu
• If no wiimote works: While in priiloader menu, wait 15 sec, and press reset button to reach Wii Menu. (see Issue 21:Can't Resync Wii Controller (fix or bypass the libogc issue))

Creating WBFS Partition on External Drive

• Connect USB drive to PC
• Install Wiithon (http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/wiithon)
  • On Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin 64-bit, install wiithon_1.26-507_amd64.deb manually
• Create a FAT32 partition on external drive (say 200GB, in general count 2.5GB / game ISO)
• Mount that partition
• Launch Wiithon
  • You might need to add yourself to disk group: sudo gpasswd -a $USER disk !!! BETTER remove yourself afterwards !!!
• Go to parameters, tools & utilities, select Format WBFS

On Trusty, wiithon does not detect the external FAT32 partition. Uses wit package instead:

• Format FAT32 partition on external drive
• (Not sure) unmount drive from /media, and remount manually

# Install wit
sudo apt-get install wit
# See doc at /usr/share/doc/wit/DOCUMENTATION.txt.gz and /usr/share/doc/wit/wwt.txt.gz
# Assume ext. FAT32 partition at /dev/sdb1
sudo wwt INIT --test /dev/sdb1
sudo wwt INIT --force /dev/sdb1
sudo wwt FIND

Backup Games

Using Wii / USB Loader GX

• Games DVD can be backup on the Wii itself, using the USB Loader GX.
• Simply start the USB Loader GX, and insert the game DVD.
• Loader will detect the disc, and ask whether to install it (aka create a backup copy on the USB drive), or start it.

Using Wii Backup Fusion

• TBC

Using Wiithon

• TBC (possible?)

Questions /

• What are WADs?
• Define Homebrew
• Define EmuNand
• Ocarina

References

• http://lifehacker.com/5518518/how-to-back-up-and-play-your-wii-games-from-an-external-hard-drive
• The Complete Softmod Guide
• http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Main_Page
  • http://wiibrew.org/wiki//shared2/sys/SYSCONF
  • http://wiibrew.org/wiki/IOS
• http://www.wiihacks.com/

Other loaders:

• WiiFlow

Other guides for softmoding:

• Guide: Softmod ANY Wii (www.wiihacks.com)