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Playing WAD games w/wiikey?
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werd17
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14. October 2008 @ 15:12 |
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Hello,
I tried searching for this but could not find anything specific to the wiikey, as I do not want to risk getting my system bricked.
What is the best way for me to play WAD games on the wii that I have on my PC (Metroid 9, Super Dodge Ball etc)
I just recently set up my wireless connection to my wii...
I am running 1.9s for my wiikey and 3.1U for the wii (is it ok to update firmware for the wii through the net?)
If anyone can point me in the right direction at all I would appreciate it.
Thanks!
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 14. October 2008 @ 16:04
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penguin98
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14. October 2008 @ 17:42 |
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Installing wads is not specific to chips, you dont even need a modchip to do it. Just the homebrew channel.
You install them via the wad manager on the homebrew channel.
You can safely update online, however since you have 3.1 currently I would advise installing homebrew channel before updating. Currently you can use the iso installer, which is simpler than installing it via the twilight hack. But even doing it with the hack really isnt that hard to figure out.
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werd17
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14. October 2008 @ 17:44 |
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I am assuming the homebrew channel is easy to get? Do I just access it through the channels on my wii menu?
Once that is all installed, how to i get the wad files from my computer to the wii.. can i use a flash drive?
Thanks ahead of time
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14. October 2008 @ 18:25 |
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It is a very simple process.
You can get The Homebrew Channel HERE (use the ISO self booting disc since you have 3.1 firmware). It will install The Homebrew Channel to the Wii menu.
After that go HERE and download WADManager. Make a new folder named WAD Installer. Extract the WAD-Manager_1.21.dol file into the newly created folder.
Rename the WAD-Manager_1.21.dol file to boot.dol
Now on the root of the SD card make a folder named apps and place the WADManger folder into the apps folder on the SD card.
Create a folder on the root of the SD card named wad and place the wad files inside that folder.
Now place the SD Card in the Wii launch The Homebrew Channel and the WAD manager will be in the list of applications to launch.
Now follow the on screen directions the application gives you to install uninstall the WAD files.
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werd17
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14. October 2008 @ 18:33 |
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oh boy... sounds easy to mess up haha... thanks I will give it a shot!
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14. October 2008 @ 18:45 |
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Not really hard at all if you follow the directions I gave above.
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kykingpin
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21. December 2008 @ 21:50 |
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I cant get this to work in my wii, I did everything as posted and when i load the hack and go and talk to the man it trys to load but always fails, it goes to the black screen, and then says "reading boot.dol boot.dol not found, reading boot.elf failed to read boot.elf no code found to load hanging" dont know what i did wrong??
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23. December 2008 @ 15:57 |
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Works great, until I want to install a wad-file... I get an error code (ret -1020)... I've tried several wad's, all the same code...
Any ideas?
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mwhite19
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31. December 2008 @ 11:17 |
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I have the same problem. Firmware is 3.4 pal. installed the correct homebrew channel, running wad mananger 1.3 from a formatted SD card, seem to work OK. Try to install on of the .WAD files and I just get error 1020. Anyone got any ideas?
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31. December 2008 @ 12:43 |
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Originally posted by mwhite19:
I have the same problem. Firmware is 3.4 pal. installed the correct homebrew channel, running wad mananger 1.3 from a formatted SD card, seem to work OK. Try to install on of the .WAD files and I just get error 1020. Anyone got any ideas?
If your on 3.4 you need to go HERE and follow this guide. Since you already have the Homebrew Channel installed you only need to follow the section under Wii Fix Guide (don't forget to download the files under what you need section).
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mwhite19
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1. January 2009 @ 18:19 |
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Thanks for the help. Followed the instructions and they worked like a charm. Many thanks again.
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