Wii for dummies

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Wii for dummies

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Hello,

I have a wii that (I assume) has been chipped since it works with dvds burned from an iso.
I have absolutely no idea how it was modded. Anyway I don't know how to play wad games.
If I understood correctly it's with the homebrew channel that I'll be able to read my wad files from an sd card.

The only thing is my wii (on 4.0) isn't exactly blank, I wouldn't want to reinstall or overwrite things on what's already been modded (since for now it works perfectly fine).

I want to go step by step, slowly but surely discovering all the possibilities this forum offers, which is otherwise exceptional but a bit complicated for me. For example, nowhere is it explained what a homebrew actually is (perhaps it seems obvious).

I'm a beginner but I'm eager to learn from this community.

My first goal is therefore to play wad files. (I repeat my wii has already been chipped or modded, I wouldn't want to reinstall elements by mistake or useless elements).


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use bannerbomb (tutorial HERE) to launch hackmii installer then install HBC (the homebrew channel) and bootmii as boot2 preferably.
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Thanks to HBC, launch signcheck
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it will create a file at the root of your SD with info about the state of your ios.
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Copy and paste for me what's in the file, that'll help me guide you better afterwards.

a homebrew is a small unofficial piece of software. On the wii it comes in the form of .dol and .elf files (on windows it's .exe ;) )
HBC lets you launch homebrews installed on the SD. For HBC to be able to see these homebrews you have to place them on your SD but always in this way SD:/apps/homebrewname/boot.dol
all homebrews must be renamed "boot" and placed in a folder, usually respecting the folder name found in the archive. ex: SD:/apps/SignCheck/boot.dol
you'll also place the icon.png and the meta.xml there, respectively providing an icon and info about the homebrew for hbc. these 2 aren't essential.
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Re: Wii for dummies

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Thanks for this very clear explanation. I'm getting to it. I'll be back on this topic very soon.
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I'm sorry but I can't manage it. I downloaded hackmii and signcheck.
I put the hackmii folder at the root of my sd card next to "private".
Then I launched wiiload but no HBC gets created there. I might have misunderstood your instructions. If that's the case could you rephrase it more clearly, step by step please? thank you very much.
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One more detail I'm on 4.0 and I have a macbook pro.
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Re: Wii for dummies

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le20sur20 wrote:I'm sorry but I can't manage it. I downloaded hackmii and signcheck.
I put the hackmii folder at the root of my sd card next to "private".
Then I launched wiiload but no HBC gets created there. I might have misunderstood your instructions. If that's the case could you rephrase it more clearly, step by step please? thank you very much.

use this tutorial to help you: https://www.tgames.fr/guide-underground/ ... t2717.html

actually it's the hackmii installer's dol that you need to put at the root of your SD and rename to boot.elf (remove wiiload's boot.dol)

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