bobrocks95
07-23-2008, 11:45 PM
I posted about this on another forum after I successfully installed homebrew games, programs, and emulators on my Wii with no modchip installed or anything, just using an SD card(of course with a way to connect it to your pc) and a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, so I thought I'd post it here.
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*DISCLAIMER*
First of all, keep in mind that since you are installing foreign programs not officially licensed by Nintendo onto your Wii console that I assume no liability for your actions in the very rare case that this causes any damage physical or otherwise to your Wii console. While this has worked flawlessly for both me and another friend, if it doesn't work for you, I assume no responsibility for your actions.
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Step 1- What You'll Need
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First of all, you will need the following things
-An SD card, formatted to fat 16 (in Windows fat 16 is simply called fat)(In Windows you can format simply by right-clicking and selecting "Format"): it doesn't matter what the size of your SD card is, the bigger the better, just make sure its not sdhc. I'm also assuming you have an SD card reader for your PC.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/ScreenHunter_01Jun2415.gif
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/ScreenHunter_02Jun2415.gif
-(optional)A GameCube controller: While this definitely isn't needed, some homebrew games and apps only support the GameCube controller.
-The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: Needed for the exploited game save
-A Wii obviously.
and that's it.
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Step 2- Preparing the Twilight Hack
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-First, you need to download the game save
all it is, is a special save file where you can load to access the exploit in the game to launch the homebrew installer.
What the game save does, from what I can understand, is rename your horse, Epona, into a ridiculously long name that, when loaded into game text or dialog, activates something called a "Stack Smash", which allows the SD card to be read and the .elf file that installs the homebrew to be loaded.
You can get it here (http://hbc.hackmii.com/download/)(download the "Twilight Hack").
-Once downloaded, extract the files to a place where you can easily find them.
-From those files, you will need to pick one that corresponds to your Zelda game
Region Inner circle text File
Europe/Australia RVL-RZDP-0A-0 JPN = rzdp0.bin
Asia RVL-RZDJ-0A-0 JPN = rzdj0.bin
America RVL-RZDE-0A-0 JPN = rzde0.bin
America RVL-RZDE-0A-0 USA = rzde0.bin
America RVL-RZDE-0A-2 USA = rzde2.bin
Inner circle text can be found on the inside circle on the back of your Twilight Princess disk. It may be hard to see depending on the lighting in the room you're in.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/Twilight_Serial.jpg
CAUTION: MAKE SURE YOU GET THE ABOVE RIGHT!!!!
-Make a path on your sd card to "/private/wii/title/RZDx/" where "x" is dependent on your version of twilight princess(use either "e","j", or "p", depending on what .bin file you're using.
-copy "data.bin" from the correct folder in the downloaded Twilight Hack package to the folder you just created.
Great, now you have the chain loader completely set up.
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Step 3- Preparing The Homebrew Channel
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Now you need a homebrew to launch. This exploit is used to launch .elf files on the root of the SD card, but only one. So thats where the homebrew loader comes in. If you launch just that one homebrew, you can launch all the others without swapping .elf files on a computer.
For a loader, this tutorial is going to use the most widely available and best(In my opinion) homebrew launcher, the Homebrew Channel.
download the homebrew channel here (http://hbc.hackmii.com/download/)(download the ".ELF")
There are other loaders, such as Mag Loader and the Front SD elf loader, but they both suck a lot more, and the Homebrew channel is directly installed to the Wii so you don't have to boot up Twilight Princess every time you want to run homebrew.
Make sure that the Homebrew Channel's .elf boot file is called "boot.elf" and is on the root of your sd card. Thats the file that will be launched through the exploit. Everything else that you just downloaded in the ".ELF" package is not needed.
Create a folder named "apps" on the root of your SD card. This is where games and programs will be placed when you install them.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/ScreenHunter_03Jun2416.gif
Now that the loader is set up, time to install the exploit!
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Step 4- Installing the Twilight Hack and the Homebrew Channel
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-Put your SD card in the Wii, boot up and go into Wii Options/Data Management/Save Data/Wii
-erase your current Twilight Princess save file(if you wish, you can back the save file up onto another SD card if you have an extra. Or you could do that on the same SD card, copy it onto your computer, THEN put the Twilight Hack save file onto the SD card) then go back to your SD card and copy the save file over.
The exploit is now installed.
To activate it:
-Insert your Twilight Princess disk, run it, load the first save file, and either talk to the man in front of you or walk backwards to launch your "boot.elf".
-Simply follow the on-screen instructions to install the channel permanently to your Wii(You can of course delete it later the way you would normally delete channels)
The homebrew channel looks very nice, as you can see from this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGeMP1zsW2I
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Step 5- Installing homebrew applications and games
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Note: For a comprehensive list of homebrew applications and game, visit here (http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_apps). For the purpose of this tutorial, I will use Snes9x Wii (http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_apps/Snes9X_Wii), specifically LoPsT's Unofficial Version found near the bottom.
Installing other homebrew works the same way
-In your "apps" folder, create another folder and name it something that will tell you what the program is like "Snes9x"(must be 8 characters or less).
-In that folder, place the .elf file(some are .dol) you get from the .rar you downloaded and rename the .elf file to "boot.elf"(or .dol file to "boot.dol")
-Make a .txt file called "meta.xml"(You will actually need to make it into a .xml file. (Do this after editing the .txt file first)To do this, choose "Save As", then select for "Types of files" "All Files", then save it as "meta.xml"(NOT meta.xml.txt)(This should save it as a .xml file properly)) and enter the following into the .txt file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<app version="1">
<name></name>
<coder></coder>
<version></version>
<release_date></release_date>
<short_description></short_description>
<long_description></long_description>
</app>
Fill in the fields with the necessary information, and all this should properly show up on the Homebrew Channel with whatever you inserted.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/ScreenHunter_04Jun2416.gif
-Next you need to add an icon to the same folder. Refer to this (http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Channel/Icons) page for downloadable icons. If you want to make your own, they need to be 128x48 pixels and in .PNG format. Rename whatever file you get to "icon"
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/ScreenHunter_05Jun2416.gif
You may need to follow specific instruction depending on what app you install. In the case of Snes9x, you need to make a folder on the root of the SD card named "snes9x", then, within that folder, make two other folder named "roms" and "saves". I'm sure you know what to do from there.
Like I said, other apps need other things. Refer to the app's page on the list of homebrew games and apps that I linked to earlier.
If anyone has any SPECIFIC questions about anything, or if this is for some reason against the rules(I don't see how this is in any way illegal), please PM me.
Enjoy!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*DISCLAIMER*
First of all, keep in mind that since you are installing foreign programs not officially licensed by Nintendo onto your Wii console that I assume no liability for your actions in the very rare case that this causes any damage physical or otherwise to your Wii console. While this has worked flawlessly for both me and another friend, if it doesn't work for you, I assume no responsibility for your actions.
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Step 1- What You'll Need
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
First of all, you will need the following things
-An SD card, formatted to fat 16 (in Windows fat 16 is simply called fat)(In Windows you can format simply by right-clicking and selecting "Format"): it doesn't matter what the size of your SD card is, the bigger the better, just make sure its not sdhc. I'm also assuming you have an SD card reader for your PC.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/ScreenHunter_01Jun2415.gif
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/ScreenHunter_02Jun2415.gif
-(optional)A GameCube controller: While this definitely isn't needed, some homebrew games and apps only support the GameCube controller.
-The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: Needed for the exploited game save
-A Wii obviously.
and that's it.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Step 2- Preparing the Twilight Hack
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-First, you need to download the game save
all it is, is a special save file where you can load to access the exploit in the game to launch the homebrew installer.
What the game save does, from what I can understand, is rename your horse, Epona, into a ridiculously long name that, when loaded into game text or dialog, activates something called a "Stack Smash", which allows the SD card to be read and the .elf file that installs the homebrew to be loaded.
You can get it here (http://hbc.hackmii.com/download/)(download the "Twilight Hack").
-Once downloaded, extract the files to a place where you can easily find them.
-From those files, you will need to pick one that corresponds to your Zelda game
Region Inner circle text File
Europe/Australia RVL-RZDP-0A-0 JPN = rzdp0.bin
Asia RVL-RZDJ-0A-0 JPN = rzdj0.bin
America RVL-RZDE-0A-0 JPN = rzde0.bin
America RVL-RZDE-0A-0 USA = rzde0.bin
America RVL-RZDE-0A-2 USA = rzde2.bin
Inner circle text can be found on the inside circle on the back of your Twilight Princess disk. It may be hard to see depending on the lighting in the room you're in.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/Twilight_Serial.jpg
CAUTION: MAKE SURE YOU GET THE ABOVE RIGHT!!!!
-Make a path on your sd card to "/private/wii/title/RZDx/" where "x" is dependent on your version of twilight princess(use either "e","j", or "p", depending on what .bin file you're using.
-copy "data.bin" from the correct folder in the downloaded Twilight Hack package to the folder you just created.
Great, now you have the chain loader completely set up.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Step 3- Preparing The Homebrew Channel
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now you need a homebrew to launch. This exploit is used to launch .elf files on the root of the SD card, but only one. So thats where the homebrew loader comes in. If you launch just that one homebrew, you can launch all the others without swapping .elf files on a computer.
For a loader, this tutorial is going to use the most widely available and best(In my opinion) homebrew launcher, the Homebrew Channel.
download the homebrew channel here (http://hbc.hackmii.com/download/)(download the ".ELF")
There are other loaders, such as Mag Loader and the Front SD elf loader, but they both suck a lot more, and the Homebrew channel is directly installed to the Wii so you don't have to boot up Twilight Princess every time you want to run homebrew.
Make sure that the Homebrew Channel's .elf boot file is called "boot.elf" and is on the root of your sd card. Thats the file that will be launched through the exploit. Everything else that you just downloaded in the ".ELF" package is not needed.
Create a folder named "apps" on the root of your SD card. This is where games and programs will be placed when you install them.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/ScreenHunter_03Jun2416.gif
Now that the loader is set up, time to install the exploit!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Step 4- Installing the Twilight Hack and the Homebrew Channel
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Put your SD card in the Wii, boot up and go into Wii Options/Data Management/Save Data/Wii
-erase your current Twilight Princess save file(if you wish, you can back the save file up onto another SD card if you have an extra. Or you could do that on the same SD card, copy it onto your computer, THEN put the Twilight Hack save file onto the SD card) then go back to your SD card and copy the save file over.
The exploit is now installed.
To activate it:
-Insert your Twilight Princess disk, run it, load the first save file, and either talk to the man in front of you or walk backwards to launch your "boot.elf".
-Simply follow the on-screen instructions to install the channel permanently to your Wii(You can of course delete it later the way you would normally delete channels)
The homebrew channel looks very nice, as you can see from this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGeMP1zsW2I
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Step 5- Installing homebrew applications and games
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: For a comprehensive list of homebrew applications and game, visit here (http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_apps). For the purpose of this tutorial, I will use Snes9x Wii (http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_apps/Snes9X_Wii), specifically LoPsT's Unofficial Version found near the bottom.
Installing other homebrew works the same way
-In your "apps" folder, create another folder and name it something that will tell you what the program is like "Snes9x"(must be 8 characters or less).
-In that folder, place the .elf file(some are .dol) you get from the .rar you downloaded and rename the .elf file to "boot.elf"(or .dol file to "boot.dol")
-Make a .txt file called "meta.xml"(You will actually need to make it into a .xml file. (Do this after editing the .txt file first)To do this, choose "Save As", then select for "Types of files" "All Files", then save it as "meta.xml"(NOT meta.xml.txt)(This should save it as a .xml file properly)) and enter the following into the .txt file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<app version="1">
<name></name>
<coder></coder>
<version></version>
<release_date></release_date>
<short_description></short_description>
<long_description></long_description>
</app>
Fill in the fields with the necessary information, and all this should properly show up on the Homebrew Channel with whatever you inserted.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/ScreenHunter_04Jun2416.gif
-Next you need to add an icon to the same folder. Refer to this (http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Channel/Icons) page for downloadable icons. If you want to make your own, they need to be 128x48 pixels and in .PNG format. Rename whatever file you get to "icon"
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/bobrocks95/ScreenHunter_05Jun2416.gif
You may need to follow specific instruction depending on what app you install. In the case of Snes9x, you need to make a folder on the root of the SD card named "snes9x", then, within that folder, make two other folder named "roms" and "saves". I'm sure you know what to do from there.
Like I said, other apps need other things. Refer to the app's page on the list of homebrew games and apps that I linked to earlier.
If anyone has any SPECIFIC questions about anything, or if this is for some reason against the rules(I don't see how this is in any way illegal), please PM me.
Enjoy!