Super Mario Galaxy 1 GamePad Hack

Attached is a modification of Super Hackio's Super Mario Galaxy Classic Controller hack, as seen on YouTube:

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This version is suitable for use with Wii U VC injection for GamePad input. It is compatible with the four official releases of Super Mario Galaxy on Wii:

• RMGE01 USA
• RMGP01 Europe
• RMGJ01 Japan
• RMGK01 Korea

Note: Only USA and Europe versions have been tested by the author on hardware.

Getting this hack up and running on Wii U took a lot more effort than the Super Mario Galaxy 2 hack, because this hack is re-using an area in memory which is also used by the Gecko code handler. The Wii U VC version of this hack is made entirely with Gecko/Ocarina codes, so the Classic Controller hack had to be relocated in memory to prevent them clashing.

Requirements

To apply the patch, you will need the following:

• Wiimm's wit
  
  if you don't know which version to download, you probably want Cygwin/64-bit (Windows)​
  
  
• Wiimm's wstrt
  
  if you don't know which version to download, you probably want Cygwin/64-bit (Windows)​
  
  
• any Wii VC injection tool, such as:
  
  UWUVCI-AIO-WPF
  TeconmoonWiiVCInjector​
  
  
• a disc image of Super Mario Galaxy in any format supported by wit (ISO, WDF, WIA, CISO, WBFS)
  
  NKIT is not supported by wit​

Download

View attachment Galaxy1GamePad_v1.2.zip​

The attached archive includes the following files. The RMGx files come in four regional versions (E, P, J, K) and four preference variants (AllStars or Nvidia layout and standard or deflicker-filter disabled).

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• Mapping-SMG-AllStars.png
  
  Super Hackio's instructional image showing the button layout you'll get if you use one of the All-Stars-style hacks, as seen above​
  
  
• Mapping-SMG-Nvidia.png
  
  Super Hackio's instructional image showing the button layout you'll get if you use one of the Nvidia-style hacks, as seen above​
  
  
• readme.txt
  
  basically this thread in plaintext​
  
  
• RMGx01.txt
  
  All of the codes from this modification in text form, in case they're useful to you​
  
  
• RMGx01-AllStars.gct
  
  a GCT (packaged up cheat file) which can be applied to your game's main.dol to give you the All-Stars layout​
  
  
• RMGx01-AllStars-RemoveDeflicker.gct
  
  identical to the above but also disables the deflicker filter which blurs the image slightly​
  
  
• RMGx01-Nvidia.gct
  
  a GCT which can be applied to your game's main.dol to give you the Nvidia layout​
  
  
• RMGx01-Nvidia-RemoveDeflicker.gct
  
  identical to the above but also disables the deflicker filter which blurs the image slightly​

Method

Consider running the wit and szs installers, it really makes both apps much easier to use.

You can also just type in all the paths manually if you don't have admin rights on your PC or just don't wish to install them. The rest of this guide will assume you have installed both apps. Adjust if necessary.​

Super Mario Galaxy is pretty finicky about what video modes it supports.

If you're on a PAL machine, you should probably inject the PAL game and vice versa. Otherwise, you may be able to work around the issue by using your injector's video mode patching features or modifying the vWii's video mode, but I'll leave that up to you.​

1. Extract the Galaxy1GamePad archive into a directory with your Super Mario Galaxy disc image.
   
   For example:
   

   C:\Games\Wii\Hacking\SuperMarioGalaxy​
   
   
2. Open a terminal/command prompt window in that directory.
   
   On modern versions of Windows, you can do this by opening a folder, clicking the address bar ...
   

   e.g. This PC > Local Disk (C) > Games, etc.​
   ... then typing cmd and pressing Enter.​
   
   
3. Unpack your Super Mario Galaxy disc image.
   
   For example:
   

   wit extract --psel=data "RMGE01.wbfs" Galaxy1GamePad​
   If your disc image is named something else, replace RMGE01.wbfs with that file name.​
   
   
4. Apply your chosen GCT file to your extracted main.dol file.
   
   For example:
   

   wstrt patch Galaxy1GamePad\sys\main.dol --add-section RMGE01-AllStars-RemoveDeflicker.gct​
   Remember to replace the GCT filename with your region and variant.​
   
   
5. Repackage your extracted Super Mario Galaxy folder into a disc image.
   
   For example:
   

   wit copy Galaxy1GamePad Galaxy1GamePad.wbfs​
   
   
6. Using your newly patched Super Mario Galaxy disc image, create a Wii VC injection with Classic Controller emulation enabled.
   
   At this point, the process is the same as injecting any other game with Classic Controller support. You do not need the 'Force Classic Controller Connected' option, Classic Controller emulation is fine.​

Changelog

• 1.2
  
  Added Japan and Korea versions​
  
  
• 1.1
  
  Added Europe version​
  
  
• 1.0
  
  Initial release​

 

[Lostbhoy]

Bravo sir... Bravo!

 

[rocoloco321]

will I be able to still use the wiimote + nunchuk when using this? or does this make the classic controller the only choice?

 

[Yamathedestroyer]

Bro this is awesome.

 

[Vague Rant]

will I be able to still use the wiimote + nunchuk when using this? or does this make the classic controller the only choice?

This hack unfortunately breaks the original Nunchuk controls. Only the GamePad or a Wii Classic Controller will work correctly. If you want to play with Nunchuk controls, you'll need to either keep a separate Wii VC title with the unmodified game or load it from disc, Wii mode USB loader, etc.

 

[Yamathedestroyer]

So which Donor Game did ya use? US Version of Rhythm Heaven Fever crashes to stack trace screen while the patched games loads and plays normally in Dolphin

 

[Vague Rant]

So which Donor Game did ya use? US Version of Rhythm Heaven Fever crashes to stack trace screen while the patched games loads and plays normally in Dolphin

That is odd. I also used the US Rhythm Heaven Fever.

 

[ploggy]

Working perfectly here, took me awhile to set everything up but once I got everything sorted it worked fine. (also using Rhythm Heaven Fever US as Base + US Super Mario Galaxy + Allstarts Deflicker.GCT)
Thank you very much @Vague Rant

One issue I found, you cant exit the game from the Home Menu Pressing Home works but once the Menu is open there's no way to move the cursor to select Wii Menu or Reset You cant use a Wiimote either it looks like, but still not a massive issue since you can always just turn off the Console with the Gamepads power button.

 

[Vague Rant]

Working perfectly here, took me awhile to set everything up but once I got everything sorted it worked fine. (also using Rhythm Heaven Fever US as Base + US Super Mario Galaxy + Allstarts Deflicker.GCT)
Thank you very much @Vague Rant

One issue I found, you cant exit the game from the Home Menu Pressing Home works but once the Menu is open there's no way to move the cursor to select Wii Menu or Reset You cant use a Wiimote either it looks like, but still not a massive issue since you can always just turn off the Console with the Gamepads power button.

Great to hear it's working for you, that's at least two successes including me!

Indeed, the Home Button Menu handles input completely separate from the game itself and Super Hackio's original hack doesn't patch that, just the actual game inputs. As you say, you will need to just shut down the console when you're finished playing Galaxy.

 

[ThisIsAThrowawayAccount19]

hi can anyone help me? I am trying to do this without any admin access I tried using the same commands as used in the post and it doesn't work. Instead it shows the error in command prompt:
'wstrt' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I managed to extract the game however without admin rights using wii backup fusion (I think its called that). But now im stuck trying to figure out what commands i could use to patch the main.dol file without it printing the same error. Also im not to sure how to repackage it either using WBF (Wii backup fusion). Id really appreciate the help if someone could tell me how.

Also i probably wont repond on this account (my username shows). I dont use gbatemp enough sadly

 

[Vague Rant]

hi can anyone help me? I am trying to do this without any admin access I tried using the same commands as used in the post and it doesn't work. Instead it shows the error in command prompt:
'wstrt' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I managed to extract the game however without admin rights using wii backup fusion (I think its called that). But now im stuck trying to figure out what commands i could use to patch the main.dol file without it printing the same error. Also im not to sure how to repackage it either using WBF (Wii backup fusion). Id really appreciate the help if someone could tell me how.

Also i probably wont repond on this account (my username shows). I dont use gbatemp enough sadly

Hey, if you can't install wit/szs, you'll need to extract the archives somewhere then include that directory path when you reference them.

So for example, let's say you extract them into C:\Games\Wii\Tools. I'm not at PC to check the exact paths, but you'll then have something like C:\Games\Wii\Tools\wit-$VERSION\bin\wit.exe and C:\Games\Wii\Tools\szs-$VERSION\bin\wstrt.exe. So in the instructions where I say to do something like this:

wit extract --psel=data "RMGE01.wbfs" Galaxy1GamePad​

... you will need to include the full path to wit.exe, like this:

"C:\Games\Wii\Tools\wit-$VERSION\bin\wit" extract --psel=data "RMGE01.wbfs" Galaxy1GamePad​

... and similarly for wstrt:

"C:\Games\Wii\Tools\szs-$VERSION\bin\wstrt" patch Galaxy1GamePad\sys\main.dol --add-section RMGE01-AllStars-RemoveDeflicker.gct​

Basically, because you don't have them installed, your PC has to be told where to locate them each time you try to use them. You'll need to check the exact paths where wit and wstrt are extracted to on your machine (just have a browse around in File Explorer); copy-pasting exactly what I said above won't work.

 

[finthesecond]

SUPER GAMEPAD GALAXY

 

[ploggy]

@Vague Rant I've got a report of the game crashing randomly on launch..

I haven't got a crash yet, but I haven't played too much and only launched it a couple times.

Post automatically merged: Oct 24, 2023

I have managed to trigger the crash now too.

EDIT: I've tried 6 more times and 6 times it has crashed :/ weird it didn't crash on the first launch, luck or saves something on first launch?

 

[Yamathedestroyer]

Yea had the same problem when trying to run an NTSC-US Copy of the game on my PAL Wii U, so that may be the issue for you? Worked fine for me when I ran PAL copy on an PAL Wii U

 

[ploggy]

I tried to make a PAL inject but when I tried to load it it would just blackscreen (my fault I think)
I also tried to re create the NTSC inject with NTSC-PAL video mode enabled but again worked the first boot but would segfault the next boot.

I'll try to remake the PAL inject in the next few days and see if I messed up somewhere

 

[Vague Rant]

I tried to make a PAL inject but when I tried to load it it would just blackscreen (my fault I think)
I also tried to re create the NTSC inject with NTSC-PAL video mode enabled but again worked the first boot but would segfault the next boot.

I'll try to remake the PAL inject in the next few days and see if I messed up somewhere

One thing that definitely causes a blackscreen is applying the RMGE01 GCT to RMGP01, I tried that when trying to replicate the crash dump issue you had above, but the "best" I could do was a black screen.

Definitely a weird issue though, I can't get it to fail on my end no matter what I try, with either NTSC or PAL versions. My console happily runs either.

 

[ploggy]

One thing that definitely causes a blackscreen is applying the RMGE01 GCT to RMGP01, I tried that when trying to replicate the crash dump issue you had above, but the "best" I could do was a black screen.

Definitely a weird issue though, I can't get it to fail on my end no matter what I try, with either NTSC or PAL versions. My console happily runs either.

Yea, So, almost certain I used the wrong region GCT file on my PAL SMG Game that's why it blackscreen liked you suggested :/
After re doing the process with the correct GCT the game works fine, loaded a few times in a row to be sure too.
I think I must have copy/pasted the command without editing the region lol such a noob I am

Strange the NTSC version messes with PAL consoles tho and it works for you but not me an @Yamathedestroyer? tho it doesn't matter, just stick to your own region and all will be fine lol

Thank you again for taking the time to make this (and doing the other regions)

 

[Ewpb]

hi can anyone help me? I am trying to do this without any admin access I tried using the same commands as used in the post and it doesn't work. Instead it shows the error in command prompt:
'wstrt' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I managed to extract the game however without admin rights using wii backup fusion (I think its called that). But now im stuck trying to figure out what commands i could use to patch the main.dol file without it printing the same error. Also im not to sure how to repackage it either using WBF (Wii backup fusion). Id really appreciate the help if someone could tell me how.

Also i probably wont repond on this account (my username shows). I dont use gbatemp enough sadly

A reboot worked for me. Then wit worked in cmd in the Galaxy iso folder.

Post automatically merged: Oct 31, 2023

Teconmoons injector just won't play ball! My old rig where it did is dead.

All I get now is an error about tmd.bin!

 

[Ligeia]

OMG I was not aware classic controller hacks of SMG 1 & 2 existed

 

[josiasdv]

Ok, here's what I tried and it failed once, booted normally once, and then kept failing:
- disc image of Super Mario Galaxy (WBFS) (RMGE01 USA)
- Cygwin/64-bit (Windows)Wiimm's wit (latest version)
- Cygwin/64-bit (Windows)Wiimm's wstrt (latest version)
- Windows 8.1
- TeconmoonWiiVCInjector
- RMGE01-AllStars-RemoveDeflicker.gct

...and here's what I tried and has booted successfully 6 times:
- disc image of Super Mario Galaxy (WBFS) (RMGE01 USA)
- Cygwin/64-bit (Windows)Wiimm's wit (latest version)
- Cygwin/64-bit (Windows)Wiimm's wstrt (latest version)
- Windows 10 (different computer)
- UWUVCI-AIO-WPF
- RMGE01-AllStars.gct

Anywho, so glad there are peoples out there like Vague Rant and Super Hackio!

Update:
Darn, it's failed to boot 3 times now with something similar to ploggy's picture.
I wonder if it's cause I'm on Tiramisu and 5.5.1.
The SMG2 hack is still working fine.

Update:
After deleting the save file from the vwii side, and playing for a month. I think that was the issue. All seems to be working fine now.