Hi, I was going to post in Noob Paradise or Quick Questions, but this post turned out to be longer than I thought it would so I decided to create a separate thread. Please let me know if that was not a good idea.
So, I got a soft modded Wii but only some of the stuff works that I was going to use it for. It is a PAL Wii console and I want to use it to play games for Wii, Gamecube, and some WiiWare and Virtual console ones. When it comes to retro games I avoid PAL, just to make sure I don't end up playing in 50 Hz. So I have an external USB HDD with all the backups of my NTSC-J and NTSC-US games.
But the only games that seem to work fine so far are the ones for Gamecube. With the Wii games, some work, and some don't. I tried to install some WADs (games from WiiWare and Virtual Console) and few worked, most didn't (either "region error" or just black screen/freeze), and I was only able to install around ten of those kind of games due to the limitations of the NAND. I read about emulating a fake NAND, which would be able to hold many games from the WiiWare and Virtual Console library, but the instructions were not clear and it was no success. I also tried using Priiloader to be able to play the few games I installed, but the region unlock hack did not help at all. Also, some Virtual Console games (the MSX ones) apparently work, but there is no video, just sound. In one game I get to see the pause menu as soon as I pause the game, but that's it lol.
Also, I don't think this Wii was hacked properly. It freezes here and there, for instance if you exit a game via the home button and then try to run USB Loader GX again.
I am so frustrated and just tired of half of the stuff not working. Can you please help me to build a normal Wii that plays everything fine? I am not asking for much, I don't even need any emulators at all. I just want the Gamecube/Wii/WiiWare games to work, that's it.
Do you think I should rather try to fix what's not working, or should I just start from scratch by applying a factory reset to the console, formatting the SD card and the USB HDD, then hack everything properly?
I was already going to do that (hacking it from scratch), but I am not experienced with these things, and when trying to fix the existing problems explained above, I couldn't even find the right information or appropriate tutorials. I could only find very brief hints and the more I looked into it, the more confused I got. So, I really need your help, please!
I am aware of certain guides and I know there are straight forward tutorials that are easy to follow, but they do not cover the issues I have.
I hope you can help! Thank you.
So, I got a soft modded Wii but only some of the stuff works that I was going to use it for. It is a PAL Wii console and I want to use it to play games for Wii, Gamecube, and some WiiWare and Virtual console ones. When it comes to retro games I avoid PAL, just to make sure I don't end up playing in 50 Hz. So I have an external USB HDD with all the backups of my NTSC-J and NTSC-US games.
But the only games that seem to work fine so far are the ones for Gamecube. With the Wii games, some work, and some don't. I tried to install some WADs (games from WiiWare and Virtual Console) and few worked, most didn't (either "region error" or just black screen/freeze), and I was only able to install around ten of those kind of games due to the limitations of the NAND. I read about emulating a fake NAND, which would be able to hold many games from the WiiWare and Virtual Console library, but the instructions were not clear and it was no success. I also tried using Priiloader to be able to play the few games I installed, but the region unlock hack did not help at all. Also, some Virtual Console games (the MSX ones) apparently work, but there is no video, just sound. In one game I get to see the pause menu as soon as I pause the game, but that's it lol.
Also, I don't think this Wii was hacked properly. It freezes here and there, for instance if you exit a game via the home button and then try to run USB Loader GX again.
I am so frustrated and just tired of half of the stuff not working. Can you please help me to build a normal Wii that plays everything fine? I am not asking for much, I don't even need any emulators at all. I just want the Gamecube/Wii/WiiWare games to work, that's it.
Do you think I should rather try to fix what's not working, or should I just start from scratch by applying a factory reset to the console, formatting the SD card and the USB HDD, then hack everything properly?
I was already going to do that (hacking it from scratch), but I am not experienced with these things, and when trying to fix the existing problems explained above, I couldn't even find the right information or appropriate tutorials. I could only find very brief hints and the more I looked into it, the more confused I got. So, I really need your help, please!
I am aware of certain guides and I know there are straight forward tutorials that are easy to follow, but they do not cover the issues I have.
I hope you can help! Thank you.