Homebrew Project [RELEASE] FriishProduce - multiplatform WAD injector

[SaulFabre]

how do i make it?

https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-...ls-of-your-favorite-retro-games-d-wii.602640/

 

[grandosegood]

how do i make it?

https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-...ls-of-your-favorite-retro-games-d-wii.602640/

here is the original forum to get you started. essetnailly, you will have the game + emulator dol in your apps and install a forwarder wad to the wii itself or your emunand to launch it. you can also not use a forwarder wad and launch from homebrew channel.

 

[CatmanFan]

I have released v0.26-beta now.

Not much of value other than Sony PlayStation added support via forwarders (experimental), however it's been marked as a pre-release on GitHub since I have not tested it enough myself (granted it's been six months to the day since I last made a new version public).

 

[Mixtape]

Just to provide a quick data point regarding compatibility, I was recently able to inject the NA release of Brain Lord via VC over a Super Metroid base and boot it successfully. When attempting to do the same over a Super Mario RPG or Kirby's Dream Land 3 WAD, the game itself would fail to boot. The VC "You will need a Classic Controller" message would appear though.

I'm not sure whether this is related to injecting a non-SA1 ROM into an SA1 WAD, the game itself, FriishProduce, or something else entirely. Regardless,I figured it was worth mentioning. It's also entirely possible that I missed a warning somewhere so let me know if that's the case. I can also to do some more testing or file a commit with an appropriate warning to the wiki if it helps. Let me know how I can help and thanks for your work on this tool!

 

[SaulFabre]

Just to provide a quick data point regarding compatibility, I was recently able to inject the NA release of Brain Lord via VC over a Super Metroid base and boot it successfully. When attempting to do the same over a Super Mario RPG or Kirby's Dream Land 3 WAD, the game itself would fail to boot. The VC "You will need a Classic Controller" message would appear though.

I'm not sure whether this is related to injecting a non-SA1 ROM into an SA1 WAD, the game itself, FriishProduce, or something else entirely. Regardless,I figured it was worth mentioning. It's also entirely possible that I missed a warning somewhere so let me know if that's the case. I can also to do some more testing or file a commit with an appropriate warning to the wiki if it helps. Let me know how I can help and thanks for your work on this tool!

Super Mario RPG and Kirby's Dream Land 3 are SNES SA-1 chip games.
I tried injecting some non-SA1 games in those bases so far but i have the exact same issue here.

Solution: don't use these SA1 bases if the game you want to inject doesn't use SA1.

 

[CatmanFan]

Update
I've recently started work on a new MDI design for the app and porting features over. This is how it looks so far.

Obviously, everything is very much still work-in-progress, again, and will be subject to change.

In the meantime, I have also opened a Crowdin for translating this design which can be found here.

 

[Fludd-Stop]

Loving this utility, I love the ability to launch pre-Gamecube games via USB Loader GX! I'm having an issue though with N64 forwarders however; I understand the virtual console compatibility for injects is relatively low, which is why I opted to use the Not64 injection method. I tried injecting Mario Party 3 into a USA Sin and Punishment WAD via Not64 injection; the game runs perfectly fine via Not64, but when launching the WAD channel after installing it just takes me back to the Wii's home menu. Is this normal, or am I making a mistake? Or does the VC compatibility extend to the Not64 injection method as well?

 

[SaulFabre]

I tried injecting Mario Party 3 into a USA Sin and Punishment WAD via Not64 injection; the game runs perfectly fine via Not64, but when launching the WAD channel after installing it just takes me back to the Wii's home menu. Is this normal, or am I making a mistake? Or does the VC compatibility extend to the Not64 injection method as well?

Mario Party 3 doesn't even boot in Sin & Punishment VC WAD.
Also, i've only got it booting on VC with a specific rom (Mario Party 3 (U) [f1].z64) injected on Mario Party 2 but it crashes on intro when it fades to Mario and his lawn chair, and if you try to skip intro, if crashes at the title screen.

It's better to make a SRL for that game using Not64.

In other words: this is normal cause VC compatibility is so low.

 

[epicmartin7]

Sooooo, question. I tried making a forwarder for both a NES and SNES game using the homebrew emulators, and it seems like it's not able to save both games? Trying to save to sram in the emulator menu makes it come back with "Directory Listing Not Found". Is there anything I need to do to make those games save?

 

[SaulFabre]

(Sooooo, question. I tried making a forwarder for both a NES and SNES game using the homebrew emulators, and it seems like it's not able to save both games? Trying to save to sram in the emulator menu makes it come back with "Directory Listing Not Found". Is there anything I need to do to make those games save?

You need to make a folder in the root of your SD card or USB drive called:
NES: "fceugx" (for FCE Ultra GX) or "fceuxtx" (for FCEUX TX)
SNES: "snes9xgx" (for Snes9x GX) or "snes9xtx" (for Snes9x TX)

And inside that folder you need to create another folder called "saves".

Ex.: sd:/snes9xtx/saves/

 

[epicmartin7]

You need to make a folder in the root of your SD card or USB drive called:
NES: "fceugx" (for FCE Ultra GX) or "fceuxtx" (for FCEUX TX)
SNES: "snes9xgx" (for Snes9x GX) or "snes9xtx" (for Snes9x TX)

And inside that folder you need to create another folder called "saves".

Ex.: sd:/snes9xtx/saves/

Ah, cool. Thanks for that!

Also, side question. I noticed when putting in the game name into the Channel Banner, after a certain character length, 2Spieler is automatically added to the end. Is there anyway to fix that?

 

[Plaxaris92]

Is it possible to add gamecube support? Or is there a way to make wads for gamecube games? I've seen videos showing that is possible but can't find any tutorial or any info

 

[ShantaeFan123]

Is it possible to add gamecube support? Or is there a way to make wads for gamecube games? I've seen videos showing that is possible but can't find any tutorial or any info

I found a post that might answer your question called “Custom Nintendont System Menu Channels for Wii/vWii” which is basically GameCube games on the Wii menu and if that doesn’t help then sorry, SaulFabre might be able to answer your question though

 

[SaulFabre]

Is it possible to add gamecube support? Or is there a way to make wads for gamecube games? I've seen videos showing that is possible but can't find any tutorial or any info

https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-...ader-for-games-skip-the-emulator-menu.520525/

in this post by @libertyernie explains how to use Nintendont for autolaunch GameCube roms at startup.