Homebrew [vWii] How can I play NTSC Wads (vc and wiiware games) in a PAL console?

[MendLante]

Wads in PAL are hard to find. If I try to patch them with FreeTheWads or Show my wads , I get a black screen when I execute them and my wiiremote turn off. I found a guide in reddit but I dont find wwPacker . Any solution without using a loader?
Thanks and sorry for my english level

 

[satel]

ShowMiiWads

you can use the above app to edit wad region to PAL or REGION FREE

 

[MendLante]

The wad doesnt work (black screen ) if i edit it with freethewads or showmiiwads

 

[Cyan]

do you install to NAND, or to SD menu ?
if it's installed to the SD menu, you need to patch your IOS80 (could be dangerous, but nobody reported a brick using the IOS80 patcher)

 

[MendLante]

do you install to NAND, or to SD menu ?
if it's installed to the SD menu, you need to patch your IOS80 (could be dangerous, but nobody reported a brick using the IOS80 patcher)

To NAND using YAWMM.

 

[satel]

The wad doesnt work (black screen ) if i edit it with freethewads or showmiiwads

mine are installed to SD with iOS80 patch applied & i used showmiiwads which was bundled with some NTSC wiiware content in a separate folder. games seems to work after region change to PAL or Free Region

 

[MendLante]

The wads only works if they are native PAL , if I convert NTSC wads to PAL using freethewads or showmiiwads, they dont work.
The only way is change the video mode to force NTSC in UsbLoaderGX , but I hope there is a way to play from the Wii Menu.

 

[satel]

anyway why are you stuck on ntsc wads ? similar pal wads are available if you know where to look

 

[MendLante]

anyway why are you stuck on ntsc wads ? similar pal wads are available if you know where to look

there are Wads that are imposible to find in PAL for example the most Super Nintendo wads.

 

[satel]

there are Wads that are imposible to find in PAL for example the most Super Nintendo wads.

out of the 75 snes wads i have 60 are already PAL & the remaining 15 i used showmiiwads to change region & they work.

anyway it's been a long time since i used wads so i may test couple of the ones with region change & report back later.

btw why don't you go with retroarch or snes9x they run perfect on wii u with no limit to the amount of games you can install unlike wads

 

[MendLante]

out of the 75 snes wads i have 60 are already PAL & the remaining 15 i used showmiiwads to change region & they work.

anyway it's been a long time since i used wads so i may test couple of the ones with region change & report back later.

btw why don't you go with retroarch or snes9x they run perfect on wii u with no limit to the amount of games you can install unlike wads

Ok , I will use retro arch. Athough I still think why the Ntsc show a black screen in my TV
Add me in Wii U : ErMendoza
(this is my nintendo ID)

Note: How can I send Private Messages in this web? Im a noob

 

[Cyan]

you need 10 messages to unlock the private message feature. (to prevent spammers sending advertising right after registering)

 

[MendLante]

you need 10 messages to unlock the private message feature. (to prevent spammers sending advertising right after registering)

Ok, thanks!

 

[philx_x]

I have NTSC wads and a PAL console using USBLoaderGX the wads don't run at correct speed but once I tried Wiiflow they worked perfectly given your TV supports NTSC signal
unfortunately they're greyscale on my CRT that's when I started fiddling with the settings, in Wiiflow you can set the VideoMode manually to PAL50, PAL60, System Default, Game Default.
try playing with these settings a little.

As for the CRT i think i rly need to get PAL wads .. but wasn't lucky enough yet to find a Complete Collection like for NTSC.

 

[NoNAND]

Dude use usb loader gx you can even cheat with ocarina

 

[SaulFabre]

For patch a NTSC VC/WiiWare WAD for force it to run in NTSC in a PAL Wii, you can use @stev418's Custom NAND Loader MOD 1.1 which can be downloaded here:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/custom-nand-loader-mod-1-1.198242/
For apply that patch you will need the wwPacker v1.84 tool which can be downloaded here:
https://gbatemp.net/download/wwpacker.36649/
Greetings

 

[Vague Rant]

Are you sure that will work on a Wii U? I thought the newer console reimplemented the loader.bin, so patches to Wii loader.bins don't work? I tried that approach before finding a post by somebody (FIX94 maybe?) about it being a dead end on Wii U.

Personally, I just changed my vWii's video mode to NTSC because all the games I wanted to play were NTSC anyway.

 

[SaulFabre]

Are you sure that will work on a Wii U? I thought the newer console reimplemented the loader.bin, so patches to Wii loader.bins don't work? I tried that approach before finding a post by somebody (FIX94 maybe?) about it being a dead end on Wii U.

Personally, I just changed my vWii's video mode to NTSC because all the games I wanted to play were NTSC anyway.

Well, that's another possible way.

 

[Pokemonfan6498]

even with show mii wads i still get split image