M&SG's Custom Textures - Notice 10/12

[mnsg]

Hacking Future

I have some disturbing news to reveal for all of those who have downloaded my hacks.  My Wii's DVD drive has begun to show signs of dying on me; I recently got a few disc reading errors, which occasionally forced me to turn off my Wii system.  This issue will likely get worse, unless I can get the DVD drive repaired.  Because of this problem, my Wii hacking sessions will likely have to be put on hold; which means no more Christmas-related texture hacks for Brawl this year.  Fortunately, I'll still be able to do hacks for Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Considering that I had this Wii since Christmas 2006, this was bound to happen sooner or later.

Also, I am expecting to get Kirby's Epic Yarn and Donkey Kong Country Returns during the Christmas holiday, which will keep me occupied once my Wii's DVD drive does get fixed up.

Thank you for reading this, and I hope to continue my Wii hacks when this problem is resolved.

[Segtendo]

Man, I wish I could use Melee hacks. I gotta get that SD Media Launcher thing. Check Stack Smash for those who don't know what happened.

[Mewtwo2000]

You should get the usb method to load backups and forget about the DVD drive 

[Segtendo]

You should get the usb method to load backups and forget about the DVD drive 

Umm, there are no USB loaders for Gamecube. Unless someone points me in the right direction that doesn't involve modchips and DO work.

[jarvitz]

My wii has been doing that for around 2 years now and it still runs fine. You have time.

[mnsg]

Wii Issue Update

I regret to state that my Wii can't be repaired by professionals, due to the obvious fact that it contains Homebrew data.  I learned that the hard way when I tried to get it repaired by them.

Now, my other options are as follows...

Option 1
There is that USB Loader that I've heard about, but it has no Riivolution support (which I use for Mario Kart Wii and NSMB Wii), and not all variations of them are free.  And of course, there's also the issue in terms of the storage devices, since single-layered Wii ISOs use 4.37 GB, while the dual-layered Wii ISOs use about 7.92 GB; both of which can't be placed in FAT and FAT32 system storage devices.  Lastly, they require IOS249, which got stubbed for System Menus 4.2 and later.

Option 2
Replace the laser lens manually.  On average, it would cost about $14.  However, this does mean that I'll have to take apart my Wii, and I never did internal repairs before.  And of course, you need certain screwdrivers to pull this off.  Lastly, I'm not sure if this will be enough to get the DVD drive working properly again.

Option 3
Replace the DVD drive manually.  On average, replacement Wii DVD drives can be bought for about $60.  However, this does mean that I'll have to take apart my Wii, and I never did internal repairs before.  And of course, you need certain screwdrivers to pull this off.  Lastly, I have no idea if this will affect the Wii's hard drive in a negative manner; is the hard drive part of the DVD drive, or not.

Option 4
Buy a new Wii system.  The only flaw with this option is the price, which is about $200, along with the fact that some Wii data is non-transferrable.  At least I've backed up my copy-protected Wii game data, just in case something like this happens.  Of course, installing Homebrew on a new Wii will mean that I won't be able to get it repaired professionally.

Regarding the various option sources, I looked at the following...

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=147638
http://hubpages.com/hub/wiidiyrepairguide

With those options in mind, I'm just not sure what is the best choice.

Anyway, I'll just do whatever I can to resolve this issue.  If anyone else ran into this scenario, feel free to state your best solutions.

[Mansta8]

For the USB loader you could just use that wiiscruber thing to edit isos so you could hack nsmb and mario kart, and you could do even more brawl hacking like voice replacing. IDK about the storage devices, maybe you could try reformatting your USB thing on the computer.

[Segtendo]

I believe that partition a USB doesn't really matter. It only depends on the USB loader you use.
Neogamma has the 256 lines of code bypass and I think the newest Configurable USB Loader has it too.

[mnsg]

Wii Issue Update

Well, I've managed to get a 500 GB portable USB hard drive, and found a USB Loader program, which enables me to install ISOs onto an NTFS file system drive.

After doing some tests, I've found that WiiFlow was the most effective USB Loader, since it has no issues with reading USB devices upon loading.  And, like I've stated earlier, can install ISOs onto NTFS drives, along with Ocarina code support.

Anyway, I've been able to get my codes for Brawl to work with WiiFlow, and a lot of my installed original ISOs worked without any flaws as well.  However, I'm still trying to get custom ISOs (for MK Wii and NSMB Wii) to work properly without ANY errors; no "Error has Occurred" messages after about 5-10 minutes.

This issue is almost resolved; I only have that one issue left, and I should be back to the hacking business for the Wii titles again.

Edit: Custom ISO issue is resolved for NSMB Wii.  Apparently, I had to patch the main.dol that's inside that ISO before I could use it with my USB hard drive.

Anyway, with that issue fixed up, I'm pretty much back to doing some more Wii hacks again.  Of course, odds are, I'll probably be kept busy with Kirby's Epic Yarn and Donkey Kong Country Returns between Christmas and New Year's.

[Segtendo]

I love his color scheme.

[Segtendo]

Okay, now THAT is sweet.
inb4superdiddy

[KTH]

Need Diddy now. lol

[KTH]

Good.

[PAVGN]

It's about damn time somebody made Pauline. I wonder why It took so long. :/

[Gamez1985]

Wanted to say thanks for Pauline. That's a character that would make a great Brawl appearance!