Wii Region hack status, AnyRegion Changer / Gecko OS / GC Booter / Starfall

[Womble9]

Try anyregionchanger to downgrade instead.

Cheers I'll give it a go . The version that I've found is 1.1b should that be up to scratch? Also are there any benifits / downfalls of using it instead of Gecko?

[gordon]

And another question: presumably I need the Homebrew Channel to launch it - does it go in the apps folder on my sd card?

[Womble9]

And another question: presumably I need the Homebrew Channel to launch it - does it go in the apps folder on my sd card?

I would've thought that too but I've tried several times and when I go into the homebrew channel it can't see it. I can get emulators on there and a quake demo too but no joy with any of the aplications. Anyone got an idea where I may be going wrong ??

[smouty]

If it is a .wad file you need a wad manager.
From the read me for v1.3

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HOW TO USE:
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1. Create a folder called “wad” in the root of a SD card.
2. Copy all the WAD packages in the folder created in the step 1.
3. Run the application with any method to load homebrew.

[gordon]

I would've thought that too but I've tried several times and when I go into the homebrew channel it can't see it. I can get emulators on there and a quake demo too but no joy with any of the aplications. Anyone got an idea where I may be going wrong ??

Well, anyregionchanger didn't work for me when I tried downgrading this afternoon - but I did manage to get it running from the Homebrew Channel.

Create a subdirectory (e.g. "any region changer") in the \apps directory of your SD card, and extract the files there. Then rename the .dol file (e.g. "anyregionchanger.dol") to "boot.dol": this makes the Homebrew Channel recognise it. After that, good luck. As I say, it hasn't worked for me, and kept throwing up errors; but fortunately it didn't brick my Wii and I'm still on 3.4E.

[Womble9]

If it is a .wad file you need a wad manager.
From the read me for v1.3

+————-+
HOW TO USE:
+————-+

1. Create a folder called “wad” in the root of a SD card.
2. Copy all the WAD packages in the folder created in the step 1.
3. Run the application with any method to load homebrew.

I'm afraid I've really not got a clue what type of file it is but I have got it working now .

[Womble9]

Well, anyregionchanger didn't work for me when I tried downgrading this afternoon - but I did manage to get it running from the Homebrew Channel.

Create a subdirectory (e.g. "any region changer") in the \apps directory of your SD card, and extract the files there. Then rename the .dol file (e.g. "anyregionchanger.dol") to "boot.dol": this makes the Homebrew Channel recognise it. After that, good luck. As I say, it hasn't worked for me, and kept throwing up errors; but fortunately it didn't brick my Wii and I'm still on 3.4E.

Sorted . As with yourself it hasn't changed my Wii back to 3.2 but it does now offer me the option of region switching

[Womble9]

As I say, it hasn't worked for me, and kept throwing up errors; but fortunately it didn't brick my Wii and I'm still on 3.4E.

I just followed this tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUiHK...eature=related and my Wii is now set back at 3.2U .

[gordon]

Ooh, ta. I'll have a look.

[Womble9]

Ooh, ta. I'll have a look.

Beware. Whilst that app / tutorial does indeed allow you to set your Wii back to 3.2 (or one of the many versions that it has on it) I then fell foul of something on the anyregion changer. I wanted to try it out with a PAL GC Mario Kart, so set the game region to Europe and it didn't work, I then set the Video signal to Europe too and whilst it then loaded the game all I got was sound and no image, in fact I now have no image at all and can't even see the homebrew channel to go into it and swap it back !! I'm using a component cable into my amp and then HDMI to my telly, hopefully plugging in a composite at lunch time will let me see things again but if not I'm knackered .

Has anyone else had this and if so how the flip do you get it sorted???

[Womble9]

Beware. Whilst that app / tutorial does indeed allow you to set your Wii back to 3.2 (or one of the many versions that it has on it) I then fell foul of something on the anyregion changer. I wanted to try it out with a PAL GC Mario Kart, so set the game region to Europe and it didn't work, I then set the Video signal to Europe too and whilst it then loaded the game all I got was sound and no image, in fact I now have no image at all and can't even see the homebrew channel to go into it and swap it back !! I'm using a component cable into my amp and then HDMI to my telly, hopefully plugging in a composite at lunch time will let me see things again but if not I'm knackered .

Has anyone else had this and if so how the flip do you get it sorted???

Phew, plugged a composite cable into it and it displays just fine (well actually it's rather cack but you get what I mean!!) Figured I'd add this just in case anyone else does the same.

[Arashikage]

I'm having trouble loading Tatsunoko vs Capcom on Gecko OS 1.07. Everytime I go to load the game it causes the screen to turn red. No amount of fiddling seems to get around this. Any tips at all? I'm using a PAL Wii with an RGB connection. Thanks.

[sj33]

I believe there's actually a specially patched version of Gecko for Tatsuunoko Vs. Capcom.

[Arashikage]

I believe there's actually a specially patched version of Gecko for Tatsuunoko Vs. Capcom.

That would be nice but I can't seem to find anything for that on the interwebs.

[KIT786]

I'm having trouble loading Tatsunoko vs Capcom on Gecko OS 1.07. Everytime I go to load the game it causes the screen to turn red. No amount of fiddling seems to get around this. Any tips at all? I'm using a PAL Wii with an RGB connection. Thanks.

You're gonna have to force 50hz in the GeckOS settings, as a friend was having the same problem. The other options are to use a composite cable or a HD cable.