The Homebrew Channel Released

[AkumuHau]

Is OpenMSX even released yet? Or is it just a tease like the Amiga icon?

[kingslime80]

And how about a Homebrew Launcher Icon?

[mr_nick666]

Is OpenMSX even released yet? Or is it just a tease like the Amiga icon?

Its not released but an official statement saying it was imminent made me make the MSX icon

And how about a Homebrew Launcher Icon?

I KNEW Id forget one! Consider it under development

[zillion94]

I have the channel installed already but was wondering... If I wanted to hook up a friend's Wii (also unmodded) with the channel, would we have to jump through the hoops first of installing the TP hack or does the HBC download of the ISO disc image crate the ability to run it from there on an unmodded wii?

Basically, (as a lot of people stumbling here to the scene will wonder) the end result for the record...

Can one install the HBC on an unmodded Wii w/o having a copy of Twilight Princess?

[kingslime80]

As far as I know, you can only run the CD on a moded wii, but using the TP hack will work un-moded. If you have a copy you can bring it over, or if you don't you can rent one from blockbuster or wherever, just make sure you use the right one for the rented copy.

[VAJRA]

Ok. I do not get this. I have installed VC games and wiiware games using the Twilight Hack, and I have read the install guide that came with the file from hbc.hackmii.com/ and find it very confusing. I have been reading online now, off and on, for the past 2 days and can not find a detailed guide.
I have the Twilight hack on my wii, it shows the little white wiibrew emblem in the data managment settings. I formatted the card to FAT16 and then placed the boot.elf file from the the_homebrew_channel-beta_8.tar file I downloaded in the root directory. The install instructions said to create a folder and name it APPS, and place it in the root. Did that. "place the contents of this distribution in the root directory of that card," is a part of the instructions. I beleive this is what is screwing me up. I have placed each individual folder, didn't work, placed the "the_homebrew_channel-beta_8" folder, not the zip its self in the root directory... etc. in every combination that i try, when the twilight hack starts, I get Error (ret =2). I can't figure out what i'm doing wrong.
I even unplugged the GC memory card... nuttin. If any one can help me I would greatly appreciate it.

[kingslime80]

This is the directory structure for my SD card, I hope the screen shots I took help.

[VAJRA]

This is the directory structure for my SD card, I hope the screen shots I took help.

yeah, I did that, even reformatted my card. I think the twilight hack that I am using to install the channel is the problem. It says
"[*] Mounting SD card... OK![*] Opening directory "wad"... Error! (ret =2)"

It keeps trying install wads.
If I add the folder "wad" into the root directory, it goes through the installation process without errors. However, since the WAD folder is empty, it installs nothing.

Can someone explain to me where I went wrong?

[VAJRA]

NM. I was using a twilight hack that was deisigned exclusively for wad instillations.

[gamer4250]

So I've seen this asked before, but I'm not too sure about the answer, is this totally safe to use? I thought I heard before that it's a little bit risky... I'd just like to know if I run a risk of getting a bricked Wii.