- #Homebrew channel update install#
- #Homebrew channel update update#
- #Homebrew channel update software#
- #Homebrew channel update plus#
#Homebrew channel update software#
The Homebrew Channel is where you will go to launch homebrew applications.īootMii is a piece of software that can backup and restore your Wii’s NAND storage, and if installed in boot2, provides brick protection. If you need help for anything regarding this tutorial, please join the RiiConnect24 Discord server (recommended) or e-mail us at.
#Homebrew channel update update#
The full release notes with all the gory details are available on WiiBrew.Īs usual, either grab the new installer here, or use The Homebrew Channel’s online update (a confirmation dialog should pop up when you start your current version, if you are connected to the Internet).For support in English, ask for help at RiiConnect24 on Discord. 4K sector support) and some issues when launching apps and hotplugging devices. And unlike Nintendo, we actually mean it there’s an assortment of fixes for quite a few minor (and some not so minor) bugs and glitches, including those that come with the latest libogc and libfat (e.g.
#Homebrew channel update install#
However, to enable it, you need to install a theme with a Japanese capable font.
#Homebrew channel update plus#
They probably had to trim the firmware to make space for the Motion Plus stuff. The Wiimote itself supported both – until the new RVL-CNT-01-TR model came out, that is. It was using a different method of sending data to the Wiimote. Nobody bothered to check whether the Wii itself was doing the same thing.Īs it turns out, it wasn’t. And yet, nobody though to question the way we were sending the commands. Libraries were developed, and eventually we had support on the Wii itself with the advent of Wii homebrew. You see, way way back in 2006 when the Wii came out, someone figured out that you could send commands to the Wiimote in a certain way. What they came up with was a new Wiimote, which, completely by accident, happens to be incompatible with the previous version of The Homebrew Channel. It wasn’t a new Wii model (though they did release a new Wii, it turns out it works just fine). Alas, crickets.Īnd yet! Recently, Nintendo did break The Homebrew Channel. Meanwhile, we waited and waited and waited for an update to break the current version. We’ve been working on HBC every now and then behind the scenes: a bugfix here, a new feature there, and so on. However, Nintendo’s care for the Wii lately has been rather sparse. At the same time, you get all the new goodies and bugfixes that we may have accumulated since the previous version. Our usualy update cycle tends to follow Nintendo’s updates: Nintendo plugs one of our exploits, and we release a new version with a new exploit. You thought HBC was dead? Can’t say I blame you!