

I took photos of the screen, and can reproduce it easily, just by trying to load the HBC. But when I turn on my Wii and launch the HBC, it tries to read from the front SD slot and the screen goes black and I see some rediculous information. I have an AData(speedy SD) 1GB sd card that is FAT formatted and has a number of homebrew apps and emulators on it, all formatted properly with the boot.elf, meta.xml, and icon.png in folders. I then proceeded to set up a SD card so I could start using the HBC. It will list homebrew applications stored and organised on an SD card or USB mass storage device in a nice little GUI, which you can very easily customise with descriptions and shiny little icons all by yourself.
#The homebrew channel iso
If you choose the latter, make sure to download the disc image below that corresponds to your console’s region.įurther installation and general usage instructions can be found in the included readme file.I installed HBC_b7 via DVD ISO (using my wiiKey) and the installation went fine. The Homebrew Channel is a channel for launching Wii homebrew applications. An alternative method which requires users to burn the channel to a disc is also available to those with a drive modification chip installed.
#The homebrew channel install
The first and recommended method is to install a standalone ELF file by launching the Twilight Hack with a compatible copy of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. There are multiple ways to install the channel onto your Wii. Both of those built in options make it extremely convenient for testing out new code, as well as a general purpose homebrew launcher.

You can also launch homebrew apps via TCP (with a correctly configured PC) or USB Gecko. You can rename the folders back if you wish, but it doesn’t really matter.

If the main screen says you can install as boot2, do so. Once installed, press back and go to BootMii. Press Continue, then select the Homebrew Channel, and press install. e.g 1fceu 2snes9x 3scummvm and then use a small program called FatSort to sort the folders alphabetically. When at the HackMii installer, you are able to install the Homebrew Channel and BootMii. It will list apps stored and organized on an SD card in a nice little GUI, which you can very easily customize with descriptions and shiny little. If you want to change the order of the homebrew in the homebrew channel, just put numbers in front of the app folders.

The Homebrew Channel is a channel for launching Wii homebrew applications without the need to run the Twilight Hack first. Once installed, the channel allows users to launch homebrew applications without the need of executing the Twilight Hack each time. Launch the Homebrew Launcher as usual though the web browser exploit (you should have already followed my Nintendo Wii U Homebrew Channel Hack Guide for this as i mentioned. Homebrew developer Bushing and the rest of the crew over at Wii Brew have released the first public beta of the Wii Homebrew Channel. Installing The Homebrew Launcher: Now you have completed all the preparation it’s time to make the Homebrew Launcher a prominent fixture on your Wii U’s Home Screen.
