#wii modding

call me hugh or lucas, my pronouns are he/him, and i'm a minor. welcome to my wii & Homebrew blog! this blog is somewhat of a resource for wii homebrew & modding, as well as general wii stuff. feel free to tag me in posts that include the wii as well, and asks are open! i am also working on submissions :]

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day 252

Goldeneye 007 Wii modder Macopride64 did something pretty cool...8 years ago.

He uploaded a couple videos showing off two maps imported from Dead Space: Extraction to Goldeneye Wii as multiplayer maps.

As far as I can tell, they were never properly implemented and since said videos are 8 years old, I wouldn't be expecting them any time soon. Still, it's a great proof of concept and a nice slice of trivia featuring two classic Wii-era games.

Check it out:

With Virtual Console & Original Model Wii's GCN Support, This game technically already exists & has existed since 2010 (minus the custom cover, made by me!)

At some point I found out about a mod patch(or whatever it’s called) that’d swaps character models so you can marry the same gender in Harvest Moon Animal Parade. The only problem was that I couldn’t make the patch work.

What you see here was what happened when I attempted to patch it, I tried asking around but the patch creator didn’t seem to know & I think I might have been stupid when someone sent a video on how to download the ios.(I want to thank & apologize to everyone that tried to help)

So the issue I was just using whatever ios I found on the patch. The patch only works on a specific ios that is downloaded in multiple parts.(I think the second person to help me showed this but I was to stupid to realize I needed a specific patch) A friend of mine ended up going step by step through the entire thing(downloading, putting stuff together & stuff) because I have moments were I need a shit ton of explaining when it comes to stuff like programs.

I’m making this post in case anyone doesn’t want to search around & because I eel like I might need this again one day. If there are any issues I’ll fix this or move it to another page & link it just in case if needed.

A lot of credit goes to my discord friend & the links under the list of stuff you need as they’re where I got my info from.

You'll need the following for the patching: -An account for EPForums(it's free & you can just ignore it until you need it again or just delete it after getting everything) -The patch & parts of the ios -QuickPar -Something like 7Zip or Winrar -xdelta UI for windows or multipatch if you have mac

You can find the Pride Parade patch & a link to xdelta UI & multipatcher right here You can find the stuff needed for the ios here which is why you need the account(text file has links in it) You can find links to quickpar & 7zip/winrar here which also involves the account(it has steps for using Quickpar if you don’t want to read this entire post)

Part 1: Getting the ios Once you make the EPforums account go to the second link from the paragraph(I dunno how to word sorry) above. You’ll get a par2 file for Animal Parade & text file. The text file has links to all the parts of the ios, download all of them then once you have everything just delete the text file. Make sure the rar files(do not extract them yet) & par2 file are in the same folder not sure if it helps but by themselves together in the folder alone.

Part 2: Fixing the ios After having the par2 file & extracted parts of the ios you install Quickpar from a link in the 3rd link. After installing it you open up the program, the image below(ignoring source files, base filename & path boxes because I made a mistake) is what you should see. If you’re checking this along side the instructions in the link to get quickpar you’ll notice it says to double click the par2 file. Aside from a popup with options(there are none) what to open it with you’ll get nothing, with the opened Quickpar you just have to click “Open” then search for the par2 file in the window that shows up.

Aside from hiding my computer username the markings just to show my mistake when I first used this. Anyway after opening the par2 file in QuickPar it will automatically start to repair the rar files with par2. It might take a bit so but once it’s done you can finally extract the rar file.(after the repair only one rar file will be in there) & delete the par2 file. If you want to you can now uninstall quickpar as unless you need it again you’re done using it.

Part 3: Patching iso After everything above you just need to download the Pride Parade patch &  xdelta UI or multipatcher.(I have windows & dunno how different these two are but I’m just explaining xdelta UI) Below I re-show my failed attempt to patch the iso because it’s still useful. You don’t need to install the program just open it, the tiny window at the top left is what you’ll see. You don’t really need instructions except part that has a red line you put in the correct & repaired iso.

In “output file” just click the “...” button & when the window opens up just name what you want the patched iso to be named. If you want to name it after the patched file just name it something random as long as it has .iso behind it(Such as “Animal Parade.iso” for me) & rename it after the patched iso after everything is done as for obvious reasons the program doesn’t want to replace the file while patching it. It will take a bit but once it’s done a window with an “ok” button will say it’s been patched.

Once that’s all done delete everything but the iso file that is the output file. Rename the output file now if you want to & move it to where ever you keep your emulator games before reusing or deleting the folder everything was worked on in.

For anyone who would like the .png files, I did a few texture edits on the game Harvest Moon Animal Parade. In the comparison photos, the left side is my edited version, and the right side is the original version. (Player hair color is part of the outfit)

Keep in mind that it’s unfinished because I haven’t gotten far enough in the game to meet everyone. Most of the character edits are of the “male” player, and early-game bachelors (Chase, Toby, Julius, Luke, Wizard) to “beautify” their face as a bit more conventional anime-style (mostly toning down the eye socket crease, making eyes less wide open, moving mouth higher, brows lower, etc), and few outfit modifications.

I used the HM Pride Parade edition of the game, which swaps the male/female player model... so I am not sure if the player model’s texture will work properly on the original HM Animal Parade. Download:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tryLPC8plp4JVIgpcQmrilYoNAUZybHU?usp=sharing Texture Export/Import Guide: https://murreal.tumblr.com/post/167032128084/creating-your-own-dolphin-texture-hacks-a-guide