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0 users reading Running SMG on Dolphin without an ISO | 1 bot |
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Arisotura |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 164 Posts: 1179/9032 EXP: 57292065 Next: 410325 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 17 days ago Last view: 3 days ago |
Yes, it's possible. No more need for Wiiscrubber or a replacement.
You need: * All of SMG's files extracted in a folder * SMG's DOL (main.dol) in that same folder * an apploader. Typically you're going to take SMG's, but all the apploaders are the same anyway Dolphin needs some setup though. Open Dolphin's config and go to the Paths tab. Set the DVD root path to the folder that contains your SMG files, and set the apploader path to your apploader file. Now, for Dolphin to see your game's save data, there's an extra step needed. You can skip it alltogether if you don't have save data. Open Dolphin's 'User' folder. Go into 'Wii' then 'title' then '00010000'. You need to know your game's ID. Here are a few known IDs:
Once you got your ID, convert it to hex, with a tool like this: http://www.dolcevie.com/js/converter.html The hex ID is the result, with the four numbers stuck together. For example, for SMG1 PAL the hex ID would be: 524d4750 In the '00010000' folder, find a folder whose name is the hex ID of your game. Copy that folder. Go back to the 'title' folder. Create a folder named 'ffffffff' (if it already exists, rename it or delete it). Inside that folder, paste the folder you previously copied, and rename it to 'ffffffff'. You can then load the game's main.dol and Dolphin will run the game as if it was running from an ISO. There are a few problems though: * lack of flexibility: you would have to change the DVD root if you want to switch between SMG1 and SMG2 (and/or other games) -- you pretty much need to have one Dolphin copy for each game you want to hack * * If any of the game's files has been opened in Whitehole, you will need to completely close Whitehole, or Dolphin will fail to access the concerned files, causing the game to crash. This is inconvenient. We'll try to find a fix... ____________________ NSMBHD - Kafuka - Jul melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is zafkflzdasd |
Tahcryon |
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Embodiment of Time Can someone lead me to a non-capitalist clothing store? Level: 128 Posts: 2575/5087 EXP: 24204450 Next: 177250 Since: 07-07-12 Last post: 2345 days ago Last view: 907 days ago |
Wow. Nice discovery! How long exactly did it take you to find it out? ____________________
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Arisotura |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 164 Posts: 1182/9032 EXP: 57292065 Next: 410325 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 17 days ago Last view: 3 days ago |
Marionumber1 |
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Wii U hacker Level: 55 Posts: 166/709 EXP: 1259392 Next: 54797 Since: 07-07-12 Last post: 2357 days ago Last view: 733 days ago |
So I assume that if we can run SMG from a folder, we can also add files to the game in Dolphin? |
Arisotura |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 164 Posts: 1185/9032 EXP: 57292065 Next: 410325 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 17 days ago Last view: 3 days ago |
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Arisotura |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 164 Posts: 1192/9032 EXP: 57292065 Next: 410325 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 17 days ago Last view: 3 days ago |
SuperNova2150 |
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Arisotura |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 164 Posts: 1230/9032 EXP: 57292065 Next: 410325 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 17 days ago Last view: 3 days ago |
Yosheano |
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Normal user Level: 15 Posts: 10/38 EXP: 15077 Next: 1307 Since: 05-10-13 Last post: 3632 days ago Last view: 2221 days ago |
Can someone tell me what an apploader is? |
Goembario |
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Normal user Level: 24 Posts: 59/109 EXP: 73074 Next: 5051 Since: 05-30-13 From: The Netherlands Last post: 3930 days ago Last view: 3056 days ago |
Well, just extract your iso with dolphin, or use the game extractor tool for wii to get all the files from your retail copy.
When done that, you will see the apploader file. |
Arisotura |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 164 Posts: 1407/9032 EXP: 57292065 Next: 410325 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 17 days ago Last view: 3 days ago |
Actually SMGExtractor doesn't extract the .dol or the apploader. This is planned for the next release though.
As for what the apploader is, well... it does what its name says, it loads your game. It is run before the game itself and initializes certain stuff. I should also mention that all the games come with the same apploader, so it doesn't matter where you get it from as long as it's a Wii game ____________________ NSMBHD - Kafuka - Jul melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is zafkflzdasd |
Goembario |
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Normal user Level: 24 Posts: 63/109 EXP: 73074 Next: 5051 Since: 05-30-13 From: The Netherlands Last post: 3930 days ago Last view: 3056 days ago |
Oh lol I just said something without knowing it for sure, my bad
But what MM said is the anwser you need. |
Crashdance22 |
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Normal user Level: 24 Posts: 78/112 EXP: 76356 Next: 1769 Since: 05-04-13 Last post: 3033 days ago Last view: 2275 days ago |
Is anyone else having issues with this running Dolpin 4.0 x64? Followed all the steps correctly and Dolphin crashes when I run main.dol. All the folders and paths are set up correctly. |
shibboleet |
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Fire Mario DROP TABLE users; Level: 123 Posts: 2152/4661 EXP: 21228252 Next: 3014 Since: 07-07-12 Last post: 1489 days ago Last view: 502 days ago |
Try another version of Dolphin. Or check the dol size. It should be around 350 KB. ____________________ a |
Crashdance22 |
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Normal user Level: 24 Posts: 79/112 EXP: 76356 Next: 1769 Since: 05-04-13 Last post: 3033 days ago Last view: 2275 days ago |
Figured it out, Dolphin botched the DOL. ~350 bytes, ripped with Wiiscrubber it's around 6MB. So if you have crashes ripping with Dolphin 4 just do that. |
shibboleet |
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Fire Mario DROP TABLE users; Level: 123 Posts: 2155/4661 EXP: 21228252 Next: 3014 Since: 07-07-12 Last post: 1489 days ago Last view: 502 days ago |
Just for notice, SMG1's dol is ~250 KB. ____________________ a |
Crashdance22 |
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Normal user Level: 24 Posts: 80/112 EXP: 76356 Next: 1769 Since: 05-04-13 Last post: 3033 days ago Last view: 2275 days ago |
Well dunno, I guess Wiiscrubber pads it or something. Runs fine for me. |
Anthe |
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Member I have found a basket to put in my SD card reader so I never lose it Level: 66 Posts: 226/1099 EXP: 2419183 Next: 42668 Since: 08-17-12 From: Belgium Last post: 908 days ago Last view: 498 days ago |
Cool! For the Whitehole thing: I remember in vb.net you had to use (for example to read/write a text file) .Close to make it accessible for other programs. Is there a Java equivalent for this or does it work differently? ____________________ |
UltraStars3000 |
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Newcomer Normal user Level: 7 Posts: 6/8 EXP: 1402 Next: 46 Since: 03-08-14 Last post: 3840 days ago Last view: 3837 days ago |
Just a question, how we obtain files required ?
UltraStars3000. ____________________ |
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