Bushing and Co. releases Open-Source Apploader, ISO template

August 4th, 2008

Posted by The_Wii_Nes_Boy

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Bushing and company has released an App loader for the Wii.

In order to make legally re-distributable ISO images for the Homebrew Channel installer, we had to remove Nintendo’s copyrighted apploader code and replace it with our own; we based ours on the one from GC-Linux.  You may find the source and binary for it here:

http://static.hackmii.com/wii-apploader.tar.gz

Here is an empty “template” disc image that you can use in your own projects; it contains the above apploader.

http://static.hackmii.com/iso_template.iso.bz2

Enjoy!

Update: A new version of WiiScrubber is out that I’m told works fine with this template. The old one had trouble detecting it as a Wii disc, as it used the DiscID’s first character which isn’t the more common “R” in this ISO. For future reference, the best way of distinguishing a Wii image from a Gamecube image is probably using the disc magic instead (this is what IOS uses).

And no.. this is NOT a SOFTMOD so please dont ask if it’s a softmod or not. This will ONLY work for modded consoles. Please read Marcan’s explanation below

Guys, this is just a base image that can be used to run homebrew from DVD. Nothing more, nothing less. You need version 3.2 or earlier or GeckoOS to boot it, since it uses trucha. You need a modchip. You need to regionpatch it for your region (it defaults to NTSC). You need to inject whatever application you want to run into it (by default it runs a little loader that loads the homebrew channel, which must have been previously installed).

For example, if you have a version older than 3.3, you can regionpatch the ISO and set it to autoboot to have a handy Homebrew Channel loader ISO that runs as soon as you turn on your Wii, so you don’t have to fumble with the wiimote when you’re testing applications.

You can also inject whatever app you want into it and use it to run it. Previously people used game discs, but those can’t be distributed due to the apploader. Hence why I created this image.

Unfortunately, apparently both WiiScrubber and some versions of Trucha Signer have problems opening the ISO. As far as I know the ISO is valid (it certainly boots and works with our tools), so I’m going to assume that this is a bug in those applications that will need to be fixed. If there is actually a problem with the ISO that you can pinpoint, please drop me a line and I’ll get it fixed.

The ISO has 32MB of space and the DOL is padded to 8MB to enable easy injection of other apps. The FST is blank. You’ll have to pad the ISO before burning it, at least to 1GB.

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4 Comments

  1. dota lexx on 05.08.2008 at 01:09 (Reply)

    Jeez thanks now I can waste dvd’s on homebrew…

  2. jc on 05.08.2008 at 13:30 (Reply)

    usless need iso loader for games those guys shouldint bother

    1. ya ya on 08.08.2008 at 10:58 (Reply)

      hey were getting closer and closer
      they just wanna keep us informed on their work

  3. WINY on 07.09.2008 at 09:18 (Reply)

    I thought this community stuff was directed just for people who doesnt wanna mod their Wiis =’(, I hope to see soon tht non mod ISO loader :P

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