It seems like E: contains homebrew apps (and WAD files), and F: probably contains the games. You should look for a WBFS manager program to open F: with. See here: https://sites.google.com/site/completesg...s-managers
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12-22-2019, 10:34 PM
(12-22-2019, 08:48 PM)JosJuice Wrote: It seems like E: contains homebrew apps (and WAD files), and F: probably contains the games. You should look for a WBFS manager program to open F: with. See here: https://sites.google.com/site/completesg...s-managers Ok, thanks. Is there anything interesting in E: that Dolphin can run, possibly? And my dad said the same thing, lol, that the F Drive probably contains the games. 12-22-2019, 11:23 PM
(12-22-2019, 08:48 PM)JosJuice Wrote: It seems like E: contains homebrew apps (and WAD files), and F: probably contains the games. You should look for a WBFS manager program to open F: with. See here: https://sites.google.com/site/completesg...s-managers Also, sorry, which one of those managers would you suggest for me, I don't have that much experience with this kind of stuff, I guess I'm looking for something simple, and easy to use, that converts the drive into a useable, readable format. 12-23-2019, 12:53 AM
(12-22-2019, 10:34 PM)Fox GAMING Wrote: Ok, thanks. Is there anything interesting in E: that Dolphin can run, possibly? Yes, Dolphin should be able to run some of the stuff in the apps folder (the files named boot.dol and boot.elf) as well as (most of?) the stuff in the WADs folder. You can just open them in Dolphin directly from the drive if you want to. (12-22-2019, 11:23 PM)Fox GAMING Wrote: Also, sorry, which one of those managers would you suggest for me, I don't have that much experience with this kind of stuff, I guess I'm looking for something simple, and easy to use, that converts the drive into a useable, readable format. I actually don't have any experience with WBFS managers either (I don't use USB loaders on my Wiis), so I can't recommend any particular one. Also, what you want is not to convert the drive to a different format (because you can't keep the data that's on the drive when you do that), but to copy the games from the drive to a normal drive. 12-23-2019, 01:03 AM
(12-23-2019, 12:53 AM)JosJuice Wrote: Yes, Dolphin should be able to run some of the stuff in the apps folder (the files named boot.dol and boot.elf) as well as (most of?) the stuff in the WADs folder. You can just open them in Dolphin directly from the drive if you want to. Well, I didn't see this reply until just now, and I've used wbds2fat, and I needed to convert it to FAT32 in order to make it readable. (I'm copying the entire folder to my second drive. It detected 48 games, and I remember seeing the first one, something about a brain game.) I guess that means I won't have my saves anymore. But still, even if that is the case, at least I'll have my games, (I'm mainly wanting DiRT 2) to play, and relive my early childhood lol. What do the boot files do? (12-23-2019, 01:03 AM)Fox GAMING Wrote: Well, I didn't see this reply until just now, and I've used wbds2fat, and I needed to convert it to FAT32 in order to make it readable. (I'm copying the entire folder to my second drive. It detected 48 games, and I remember seeing the first one, something about a brain game.) Oh, so it is possible to convert it in-place? Huh, I didn't know that. (12-23-2019, 01:03 AM)Fox GAMING Wrote: I guess that means I won't have my saves anymore. The saves are stored on your Wii, not on that drive. You can get your saves by making a NAND dump and importing it into Dolphin: https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/guides/nand-usage-guide/ EDIT: Er, right, I forgot that your Wii doesn't power on anymore... I don't think you'll be able to get your saves then, unless you made a backup of them at some point. (12-23-2019, 01:03 AM)Fox GAMING Wrote: What do the boot files do? The ones in the apps folder? They are homebrew programs. I'm not sure what kinds of homebrew programs you have, but they can be stuff like utilities or small games. Or maybe you only have a USB launcher in there, in case you won't really be able to do anything with the apps folder in Dolphin. 12-23-2019, 02:07 AM
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(12-23-2019, 01:08 AM)JosJuice Wrote: Oh, so it is possible to convert it in-place? Huh, I didn't know that. Ok, so it finished copying all the games: (Here's the apps in the apps folder, by the way: ) Here's DiRT 2's folder, how would I run it in Dolphin? I'm pretty sure there was a open button in Dolphin, I'm guessing I would just open it from there and it would work?: Also can Dolphin run games in higher quality settings? If so, how? 12-23-2019, 02:12 AM
(12-23-2019, 02:07 AM)Fox GAMING Wrote: Here's the apps in the apps folder, by the way: Doesn't seem like there's anything in there that you can do anything interesting with in Dolphin. (12-23-2019, 02:07 AM)Fox GAMING Wrote: Here's DiRT 2's folder, how would I run it in Dolphin? I'm pretty sure there was a open button in Dolphin, I'm guessing I would just open it from there and it would work?: Yep, that works. Alternatively, if you want the game to show up in Dolphin's game list, you can do what I described earlier: https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-ne...#pid501221 12-23-2019, 02:14 AM
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(12-23-2019, 02:12 AM)JosJuice Wrote: Doesn't seem like there's anything in there that you can do anything interesting with in Dolphin. Ok, thanks. I got it to load up all the games, one of the E Drive Folders has the images of the backgrounds, is there a way to put them in? |
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