Hacking Crap, easy to use channel creator

[SFenton]

Thanks Wii Crazy, you never fail to disappoint me. 1.54 worked great.

 

[WiiCrazy]

Just released V1.6b,

here are the changes,

* No need to use wiiscrubber any more, thanks to managed c# 
library by Omega Frost. Wbfs feature will be in the next release.

* Alt-dol support added. You can selectively make the loader load
the alt-dol from NAND/SD/DISC... I only tested this feature with
Metroid Prime and it seems working...

download : http://www.tepetaklak.com/data/CrapV1.6b.rar

ps1: you might need .net runtime 3.5 for the iso part to work.

 

[Slimmmmmm]

Alt-dol support is a superb idea imo

 

[WiiCrazy]

Alt-dol support is a superb idea imo

Thinking the low number of downloads I think it was a bad idea

 

[jokerwho]

Actually, it's a great idea, IMHO!!!
thanks a lot for that!!!
I've just created a "fate of atlantis" icon for the HBC and it works like a charm!!
thank you!!
Can't wait to get the WBFS support

 

[WiiCrazy]

Actually, it's a great idea, IMHO!!!
thanks a lot for that!!!
I've just created a "fate of atlantis" icon for the HBC and it works like a charm!!
thank you!!
Can't wait to get the WBFS support

Hmm you took out the patched 00000001.app after packing then, right?

 

[jokerwho]

Hmm you took out the patched 00000001.app after packing then, right?

yep!
exactly as your tips suggested!!
renamed it to boot.dol, added icon.png and something.xml (I alwyas forget the name of the xml file)
and copied in a "fateAtlantis" folder in SD's apps folder

 

[sociallyantisoci]

WiiCrazy,

I have been using Crap for sometime and it has been awesome. I am having issues with the new version (1.6B). Whenever I load an ISO and click get stuff i get an unhandled exception error.

Also when I try to make a wad that uses an alt dol (MPT) My Alt dol's do not come up on the drop down combo box.

Any guidance you have would be greatly appreciated

EDIT: I do have .net 3.5 runtime installed

 

[WiiCrazy]

WiiCrazy,

I have been using Crap for sometime and it has been awesome. I am having issues with the new version (1.6B). Whenever I load an ISO and click get stuff i get an unhandled exception error.

Also when I try to make a wad that uses an alt dol (MPT) My Alt dol's do not come up on the drop down combo box.

Any guidance you have would be greatly appreciated

EDIT: I do have .net 3.5 runtime installed

Hmm, could you send me detailed error information and details like what os you are using using a pm, thanks.

 

[WiiCrazy]

Just finished WBFS support, here are the changes :

* WBFS feature added...

* Banner naming bug fixed

* Fixed a bug where discs without update partitions not detected

download : http://www.tepetaklak.com/data/CrapV1.65b.rar

 

[sociallyantisoci]

You are the man. Thank you very much!

 

[jokerwho]

you're just GREAT!!!

thanks a lot
I'll try it ASAP!!

Tried the WBFS support: works like a charm!!

 

[WiiCrazy]

New version!

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Crap v1.66 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

03/10/2009 WiiCrazy (I.R.on)
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* Wiiload client updated, supports new Homebrew Channel (1.0.5)

* Fixed partition selection for ISO's. Previously fixed for WBFS.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Crap v1.66 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Get here : http://www.tepetaklak.com/wii

 

[erolz]

when I use crap v1.65b I can not push the "create" button after loading the iso file?!

 

[WiiCrazy]

Hmm, then you should use 1.70 version

(you should click get stuff button but I changed the behaviour, removed that button)

You just stepped on to the release of 1.70,

download from : http://www.tepetaklak.com/wii/

Here are the changes

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Crap v1.70 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

09/10/2009 WiiCrazy (I.R.on)
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* Now it's multilingual! Though I have to admit I only added 
Turkish, if you want to help me with the other languages please
do so. Just copy English.xml to the language of your choice and
edit the texts between Item tags... Language file should be named 
as it's seen on the Language menu... (for ex: Italian.xml for 
Italian)


* Refixed partition selection for ISO's and WBFS. 

* Ip address of the wii configurable

* Some gui reshaping, now it takes much less space. Also added a 
menu.

* Contains free to distribute base wxd's... They don't contain any
banner.

 

[WiiCrazy]

Just released 2.0b with triiforce loader support...

To use it you need the usual triiforce stuff (running and installing a game) already working... nothing fancy yet.. boots with the default options of triiforce. You can choose between usb or sd/sdhc when creating a channel.

download here : http://www.tepetaklak.com/wii

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Crap v2.0b =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

11/10/2009 WiiCrazy (I.R.on)
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* Added a triiforce loader, you can create forwarding channels 
for vc/wiiware games. Compared to 30-50MBÂÂspace required on nand
for these channels, channels created with crap will only take 

341K - Triiforce loader
128K - Nand loader
X00K - Game banner (X -> 1..5)
Totalling ~0.6-1 MB which means 30-50 times saving with the 
comfort of launching the channels from your menu.

* Possibly introduced some bugs along with this feature addition 
hence it's tagged as beta. Stick with 1.70 if you don't care about 
vc/wiiware channel loading.

 

[wichoxp]

Hi WiiCrazy. Many thanks for this AWESOME update

!

Well, I tried to make a forwarder for a VC Game (Mappy) but I got the next problem after wad installation:

"This Channel can't be used"

...

It happens just after pressing "Start" button.

 

[WiiCrazy]

Hi WiiCrazy. Many thanks for this AWESOME update

!

Well, I tried to make a forwarder for a VC Game (Mappy) but I got the next problem after wad installation:

"This Channel can't be used"

...

It happens just after pressing "Start" button.

Hmm, I guess it's because channel locked to a specific region...
Do you confirm?

ps: Tested this on my 3.2U system, preloader has region free patches for channels, game is Tetris party (PAL), works ok...

 

[wichoxp]

Well, my wii is NTSC. The game is Mappy (USA).

It seems it's some issue on opening.bnr since the problem shows quickly after pressing "Start" button.

Crap makes a Title ID: U73E and current game ID is: E73E.

EDIT: Confirmed. There's a problem with outputted banner (opening.bnr).
I made the next steps to make to work the Crap's forwarder channel:

- Unpacked both wad files: original mappy.wad and Crap's mappy forwarder wad file.
--- Use 00000000.app from original Mappy channel.
--- Use 00000001.app from Crap's Mappy forwarder.
--- Use 00000002.app from any other HB application.
- Packed files into a new wad file.
- Installed wad file.
- PRESTO! Now VC Forwarder Channel works!!!

Please check what could be wrong in Crap's channel creation

!

 

[wilsoff]

Thanks for this tool, it's very handy. For some reason I have to create the following folders myself:
*tempwad
*banners
*temp
*wad

If they aren't there then I get an error message. I guess this is a permissions issue on my computer, but it might be worth yuou including these empty folders in your archive.
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If you have time/inclination would you be willing to update Waninkoko's Nand loader to include the following features please?
Basically we'd like to add the following to Wanin's nand loader:

*002 error fix
*time/date bug fix
*lz77 compression on 01.app compatibilty

Most of the work has been done by the triiforce team, I just can't integrate it myself. I imagine it should be a cut and paste job, but I don't know enough C.
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Thanks again for your tools and contributions!