Homebrew SD Card isn't large enough to fit certain games for wupinstaller

[Maxjames01]

I have a really small sd card, 4 gb's a complete newb and i need to get larger games like bayonetta.

 

[AutumnWolf]

I have a really small sd card, 4 gb's a complete newb and i need to get larger games like bayonetta.

just get a bigger SD

 

[Maxjames01]

Kind of my issue, not able to at the moment.

 

[AutumnWolf]

Kind of my issue, not able to at the moment.

Then you can´t install bigger games, there´s no other way

(Also - are you really telling me you can´t buy a 32GB SD card? Those are like 15 or 12 dollars)

No SD no games

Ask a friend to lend you an SD card so that you can install whatever game you want

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Just delete files until there's only 4GB of game left, I'm sure it will work fiiiiiiiiine /s

 

[N7Kopper]

You gotta bite the bullet and buy a better card. There aren't any tools that use the Wii U's download capabilities as of yet. Just it's WUP installer. (Left over from the devkit's OS, like the 3DS' CIA installer)

Before I got my 32 GB card for that Retroarch goodness, I just used my 3DS' card to install stuff. Guess I'm lucky.

 

[Master-Killua]

You need to buy a bigger sd card. In my case, I backup a lot of my 3ds games in my pc and use my n3ds' sd card (32gb) or use my phone's microsd card.
Wii U Usb Helper works wireless, but it transfer the game to the wii u sd and then install it using wup.installer

 

[LaPingas]

...mocha fat32 mod exist.
download it from hb app store and put the homebrews and the games on a fat32 usb device and then run mocha32 and wup installer
the thing is that the "trick" only viable for black wii u, since it has 32gb of storage and this trick won't let you install from usb device to the wii u usb device..
https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-how-to-install-big-wiiu-games-using-a-fat32-usb-drive.472158/

 

[AshleyCummings]

It is sad no one has yet to figure out how to just drag and drop games to a usb and run them through a loader .. seriously where are our Wii hackers they came up with better homebrew ! WiiU STILL is lacking in homebrew and a alternate way to install games, feel sad for you but yup given theres no other way to do it a bigger SD is the only way, and to the person stating like getting a SD card thats big enough more like 64 not 32 ether way if you a kid not easy trying to nab a SD card, yea try to explain that to your parents. They are not all cheap and 15 dollars ISNT CHEAP.. heck even those in situations thats alot to blow on a sd card!!
We need our Wii homebrew devs back they were genius if they culd find a way to make wii isos load from a usb through USB LOADER GX then there is a way to do it with WiiU b ut I think Wiiu not only has been forgotten by Nintendo, it has been forgotten by the modders too, haven't seen much in the impressive market any time soon.

Good luck they way WiiU homebrew is goign your gonna NEED to get a SD card cuase unfortunately its the only way -_-

 

[RyanAnayaMc]

There's a way to get it working by installing games from a large enough USB drive. If you happen to have a large enough flash drive, here's the steps.

You need:
-Mocha FAT32 (on your SD card in SD:\wiiu\apps)
-A way to boot Mocha FAT32 (like the HBL on the SD card)
-The WUP Installer GX2 Homebrew Launcher version and the Homebrew Launcher (on your USB in USB:\wiiu\apps) [You need the HBL on SD AND USB)
-The game you want to install in USB:\install\
-Enough space on your NAND

So you have this
SD
- wiiu
-apps
-hblauncher (for HBL)
-mocha_fat32 (for Mocha FAT32)
USB
- wiiu
- apps
- hblauncher
- wup_installer_gx2
- install
- WUP install files for you game

Process:
1. Boot the HBL and boot into Mocha FAT32
2. Return to the HBL and boot up WUP Installer GX2
3. WUP Installer GX2 should display installable games on the USB. Pick what you want to install and just install it.
**INSTALL TO NAND, NOT USB
4. ???
5. Profit

 

[AzerothArg]

It is sad no one has yet to figure out how to just drag and drop games to a usb and run them through a loader .. seriously where are our Wii hackers they came up with better homebrew ! WiiU STILL is lacking in homebrew and a alternate way to install games, feel sad for you but yup given theres no other way to do it a bigger SD is the only way, and to the person stating like getting a SD card thats big enough more like 64 not 32 ether way if you a kid not easy trying to nab a SD card, yea try to explain that to your parents. They are not all cheap and 15 dollars ISNT CHEAP.. heck even those in situations thats alot to blow on a sd card!!
We need our Wii homebrew devs back they were genius if they culd find a way to make wii isos load from a usb through USB LOADER GX then there is a way to do it with WiiU b ut I think Wiiu not only has been forgotten by Nintendo, it has been forgotten by the modders too, haven't seen much in the impressive market any time soon.

Good luck they way WiiU homebrew is goign your gonna NEED to get a SD card cuase unfortunately its the only way -_-

Wii U's disk management is completely different from Wii's. Also, you could step in, learn and program one yourself.

 

[SANIC]

It is sad no one has yet to figure out how to just drag and drop games to a usb and run them through a loader .. seriously where are our Wii hackers they came up with better homebrew ! WiiU STILL is lacking in homebrew and a alternate way to install games, feel sad for you but yup given theres no other way to do it a bigger SD is the only way, and to the person stating like getting a SD card thats big enough more like 64 not 32 ether way if you a kid not easy trying to nab a SD card, yea try to explain that to your parents. They are not all cheap and 15 dollars ISNT CHEAP.. heck even those in situations thats alot to blow on a sd card!!
We need our Wii homebrew devs back they were genius if they culd find a way to make wii isos load from a usb through USB LOADER GX then there is a way to do it with WiiU b ut I think Wiiu not only has been forgotten by Nintendo, it has been forgotten by the modders too, haven't seen much in the impressive market any time soon.

Good luck they way WiiU homebrew is goign your gonna NEED to get a SD card cuase unfortunately its the only way -_-

Loadiine is a thing

 

[N7Kopper]

[gargantuan entitlement complex]

Using existing system function calls is a lot easier than making a custom OS, even a small one like the Wii's numerous IOS files. Because loading Wii WBFS' off of USB takes - you guessed it! - a custom IOS that reroutes disc reads to the WBFS file on USB port 0 or 1 (which is why it doesn't work with the Wii U's front ports 2 and 3, which otherwise work with vWii)

The WUP installer is a function native to the Wii U's OS, just like the CIA installer on the 3DS. If you want those same install features as on 3DS, do it yourself!

 

[AshleyCummings]

There's a way to get it working by installing games from a large enough USB drive. If you happen to have a large enough flash drive, here's the steps.

You need:
-Mocha FAT32 (on your SD card in SD:\wiiu\apps)
-A way to boot Mocha FAT32 (like the HBL on the SD card)
-The WUP Installer GX2 Homebrew Launcher version and the Homebrew Launcher (on your USB in USB:\wiiu\apps) [You need the HBL on SD AND USB)
-The game you want to install in USB:\install\
-Enough space on your NAND

So you have this
SD
- wiiu
-apps
-hblauncher (for HBL)
-mocha_fat32 (for Mocha FAT32)
USB
- wiiu
- apps
- hblauncher
- wup_installer_gx2
- install
- WUP install files for you game

Process:
1. Boot the HBL and boot into Mocha FAT32
2. Return to the HBL and boot up WUP Installer GX2
3. WUP Installer GX2 should display installable games on the USB. Pick what you want to install and just install it.
**INSTALL TO NAND, NOT USB
4. ???
5. Profit

this works dear happy day ! now i followed all this but after installing to nand i then booted back to normal wiiu and moved everything over to usb then booted into haxchi and ran the sig patcher thing works like a charm thank u!

if there is a full post on this can someone link me it so i can share it with others who may not have thought this was possible.

 

[nexusmtz]

if there is a full post on this can someone link me it

[Tutorial] How to install big WiiU games using a FAT32 USB Drive. by CrazySquid May 27, 2017 at 2:51 PM

 

[Trylk248]

I personally prefer using a microSD XC 64Gb capacity so you can put 2 to 4 games including a few more content.

 

[wolf-snake]

I like how he said that he NEEDS to install bigger games. Not wants to install bigger games but he needs to.
Buddy i think you have a severe issue and you might need to seek some help.

 

[WizzStar]

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