[b]The Ultimate Wii Hack - UNEEK+DI[/b]

I had an earlier thread to gauge how people modded their wii's, and to what
degree they did mod it. The results were interesting, with more than I
expected not modding at all. A complaint that I saw and have experienced
myself was compatibility issues with loaders. It seemed like you needed to
keep a spreadsheet detailing what cIOS to use with what game with what
version of what loader on what system menu with what game-specific
settings. It can be a pain. I've dealt with it, but no more!

Before I get to it, though, you do need to know some background information.

[b]SNEEK[/b] ([url=http://code.google.com/p/sneek/]Link[/url])
SNEEK stands for "sd-nand/es emulation kit," and what it does is allows you
to run an emulated Wii NAND. Basically, SNEEK is a sandbox. Anything you
run in SNEEK stays in SNEEK. Your actual Wii NAND is never touched while
SNEEK is running. If you brick your SNEEK, your Wii is still safe. Teamed up
with bootmii and priiloader, you will never have to worry about bricking your
Wii. Ever.

There are four flavors:

[u]SNEEK[/u]: the original version. You won't be able to access your SD card,
since that is where the Wii is told that the NAND resides.
[u]UNEEK[/u]: The only difference is that the SD card is now accessible. The
NAND resides on a USB drive instead of the SD card. I should note that I have
not been able to successfully launch much homebrew or any of my
VC/WiiWare titles stored on my SD. I still prefer the NAND to be stored on the
USB drive, though.
[u]SNEEK+DI[/u]: Structured the same as SNEEK (so no SD card access), but
the DI module allows for game loading from a USB drive. Hex editing a file or
changes to the source or a (very recently released) mod are necessary to
allow for game selection. The reason that this is amazing is because the
game will appear in the disc channel, and for all intents and purposes, the Wii
thinks it's an actual disc. Games that suffer from very annoying compatibillity
issues like CoD3, Red Steel, Sam & Max (season 1, 2 is an oddball game , it
seems), Monster Hunter Tri, Metroid Prime: Trilogy, etc. work without issue or
without fiddling with settings.
[u]UNEEK+DI[/u]: Structured the same as UNEEK, but now with game-loading
capabilities.

I'll be covering UNEEK+DI, since I see it as the best of everything.

Side note:
[spoiler]
The SNEEK NAND is only limited in its size by the size of the SD or USB device
you use, so you can have all of your WiiWare and VC installed onto your
SNEEK NAND's system menu without worrying about space.

The only issue is that if you were to install more than 47 items (the six pages
minus the few required channels) to the system menu, you wouldn't see any
past 47 due to the limited number of pages that the system menu provides.
There are hacks and other programs that you can run, but it's much easier (in
my opinion) to simply store them on the SD card.

I should note that I have been unsuccessful in launching anything on the SD

card from UNEEK+DI, so I do keep an up-to-date softmod on my real NAND so
I can play those.
[/spoiler]

[b][IMPORTANT][/b]
Now that background is out of the way, I am going to say that I am expecting
a certain level of competency. You do need to have your Wii hacked (hackmii
installer, minimum), and you will need bootmii and a NAND dump. If you can't
get this far, SNEEK is beyond you.

This site ([url=http://sites.google.com/site/completesg/]Link[/url]) can help

you with that. I'm concerning myself with getting the UNEEK+DI mod up and
running.
[b][/IMPORTANT][/b]

[b]The Setup[/b]
[u][i]What You'll Need:[/i][/u]
[u]Necessities[/u]
- Your Wii updated to at least 4.0, with hackmii package 1.0.7 installed (The
latest HBC still does not work with any SNEEK, and I think that the
hackmii team likes it that way. This is only if you really want the HBC on
your SNEEK install. Otherwise, feel free to install 1.0.8. I don't miss HBC)
- A bootmii NAND dump of the above system
- ModMii ([url=http://gbatemp.net/t207126-modmii-for-windows]Link[/url]
- SD card (1 GB minimum, bigger is better. Faster is also better, but less of a
necessity)
- Hard drive (formatted to FAT32 with 32K clusters)

[u]Options[/u]
- DiscEx ([url=http://code.google.com/p/sneek/downloads/list]Link[/url])
- WiiBackupManager ([url=http://gbatemp.net/index.php?
showtopic=188295]Link[/url])(Get the latest one)
ModMii can do the job of DiscEx without the need of WiiBackupManager as a
middle man, but it only does bulk operations. I know I didn't have the space,
or time, to let it operate that way.

[u][i]Setting up the NAND[/i][/u]

Open Showmiiwads. Under Options define a NAND path. It should be a
directory you set up to work with the decrypted NAND. Then, under Tools,
you'll extract your bootmii dump. Navigate to where your dump is located,
and select the nand.bin file. [u]Unless the program crashes outright, just let it
run. It takes a few minutes, and Showmiiwads will not respond during this
time.[/u]

You'll then have a folder in the same directory as nand.bin called "nand-
extracteda." Inside this folder should be 8 folders: import, meta, shared1,
shared2, sys, ticket, title, and tmp. This is your decrypted NAND. We'll be
using this to transport your savegames, and Miis.

The NAND that we'll use with UNEEK+DI will be a "virgin" NAND. This is a
NAND that ModMii will make from scratch. UNEEK+DI does not use cIOS's
because it manipulates the actual IOS's in a normal NAND.

[b]INSTALLING UNEEK+DI[/b]
This is the meat and potatos of the guide, and thanks to XFlak's work, it's
really simple. When you run ModMii for the first time, it will make sure you
take the time to read the disclaimers. I would recomment actually reading
them. When prompted, type what it told you to, and you'll see the main
menu.

[u]BEFORE STARTING[/u]
On your SD card, you'll have a bootmii folder. The SNEEK install will overwrite
the files inside. You absolutely need to backup your original bootmii folder so
that you don't lose access to bootmii. Rename it, or put it somewhere where
you can easily get to it should you need to run bootmii again.

This part can really be done without a guide, but for completeness's sake, I'll
have a quick summary.
[spoiler]
- You'll type in S since we want to set up SNEEK
- Type 3, we'll have ModMii set up our SNEEK install, and create the virgin
NAND for us
- Type UD, UNEEK+DI is the objective of this guide
- The next two choices I keep defaulted and just copy later, but if you have
your SD card and HDD plugged in, feel free to to set the roots of each as
the directories.
- This is important to note. Any flavor of SNEEK with the DI module works best
with either a U (NTSC) or E (PAL) NAND. It doesn't matter what your
actual Wii is, SNEEK can run any region NAND. I chose U, since I live in
the US.
- Choose either 4.3 or 4.2 as your system menu version. SNEEK blocks
updates, so it doesn't matter.
- Enter your Wii's serial number. This is important because the emulated
NAND will act just like your hardware. This means no re-syncing of the
wiimotes, and it might help with savegame and mii compatibility.
- This next part is purely up to you. None of those channels are really
necessary, but you don't have to worry about them taking up space on your
NAND. I chose All, just because.
- You get a confirmation screen, and if everything looks good, tell it to
continue.
- [b]IMPORTANT[/b]: While downloading the parts of the virgin NAND, the
program may freeze. All you need to do is run the UnfreezeMii.bat found
in the same directory as ModMii.
- When it finishes, you'll get a screen with some very useful information.
READ IT.
[/spoiler]

[i]Moving saves and Miis[/i]

This is just a simple copy/pasta from your dumped NAND to the new virgin
NAND.
[spoiler]
The Miis are located in:
[b]shared2\menu\FaceLib\RFL_DB.dat[/b]
Just copy the FaceLib folder into the same location in the new NAND.

Savegames are located in:

[b]title\00010000\[/b]
Every folder in there contains a save game. Just copy all the contents of the
00010000 folder into the same location in the new NAND.

[b][i][u]NOTICE:[/u][/i][/b] When you go into the Mii channel for the first time,
you'll still have to make a Mii. You can just quit out, and then delete that Mii,
and all of your others should be there. Savegames will NOT appear until you
play the game at least once. Mario Galaxy (and other games that use Miis)
saves may not associate your Mii with your save file, you will need to re-
associate them.
[/spoiler]

[i]Installing HBC to the scratch NAND[/i]

You should only do this after you get the scratch NAND actually working.

- Open your actual NAND in ShowmiiNAND.

- Find the HBC, right click and pack to wad.
- Make note of the path that the *.tik file is located.
- Change the path back to your UNEEK NAND.
- Drag the HBC wad into the window and install it.
- Close Showmiiwads and take the HBC's *.tik file from your actual NAND and
place it in your new NAND in the same place.
- Ta-da!
[/spoiler]

[i]Ripping your games for the SNEEK format[/i]

[b][i][u]NOTICE:[/u][/i][/b] Before you attempt to boot into UNEEK+DI, you
MUST have at least one game ripped to the hard drive. If you have an *.iso
ready, the process is simple. First, make sure you have enough HDD space to
hold two copies of the game. Second, drag the iso file onto the DiscEx
executable. It will automatically decrypt the game and place a folder in the
same location as the iso. If you need to, you can run DiscEx from a command
prompt to define a destination path.

If you don't have isos, but have *.ciso or *.wbfs files, use WiiBackupManager
to convert them to iso's, and then use DiscEx.

The final place that these games are going is X:\games\ where X is your hard
drive. Just copy the folder containing your game data to the games directory.

A third option is to use ModMii's built-in bulk extractor. It will decrypt all of
your games in one go. It doesn't use DiscEx, and seems slower, so I would
recommend letting this do its job overnight if this is the route you choose to
go.

The guide has hit 1.0! Be aware that this is not a quick process, mostly
because if something doesn't work, that's a lot of unplugging and replugging
of devices.

However, the effort is totally worth it.

SNEEK+DI guide: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=218725

SNEEK home: http://code.google.com/p/sneek/
SNEEK thread: http://gbatemp.net/t205511-sneek-v2
ModMii: http://gbatemp.net/t207126-modmii-for-windows
Complete soft mod guide: http://sites.google.com/site/completesg/
SNEEK Homebrew compatibility:
http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/SNEEKv2_Homebrew_Compatibility
Removing Preloader from SNEEK:
http://sites.google.com/site/completesg/how-to-use/sneek/removing-
preloader