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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon darthcloud

external wii works on snes mini, but not on wii with wiimote.

Open davidxgames opened this issue 2 years ago • 3 comments

i am trying external blueretro wii, and it works fine on snes mini, but on wii it doesn't work, i am using ps4 ps5 and xbox one controllers, but it doesn't work. I am using an esp32 dev kit.

davidxgames avatar Sep 05 '22 17:09 davidxgames

Yes currently only the 8bit data mode is supported. So only NES and SNES mini are currently supported.

While I might add support for the regular bit mashup protocol for sake of completeness, I don't thing using BlueRetro with a Wiimote is an overall good idea.

darthcloud avatar Sep 06 '22 15:09 darthcloud

thanks for replying, so the best option for wii is to use blueretro in gamecube mode.

davidxgames avatar Sep 07 '22 04:09 davidxgames

I'll keep this open as it is a valid issue even if the use case is suboptimal.

GC mode is best option for Wii.

darthcloud avatar Sep 07 '22 14:09 darthcloud

v1.8-rc2-4-g2f6c943_hw1_wii_extension.zip

Can you try this? This build should work on wiimote

darthcloud avatar Sep 29 '22 12:09 darthcloud

I will still install an ESP32 in a wii console internally, but I still do not understand in the .bin sections whether to choose the BlueRetro_wii_ext_external, BlueRetro_wii_ext_internal or BlueRetro_gc_external what differences each one has because I see that all 3 can be used for the same console, which would be the Wii ?

fermel01 avatar Sep 29 '22 16:09 fermel01

Please if you got question, ask it on the discussion forum, not on someone else issues.

But to answer you, the only port available inside a Wii are the gamecube port so you use the gamecube firmware.

wii_ext is the port found on a Wiimote and (S)NES mini

darthcloud avatar Sep 29 '22 16:09 darthcloud

Hi @darthcloud i recently bought the Blueretro Core w/ Wii cable adapter to play on Wii using my 8bitdo SN30 Pro 2 and GameSir T4-Mini controllers. Sadly was unaware that the support was only for (S)NES Mini and not for Wiimote.

Can i use the v1.8-rc (maybe wait for the official v1.8) or the best bet is to buy the GC cable to use on my Wii?

willnss avatar Dec 07 '22 03:12 willnss

v1.8.2 now support the 6 bytes mode the Wii use https://github.com/darthcloud/BlueRetro/releases/tag/v1.8.2

BUT it's not supporting encryption, so Wii menu and most commercial games will not work.

Only homebrew will work.

#545 will track the feature to add encryption

darthcloud avatar Jan 15 '23 15:01 darthcloud