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==Before you get started==
 
==Before you get started==
While most people here don't care about pirating or fucking with people, '''please don't use this to cheat online, and don't attempt to play online if you can't even run the game on Dolphin at a <u>stable 60 VPS (fullspeed)</u>'''. All you'll do is fuck up everyone elses game, and possibly make Nintendo look into shutting everything down - ruining it for everyone.
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'''Do NOT use this to cheat online, and do not attempt to play a certain game online if you cannot run it in Dolphin at full speed.'''
==Requirements==
 
*PC capable of playing Wii games at a stable 60 VPS (fullspeed)
 
*[https://dolphin-emu.org/download/list/wii-network/1/ Dolphin Network Branch] (This build is more resource intensive than master)
 
*[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13020768/WiiCertDump.exe WiiCertDump]
 
*[http://www.mediafire.com/?ohh0q0xggqwoy1w IOS13-64-v1031.wad] (If anyone has v1032, or another version, please upload it)
 
==How to==
 
Install the .wad file with Dolphin. Tools > Install WAD
 
  
Locate your dump, this should be a 1,570KB file found here: Dolphin\User\Wii\title\00000001\0000000b\content\0000009.app (the names may be different?)   If you don't have this file, make sure the wad installed, if not install it again.
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Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection service, along with all other GameSpy-powered services, shut down on May 20th, 2014.<ref>[http://gaminrealm.com/2014/02/26/nintendo-shutting-online-wii-ds-games Nintendo is Shutting Down Online for All Wii & DS Games] (http://gaminrealm.com. Wednesday, 2 February 2014.)</ref><ref>[http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/vyWpoM6CBIe6FjW8NIY7bvzOrgBURhzw Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service for Nintendo DS and Wii has ended] (www.nintendo.com. May 20, 2014.)</ref> Most online-enabled games will not immediately be able to connect online because of this. Some games have been saved by the company that published them, such as Activision for ''Call of Duty''. The ''Wii Shop Channel'' is no longer operational. (Discontinued in 2019)
  
Drag and drop 00000009.app (or the 1570KB file) into WiiCertDump.exe, this should create 6 files.
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[https://wiimmfi.de Wiimmfi] was created in an effort to preserve the Wi-Fi mode for various games, and many of them can be played online again thanks to it. If you want to try out a game that connected via Wi-Fi Connection, check it out. However, be aware that Wiimmfi is not meant to be used with Dolphin. Players who aren't emulating the system at full speed constantly while online will be banned from the servers. There are ways around this, but it's best just not to try again with a certain game if it does happen while playing it.
  
Install the certificate files by running the .cer files that were just created.
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==Requirements==
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*[https://dolphin-emu.org/download/ Latest Dev Build]
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*[[Emulator Files#GameCube .2F Wii|Wii Network Certs]]
  
Now copy all the 6 files that were created to Dolphin\User\Wii\
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==How to==
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Simply copy over the certs into Dolphin's directory, the .pem files go to Dolphin\User\Wii\
  
Rename their file extensions to .pem
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Note: If you're using a newer build of Dolphin without [https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/guides/controlling-global-user-directory/#Disable_the_Global_User_Directory_for_a_Specific_Build_with_.22portable.txt.22 portable.txt] these files need to go into My Documents\Dolphin Emulator\User\Wii\
==Another note==
 
Now anyone following this guide and using the wad supplied will all be using the same certs to play online... not sure if this will cause any problems, or if Nintendo can wholesale ban the cert, though I did copy the wad from a homebrew site (who's intention was to archive dumped files) so the file has been availible for some time. Also the wad is version 1031, which all the tutorials say you'll get version 1032 when you use NUS_downloader. Who the hell knows what'll happen.
 
 
==Playing online==
 
==Playing online==
You should now be able to get online with any game that supports Nintendo WFC, and play online like a normal Wii would. It should also be noted that this branch isn't done yet, so there will be crashes and disconnects.
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You should now be able to get online with any game that supports Nintendo WFC and play online as a normal Wii would. It should also be noted that this isn't perfect yet, so there will be crashes and disconnects.
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[[Category:Online Gameplay]]
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==References==
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<references/>

Revision as of 05:17, 24 February 2019

Before you get started

Do NOT use this to cheat online, and do not attempt to play a certain game online if you cannot run it in Dolphin at full speed.

Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection service, along with all other GameSpy-powered services, shut down on May 20th, 2014.[1][2] Most online-enabled games will not immediately be able to connect online because of this. Some games have been saved by the company that published them, such as Activision for Call of Duty. The Wii Shop Channel is no longer operational. (Discontinued in 2019)

Wiimmfi was created in an effort to preserve the Wi-Fi mode for various games, and many of them can be played online again thanks to it. If you want to try out a game that connected via Wi-Fi Connection, check it out. However, be aware that Wiimmfi is not meant to be used with Dolphin. Players who aren't emulating the system at full speed constantly while online will be banned from the servers. There are ways around this, but it's best just not to try again with a certain game if it does happen while playing it.

Requirements

How to

Simply copy over the certs into Dolphin's directory, the .pem files go to Dolphin\User\Wii\

Note: If you're using a newer build of Dolphin without portable.txt these files need to go into My Documents\Dolphin Emulator\User\Wii\

Playing online

You should now be able to get online with any game that supports Nintendo WFC and play online as a normal Wii would. It should also be noted that this isn't perfect yet, so there will be crashes and disconnects.

References