Hey, who all has used the twilight hack and has been succesful?
I can't get it to work, once the hack starts it cant read the .elf or .dol hombrew files I use.
Has anyone else had this problem?

Never mind, I got it to work.

Cool! So, what was your problem, and how did you fix it?

I have read up on this hack, and am very interested in the Homebrew channel. Unfortunately, a friend of mine has my Zelda at the moment, so I can't try it. But in case I run into the same issue you did, I would appreciate any insight you can give.

Thanks.

Sure. The problem was that the homebrew channel file that I downloaded was zipped in a GZ file format. I didn't realize this and was trying to boot the zipped folder unaware that it was zipped. To solve this, I downloaded WinAce (freeware) and was able to unzip the folder and move the boot.elf file to the root of my sd card and it worked like a charm!

Hey, just wanted to add that now you can install the homebrew channel without the zelda disc the program is called bannerbomb just google it and you'll get results and there are some helpful guides on youtube also.
Just thought I would update this thread

I know this topic is over a month old now but I thought I'd add this.


If you've intentionally or accidently upgraded your Wii firmware to the latest release that DOESN'T work with the Twilight Hack there is another hack called BannerBomb which you can use to install the Homebrew Channel or whatever else you want. Some people say it doesn't work for them, but I followed the instructions and it worked on the first try.

I learned about this after I signed up for a 15 day free GameFly account just for the Zelda: Twilight Princess rental to install the Homebrew Channel. Got it and it didn't work with my firmware!