A tutorial for extracting files from WiiWare games (*.wad files). Note: Only WiiWare games will work with this method; VC games will not work. Programs Needed () -- Step 1: Grab a Wad. Find a WiiWare game you want to rip, and acquire the Wad for it. I'm not linking anything; you'll need to obtain them yourself. Step 2: ShowMiiWads First Time Usage With your newly acquired Wad file on hand, start up ShowMiiWads. You will be greeted by a message box. This message warns that using/installing modified Wad files onto a Wii can cause bricking, so use with caution. Click the Accept radio button, and continue. *Note* - If you do not change the selection, and just press OK, most of the program's tools will be disabled. To fix this, delete the 'ShowMiiWads.cfg' file, which is in the same directory as the program. You should now see this. As you can see, all we have are a lot of.app files, and some other files. Let's extract the app files now. Step 6: Extract the.app files *Note* Some of the.app files are in a different format, and therefore will not extract. This is okay. Back in the ShowMiiWads program, bring up the 'Tools' menu again, and select 'Unpack U8 Archive'. The.app file that you will want will, in most cases, be the largest one. Find the largest file, and start by extracting it first. I've been having trouble extracting WAD files. I've tried WAD Creator but it fails to extract anything (the same thing happens with BlueDump too). I've tried showmiiwads but it doesn't extract the WAD that I want, but it does extract other titles. SysCheck results below. Hey guys, I was wondering if it's possible to extract the sound files from a.iso or.gcm file. I really don't like donkey kongs voice in Mario kart Wii, I would rather replace them with the sounds from mario kart double dash or mario party 5. If it contains what looks like game files (models, sounds, etc.), then you should not need to extract the other.app files. If the file extracted successfully, a message will pop up telling you so. Extracted files will be placed in a folder titled ' *filename.app*_app_OUT ' Open the folder, and you will see the contents of the extracted app file. Congratulations, if you can see files, you have successfully extracted the WiiWare game's files! -- Other Notes Some files inside the.app archive may be compressed, and will require further decompression to be used. (, 04:58 PM)John2k4 Wrote: There are a couple versions of the ntcompress.exe file. Since it's a part of the official RVL SDK, I don't think I can upload it here. That ASH file is giving me problems - my arc program is crashing every time I try to input the file. Looking at the header, it definitely seems to be an ASH archive, but I don't have other ASH files to compare it with and see what might be breaking things. I need to look further into it or maybe this needs to be ripped with a 3D printscreen tool. You can upload it to mediafire. I tried to use the ash.exe but when I open the ash file with it, it crashes for me. (, 04:58 PM)John2k4 Wrote: There are a couple versions of the ntcompress.exe file. Since it's a part of the official RVL SDK, I don't think I can upload it here. That ASH file is giving me problems - my arc program is crashing every time I try to input the file. Looking at the header, it definitely seems to be an ASH archive, but I don't have other ASH files to compare it with and see what might be breaking things. I need to look further into it or maybe this needs to be ripped with a 3D printscreen tool. What about this pii_1-151_387-492.arc.cx from Pokemon Rumble? How do I extract it? WADex Extracts and assembles WAD files from DOOM and similar games. Command line WADex.exe [Directory] operation - Either A, E, I or C A = Assemble (create) WAD from 'Directory' E = Extract WAD to 'Directory' I = Display Info about WAD file as CSV C = Convert a file into a common type WADfile - The file to apply the command to Directory - The directory to use for the command Invalid for I operation To get specific help, just specify the Command but not other arguments. Index file format The first line contains the text 'PWAD' or 'IWAD'. An IWAD is the first and main WAD file to be loaded and a PWAD is a WAD file that extends the game further. You can have one IWAD and many PWAD files per game.
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