Game:

Homeland (2005)

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Guide

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LINKS BELOW! TEXT TUTORIAL IN THE PINNED COMMENT!

Homeland, the legendary Japan-only online RPG for GameCube, never got the attention it deserved for two reasons: 1) everyone thinks it's hard and expensive to play online, and 2) it hasn't been fully translated yet. Let's take care of reason 1... and hopefully motivate someone else take care of 2.

LIMITATIONS:
- As of right now, the latest version of Nintendont isn't compatible with Homeland. You can boot the game, but it'll freeze if you try to go online. See the "what you'll need" section below for a link to the latest compatible version (Sep 5 2021).
- This works on Wii U! However, you can't use a Nintendont channel forwarder to launch the game from the Wii U menu. This only works in Wii mode.
- This works on Dolphin too! Go to settings and make sure SP1 is set to "Broadband Adapter (HLE)". However, Dolphin players can only join servers, not start their own. Wii and Wii U players will crash their consoles when trying to join. (Let us know if you'd like a Dolphin-only tutorial.)
- On Wii and Wii U, this only works with the original Japanese version of the game, NOT the WIP fan translation, probably because it changes the game's ID and Nintendont only enables broadband adapter emulation for some games. Use the original Japanese version or modify the translation to make the ID "GHEJ" instead of "GHEE" (this can be done with GCRebuilder: https://smashboards.com/threads/how-to-changing-a-gamecube-games-id-and-name-and-more.365107/ ). Dolphin and GameCube players can use the translation.

If any of these issues are solved in future versions of Nintendont or Dolphin, we'll update this section.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
- The game's ISO file (can't link you to this one, go ask Bing).
- A compatible version of Nintendont. As of right now, the latest compatible version is the September 5, 2021 one, which you can get here: https://github.com/FIX94/Nintendont/blob/5cfb2f17765cf0722865c0a9aba22402bf182283/loader/loader.dol Click the down arrow button to download the file. Rename it from "loader.dol" to "boot.dol".
- A save file with online mode unlocked. We're using the save file that was uploaded by GeBeCluck23 to onlineconsoles.com, converted to .raw format to work with Nintendont. Here's an already converted version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19FTEKL5pEj_FhnIM0-a-9WjqyZzHiXaQ/ (If you're using the WIP fan translation with the modified game ID, use this one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q7T51tMt2ZrFW0EWym9h3S5pOYmrBO43/ ) Alternatively, you can unlock online mode yourself by playing through one game scenario, which normally takes about 7-10 hours. Here's a walkthrough if you decide to do that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNDFicegSbc
- OPTIONAL: The "add English chatbox" cheat code, created by shaaktee_. This enables the Latin alphabet in places where it can't normally be used, like the name selection menu, which is useful if you don't want a Japanese name. Here's a version in .gct format for Nintendont: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10SVSUsVj-Pin7hfTfUFg3j2Jamw3mI3R/ (If you're using the WIP fan translation with the modified game ID, use this one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xtt6wkkyP8M2IPg6jfGdiUiRyjW9OQVe/ )

SPECIAL THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
- Puutan's English Homeland guide: http://homelandenglish.blog130.fc2.com/blog-entry-96.html Now that you can go online, you should definitely check this out to, you know, learn how to actually play this game.
- The users of the Homeland Discord for their patience, support, and keeping this game alive all these years: https://discord.com/invite/rwxS9pAzpT Go there to find players!
- The Kamisaba website: https://kamisaba.info/list.php Go there to find servers!
- GeBeCluck23 for the save file: http://gamecube.onlineconsoles.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1879&sid=18f03ec765b1f67319f7a361f02ab056
- shaaktee_ on Discord for the cheat code.
- @FossilArcade for the excellent Homeland review that got us interested in this game in the first place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVwDTru_rgc

TEXT TUTORIAL IN THE PINNED COMMENT (it was too long for here)

00:00 Intro
00:07 Step 1: SD card/USB drive preparation
01:05 Step 2: Nintendont settings
01:38 Step 3: Network settings
02:18 Step 4: Change your name
03:26 Step 5: Enable IP connections
04:21 Step 6: Connect to a server
06:38 Step 7: Host a server

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