Install Homebrew Channel and Apps on Dolphin Emulator
60#Dolphin #Emulation #HomebrewChannel
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0534.html
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Preparing the Virtual SD Card
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01. Download 7-zip https://www.7-zip.org/
02. Download Virtual SD Card Maker http://www.mediafire.com/file/cfr9q8542e9lsos/Virtual_SD_Card_Maker.zip/file
03. Download ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html/#ImDisk
04. Install 7-zip by running the .exe
05. Extract the downloaded Virtual SD Card Maker .zip
06. Install the ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver
07. Navigate to the extracted Virtual SD Card Maker /Windows directory
08. Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space ≫ Open PowerShell window here...
09. Run the following command to create a new blank .raw SD card
# change the size as needed, 32GB (32768M) is the maximum usable size by Dolphin
.\mksdcard 4096M .\sd.raw
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Installing Homebrew Applications
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01. Back in File Explorer, right click the newly created sd.raw ≫ Mount as ImDisk Virtual Disk
02. In the ImDisk Virtual Disk dialog, set the drive letter and check the Removable media box ≫ Click OK
03. Open the newly mounted drive in File Explorer
04. Create a folder called apps
05. Copy Wii homebrew applications inside the apps folder, in this example WiiXplorer https://hbb1.oscwii.org/hbb/wiixplorer/wiixplorer.zip
06. Once completed copying homebrew applications, right click the mounted virtual SD drive ≫ Eject
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Using Homebrew Applications in Dolphin
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01. Download the Homebrew Channel https://github.com/FIX94/hbc/releases/download/1.1.4-1/Homebrew.Channel.-.OHBC.wad
02. Download the Dolphin emulator https://dolphin-emu.org/download/
03. Extract the downloaded Dolphin .7z file
04. Inside the extracted Dolphin directory, create a new file named portable.txt
05. Launch Dolphin.exe
06. Copy/cut the sd.raw created earlier to the extracted Dolphin /User/Wii directory
07. Back in Dolphin, select Tools ≫ Perform Online System Update ≫ United States
08. After the update completes, select Tools ≫ Install WAD...
09. Navigate and select the downloaded Homebrew Channel .wad file
10. Select Tools ≫ Load Wii System Menu
11. Completed the initial console setup
12. The familiar Wii launcher should display with Homebrew Channel installed
13. Select Homebrew Channel to see the homebrew apps installed on the virtual SD card
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