Install Homebrew Channel and Apps on Dolphin Emulator

#Dolphin #Emulation #HomebrewChannel

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials...

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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/cfr9q85...
   03. Download ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver  http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html/...
   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/wiixplore...
   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...
   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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