Will pre-shutdown SMM levels be downloadable?

[thorn osprey]

I know that pre-shutdown SMM1 levels won't pe playable online, but will they be downloadable to play offline?

[heady forge]

You can using a downloader somewhere

[thorn osprey]

They have told me that they will be available in a "read-only" instance

[thorn osprey]

Such as where?

[heady forge]

Google it

[thorn osprey]

But would it require hacking my Wii U?

[heady forge]

Yes

[thorn osprey]

So there'll be no standard way to download levels like there was before servers shut down?

[heady forge]

No

[thorn osprey]

Is there still no ETA for when availability of pre-shutdown levels be ready?

[heady forge]

I said it’s not happening

Probably

[mental blaze]

There isn’t an eta for anything atm

[thorn osprey]

But is it being worked on, or has it been paused?

[heady forge]

It’s not being worked on

[thorn osprey]

So is downloading pre-shutdown levels currently not possible? You said "can" here as if it was already possible

[heady forge]

https://github.com/HerobrineTV/SMM1-Level-Downloader

[thorn osprey]

So SMM Bookmark levels that weren't archived by Wayback Machine can't be downloaded?

[heady forge]

There’s another one somewhere

Also all levels were archived

[thorn osprey]

Is there a video tutorial for this?

[heady forge]

No

Do not follow video guides for modding

[thorn osprey]

So do I have to install this while I am modding my Wii U or after modding it?

[deft lantern]

after modding it

[vocal locust]

@heady forge @thorn osprey we have actually have plans to host a separate instance of Nintendo Network levels in read-only mode.

There is no ETA, but Pretendo will host all the archived levels separately

[vocal locust]

But this is cool

[vocal locust]

https://wiiu.hacks.guide use this to mod your console

[heady forge]

Wdym read only

[vocal locust]

It's a separate instance

[heady forge]

But do you mean like they can just be played

[vocal locust]

Yes

[thorn osprey]

Wait, I though they can't be played and you can only see things like clear rate

[mental blaze]

No, “read only” just means your console won’t send any data back

[thorn osprey]

So we'll be able to play and see data for those levels like their clear rate before servers shut down?

[mental blaze]

Yeah

Hopefully the pretendo devs lock in and it gets finished asap

[heady forge]

I doubt it

[thorn osprey]

Why?

[heady forge]

Cuz they’re working on a lot of things and this is likely low priority

Not to mention half of Mario maker doesn’t even work uet

[thorn osprey]

In the tutorial piplup sent for Wii U modding there is no mention of changing internet settings to disable receiving updates but in another tutorial I watched it does recommend doing so, should I do it?

I don't remember what changes mentioned in the tutorial I should make

Cause I've watched a lot of them and I don't remember which tutorial it was

[heady forge]

Don’t use video guides

[thorn osprey]

Why

Well I'll use the one he sent me for the modding

But I wish there was a video one for the SMM data thing

[heady forge]

They’re bad

[thorn osprey]

Wb this?

[heady forge]

Which one

[thorn osprey]

Should I do the "preventing updates" step

[heady forge]

Yes

[thorn osprey]

Do you know what are the internet exact settings I should add

Or where I can find them

Never mind

https://cheapergamer.co.uk/wii-u-hacking-guide/ I followed this guide and changed the DNS IPs but then the console wouldn't connect to the internet

So I changed the DNS back to auto-obtain

[deft lantern]

don't use that

use wiiu.hacks.guide

[thorn osprey]

So I shouldn't do the preventing updates thing?

Because it's not mentioned in the Wii U Hacks guide

[deft lantern]

pretty sure it is, i remember doing it

but it's not likely for nintendo to push out a new update anyway

[thorn osprey]

If they push out a new update would it brick the system?

I have it updated to the latest version

[heady forge]

It’s part of the guide

[heady forge]

well we don’t know that’s why system updates get blocked

[thorn osprey]

It only mentions pressing X to prevent updates

It doesn't seem to mention changing internet settings

[heady forge]

You don’t need to change the internet settings

[thorn osprey]

I'm guessing that the "Additional Homebrew Apps" step is optional?

[thorn osprey]

What exactly do I need to download here? It's a bit unclear

[heady forge]

The program

[mental blaze]

Check the releases tab

[thorn osprey]

Can someone please make a video tutorial if it's not too much to ask for

[deft lantern]

don't follow video tutorials ever

and also, just read the instructions given

[thorn osprey]

They're very vague

[deft lantern]

well then you do it to the best of your ability

a video tutorial is not going to clarify anything

[thorn osprey]

Or someone should just make a better step-by-step tutorial like the Wii U Hacks ones

[deft lantern]

Just unzip the "SMM1Downloader.zip" from the releases Tab and start the "SMM1Downloader.exe" All should work from then

this isn't exactly vauge

it's probably explained in the .exe file

[heady forge]

You download the level then put it on your save file

[heady forge]

Ok but right now there isn’t one

So you have to make do

[thorn osprey]

Can you insert game discs that have save data from one console on another console?

Because I'm getting an error message

I don't think it's dirty because it worked fine on my other Wii U, I used it recently

[heady forge]

Discs don’t have save data

https://wiiubrew.org/wiki/Error_Codes#Fatal_System_Error_160-XXXX

Ask in the Nintendo homebrew discord

[thorn osprey]

But how do I "start" it?

[deft lantern]

open the file

like

???

[thorn osprey]

Like this?

The problem might be that it's a Microsoft application

@deft lantern what do you think

[deft lantern]

yes it's a windows app

use a virtual machine or a diffrent computer

[thorn osprey]

Would WindowsApp work?

[deft lantern]

no clue what that is

probably ig

[vocal locust]

wiiu.hacks.guide is not vague lol

If something is not listed it's not required or shouldnt do that

[thorn osprey]

Nah, I meant the guide for installing the SMM1 level thing

[deft lantern]

no that won't work

that needs a windows pc to function

get virtual box or smth

[thorn osprey]

Parallels Desktops?

Its description says "Run apps for Windows"

It's the first thing that appears when I search for "virtual box"

[deft lantern]

you don't install virtual box from the app store

but yeah parrllels works

[thorn osprey]

Aight, I'm able to use it now, thanks

But to search for levels by ID, do I separated every 4 characters by dashes like in SMM1 or do I type them all together?

After downloading levels, how do I export them to my console?

[heady forge]

You use ftp to add them to your save file

[thorn osprey]

Is this good?

[heady forge]

It’s a plugin too

Just get it from the homebrew App Store

[thorn osprey]

But would extracting this to my SD card work?

[heady forge]

It’s a plugin so you’re doing something wrong. It’d be easier just to get it from there

[thorn osprey]

How do I download that app store?

[heady forge]

Google it

[thorn osprey]

Would it be appstore.wuhb?

[heady forge]

Yeah

[thorn osprey]

In the guide piplup sent it says thid

Could I do this instead?

[heady forge]

Yeah

[thorn osprey]

Like this?

[heady forge]

No that isn’t a plugin

Plugins are .wps

[thorn osprey]

Now how do I see my console's IP? It said somewhere it was L + D-pad down + Select but that doesn't work

[heady forge]

You’re not booted in to aroma then

[thorn osprey]

Also, do you know how to search for makers specifically? I search for my NNID in "Creator ID" and nothing shows up

[thorn osprey]

Also, this also works on 3DS too, right?

[heady forge]

I don’t know

[heady forge]

Maybe search for your level names

Also don’t you have them on your console still

[thorn osprey]

If I want to play them in SMM3DS how do I convert the data from the level downloader to a bcd format?

Apparently the level has to be in that format to be playable there