Anyone have luck using a 4GB SDHC card?

[VehementSloth]

I have a softmodded Wii but a legitimate copy of Brawl. For all the homebrew stuff I've done for my Wii, the 4GB card has worked without a single problem until I tried to use it with PM. I downloaded the hackless Wii zip file, extracted it all onto the SD card, deleted stages, but it won't boot project M and instead just boots up the stage builder as normal.

Does my SD card need to be empty except for those folders/files? I could try without but it would mean deleting all my homebrew stuff which I'm not keen on doing at the moment. So my questions are: Have any of you got it working with a 4GB SDHC card, and does my problem sound familiar? Thanks in advance.

 

[Lorenzo The Comic]

SD Card should be 2 GB or less. SDHC Cards aren't compatible with Brawl.

 

[Spralwers]

To use the 4 GB SD card, you have to use the homebrew version and launch through the project M launcher, not stage builder. This is because brawl does not support SDHC

 

[VehementSloth]

To use the 4 GB SD card, you have to use the homebrew version and launch through the project M launcher, not stage builder. This is because brawl does not support SDHC

Can I still use my disc copy, but just go through the Project M launcher? Instead of having to use an ISO I mean.

 

[Spralwers]

Yes. The project M launcher only works if you have an actual disc. It's an updated and revised version of GeckoOS for brawl basically.

 

[R0Y]

Already answered but yeah, your disc copy will do nicely. Project M wasn't designed to encourage piracy. There was a Wii update at one point that allowed SDHC cards but when Brawl was released (and never updated), 2 GB was the limit. IIRC some mod will increase the limit for user-generated content though.

Check to see if you have a lower capacity SD card in a camera you can swap with the SDHC.

 

[VehementSloth]

Yes. The project M launcher only works if you have an actual disc. It's an updated and revised version of GeckoOS for brawl basically.

Awesome I finally got it to work. Thanks very much to you and all else who replied. Now to spend way too much time trying to get good at this game.

 

[VehementSloth]

One other question instead of making a new topic, do people ever use classic controllers in competitive smash instead of gamecube controllers? Or even a wiimote-nunchuck combo? Or is it even allowed?

 

[Xermo]

People use whatever they're comfortable with.

 

[BumbleWood]

To use the 4 GB SD card, you have to use the homebrew version and launch through the project M launcher, not stage builder. This is because brawl does not support SDHC

I've tried searching and I haven't been able to find it yet. Could you refer me to a walkthrough/guide to the project m launcher method? I'm a little unclear on a lot of the details.