Is Homebrew nessasary to play Project M?

[Dandizzle]

Hello, after trying to install Project M and failing, i snooped around the interwebs to find out why it didn't work. I got into a bunch of stuff about the homebrew channel and it seemed I needed the channel to have gecko OS let me play Project M. Ive looked over all the troubleshooting tips and read guides on how to install Project M so i doubt I've overlooked anything obvious like not deleting all your custom stages etc. Is anyone willing to inform me what I need to download to play Project M and how to download these things. I used the full set hackless ZIP because the 2.6 installer has not been made public as of now. My wii menu version is 3.4U and i have a legal american copy of Brawl. My SD card is smaller than 2GB and i'm pretty sure i've installed the right folders and files onto the root of the SD card.

Thank you for your time,
Dandizzle

 

[Mithost]

Hi Dandizzle!

Homebrew is not required to run Project M. The Hackless method of loading Project M uses an exploit in the stage builder to load a dummy 'stage' that redirects the Wii to the Gecko OS channel. This is called Smash Stack. In order for the Stage Builder to take the dummy stage, it needs to be the only stage on the the SD card, and there must be no stages in the Wii's memory. A clean Brawl save comes with three default stages, and enabling the Smash Service option in the Wi-fi settings will give you another stage. Make sure that these stages are off of the Wii as well as anything you have made yourself.

The .zip you downloaded from the Project M website should be extracted directly to the root of the SD card. This means that you should make no new folders in your SD card, as the inside of the .zip is exactly what the root of the SD card should look like when you are finished. When you open your SD card in My Computer, you should see the following:

codes (folder)
private (folder)
background.png
boot.elf
gameconfig.txt

To repeat, this should be in the ROOT of your SD card. When you click the address bar in windows explorer, it should read E:\, F:\, or another letter other than C:\.

Check the tiny lock switch on the side of your SD card. The sticker should indicate which position is lock position. Make sure the SD card is unlocked.

Try everything here for more information. http://smashboards.com/threads/project-m-troubleshooting-guide-2-6.338869/

 

[Dandizzle]

Thanks for the reassurance, ill try again when i can

 

[Dandizzle]

I JUST GOT IT WORKING! Me and my friends thank you for letting us beat each other up in new exciting enviroment.

 

[Mithost]

You're welcome. Feel free to PM me if you have any other issues with P:M! :D