WAD (Wii) - Revision history

Kayvon2008 at 04:02, 18 November 2021

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Dan Tobias at 12:44, 24 March 2020

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Effect2: Change link from TMD (currently a redlink) to Title metadata

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Change link from TMD (currently a redlink) to Title metadata

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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Archiving
|extensions={{ext|wad}}
|released=2006?<ref>Release of [[Wikipedia:Wii Shop Channel]]</ref>
}}
The '''WAD''' format is an installation/archival format used on the Nintendo Wii game console. Its primary use is to hold software bought over the Internet (through the "Wii Shop Channel"), but it is also used by homebrewers (whether by the company, also, is unclear) for operating system updates<ref>https://wiibrew.org/wiki/NUS_Downloader</ref> and for piracy<ref>https://wiibrew.org/wiki/WAD_files</ref>. When used for applications as opposed to updating the operating system, a WAD usually holds one "channel", a high-level concept of a self-contained program that can be accessed from the "system menu".

The content of the WAD stored using the [[TMD]] system, i.e. with a TMD header and a TMD data section contained within the WAD. It appears that the first<ref>LibWiiSharp source → libWiiSharp/WAD.cs → parseWad</ref> TMD file is always a [[Brlan]] file, which is used as a container for information related to display as a "channel" in the interface sense.

WAD contents are encrypted using the [[Ticket (Wii)|Ticket]] system.

== Sample Files ==
* CustomizeMii source (see [[#Software]]), branch "Base_WADs"

== Software ==
* [https://code.google.com/archive/p/libwiisharp/ LibWiiSharp]
* [https://code.google.com/archive/p/customizemii Customizemii (AKA WadCustomizer)] (Uses libWiiSharp as a backend)
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/showmiiwads/ ShowMiiWads]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080430160915/http://git.infradead.org/users/segher/wii.git?a=blob_plain;f=zeventig.c;hb=HEAD zeventig.c] (Does not compile due to the lack of a now-lost "tools.h")

== Links ==
* [https://wiibrew.org/wiki/WAD_files WiiBrew: WAD files]

== References ==
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-The '''WAD''' format is an installation/archival format used on the Nintendo Wii game console. Its primary use is to hold software bought over the Internet (through the "Wii Shop Channel"), but it is also used by homebrewers (whether by the company, also, is unclear) for operating system updates<ref>https://wiibrew.org/wiki/NUS_Downloader</ref> and for piracy<ref>https://wiibrew.org/wiki/WAD_files</ref>. When used for applications as opposed to updating the operating system, a WAD usually holds one "channel", a high-level concept of a self-contained program that can be accessed from the "system menu".
+The '''WAD''' format is an installation/archival format used on the Nintendo Wii game console. Its primary use is to hold software bought over the Internet (through the "Wii Shop Channel"), but it is also used by homebrewers (whether by the company, also, is unclear) for operating system updates<ref>https://wiibrew.org/wiki/NUS_Downloader</ref>, custom "Homebrew" games, "forwarders" and for piracy<ref>https://wiibrew.org/wiki/WAD_files</ref>. When used for applications as opposed to updating the operating system, a WAD usually holds one "channel", a high-level concept of a self-contained program that can be accessed from the "system menu".
 The content of the WAD stored using the [[Title metadata]] (TMD) system, i.e. with a TMD header and a TMD data section contained within the WAD. It appears that the first<ref>LibWiiSharp source → libWiiSharp/WAD.cs → parseWad</ref> file is always a [[Brlan]] file, which is used as a container for information related to display as a "channel" in the interface sense. This is how WAD manipulation tools can show contained resources as having string-based file names, even though TMD only supports numerical codes for identifying files; they are in fact contained within the Brlan file, which is contained within the TMD structure, which is contained within the WAD.

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 The '''WAD''' format is an installation/archival format used on the Nintendo Wii game console. Its primary use is to hold software bought over the Internet (through the "Wii Shop Channel"), but it is also used by homebrewers (whether by the company, also, is unclear) for operating system updates<ref>https://wiibrew.org/wiki/NUS_Downloader</ref> and for piracy<ref>https://wiibrew.org/wiki/WAD_files</ref>. When used for applications as opposed to updating the operating system, a WAD usually holds one "channel", a high-level concept of a self-contained program that can be accessed from the "system menu".
-The content of the WAD stored using the [[TMD]] system, i.e. with a TMD header and a TMD data section contained within the WAD. It appears that the first<ref>LibWiiSharp source → libWiiSharp/WAD.cs → parseWad</ref> file is always a [[Brlan]] file, which is used as a container for information related to display as a "channel" in the interface sense. This is how WAD manipulation tools can show contained resources as having string-based file names, even though TMD only supports numerical codes for identifying files; they are in fact contained within the Brlan file, which is contained within the TMD structure, which is contained within the WAD.
+The content of the WAD stored using the [[Title metadata]] (TMD) system, i.e. with a TMD header and a TMD data section contained within the WAD. It appears that the first<ref>LibWiiSharp source → libWiiSharp/WAD.cs → parseWad</ref> file is always a [[Brlan]] file, which is used as a container for information related to display as a "channel" in the interface sense. This is how WAD manipulation tools can show contained resources as having string-based file names, even though TMD only supports numerical codes for identifying files; they are in fact contained within the Brlan file, which is contained within the TMD structure, which is contained within the WAD.
 WAD contents are encrypted using the [[Ticket (Wii)|Ticket]] system.

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 The '''WAD''' format is an installation/archival format used on the Nintendo Wii game console. Its primary use is to hold software bought over the Internet (through the "Wii Shop Channel"), but it is also used by homebrewers (whether by the company, also, is unclear) for operating system updates<ref>https://wiibrew.org/wiki/NUS_Downloader</ref> and for piracy<ref>https://wiibrew.org/wiki/WAD_files</ref>. When used for applications as opposed to updating the operating system, a WAD usually holds one "channel", a high-level concept of a self-contained program that can be accessed from the "system menu".
-The content of the WAD stored using the [[TMD]] system, i.e. with a TMD header and a TMD data section contained within the WAD. It appears that the first<ref>LibWiiSharp source → libWiiSharp/WAD.cs → parseWad</ref> file is always a [[Brlan]] file, which is used as a container for information related to display as a "channel" in the interface sense. This is how WAD manipulation tools can show contained resources as having string-based file names, even though TMD only supports numerical codes for identifying files; they are in fact contained within the TMD.
+The content of the WAD stored using the [[TMD]] system, i.e. with a TMD header and a TMD data section contained within the WAD. It appears that the first<ref>LibWiiSharp source → libWiiSharp/WAD.cs → parseWad</ref> file is always a [[Brlan]] file, which is used as a container for information related to display as a "channel" in the interface sense. This is how WAD manipulation tools can show contained resources as having string-based file names, even though TMD only supports numerical codes for identifying files; they are in fact contained within the Brlan file, which is contained within the TMD structure, which is contained within the WAD.
 WAD contents are encrypted using the [[Ticket (Wii)|Ticket]] system.