How to play Minus on Dolphin

[Doqtor Kirby]

Step 1: Download the Minus v4.0b SD.raw (make sure you have a Brawl save already existing)
Step 2: Place SD.raw in your Dolphin's Wii NAND directory. (Dolphin Emulator/Wii/SD.raw)
Step 3: Insert SD Card.

Step 4: IMPORTANT IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE GAMES: On your games list, right click Brawl and select 'Set as default ISO'
Step 5: File > Open on Dolphin
Step 6: Navigate to MinimaLauncher boot.elf/dol
Step 7: Minus should automagically start.

 

[SunderStorm]

Edit: Things are somewhat finicky but confirmed for working, in one way or another.

 

[MrL]

Whenever I try this I get an error:

When I click ok, it takes me to the same error and if I clock ok again it takes me to a black screen. Any ideas?

 

[The Concept]

Yes. I. Did.
Gecko will work, just remember the extra files like gameconfig and such

 

[MrL]

Thanks for the quick responses, but I tried gecko and got this screen. I looked up tutorials for getting Project M with the Gecko method and tried installing a IOS36 wad into Dolphin but it still happens. Any ideas, again?

 

[Doqtor Kirby]

I use Dolphin 3 and it works like a charm.

Yeah I'm oldschool.

 

[rescgaming]

I got the same problems, when loading from MinimaLauncher boot.elf/dol, it tells me Game has tried reload a title that is not in your NAND dump". I tried loading the boot.elf from the root, and I get a blue screen on startup after a couple seconds I get in game, but when I move my cursor to the characters in character select, it crashes. The character select screen also has 3 or 4 random buttons. Any help?

 

[The Concept]

Minima will not work on Dolphin without a NAND dump. Sorry, Glitch....
rescgaming, your issue is BrawlEX not loading correctly. Check if Gecko's Hooktype is AxNextFrame, in the Gecko loading options.

 

[rescgaming]

I fixed it, turns out I wasn't using 4.0.2 of Dolphin. Is there a way to play netplay with this method? If not, how would I go about creating a modified iso?

 

[Gernatch]

I really want to do Netplay with this. Is it possible? How can we create a custom brawl ISO?

 

[Doqtor Kirby]

I really want to do Netplay with this. Is it possible? How can we create a custom brawl ISO?

There is literally zero need for a hacked ISO if you use the method in the tutorial. If your sole intention is playing online, you'll have better luck in the WFC community.

 

[einsteinsci]

My understanding is that an ISO builder is not really an option because Minus uses BrawlEx characters, which the builder that Project M uses is not compatible with.

I tried to load minus through GeckoOS's boot.elf, and the Minus launcher showed up, but it said no DVD was found. I have brawl set to be the default ISO. Is there something else I need to do?

EDIT: Reinstalling the IOS36 WAD file didn't help either.

 

[cyerox]

After following the instructions, my screen is stuck at "Press A to Continue"

 

[Isolex]

I was able to get to the Brawl minus gecko screen, but after i click launch game it just takes me to the base brawl game. any advice?

 

[Mawootad]

Sounds like your virtual sd card isn't set up right

 

[Isolex]

I downloaded the sd.raw from this thread. Do i need to do something else to it?

 

[Neville]

I downloaded the sd.raw from this thread. Do i need to do something else to it?

No.

 

[Isolex]

I don't get it . I put the SD.raw into the dolphin wii folder in my doccuments where my other sd.raw was, brawl is my default iso, and it shows the brawl minus screen. It just won't launch as brawl minus

 

[Doqtor Kirby]

 

[Isolex]

Still the same issue. I get to the "Brawl minus max 3.q gecko launcher, and then when i press start game, it just takes me to base brawl

 

[Qazzquimby]

Is there a 4.0b SD.raw available?

 

[Mawootad]

Soonâ„¢

 

[Valravn]

Looking forward to it. I'm hoping to play back some replays on Dolphin so that I can get 60fps footage.

 

[Mawootad]

If you want one faster you can use the netplay tutorial I made (in the tutorials section of the forums), it has all of the steps to set up Dolphin on 4.0b.

 

[Valravn]

Nice! I'll check it out.

EDIT: Trying to solve some problems with replays not playing back properly in Dolpin. I suspect it has to do with the external frame buffer. If I figure it out I'll pass it on. Things are fine at first, then the characters will get off of their proper courses just a bit. (Which makes them both SD pretty quickly, naturally.)