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Does anyone know why WiiUDownloader would be consistently freezing indefinitely while downloading/decrypting games? (leminal.space)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/roms@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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It appears like it's recommended over WiiU USB Helper and I would like to give it a go (considering I can't get the title keys section in Wii USB Helper to work anymore) but WiiUDownloader is freezing anywhere from two to ten minutes into downloading or decrypting games. It doesn't appear to be consistently at the same spot or with the same game. I've only tried it on the one computer running Windows 11 but it should have more than sufficient specs.

I've searched /r/ROMs and the only posts that had responses and weren't snarky comments telling people to search the megathread or another community seem to say different versions, connecting to a different network, or repeated attempts are the possible solutions. I'm wondering if anyone has come across a more consistent solution before I resort to downloading directing from the Internet Archive and decrypting the games myself or trying to navigate their Discord channel.

Could also be useful information for people who run into issues in the future.

Edit: I still haven't found a solution and resorted to using .wua files that combine the game and updates.

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[โ€“] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not familiar with that tool, but I know there were a handful of old tools from the Wii and Wii U era that used to download files direct from the Nintendo servers. Those tools won't work anymore as those servers/old system eShops were shut down years ago.

Archive is always my first stop for any games not from recent gens.

[โ€“] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 2 points 3 months ago

I've heard about that as well but if that is the case it seems strange to me that WiiUDownloader would still be recommended considering what the GitHub page says

WiiUDownloader is a Golang program that allows you to download Wii U games from Nintendo's servers. It provides a user-friendly GUI built using GTK to browse and download Wii U titles directly to your local storage. Additionally, it supports decryption of downloaded contents for use on your Wii U console.

Also in combination with it being the recommended solution on the megathread and it not really being an issue cited under the issues tab.