Hello!
I started modding my Wii last week and I’m running into some issue that I was hoping somebody can help me with. It seems that whenever I try to load up a game that has been split into 2 wbfs files, it will not boot up. I’m using an SD card, so the limit of the file I can install is 4 GB. I used WiiBackupManager to transfer the file to the SD card and it’s splitting the original file into two files: one with the extension wbfs and another one with wbf1. When I open USB loader gx on the Wii, I can see the game (guitar hero 5) appear in the game list. When I press start however, it goes to a black screen and from there it freezes and I need to hard reset the Wii.
Other games (including guitar hero world tour) that are smaller in size and only use a single wbfs file can boot up just fine. I tried to load up another game that was bigger than 4 GB and had to be split and that one failed in the same way. Next, I installed the game on a USB stick as well (again with WiiBackupManager) and the result is exactly the same: there are two files -> the game appears in the list -> black screen when booting it up. I tried to start the game on the Dolphin emulator on my laptop to check if the file is corrupt, but here it runs fine. I also installed Wiiflow to check if that has different results, but it also doesn’t work (when doing this, first of all it doesn’t recognize the game, but when I load it up manually by going into the file explorer and selecting the file it shows a loading bar, but after it’s completed the screen stays black).
So as I said in the beginning, it looks to me that it has something to do with trying to use two wbfs files. Could the problem be with WiiBackupManager? It looks like it is working fine for everyone else so I doubt it, but who knows. Is there other software out there that does the same that I can check?
I have also made a syscheck that can be seen below:
Ok forget all of the above. I solved it and it was an IOS problem. I just noticed in my syscheck that I did not even have one installed for slot 250. I then found this link: htps://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/Wii_cIOS_base_Compatibility_List and adjusted the slots according to the latest message. 249 to 56, 250 to 57 and 251 to 58. Now everything is working. Apologies for the useless thread.
I started modding my Wii last week and I’m running into some issue that I was hoping somebody can help me with. It seems that whenever I try to load up a game that has been split into 2 wbfs files, it will not boot up. I’m using an SD card, so the limit of the file I can install is 4 GB. I used WiiBackupManager to transfer the file to the SD card and it’s splitting the original file into two files: one with the extension wbfs and another one with wbf1. When I open USB loader gx on the Wii, I can see the game (guitar hero 5) appear in the game list. When I press start however, it goes to a black screen and from there it freezes and I need to hard reset the Wii.
Other games (including guitar hero world tour) that are smaller in size and only use a single wbfs file can boot up just fine. I tried to load up another game that was bigger than 4 GB and had to be split and that one failed in the same way. Next, I installed the game on a USB stick as well (again with WiiBackupManager) and the result is exactly the same: there are two files -> the game appears in the list -> black screen when booting it up. I tried to start the game on the Dolphin emulator on my laptop to check if the file is corrupt, but here it runs fine. I also installed Wiiflow to check if that has different results, but it also doesn’t work (when doing this, first of all it doesn’t recognize the game, but when I load it up manually by going into the file explorer and selecting the file it shows a loading bar, but after it’s completed the screen stays black).
So as I said in the beginning, it looks to me that it has something to do with trying to use two wbfs files. Could the problem be with WiiBackupManager? It looks like it is working fine for everyone else so I doubt it, but who knows. Is there other software out there that does the same that I can check?
I have also made a syscheck that can be seen below:
SysCheck HDE v2.4.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199, and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).
Region: PAL
System Menu 4.3E (v514)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 09.07.2006
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 45562233
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: Netherlands (94)
Boot2 v4
Found 84 titles.
Found 47 IOS on this console. 16 of them are stubs.
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 256): Stub
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 256): Stub
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 2816): Stub
IOS31 (rev 3608): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 3072): Stub
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 5120): Stub
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52 (rev 5888): Stub
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 6400): Stub
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 6912): Stub
IOS80 (rev 6944): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS222 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS223 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS249[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS251[38] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS254 (rev 65280): Stub
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 03/04/2023.
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).
Region: PAL
System Menu 4.3E (v514)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 09.07.2006
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 45562233
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: Netherlands (94)
Boot2 v4
Found 84 titles.
Found 47 IOS on this console. 16 of them are stubs.
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 256): Stub
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 256): Stub
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 2816): Stub
IOS31 (rev 3608): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 3072): Stub
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 5120): Stub
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52 (rev 5888): Stub
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 6400): Stub
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 6912): Stub
IOS80 (rev 6944): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS222 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS223 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS249[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS251[38] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS254 (rev 65280): Stub
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 03/04/2023.
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Ok forget all of the above. I solved it and it was an IOS problem. I just noticed in my syscheck that I did not even have one installed for slot 250. I then found this link: htps://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/Wii_cIOS_base_Compatibility_List and adjusted the slots according to the latest message. 249 to 56, 250 to 57 and 251 to 58. Now everything is working. Apologies for the useless thread.
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