Hacking WiiFlow - an open source GUI USB-Loader

[Maxternal]

edit: The Smurfs Dance part shows a black screen after launch and Kirby's Return to Dreamland shows a white screen after pressing 2 on the intro page - just as previous WiiFlow versions did. Sigh

I don't recall any issues with Kirby RTD - I played that a fair bit when it came out. I'll test this out myself again. Have not got Smurfs though.
As far as I know there are only a few games left with issues - TinTin and Driver SanFran
You're on the latest cIOSx? Completely clean install?

BostonBC's had some problems with those games for a while now for some strange reason. I have both of them and they're working fine for me but it's like he just has a curse or something. I do wish you good luck.

I think I'll try messing with the settings, maybe, and see if I can BREAK it. Maybe I can happen upon whatever setting you have that way.

Edit : Just a stab in the dark, maybe it's a bad save file, have you tried with and without save emulation?
Wait, you had said previously that they do work with other loaders, never mind.

 

[bostonBC]

edit: The Smurfs Dance part shows a black screen after launch and Kirby's Return to Dreamland shows a white screen after pressing 2 on the intro page - just as previous WiiFlow versions did. Sigh

I don't recall any issues with Kirby RTD - I played that a fair bit when it came out. I'll test this out myself again. Have not got Smurfs though.
As far as I know there are only a few games left with issues - TinTin and Driver SanFran
You're on the latest cIOSx? Completely clean install?

I have multiple systems and all have the latest cIOSx - well V8 beta r41. I just saw that r42 is out but I don't know how that will fit into WiiFlow as the ModMii method of building them only gives cIOSx in slot 249 and 250.

And what the heck are the new 60/70/80 bases all about?

If anyone here can explain that would be terrific. Or better yet - point me to a download location for the v8r42 WAD's.

My kids haven't complained about TinTin yet but I don't know if they've played it. What is the issue with that and DriverSF?

 

[sdoc96]

edit: The Smurfs Dance part shows a black screen after launch and Kirby's Return to Dreamland shows a white screen after pressing 2 on the intro page - just as previous WiiFlow versions did. Sigh

I don't recall any issues with Kirby RTD - I played that a fair bit when it came out. I'll test this out myself again. Have not got Smurfs though.
As far as I know there are only a few games left with issues - TinTin and Driver SanFran
You're on the latest cIOSx? Completely clean install?

I have multiple systems and all have the latest cIOSx - well V8 beta r41. I just saw that r42 is out but I don't know how that will fit into WiiFlow as the ModMii method of building them only gives cIOSx in slot 249 and 250.

And what the heck are the new 60/70/80 bases all about?

If anyone here can explain that would be terrific. Or better yet - point me to a download location for the v8r42 WAD's.

My kids haven't complained about TinTin yet but I don't know if they've played it. What is the issue with that and DriverSF?

http://www.wiiflowiki.com/Wiiflow for the wads. Just install all 7 of them from the wad pack.
I think TinTin and Driver SF get freezes at certain points.
EDIT: sorry - just saw you said r42. Not sure about that but 41 is on that page.

 

[bostonBC]

edit: The Smurfs Dance part shows a black screen after launch and Kirby's Return to Dreamland shows a white screen after pressing 2 on the intro page - just as previous WiiFlow versions did. Sigh

I don't recall any issues with Kirby RTD - I played that a fair bit when it came out. I'll test this out myself again. Have not got Smurfs though.
As far as I know there are only a few games left with issues - TinTin and Driver SanFran
You're on the latest cIOSx? Completely clean install?

I have multiple systems and all have the latest cIOSx - well V8 beta r41. I just saw that r42 is out but I don't know how that will fit into WiiFlow as the ModMii method of building them only gives cIOSx in slot 249 and 250.

And what the heck are the new 60/70/80 bases all about?

If anyone here can explain that would be terrific. Or better yet - point me to a download location for the v8r42 WAD's.

My kids haven't complained about TinTin yet but I don't know if they've played it. What is the issue with that and DriverSF?

http://www.wiiflowiki.com/Wiiflow for the wads. Just install all 7 of them from the wad pack.
I think TinTin and Driver SF get freezes at certain points.

The wiki link has the r41 cIOS and r42 is out.

 

[Etheboss]

I have multiple systems and all have the latest cIOSx - well V8 beta r41. I just saw that r42 is out but I don't know how that will fit into WiiFlow as the ModMii method of building them only gives cIOSx in slot 249 and 250.
Modmii can build the new cios rev. in any slot, you just have to use advanced download

And what the heck are the new 60/70/80 bases all about?
That's just neccesary is you want to test stuff S related, forget about it

If anyone here can explain that would be terrific. Or better yet - point me to a download location for the v8r42 WAD's.
See answer above, downloading them with modmii, to my opinion, is the easiest way.

My kids haven't complained about TinTin yet but I don't know if they've played it. What is the issue with that and DriverSF?
Driver SF should work with the latest Wiiflow-mod, not yet with Wiiflow r417, also TinTin works a little better i think, not sure.

See bolded answers.

 

[hitomiinlove]

Hey guys! Wiiflow is God's gift to man, got everything working fine and I thought I'd leave my setup here, in case it helps anyone:

I completely forgot about my Wii for some good 2 years, until I picked it up again last week. It was already softmodded and I had always burned DVDs to run my games but then decided to switch to HDD, which is way more practical. The first thing I did upon messing with my Wii again was get the Syscheck app and run a test for my IOSes. Then I got the test results and used them on ModMii, to update all of my IOS files.

At first, I had decided to use USB Loader GX , so I took an NTFS hard drive (1TB 2.5" from Samsung) and created a WBFS partition to run my games from there.

Then I saw that Wiiflow had incorporated Nand Emulation and decided to switch to it so I could run Wiiware and VC games off of USB. I'm currently on r418 and my HDD now looks like this:

NTFS (USB1): WBFS folder, apps and wiiflow settings go here.
FAT32 (USB2): Emulated Nand stays here with all of my Wiiware and VC.

So far, I've been able to run all games I've tried, both on USB1 and 2 (well, maybe not all of them, Bonsai Barber gives me an error screen but I'll try messing with video settings and IOS selection later).

There's one little piece of info I'd like to leave here, though: I also have a 640GB HDD by Samsung that I couldn't for the life of me format to WBFS when I was using USB Loader GX, due to its sectors having 1024 bytes or something. When I started using Wiiflow, I thought that maybe it would work, since I wouldn't have to format it to WBFS... but it didn't. So just thought I'd give everybody the heads up (if I'm just writing nonsense, then somebody please correct me) that if you are unable to format your HDD to WBFS then you're probably not gonna be able to use it on Wiiflow or any other loaders either, even if you use NTFS or FAT32 file systems.

Oh, and I also remember some people asking a few pages back whether Rock Band 2 DLC would work if you set the game to use save data emulation. Well, I have set mine to FULL save game emulation and so far, it seems to work. Downloading songs is kinda slower now, but I think it's worth it if you can actually get DLC to run from USB.

Well, that's all, hope this helps somebody

EDIT: I haven't played the latest games, like Tintin and whatnot, so I'm not sure if those are working.

 

[bostonBC]

So just thought I'd give everybody the heads up (if I'm just writing nonsense, then somebody please correct me) that if you are unable to format your HDD to WBFS then you're probably not gonna be able to use it on Wiiflow or any other loaders either, even if you use NTFS or FAT32 file systems.

WiiFlow, CFG and USB Loader GX works fine with FAT32 formatted volumes up to 2TB in size. Use the 'FAT32 Format' app if you have any problems. I've heard people use it with NTFS formatted volumes as well but haven't tried that.

 

[bostonBC]

I have multiple systems and all have the latest cIOSx - well V8 beta r41. I just saw that r42 is out but I don't know how that will fit into WiiFlow as the ModMii method of building them only gives cIOSx in slot 249 and 250.
Modmii can build the new cios rev. in any slot, you just have to use advanced download

And what the heck are the new 60/70/80 bases all about?
That's just neccesary is you want to test stuff S related, forget about it

If anyone here can explain that would be terrific. Or better yet - point me to a download location for the v8r42 WAD's.
See answer above, downloading them with modmii, to my opinion, is the easiest way.

My kids haven't complained about TinTin yet but I don't know if they've played it. What is the issue with that and DriverSF?
Driver SF should work with the latest Wiiflow-mod, not yet with Wiiflow r417, also TinTin works a little better i think, not sure.

See bolded answers.

Thanks, I forgot about that in ModMii.

In case anyone wants to save time I went and created the wads for v8-beta(r42) and uploaded the zip to: http://www.mediafire...1ik1r32gc86ponv. It is the same format as the r41 ones with the same bases in the same slots.

UPDATE: I can't get WiiFlow (mod-r159) to work with the v8-beta(r42). I tried half a dozen apps that use different IOS's and got a DSI exception in each when launching from WiiFlow. The same games run fine in CFG and USB Loader GX with the latest r42. I am going to wait until I hear back from one of the WiiFlow developers when it is compatible with WiiFlow.

 

[hitomiinlove]

So just thought I'd give everybody the heads up (if I'm just writing nonsense, then somebody please correct me) that if you are unable to format your HDD to WBFS then you're probably not gonna be able to use it on Wiiflow or any other loaders either, even if you use NTFS or FAT32 file systems.

WiiFlow, CFG and USB Loader GX works fine with FAT32 formatted volumes up to 2TB in size. Use the 'FAT32 Format' app if you have any problems. I've heard people use it with NTFS formatted volumes as well but haven't tried that.

Well, I had the exact same setup I have on my working HDD and Wiiflow wouldn't even start.

 

[bostonBC]

Well, I had the exact same setup I have on my working HDD and Wiiflow wouldn't even start.

Did you format the volume with this app before loading it with files/apps?:

http://www.pendriveapps.com/format-fat32-larger-than-32gb/

When error are you getting?

 

[hitomiinlove]

Well, I had the exact same setup I have on my working HDD and Wiiflow wouldn't even start.

Did you format the volume with this app before loading it with files/apps?:

http://www.pendrivea...rger-than-32gb/

When error are you getting?

Actually, no, I formatted it wiih EASEUS Partition Manager... But since everything is working great with the 1TB HDD, I don't think I'll try to investigate further into why the 640GB one is not working. But thanks for your help anyway, it is much appreciated!

EDIT: OK, so you did get me wondering about the HDD, lol And I decided to format using the app you said, using 32kb cluster size. Copied everything over from working HDD to this one. Tried launching Wiiflow from Forwarder channel and it just went to a black screen and brought me back to System Menu after a while. Put the Apps\Wiiflow on my SD and tried loading from Homebrew Channel, and this is what I got:

And then it proceeded and gave me this screen:

And then it just hung there.

Any ideas? For me it's just that the HDD I'm using is incompatible with the console and won't work regardless of what I try and do with it.

 

[Maxternal]

UPDATE: I can't get WiiFlow (mod-r159) to work with the v8-beta(r42). I tried half a dozen apps that use different IOS's and got a DSI exception in each when launching from WiiFlow. The same games run fine in CFG and USB Loader GX with the latest r42. I am going to wait until I hear back from one of the WiiFlow developers when it is compatible with WiiFlow.

Thanks for the heads up. I'm glad I wasn't home where I could have actually installed them right after downloading them. I guess there's a reason why it's called "Beta," anyway.
Did those apps work fine for you in r159 with the r41 cIOS's installed before?

 

[bostonBC]

UPDATE: I can't get WiiFlow (mod-r159) to work with the v8-beta(r42). I tried half a dozen apps that use different IOS's and got a DSI exception in each when launching from WiiFlow. The same games run fine in CFG and USB Loader GX with the latest r42. I am going to wait until I hear back from one of the WiiFlow developers when it is compatible with WiiFlow.

Thanks for the heads up. I'm glad I wasn't home where I could have actually installed them right after downloading them. I guess there's a reason why it's called "Beta," anyway.
Did those apps work fine for you in r159 with the r41 cIOS's installed before?

Yes they worked before. I switched back to r418 and that works with the new v8-r42 cIOS. There appears to be something in r159 that chokes on it. For now I am going to stick with mod-r159 and the v8-r41 cIOS.

 

[bostonBC]

Well, I had the exact same setup I have on my working HDD and Wiiflow wouldn't even start.

Did you format the volume with this app before loading it with files/apps?:

http://www.pendrivea...rger-than-32gb/

When error are you getting?

Actually, no, I formatted it wiih EASEUS Partition Manager... But since everything is working great with the 1TB HDD, I don't think I'll try to investigate further into why the 640GB one is not working. But thanks for your help anyway, it is much appreciated!

EDIT: OK, so you did get me wondering about the HDD, lol And I decided to format using the app you said, using 32kb cluster size. Copied everything over from working HDD to this one. Tried launching Wiiflow from Forwarder channel and it just went to a black screen and brought me back to System Menu after a while. Put the Apps\Wiiflow on my SD and tried loading from Homebrew Channel, and this is what I got:

And then it proceeded and gave me this screen:

And then it just hung there.

Any ideas? For me it's just that the HDD I'm using is incompatible with the console and won't work regardless of what I try and do with it.

I've seen that when you have mismatching WiiFlow versions and cIOS's. What revision WiiFlow and cIOS are you using? Are you using the matching forwarder channel too?

Also - you can put the apps/WiiFlow folder and WiiFlow folder directly on the root of the FAT32 hard disk. Then remove the SD card. It's faster that way (for me at least).

 

[hitomiinlove]

I've seen that when you have mismatching WiiFlow versions and cIOS's. What revision WiiFlow and cIOS are you using? Are you using the matching forwarder channel too?

Also - you can put the apps/WiiFlow folder and WiiFlow folder directly on the root of the FAT32 hard disk. Then remove the SD card. It's faster that way (for me at least).

I'm using Wiiflow r418 and d2x-v7-final. The forwarder I'm using is the one found here: http://www.wiiflowiki.com/Wiiflow/forwarders

And I do normally hold the apps/WiiFlow folder on the hard disk, but trying to use that with the forwarder only brought me back to the System Menu, it didn't even start Wiiflow so it could give me an error message. The only way for me to run Wiiflow with that HDD was to copy those folders onto my SD card and then load the app from HBC.

I really don't think this is a problem with outdated cIOS, though, since everything works fine with the other hard disk. I know that v8-beta is available right now, but I don't think trying to update to it is worth it when the version I'm currently on works flawlessly with other hardware.

But, again, like I had previously said, thank you so much for taking the time to help me, I know it's a pain helping other people figure out what's wrong with their Wii!

 

[bostonBC]

I've seen that when you have mismatching WiiFlow versions and cIOS's. What revision WiiFlow and cIOS are you using? Are you using the matching forwarder channel too?

Also - you can put the apps/WiiFlow folder and WiiFlow folder directly on the root of the FAT32 hard disk. Then remove the SD card. It's faster that way (for me at least).

I'm using Wiiflow r418 and d2x-v7-final. The forwarder I'm using is the one found here: http://www.wiiflowik...flow/forwarders

And I do normally hold the apps/WiiFlow folder on the hard disk, but trying to use that with the forwarder only brought me back to the System Menu, it didn't even start Wiiflow so it could give me an error message. The only way for me to run Wiiflow with that HDD was to copy those folders onto my SD card and then load the app from HBC.

I really don't think this is a problem with outdated cIOS, though, since everything works fine with the other hard disk. I know that v8-beta is available right now, but I don't think trying to update to it is worth it when the version I'm currently on works flawlessly with other hardware.

But, again, like I had previously said, thank you so much for taking the time to help me, I know it's a pain helping other people figure out what's wrong with their Wii!

The main reason I suggested having everything on the hard disk instead of the some files on the SD and some on the hard disk is I've had exactly the same problem you described running different versions of the usb:app/wiiflow and usb:wiiflow folders.

If you download the new apps/wiiflow files (r418), forwarder channel and v41 cIOS from http://www.wiiflowiki.com/Wiiflow and install the cIOS's and then copy the apps/Wiiflow folder to the hard disk it should work. If you have an older forwarder channel with the new files it will blow up as you describe. If you have an older apps folder on the SD talking to a Wiiflow folder on the hard disk it will blow up as you describe in my experience.

 

[<<ReMeDy&g]

Need help. In the Wiiflow wiki in "Committed Wiiflow Versions" I see a .dol file, but what the hell is a .dol file and where do I put it?

 

[pepxl]

Need help. In the Wiiflow wiki in "Committed Wiiflow Versions" I see a .dol file, but what the hell is a .dol file and where do I put it?

quick question, is your wii soft modded?

ive noticed you making threads about loaders not working, then to as what a dol is makes me think your not softmodded and dont really know what your doing

no offence intended but you need to do a little reading up

 

[bostonBC]

Need help. In the Wiiflow wiki in "Committed Wiiflow Versions" I see a .dol file, but what the hell is a .dol file and where do I put it?

I agree with pepxl - you may need to do a little more reading

Here is a quick answer... a .dol file sits in the sd/USB:apps/xyz folder and can be run from the Homebrew channel. There are also things called forwarder channels that can run the .dol file if you have softmodded your Wii.

For the .dol in question place the entire Wiiflow folder which should contain a boot.dol, icon.png and meta.xml (and possibly a wiiflow.ini file) into the apps folder on the root of your hard disk or the root of your SD card.

You can then run WiiFlow from the HomeBrew channel or if you have a forwarder channel installed you will be able to run WiiFlow from the main Wii channel menu.

If you aren't certain about the softmod process there are a good number of sources to help you out. A good on is found on the Wiki: http://www.wiiflowiki.com/Homebrew_channel

I know many don't like it but I have used the Homebrew PimpMyWii app with great success. You can download it from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?wwimepl6zv410bf

After you have installed the Homebrew channel run it to update and install any missing/outdated IOS/cIOS/mIOS.

 

[fledge68]

For everyone, I've updated four of the old Wiiflow themes. They work with Wiiflow 418 and Wiiflow MOD. In 418 a few things might be off like text colors and small page titles. They look best with Wiiflow MOD r104 and higher. More to come soon.

check out my post #5442 on page 363 for new download link

Carbonik -

Orchid -

Starnight -

Violet -

Credit goes to the original authors and I've noted that in each of the ini files

Just extract them to your wiiflow/themes folder. Enjoy!