Hacking WiiFlow - an open source GUI USB-Loader

[MassiveRican]

To whom it may concern,
This is a modifies default.ini file (titles position fixed) containing awesome 15 modes.
http://www.mediafire...pteks4z7zjz6u07
Have fun

Did anyone try this theme file?

The theme file works great and I can definitely notice the title fixes, flow is much improved. Thanks!

 

[Bladexdsl]

the green line is on wiiflow too!!

If you're talking about when you're actually playing the game, I'm guessing it's a problem with the video mode change between NTSC and PAL. Besides making sure you have all the latest d2x cIOS installed I would recommend playing around with the different options to patch video modes. Otherwise I don't know what to tell ya.

He's marked as Australia (PAL, same as me) and also mentioned the problem was with The Last Story (which is also PAL) and in Wiiflow/CFG loaders themselves, so I'd say he has an issue which could be hardware, or bad fw/hack/cIOSx related.

all my ios are up to date i just used modmii 2 days ago and told it to download all the recommended ios and installed them all. it's not a hardware prob since all other games are fine.

 

[Maxternal]

the green line is on wiiflow too!!

If you're talking about when you're actually playing the game, I'm guessing it's a problem with the video mode change between NTSC and PAL. Besides making sure you have all the latest d2x cIOS installed I would recommend playing around with the different options to patch video modes. Otherwise I don't know what to tell ya.

He's marked as Australia (PAL, same as me) and also mentioned the problem was with The Last Story (which is also PAL) and in Wiiflow/CFG loaders themselves, so I'd say he has an issue which could be hardware, or bad fw/hack/cIOSx related.

all my ios are up to date i just used modmii 2 days ago and told it to download all the recommended ios and installed them all. it's not a hardware prob since all other games are fine.

Any way to upload a screenshot? Maybe we're not seeing that right in our heads. . . . Maybe you just have a bad dump? IDK.

 

[pepxl]

the green line is on wiiflow too!!

If you're talking about when you're actually playing the game, I'm guessing it's a problem with the video mode change between NTSC and PAL. Besides making sure you have all the latest d2x cIOS installed I would recommend playing around with the different options to patch video modes. Otherwise I don't know what to tell ya.

He's marked as Australia (PAL, same as me) and also mentioned the problem was with The Last Story (which is also PAL) and in Wiiflow/CFG loaders themselves, so I'd say he has an issue which could be hardware, or bad fw/hack/cIOSx related.

all my ios are up to date i just used modmii 2 days ago and told it to download all the recommended ios and installed them all. it's not a hardware prob since all other games are fine.

Any way to upload a screenshot? Maybe we're not seeing that right in our heads. . . . Maybe you just have a bad dump? IDK.

im guessing its a green thin strip along the bottom of the screen (somtimes slightly pink on the very bottom when close up)

 

[Maxternal]

im guessing its a green thin strip along the bottom of the screen (somtimes slightly pink on the very bottom when close up)

I take it you've seen this problem before?

 

[AbdallahTerro]

To whom it may concern,
This is a modifies default.ini file (titles position fixed) containing awesome 15 modes.
http://www.mediafire...pteks4z7zjz6u07
Have fun

Did anyone try this theme file?

The theme file works great and I can definitely notice the title fixes, flow is much improved. Thanks!

Welcome Rican

 

[Bladexdsl]

the green line is on wiiflow too!!

If you're talking about when you're actually playing the game, I'm guessing it's a problem with the video mode change between NTSC and PAL. Besides making sure you have all the latest d2x cIOS installed I would recommend playing around with the different options to patch video modes. Otherwise I don't know what to tell ya.

He's marked as Australia (PAL, same as me) and also mentioned the problem was with The Last Story (which is also PAL) and in Wiiflow/CFG loaders themselves, so I'd say he has an issue which could be hardware, or bad fw/hack/cIOSx related.

all my ios are up to date i just used modmii 2 days ago and told it to download all the recommended ios and installed them all. it's not a hardware prob since all other games are fine.

Any way to upload a screenshot? Maybe we're not seeing that right in our heads. . . . Maybe you just have a bad dump? IDK.

im guessing its a green thin strip along the bottom of the screen (somtimes slightly pink on the very bottom when close up)

here's a shot

 

[jservs7]

To whom it may concern,
This is a modifies default.ini file (titles position fixed) containing awesome 15 modes.
http://www.mediafire...pteks4z7zjz6u07
Have fun

Its not compatible with r415. I kept getting crashes. Works fine with r418, but I keep getting NAND crashes and crashing while I try to update my boxcovers using r418. Tried deleting all files explained on WiiFloWiki, but still no go.

EDIT: Getting better results with r417, but damn those black boxes.

Can't wait for a more stable release with the few options I enjoy. Great work by everyone involved btw!

 

[AbdallahTerro]

To whom it may concern,
This is a modifies default.ini file (titles position fixed) containing awesome 15 modes.
http://www.mediafire...pteks4z7zjz6u07
Have fun

Its not compatible with r415. I kept getting crashes. Works fine with r418, but I keep getting NAND crashes and crashing while I try to update my boxcovers using r418. Tried deleting all files explained on WiiFloWiki, but still no go.

EDIT: Getting better results with r417, but damn those black boxes.

Can't wait for a more stable release with the few options I enjoy. Great work by everyone involved btw!

just get an updated dol r150+ - go to IRC channel and ask for it

 

[cwolfey]

Does anyone have Kirby’s Return to Dreamland and The Smurf’s Dance Party working with the current version (r418) of WiiFlow. If so please share the config you are using.

Neither have played for some time in WiiFlow but work perfectly using CFG. I've tried multiple copies (NTSC and PAL) but they both hang in WiiFlow. I was using the d7 cIOS's but just updated to the d8beta but it's is the exact same results.

I tried auto settings as well as each IOS and other options but nothing seems to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I hate having to use CFG for just those 2 games.

TIA.

Ok, I finally did test them out and they both work for me. I can't say I know what's happening with yours.

Tried new R418 today, fresh install new wii
(used new v8b1r41 wads,new v11d forwarder)

Kirby Dream land didnt work, white screen after pressing "2"

Loaded the old R415.dol Kirby worked fine.

Note on R418: after initial fresh install new wii: tried a game, then tried to return home..froze at wiiflow screen, hard reset then tried to load covers..froze on 2nd cover, hard reset then loaded covers again, after the kirby didnt work I just deleted the R418 replaced with R415, all was fine.

Thanks, I was getting the same problem in r415 with the v7 cIOS's though. Are you using NAND emulation? I have several clean modded Wii's with the v8 beta cIOS's and they all fail the same way with r415 or r418 on the new Kirby.

I had another that was on R418, I couldnt simply swap the .dol I have to delete the settings folder and settings file in wiiflow folder, basically a fresh insall without covers needing reload

 

[MassiveRican]

To all who have heard me rant... and rant... and rave that I couldn't get the damn WiiFlow forwarder to launch wiiflow from my NTFS drive.. it has finally been resolved. stfour helped me point out a very simple oversight, my NTFS partition was a logical drive, not primary. A tidbit of information that I feel should be included on the wiki under Miigotu's partition setup in the nand emulation section or added to the partition setup section.

I know it was a dumb little thing like I knew it would be, but who knows maybe it might help someone not curse up a storm and cry away sleepless nights wondering WTF IS GOING ON!!

So basically both the FAT32 and NTFS partitions need to be primary.. which is why the forwarder in SM or wiiflow-forwarder in HBC could not launch WiiFlow on NTFS part. Thanks to all who tried to help and your patience for putting up with me.

Most importantly I hope this helps someone else out there at some point.

 

[Etheboss]

lol, it was on the old wiiflowiki, i am afraid the info is not ported yet...

anyway, weird someone else didn't say anything about it, because it is known for a very long time you need primary partitions with wiiflow, if i can remember correctly, it's the same for all usb loaders.

 

[sdoc96]

the green line is on wiiflow too!!

If you're talking about when you're actually playing the game, I'm guessing it's a problem with the video mode change between NTSC and PAL. Besides making sure you have all the latest d2x cIOS installed I would recommend playing around with the different options to patch video modes. Otherwise I don't know what to tell ya.

He's marked as Australia (PAL, same as me) and also mentioned the problem was with The Last Story (which is also PAL) and in Wiiflow/CFG loaders themselves, so I'd say he has an issue which could be hardware, or bad fw/hack/cIOSx related.

all my ios are up to date i just used modmii 2 days ago and told it to download all the recommended ios and installed them all. it's not a hardware prob since all other games are fine.

Any way to upload a screenshot? Maybe we're not seeing that right in our heads. . . . Maybe you just have a bad dump? IDK.

im guessing its a green thin strip along the bottom of the screen (somtimes slightly pink on the very bottom when close up)

here's a shot

Just saw on other threads is seems to be a problem using composite cable and 50hz.
Maybe it's a problem with the particular rip or just a problem with the game itself. I have seen something like that years ago with other games, but not since using component cables and 60P.

 

[MassiveRican]

lol, it was on the old wiiflowiki, i am afraid the info is not ported yet...

anyway, weird someone else didn't say anything about it, because it is known for a very long time you need primary partitions with wiiflow, if i can remember correctly, it's the same for all usb loaders.

I think the fact that wiiflow recognized and played all the games I tested flawlessly just had me fooled.. And I did think about it.. But I thought only 1 partition could be primary on an HDD, now I know u can have up to 4 primary partitions. And damnit I am surprised no one here thought about it either lol

 

[Etheboss]

mm, i guess i am a bit to blame too, sorry i did not follow this problem you had..but lately i am only quickly browse trough the forums..

 

[FIX94]

I uploaded r159 of open-wiiflow-mod now as regular download file, see here:
http://code.google.com/p/open-wiiflow-mod/downloads/list
I won't update that often, most new things will still come via irc.

 

[MassiveRican]

mm, i guess i am a bit to blame too, sorry i did not follow this problem you had..but lately i am only quickly browse trough the forums..

no worries man, glad you had an open ear out there plus we all thought about what came to mind till it finally worked so that's all that matters

I uploaded r159 of open-wiiflow-mod now as regular download file, see here:
http://code.google.c.../downloads/list
I won't update that often, most new things will still come via irc.

Nice one Fix. I noticed that reverting video change from r154 in r157+ really increased the startup time again? I assume enabling the CheckWaitThread is part of how the cache is read, but what did you run into that u felt the need to enable it again. On my end things seemed to run pretty smoothly, There was an occasional dump sparingly and randomly could it be due disabling that thread?

 

[corey89]

I just started using Wiiflow to play backups of my games when I'm on a long vacation next month. I'm wondering, what is the best theme for Wiiflow according to you guys? Anyone wanna share their setup?

 

[bostonBC]

Has anyone else seen problems with parental controls in r418? I'm trying to pin down when it stopped working but I no longer get the request for the parental control PIN when running a game in WiiFlow that is higher than the Wii game rating. I am pretty sure it worked in r415. Also I updated to the latest cIOS v8b41 when I updated to r418. Does anyone know if the parental control is part of WiiFlow or of the cIOS? TIA.

 

[MassiveRican]

I just started using Wiiflow to play backups of my games when I'm on a long vacation next month. I'm wondering, what is the best theme for Wiiflow according to you guys? Anyone wanna share their setup?

As far as I know Wiiflow is still under heavy development therefore Themes right now are not recommended as they might not be up to date since so many revisions and improvements are coming out lately. What I can recommend is using abdallahterro's default.ini file and placing it in the themes folder so you can have different game views. I think you have to use r150+ build of Wiiflow Mod, r159 is available now on their google code page https://code.google.com/p/open-wiiflow-mod/downloads/list.

Has anyone else seen problems with parental controls in r418? I'm trying to pin down when it stopped working but I no longer get the request for the parental control PIN when running a game in WiiFlow that is higher than the Wii game rating. I am pretty sure it worked in r415. Also I updated to the latest cIOS v8b41 when I updated to r418. Does anyone know if the parental control is part of WiiFlow or of the cIOS? TIA.

All I can advise is that Parental Controls issues are not arising from the update to d2xv8b41 and would only be a loader issue. I cannot replicate the problem at this time but pass by the IRC and see if anyone can help you there. Maybe a new build would fix your issue.