Hacking WiiFlow - an open source GUI USB-Loader

[matto21]

d2x-v10-beta53-alt-vWii http://code.google.com/p/d2x-cios/downloads/list

@matto21, How exactly did you go about installing d2x? Maybe I did it wrong, though I can't see how...

d2x-v10-beta53-alt-vWii http://code.google.com/p/d2x-cios/downloads/list

 

[drakorex]

d2x-v10-beta53-alt-vWii http://code.google.com/p/d2x-cios/downloads/list
d2x-v10-beta53-alt-vWii http://code.google.com/p/d2x-cios/downloads/list

Ya, ok. So did you use the installer then?

 

[matto21]

yes
wiiflow.ini

Spoiler

[DEBUG]
sd_write_log=no
wifi_gecko=no

[DML]
always_show_button=no
current_item=
dir_usb_games=games
dm_r2.1+=yes
dml_r52+=yes
dump_list=no
last_cf_mode=3
partition=1
sort=0
source=no

[EMULATOR]
current_item=
disable=no
dump_list=no
last_cf_mode=1
partition=1
smallbox=yes
sort=0
source=yes

[FANART]
enable_fanart=yes

[GAMERCARD]
dutag_key=
dutag_url=http://tag.darkumbra.net/{KEY}.update={ID6}
gamercards=wiinnertag|dutag
gamercards_enable=no
wiinnertag_key=
wiinnertag_url=http://www.wiinnertag.com/wiinnertag_scripts/update_sign.php?key={KEY}&game_id={ID6}

[GAMES]
cheat=no
current_item=RMHP08
dump_list=no
last_cf_mode=9
partition=1
save_emulation=1
savepartition=1
savepath=/nand/
show_full_banner=no
sort=0
source=yes

[GENERAL]
age_lock=0
allow_texture_compression=yes
async_network=no
b_lr_mode=no
banner_in_settings=yes
box_mode=yes
category_on_start=no
compress_cache=no
country_patch=no
cover_buffer=20
cover_prio=0
cover_use_hq=no
data_on_usb=yes
dir_banner_cache=usb1:/wiiflow/cache/banners
dir_box_covers=usb1:/wiiflow/boxcovers
dir_cache=usb1:/wiiflow/cache
dir_cheat=usb1:/wiiflow/codes/gct
dir_custom_banners=usb1:/wiiflow/custom_banners
dir_fanart=usb1:/wiiflow/fanart
dir_flat_covers=usb1:/wiiflow/covers
dir_help=usb1:/wiiflow/help
dir_languages=usb1:/wiiflow/languages
dir_list_cache=usb1:/wiiflow/cache/lists
dir_music=usb1:/wiiflow/music
dir_plugins=usb1:/wiiflow/plugins
dir_screenshot=usb1:/wiiflow/screenshots
dir_settings=usb1:/wiiflow/settings
dir_source=usb1:/wiiflow/source_menu
dir_themes=usb1:/wiiflow/themes
dir_trailers=usb1:/wiiflow/trailers
dir_txtcheat=usb1:/wiiflow/codes
dir_wip=usb1:/wiiflow/codes/wip
display_music_info=yes
dpad_mode=no
exit_to=0
force_cios_load=yes
force_cios_rev=249
game_language=0
hidechannel=no
hideviews=no
ini_rev=883
keep_png=yes
language=13
max_fsaa=3
music_fade_rate=8
parent_code=
randomize_music=yes
returnto=DWFA
rumble=yes
save_favorites_mode=no
sound_volume_bnr=255
sound_volume_coverflow=255
sound_volume_gui=255
sound_volume_music=255
startup_menu=no
theme=Carbonik Abz
tv_height=480
tv_width=640
tv_x=0
tv_y=0
update_cache=no
use_grab=no
video_mode=2
vipatch=no
wii_games_dir=%s:/wbfs
wiimote_gestures=no

[HOMEBREW]
disable=no
parental=no
source=no

[NAND]
current_item=
disable=no
dump_list=no
last_cf_mode=6
partition=1
path=/nand/
real_nand_config=no
real_nand_miis=no
sort=0
source=yes

[PLUGIN]
4445534d=yes
46434555=yes
4d45444e=yes
4d504345=no
53454741=yes
534e4553=yes
56424158=yes
57493634=yes
5749535=no
57495358=yes

[PLUGINS/PARTITION]
46434555=1
4d45444e=1
4d504345=1
53454741=1
534e4553=1
56424158=1
57493634=1
57495358=1

sysCheck

Spoiler

sysCheck v2.1.0b18(MOD_LULZ) by Double_A and R2-D2199
...appoggiato all'IOS58 (v. 6432).

Regione: sconosciuto


Data unita': 28.06.2011
Canale Homebrew 1.1.2 appoggiato all'IOS58
Hollywood v0x21
ID console: xxxxxxx
Boot2 v0
Trovati 53 giochi.
Trovati 33 IOS in questa console. 0 di questi sono stub.

IOS9 (rev 1290): Non patchato
IOS12 (rev 782): Non patchato
IOS13 (rev 1288): Non patchato
IOS14 (rev 1288): Non patchato
IOS15 (rev 1288): Non patchato
IOS17 (rev 1288): Non patchato
IOS21 (rev 1295): Non patchato
IOS22 (rev 1550): Non patchato
IOS28 (rev 2063): Non patchato
IOS31 (rev 3864): Non patchato
IOS33 (rev 3864): Non patchato
IOS34 (rev 3864): Non patchato
IOS35 (rev 3864): Non patchato
IOS36 (rev 3864): Non patchato
IOS37 (rev 5919): Non patchato
IOS38 (rev 4380): Non patchato
IOS41 (rev 3863): Non patchato
IOS43 (rev 3863): Non patchato
IOS45 (rev 3863): Non patchato
IOS46 (rev 3863): Non patchato
IOS48 (rev 4380): Non patchato
IOS53 (rev 5919): Non patchato
IOS55 (rev 5919): Non patchato
IOS56 (rev 5918): Non patchato
IOS57 (rev 6175): Non patchato
IOS58 (rev 6432): USB 2.0
IOS59 (rev 7201): Non patchato
IOS62 (rev 6430): Non patchato
IOS80 (rev 7200): Non patchato
IOS236 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, Identificazione ES, Accesso NAND
IOS1768489209[56] (rev 21010, Info: d2x-v10beta53-alt-vWii): Trucha Bug, Identificazione ES, Accesso
IOS1768489210[57] (rev 21010, Info: d2x-v10beta53-alt-vWii): Trucha Bug, Identificazione ES, Accesso
IOS1768489211[58] (rev 21010, Info: d2x-v10beta53-alt-vWii): Trucha Bug, Identificazione ES, Accesso NAND
NAND
Rapporto generato il 17.02.2013.

 

[Tetsuo Shima]

I've set up source menu with my emulators.
However I've got some problems:
1- In the source menu when I enter GBA roms (I use the vba next plugin) and go back to source menu the GBA icon turns into a star. Pushing B on it turns it back to the GBA icon.
It doesn't happen with the other plugins.
2- After adding many emu covers, some of my wii covers are now missing (they were all present before). If I try to redownload 'em I get "out of memory". Could it be that I've them on the SD card? Or is Wiitdb related?
3- I can't set different scales for emu cover boxes (ie. square boxes for Gb/Gbc, rectangular ones for Genesis and so on). When I ghange cover scales within an emulator, it affects covers on all the others except for Wii games.
4- I use Retroarch plugins for Genesis, Snes, nes, Gb/Gbc. My roms are mostly in .zip extensions, but after I launch a game and return back to wiiflow I get two copies of that game (the zipped rom and the extracted one). Solution is to not use zips at all and to
extract all of them, so not a big deal.
5- I'd like to use the fba plugin instad of separate fb cps1, fb cps2 and fb neo, but I can't find it anywhere. I noticed that in the Source Menu reference table in Wiiflowiki 4 there is a magic number for fb_alpha but it is not present in my plugins (I downloaded the latest plugin pack)

 

[VashTS]

can anyone tell me how i can add full homebrew covers? what do i name the jpg? i know it will go in boxcovers at least right?

BAAHHH, i should have just tried. it works fine, just in case someone wants to know.

just put the HQ file in the wiiflow/boxcovers folder with the exact name of the folder containing the app. if its for apps/savegame_manager_gx, then your file is savegame_manager_gx.png

OH CRAP and i found a bug. i updated my wiiflow to r883. it some issues so i deleted old ini and made it fresh. i booted wiiflow, changed the settings how i normally have them, went to PC, added nand emu paths and such. when i come back to wiiflow, i lost access to gamecube.

the nand emu was not working, and it would not even display real nand, just the bottom row had settings button and emulators button, everything else was blank. i pressed B on emulators and wiiflow asked to disable or select partition.

when i went back to PC with it, it seems the p in the path= was removed from my initial edit, then replaced by the wiiflow default path. once changed all is well. very weird. i can try to recreate if it helps, but this is the 2nd time it occurred, once on my bedroom wii and once on the main wii just now.

 

[drakorex]

yes
wiiflow.ini

Spoiler

[DEBUG]
sd_write_log=no
wifi_gecko=no

[DML]
always_show_button=no
current_item=
dir_usb_games=games
dm_r2.1+=yes
dml_r52+=yes
dump_list=no
last_cf_mode=3
partition=1
sort=0
source=no

[EMULATOR]
current_item=
disable=no
dump_list=no
last_cf_mode=1
partition=1
smallbox=yes
sort=0
source=yes

[FANART]
enable_fanart=yes

[GAMERCARD]
dutag_key=
dutag_url=http://tag.darkumbra.net/{KEY}.update={ID6}
gamercards=wiinnertag|dutag
gamercards_enable=no
wiinnertag_key=
wiinnertag_url=http://www.wiinnertag.com/wiinnertag_scripts/update_sign.php?key={KEY}&game_id={ID6}

[GAMES]
cheat=no
current_item=RMHP08
dump_list=no
last_cf_mode=9
partition=1
save_emulation=1
savepartition=1
savepath=/nand/
show_full_banner=no
sort=0
source=yes

[GENERAL]
age_lock=0
allow_texture_compression=yes
async_network=no
b_lr_mode=no
banner_in_settings=yes
box_mode=yes
category_on_start=no
compress_cache=no
country_patch=no
cover_buffer=20
cover_prio=0
cover_use_hq=no
data_on_usb=yes
dir_banner_cache=usb1:/wiiflow/cache/banners
dir_box_covers=usb1:/wiiflow/boxcovers
dir_cache=usb1:/wiiflow/cache
dir_cheat=usb1:/wiiflow/codes/gct
dir_custom_banners=usb1:/wiiflow/custom_banners
dir_fanart=usb1:/wiiflow/fanart
dir_flat_covers=usb1:/wiiflow/covers
dir_help=usb1:/wiiflow/help
dir_languages=usb1:/wiiflow/languages
dir_list_cache=usb1:/wiiflow/cache/lists
dir_music=usb1:/wiiflow/music
dir_plugins=usb1:/wiiflow/plugins
dir_screenshot=usb1:/wiiflow/screenshots
dir_settings=usb1:/wiiflow/settings
dir_source=usb1:/wiiflow/source_menu
dir_themes=usb1:/wiiflow/themes
dir_trailers=usb1:/wiiflow/trailers
dir_txtcheat=usb1:/wiiflow/codes
dir_wip=usb1:/wiiflow/codes/wip
display_music_info=yes
dpad_mode=no
exit_to=0
force_cios_load=yes
force_cios_rev=249
game_language=0
hidechannel=no
hideviews=no
ini_rev=883
keep_png=yes
language=13
max_fsaa=3
music_fade_rate=8
parent_code=
randomize_music=yes
returnto=DWFA
rumble=yes
save_favorites_mode=no
sound_volume_bnr=255
sound_volume_coverflow=255
sound_volume_gui=255
sound_volume_music=255
startup_menu=no
theme=Carbonik Abz
tv_height=480
tv_width=640
tv_x=0
tv_y=0
update_cache=no
use_grab=no
video_mode=2
vipatch=no
wii_games_dir=%s:/wbfs
wiimote_gestures=no

[HOMEBREW]
disable=no
parental=no
source=no

[NAND]
current_item=
disable=no
dump_list=no
last_cf_mode=6
partition=1
path=/nand/
real_nand_config=no
real_nand_miis=no
sort=0
source=yes

[PLUGIN]
4445534d=yes
46434555=yes
4d45444e=yes
4d504345=no
53454741=yes
534e4553=yes
56424158=yes
57493634=yes
5749535=no
57495358=yes

[PLUGINS/PARTITION]
46434555=1
4d45444e=1
4d504345=1
53454741=1
534e4553=1
56424158=1
57493634=1
57495358=1

sysCheck

Spoiler

sysCheck v2.1.0b18(MOD_LULZ) by Double_A and R2-D2199
...appoggiato all'IOS58 (v. 6432).

Regione: sconosciuto


Data unita': 28.06.2011
Canale Homebrew 1.1.2 appoggiato all'IOS58
Hollywood v0x21
ID console: xxxxxxx
Boot2 v0
Trovati 53 giochi.
Trovati 33 IOS in questa console. 0 di questi sono stub.

IOS9 (rev 1290): Non patchato
IOS12 (rev 782): Non patchato
IOS13 (rev 1288): Non patchato
IOS14 (rev 1288): Non patchato
IOS15 (rev 1288): Non patchato
IOS17 (rev 1288): Non patchato
IOS21 (rev 1295): Non patchato
IOS22 (rev 1550): Non patchato
IOS28 (rev 2063): Non patchato
IOS31 (rev 3864): Non patchato
IOS33 (rev 3864): Non patchato
IOS34 (rev 3864): Non patchato
IOS35 (rev 3864): Non patchato
IOS36 (rev 3864): Non patchato
IOS37 (rev 5919): Non patchato
IOS38 (rev 4380): Non patchato
IOS41 (rev 3863): Non patchato
IOS43 (rev 3863): Non patchato
IOS45 (rev 3863): Non patchato
IOS46 (rev 3863): Non patchato
IOS48 (rev 4380): Non patchato
IOS53 (rev 5919): Non patchato
IOS55 (rev 5919): Non patchato
IOS56 (rev 5918): Non patchato
IOS57 (rev 6175): Non patchato
IOS58 (rev 6432): USB 2.0
IOS59 (rev 7201): Non patchato
IOS62 (rev 6430): Non patchato
IOS80 (rev 7200): Non patchato
IOS236 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, Identificazione ES, Accesso NAND
IOS1768489209[56] (rev 21010, Info: d2x-v10beta53-alt-vWii): Trucha Bug, Identificazione ES, Accesso
IOS1768489210[57] (rev 21010, Info: d2x-v10beta53-alt-vWii): Trucha Bug, Identificazione ES, Accesso
IOS1768489211[58] (rev 21010, Info: d2x-v10beta53-alt-vWii): Trucha Bug, Identificazione ES, Accesso NAND
NAND
Rapporto generato il 17.02.2013.

It just doesn't make sense. I used the installer and keep getting the same result.

 

[Dustinblack18]

Can I use wiiflow to load super smash bros Melee with AR codes? If so, how do I do it?

 

[matto21]

It just doesn't make sense. I used the installer and keep getting the same result.

ID game RMHP08
I do not know what to say
here the games work well
Also in emunand
only the latest versions does not return to wiiflow

 

[FIX94]

Has there been a change to libraries or am I doing something really stupid? Clean install each time.

Sounds like something is wrong with your installed IOS, may reinstall IOS58... oh yea and I changed the IOS patching system slighly, thats why it may doesnt work for you atm

 

[drakorex]

ID game RMHP08
I do not know what to say
here the games work well
Also in emunand
only the latest versions does not return to wiiflow

I don't think it's the game region. When I install it the way I'm "supposed" to, NO games launch under either ios. Guess I'll have to make a vid, syscheck, etc...

 

[bostonBC]

just fixed the coverflow caching issue, r883 here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zr5dl8r5r2o3j2c

Hi Fix94 - r883 does make it a lot better but I am still seeing he coverflow SD card loading image from time to time.

Here is the sequence to get it to fail every time...

Start WiiFlow, press B on star to show Categories. Select a Category, click Back. Press the right arrow on Wiimote to scroll over a few pages or press the B on the Wiimote and click the page right/left button a few times until the screen shows the SD card loading. System will hang when you go back to categories and change the category.

 

[kineticUk]

I've a small request pls if its ok

Would it be possible to add an option to use "external" emulator cores as well as the custom ones that plug in? Those with (argument) support that are installed in /apps or elsewhere on sd/usb.

Could wiiflow also somehow support loading zipped files if kept in seperate folders and providing wiiflow the paths etc, so loading the appropriate core? (give wiiflow the paths to the retroarch core and/or folders of .zips associated with a specific core/system etc)

Hope something like this is possible for future..

 

[iancer]

I've set up source menu with my emulators.
However I've got some problems:
1- In the source menu when I enter GBA roms (I use the vba next plugin) and go back to source menu the GBA icon turns into a star. Pushing B on it turns it back to the GBA icon.
It doesn't happen with the other plugins.

i had the same prob starting with rev 880, the source menu icon pngs are CASE sensitive now, so double check your source_menu.ini
@ least thats how i fixt it 4 me

 

[kyle007]

Small bug report, not a huge deal really. Using v10 of d2x, if set to force load cios 249 games that use a clock are not right. I threw animal crossing on, every boot it said it was February 1st 2000. Switching force load cios to off, letting wiiflow boot with 58 and reload to 249, the time was then correct. Just thought I'd share my findings

 

[brendy03]

Since 4.1 I'm finding the video mode of Progressive not longer works. I have to set NTSC, then all plays OK, but of course I no longer get 480 video. With Progressive all I get is a black screen. Progressive mode has worked for the previous couple of years no problem. Any ideas anyone?

 

[Tetsuo Shima]

i had the same prob starting with rev 880, the source menu icon pngs are CASE sensitive now, so double check your source_menu.ini
@ least thats how i fixt it 4 me

It worked for me too, thanks.
Also, I fixed those other 2 issues:

1- After adding many emu covers, some of my wii covers are now missing (they were all present before). If I try to redownload 'em I get "out of memory". Could it be that I've them on the SD card? Or is Wiitdb related?
2- I can't set different scales for emu cover boxes (ie. square boxes for Gb/Gbc, rectangular ones for Genesis and so on). When I ghange cover scales within an emulator, it affects covers on all the others except for Wii games.

1- solved moving wiiflow From SD to USB partition.
2- I didn't know that I could set different values of the emuflow string in source_menu.ini

 

[matto21]

I don't think it's the game region. When I install it the way I'm "supposed" to, NO games launch under either ios. Guess I'll have to make a vid, syscheck, etc...

r883 vWii
to return to wiiflow with vWii remove from wiiflow.ini
force_cios_load = yes
force_cios_rev = 249
ln
force_cios_load = no
force_cios_rev = 0
excuse the quality, made ​​with mobile phone

 

[Dustinblack18]

Alright I think I should be more specific about my problem. At this point, I got Wiiflow to work perfectly loading Melee from the USB, but I can't get Action Replay codes to work with it at all. I made sure Ocarina was on in the settings, and converted my AR codes to ocarina and made them .gct. I'm not perfectly sure where to put them, so I put them in a bunch of places, including SD:/codes/GALE01.gct (GALE01 being the game ID for melee) USB:/codes/GALE01.gct, I put them in the USB folder I have Melee in, and I put them in the Wiiflow codes folder. None of them seemed to work however. I'm not sure if I'm missing something obvious, or just doing something wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[ToddofWar420]

Alright I think I should be more specific about my problem. At this point, I got Wiiflow to work perfectly loading Melee from the USB, but I can't get Action Replay codes to work with it at all. I made sure Ocarina was on in the settings, and converted my AR codes to ocarina and made them .gct. I'm not perfectly sure where to put them, so I put them in a bunch of places, including SD:/codes/GALE01.gct (GALE01 being the game ID for melee) USB:/codes/GALE01.gct, I put them in the USB folder I have Melee in, and I put them in the Wiiflow codes folder. None of them seemed to work however. I'm not sure if I'm missing something obvious, or just doing something wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

Did you change your hooktype to VBI?

 

[Dustinblack18]

It turns out I've made less progress than I thought. Trying to load it off the USB was not working, it was getting to a certain point very slowly and then freezing. I decided to try to load it off the SD card, so I got DML up and running. I have the iso I want under sd:/games/Super Smash Bros Melee[GALE01]/game.iso, but when I got to Wiiflow and go to the gamecube thing, it says it hasn't found any games and it gives me the option to install a game. I'm not sure what to do right now. Also, ToddofWar, how do I change the hooktype? I definitely didn't do that.