Hacking Having an issue with Retroarch Wii

[Ae86Sevilla]

I am trying to use the latest build of retroarch wii from the main site through a usb flash drive. I have installed Cios for 249, 250 and 251 and when I try to boot Retroarch in the homebrew channel I get a black screen and then it boots me back out into the homebrew channel. Is there anything I'm missing? I have the folder named retroarch-wii inside my apps folder so that it can be forwarded but neither launching the forwarder or just launching the software from HBC are working, any help is appreciated on solving why I can't boot into it.

 

[RedTony]

Retroarch gave me a lot of trouble but never a straight black screen when opening.
There was recently an attack on libretro servers and I don't know if the latest wii build is operational... Try a former pre-packed build like 1.9.0. that You can find here and see if it loads.
If you get the black screen again might be an exception, e.g. it happened to me when connecting a 3rd party classic controller, make sure you try with the wiimote alone. Otherwise let me know.

 

[JuanMena]

The straight black screen is because the boot.dol doesn't work.

Rename any core to boot.dol and you should be able to load Retroarch just fine.

Sidenote: I'm using 1.9.0 Snes, Nes, Gameboy, Advance, Genesis, Turbografx, NeoGeo Pocket, Doom, NXEngine, with 1.7.5 CPS1, CPS2, Mame2000, and 1.3.6 Mame 2003, NeoGeo and CPS3 cores.

Snes9x2010 is reanamed to boot.dol

 

[Ae86Sevilla]

The straight black screen is because the boot.dol doesn't work.

Rename any core to boot.dol and you should be able to load Retroarch just fine.

Sidenote: I'm using 1.9.0 Snes, Nes, Gameboy, Advance, Genesis, Turbografx, NeoGeo Pocket, Doom, NXEngine, with 1.7.5 CPS1, CPS2, Mame2000, and 1.3.6 Mame 2003, NeoGeo and CPS3 cores.

Snes9x2010 is reanamed to boot.dol

So I tried this by making the genesis core [boot.dol] and it still wouldn't load proper, I'm still not sure why it refuses to load.

 

[JuanMena]

So I tried this by making the genesis core [boot.dol] and it still wouldn't load proper, I'm still not sure why it refuses to load.

Are you sure your boot.dol is inside a folder called retroarch and that folder inside the apps folder?

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apps -> retroarch -> boot.dol

 

[Ae86Sevilla]

Are you sure your boot.dol is inside a folder called retroarch and that folder inside the apps folder?

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apps -> retroarch -> boot.dol

yeah I changed the one in e:/apps/retroarch/

 

[JuanMena]

yeah I changed the one in e:/apps/retroarch/

Try deleting config files.

 

[RedTony]

Did you try the packed distribution I mentioned? It's faster than trying around.

You can install it in another /apps folder, i.e. retroarch-wii and you do not lose anything for trying, they will appear as different apps in HBC.

I have 2 retroarch installed, one based on 1.2.1 (better compatibility with some cores, like old FBA Neo Geo) and 1.9.0 (one of the latest, for better controller - including NGC - compatibility), plus some standalone cores based on other versions as separate apps.

 

[Ae86Sevilla]

Did you try the packed distribution I mentioned? It's faster than trying around.

You can install it in another /apps folder, i.e. retroarch-wii and you do not lose anything for trying, they will appear as different apps in HBC.

I have 2 retroarch installed, one based on 1.2.1 (better compatibility with some cores, like old FBA Neo Geo) and 1.9.0 (one of the latest, for better controller - including NGC - compatibility), plus some standalone cores based on other versions as separate apps.

I was not able to get either of them working they all still boot me out to hbc after a black screen.

 

[RedTony]

Then it's most likely a cIOS issue. Just try these three debugging steps to rule out any hardware exception (probably you already did):

1) disconnect any controllers other than the wiimote you are using to switch on the wii
2) Are both retroarch-wii and HBC in the SD card? then disconnect any USB hard disk.
3) Switch on the Wii and try to start retroarch.

If it is still giving you a black screen, could you possibly run "syscheck" in your wii and paste your response here, so we can see whether there is some missing/outdated cIOS causing the issue?

If you don't know how to do it, refer to this tutorial:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/posting-a-system-check.300279/

P.S: Do other apps work well, i.e. usb loaders, etc,?

 

[Ae86Sevilla]

Then it's most likely a cIOS issue. Just try these three debugging steps to rule out any hardware exception (probably you already did):

1) disconnect any controllers other than the wiimote you are using to switch on the wii
2) Are both retroarch-wii and HBC in the SD card? then disconnect any USB hard disk.
3) Switch on the Wii and try to start retroarch.

If it is still giving you a black screen, could you possibly run "syscheck" in your wii and paste your response here, so we can see whether there is some missing/outdated cIOS causing the issue?

P.S: Do other apps work well, i.e. usb loaders, etc,?

All my other apps worked yes, but I Finally got it working for the stupidest reason, I put the USB stick in the other slot and now it just boots perfectly.