How do I manually add boxart to wiiflow?

[Alex12win]

My post has been banned off multiple Wii hacking\modding subreddits, So I found this website so I can finally solve this almost year long quest for adding boxart offline. I can't connect my Wii to wifi, I have one of the worst ISP's in Canada, They've blocked so many websites that they think are unsafe, and don't let you connect older devices, nor enable support for them, So I've modded my Wii completely offline. But everybody else has good ISPs, So everywhere I look I can't find where do I put these cover art files I have. Where do I put them, how do I name them, and what format do they need to be in? This will be amazing if anybody can answer. Thanks

 

[PabbaShabba]

Hello there. it’s a big possibility that I’m blind but I couldn’t find much info on manually adding cover art from searching either. All I could find is, you may need to check the wiiflow.ini file in apps/Wiiflow to configure how it’s set and that you can add them in what I’d assume is the correct format using Wiibackup manager. Hope that info helps

 

[TheNintendoEnthusiast]

You have a couple ways to do this.

With WiiBackupManager on Windows you can connect it with your Wii Games Hard drive and there is an option to download boxart, covers, etc. It pulls the images from GameTDB (I highly suggest this as it does all the leg work for you)

Or you can go download the covers directly from GameTDB. https://www.gametdb.com/Wii/Downloads and https://www.gametdb.com/Main/FAQ has some good info about it. The GameTDB download link has some great alternatives for different platforms that can download covers for you as well.

The images are all PNG files and are already formatted in a way that WiiFlow and USBLoader can understand.

I suggest getting all of the covers from GameTDB as it's the source for Wii/GC Covers.

Then, it's simply finding the directory that WiiFlow is looking for covers and placing the files there. You can check where in WiiFlow Settings>Paths

If you decide to manually download covers, disc images, etc; keep in mind that you need to have the PNG files named the GAMEID of the game you want the cover to show for (EG You download a Mario Kart US Cover and disc image, each file HAS to be named RMCE01.png and placed in their respective directory)

 

[Alex12win]

You have a couple ways to do this.

With WiiBackupManager on Windows you can connect it with your Wii Games Hard drive and there is an option to download boxart, covers, etc. It pulls the images from GameTDB (I highly suggest this as it does all the leg work for you)

Or you can go download the covers directly from GameTDB. https://www.gametdb.com/Wii/Downloads and https://www.gametdb.com/Main/FAQ has some good info about it. The GameTDB download link has some great alternatives for different platforms that can download covers for you as well.

The images are all PNG files and are already formatted in a way that WiiFlow and USBLoader can understand.

I suggest getting all of the covers from GameTDB as it's the source for Wii/GC Covers.

Then, it's simply finding the directory that WiiFlow is looking for covers and placing the files there. You can check where in WiiFlow Settings>Paths

If you decide to manually download covers, disc images, etc; keep in mind that you need to have the PNG files named the GAMEID of the game you want the cover to show for (EG You download a Mario Kart US Cover and disc image, each file HAS to be named RMCE01.png and placed in their respective directory)

Thank you seo very much! I never even thought about checking in wiiflow itself, Ive just been looking through the USB drive and online! I will use WiiBackupManager, And finaly not have to stare at question marks when deciding what game to play. Thanks!

 

[Alex12win]

Hello there. it’s a big possibility that I’m blind but I couldn’t find much info on manually adding cover art from searching either. All I could find is, you may need to check the wiiflow.ini file in apps/Wiiflow to configure how it’s set and that you can add them in what I’d assume is the correct format using Wiibackup manager. Hope that info helps

Thanks, Somebody else on here said that you can see where the cover art is saved to in wiiflow settings, And going to paths. Thanks again.