GameCube forwarding in Wii Menu Through USBLoaderGX & Nintendont

SaulFabre · May 27, 2022

@Crumb

If you want for the forwarder channel forward through Nintendont directly and boot through the game without the need of USB Loader GX, here's another tutorial:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-...ader-for-games-skip-the-emulator-menu.520525/

Anyways, your tutorial is still nice and even a bit more understandable

Greetings

V800 · Jun 21, 2022

I've used this method to make a forwarder to SM64 Gamecube. I'd like to contribute by saying a few things:
1) It's better to use ISO over wbfs to edit the GameID. The reason is, in ISO the gameID is right at the start, while in Wbfs in somewhere in the middle.
2) If you feel intimidated by Hex editing (I do), there's a tool called Wii ISO renamer that gets the job done.
3) I followed the rest of the tutorial to the letter and it worked! It's noteworthy that the dol file CustomizeMii may be useful for launching Gamecube games from the Homebrew Launcher.

CoolMe · Jun 26, 2022

@Crumb Your Nintendont is very old. Update it within Nintendont, or manually if you can't connect to the internet.

pedro702 · Jun 27, 2022

how can someone still be using nintendont 152? jesus that thing is old and many games dont even work in that version... nintendont is up to 498 with lots of bugfixes and additions, seriously making a video tutorial with a nintendont file outdated like that ouch.

SaulFabre · Jun 27, 2022

pedro702 said:
how can someone still be using nintendont 152? jesus that thing is old and many games dont even work in that version... nintendont is up to 498 with lots of bugfixes and additions, seriously making a video tutorial with a nintendont file outdated like that ouch.

i agree.
look here at this updated tutorial: https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-...ader-for-games-skip-the-emulator-menu.520525/

Crumb · Jul 6, 2022

My Nintendon't version has been updated for a long time, don't be upset about some older footage y'all

totakeke95 · Jul 6, 2022

I've a little doubt.

The .dol extracted from the WAD of that custom forwarders thread is from an old version of Nintendont or that .dol will simply start the main .dol from the apps/nintendont folder when it starts?

CoolMe · Jul 6, 2022

totakeke95 said:
The .dol extracted from the WAD of that custom forwarders thread is from an old version of Nintendont or that .dol will simply start the main .dol from the apps/nintendont folder when it starts?

Don't extract anything, download latest Nintendont files and put them on the apps folder. Launch the forwarder and if it's working correctly it should boot to that latest version of Nintendont, see the version number & date to confirm it. If it's not, then you might need to replace the forwarder wad channel with different one.

Crumb · Jul 9, 2022

totakeke95 said:
I've a little doubt.

The .dol extracted from the WAD of that custom forwarders thread is from an old version of Nintendont or that .dol will simply start the main .dol from the apps/nintendont folder when it starts?

it should be forwarding to /apps/nintendont
as in the end the .dol used is just a usbloadergx dol which is told to boot to a gc title id

fergambo · Oct 30, 2022

Hello. Can I select "Wiiflow forwarder" in WIIGSC? It's my actual Loader for GC

Steinyamite · Nov 30, 2022

When I tried this it did not work, I am not sure what I did wrong though

V800 · Nov 30, 2022

fergambo said:
Hello. Can I select "Wiiflow forwarder" in WIIGSC? It's my actual Loader for GC

Yes, you can. Make sure you can launch Gc games directly from Wiiflow beforehand.

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Steinyamite said:
When I tried this it did not work, I am not sure what I did wrong though

Let's search for a explanation:
- Do regular wii games work via forwarder?
- Have you tried launching Gc games from usb loader/wiiflow beforehand?

If the answer to both questions is yes, odds are you're not editing correctly the Title ID. I've shared a few tips in this thread about this precise step.

DoctorIke · Dec 10, 2022

Trying to use this tutorial to create a channel that launches Super Smash Bros Melee from wii flow via sd.
Wii flow has nintendont as the default gamecube launcher- and I have confirmed that the game launches properly from the wii flow application.

I created a WAD for Melee as instructed (only changing that the forwarder is for wii flow- not usb gx) but when launching the channel, I just get a message from wii flow saying "Cannot find the game with ID:GALE01".

The game is located in sd:/games/Super Smash Bros Melee [Gale01]/game.iso
I also did go into wii flow and set sd:/games as the default location for gamecube games.
Any idea how I can get wii flow to find the game? I have confirmed the ID of the iso is properly gale01 as well.

V800 · Dec 10, 2022

Just a wild guess: Shouldn't the game ID be in capital letters? Another thing you can try is renaming the ISO using Wii iso renamer or switching to usb loader gx to rule out these possibilities.

DoctorIke · Dec 11, 2022

V800 said:
Just a wild guess: Shouldn't the game ID be in capital letters? Another thing you can try is renaming the ISO using Wii iso renamer or switching to usb loader gx to rule out these possibilities.

Unfortunately, the actual name of the game folder seems to have no bearing, I tried naming it "GALE01" which didn't seem to help.

I would use USB Loader GX, but for some reason, I cannot get Melee to run properly on a usb drive- it always crashes on "Init DI" in the nintendont boot screen. I found a fork of Nintendont online that got past that screen, but then it just loaded into an infinite black screen.

It works on SD Card, but Usb Loader GX does not support loading from SD card as far as I can tell.

Wii ISO renamer does read the game as "GALE01" (I even tried changing both the name and ID to that), and I did remember to rename my template ISO to GALE01 as well.

V800 · Dec 11, 2022

DoctorIke said:
Unfortunately, the actual name of the game folder seems to have no bearing, I tried naming it "GALE01" which didn't seem to help.

I would use USB Loader GX, but for some reason, I cannot get Melee to run properly on a usb drive- it always crashes on "Init DI" in the nintendont boot screen. I found a fork of Nintendont online that got past that screen, but then it just loaded into an infinite black screen.

It works on SD Card, but Usb Loader GX does not support loading from SD card as far as I can tell.

Wii ISO renamer does read the game as "GALE01" (I even tried changing both the name and ID to that), and I did remember to rename my template ISO to GALE01 as well.

Sometimes, when just a particular game can't be read, it's better to try to get a different iso. The original may be corrupted.

DoctorIke · Dec 11, 2022

V800 said:
Sometimes, when just a particular game can't be read, it's better to try to get a different iso. The original may be corrupted.

Tried this too. Confirmed working on my pc as well.

V800 · Dec 11, 2022

I'm at my wits end here. I suggest you to try what @SaulFabre suggested and create a single rom loader of the game. The result of the same but, instead of using Wiigsc, you make Nintendont autoboot Smash Bros Melee. He posted a tutorial right in this thread. Worth a try, I guess.

kabukijr · Jun 11, 2023

I've searched through the thread that was listed but I can't find the vc banner used in the video demonstration. Anyone have a link to the banners I'm not sure where to look.

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