Hacking Best Way to Mod Any Wii: ModMii for Windows: Official Support Thread

[jay_nunya]

Quick question: when saving my game let’s say smw (snes) while using the wiiflow plug-in (snes9gx) But when I come back to play there is no save files. Where does wiiflow save the retro game saves? Or is there a way for me to change its directory of where it saves? I know when you use the standalone emulator it goes to there individual save folder but that doesn’t appear to be the case? Any information or help is appreciated

 

[cowboy99]

Hey XFlak, just wanted to say that Microsoft Edge is saying that both the installer and the portable version couldn't download the file because it "had a virus".

 

[jay_nunya]

Quick question: when saving my game let’s say smw (snes) while using the wiiflow plug-in (snes9gx) But when I come back to play there is no save files. Where does wiiflow save the retro game saves? Or is there a way for me to change its path directory of where it saves? I know when you use the standalone emulator it goes to there individual save folder but that doesn’t appear to be the case. Prior to this set up no issue with game saves. Any information or help is appreciated

 

[Blythe93]

Hey XFlak, just wanted to say that Microsoft Edge is saying that both the installer and the portable version couldn't download the file because it "had a virus".

He mentioned on his website that it's a false-positive and I doubt that he can do anything about it. It's perfectly fine to use it, I personally had no issues whatsoever and I've been using for a few years to fix / hack some of the broken / outdated Wiis I've bought over time.

 

[XFlak]

Bottom of first post updated with a couple more known bugs (harmless)

edit: ModMii will now automatically repair issues 2 & 3 when it checks for updates

 

[raxadian]

ModMii will now automatically repair issues 2 & 3 when it checks for updates

That's neat.

Currently not using my Wii due to summer heat however.

 

[erazin]

This tool is freaking awesome. Thank you for all the work you put into this

 

[Maeson]

I tried out of curiosity to put my syscheck and Modmii suggest to install a bunch of IOS that I've never dealed with.

11,20,30,31,36,40,50,52,60,62,70, 80 and some stub IOS as well.

Is it really necessary? I've been using the system perfectly fine. Looking around for example, IOS11 was used only for System Menu 2.0 and 2.1, or IOS20 is only for 2.2.

What advantage would doing any of this bring?

 

[XFlak]

Disable modmii's extra brick protection option and feed your syscheck to it again

Those are there to protect against user error and accidental downgrades or upgrades that would normally cause brick. Modmii's system menu ios's use shared content so having it in multiple slots won't take up a lot of storage space

Stub ios's will just help u clean out other stuff that u don't need, u can skip it if u want.

Building stubs is fast and doesn't take up a bunch of space. And modmii's system menu ios are all based on the same system menu ios (ios60) so it just needs to download ios60 once in order to build all those extra protection system menu ios's.

 

[echoloc8]

New user here, having some while-using-the-modded-stuff trouble.

Wii Menu v4.3U, ModMii 7.0.2.

Used LetterBomb to hack, using a 64 GB SD card and a 256 GB SSD for storage. Mainly trying to make use of USB Loader GX and Nintendont.

So far, BootMii, PriiLoader, Homebrew Channel and USB Loader GX all will run, and I can even show backups in the USBLGX list with fancy box art. But then the issues start.

1. Navigation *out* of any mod-related app (HBC, Priiloader, YAWMM, USBLGX, etc.), back to either the Wii UI (System menu?) or the Homebrew Channel when available, results in a black screen with green Wii power light, requiring a power cycle of the console. My n00b sense is telling me it's a forwarder problem, but I honestly don't know where to look. I've tried most of the Priiloader Autoboot and Return To settings to no avail.

2. Sort of an app question, but sort of a ModMii one: the Wii titles will load in USBLGX, but the Gamecube ones won't. I can generally run GC titles in Nintendont just fine, but trying to run them in USBLGX first complaints about the location of the Nintendont .dol file, then when I fix it to see the one on the SD card, running any of them results in a black screen and green power light scenario. Seems like something ModMii did didn't quite work out for GC titles, or might possibly be related to the navigation lockup in issue 1 above.

Any help? Thanks for indulging a n00b with good intentions.

Guide (I picked the Your Chosen Options section because as a new member I don't have permissions to post much more complex info, seems like; please let me know what other info I can post to be helpful!):

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ModMii Wizard Guidev7.0.2 DB:24.02.23 Generated on Thu 04/04/2024 - 21:21

Your chosen options

1. This guide was generated using the following parameters:
   • Install and\or update only user-selected softmods
   • Current System Menu is 4.3U
   • Desired System Menu is 4.3U
   • Install and\or update the Homebrew Channel and Bootmii
   • Install recommended cIOSs
   • Install and\or update Priiloader
   • Do not update active IOSs (can be enabled in options)
   • Do not install a cMIOS (can be enabled in options)
   • Do not install Hermes cIOSs (can be enabled in options)
   • Install a USB-Loader Forwarder Channel (can be disabled in options)
   • Install Extra Brick Protection (patched IOS60 in unused system menu IOS slots) (can be disabled in options)
   • Install Photo Channel
   • Install Internet Channel
   • Install Mii Channel
   • Install Shopping Channel (and IOS56)
   • Download USB-Loader GX
   • USB-Loader Settings and config files saved to USB Hard Drive

 

[XFlak]

Do u have any peripherals connected to the device (other than sd or usb)? Try removing them. If u have the hbc installed and it blackscreens when exiting something strange is going on, likely having nothing to do with the softmod process since there aren't a lot moving pieces for the hbc to operate properly.

What are your priiloader return to autoboot settings set to now?

Can u post a syscheck? https://gbatemp.net/threads/posting-a-system-check.300279/

 

[echoloc8]

Do u have any peripherals connected to the device (other than sd or usb)? Try removing them. If u have the hbc installed and it blackscreens when exiting something strange is going on, likely having nothing to do with the softmod process since there aren't a lot moving pieces for the hbc to operate properly.

What are your priiloader return to autoboot settings set to now?

Can u post a syscheck? (I can't post or repost links yet)

Thanks for answering!

The only peripheral I have attached other than SD, HDD and (stock) sensor bar is an HDMI dongle.

In Priiloader my Autoboot is set to System Menu and Return To is set to Autoboot, but I've experimented with lots of options for those with little effect I could tell.

Thanks for the link to Syscheck! Here's mine:

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IOS257 base hash:
2a 8b 5c 61, 5a 72 12 16, 2d 93 fd d3, 5b 5d c7 28, ea 4e c2 42

IOS256 base hash:
13 e3 c6 06, f7 17 eb 3c, ac 5b 06 9a, 36 55 44 52, f0 9f 85 99

IOS62 base hash:
fd ec 3a 1e, 78 06 60 7d, ef d3 eb ae, 08 5a 07 4b, 72 2a 91 5d

IOS61 base hash:
b3 49 36 e7, 5f de 34 48, 4f a9 1a 5a, 49 62 6e 6a, c7 b6 7e 81

IOS58 base hash:
36 32 55 b4, 14 5b 27 94, 53 b6 17 d0, a7 c4 ff 4a, af 65 68 6a

IOS57 base hash:
7c 4d 32 12, 3e ae 92 93, 9b 71 03 c2, 92 f8 15 f5, c3 48 7e 83

IOS56 base hash:
4d 66 3a 6f, 60 9e 22 f5, 72 26 9e 2e, 72 31 e8 9b, cc 0f e9 07

IOS55 base hash:
e2 70 ed 04, 64 6b fb c4, b9 a2 a4 63, 25 2e b7 af, a7 3a 32 bb

IOS53 base hash:
1e 9d b0 86, c6 4d d0 8d, 13 f4 e3 92, ab 7b f4 dd, 0e ca 17 46

IOS48 base hash:
67 89 94 8e, 33 79 39 54, 58 ae c1 49, f1 fe 5a da, ae a6 8b 31

IOS46 base hash:
9b 57 af 9a, 72 bf 04 c1, cd ef 04 81, bb f3 06 6a, ce a9 91 26

IOS45 base hash:
14 d8 ab c3, d9 f6 ab 4b, 31 39 58 7f, 17 28 20 75, 11 fd 96 38

IOS43 base hash:
60 ac 10 92, f2 70 d1 d1, 16 a7 ff 6a, dd 8e d2 0c, be 0f 36 9b

IOS41 base hash:
25 cd 31 90, fe 11 70 55, ab c4 ad 4a, de d2 28 94, 2b bb 84 0f

IOS38 base hash:
12 1a 3b b5, ad 91 77 62, 96 b4 37 38, ba 77 2f e3, 03 8b d4 e7

IOS37 base hash:
7d 87 15 ef, ef 93 78 d6, 56 13 f5 ec, 5d ab c7 f9, e3 c6 47 2b

IOS36 base hash:
55 8f b8 66, 92 92 8b 22, 53 d9 93 fd, 4d 17 31 d1, bc 57 54 47

IOS35 base hash:
60 9c 2c b3, 44 de 9e a7, cc ae 48 07, 5a 16 5f c4, 66 2b 6c 3b

IOS34 base hash:
62 60 18 63, ea 04 1d 43, e5 ee 04 7d, 06 6b 2d ff, 24 13 cc ab

IOS33 base hash:
e2 0a 3d a7, 30 3c 5b 39, 0f 89 de 27, 24 41 03 4e, 67 75 9e 3a

IOS31 base hash:
b0 21 51 e0, 0b 32 4e 25, 85 de 0c c2, 77 07 9f 73, c1 eb 44 a1

IOS28 base hash:
21 57 7a c6, 65 4c 47 10, 0d 67 cb 03, a4 44 4e 2e, fe 71 1d 29

IOS22 base hash:
54 14 df d3, 49 10 48 e3, b4 03 c5 ab, c7 5a df 17, fc 18 65 e0

IOS21 base hash:
80 ab e8 9d, 4b af 0a 95, dd c6 7c 32, 60 33 0f a3, 8a 92 8c 14

IOS17 base hash:
73 6f d6 2f, db 45 55 8b, 4c 9e 6d 37, b3 57 66 d7, e8 16 4d 20

IOS15 base hash:
5e 40 65 67, 79 a7 93 ab, 71 8b be 19, 4a fb 04 ae, c5 a2 3e be

IOS14 base hash:
b4 5d 44 1d, 0f e5 8e ea, c0 87 14 91, 39 95 d6 2d, d0 6f 0f bd

IOS13 base hash:
9e 19 ba 2b, b1 fa 36 14, cf a4 ae 56, 3e ac 58 b5, 73 31 3f 21

IOS12 base hash:
5c a9 08 6c, 3e 1b e7 78, 22 9d ff f3, 1c bb 08 71, fa 50 01 11

IOS9 base hash:
a2 a2 09 0d, db a5 d3 99, db 15 55 af, 44 36 ba 34, d7 d2 4c 36

 

[impeeza]

Thanks for answering!

The only peripheral I have attached other than SD, HDD and (stock) sensor bar is an HDMI dongle.

In Priiloader my Autoboot is set to System Menu and Return To is set to Autoboot, but I've experimented with lots of options for those with little effect I could tell.

Thanks for the link to Syscheck! Here's mine:

Spoiler

IOS257 base hash:
2a 8b 5c 61, 5a 72 12 16, 2d 93 fd d3, 5b 5d c7 28, ea 4e c2 42

IOS256 base hash:
13 e3 c6 06, f7 17 eb 3c, ac 5b 06 9a, 36 55 44 52, f0 9f 85 99

IOS62 base hash:
fd ec 3a 1e, 78 06 60 7d, ef d3 eb ae, 08 5a 07 4b, 72 2a 91 5d

IOS61 base hash:
b3 49 36 e7, 5f de 34 48, 4f a9 1a 5a, 49 62 6e 6a, c7 b6 7e 81

IOS58 base hash:
36 32 55 b4, 14 5b 27 94, 53 b6 17 d0, a7 c4 ff 4a, af 65 68 6a

IOS57 base hash:
7c 4d 32 12, 3e ae 92 93, 9b 71 03 c2, 92 f8 15 f5, c3 48 7e 83

IOS56 base hash:
4d 66 3a 6f, 60 9e 22 f5, 72 26 9e 2e, 72 31 e8 9b, cc 0f e9 07

IOS55 base hash:
e2 70 ed 04, 64 6b fb c4, b9 a2 a4 63, 25 2e b7 af, a7 3a 32 bb

IOS53 base hash:
1e 9d b0 86, c6 4d d0 8d, 13 f4 e3 92, ab 7b f4 dd, 0e ca 17 46

IOS48 base hash:
67 89 94 8e, 33 79 39 54, 58 ae c1 49, f1 fe 5a da, ae a6 8b 31

IOS46 base hash:
9b 57 af 9a, 72 bf 04 c1, cd ef 04 81, bb f3 06 6a, ce a9 91 26

IOS45 base hash:
14 d8 ab c3, d9 f6 ab 4b, 31 39 58 7f, 17 28 20 75, 11 fd 96 38

IOS43 base hash:
60 ac 10 92, f2 70 d1 d1, 16 a7 ff 6a, dd 8e d2 0c, be 0f 36 9b

IOS41 base hash:
25 cd 31 90, fe 11 70 55, ab c4 ad 4a, de d2 28 94, 2b bb 84 0f

IOS38 base hash:
12 1a 3b b5, ad 91 77 62, 96 b4 37 38, ba 77 2f e3, 03 8b d4 e7

IOS37 base hash:
7d 87 15 ef, ef 93 78 d6, 56 13 f5 ec, 5d ab c7 f9, e3 c6 47 2b

IOS36 base hash:
55 8f b8 66, 92 92 8b 22, 53 d9 93 fd, 4d 17 31 d1, bc 57 54 47

IOS35 base hash:
60 9c 2c b3, 44 de 9e a7, cc ae 48 07, 5a 16 5f c4, 66 2b 6c 3b

IOS34 base hash:
62 60 18 63, ea 04 1d 43, e5 ee 04 7d, 06 6b 2d ff, 24 13 cc ab

IOS33 base hash:
e2 0a 3d a7, 30 3c 5b 39, 0f 89 de 27, 24 41 03 4e, 67 75 9e 3a

IOS31 base hash:
b0 21 51 e0, 0b 32 4e 25, 85 de 0c c2, 77 07 9f 73, c1 eb 44 a1

IOS28 base hash:
21 57 7a c6, 65 4c 47 10, 0d 67 cb 03, a4 44 4e 2e, fe 71 1d 29

IOS22 base hash:
54 14 df d3, 49 10 48 e3, b4 03 c5 ab, c7 5a df 17, fc 18 65 e0

IOS21 base hash:
80 ab e8 9d, 4b af 0a 95, dd c6 7c 32, 60 33 0f a3, 8a 92 8c 14

IOS17 base hash:
73 6f d6 2f, db 45 55 8b, 4c 9e 6d 37, b3 57 66 d7, e8 16 4d 20

IOS15 base hash:
5e 40 65 67, 79 a7 93 ab, 71 8b be 19, 4a fb 04 ae, c5 a2 3e be

IOS14 base hash:
b4 5d 44 1d, 0f e5 8e ea, c0 87 14 91, 39 95 d6 2d, d0 6f 0f bd

IOS13 base hash:
9e 19 ba 2b, b1 fa 36 14, cf a4 ae 56, 3e ac 58 b5, 73 31 3f 21

IOS12 base hash:
5c a9 08 6c, 3e 1b e7 78, 22 9d ff f3, 1c bb 08 71, fa 50 01 11

IOS9 base hash:
a2 a2 09 0d, db a5 d3 99, db 15 55 af, 44 36 ba 34, d7 d2 4c 36

that's the syscheck.log, not the syscheck.csv

 

[echoloc8]

that's the syscheck.log, not the syscheck.csv

Well, that's embarrassing. Here's that CSV!

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SysCheck ME v2.5.0 by blackb0x, JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199 and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 09.07.2006
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 43712092
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v4
Found 88 titles.
Found 48 IOS on this console. 6 of them are stubs.

IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS80[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS222 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS223 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS248[38] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS249[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 04/06/2024.

 

[XFlak]

Syscheck looks good. I'm not sure what the cause of this is. I'm not even sure if it's software related, but if it is, restoring a virgin ohneschwanzenegger generated nand.bin might resolve it, or possibly even reinstalling some system files by "region changing" to your current region. If u don't have bootmii boot2 it carries a bit of risk, but not a huge amount, and u may find yourself back in the same situation anyway

 

[raxadian]

Alternatively try a different sd card or backup and format the SD Card to FAT32 the right way.

Cheap SD cards may cause problems after using them for a while.

 

[echoloc8]

Syscheck looks good. I'm not sure what the cause of this is. I'm not even sure if it's software related, but if it is, restoring a virgin ohneschwanzenegger generated nand.bin might resolve it, or possibly even reinstalling some system files by "region changing" to your current region. If u don't have bootmii boot2 it carries a bit of risk, but not a huge amount, and u may find yourself back in the same situation anyway

Ohneschwanzenegger? That's pretty dang funny. :-D Guess I've got some research to do. Ditto for region changing. Could disabling the "Region Free EVERYTHING" Priiloader hack have any effect here? Guessing not, but hey, I'm a n00b. I'll try it.

If it's not software related, would could the hardware cause be? Something as low level as bad capacitors?

Post automatically merged: Apr 7, 2024

Alternatively try a different sd card or backup and format the SD Card to FAT32 the right way.

Cheap SD cards may cause problems after using them for a while.

The SD card is new, Sandisk, bought for the purpose, and reformatted to FAT32, as is the HDD.

Post automatically merged: Apr 7, 2024

Fixed!

I moved all my stuff over from the HDD to the SD card, trued up all the paths for USB Loader GX, and now everything (everything!) is working swimmingly. Clearly my problem was the HDD. I'll have a look at the HDD compatibility list before I grab another, but in the meantime my 64 GB SD card seems to be working wonderfully. In game , exit from game, Wii, Gamecube, it's all just working now. Just have to see whether there's a good way to get rid of the "Press A to go to SD Card Mode" prompt at the start of USB Loader GX; I'm sure I'll find it.

Thanks for your patience with me!

 

[Mokkwai]

Hello,

i just found today your little wii hack and tryed to create a sd card. But unfortunately i failed ;-( I alwys geht a Wilbrand:missing failure. Everything else is fine. Any suggestion how to fix it.

thank you

 

[XFlak]

For now use letterbomb or any other exploit from your guide in place of wilbrand