Hacking Blank Wads appearing in ShowMiiWads (VC,WiiWare)

[Mr.Wiizard]

Hey everyone, I have been trying for days to get my softmodded Wii 4.3u to play VC/WiiWare and I'm at wits end. I followed the instructions to many tutorials note for note, yet I run into the same problem every time. I have followed this guide to setting up Mighty Channels and also this guide but each time I attempt to load my wad files into ShowMiiWads they show up completely blank. Say if I try adding 50 wads, 20 blank lines will show up and they fail when I right click "extract>to nand". Here is the process I've taken so far.

1 - I do a BootMii Nand Backup to SD and copy it to my pc.
2 - I open ShowMiiWads, create the common-key
3 - I got to Tools>Extract BootMii Dump, copy all the correct folders to my External USB
4 - I go to ShowMiiWads and Change the Nand Backup Path to my USB root, click ShowMiiNand and I see everything on my wii perfectly.
5 - Now I click ShowMiiWads, File>Open Folder and locate my collection of wads and hit "OK"
6 - The program does some thinking, the green progress bar moves and it shows places where wads should be but there are no wads. When I right click on one I get an error box that says "File couldn't be found: c:\users\******\Desktop\WiiWads\Wads\"

I have tried with both Windows 7 and Windows 8, multiple computers, multiple wad files to be sure i didnt get a corrupt file or anything. I have had the system modded and playing Wii games off the USB constantly with no issues. I'll provide a picture of whats happening to help. (Sorry for the quality.)

Basically, all I want to do is play WiiWare/VC off a usb loader like i have my WiiFlow set up for Wii games. I'm not commited to Mighty Channels and if theres a better route to take I'd love to give it a shot, but it seems no matter what route i take, I need those wad file to show up in ShowMiiWads.

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to join me in the good fight! I really hope we can figure this out.

 

[JoostinOnline]

1. Use Shift+PrtSc to copy the current screen, then open Paint and press Ctrl+V to paste it
2. Try using http://code.google.com/p/showmiiwads-mod/

 

[Mr.Wiizard]

Thanks for the reply Joostin. I downloaded and tried the modded ShowMiiWads (thank you for the link) but it still did the same thing, showing all blank spaces. On the ShowMiiWads Mod, do you not have to create a common-key? I couldnt find the option.

 

[Mr.Wiizard]

Oh shoot, forgot the new picture I'm sorry!

 

[JoostinOnline]

No common key is needed for SMW Mod. It might be because you have so many wads in that folder. Try copying like 4 of them to another folder, then using only that directory.

 

[Mr.Wiizard]

I've tried just one, two, a few... nothing still. I put 4 in the folder and 2 blank lines loaded in return.

 

[Mr.Wiizard]

What seems to be the problem is that for some reason it doesnt see the folder i point it to that contains my wads. Here is the error I get when I try to extract one of these blank lines. Its almost like the program doesnt even notice the folder

 

[JoostinOnline]

Open ShowMiiWads.cfg and post the contents in

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[Mr.Wiizard]

Ok is this what you requested?

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<ShowMiiWads>
  <Settings>
    <Version>1.5</Version>
    <Language>English</Language>
    <LangFile />
    <AutoSize>true</AutoSize>
    <NandPath>X:\</NandPath>
    <WiiGamePath />
    <ShowPath>true</ShowPath>
    <AddSub>false</AddSub>
    <Portable>False</Portable>
    <Accepted>true</Accepted>
    <SaveFolders>true</SaveFolders>
    <CreateBackups>false</CreateBackups>
    <SplashScreen>true</SplashScreen>
    <View>ShowMiiWads</View>
  </Settings>
  <Window>
    <WindowWidth>930</WindowWidth>
    <WindowHeight>728</WindowHeight>
    <LocationX>-4</LocationX>
    <LocationY>-4</LocationY>
    <WindowState>Maximized</WindowState>
  </Window>
  <Folders>
    <MRU0>C:\Users\steve_000\Desktop\Wadss</MRU0>
    <MRU1>C:\Users\steve_000\Downloads\Torrents (Complete)\Wii Shop\Virtual Console\Nintendo 64</MRU1>
    <MRU2>C:\Users\steve_000\Desktop\Wii Stuff\wads</MRU2>
    <MRU3 />
    <MRU4 />
    <Foldercount>1</Foldercount>
    <Folder0>C:\Users\steve_000\Desktop\Wadss</Folder0>
  </Folders>
</ShowMiiWads>

 

[JoostinOnline]

I don't know what to tell you.

 

[Mr.Wiizard]

lol yeah man... i been at it since about midnight... I hate to give up but I can't find any solution and I fear I'll get more frustrated and end up really messing things up if I keep poking around. There are no other programs similar to ShowMiiWads, huh? Also, if I can't get the them to load through ShowMiiWads is there any other method to play wiiware/vc on USB using a loader without having to load my wads through ShowMiiWads?

 

[Mr.Wiizard]

figured it out... kinda feel like an idiot but oh well. I selected all my wad files, right clicked, properties, unchecked the "Read Only" box and hit ok. Tried two roms so far and they both showed up. I may be jumping the gun but thats the best sign i've seen in a good 15 hours!