How to SoftMod a Wii and play backup Wii, Gamecube and Wiiware Games

somewhereovertherainbow · Dec 10, 2014

Its comes down to money. SDHC works sometimes but SD works all time.

When you install pirated firmware and updates on your WIi, do you want to
use the safe option or take a risk?

hfuhuh · Dec 10, 2014

stephaniie said:
Its comes down to money. SDHC works sometimes but SD works all time.

When you install pirated firmware and updates on your WIi, do you want to
use the safe option or take a risk?

Thanks...

ca032769 · Dec 10, 2014

I ordered a 2GB standard SD to do my initial mod using Modmii. I believe you have to have a certain system menu & above to use the SDHC (maybe 4.2+). After I modded I was on 4.3U and started using a 32GB SDHC without problems.

Not sure if the 64GB SDHC works or not, but I'd like to know myself if anyone is using a 64BG (or larger) SDHC and is able to use it's full capacity?

somewhereovertherainbow · Dec 10, 2014

You could be right ca032769. I heard that SDHC can be used on Wii 4.2+ and 4.3.
But its during the installation of the cIOS and patches that makes everything works, that takes little while
to finish and

-- ignore that--

But yeah, during the installation of cIOS and d2x i would recommend to use SD (the critical part) of the Wii Softmoddin'

after that You could use a SDHC for apps and such stuff.

ztien · Dec 21, 2014

Hi stephaniie, i got an old wii v2.0u i want/like to update it, and make a softmodding. my problem is that the only CD Game i have is "SONIC and the Secret of the Ring" can you help me to make it possible to update without buying a new CD of WII Games products? by the way i only get this and i dont have any knowledge but i'm willing to learn.

somewhereovertherainbow · Dec 21, 2014

ztien said:
Hi stephaniie, i got an old wii v2.0u i want/like to update it, and make a softmodding. my problem is that the only CD Game i have is "SONIC and the Secret of the Ring" can you help me to make it possible to update without buying a new CD of WII Games products? by the way i only get this and i dont have any knowledge but i'm willing to learn.

Hey,

If you have a WII U this isn't the right site. There's alot of nice sites on how to softmod Wii U'a in http://gbatemp.net/forums/wii-u-hacking-homebrew.248/

brandon199019 · Dec 22, 2014

Hello, I was wondering if this process is applicable with the new Wii Mini models? I had heard somewhere it might not be compatible with the modding tools (due to lack of SD card slot?)

aldoussnow · Dec 22, 2014

ztien said:
Hi stephaniie, i got an old wii v2.0u i want/like to update it, and make a softmodding. my problem is that the only CD Game i have is "SONIC and the Secret of the Ring" can you help me to make it possible to update without buying a new CD of WII Games products? by the way i only get this and i dont have any knowledge but i'm willing to learn.

if you update to 4.3 you would have to pick one of the listed games. The reason they are listed is each one contains an exploit that allows you to dump the nand and flash. Given all these games are several years old I'm sure you can find one for cheap. Lego Indiana Jones is possibly your best bet and the in game navigation to enable the exploit is easy to achieve. There isn't an option to run a game not on the list to initiate the flash.

* There is also a disc-less exploit you can attempt called letterbomb. I haven't watched the intro guide setup here but, most likely the majority of the steps will be the same. Google wii 4.3 letterbomb and you should be able to find the necessary downloads and instructions.

aldoussnow · Dec 22, 2014

brandon199019 said:
Hello, I was wondering if this process is applicable with the new Wii Mini models? I had heard somewhere it might not be compatible with the modding tools (due to lack of SD card slot?)

I don't personally have experience with the mini but, if it does not contain a SD card slot I highly doubt it's possible. The SD slot is needed to load/initiate the exploits. I have modded several wiis in the past but, it's been several years since my last. Unless something has changed the SD card is required. After the flash you can load from USB but, it still requires the root applications to be on a SD card loaded into the console to point them in the correct direction. USB ports are restricted where the sd card slot isnt as its meant to be a way to save and load game info for extra storage. The way around this after flash is USB loader (or whatever loader you prefer to use) is able to access and read from those ports.

shaokahn · Dec 23, 2014

Hi. I followed the tutorial and I am trying to play a Wiiware game Pokemon rumble. It works good, but sometimes (randomly) after going into a new area the wii will either freeze at a black screen or give me a error message saying the game files are corrupt and that I should delete the game in the "data management" option and then re-download the game from the wii shop. I tried two wads the NTSC version and the NTSC-J version and both still give me that error.
Sometimes I can play for an hour before the error happens and sometimes only 10 minutes.
I am using USB Loader GX v 3.0 IOS249 (Rev. 65535) (d2x v9beta(r47) base56) according to the information in the "Credits"

somewhereovertherainbow · Dec 23, 2014

Shaokahn : I got the same problem with a quiz wiiware game.
I solve it by installing the wiiware directly to the Wii Menu through Homebrew Channel - WiiMod

- like in step5 when You installed the d2x file .

The Game will show up in the Wii Menu .

a Tip : If you CAN install a certain wiiware game through PC (ShowmiiWads) its very likely the game file (wad)
can be installed through Wii Mod as well.

Skarphedinn · Dec 23, 2014

Hi, guys. I have used this guide to mod three Wiis so far, and everything on the Wii side works great on all of them. However, I do have a crazy issue with an HDD that I hope you might be able to help me with.

So, thing is: On my own Wii I have a WD Elements 500 GB (the USB 3 version) and it works perfectly, so I thought 'Hey, why don't I buy another one for my brother's Wii,' and so I did. It is -as far as I can tell- an identical drive, but for some obscure reason GameCube games do not launch properly. Wii games work. I plug my own HDD into the Wii, everything works fine. I plug the new HDD into the Wii, and GC games still show up, but when I try to launch it goes to black screen and the HDD stops blinking (which I understand means that there is no data being read). I've formatted it to FAT32 with 32kb clusters (using guiformat.exe. I also did a full format once, just to see if zeroing everything would help...), and I've used EaseUS partition master to look up its properties and confirm it has been properly formatted, as well as set it to active (not sure if that's required, though, but the other one is active, so what the heck). I even tried the duplicate HDD function in EaseUS partition master, but all this seems to do is copy all the files. As far as I can tell, the drives are identical in every way - but one works and the other does not. Clearly I have missed something, but what could it be and how can I discover what it is? If anyone have experienced anything like this or have any idea how I might proceed, I will be very grateful.

deesto · Dec 27, 2014

I'v been fighting with this for a few hours now -- I'm getting the "You need to install an additional GameCube loader or select a different GameCube mode" message whenever I try to launch a game from a FAT32 partition. The loader (latest version) sees the games fine but won't launch. Settings-> Credits shows "Rev1233 IOS249 (Rev 21010) +AHB (d2x v10beta52 base56). 249 is selected as the system and game IOS. This is actually the same problem I was seeing before I re-installed the d2x IOS, and was hoping the IOS would help, but it didn't. Choosing a different launcher mode (Nintendont or Devolution) also fails but with other messages. I installed 5 GC games on the partition using DMToolbox to extract the ISOs, and everything seemed fine, but all 5 games give the same message.

somewhereovertherainbow · Dec 27, 2014

deesto said:
I'v been fighting with this for a few hours now -- I'm getting the "You need to install an additional GameCube loader or select a different GameCube mode" message whenever I try to launch a game from a FAT32 partition. The loader (latest version) sees the games fine but won't launch. Settings-> Credits shows "Rev1233 IOS249 (Rev 21010) +AHB (d2x v10beta52 base56). 249 is selected as the system and game IOS. This is actually the same problem I was seeing before I re-installed the d2x IOS, and was hoping the IOS would help, but it didn't. Choosing a different launcher mode (Nintendont or Devolution) also fails but with other messages. I installed 5 GC games on the partition using DMToolbox to extract the ISOs, and everything seemed fine, but all 5 games give the same message.

raene111 says:
Problem is now SOLVED! All you need to do is have the latest version of Nintendont + the latest version of USB Loader GX (check the Nintendont thread for it)

Thanks Cyan!

.

For DiosMios : check in usb loader gx - settings - credits if diosmios stand there and what version is it.

deesto · Dec 27, 2014

Hi stephaniie,

stephaniie said:
raene111 says:
Problem is now SOLVED! All you need to do is have the latest version of Nintendont + the latest version of USB Loader GX (check the Nintendont thread for it)

Thanks Cyan!

.

For DiosMios : check in usb loader gx - settings - credits if diosmios stand there and what version is it.

I had installed DiosMios but it doesnt show in the loader credits (above); maybe I messed something up. Also had the latest version of Nintendont I could find. Since I'm kind of stuck, maybe I'll try to get GC working through WiiFlow? Not sure what to do yet. Anyway, thanks for your help.

stomp_442 · Dec 27, 2014

Why does this guide have the user install d2x cios v9 when v8 is compatible with more different usb hdd brands? For me v9 doesn't recognize my seagate usb hdd, I'm sure that it don't work well for others as well. d2x cios v10 b52 would be an alternative update to d2x cios v8.

somewhereovertherainbow · Dec 28, 2014

One,reason was, I couldnt play some wiiware and vc games with v10 b52 .

But you're probably right.

For those with issues of USB harddrives. Download and install d2x v10 b52 to the Wii using this tutorial :
https://code.google.com/p/d2x-cios/wiki/How_To_Install

Tariq · Dec 31, 2014

I actually need your guidance. First of all, I have been seeing your post and you are awesome and apparently wii guru. Frankly speaking, I am not a gaming person so please apologize me in advance if I am not using any “gaming language/terminology”, I have this wii for my 7 and 5 years old and I am trying to come up with a solution so they could play wii and game cube games from hard disk rather than CD's, I downloaded couple of gamecube games ISO from net. And I have few games CD’s as well.I checked a video from high techman on you tube and followed and went through the process. I was able to make copies of my wii and gamecube games through USB loader GX however, when I click on gamecube game it restarts my wii. This is only happening with gamecube game. Initially I used WBFS manager to format my 500 GB external hard drive as advised by techman in the video.

Later on, I reformatted to FAT-32 after seeing various post online and made copy of game cube CD by using USB loader GX but still having the similar issue. Please help.

I have confusion about HDD, I have 500 Hard disk and made two FAT-32 partitions.I don’t know how to transfer these ISO files on that and how to use this hard disk for wii and gamecube games. I know these questions would sound stupid, like I mentioned this is totally something new for me. I would truly appreciate if you or someone could help and guide me.

Thanks,

somewhereovertherainbow · Jan 1, 2015

I have a solution.

To play gamecube games from USB you need - diosmios - .

To install diosmios look up my guide and step 5, i explain there how to get use wiimod and install cios249 and diosmios .
Diosmios is found on dmlizard , shown in video for step5.

HOWEvER - if you have orginal gamecube games. Diosmios isnt the only option...But Devolution .

https://gbatemp.net/threads/devolution-public-release.330554/

Devolution ask you to put your orginal gc disc in once, and then never again. Its a perfect solution for gamecube lovers who wants too use USB and not Discs.

scooter1376 · Jan 1, 2015

hi Stephaniie

first of thnx for the step by step i have a few ??

1. can i use a micro sd just as long as its a normal sd?
2. do i keep the files on the sd from when i install HBC when i continue or do i delete them?

best regards

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