Just Dance 4 Black Screen (USB Loader GX)

[Hanque]

Literally just made an account to post this since nothing else has worked. My screen goes black whenever I open this game and I have to restart the console.

JD4 is the only Just Dance game that seems to not work at all. I've tried multiple setting changes. Most of them involved switching the IOS from 249 to 250, to 224, to 222... Also changing the video mode to Disc or forcing NTSC to it.
Nothing.
I either keep getting a blackscreen, or it takes me back to the Wii menu screen.
I saw other threads suggesting a cIOS install, but I fear it'll brick my Wii. I'm pretty sure my USB Loader GX version is up to date.

Here's my syscheck (translated because it was originally in Spanish):

Spoiler

SysCheck ME v2.5.0 by blackb0x, JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199, and Nano
...running on iOS 58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)
Priiloader installed
Unit date: 02/13/2007
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on iOS 58

Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 71281307
Console Type: Wii
Channel Store Country: Ecuador (25)
Boot2 v4
107 titles found.
49 iOS were found on this console. 10 of them are stubs.

IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): Trucha Bug
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 256): Stub
IOS12 (rev 526): Trucha Bug
IOS13 (rev 1032): Trucha Bug
IOS14 (rev 1032): Trucha Bug
IOS15 (rev 1032): Trucha Bug
IOS16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS17 (rev 1032): Trucha Bug
IOS20 (rev 256): Stub
IOS21 (rev 1038): Unpatched
IOS22 (rev 1294): Trucha Bug
IOS28 (rev 1807): Trucha Bug
IOS30 (rev 2816): Stub
IOS31 (rev 3608): Bug Trucha
IOS33 (rev 3608): Trucha Bug
IOS34 (rev 3608): Trucha Bug
IOS35 (rev 3608): Trucha Bug
IOS36 (rev 3608): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 5663): Trucha Bug
IOS38 (rev 4124): Trucha Bug
IOS40 (rev 3072): Stub
IOS41 (rev 3607): Trucha Bug
IOS43 (rev 3607): Trucha Bug
IOS45 (rev 3607): Trucha Bug
IOS46 (rev 3607): Trucha Bug
IOS48 (rev 4124): Trucha Bug
IOS50 (rev 5120): Stub
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52 (rev 5888): Stub
IOS53 (rev 5663): Trucha Bug
IOS55 (rev 5663): Trucha Bug
IOS56 (rev 5662): Trucha Bug
IOS57 (rev 5919): Trucha Bug
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 6400): Trucha Bug
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 6912): Trucha Bug
IOS80 (rev 6944): Trucha Bug
IOS202[60] (rev 65535, Info: Hermes-v55.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 65535, Info: Hermes-v55.1): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[37] (rev 65535, Info: Hermes-v55.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS224[57] (rev 65535, Info: Hermes-v55.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
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, Access NAND, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 05/02/2025.

 

[jeannotte]

Hello,

Update your CIOS by following this guide ===>
https://wii.hacks.guide/cios.html?tab=cios-for-wii/family-edition

PAL or NTSC version of your game?

Which version of GX do you have? Try 1282 or 1281 and test.

Maybe your game is corrupted?

 

[Hanque]

I'm using the NTSC version of the game. GX is on version 1281. I've tested the file on Dolphin Emulator and it works perfectly fine.
I've updated my cIOS to v11-beta3 as explained in the guide you sent. Tried loading the game again (Video: Forced NTSC, Custom IOS: 250, Block IOS reload: No), and it unfortunately black-screened again.
Other posts say their problem was fixed after moving their game from an SD card to a USB memory, I have yet to try that, but I do not have a usb drive at my disposal at the moment.

 

[XFlak]

Why not use v4.0 r1282? It's right there in the first post of the gx stickied thread and it fixes Just Dance games (not only just dance "mods" as per the changelog)

 

[Hanque]

Why not use v4.0 r1282? It's right there in the first post of the gx stickied thread and it fixes Just Dance games (not only just dance "mods" as per the changelog)

You were absolutely right! I just downloaded Rev. 1282, reset JD4's settings to default and it finally opened!

On another note I think USBLGX is now on a stretched 4:3 aspect ratio? It looks squished when I open it and I'm used to the 16:9 look.

 

[blackb0x]

On another note I think USBLGX is now on a stretched 4:3 aspect ratio? It looks squished when I open it and I'm used to the 16:9 look.

The aspect ratio of the loader itself hasn't changed at all. And I'm sure if you were to take a picture of both versions of the loader you'd see that too.

You'll want to check for updates in another 2 weeks, since I should have a stable version released by then and the test version will stop working not long after.