Hacking Loaded a game in Wiiflow after a year, now it sends me back to Home :(

[cloudfe]

I started playing Xenoblade Chronicles last summer, and never finished it. Now I'd like to finish what I started, but the vWii is not collaborating.
I haven't booted the vWii in a year (but played plenty and updated the WiiU), so I'm sure I touched nothing since the last time the game worked.
I tried reinstalling Wiiflow, reinstalling d2x-v10-beta52, forcing the cIOS to load, changed settings here and there, to not avail. Wiiflow sees the game on the USB without problems (as it always did), but now it sends me to Home Screen every time I load it.

I really don't know what to do, could someone help?

 

[greenlanternx]

maybe the file is corrupted, try a checksum, or redownload it

what's about other games?

 

[cloudfe]

I've now tried reinstalling the backup I used last summer, and the result is the same. I'll try downloading a backup tonight and see what happens with it. I'll also try with another game.

But I noticed one thing: while copying the game on the usb, I launched Wiiflow and the game still showed up (with no USB inserted in the WiiU). I tried launching it and it took me back to Home as usual. Then I deleted the game from Wiiflow and also the cache before trying with the original file once again (of course it didn't work).

What I'm more worried about is that even after re-hacking the vWii from scratch I'll still experience the exact same problem (as other people in the forum in my same circumstances...).

 

[greenlanternx]

weird.... you have other SD? install a fresh copy of wiiflow

 

[cloudfe]

Ok, this is getting very weird.
I realised now WiiFlow won't actually find the games on the USB. After deleting the game from WiiFlow and reset the cache, it will keep asking me for a partition. And I haven't touched the vWii nor that usb since last August...

After reinstalling d2x-v10-beta53 and IOS236, I tried using a WD external-powered HDD (Elements), and put Xenoblade and another game in it. What happens is that WiiFlow finds the two games no problem but sends me back to Home, while USBLoader and CFG won't even find the games.

I'm starting to lose my mind here

EDIT: I'm using Wii Backup Manager to put the games in it, they're in WBFS format. The drive is in NTFS (like my usb stick when I used it last year).

 

[cloudfe]

I've considered re-hacking the vWii from scratch, but two things stop me:
1) I don't have the exploit game anymore;
2) I've already reinstalled the cIOS following the vWii guide, so I don't see what I could do differently reinstalling the Homebrew Channel.

So what should I do to "restart" the modding process other than what I already did?

 

[4gionz]

Maybe try using usbloader gx? That's what I use and everything is flawless

I no its not the answer your looking for but if it DOES work on gx then at least we know the problem is wiiflow

 

[cloudfe]

As I previously wrote, I tried USB Loader GX but it doesn't find the HDD

 

[masenko]

i had this exact problem and what finally fixed it was windows scan disk. it found some errors and fixed them. you could try that

 

[PewnyPL]

This is shooting in the dark but may help you. On my Wii (not Wii U) I tend to connect the HDD to the wrong USB port at times. Wiiflow somehow sees the game when it's in the wrong port, but doesn't boot it, just returns to home.
In other words, connect that USB HDD to the other port and try launching the game again. Maybe it will work now.

EDIT: Also, you say it's NTFS, that may also be an issue. It was a while ago that I hacked my Wii, but I remember that every guide said it has to be FAT32. Maybe NTFS is now supported, maybe not, but if swapping ports doesn't work, try FAT32.

 

[NexoCube]

Isn't IOS58 needed to have USB 2.0 access ?

 

[AmandaRose]

Isn't IOS58 needed to have USB 2.0 access ?

It sure is needed

 

[cloudfe]

This is shooting in the dark but may help you. On my Wii (not Wii U) I tend to connect the HDD to the wrong USB port at times. Wiiflow somehow sees the game when it's in the wrong port, but doesn't boot it, just returns to home.
In other words, connect that USB HDD to the other port and try launching the game again. Maybe it will work now.

Pewny, I would give you my only goat if I had one! Changing ports worked!!
It kinda make sense, because this would be coherent with the fact I haven't touched the console nor the usb stick in a year (I must have forgot I used to use the other port).
What I don't understand is why this works. Every guide dictate the use of the port closer to the edge...

Well, let's hope it doesn't mysteriously stop working now (I already relaunched the game three times to be sure).

Thank you everyone for helping me, and thank you PewnyPL for your sniper-level shot in the dark!!

 

[4gionz]

Well if usbloader gx can't find your drive then your either not using a y cable (which is needed for vwii) or you have it plugged in wrong

Also I would use fat32 and convert the games to wbfs

If none of these work then I don't know

Edit; ninjad glad it's fixed

 

[PewnyPL]

What I don't understand is why this works. Every guide dictate the use of the port closer to the edge...

I remember reading that the ports on Wii U are the other way around for vWii, so if a Wii guide says of one port, on Wii U it would be the other. But I'm not sure.
Either way, glad it works now.