Homebrew app [RELEASE] RiftWii: play Riivolution-format mods from USB, SD or disc

[Ishtar]

Play Riivolution-format mods from USB, SD or disc​

Hey GBAtemp! RiftWii is a mod loader I've been building as a hobby project. As a kid I always wanted to load mods straight from a USB drive, so I finally made it. It reads the same XML mod packs Riivolution does and loads them into your games as they start, from the disc, a USB drive or the SD card. Your game files are never touched.

Features

• Riivolution-format packs from SD or USB, including Pulsar and CT-CODE packs (CTGP and other MKW distributions)
• Games from the disc, USB (FAT32/NTFS) or SD, as WBFS, ISO or Dolphin's RVZ
• Modded saves kept on the SD card, away from your Wii saves
• Per-game cheats (downloaded for you), 480p, PAL 60, deflicker and picture width fixes
• Online play through Wiimmfi, WiiLink WFC or AltWFC
• A Wii-style menu with covers, favourites, a HOME Menu and 5 languages
• Wii Remote, Classic Controller, GameCube controller and the Wii U GC adapter
• A Wii Menu channel (Wii and vWii) and built-in updates

Spoiler: More screenshots

You need: a Wii or Wii U (vWii) with the Homebrew Channel and an SD card. USB and SD games need a d2x cIOS.

Download: 2.1.0 (stable) or 2.2.0 beta (adds burned discs, USB DVD drives and the HOME Menu)
Discord: https://discord.gg/gGsTdjjQaK for help, test builds and feedback

Thanks to everyone who tested it on real hardware. Bug reports are very welcome!

A note on AI: I used AI as an assistant for documentation I didn't know and for things that were easier to automate. Everything else was research and development, done as a learning hobby project.

 

[Dragon91Nippon]

This is neat but what benefit does it have over Friivolution? Nothing wrong with having more options just wondering if there's a specific reason to use this over Friivolution.

 

[Ishtar]

This is neat but what benefit does it have over Friivolution? Nothing wrong with having more options just wondering if there's a specific reason to use this over Friivolution.

Friivolution is basically Riivolution with USB support added. RiftWii is its own loader written from scratch, so mods work from USB, SD or disc (WBFS, ISO or RVZ), and it's built for compatibility, with big mods like CTGP and Pulsar packs working without a custom ISO. On top of that you get covers, cheats, video fixes, SD saves and online servers. If you just want Riivolution on USB, Friivolution's great, but RiftWii is meant to be the one app for your whole library.

 

[Dragon91Nippon]

Friivolution is basically Riivolution with USB support added. RiftWii is its own loader written from scratch, so mods work from USB, SD or disc (WBFS, ISO or RVZ), and it's built for compatibility, with big mods like CTGP and Pulsar packs working without a custom ISO. On top of that you get covers, cheats, video fixes, SD saves and online servers. If you just want Riivolution on USB, Friivolution's great, but RiftWii is meant to be the one app for your whole library.

Ah so it's a new project with slightly more features. That's cool.
How does this compare to Friivolution's boot parameters? Since Friivolution can be launched by loaders the same as Nintendont. Do you plan to integrate something like that or is this meant to be its own loader?