USBLoaderGX shows games but doesn't launch

[ilovedeni]

Hey, I have followed every guide to the T, can load the games on USBLGX, get the little pop up of the disk spinning but if I click it it sends me back to the menu. I have read the relevant fax on this but nothing seems relevant to my situation. I dumped a physical game onto the sd card and that one works fine. Any advice?

 

[snsclziklost]

You said you dumped one and it works fine? So what are the other ones youre describing? games you had somewhere else and moved on to the SD?

If they're .wbfs files and you moved them from somewhere else, they're probably just named/foldered wrong since you have one that works. Just tweak the filenames/folders so that they are correct and look like the one that works. Wii Backup manager can fix it for you if you can't figure it out manually, if that's the issue.

 

[classiphil]

If the disc popup appears and then kicks you back to the Wii Menu, that usually means the loader can *see* the game, but the game itself is failing to boot.

Since your own dumped game works, your cIOS setup is probably fine. That narrows it down mostly to:

* bad/corrupted WBFS files
* wrong folder structure/naming
* incompatible transfer method
* broken SD/USB formatting

A few things to check:

* Make sure the games are in:
`sd:/wbfs/Game Name [GAMEID]/GAMEID.wbfs`
(same structure as the working dump)

* Use Wii Backup Manager to transfer the games instead of copying manually. It fixes filenames, IDs, split files, and formatting automatically.

* Verify the SD/USB is FAT32 with 32 KB clusters.

* Some downloads are RVZ/NKit/ISO and were converted badly. Try another known-good dump.

* If using SD card loading on real Wii hardware, compatibility can be hit-or-miss depending on the loader/cIOS setup. USB is usually more reliable.

* Try changing the game's IOS in USB Loader GX settings:

* IOS249
* IOS250
Some games only boot properly on one of them.

The important clue is:

> your own dumped game works

That almost always means the issue is with the other game files themselves, not the homebrew setup.