Hacking WiiFlow - an open source GUI USB-Loader

[guitarloser85]

Has anybody got trailers to work yet? Are they supposed to work yet or is this a future feature. I copied one down for super mario galaxy went of the cover and pressed the up button and all that happens is the focus toggles between the play and back buttons. would like to see these in action if anyone knows how to make work.

ya, your problem is either one of two things. improper file placement (default is apps\wiiflow\trailers\***.thp but you can add dir_trailers="location" to wiiflow.ini if it's in another location) or you didn't rename the thp file to a 3 character filename (i.e. from NHSE00.thp to NHS.thp)
good luck dude

 

[Justin121994]

Damian666 Try using wiiflow on the usb.. and take out the sd card..
So boot it off usb and don't have the sd in..
Only way it started working for me dude..

 

[r-win]

I'm pretty sure that the riivolution folder was for a proof of concept that r-win did in one of the earlier revs (r42, I think). If you do a fresh install it will no longer make a riivolution folder, so I think that this feature has either been disabled or removed.
Yup. It was indeed a proof of concept. It succeeded, but we've decided to remove it, due to the dipplugin becoming a bit less stable (we could've fixed that, I guess

). Anyway, it's been removed.

Can we expect a new WODEFlow to come out based on the new Wiiflow revisions now that 2.0 is out?
Yes, I think you can. I have to create a patch first, but expect a Wodeflow release any time soon...

QUOTE(pepxl @ Jun 21 2010, 03:28 PM)

yeah the devs should really explain the new features and how they must be setup either by including an up-to-date readme as the old ones refer to 1.1 and dont include any updated or added features or getting the OP updated instead of having to troll thru pages to find the answer

Agreed. I for one think a brand new WiiFlow thread should be made since r-win and company took the helm. The first post can be kept up to date since this one is never updated.

Well, this thread was created when we took the helm. So I guess this thread is fine. Let's see if we can become as big as the cfg loader and usb gx one

 

[Justin121994]

I faill.. sorryy double post :,(

 

[Justin121994]

I'm sure it'll get as big.. wiiflow's a great loader.. but got to say cfg loader is too.. There both great when they work..

 

[Damian666]

i actually tried it without my SD card in man, that also didnt help.

always get the error failed to open wbfs -1 >.<

now i think of myself as a capable person, but this has me stumped...

only thing left to do is the suggestion made to redo my partition with gparted.

Damian666

 

[ganons]

which cios is recommended to install?
wii 4.0E

 

[xabby666]

Uhm.... www.wiifanart.com it's offline?

 

[Maurice10]

Sorry to say that my Fat32 drive doesn't work either with the newest build.
It used to work with an older version of WiiFlow, and it works with my computer, but newest Wiiflow only recognizes the small WBFS drive I use to dump games.
I even loaded the channel from USB and it didn't recognize it.

 

[MisterMooth]

This stupid program has never even worked for me.

CFG USB Loader doesn't give me this ridiculous problems.

 

[HaniKazmi]

This stupid program has never even worked for me.

CFG USB Loader doesn't give me this ridiculous problems.

Don't blame wiiflow for what probably is user error. What are you trying to load?

 

[MisterMooth]

This stupid program has never even worked for me.

CFG USB Loader doesn't give me this ridiculous problems.

Don't blame wiiflow for what probably is user error. What are you trying to load?

The program itself. Settings don't save, covers don't work...

 

[Pakatus]

The program itself. Settings don't save, covers don't work...

lol....
I really hate when they release the trolls.

What about giving some details on your config?
1 - Firmware?
2 - cIOS installed?
3 - Running on SD or USB?
4 - Do you have FAT partition on USB?
5 - what partition you have? WBFS/FAT/NTFS?

 

[MisterMooth]

The program itself. Settings don't save, covers don't work...

lol....
I really hate when they release the trolls.

What about giving some details on your config?
1 - Firmware?
2 - cIOS installed?
3 - Running on SD or USB?
4 - Do you have FAT partition on USB?
5 - what partition you have? WBFS/FAT/NTFS?

Yes, because if a user has a problem that means he's trolling.

1. 4.2E
2. Latest CIOS and Hermes.
3. SD
4. Yes, as my second partition.
5. First partition is WBFS, second is FAT 32.

 

[MrDiesel]

When I download a new cheat file from within Wiiflow itself, it sends me back to the settings after it's done (normal), but when I THEN try to run ANY game, it just says "Please wait" and sends me back to Wiiflow. This is still not fixed as of 2.0.
Thanks

 

[Pakatus]

Yes, because if a user has a problem that means he's trolling.

1. 4.2E
2. Latest CIOS and Hermes.
3. SD
4. Yes, as my second partition.
5. First partition is WBFS, second is FAT 32.

when your first words here are "This stupid program..." its 32% troll.

Ok...magic solve.

1 - Go to your HD fat partition.
2 - Find your wiiflow.ini ....must be in /apps/wiiflow/ folder.
3 - Under the [GENERAL], add data_on_usb=no
4 - copy this wiiflow.ini to sd:\apps\wiiflow folder
5 - run
6 - win.

 

[Spidy1000]

Yes, because if a user has a problem that means he's trolling.

1. 4.2E
2. Latest CIOS and Hermes.
3. SD
4. Yes, as my second partition.
5. First partition is WBFS, second is FAT 32.

when your first words here are "This stupid program..." its 32% troll.

Ok...magic solve.

1 - Go to your HD fat partition.
2 - Find your wiiflow.ini ....must be in /apps/wiiflow/ folder.
3 - Under the [GENERAL], add data_on_usb=no
4 - copy this wiiflow.ini to sd:\apps\wiiflow folder
5 - run
6 - win.

As an addition to the very good description above i would like to add that if you want to use a FAT32 HDD partition to load wiiflow it MUST be the first partition on the drive, if not you will need to use SD to load wiiflow. All partitions on the drive MUST be PRIMARY, logical partitions will NOT work

 

[MisterMooth]

Fixed it by copying the Wiiflow folder to usb:/apps/

I had it in sd:/, sd:/apps and usb:/, but not in the apps folder on the USB drive. Now why isn't this in the readme?

 

[Jojse]

Hello all...
I´m new to USB-loaders and I have read many threads and watch movies, and I think Wiiflow looks best for me...I have a few questions :
1. I have a Western Digital passport 500GB that I will use with Wii-games and Emulator+roms. What is best? Partition the drive or run it with one big FAT32 partition?
2. The wii-games must be in wbsf-folder on FAT32-drive, right?
3. I saw the latest version was in 5 diffrent releases, that use diffrent cIOS, Wich one should I try first? Or start from 222 and working up?

I used the complete guide to softmod my black wii and I´m on 4.2E and Hermes V5 and Priiloader 0.4 installed...

Thanks for all your great work....

LOL 2 posts in 4½ years

 

[Pakatus]

Fixed it by copying the Wiiflow folder to usb:/apps/

I had it in sd:/, sd:/apps and usb:/, but not in the apps folder on the USB drive. Now why isn't this in the readme?

in readme.txt

1.2 Installation of WiiFlow on SD-Card
------------------------------------------
Just copy the content of the archive to the Root of your SD-Card. You should
get the following Path:
SD:\wiiflow\language.ini
WiiFlow will save all settings and files into the directory SD:\wiiflow\.
Exception: If you connect a harddisk with a FAT- and a WBFS-Partition, WiiFlow
will save its files to the FAT-Partition. To avoid this, you should open the
file SD:\wiiflow\wiiflow.ini and add the entry "data_on_usb=no" in the category
[GENERAL]. WiiFlow will ignore FAT-Partitions then. If wiiflow.ini isn't there,
copy the one that has been created on the HDD.

1.3 Installation of WiiFlow on Harddisk
-------------------------------------------
It is necessary to split your Harddisk into at least two partitions to install
WiiFlow on it. One is the WBFS-partition which contains all Wii-Games
and the other is a FAT16- or FAT32-partition and contains the WiiFlow-data.
(If you already have a single WBFS-partition on your harddisk, you need to
reformat it into two parts. You will lose all installed games then).
If you got this, you can just copy the content of the archive to your external
harddisk. You should get the following path:
USB:\wiiflow\language.ini
WiiFlow will save all settings and files into the directory USB:\wiiflow\.
Exception: If you put a SD-Card with the entry "data_on_usb=no" in wiiflow.ini
into your Wii, WiiFlow will use the SD-Folder instead of your harddisk.

FYI:

wiiflow 2.0 new struct lays on the following folders:

SD or USB:

//apps/wiiflow/boot.dol
//apps/wiiflow/icon.png
//apps/wiiflow/meta.xml
//apps/wiiflow/language.ini
//apps/wiiflow/titles.ini
//apps/wiiflow/themes
//apps/wiiflow/boxcovers
//apps/wiiflow/covers

This is...all struct has migrated from a isolated folder in root to a subdirectory in apps/wiiflow folder.

This should get you started.


QUOTE(Jojse @ Jun 22 2010, 02:44 PM)

Hello all...
I´m new to USB-loaders and I have read many threads and watch movies, and I think Wiiflow looks best for me...I have a few questions :
1. I have a Western Digital passport 500GB that I will use with Wii-games and Emulator+roms. What is best? Partition the drive or run it with one big FAT32 partition?
2. The wii-games must be in wbsf-folder on FAT32-drive, right?
3. I saw the latest version was in 5 diffrent releases, that use diffrent cIOS, Wich one should I try first? Or start from 222 and working up?

1 - you can use your existing partition since you're planning fat32 load...right?
2 - subfolders under the wbfs folder i guess (Fat loading isnt my strong point).
3 - since you're going fat32 i suggest you use wether 222 or 223...depending the base you want to load on.