Hacking WiiFlow - an open source GUI USB-Loader

[FIX94]

First time I booted up the emunand I could see the 3 wiiware games that I had added. But now when I add more wads, they don't show up in Wiiflow. Any ideas? I'm using 4.0.2-r432

You need to reload the wiiflow cache, just press the home button and select "reload cache", then the games should be there.

 

[ConJ]

Thanks for the fast reply FIX94.

I have already tried this but it didn't work. I also tried deleting the lists folder, but no luck.

Any ideas?

If not I will just transfer my nand over to the usb again and try again.

 

[FIX94]

I have already tried this but it didn't work. I also tried deleting the lists folder, but no luck.

Sounds like it did not install properly then...

 

[ConJ]

I have already tried this but it didn't work. I also tried deleting the lists folder, but no luck.

Sounds like it did not install properly then...

Yeah. it seems that way. I just deleted my nandemu and started again. All is now working.

Thanks for the help. And your work on this loader.

One final question (for now lol), Is there a limit to how many wads I can install on an emulated nand?

 

[MrKill]

Cant someone help me with save nand emulation? I allways got blackscreen, I extracted the nand with wiiflow and set nand emulation on "save game" Just installed wiiflow 4.0.2 from http://code.google.c.../downloads/list
The game work if I turn it Off.
It worked before with the save on the HDD

Edit: I deleted wiiflow.ini, played with setting and now everything work perfectly.

 

[shortz1994]

I have already tried this but it didn't work. I also tried deleting the lists folder, but no luck.

Sounds like it did not install properly then...

Yeah. it seems that way. I just deleted my nandemu and started again. All is now working.

Thanks for the help. And your work on this loader.

One final question (for now lol), Is there a limit to how many wads I can install on an emulated nand?

have at it, you can install as many as you want. but you'll only be able to see the normal 45 i think.. or you can tr snort45. not sure how that works but someone here will know.
i just haven't tried snort cause i have three nands totally stripped, just postloader an now wiiflow. so like the the potability's are endless( hot swapping ).

 

[FIX94]

One final question (for now lol), Is there a limit to how many wads I can install on an emulated nand?

Wiiflow got no limit on wads you can have, I have over 60 channels and it works just fine

 

[AbdallahTerro]

I have already tried this but it didn't work. I also tried deleting the lists folder, but no luck.

Sounds like it did not install properly then...

Yeah. it seems that way. I just deleted my nandemu and started again. All is now working.

Thanks for the help. And your work on this loader.

One final question (for now lol), Is there a limit to how many wads I can install on an emulated nand?

have at it, you can install as many as you want. but you'll only be able to see the normal 45 i think.. or you can tr snort45. not sure how that works but someone here will know.
i just haven't tried snort cause i have three nands totally stripped, just postloader an now wiiflow. so like the the potability's are endless( hot swapping ).

it's 47 channels + dusc channel =48 total for system menu
snort48+ should be installed first though in order to appear in SM, all it does is edit iplsave.bin in 00000000001\0000000002\data folder to show/hide channels when more than 48 are installed.
However if you wanna use usb loaders this mumbo jumbo is not needed.

 

[MassiveRican]

Spoiler

I have already tried this but it didn't work. I also tried deleting the lists folder, but no luck.

Sounds like it did not install properly then...

Yeah. it seems that way. I just deleted my nandemu and started again. All is now working.

Thanks for the help. And your work on this loader.

One final question (for now lol), Is there a limit to how many wads I can install on an emulated nand?

have at it, you can install as many as you want. but you'll only be able to see the normal 45 i think.. or you can tr snort45. not sure how that works but someone here will know.
i just haven't tried snort cause i have three nands totally stripped, just postloader an now wiiflow. so like the the potability's are endless( hot swapping ).

it's 47 channels + dusc channel =48 total for system menu
snort48+ should be installed first though in order to appear in SM, all it does is edit iplsave.bin in 00000000001\0000000002\data folder to show/hide channels when more than 48 are installed.
However if you wanna use usb loaders this mumbo jumbo is not needed.

If u like to see banners and themes on SM then snort48+ is still useful. I use it on 2 of my e-NANDS since they hold about 80+ titles/channels each. Also if you don't install snort48+ and it doesn't appear in your SM, you can launch it with postLoader 4 then adjust your channels as needed.

 

[drakorex]

While in wiiflow, I can't help but think of how pointless real nand is. It can't hold all that much, any apps I would want to get to through it I can get to from homebrew mode. Anything else could just be installed on the emunand and categorized. Is there any way we can just get rid of real nand altogether?

 

[arquillos]

Hi!
I´m trying to play my backup of "Wipeout 2" on Wiiflow Rev 726.

When I choose the game on Wiiflow it shows me the cover but not the "channel preview" on the right top of the screen.
Also The four buttons below (delete game, config, favourite...) doesn´t appear.
The only button I can see is the "play" one.
When I try to launch the game it goes to a black screen and the Wii freezes.

I rechecked the backup and it seem to be Ok.
(This is the only one in almost 200 tiltes that Wiiflow can´t launch)


Any Idea?


Thank you in advance!

 

[sdoc96]

Hi!
I´m trying to play my backup of "Wipeout 2" on Wiiflow Rev 726.

When I choose the game on Wiiflow it shows me the cover but not the "channel preview" on the right top of the screen.
Also The four buttons below (delete game, config, favourite...) doesn´t appear.
The only button I can see is the "play" one.
When I try to launch the game it goes to a black screen and the Wii freezes.

I rechecked the backup and it seem to be Ok.
(This is the only one in almost 200 tiltes that Wiiflow can´t launch)


Any Idea?


Thank you in advance!

Corrupt banner or cache file(s)?
Also, I thought those 4 buttons not appearing could only happen when parental lock was on?

 

[DaveZ_227451]

I think I may have found a bug in the latest version. I poped in a game callled Drawsome! and clicked install and it just froze on the GO button screen after clicking it.? Any ideas....?

 

[etlon666]

weird things going on with 4.0.2...

I have a setup with wiiflow that works almost perfectly, only flaw: when exiting from a channel in sneek mode I get a black screen.
So I thought I try a complete clean install (I backed up wiflow.ini and the complete wiiflow folder first)
I started wiiflow from the HDD fat partition, first thing that happened was that the new wiiflow folder was created on the NTFS and not the
FAT partition (is that normal?)
Ok, so be it I thought. Then I tried out the game "driver san francisco" (I am running it with the savegame from real nand, only way it works for me)
What I get is a freeze when loading the game.
Then I tried to exit from sneek mode game, same black screen as before.

So I deleted the whole new wiiflow folder, deleted the new wiiflow.ini and used the backup again, and driver san francisco was working again.

so my questions:
where should the wiiflow folder be located as a standard?
how come the system is so sensitive regarding the wiiflow.ini and the wiiflow folder? it gives the impression that setting up wiiflow is a matter of luck, thats a bit
frustrating for a complete end user like I am (and I really love to use wiiflow and i really appreciate all the effort from you coding guys)

 

[AbdallahTerro]

A new wiki is under development here's the installation section: https://sites.google...talling-wiiflow
best for me was \apps\wiiflow and \wiiflow folder on SD card
Also many people only have usb setup with these folders on fat32 1st active partition
for ntfs partition expect issues since many homebrews and neek won't work

Then I tried to exit from sneek mode game, same black screen as before.

make sure you have both v14b wiiflow forwarder channel (DWFA) and wiiflowloader hidden channel installed on both real and emunand
also check your "exit to" and "return to channel" options as well

 

[etlon666]

A new wiki is under development here's the installation section: https://sites.google...talling-wiiflow
best for me was \apps\wiiflow and \wiiflow folder on SD card
Also many people only have usb setup with these folders on fat32 1st active partition
for ntfs partition expect issues since many homebrews and neek won't work

Yes I thought so, wiiflow on the NTFS partition is not the way it should be, but wiiflow made that choice when started, not me.
So if it doesnt really work, why does wiiflow put the wiiflow folder there? maybe this is a bug.

And yes I have the channels both on real and emunand (at some point in time the "exit from sneek mode game" worked on my system,
but it turned out that getting up from the couch and restart the wii was faster than waiting for the return process to be finished

 

[AbdallahTerro]

A new wiki is under development here's the installation section: https://sites.google...talling-wiiflow
best for me was \apps\wiiflow and \wiiflow folder on SD card
Also many people only have usb setup with these folders on fat32 1st active partition
for ntfs partition expect issues since many homebrews and neek won't work

Yes I thought so, wiiflow on the NTFS partition is not the way it should be, but wiiflow made that choice when started, not me.
So if it doesnt really work, why does wiiflow put the wiiflow folder there? maybe this is a bug.

And yes I have the channels both on real and emunand (at some point in time the "exit from sneek mode game" worked on my system,
but it turned out that getting up from the couch and restart the wii was faster than waiting for the return process to be finished

do u have the "apps" folder on ntfs partition? afaik wiiflow makes its settings folder wherever the wiiflow dol is found (sd is checked first)

 

[etlon666]

A new wiki is under development here's the installation section: https://sites.google...talling-wiiflow
best for me was \apps\wiiflow and \wiiflow folder on SD card
Also many people only have usb setup with these folders on fat32 1st active partition
for ntfs partition expect issues since many homebrews and neek won't work

Yes I thought so, wiiflow on the NTFS partition is not the way it should be, but wiiflow made that choice when started, not me.
So if it doesnt really work, why does wiiflow put the wiiflow folder there? maybe this is a bug.

And yes I have the channels both on real and emunand (at some point in time the "exit from sneek mode game" worked on my system,
but it turned out that getting up from the couch and restart the wii was faster than waiting for the return process to be finished

do u have the "apps" folder on ntfs partition? afaik wiiflow makes its settings folder wherever the wiiflow dol is found (sd is checked first)

Nope, it is in usb1:/apps/wiiflow (=is my FAT)
Thats why I was surprised to find wiiflow under usb2:/wiiflow (=is my NTFS)

 

[fatherjack]

I'm in the middle of a changeover and need some advice please.........

I use a 64GB SD card only (no USB) and have been launching wii games from wiiflow and GC games from GX without issue.
The GC games are a mix of devolution and DML 2.2, and I am trying to get GC games via wiiflow so I can dispense with GX.

Having tried versions 4, 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 It takes an age to launch and I get constant wiimote de-synch, and no wii game launch at all.
I have reverted to mod r590 - wii games are fine, GC games via devo are fine (loader.bin in wiiflow folder) but no GC via DML.

i) is DML even supported by this rev? as it only mentions DM here:
http://code.google.com/p/open-wiiflow-mod/downloads/detail?name=Wiiflow_Mod_svn_r590.zip&can=2&q=

ii) is DiscEX supported by this rev?, as it also only mentions GCReEX

thx for any help

 

[Maxternal]

do u have the "apps" folder on ntfs partition? afaik wiiflow makes its settings folder wherever the wiiflow dol is found (sd is checked first)

Nope, it is in usb1:/apps/wiiflow (=is my FAT)
Thats why I was surprised to find wiiflow under usb2:/wiiflow (=is my NTFS)

Actually, what WiiFlow does on a clean install is ...


1st : Look for an existing /WiiFlow folder in each partition in order and uses the first one it finds.

2nd : (if that fails) Looks for the /WBFS folder in the same way and creates the new /wiiflow folder on the same partition as the first /WBFS folder it finds.

3rd : Just creates the folder on the first available partition.


So, basically, if you want the /wiiflow folder to be on a certain partition on a clean install you should just create an empty /wiiflow folder on that partition first and WiiFlow will use it.