WiiFlow going back to homescreen (Using SD)

[Bugatea]

Greetings, all.

I've been struggling for a while to get WiiFlow to run games and at this point I don't know where the issue could be. I've tried following countless tutorials, even doing a SysCheck and running it through ModMii. A friend of mine has successfully been able to run the .wbfs files that I'm trying out, so I don't think that those are the issue. I can't post links on account of this account being new, but the problem I get is exactly the same as the one in the video Play Wii Games from SD Card in 2021 - Wii Soft Modding - Install Homebrew - d2x cIOs - WiiFlow by Retro Nerd at around 12:42, and despite following the tutorial I could not solve it. The files are correctly located in a folder named wbfs at the root of my SD, and I've made sure to format it to FAT32 (and in fact most other apps installed on my SD are working fine).

Here are the SysCheck results before and after following the ModMii procedure:

Spoiler: Before ModMii

SysCheck ME v2.5.0 by blackb0x, JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199 and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: PAL
System Menu 4.1E (v54450)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 07.14.2008
Homebrew Channel 1.1.0 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 88933337
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: Netherlands (94)
Boot2 v4
Found 148 titles.
Found 56 IOS on this console. 6 of them are stubs.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 3072): Stub
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52 (rev 5888): Stub
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS80 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS90 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS202[60] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v4.0): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v4.0): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS224[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, Beer Ticket
IOS245[37] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS246[38] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS247[53] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS248[55] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS249[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v65535
Report generated on 09/06/2024.

Spoiler: After ModMii

SysCheck ME v2.5.0 by blackb0x, JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199 and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: PAL
System Menu 4.1E (v450)

Drive date: 07.14.2008
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 88933337
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: Netherlands (94)
Boot2 v4
Found 149 titles.
Found 56 IOS on this console. 4 of them are stubs.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS80[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS90 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS202[60] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v4.0): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v4.0): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS224[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, Beer Ticket
IOS245[37] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS246[38] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS247[53] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS248[38] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS249[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 09/06/2024.

Thanks very much in advance for anybody who is able to help me solve it
P.S: The main tutorials that I followed were Ultimate USB Loader GX Guide 2021+ (Play ISO Backups) by AntonRetro and How to Play Downloaded Wii Games from SD Card! [Wii & Wiiu] (WiiFlow Tutorial 2023) by FunkyScott47, in case it is of any help to know. I tried to get GX working first but WiiFlow is better due to my USB drive not working correctly.

 

[fledge68]

what version of wiiflow?

 

[Bugatea]

what version of wiiflow?

5.5.4, which I believe is the latest (at least Homebrew Browser says it is)

 

[fledge68]

its not the latest, but have you tried setting the IOS of the game to a specifice IOS such as 249 or 250. not auto.

 

[Bugatea]

its not the latest, but have you tried setting the IOS of the game to a specifice IOS such as 249 or 250. not auto.

I haven't because the one tutorial I found where they did that led to the program crashing any time it would open so they had to delete the save data manually, it was kind of intimidating, not going to lie (in case you wonder, it's the tutorial by Retro Nerd at around 13:48)

 

[fledge68]

I haven't because the one tutorial I found where they did that led to the program crashing any time it would open so they had to delete the save data manually, it was kind of intimidating, not going to lie (in case you wonder, it's the tutorial by Retro Nerd at around 13:48)

im not talking about the startup settings IOS. I'm talking about the game settings IOS. select the game and then click the gear icon to access its settings. in 5.5.4 the 'auto' option doesn't always work so you have to set a specific IOS like 249 or 250. or update to v5.5.4-1 and get rid of these 3 cios:

IOS245[37] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS246[38] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS247[53] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0

 

[Bugatea]

im not talking about the startup settings IOS. I'm talking about the game settings IOS. select the game and then click the gear icon to access its settings. in 5.5.4 the 'auto' option doesn't always work so you have to set a specific IOS like 249 or 250. or update to v5.5.4-1 and get rid of these 3 cios:

IOS245[37] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS246[38] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS247[53] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0

So, thing is, when I check the files we were prompted to install by ModMii, none of them correspond to 245, 246, or 247. ModMii recommended installing some STUBS but we never did. Should I install those STUBs? There seem to be STUBs named STUB-IOS245-64-v404.wad, IOS246-64-v404.wad, and IOS247-64-v404.wad. And if not. How would I go about "getting rid of" whatever is in those locations? I have d2x-cios-installer and YAWM, in case that is relevant

 

[fledge68]

either install the stubs or i thought the wad installer or d2x installer had a uninstall/delete option.

 

[Bugatea]

either install the stubs or i thought the wad installer or d2x installer had a uninstall/delete option.

we tried installing all the STUBs but it changed nothing. Sadly we only know how to uninstall files that we installed, not just flat out delete the contents of any given location. Is that good enough or you meant somehow wiping all the stuff in those locations?

 

[fledge68]

did you try changing the games ios from auto to a specific ios like 249 or 250?

 

[Bugatea]

did you try changing the games ios from auto to a specific ios like 249 or 250?

I did indeed, back when you told me before installing the STUBs, and it crashed with 249, 250, and 251. I also ran a SysCheck after installing the STUBs so you can take a gander

Spoiler: After STUBs

SysCheck ME v2.5.0 by blackb0x, JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199 and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: PAL
System Menu 4.3E (v514)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 07.14.2008
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 88933337
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: Netherlands (94)
Boot2 v4
Found 149 titles.
Found 56 IOS on this console. 14 of them are stubs.

IOS3 (rev 404): Stub
IOS4 (rev 404): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 404): Stub
IOS11[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 404): Stub
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS51 (rev 404): Stub
IOS52[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70[60] (rev 65535, Info: ModMii-IOS60-v6174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS80 (rev 6944): No Patches
IOS90 (rev 404): Stub
IOS202 (rev 404): Stub
IOS222 (rev 404): Stub
IOS223 (rev 404): Stub
IOS224 (rev 404): Stub
IOS236 (rev 404): Stub
IOS245 (rev 404): Stub
IOS246 (rev 404): Stub
IOS247 (rev 404): Stub
IOS248[38] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS249[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS251[58] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v11beta1): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 09/11/2024.

 

[fledge68]

so wiiflow ran but when you clicked a game and play it crashed?

 

[Bugatea]

so wiiflow ran but when you clicked a game and play it crashed?

correct. Once more, this was before installing the STUBs so we could try now that we've installed them. It also doesn't exactly "crash", it takes me to the main menu

 

[fledge68]

are you using a emunand for gamesaves?

open wiiflow_lite.ini in a notepad tool and under [DEBUG] set write_sd_log= to yes and save and run wiiflow and try a game. afterwards you should have wiiflow.log on the root of your sd card. copy and paste it here for me to see.

 

[Bugatea]

are you using a emunand for gamesaves?

open wiiflow_lite.ini in a notepad tool and under [DEBUG] set write_sd_log= to yes and save and run wiiflow and try a game. afterwards you should have wiiflow.log on the root of your sd card. copy and paste it here for me to see.

sadly I can't check it right now, I'll post an update as soon as possible. I honestly do not know what an emunand even is, though, so I'm hopeful that file helps clear it all up once I get it

Post automatically merged: Sep 11, 2024

are you using a emunand for gamesaves?

open wiiflow_lite.ini in a notepad tool and under [DEBUG] set write_sd_log= to yes and save and run wiiflow and try a game. afterwards you should have wiiflow.log on the root of your sd card. copy and paste it here for me to see.

Spoiler: wiiflow.log

Welcome to WiiFlow WFL 5.5.4-1!
This is the debug output.
Real Wii
AHBPROT disabled = yes
Found WiiFlow Save
Loading IOS Settings from wiiflow save
Using SD Only Settings from wiiflow save
AHBPROT disabled after IOS Reload: yes
Now using D2X IOS249[56] v11
FAT Partition at sd: mounted.
Wiiflow boot.dol Location: sd:/apps/wiiflow
Data Directory: sd:/wiiflow
Setting Wii games partition to: 8
Wii Games Directory: %s:/wbfs
GameCube Games Directory: %s:/games
Nintendont found
emunand = sd:/nands/default
savesnand = sd:/nands/default
Running sound thread
Loading cIOS map
Found d2x base 38 in slot 248
Found d2x base 56 in slot 249
Found d2x base 57 in slot 250
Found d2x base 58 in slot 251
ListGenerator: fileNameSkipPattern=((dis[ck]|tape|side|track)[ _-]([b-l][^a-z]|0*[2-9]|0*[1-9][0-9]))|(^disc2[.]iso$)|(^neogeo[.]zip$)|(^funboot[.]rom$)|(^(ecs|exec|grom)[.]bin$)
Bootup completed!
Creating Gamelist
Adding wii list
Games found: 1
Displaying covers
Update Play log
Launching game RMCP01
Game ID RMCP01 requested IOS 0.
User selected 0
cIOS slot 249 chosen.
Cleanup Coverflow
Stopping sound thread
Stopped sound thread
MEM1_freesize(): 8306672
MEM2_freesize(): 42585344

 

[fledge68]

thanks for the log. don't forget to set write_sd_log= back to no.

nothing wrong with the log. so the next thing to check is the wiiflow/bins folder. do you have the 3 bin files. and do you think they were updated when you updated the boot.dol?

 

[Bugatea]

thanks for the log. don't forget to set write_sd_log= back to no.

nothing wrong with the log. so the next thing to check is the wiiflow/bins folder. do you have the 3 bin files. and do you think they were updated when you updated the boot.dol?

I updated by dragging both the folders in the zip of the newest version into the root of the SD and letting files be overwritten. When I open that folder I see three bins named app_booter.bin, ext_booter.bin, and ext_loader.bin. Files also seem to've updated two days ago, which probably means they surely updated when we upgraded to 5.5.4-1

 

[fledge68]

have you tried your game on SD:/wbfs by using usblgx?

 

[Bugatea]

have you tried your game on SD:/wbfs by using usblgx?

I tried USB Loader GX before but couldn't get it to read games off of my SD. I just checked a tutorial online that said to select "Select title sources" and tick "Wii Games". When my friend does that it actually works for him, but for me it gives the error "USB Device not initialized. Switching to channel list mode". I am not prompted to switch to SD Mode, and I do in fact not have a USB of any kind plugged in. What should I do? I've read about toggling off "Mount USB at launch", should I do this? If it doesn't work, what else do you suggest?

 

[fledge68]

i haven't use the sd mode of usb loader gx. but i assumed you just went into settings and somewhere was an option for sd mode.

if your games don't work with usblgx then my speculation is correct. there is something wrong with your games .wbfs files in the wbfs folder.