Hacking WiiFlow Lite

[trapboifuse]

But your Wiiflow is still an active project
USBLoaderGX has not been officially updated for a long time, and Balckb0x is currently doing his own branch/fork to fix bugs and improve it.

Both are good and share the same settings and options, but wiiflow might be little above for features and fixes.

yo cyan btw read the other post i mean (failed to open backup) it kinda sad i csnt play super mario galaxy neo

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But your Wiiflow is still an active project
USBLoaderGX has not been officially updated for a long time, and Balckb0x is currently doing his own branch/fork to fix bugs and improve it.

Both are good and share the same settings and options, but wiiflow might be little above for features and fixes.

sorry for commeting randomly on your post

 

[tbuske]

you need the priiloader forwarder loader dol -

set priiloader to load and start it.

Thank you very much! Works fine
Just curious, do i missed that File on a offical guide? Because i looked for a solution and just find someone that creates a dol with modmii for himself and not sharing it.

One Last Thing:
When my remote in WFL gets disconnected due to inactivity and i connect it back, then most of the time the pointer is missing or you only can move it on a certain circle only. Version is 4.5.7

 

[biggzsizzle]

Love it @fledge68 !!

Workin on reviving a classic...The Great Carbonik

It's shaping up pretty good, no source menu made for it yet but overall its functionality is great!!

Little video I made, sorry bout the glare
http://www.mediafire.com/file/1w9yjoprxzo9czd/20201112_142247.mp4

 

[OfficialRammy]

Is there a way to just have the front covers in WiiFlow? Since these are front images that are PNG's surely there's a way? I've tried using these with the other shrunken spine images in the default box covers but as expected, it stretches the image all the way around </3 I've tried googling this & found nothing so, any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[RunningSnakes]

Yes, they go in "covers" folder. The "boxcovers" folder is for full images.

 

[OfficialRammy]

Yes, they go in "covers" folder. The "boxcovers" folder is for full images.

Does it have to be in a folder named after the platform.ini for each console? Or do you shove them all in that folder?

 

[RunningSnakes]

Folder must be named to match wiiflow>plugins>GBA>GBA.ini>coverfolder=GBA

You will have to delete previous cache files created also to create new (correct) cache files.

 

[tbuske]

Is this possible with WiiFlow Lite:

3TB HDD -> 2 Partitions

500GB Fat32 Partition for GC Games
2,5TB NTFS for Wii Games

+ Bonus: 16 GB WiiWare Wads on Fat32/NTFS (Never tried yet, is it possible to launch WiiWare in WFL?)

 

[biggzsizzle]

Is this possible with WiiFlow Lite:

3TB HDD -> 2 Partitions

500GB Fat32 Partition for GC Games
2,5TB NTFS for Wii Games

+ Bonus: 16 GB WiiWare Wads on Fat32/NTFS (Never tried yet, is it possible to launch WiiWare in WFL?)

Abolutely, as long as the Fat32 has 32kb cluster size and the partition is set to Active

 

[ca032769]

Is this possible with WiiFlow Lite:

3TB HDD -> 2 Partitions

500GB Fat32 Partition for GC Games
2,5TB NTFS for Wii Games

+ Bonus: 16 GB WiiWare Wads on Fat32/NTFS (Never tried yet, is it possible to launch WiiWare in WFL?)

You would be better off formatting the drive as one large 3TB partition in FAT32 using 32k cluster size. This way all of your Wii & GameCube are on the same drive and there is no issue with Homebrew accessing it.

I have 1,800 Wii titles and almost 800 GameCube titles on one 5TB drive formatted in FAT32 as a single partition using 64k clusters, but have gone up to using drives as large as 10TB with a single FAT32 partition in 256k cluster size.

See the link below in my signature on how to do it.

EDIT: I should have mentioned this works great for Western Digital drives, not sure about others. The trick is to first get the partition table converted from GPT to MBR, then all works great.

 

[OfficialRammy]

Thanks for that @RunningSnakes I got a bunch of front covers for NES and it really fills it out especially for full ROM sets. But, I thought with the latest WiiFlow it uses the front cover, then uses its blank_cover for the spine and back but yet I'm getting the Wii Default box. Was that what @fledge68 meant that its the Wii's Blank Cover only? Any way to do this? Or am I doing something wrong.

Also, I've added a lot of Gamecube Games to my collection & there's 2 games on there that are duplicated. One just black screens my Wii when I press play & the other plays the game. Very strange, I've tried deleting the cache & double checked for double .wfc files AND checked If I doubled up the games, but it is not either of those cases. Any idea what could be causing that? Thanks for the help <3

(ALSO - I'm currently working on a blank_covers pack for all the systems featured in Tetsuo's Pack. Look out for that

 

[fledge68]

Thanks for that @RunningSnakes I got a bunch of front covers for NES and it really fills it out especially for full ROM sets. But, I thought with the latest WiiFlow it uses the front cover, then uses its blank_cover for the spine and back but yet I'm getting the Wii Default box. Was that what @fledge68 meant that its the Wii's Blank Cover only? Any way to do this? Or am I doing something wrong.

Also, I've added a lot of Gamecube Games to my collection & there's 2 games on there that are duplicated. One just black screens my Wii when I press play & the other plays the game. Very strange, I've tried deleting the cache & double checked for double .wfc files AND checked If I doubled up the games, but it is not either of those cases. Any idea what could be causing that? Thanks for the help <3

(ALSO - I'm currently working on a blank_covers pack for all the systems featured in Tetsuo's Pack. Look out for that
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in 5.4.7 i changed wiiflow to use custom blank covers for the back and spine because in rhapsodii shima theme tetsuo uses a blank no cover that says WII on the spine. unfortunately that change caused an issue of a black screen for a split second when selecting a source or tier so i had to remove it in 5.4.8.

maybe i'll figure out a different way to do it or maybe @Tetsuo Shima can change the blank no cover to a more generic one that doesn't say WII on the spine.

 

[Tetsuo Shima]

in 5.4.7 i changed wiiflow to use custom blank covers for the back and spine because in rhapsodii shima theme tetsuo uses a blank no cover that says WII on the spine. unfortunately that change caused an issue of a black screen for a split second when selecting a source or tier so i had to remove it in 5.4.8.

maybe i'll figure out a different way to do it or maybe @Tetsuo Shima can change the blank no cover to a more generic one that doesn't say WII on the spine.

I'll be happy to do it. This is done by changing the files nopic.png and flatnopic.png, correct?
I'll try to come up with something. In the mean time, if you've already got an idea of how the spine could look like, let me know

 

[fledge68]

I'll be happy to do it. This is done by changing the files nopic.png and flatnopic.png, correct?
I'll try to come up with something. In the mean time, if you've already got an idea of how the spine could look like, let me know

hard to say what it should look like or say on the side. maybe just a gray cover with nothing written at all on the spine. the white wii cover really stands out on black covers like SNES. grey may not be such profound. black would be good too.

or you could provide us with blank backs n spines that we can all use to convert our front covers to full covers.

 

[Tetsuo Shima]

I was thinking about using the Wiiflow logo, or a question mark, or writing "missing cover", but there's a problem:
since coverflows can be very different in size and proportions (expecially true for the spines), I'm not sure whether I'm better off writing on it or not, because it will be distorted and not very nice to see in some cases. Maybe just not on the spines
For the color I agree that white stands out too much, I could use a black background with some kind of grey decoration.

 

[OfficialRammy]

unfortunately that change caused an issue of a black screen

DAMN, that would be the most ideal way, be a lot more matching across the board. No possible way around it? @fledge68

If not, you could Intergrate the blank covers for each console in your theme @Tetsuo Shima if thats possible? Im grinding Photoshop at the moment so I can whip up some spines and back covers for every console in your theme if you need it, then can make changes if needed after you review them. Im working on a blank cover pack anyway, so hoping to finish this soon. You guys can pinch these if you want in the meantime I will make some alts too as they may not be for everyone <3

 

[tbuske]

You would be better off formatting the drive as one large 3TB partition in FAT32 using 32k cluster size. This way all of your Wii & GameCube are on the same drive and there is no issue with Homebrew accessing it.

I have 1,800 Wii titles and almost 800 GameCube titles on one 5TB drive formatted in FAT32 as a single partition using 64k clusters, but have gone up to using drives as large as 10TB with a single FAT32 partition in 256k cluster size.

See the link below in my signature on how to do it.

EDIT: I should have mentioned this works great for Western Digital drives, not sure about others. The trick is to first get the partition table converted from GPT to MBR, then all works great.

I saw your findings with wd drives and thats exactly what iam going for now I try to get my hands on a 4tb wd passport in red because i have a Red Wii. That will be awesome, thank you!

Do you use Wiiflow Lite as Frontend? I saw in the WFL Bugtracker that it will crash when using more then 900 Games. My Goal is all PAL Games for Wii(1205) and Gamecube (453). Hope that will work with WFL, with the Rhapsodii Theme and some Retrowave music it becomes my dream Setup, hope the Wii remote reconnect issues get fixed someday, so i can leave the device 24/7 on.

 

[biggzsizzle]

I have another question,.. at what point do the covers go from displaying fully, back to the "nopic.png" and "flatnopic.png" it seems like a prefetch issue but as I'm scrolling games first and last 2 on opposite sides of the screen don't show the actual cover unless I scroll left or right,...I know that sounds crazy but I'll get a screenshot and post it later.

Another wierd thing thats started, reloaded cache with only Gameboy plugin selected, converted 90 games but only displayed like 12 covers,..

Spoiler: contents on my wiiflow_lite.ini

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video_mode=0
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[GAMERCARD]
dutag_key=
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gamercards=wiinnertag
gamercards_enable=no
wiinnertag_key=
wiinnertag_url=https://tag.rc24.xyz/wii?game={ID6}&key={KEY}

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dir_cart=usb1:/wiiflow/cart_disk
dir_cheat=usb1:/wiiflow/codes/gct
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dir_music=usb1:/wiiflow/music
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dir_snap=usb1:/wiiflow/snapshots
dir_source=usb1:/wiiflow/source_menu
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dir_trailers=usb1:/wiiflow/trailers
dir_txtcheat=usb1:/wiiflow/codes
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dump_list=no
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source_on_start=yes
sources=1
theme=Carbonix
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url_flat_covers=https://art.gametdb.com/{console}/cover/{loc}/{gameid}.png
url_full_covers=https://art.gametdb.com/{console}/coverfullHQ/{loc}/{gameid}.png|https://art.gametdb.com/{console}/coverfull/{loc}/{gameid}.png
video_mode=0
wiimote_gestures=yes

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box_mode=yes
current_item=balancetools
disable=no
favorites=no
last_cf_mode=1
partition=0
show_full_banner=no
smallbox=yes
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disable=no
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favorites=no
last_cf_mode=2
partition=1
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[PROXY]
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enabled=yes
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[WII]
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current_save_emunand=pl_us1
favorites=no
fix480p=yes
last_cf_mode=2
partition=1
prefer_usb=yes
save_emulation=1
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wii_games_dir=%s:/wbfs

 

[ca032769]

I saw your findings with wd drives and thats exactly what iam going for now I try to get my hands on a 4tb wd passport in red because i have a Red Wii. That will be awesome, thank you!

Do you use Wiiflow Lite as Frontend? I saw in the WFL Bugtracker that it will crash when using more then 900 Games. My Goal is all PAL Games for Wii(1205) and Gamecube (453). Hope that will work with WFL, with the Rhapsodii Theme and some Retrowave music it becomes my dream Setup, hope the Wii remote reconnect issues get fixed someday, so i can leave the device 24/7 on.

Yes I also have a Red, Black, White & Blue Passport to match each of the colors of my Wii's, although the Blue is only close(ish), it is not the same. With your title counts for Wii & CG they will fit nicely on a 4TB just fine.

I have tinkered with all the loaders from time to time, but my loader of choice is still CFG USB Loader. Maybe it's because it is the one I started off with and have just stuck with it. it has been long abandoned but the last version (v71beta51t3 IOS249forced) which goes back to 2015 works well for me. I do want to get into the others, especially WiiFlow Lite a little bit more, but I haven't really had the time to set aside to dive deep into it yet.

 

[NayoMays]

DAMN, that would be the most ideal way, be a lot more matching across the board. No possible way around it? @fledge68

If not, you could Intergrate the blank covers for each console in your theme @Tetsuo Shima if thats possible? Im grinding Photoshop at the moment so I can whip up some spines and back covers for every console in your theme if you need it, then can make changes if needed after you review them. Im working on a blank cover pack anyway, so hoping to finish this soon. You guys can pinch these if you want in the meantime I will make some alts too as they may not be for everyone <3

OMG YES! I want these please <3