Hacking WiiFlow Lite

[WesMods]

@WesMods try this wfl_priiloader_boot.dol - http://www.mediafire.com/file/fnypqoe222ghlrg/wfl_priiloader_boot.dol/file

Trying now, brb

 

[fledge68]

just found the code fix94 used for wiiflow bootmii loader. it is in deed mini

i see a make file and a makebin.py which i assume is python

ok the make file says i need devkitarm

 

[Cyan]

ah, fix94 made one already?
it's in wiiflow sources?
is it based on ppcskel?

 

[WesMods]

Trying now, brb

@WesMods try this wfl_priiloader_boot.dol - http://www.mediafire.com/file/fnypqoe222ghlrg/wfl_priiloader_boot.dol/file

It Works like a charm Loads instantly to WiiFlow Lite and now both RealNand and EmuNand are displayed properly

 

[fledge68]

ah, fix94 made one already?
it's in wiiflow sources?
is it based on ppcskel?

here's where i got it if you want to take a look - https://code.google.com/archive/p/wiiflow/downloads

bootmi_forwarder_loader is the name.

 

[Cyan]

ah, strange, it's generating an armboot.bin instead of ppcboot.elf like USBGX's version.
thanks for that link and sources.
at least, google kept the binaries, they wanted to delete them once, glad it's still there.

 

[fledge68]

ah, strange, it's generating an armboot.bin instead of ppcboot.elf like USBGX's version.
thanks for that link and sources.
at least, google kept the binaries, they wanted to delete them once, glad it's still there.

actually i noticed theres a elfloader folder and inside it looks like you can run make to make just the elf loader if you have devkitarm

edit: @WesMods i assume you still have the problem of launching real nand channels?
unless you use the custom setting?

 

[WesMods]

My EmuNand/RealNand channels are still kinda finicky. Some EmuNand channels will load but halt on black screen on exit, others won't load. All RealNand channels load fine but then halt on black screen on exit. I'll test it this evening and post my full results. Any tips on which settings I should have enabled/disabled?

Edit:
Yes all RealNand channels load with Custom set to on, but not with Custom set to off

 

[fledge68]

My EmuNand/RealNand channels are still kinda finicky. Some EmuNand channels will load but halt on black screen on exit, others won't load. All RealNand channels load fine but then halt on black screen on exit. I'll test it this evening and post my full results. Any tips on which settings I should have enabled/disabled?

Edit:
Yes all RealNand channels load with Custom set to on, but not with Custom set to off

well for realnand channels it doesn't use the emunand settings of course. just the game settings of custom on/off or the apploader might help.

as for emunand partial or full should work. partial just means that the game will use the config files for network and controllers and miis from the real nand. whereas full means all those config files should be included in your emunand and can be different from what your wii system normally uses.

note1: if the games are freezing on black screen on exit then there's a problem with your cIOS

note2: when i compile wfl with the ppc r32 and libogc 1.8.20 it changed the wiiflow game booter.bin so i hope when you updated to r1161 you also updated the bins folder.

note3: wiiflow can start in IOS58 and reload to cIOS for wii and nand games or you can just force wiiflow to use cIOS all the time from bootup. this is what i do. just go to startup settings and set force cios on and set to auto.

 

[WesMods]

well for realnand channels it doesn't use the emunand settings of course. just the game settings of custom on/off or the apploader might help.

as for emunand partial or full should work. partial just means that the game will use the config files for network and controllers and miis from the real nand. whereas full means all those config files should be included in your emunand and can be different from what your wii system normally uses.

note1: if the games are freezing on black screen on exit then there's a problem with your cIOS

note2: when i compile wfl with the ppc r32 and libogc 1.8.20 it changed the wiiflow game booter.bin so i hope when you updated to r1161 you also updated the bins folder.

note3: wiiflow can start in IOS58 and reload to cIOS for wii and nand games or you can just force wiiflow to use cIOS all the time from bootup. this is what i do. just go to startup settings and set force cios on and set to auto.

Kk, I'm going to try now and report back

 

[fledge68]

FOR THOSE OF YOU USING WFL AS WIIFLOW.
I screwed up on the stub.bin. which means when you launch a plugin emu game and exit to return to wiiflow it will just return to the system menu or freeze. i will fix it soon.

edit: fixed and reuploaded to github. the wfl_as_wiiflow download in the releases tab is now fixed so you will need to redownload it and replace the boot.dol if you previously downloaded it.

 

[fledge68]

@WesMods i tried 5 emunand games in a row - they all launched and returned to wiiflow fine.

i tried real nand channels - they don't launch unless i set custom on but then there's no cios and no return to wiiflow unless you are using priiloader and that special dol.
so there is something wrong with launching real nand channels but i haven't figured out what yet.

 

[WesMods]

@WesMods i tried 5 emunand games in a row - they all launched and returned to wiiflow fine.

i tried real nand channels - they don't launch unless i set custom on but then there's no cios and no return to wiiflow unless you are using priiloader and that special dol.
so there is something wrong with launching real nand channels but i haven't figured out what yet.

Yea you're on the right track I'm about to mod another virgin Wii now with all the new fresh versions of everything that came out this week. Loving the resurgence of the Wii scene. Thanks so much to you all

 

[fledge68]

the latest gx emu's updated by tantric work as wiiflow (lite) plugins but don't easily return to wiiflow.
so i patched all 3 to properly return to wiiflow (lite)
diff files included

http://www.mediafire.com/file/kc0zxi40pel81sl/gx_emu_plugin_mods.zip/file

 

[WesMods]

the latest gx emu's updated by tantric work as wiiflow (lite) plugins but don't easily return to wiiflow.
so i patched all 3 to properly return to wiiflow (lite)
diff files included

http://www.mediafire.com/file/kc0zxi40pel81sl/gx_emu_plugin_mods.zip/file

Thanks @fledge68 and @Tantric You guys are on a tear. WiiFlow Lite 4life!
Do these .dols and .diffs go in our WiiFlow Lite Plugins folder?

 

[fledge68]

Thanks @fledge68 and @Tantric You guys are on a tear. WiiFlow Lite 4life!
Do these .dols and .diffs go in our WiiFlow Lite Plugins folder?

The boot dols go in their respective apps folders and you edit their plugin ini like i mentioned before.

The diff files are just there for coders to see what i changed.

 

[jamallego]

hi everyone, good morning fledge, thanks for your hard work improving these loader

if you can help out withe these:

i have on my wii installed the folloqing loaders: USB loadergx (v1268), wiiflow (4.2.2 mod 1076), CFG loader (cfg70r78.11). I want to install wiiflow lite and keeping those other loaders, but i dont seem to find a proper download where i can find the correct files for these one, some links send me to github but there i cant find the files, othres links take me to wiiflow files

thanks once again and sorry to bother you

 

[WesMods]

hi everyone, good morning fledge, thanks for your hard work improving these loader

if you can help out withe these:

i have on my wii installed the folloqing loaders: USB loadergx (v1268), wiiflow (4.2.2 mod 1076), CFG loader (cfg70r78.11). I want to install wiiflow lite and keeping those other loaders, but i dont seem to find a proper download where i can find the correct files for these one, some links send me to github but there i cant find the files, othres links take me to wiiflow files

thanks once again and sorry to bother you

WiiFlow Lite is a separate homebrew which can share your "://WiiFlow" folder so you don't have to change your folders to set it up separately. Download it here: https://github.com/Fledge68/WiiFlow_Lite/releases
And also download/install the forwarder channel

 

[jamallego]

thank you very much for your help, gonna try it out

 

[Billy Acuña]

Hey @WesMods
Can I have a forwarder dol for WiiVC?