rWiiHacks' Support Megathread
General Troubleshooting
NOTE: FLASH DRIVES Are not recommended
If you are using one and you find yourself here for support, please reconsider.
Loader Support Here "My Wii/GC Game Won't Load!!"
If you came here with the problem "I am trying to load my Wii or GC game and it's not working", this is your link.
The rWiiHacks Loader Support Document
Please read through this document if you are having problems loading Wii/GC games with your Wii.
Unlock Your Write Protect Switch
FIXME: add graphic
Game and App Directory Structure Visualized
Wii Games
💾 SD Card or USB Drives
| ╸📁 wbfs
| ╸📁 GameName [GameID]
| ╸📄 GameID.wbfs
GameCube Games
💾 SD Card or USB Drive
| ╸📁 games
| ╸📁 GameName GameID
| ╸📄 game.iso
Applications
💾 SD Card or USB Drive
| ╸📁 apps
| ╸📁 AppName
| ╸📄 boot.dol
| ╸📄 meta.xml
| ╸📄 icon.png
- Note: meta.xml is not always needed but may provide key app functionality. icon.png is not required and may be added in for aesthetic reasons.
Letterbomb
💾 SD Card
| ╸📁 private
| ╸📄 boot.elf/dol
- Note: You may have several .txt files. These are simply readmes and are not necessary.
CTGP-R
💾 SD Card
| ╸📁 apps
| ╸📁 ctgpr
| ╸📄 boot.dol
| ╸📄 meta.xml
| ╸📄 icon.png
| ╸📁 ctgpr
| ╸📁 riivolution
How Perform a Syscheck
RiiConnect24's Guide is great for that!
Wiiflow Lite
- Some versions of Wiiflow Lite come with default settings that cause a black screen on load of Wii games.
- Consider updating to the latest version!
1) Open Wiiflow lite settings.
1) Go into NAND Emulation settings (it's got 3 pages of settings about NAND emulation) and make your settings match this:
```
Page 1-
Select NAND: default
NAND emulation: Partial
Select Saves NAND: default
Saves NAND emulation: off
Page 3-
Saves NAND Partition: SD
Use Real NAND Config: On
Use Real NAND Miis: On
```
- Try to see if WiiFlow will play any of your wii games again.
- If it still crashes/black screens:
- Load WiiFlow again
- Press HOME on the Wiimote
- Select Reload Cache
- Try playing a Wii game again
Modding Support Here
The Guide Wii Recommend
- still RiiConnect24's guide is the best out there
- its very well maintained
- if this changes, we'll change our recommendation
- do not use out of date guides
- this doesn't mean all video/youtube guides are bad, just most of them
- most print/web page guides are wrong/outdated in some way too
- if you're adamant on not using RiiConnect24's guide please find someone who knows what they are talking about to verify that the one you use isn't wrong BEFORE you start to mod your Wii
Useful Link to Bootmii SD Files
- Here you can find the direct link to the BootMii SD Files
- This is the hackmii site and completely safe.
To Change a Drive From GPT to MBR
- To change a drive to MBR on Windows
- open disk management.
- If you're on Windows 8 or higher, do Windows key + X and click on disk management.
- Once you're there, find the drive you need to convert to MBR and right click on the area where it says "Disk" and then the number of the disc.
- If it's not already MBR, you'll see an available option to convert to MBR disk. Use that option.
Updating You Wii System Menu to 4.3x
ISO/Game Image Management
- Software to help you manage your Wii game collection.
- It will split/convert/prepare images for transfer to your Wii Storage.
- It does not do anything for GameCube images.
Witt Tools (Same As Above, But Nerdier)
- has none of the 'frills' of Wii Backup Manager as it's more focused on image manipulation than collection management
- has a much more complex interface (command line, unix-like)
- it does work on Gamecube images
- Command line
- no collection management
- no complexity
- it simply does one thing; ISO to WBFS
- there is also a WBFStoISO, but it's less useful
The Wii and Wifi
- Your router must support 802.11 b/g
- A lot do, but 15 years later, none are enabled by default
- You must be able to re-configure your router
- Phone hotspots often work
- In the hardware section below is a listing for a Wii-Working Ethernet dongle
Miscellaneous Hardware
ID Your Wii's Motherboard Revision
- Wanna know what motherboard revision you have?
- FIXME: add graphic back
- It's for Wiidual compatibility, but they don't make those anymore.
- It'll tell you if your motherboard is prone to overheat (6 layer boards).
Ethernet Dongle That Works With the Wii
Replacement Jack Socket Dock Connector Port for Nintendo Wii Right/Left Socket Link Controller
- Of course this section title came straight from AliExpress
SD / USB Storage Tester
What USB Device Do We Recommend?
- A good enclosure, with a cheap and possibly refurbished hard drive
- The enclosure below is known to work with the Wii
- Which means any hard drive you put in it will also work with the Wii
- within the Wii's size limitation of > 2tb
- Sabrient Tool-free Enclosure
- Most of our staff have these
**** FLASH DRIVES OFTEN CAUSE ISSUES ****
We do not suggest using one.
Modernize Your Wii's Video Output
Wii2HDMI
- if you are low on funds, this is an option
- do not expect the video, sound, or construction quality to be good for ~10$USD
- Portholic Wii2HDMI
Please leave comments below for updated information or questions.
Meta
Q&A
What is This?
- This is a periodical list of resources for the Wii, and Wii modding. It is maintained by the r/WiiHacks staff and users of our community.
How Often is it Revised?
- As often as needed, when there is time to do so
Can I Contribute?
Comment. Revisions will be discussed in the comments.
If you'd like to be notified when the new revision is out, please also put that in the comments and we'll add you to the list below.
