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.

Please read through this document if you are having problems loading Wii/GC games with your Wii.

Unlock Your Write Protect Switch

A common issue.

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

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.

2. 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 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• do not use out of date guides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  • most print/web page guides are wrong/outdated in some way too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 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

• 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

• Hey whattaya know? on that too!

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.

(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

CIOS Offline Script (If You Have No network)

• You need to be able to access discord for this, as the help is provided by our bot

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?

• 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

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

• Most of our staff have these

**** FLASH DRIVES OFTEN CAUSE ISSUES ****

We do not suggest using one.

Modernize Your Wii's Video Output

• To get the best out of your Wii without hardware modifications, you need component cables.

• To be the most compatible with modern televisions, you need an HDMI converter that upscales to at least 720p, the minimum resolution defined in High Definition.

• Below are links for the two items we recommend for doing so.

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

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 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.

Reminder:

If your issue is loading Wii or GC games, please make sure you're going over our before asking a question. Also free to also ask in the .

Otherwise, feel free to ask for and provide help in this thread freely.