Fledge68 / WiiFlow_Lite

My mod of the Wii USB Loader WiiFlow
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[SOLVED] Can't run Wii games from vWii mode with a microSD (But GC games with Nintendont can still run) #295

Closed danylopez123 closed 2 years ago

danylopez123 commented 2 years ago

The issue has been solved. Reason: The new version v5.5.2 fixed this problem, as long if you clean the settings from the wiiflow folder.

Describe the bug First of all, i know this problem is related to https://github.com/Fledge68/WiiFlow_Lite/issues/291 However, i had my different steps while trying to get this going but i couldn't, see Aditional context at the bottom for details.

I have moved from USB Loader GX to WiiFlow seeing it can run games via SD Cards. Since i bought myself a new SanDisk Extreme PRO microSDXC 256 GBs of course with the SD adapter in it, this is the part where i began to put more order with my games and stuff from 2 USBs, one with 16 GBS and other with 32 GBs and an SD Card with 16 GBs.

Now of course, i've finished moving everything to the new microSD and this is the part now where im having problems running Wii games from the microSD pluged as an SD Card.

Done with an European Wii U 5.5.5E This was also done with a clean WiiFlow config without changing any option

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Go to the Homebrew Channel from the vWii menu
  2. Launch WiiFlow
  3. Run any Wii game as WBFS format
  4. After hitting the Play button, you see the Wiiflow animated logo for a few seconds then goes to black and freezes

What version of WiiFlow Lite v5.5.1

On Wii or Wii U vWii Wii U vWii

Additional context Gamecube games with Nintendont can still work fine and they boot, including the Arcade Triforce ones. The way i got CFW with the Homebrew for my Wii U it's with the Tiramisu method and it's the only one from https://wiiu.hacks.guide because previously, in the same page, there were different methods of hacking the Wii U but now, only the Tiramisu method was the only choice there. EDIT: Actually, eku told me there was still the section with the different methods but it was marked in the Archive zone so still it wouldn't do the thing. I did both Wii U and vWii sides to install the CFW stuff in it, this includes of course, the "v10 beta52 d2x-v10-beta52-vWii" cIOS for 249 250 and 251 slots as in the vWii Modding section mentioned from the hacking guide i posted.

As for the sysCheck.csv file, i did also generated one here: sysCheck.csv Do note that this was generated while using the Spanish language so you will be seeing some spanish text, although, it's in the same order so, you should kinda understand what do they mean.

eku commented 2 years ago

the Tiramisu method and it's the only one from https://wiiu.hacks.guide because previously, in the same page, there were different methods of hacking the Wii U but now, only the Tiramisu method was the only choice there.

Not correct. See https://wiiu.hacks.guide/#/archive/cfw-choice

Fledge68 commented 2 years ago

first question. have you tried changing the IOS in game settings to 251 which is base 58? and then run a game?

danylopez123 commented 2 years ago

Not correct. See https://wiiu.hacks.guide/#/archive/cfw-choice

Huh, i must have missed that section but i see its in the "Archive" zone as well it says "THE METHODS DESCRIBED IN THIS PAGE ARE NO LONGER SUPPORTED" I edited the description a bit.

first question. have you tried changing the IOS in game settings to 251 which is base 58? and then run a game?

Did that with some games, still WiiFlow animated logo followed with a Black Screen freeze.

Fledge68 commented 2 years ago

just tested v5.5.1 on wiiu vwii with wii games on SD and everything works fine.

my guess is your SD card. maybe its size or maybe because you are using a microsd via its adapter.

nintendont's source code maybe works because its code for SD IO may be different than wiiflow.

eku commented 2 years ago

I can think of one more thing that might play a role. In tiramisu's thread, Manschell points out that older forwarders/channels are incompatible with tiramisu. Now the question. How do you start the vWii and the HBC? Via forwarder from the Wii U system menu? You may want to try removing 50_hbl_installer.rpx from sd:/wiiu/environments/tiramisu/modules/setup, power off and on and test WFL again.

danylopez123 commented 2 years ago

just tested v5.5.1 on wiiu vwii with wii games on SD and everything works fine.

my guess is your SD card. maybe its size or maybe because you are using a microsd via its adapter.

nintendont's source code maybe works because its code for SD IO may be different than wiiflow.

I tried moving a Wii WBFS from my new microSD card to the smaller SD card i mentioned, including the WiiFlow Lite app with the settings and stuff from the microSD, still same results, didin't fixed that.

I can think of one more thing that might play a role. In tiramisu's thread, Manschell points out that older forwarders/channels are incompatible with tiramisu. Now the question. How do you start the vWii and the HBC? Via forwarder from the Wii U system menu? You may want to try removing 50_hbl_installer.rpx from sd:/wiiu/environments/tiramisu/modules/setup, power off and on and test WFL again.

Well.. crap, i launch vWii from the Wii U menu like normal. I tried removing that 50_hbl_installer.rpx and still did not fixed it.

EDIT: Even with the 50_hbl_installer.rpx file removed, using the Tiramisu Boot Selector menu to boot right away to the vWii Homebrew Channel, both new microSD and previous SD and still nothing.

I just wasn't able to check the link you posted, for some STUPID reason, the frigging "Secure Net" from my Internet provider "Vodafone" flagged gbatemp.net as an insecure page and won't let me get in.. when before it was just fine but now decided to flip the table on me.

Fledge68 commented 2 years ago

how did you format your sd card? what did you use to format it?

danylopez123 commented 2 years ago

how did you format your sd card? what did you use to format it?

guiformat since this microSD it's very big, i had no FAT32 choice when i tried to format it normally with Windows 10. The same tool i used with an 128 GBs microSD to use it with my New 3DS XL

Fledge68 commented 2 years ago

ok good. i'm very baffled.

danylopez123 commented 2 years ago

I tried a new method. Seeing this page https://sites.google.com/site/wiiflowiki4/forwarder-channels to install a Fowarder, i followed that and i followed the Wii U part to make it compatible for the vWii So i downloaded the installer, one of the fowarders, made it compatible for the vWii with a guide mentioned in (I got past the stupid Secure Net by using my phone's internet), launched the fowarder from the vWii menu, tried a game with the 249 250 and 251 cIOS with some games and.. still no luck, same black screen freeze after the WiiFlow animated logo.

Fledge68 commented 2 years ago

try v5.5.2 - https://github.com/Fledge68/WiiFlow_Lite/releases/tag/v5.5.2

danylopez123 commented 2 years ago

I was about to say that this didin't solved my issue.. But then i proceeded to clean the settings and stuff from the wiiflow folder from the microSD, only keeping the things downloaded like the covers, custom GC banners and others.. So i did that, downloaded the new version, of course keeping the clean config from the Wiiflow without changing anything and..

IT FINALLY WORKED

I lauched a Wii game, saw the Wiiflow animated logo, then NOW i saw a Loading bar and then.. the games now boots. I was almost done with this and giving up with Wiiflow but this finally fixed my issue, thanks for the new version!

This problem it's now solved, closing.

eku commented 2 years ago

But then i proceeded to clean the settings and stuff from the wiiflow folder from the microSD

This resets the EmuNAND settings as well. Looks like you were hit by #196.

danylopez123 commented 2 years ago

This resets the EmuNAND settings as well. Looks like you were hit by #196.

I don't think i had an EmuNAND installed for my vWii when i did this, so let's just say that doesn't bother me.

EDIT: I've extracted my vWii NAND with the Wiiflow Lite NAND extractor and i've installed Wiiware WADS in it, as for the unwanted channels that i cant delete, like the Photo Channel, Mii Channel and others, i dont have to worry about that, i can just put them in a category and change the settings to hide them.