| WiiFlow Lite | |
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| Author | Fix94/Fledge68 |
| Type | File browsers |
| Version | 5.5.3 |
| License | Mixed |
| Last Updated | 2022/03/23 |
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WiiFlow is a homebrew USB loader for the Nintendo Wii video game console and the Wii-U video game console in Wii Menu mode. It displays your games and apps in full 3D box coverflow display and is capable of launching Wii and WiiWare/VC games, homebrew titles, and GameCube games through the use of Nintendont or Devolution. Plus with WiiFlows intuitive plugin system you can launch and play several classic retro games via their respective homebrew emulator. Watching videos and listening to music is even possible via this plugin system. WiiFlow also supports using Emu NANDs for your WiiWare/VC titles and is capable of launching them via Neek2o if needed.
What is WiiFlow Lite?
This is my mod or continuation of WiiFlow. WiiFlow is a Nintendo Wii homebrew app for booting games from a USB Device or SD card. It will also work on a Wii U in Wii mode.
As of v5.2.0 I changed the name back to WiiFlow to make things less complicated, But kept the WiiFlow Lite name on Github.
Features
Old Features from WiiFlow
- A full 3d box, front to back coverflow interface
- Can Run via IOS58 with AHBProt disabled via the forwarder channel or HBC 1.08+ but cIOS is still needed to launch Wii and NAND games
- Compatible with hermes, waninkoko, and d2x cios, but d2x is highly recommended
- Launch Wii games from SD or USB HDD formatted to FAT32, NTFS, EXT2, and WBFS. FAT32 is recommended. Don't use WBFS.
- Launch GameCube games on SD or USB HDD via Nintendont or Devolution. Nintendont recommended.
- Launch Wii and Gamecube games via retail disc
- Launch Channels from real NAND or emu NAND
- Launch Homebrew titles
- Launch classic emu games and movie files via WiiFlow's plugin system
- Option to use Neek2o v90+ to launch emu NAND channels
- Extract Real NAND to emu NAND
- Wii savegame emulation via emu NAND
- Copy savegames from real NAND to emu NAND
- Flash savegames back to real NAND
- Plays included banner animations for Wii, Gamecube, and NAND titles
- Can play custom made banners for GameCube and Plugin titles
- Banner animations can be full screen or mini banner preview
- Download covers via GameTDB
- Options to select cover types and countries for downloading
- Background music with sub folder support
- Optional THP game trailer's video player on selected game menu
- Custom titles and cover spine color support
- Theme support
- Multiple languages
- Help Guide built in
- Sort and Categorize games
- Mark games as Favorites even for plugins
- Parental lock to block config menu access and access to games set as blocked
- Download and use Cheat Codes for Wii, GameCube, and NAND titles
- Wiinner Tag and DU Tag support
- Optional Source Menu for choosing which covers to view
Installing
As of v5.2.0 WiiFlow Lite will simply be a replacement for WiiFlow. Put it in apps/wiiflow and use wiiflow forwarder's to launch it via the wii system menu. forwarders can be found on wiiflowiki4. for previous wiiflow lite users, sorry but you must uninstall your wiiflow lite forwarder and replace it with a wiiflow forwarder.
Simply download the latest release and extract it to your apps/wiiflow folder on SD or USB HDD. SD is recommended. Your device should be formatted to FAT32.
Booting
To start WiiFlow Lite you will need the Homebrew Channel or a WiiFlow forwarder channel installed on your Wii or vWii system menu.
Themes
Currently only Rhapsodii and Rhapsodii Shima themes are compatible with WiiFlow Lite. Other older wiiflow themes need to be updated to work properly with WFL.
Rhapsodii made by Hakaisha is a new theme designed for wiiflow lite. find it here - (https://gbatemp.net/threads/wiiflow-lite-theme-rhapsodii.511833/)
Other wiiflow lite themes can be found on the wiki linked below. but they need to be updated to properly work with wiiflow lite.
Screenshots
Media
Known Issues
Issue Downloading Covers
WiiFlow has a issue when downloading covers. Mainly when downloading a large quantity. The problem is the cover 'png' images are downloaded and saved but some or all of them don't get converted to 'wfc' cache files that WiiFlow actually uses to display them on screen. The cause isn't totally known but it appears to be an issue with 'out of memory'. If it happens most likely you will need to exit wiiflow and reboot it.
This may also happen if you manually add a lot of covers for your emulator plugins when you boot WiiFlow and do 'reload cache'.
The easiest way to fix it is remove your SD card or USB device and connect it to your home PC. Download and use a program called WFC_conv by Wiimpathy. It's a Linux and Windows tool that will convert all the png images in a folder to wfc files for wiiflow.
Download it here - https://github.com/Wiimpathy/WFC_conv/releases/download/v0.1/WFC_conv_0-1.zip
Extract it and follow these directions to use it.
What is WFC_converter
WFC_converter is a command line tool to convert images to WiiFlow cache files. It scans all covers found in 'boxcovers' and saves the .wfc files in the cache folder. Only png are supported with the same constraints as in WiiFlow(max height < 1090 for example).
You may consult the log file 'log_cachecreate.txt' for any errors during the cache creation. Refer to the Return codes in pngu.h to see what the error number means.
Usage:
Note: in Windows you will need to open a command prompt. In Windows 10 go to the Windows folder with wfc_conv.exe and hold shift while right clicking in open area (not on a file). select Open Powershell window here. Now you can type the following commands.
wfc_conv.exe Path [-OPTION]
#Path#
The path to the WiiFlow folder containing your boxcovers.
#OPTION#
-uncompress : Don't compress textures. Not recommended, files are large. It's disabled by default in WiiFlow.
-wiicovers : Create cache files for Wii and GameCube covers.
Examples :
wfc_conv.exe e:\WiiFlow
wfc_conv.exe e:\WiiFlow -wiicovers
Issue WiiFlow Won't Boot Up
For some users WiiFlow may show the splash screen and then exit or it may get stuck in endless wait animation.
This is most likely caused by your SD or USB device not working with the current cIOS or IOS 58. The next problem is WiiFlow uses a savegame on your wii just like all wii games do. This savegame contains settings for WiiFlow's boot up such as to use IOS 58 or a cIOS, which cIOS to use, and what port the USB device is attached to. WiiFlow makes this savegame on bootup if it's not found. It defaults to cIOS 249. It could be your device works better with IOS 58 or a different cIOS. Simply deleting this savegame does not solve this problem because it will just be recreated with the default of cIOS 249.
You need to use WiiFlow Start Configurator. A Wii app to edit this savegame by choosing to use IOS 58 or a different cIOS.
Download here - https://www.mediafire.com/file/vdchnzz8nh587g1/Wiiflow_Start_Configurator.zip/file
Run it via The Homebrew Channel, make your changes, exit it, and try to run WiiFlow again.
Note: vWii users may find more success with a cIOS of base 58 or 57.