Wii Homebrew USBLoaderGX install and setup - play games from USB
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
- Combining Wii Homebrew with a USB loader allows you to play game backup files on your Wii console. In this video I'll walk you through the full installation and setup for USBLoaderGX.
Don't forget to check out my main website at
bytesnbits.co.uk/wii-usbloadergx
You'll need to Homebrew your Wii so please have a look at my setup guide
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0:00 Introduction
2:14 Setup guide
3:27 Downloading files
11:38 Installing and setting up USBLoaderGX
18:39 Installing the USBLoaderGX channel - Věda a technologie
After so many issues and many videos you have help greatly, I think i've finally cracked it.
Great. Enjoy the games.
Thank you for walking us through this. I was stuck on the naming convention and couldnt figure It out. The app made it easy and you did a great job pointing us in the right direction. Now I just need to figure out the wifi and we’re golden!
Glad it helped! Hope you get the WiFi working.
Got it working from my phone's hotspot but not from my router. Not sure why. No worries though as I only wanted it to download some missing box art for a handful of games. Now, I’m happy. @@BytesNBits
@@BytesNBits Just followed the tutorial again after using the file you gave me and it still takes me to the homebrew channel when i try to play the game.
One thing is, can the amount of storage effect this? I got 14.40GB of 14.71GB
I have watched videos and read all sorts of guides... and this is the ONLY video that worked for me. Thank you soooooo soooooo much!!!!
You're welcome!
Took a couple hours to manage everything but worked like a charm!!! Thank you sir !!!
Glad it helped! Have fun!
These videos are super helpful, thank you!
Glad you like them!
Absolutely FANTASTIC video. Thanks so much for making something so daunting so easy to follow! :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
after all these other "tutorials" this is the one ! thanks for making it easy for me to understand god bless.
You're very welcome!
Amazing tutorial my man it is my second wii that I hacked and this one got me to do it no problem! a huge thank you:)
Glad I could help!
You are awesome dude. This worked for me. April 2024
great.
Learned a lot thanks again
Glad you found it useful - GameCube gaming coming next!
Nice thanks mate...worked for me
Glad it helped
MAN YOU'RE A LIFE SAVER!!!!!!!!! This is the only video that made sense!!!!!!!! THANKS
Glad you found it useful.
Really good tutorial thank you so much
You're very welcome!
Very nice vid as allways
Thanks again!
I'm thanking about Format It.
Thanks for the wonderful video , it worked 😊 .
Btw , if fat32 is not showing up on the wii , just insert the usb in the other slot
Great. Thanks for the tip.
What if my USB only uses exFAT or NTFS
@@elpipes1361 Think you will have to format it to fat32
@@elpipes1361dont know if im late but this might help other people i tried using exfat format but doesnt seem to show in the loader soni found a 3rd party software that lets you manually format ot to fat32 and it finally showed in the loader
I did it ty sir was hard without windows used Linux at first then used windows too
Great to hear you got it working.
Thank you so much for all of your help! These videos have been a godsend! Can I transfer the game files to the usb drive manually? I currently have no access to a windows computer, so I'm stuck with my chromebook. My game files are already in the wbfs format. Thank you again!
I think you need to use a specific folder and filename convention. It will probably be detailed somewhere on the web. You can always just try copying the files into the wbfs folder and see what happens.
You can keep,only the game partion via the setting on the wii backup manager prog
Thanks for the tip. I'll have a look.
@@BytesNBits also check out wbfs manager for the wii aswell,that can reduce wii game data,for the external hdd
I have this issue where none of my games load. Everything worked perfectly, I go to open a game, and it starts to load, but the screen just goes black. The wii is still on.
It might be a display setting. Have a look in the USBLoaded settings and play with the video output settings.
@BytesNBits Haven't been able to work on it recently, but I found that once I load a game, my tv goes black for 5-7 minutes, then just loads the wii menu and takes me out of USB GX
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@@BytesNBits I’m stuck, when I download a game from vimm and try to put it into backup manager it doesn’t submit as a wbfs format i think mine as well ends in a Tz format how do I format to wbfs?
I had the same issue with the 7-10min wait time black screen. On my flash drive (256gb sandisk). But switching to just my sd card (64gb sandisk) the games load immediately. The wiihacks website recommends only using sd cards or hard drives.
When I go to add all my game files to my wii backup manager, it just says 100.00% and finished but never puts it onto the actual screen. Please help
Check your rom files are OK and that you're extracted them form any archive files they may be saved as.
Is there a reason we cant store the games on the same SD drive versus a thumb drive or external hard drive?
No. That's perfectly fine.
im having trouble gettin the wii backup manager to recognize my wbfs files... in my file manager i can see theyre there, but when i go to the same location tyring to add them they dont appear... any fixes?
Do the file names have the correct extension? Make sure you unzip any archives if the files have been compressed. Download the Dolphin emulator and try the files in that to make sure they are working rom dumps. Hope this helps.
My back up on the top left corner is green and says finished but nothing is happening
Can you check to see if the backup is completed? Did it generate the files?
I was able to put Sonic Heroes on USB Loader GX but only through SD Card. Would this be theoretically possible to put on the external SSD if I added a folder for that file type?
Yes. Make sure you use the Backup Manager to copy the game files. It needs to set up filenames and folders for you.
is there a way to update the cIOS for wiiu? for the vwii. I cant seem to load from a hhd but I can with a USB stick.
Have a look at gbatemp.net/threads/simple-guide-to-install-cios-on-vwii-backup-nand-and-keys.339890/
If you've got it working from USB stick it might also be a compatibility issue with your HDD. Make sure it's formatted as FAT32 and make sure it's got enough power to run (SSD and laptop drives will run from the USB port - standard mechanical drives may need an extra power input). Hope you get it going!
how would I put WiiWare WADs into this backup manager?
I haven't looked into WiiWare yet. Maybe later.
mine works fine when i first start the wii, i can load GX and play the games. but as soon as i exit a game the it brings me back to the loader it fails to load the games on the USB despite knowing a USB is attached?
That's an odd one. I guess something is not shutting down correctly but I've not come across this error before. Have you had a look through the troubleshooting guide?
Does USBLoader GX support navigating the menu with a gamecube controller?
It works with my classic controller to select and start games. You'll need the Wiimote to get to the menu and settings buttons.
im on wii backup manager but theres no download link i think the site changed what do i do now?
There's a link on this page wii.hacks.guide/wii-backups
How can I make it stick these settings all the time. Everytime I load in, I have to re apply these settings for it to pick up the games
I had a similar problem with one of my ssd drives. I found that powering down the system made the SSD fail to initialise on boot up. Leaving it in standby mode (press the power button on the WiiMote) worked.
For some reason I am not able to see any of the Gamecube iso games or WII wbsf games. I did everything correctly. Did correct labeling and folders but games not showing up. Everything is left at default settings so nothing is changed. Any help?
Make sure USB Loader can see your drive. Go to the settings page and make sure you've got the right storage selected.
I’m having a problem where when it recognizes my USB and I tried to press back it doesn’t let me go back
Does the console lock up? Make sure you've got the cIOS mods installed from the first setup video or have a look at the ModMii video - czcams.com/video/8RdwHT3C16E/video.html
When i go in to play it returns me to wii menu. What should i do?
Check your rom files are ok by running them in the Dolphin emulator. Is it for all games?
Hi, I have my game files backed up and they used to work but for some reason now when I press the start button on the game load screen it doesn't react, and then I need to shut down because it wont even let me exit that screen.Any advice?
I'm not sure why it would stop working. is the USB drive OK? Can you read it in your PC?
Im having an issue, where when I try to start a game it takes me back to the Homebrew Menu instead of going into the game.
Make sure you've got all the cIOS installed. If that's all OK try checking your iso images by running them with the Dolphin emulator. Hope you get it going.
For some reason, clicking "Game/Install Partition" gets me stuck on this menu and it still says "Not Initialized" after a while.
Try powering down the Wii and trying again. If it's still not seeing the drive maybe try a different USB drive - not all are fully compatible.
I figured out how to do everything but the website you gave only downloads 2MB per second. On steam and other things i get around 50MB per second, is there a fix to this?
Unfortunately not. The download speed is limited at the server end. Bandwidth costs the site owner money so I guess they need to limit how much people can download otherwise they'd have to start charging.
I did everything correct I installed the cios correctly and everything but whenever I load any game it goes pitch black
Happend to me too try to find a tut in youtube
I did have a similar problem on one game. I think in the loader settings I had to either turn off or on the 480p pixel fix setting. I guess there may be a few setting conflicts with some of the games.
Other things to try are reloading the cIOS and trying different downloads of the game files.
The other option is to use another USB loader like WiiFlow. I'll probably do a video on that soon.
i came here looking for a way to use both the usb and sd card to hold games. i had one file on both devices. i can't find a way to use them both at the same time but what i do is keep all the mods and other files on sd card and have wbfs games on usb. if your games aren't showing up on usb go into hard drive settings and turn of sd card mode. thats what i did and my usb game files showed up.
Thanks for the tip. That's how I set mine up as well.
My controller gets into player two when I play enter CIOS Settings what should I do?
Try disconnecting it and then reconnecting, or just pull the batteries out for a short time to reset it.
I have a problem where I see the games, i can click on it, but when I try to play it, it just boots me back to homebrew
Check your cIOS files are all installed correctly. Does it do this for every game?
so when i try to load a game from the loader my screen just goes black and essentially freezes. i have all the cIOS installed. the problem might be that im using a usb stick and not external but im not trying to download any big games. i did games under a GB so that i could test it on my stick before i actually buy something bigger. any suggestions?
It's usually either the cIOS or some settings in the USBLoader app. I did have a similar issue that ended up being the 480p fix setting. Can't rember if it had to be on or off. but have a look in there.
This helped a lot but I having trouble when I want to install the usb forwarder on my wii it saying “this title wants IOS58 but the installed version is a stud” I have tried different tutorials but they seem to not have this problem
Did you follow the initial hack setup video. That takes you through the cIOS setup where you install IOS58.
@@BytesNBits yea and it stills say error but I thinking of resetting it
Anytime i try to load upp the game i downloaded it just kicks me out to the homebrew channel. is there a fix?
Make sure you've got the right cIOS installed - wii.hacks.guide/cios
I cant get in the app from the win64 where do i have to click?
You'll need to unzip the Backup Manager files and there should be an executable in there.
Hi, ive downloaded the same files as you, but sadly, idk why, i cant see the d2x custom ios installer like yours... for reference, im using a USB stick FAT32 ... why is it doing that ?
I'm not sure why you'd get different or missing files. Check you've gone through all the steps correctly.
can you do this with just usb and no sd card?
Yes. Have a look at my ModMii video - czcams.com/video/8RdwHT3C16E/video.html
Do you reckon you could help i got the game in the usb loader but but i click on it nothing happens, i can still move the cursor around but nothing happens and the only way to exit and fix it is by unplugging the wii
I'd start by checking you've got everything set up correctly. CIOS installed and set up, game files copied to your USB through the backup manager, etc. If that's all ok try a couple of different games. If none work you might have to reinstall USB loader. If some work it might be some of your game files are bad.
@@BytesNBits ok thanks ill try it out
Hi i have a problem because if i launch wii party it shows black screen and after a few secends it crashes to the homebrew channel
I had the same problem with another game. There was a setting in the USBLoader setup for the 480p fix I think. I either had to turn it on of off to get the game running, but it them let all games work - at least the ones I tried. Hope this helps.
@@BytesNBits Okay i will try it
sorry y'all that I kept disturbing you guys, but I have a situation. I'm using SWNW01 Super Mario Bros Wii to put on USB loader GX. I used cleanrip to pull the related iso files, and combined it by cmd, then used the Wii backup manager to turn the combined iso to wbfs, then I started World 1-4, and the game crashed every single time (further context: the game DOES load, but always crashes whenever i try to beat a level, or crashes when i start another level, oddly enough, toad houses and enemies from the Mario navigation map don't crash)
I have swapped the flash drive to use an external hard drive, updated USBloader GX several times, the CIOS was changed from "v10 beta52 d2x-v10-beta52" to "d2x-v11-beta1", enabling the NAND saves emluation to put saves to my USB(which caused my previous saves to be gone, but that's fine),re-ripped the game 3 times, but still the issue still persists
Some people told me that usb type c may have caused the game to crash, is it true
Have you tried downloading a version of the game to see if it's your rom dump or the Wii homebrew that's causing the issue.
i cant install games in .wbfs its says that it downloads in .7z
.7z is an archive file. the .wbfs file is inside it. You'll need to install 7 zip or Ashampoo zip free to open it.
Hey I got an issue. The USB loader is not detecting the USB at all. It keeps detecting "Unknown" and not fat32. Can anyone help me with this?
(Edit): Can the apps and wad folder be in the same USB thumbdrive as the wbfs folder?
If you go into the USBLoader settings can it see the USB drive in the drives section? Some usb devices aren't compatible with the system. Try a different usb drive if you can to see if it's that.
@@BytesNBits Alright. Thanks mate
When I load usb loaded it takes me back to the Home Screen
Make sure you've gone through the initial hack setup video. You might be missing some of the apps and IOS setup.
Can this be done all on a usd drive instead of a sd card?
Yes. Just put everything onto the USB drive using the same folder structure.
Hello! I would love some help if possible. I followed your last video about modding a Wii. Then I followed this one to add games. After I did everything in the video, my Wii goes to a black screen when I turn it on, and I cannot connect my remote anymore. I have the black wii, so I cannot go to recovery mode. Do you know what I should do?
I'd first take out the SD card and USB drive and see if that lets it boot. Next check your video / hdmi connections. Did you install PriiLoader. Put the SD card back in and power off the Wii. Hold the reset button while you power on and see if it boots into Priiloader.
If all this fails a common problem to give you the black screen is a failed Bluetooth module. This needs you to open up the Wii and replace a module. There are videos online to show you how to do this.
I hope this helps.
Thank you for your help!
I tried booting it without the SD card or USB drive, but no change.
The connections and cords are all good.
I modded my Wii exactly like you said in this video and the previous one about modding said to. So yes I installed Priiloader. I am able to get into Priiloader by powering it up the way you described, but my remote will not connect to allow me to make changes in HomeBrew.
Does that sound like the Bluetooth chip or a different problem?
@@michaelstrautmann8953 It does sound like the controller can't talk to the Wii. First try another controller if you can. Are you using an official Nintendo remote or a third party one? Some of the third party ones can be hit and miss. having said that the Wii should at least boot up even if there are no remotes available. If you still can't get it to boot I think the Bluetooth module would be the first thing to look at.
@@BytesNBits That makes sense! I will try it. Thank you so much for your help!
I tried this and I can launch USB Loader GX, but I can't exit it. When I try to go from it to the Wii system menu all I get is a black screen and I have to power the Wii off to get back to the Wii menu.
That seems strange. Can you get back to the Homebrew screen rather than the Wii Menu? I'd probably try adding a game to see if that helps. If still no joy try deleting it all off your sd card and reinstalling. But just guessing here!
First, I ended up testing with a game and that didn't help the issue and I also couldn't get to the homebrew menu either. I accidentally figured out the issue though! I had the USB drive I wanted to use to test games with plugged in and it had an empty wbfs folder. I happened to unplug it one of the times I rebooted and no issues accessing the Wii menu. Kept it unplugged and put a game on the SD card. No issues, game worked! Switched the USB external hard drive I planned on using after my tests and no issues either! Not sure why it didn't like the USB drive (with and without games on it) but all is working now!! Thanks for the great video! @BytesNBits
Help I've putted my wii on tye internet and it does not work anymore
I'm not sure what you've done. Did you install Priiloader? if so power on whilst holding in the reset button. This should get you into Priiloader so you can start to recover the system.
when i try to start game it goes back to main screen
Make sure you've got the game loaded correctly through the Wii Backup Manager. If that's all ok try downloading a different copy of the game file.
I’m having an issue where it gets stuck on initializing the hard drive/USB drive. I it was working but the games wouldn’t load, so I reinstalled the loader and now having this issue
Have you tried initialising the drive from the usbloader settings
@@BytesNBitsyea. When I click on Game/Install partition it just locks up and I have to power cycle the Wii. I will try a fresh install following your other video and see if I can get it to work.
@@knightrider4352 Sounds like a plan!
how do you add games on the wii u's wii menu???
I'm assuming the WiiU works in a similar way. You need to generate a WAD file to create a link to the game in USBLoader. I think there are other videos on how to do this.
@@BytesNBits Thank you🫡
The game runs fine, but at some point, it freezes completely along with the console. I can't access the menu. What should I do?
Is this for all games? Does it do the same for disk games? It might be a console issue. Try leaving the system running without starting a game. Does it lock up in idle mode?
@@BytesNBits Yes, it does happen in all games. Disc games work perfectly fine. No, the Wii doesn't lock up in idle mode, it just freezes, and I'm forced to unplug it.
why don't my games work? I start them and they just send me to me Wii main home menu
Make sure you've got all the cIOS files installed. If that all checks out try a different usb drive. Some aren't compatible.
Whenever i click a game it takes me back to the wii menu
Usually it's one of the cIOS files not correctly installed. Or it could be an incompatible game. Does it do it for all your games?
My Wii was working for a good few days, but today while trying to play the screen keeps getting stuck on the usbloader loading screen. Any tips maybe?
Okay I figured out that my Wii isn’t connecting to the internet for sum reason. Can I just reconnect on another connection and retype in the dns or restart the entire thing?
Just set up your wifi connection again using the normal settings. You only need the exploit dns servers for the actual hack.
@@BytesNBits figured out the actual problem. My usb corrupted somehow but thank you for the info regardless
When i select the title source "wii games" it says "USB device not initialized". Any idea why anyone?
Make sure your USB drive is plugged into the correct USB port - please see the video.
@@BytesNBits It is. Its also FAT32 I already watched 6 hours of footage ofbhowbto fix it and nothing worked :(
so my Wii games don't work but the gc does can u plz help
It's usually the other way round. Is it all Wii games? Do they show up in the list of games?
@@BytesNBits the only game I got to work was Zelda skyward sword and then I loaded on this morning and the two games I added, stopped working as well. They don’t work longer than one day and I and I never get to actually. Play them
And also when i go into Homebrew after setting up my sd card and usb. Nothing is there!?!?!?
It sounds like backup manager isn't recognising your game files. Make sure you extract them out of any archive file so you have the actual wbfs files. If that's all ok try installing the dolphin emulator and trying a couple of rom files to see if they work. Hope this helps.
Can you just use a usb or do u need both
You can just use USB. Just copy the apps folder over to your USB drive.
Is this possible on a Chromebook?
The backup manager software won't work but you can set up the hack OK.
Whenever I download a game I says the file type is TZ, how do I fix this?
TZ files are just compressed files. Use WinRAR to open it and extract the Wii files.
I’m stuck somewhere similar aswell, when I download a game from vimm and try to put it into backup manager it doesn’t submit as a wbfs format i think mine as well ends in a Tz format how do I format to wbfs?
When I try to play a game it just forces me back to the homebrew menu how do I stop this
Check you've got the files and folder names correct. Did you use the Wii Backup manager to copy the files to USB? If that's all OK try running the game files in Dolphin to make sure they are OK. Make sure you've got the cIOS drivers installed. If all else fails try re installing the USB loader. I hope this helps.
@@BytesNBits I figured it out yesterday but thank you for the guide
I am stuck on the this part 18:48
Can the WAD manager see your storage device? Does the device work Ok in the rest of the Wii hack? If the files are there in the correct format it should be able to open it up.
My games disappeared one day when I loaded usb loader gx.Can anyone help me?
If you put the USB drive back in your PC you can check if the files are still there. If they are it might be that USBLoader is hiding them. Use the file type selection menu option at the top of the screen and make sure the check box for Wii games is ticked.
The Wii check box is checked and the files are in the drive.
Can this be done on Mac?
You can use a Mac to copy set up the usb stick etc. but the Wii Backup manager is Windows only. I think there is a Mac alternative but you'll have to have a look.
@@BytesNBits I watched another video on how to do this on a USB using windows and that method ended up frying my USB. I tried it again with a different USB using your method and it worked!
@@Jay-lf6ox Great to hear you've got it going. Have fun with the games.
mine says no WBFS or fat/NTFS/EXT Partition found should I press select or format It or press the channel?
Did you use the backup manager to set up your games on the USB drive? It looks like the system can't find the wbfs folder.
@@BytesNBits same problem here, I used the backup manager. I also use a USB flash drive of 125GB that is NTFS (don't know if that's a problem)
@@BytesNBits the promble was that I was using a 16 gb usb drive and a 32 gb sd card.
anyone else having problems with running the games???
Your best bet is to work through the setup to find the error. Can USBLoader see the USB drive. Does it find the games and list them? Is it every game you try? Do the game files work in the Dolphin emulator? Hope you get it going.
@@BytesNBits yes it can and im using my SD card because the usb drive doesnt want to work but it did before and i dont know why it isnt anymore. but the SD card is set up right but its not letting me run the games and its bringing me back to the homebrew channel and not the wii menu. and the app isnt popping up when i click on it and it wont work. :/
Will the "some YAWMM Mod" allow me to install wiiware wads?"
It should do. I think the wad files are a standard format for the Wii applications.
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