This is a direct port of WiiPowers General softmod backup launching compatibility guide
I thought 'VIDTV Patch' was the same as 'Dol Video Patch'. It's obviously not, because it does not work with that option - only with dol video patch, when it appears. USB Loader GX 3.0c 'Latest' IOS 249 Firmware 4.1e (PAL/Europe) (Black Wii). USB Loader GX will automatically detect when a disc is inserted in the system and offer you to rip it to the hard drive. You can also press the + icon on the bottom left (on the default theme) to get this menu.
2Settings for best compatiblity for loaders
3Known (game) compatibity issues from different cIOS revisions (waninkoko)
4IOS Reloading games
5'002b' games
6Health screen freeze games
7BCA protection
9Games with updated 001 error
12Dual layer games
15Region free gaming
Compatibilty for usb loaders
Same as for discs, but - Problem category 1 (IOS Reloading games).
Settings for best compatiblity for loaders
NeoGamma
Hooktype: none
Ocarina: no
Alternative .dol: no
Boot language: Console Default (2nd test on import games: one language used in the game)
Force Video: Disc
Patch Video: no
VIDTV Patch: no
Patch Country Strings: no (3rd test on import games: yes)
SoftChip
Game's Language: System Default (2nd test on import games: one language used in the game)
Patch Country Strings: no (3rd test on import games: yes)
Set Video Mode using: Disc Region
Fake IOS version: yes
Load requested IOS: no
USB loader GX
Boot/Standard: IOS222
Anti002fix (general settings): enabled
Boot the game with IOS249 or IOS222/223
Known (game) compatibity issues from different cIOS revisions (waninkoko)
Note: USB capability was introduced with rev9, SD/SDHC was introduced in rev10.
rev19
rev18
rev17
rev16
Not DL compatible
rev15
rev 14
Not DL compatible
Might be not compatible with discs that use 100% or almost 100% of the available space on discs
rev13b
Not recommended
rev13a
could theoretically have issues with new games due to used main.dol patches
rev12
Killer 001 patch, not compatible with SoftChip and NeoGamma(and maybe others)
002 main.dol patch > not compatible with 002b games
rev11
Unavailable
rev10
002 main.dol patch > not compatible with 002b games
rev9
002 main.dol patch > not compatible with 002b games
rev8
002 main.dol patch > not compatible with 002b games
I'm almost sure it has the killer 001 patch too
rev7
No DL support, but all SL should work
IOS Reloading games
These games load their IOS themselves. For usb loaders this renders these games not playable, because a IOS Reload terminates usb storage, which could only be re-initiated by the application(the game) and not by the IOS. However these games are playable from disc, if the IOS that is loaded has the backup dip. If you have cIOSCORP installed, that's always the case. Without cIOSCORP, you can achieve it by patching the game to IOS249 (does not work on 002 games!) or installing the right cIOS from cIOSCORP to replace the IOS that is requested. Example: if the game requests IOS53, it will work if you install cIOS53 from cIOSCORP.
For disc&usb loaders: Some of these games have more than one .dol and can be played without that patching/cioscorp hassle and can be played from usb too. You need to load the actual game .dol directly instead of loading the main.dol there. That's what the alternative .dol loading in some loaders is good for(in NeoGamma for example, but lots of others have it as well).
Known games
Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune (maybe doesn't need the patching, 1 confirmation)
Boogie (not Boogie Superstar which doesn't need this)
Call of Duty 3
CSI: Deadly Intent(IOS53)
FarCry(IOS9)
Fate of Atlantis(inside Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings)
FIFA 08
House of the Dead 2
Mahjong Kakutou Club(Mahjong Fight Club)
Madden '07
Madden '08
Medal of Honor Heroes 2
Metal Slug Anthology
Metroid Prime 1
Metroid Prime 2
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Mortal Kombat Armageddon
NBA Live '08
Pangya Golf With Style
Red Steel(IOS9)
Sam & Max Season One(IOS33)
Splinter Cell Double Agent
SSX Blur
Super Swing Golf
Video tutorial in Grand slam Tennis
Video tutorial in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
Video tutorial in Virtua Tennis
Video tutorial in Wii Sports Resort
PS: If you played one of these games unpatched, and now you patch (IOS Version patch) it in order to get it to work, you might run into savegame problems. It's confirmed that if you play FarCry until the crash point with the unpatched disc and then play further with the patched disc that you get savegame bugs up to a 'system files are corrupt' message. So if you read this because you were searching a fix for one of these games, delete the savegame or have good brick protection when you patch now!
'002b' games
These games only work if the memory 002 fix is used. If the main.dol 002 fix is used, these games freeze, using the memory 002 fix too does not help. Examples for the main.dol 002 fix are the cIOS rev8-rev12 + rev13b, SoftChip's Remove 002 option and the modified versions of Gamma and Gecko OS with 002 fix integrated. Examples for the new 002 fix are NeoGamma, SoftChip's Fake IOS Version option, Gecko OS 1.07b with the new 002fix and usb loader GX rev454+. So using cIOSrev13a + NeoGamma is one possibilty to play these games from disc or usb.
Known games
Burger Island
Diabolik The Original Sin(different reports)
Ghostbusters
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
MySims Racing
Nutrition Matters
Solitaire And Mahjong
Takt of Magic
Health screen freeze games
These games freeze at the heath screen for some users, mostly for people using discs and that only get 3x reading speed. There's no real solution for this problem yet. Some people get it to work by pressing certain buttons with the correct timing. And many people report that they get the game to load by pressing eject with the correct timing, and reinserting the disc when they are asked for. The correct timing seems to be as soon as the screen flashes white for the health screen. And a 3rd solution that is reported to work is to remove the sd card. It seems these problems are caused by faulty piracy releases, many people reported that a self created backup works flawlessly, while the 3 burns before have this issue. Maybe this problem is caused by scrubbing the game.
Known games
Ghostbusters
Summer Sports 2
BCA protection
When playing with a modchip or via usb, the game needs to be patched. The patching can be skipped by using an updated loader. NeoGamma R8beta12+ works for it, latest usb loader gx, most likely latest Configurable usb loader too and some others.
When playing via softmod from a disc, cIOSrev15 has to be used, and the game has to be patched too. Note that NeoGamma and disc chanenl are not compatible with cIOSrev15.
Known games
New Super Mario Bros
Games that don't work when the loader is compatible with Sam & Max
Most USB loaders are not compatible with Sam & Max at all. SoftChip is compatible with Sam & Max. NeoGamma R5+ is compatible with Sam & Max and also compatible with Wii Sports Resort due to a dirty fix, but not compatible with other games of this category. Seems this issue is related to old cIOS. Wii Sports Resorts works fine with cIOSrev14 and NeoGamma.
Wii Sports Resort (*)
(*) This game additionally requires that you have seen the wm+ video once. To see that, you need to treat the game as if it was an IOS Reloading game.
Games with updated 001 error
You need cIOSrev7 or 14(+) for this. The other cIOS try to patch 001 error in the game, but can't find it, because the code for it was modified. Generic Wii Patcher does not help, as it uses the same patch as the cIOS does. (for those who wonder why rev7 works, it works, because it restricts all discs to DVD5).
Known games
New Super Mario Bros
Wii Fit Plus
002 error
Solution: Enable (Anti)002fix
Rock Band usb instruments
The drivers for the Rock Band usb instruments are only in IOS37(maybe in some more now, but not in any IOS<37). For discs there's a cIOS installer that allows you to install a rev7 cIOS based on IOS37 to any IOS slot you want. You need to select that IOS then in SoftChip to play with the instruments. For usb loading there's a cIOS from Hermes that can be 'merged' with IOS37 and be used by some of the usb loaders.
Dual layer games
Won't work correctly with cIOSrev14, DL support is broken there for discs AND usb. With other cIOS: For usb loaders there should be no problem. For disc loading you need cIOS rev8 or higher. And best is to set the layer break manually to 2084960 when burning. And there are a lot of Wiis which have severe problems with dual layer discs, even with retail discs. DVD5 versions of SSBB seem to work fine with all cIOS from rev7 and up.
Known games
Metroid: The Other M
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Rayman Raving Rabbids Party Collection
Super Mario Smash Brothers Brawl
Unconfirmed not working games
MLB power pros 2008
reading error after health warning, MLB power pros works fine
Green Screen Freeze
Main 2 causes:
Forcing a video mode not present in a game. See region free gaming for more details.
Starting a 002b game with any kind of the old 002fix
Region free gaming
Most if not all games from other regions should work, the only known problem is that about 50% of them only run the in the video modes of the region the game is from.
Requirements to get import games working
Use the video mode from the region of the game, in SoftChip and NeoGamma it's disc region video mode
Some games require that you force the language that is used in the game(example japanese for japanese games...)
Some games require to enable the option „Contry String patching“ (in for example NeoGamma or SoftChip)
If the game works with this, but in black and white and/or with jumping screen, it's working. If you search for help somewhere mention this!!!
How to fix color issues
Get NeoGamma, and try the different Force Video mode options and patch video mode options. Note that it does only work for about 50% of the games that result in a green screen freeze when started with the wrong video mode.
PS: Most region patchers are epic failures, and cause more trouble to get the game(s) to work than unpatched
Most common reasons why some/all games don't run
your Wii just can't read any DVD-Rs!
you use cIOSrev6(or earlier), 11 or 12
you did not read AND understand the above lists
you are using 'the' wrong loader
your HDD is not supported, are you able to play ANY games from usb?
you try to play an import game
you are using DVD+Rs and you don't know what bitsetting is
you patch video modes on a game that does not like it
you patched something else you should not patch(like crappy region patchers or brickcrap)
you have a bad burn, use half max burning speed and good media next time
you have a memory card in slot 2(Gamma only issue, fixed in NeoGamma)
Checklist before adding problems
check if your game is already listed
post only problems, most games work fine
you have to be able to reproduce the error and tell EXACTLY where the problem occurs
post all infos you can provide, cIOS, kind of media, game and wii region
test more than only your favourite loader
post if the game freezes or restarts, when it happens and what's displayed during it
Downloads
Waninkoko's IOS Version patcher
Download link
Alt Download link
Latest NeoGamma
Download link
cIOS installer from Hermes
Downloads
cIOS installers from Waninkoko
Downloads
Generic Wii Patcher
Download link
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This is a quick start guide on how to use USB Loader GX, a popular USB loader for the Wii that’s used to play games from a USB drive.
What you need
A Wii
A USB drive
Make sure you have installed cIOS before following this!
We recommend you copy games over with Wii Backup Manager if you use Windows, or Witgui if you use macOS.
To play multiple games, we recommend a USB-powered external hard drive for your Wii. We will refer to it as a “USB drive” in this guide. Most of the ones you can find on the market should work fine if they have USB 2 backwards compatibility. Drives with 1 TB or more in capacity will work. A flash drive will also work, but due to the size of a flash drive, it won’t be able to store as many games.
Make sure your USB drive is formatted as FAT32 or NTFS. Do not format it as other types such as extFS or WBFS, the latter is an old format of storing Wii games.
Instructions
Downloading
Extract USB Loader GX and put it in the apps folder on your USB drive or SD card.
Insert your USB drive, and SD card if you’re using one, into your Wii and launch USB Loader GX from the Homebrew Channel.
Getting Started
There is no “guide” to use the USB Loader GX app. This is intended to help you learn how to use it, by giving you a quick start. You should be able to figure out all the great features of USB Loader GX by using it.
If USB Loader GX says “Waiting for HDD…” with a 20 seconds countdown, it’s likely that it can’t find the USB drive. Try to exit out of the app, and then relaunch it after you put the USB drive in the other port of the Wii.
You can press the 1 Button on your Wii Remote to open up a dialog to download game covers and artwork from GameTDB. It might take a while to download the game covers and artwork, depending on how many games you have.
There are WADs that can open up USB Loader GX if you load it from the Wii Menu. This is called a forwarder WAD. An official forwarder WAD can be found here, and a version for the vWii (Wii U) can be found here.
GameCube or “custom” Wii games may or may not have a custom banner that USB Loader GX uses. To enable this, find or write CustomBannersURL = http://banner.rc24.xyz/ in config/GXGlobal.cfg on your USB drive. Then you can use the “Custom Banner” download by pressing the 1 Button on your Wii Remote.
User Interface
There are multiple buttons in the USB Loader GX interface.
Main Menu
These are the functions the buttons found on the top of the main menu do, from left to right:
Star - Shows games that you have marked as “favorites”.
Search - Lets you search for games by name.
Sort - Cycles through sorting methods for games.
Platform - Choose to sort games by platform.
Category - Sorts games by category.
List - Shows games in a list view.
Multi-Cover View - Shows games in a multi-cover view.
Cover Carousel View - Shows games in a carousel view.
Wii Menu View - Shows games in a Wii Menu view.
Parental Control - Locks USB Loader GX.
Disc - Loads a game via disc.
Pressing any game will allow you to play the game by pressing “Start”.
There are also other buttons:
Icon - “Install” a game, i.e. loading it from disc and dumping it.
Gears - Settings for USB Loader GX.
SD card - Remount the SD card.
Homebrew - Load homebrew apps.
Wii - Open up the HOME Menu, which can also be accessed by pressing the HOME Button on the Wii Remote.
Power Button - Turn off your Wii.
On the middle of the bottom of the screen, you can see how much space is free on your USB drive and how many games you have.
Options once complete
Wii Usb Loader Gx Vidtv Patch 3.0
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