How to install cIOS’s on your Wii 3 different Ways

d2x cIOS has been updated to v8 final. The d2x cIOS is an enhanced version of the cIOSX rev21 by Waninkoko. See below for full changelog and installation instructions.

How to install cIOS's on your Wii 3 different Ways.

You can install d2x cIOS through Multi-Mod-Manager v13.4,ModMii or d2x-cios-installer. I prefer & used MMM (Multi-Mod-Manager) to install cIOS's on my soft modded Wii.

Other people will claim that the easiest way is to use the d2x-cIOS-installer. It installs the cIOS directly, so a WAD Manager is not needed. The installer uses the IOS bases from SD/USB or download them using the Wii internet connection directly.

ModMii is really good too, but you need Windows to use it. Once you have the wad you can install them with a WAD Manager.

Download Wad pack for d2x cIOS v8 final: d2x v8 Final.zip

Wad Pack for d2x cIOS v8 Final Includes the following wads:

• cIOS245[37]-d2x-v8-final.wad
• cIOS246[38]-d2x-v8-final.wad
• cIOS247[53]-d2x-v8-final.wad
• cIOS248[55]-d2x-v8-final.wad
• cIOS249[56]-d2x-v8-final.wad
• cIOS250[57]-d2x-v8-final.wad
• cIOS251[58]-d2x-v8-final.wad

d2x v8 Final Changelog

• Enhanced stealth mode to prevent cios detection.
• Added ioctl command to enable/disable stealth mode when a game is not running. Stealth mode is enabled by default.
• IOS reload block is now enabled by default.
• Fixed IOS reload block failure when the original IOS required by the game is not installed. It works for real and emu nand.
• Fixed return to channel failure when the system menu is not installed on emu nand.
• Fixed missing cache flush when removing error 002 after IOS reload block. Now syscall kernel_set_version is used instead.
• Added direct access to syscalls. This allows you to invoke a syscall from inside another syscall.
• Added support for paths starting with '#' which are used to open files on real nand even if nand emu is on. Also, access to these paths is protected by stealth mode.
• FAT files are now opened through relative path to fix issue 16. Now Disney Universe and all the games using long paths work properly in nand emulation.
• Disabled file sharing control in FAT module to overcome a stupid issue made by developers in The Beatles Rock Band. See issue 11.
• Fixed black screen in partial emulation when starting a game never launched before on real nand. See issue 14.
• Added support for virtual sector size on WBFS drives to bypass the 500 game limit (thanks fig2k4). The optimal sector size is 4KB, that allows up to 4084 games. Note that this feature is useful only for the loaders that don't use the fraglist for WBFS partitions, for example NeoGamma, WiiFlow and CFG.
• AHBPROT is now really enabled.
• USB Gecko functions completely rewritten. Now it's really plug&play and the cios works even when debug mode is enabled and USB Gecko is connected only to the Wii (tnx to mini source).
• Removed the unused method 1 for IOS reload block.
• Minor changes and code clean up.

HOW TO INSTALL IT?

You can install d2x cIOS through Multi-Mod-Manager v13.4, ModMii or d2x-cios-installer.

Multi-Mod-Manager v13.4:

Download MMM v13.4 HERE

*** This is my preferred way to install cIOS files. I think it's the easiest way to install .wad files ***

• Once you download the zip file, put the folder labeled "MMM" in to your "apps" folder on your SD Card. (EX: SD:/apps/MMM)

• Put the .wad files you downloaded from "Wad Pack for d2x cIOS v8 Final" above and put them in the "wad" folder on your SD card. If you don't already have a wad labeled folder, then just create a new folder on your SD card labeled "wad". (EX: SD:/wad)

• Now open up the Homebrew Channel on your Wii and Launch MMM v13.4

• First go to the menu "Remove Stubbed IOSs". Then Select Option 1 "Remove stub IOS 222,223,249,250,254." Thiswill remove any bad or "broken aka stubbed" IOSs.

• Now back on the main menu, (press the "B" button on yourWii remote to get there) select "WAD Manager" this will look inside the "SD:/wad" directory for .wad files we talked about earlier.

• From here, just select the WAD you want to install, hit A on your Wii Remote, and then hit A again to install the .wad.

• Here you are looking to install "cIOS249[56]-d2x-v8-final.wad" to play your backup games.

• Once installed, Hit B and get back to the main menu. Go all the way gown to the last option labeled "Load another IOS". Hit A , and select 249.

That's it for installing cIOS249 via MMM.

ModMii:

Download ModMii HERE

• Download and install ModMii v4.8.1 or higher on your PC.

• From ModMii's Main Menu, enter "4", then "beta"

• Select the d2x beta you want to build

• Mark some or all d2x cIOSs for download (i.e. "d2x")

• Enter "D" then "Y" to build d2x beta cIOSs\WADs

• Install cIOSs using a WAD Manager - i.e.WiiMod\MMM\YAWMM (available on ModMii'sDownload Page 2)

d2x-cios-installer:

Download d2x-cios-installer HERE

• Extract it into the apps folder of your SD card or USBdevice

• Extract d2x-v8-final.zip on your SD card or USB deviceinto the folder /apps/d2x-cios-installer.

• NOTE: This will overwrite the file /apps/d2x-cios-installer/ciosmaps.xml possibly present in that folder. You might want to rename it before extracting the d2x package.

• Launch the Homebrew Channel, start the installer and follow the instructions on the screen