Wii - How to Play Back-up Games

GOAL: Play back-up Wii games

Requirements:

1. A hacked Wii (Here is the guide on how to hack your Wii on 4.3 - http://bit.ly/qevcj3)
2. A Flash Drive/Jump Drive or a SD card
3. An Internet connection to download files. *Internet not needed on the Wii*

When Modded correctly, the Wii can play a Backup Game as a .wdfs file or it can play an .ISO File. (*.ISO is a Full Disk Image)

To do this, you will need to install cIOS249. To do that, you need to install .wad files to your soft modded Wii.

Think of .wad files like drivers for your PC. When you install a new device on your PC, Windows will need to install drivers for the hardware to work properly.

.wad files are like drivers for your Homebrew apps on the Wii. For some software to work, you will need drivers.

(Part I will have all the download links for all the programs you will need to play Back-up Games)

(Part II will be instructions on how to install new cIOS files which is a requirement to play Back-Up Games. This guide was written so you can do this while the Wii has no Internet connection. (But will work with WiFi Internet as well.)

Part I: Downloading The Files

*** DOWNLOAD - This is my own custom pack.  It is ready to un-rar and put on an SD card.  Instructions are also included in the RAR. 

This pack includes 

1. "Multi-Mod-Manager v13.4" aka "MMM"
2. USB Loader GX v3.0, 
3. dx v8 FINAL Wad Pack (for offline wii wad installation)
4. USB Loader GX v3.0

ALSO, MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE FOLLOWING 2 FILES AS WELL...

1): CFG aka Configurable USB Loader v70

http://code.google.com/p/cfg-loader/downloads/detail?name=Cfg_USB_Loader_70.zip

2:) Wii Backup Manager (For the PC)

http://www.logic-sunrise.com/forums/files/download/4552-wii-backup-manager-v045-build-78/

Once all 3 files are downloaded, put the MMM folder, USB Loader GX & the Configurable USB Loader in your app folder on your HDD or your SD. (EX: SD:/apps/MMM)

Then if you don't already have a wad labeled folder, create one labeled wad.

Drop your .wad files downloaded from the "dx v8 FINAL Wad Pack" into the wad folder. (EX: SD:/wad)

Put the SD/jump Drive in your wii and open up the Homebrew Channel.

Part II: Installing cIOS249

Here is a breakdown of MMM Main Menu Features:

• APP Manager: to easily launch homebrew from SD card.

• IOS Manager: to Check / Install / Delete / Patch / Dop IOS or Custom IOS.

• WAD Manager: with faster batch operations and safety measures.

• Manage Priiloader: Hacks and switch to it or Wii System Menu.

• Manage System Menu: Install Wii System Menu v4.x from Nintendo servers.

• Manage Wii Channels: Install Wii Channels from Nintendo servers.

• Install & Patch IOS36: to enable homebrew ( express 1-click TBR - Turcha Bug Restorer ).

• Remove stub IOS: Removes stubbed or unused Korean IOS.

• Display boot2: Displays boot2 version and information.

• Display Wii system settings and more...

• Reload to any IOS via a easy to use selection menu.

• Configurable by editing "sd:/mmmconfig.txt" file.

• Real-time on-screen status and detail reports on all operations.

• Clear and easy-to-understand user interface to a powerful tool.

• Stable, compact and loadable from HBC, bannerbomb or as a channel.

So now that you know what to expect, launch MMM v13.4 and first go to the menu "Remove Stubbed IOSs". Then Select Option 1 "Remove stub IOS 222,223,249,250,254."

That will remove any bad or "broken aka stubbed" IOSs.

Now back on the main menu, (press the "B" button on your wii 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.

Part III: USB, SD & HDD Gameplay from Backups

Now you can use "Configurable USB Loader v70" or "USB Loader GX v3.0)" to load your .wdfs games off your HDD, SD or your Flash Drive.

Q: How to make an .iso file into a .wdfs file?

A: Use "Wii Backup Manager" on your PC and rip the .iso file to a .WDFS File. This will work on a FAT 32 HDD or a FAT 32 Jumpdrive, a FAT 32 SD Card as well as a NTFS HDD. This program will put the .WDFS game inside a folder of your device labeled wdfs. (EX: SD:/wdfs/"name of the game folder"/xxx.wdfs)

Wii Backup Manager Basic Usage:

1. Select the "Drive 1" Tab
2. Click "Drive" Menu, and select your drive
3. Select the "Files" tab
4. Click "add" and select "Files...". Select your ISO, CISOs, RARs, .wbfs in the dialog
5. In the files list, tick all the items you want to transfer to the WBFS drive.
6. Click "Transfer" and select "Drive 1"

Also, a big plus is if you want to back-up your OWN games, you can create a .wbfs file from any game disk YOU OWN using Configurable USB Loader v70 or USB Loader GX v3.0.

Have fun & keep it Legal!