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vWii Modding Guide
This page will guide you through the process of modding your vWii.
We will now place the required Homebrew files on the SD Card.
?> Notice Your SD Card will need to be formatted as FAT32. If your SD Card is not formatted to FAT32, use GUIFormat with 32k (32768) Allocation unit size to format it. Do not label the SD Card as wiiu
or it will cause issues with homebrew.
What You Need {docsify-ignore}
- The latest release of the vwii-compat-installer.
- The latest release of the Wii U NAND Dumper.
- The Patched IOS 80 Installer for vWii.
- The d2x cIOS Installer.
- The Homebrew Launcher.
- The latest release of the Homebrew Launcher Installer.
Instructions {docsify-ignore}
- Insert your Wii U's SD Card into your PC.
- Copy the
compat_installer.elf
file to thewiiu/apps
folder on the root of your SD Card. - Copy the
apps
folder from thePatched_
file to the root of your SD Card.IOS80_ Installer_ for_ vWii .zip - Copy the contents of the
d2x_
file to the root of your SD Card.cIOS_ Installer .zip - Copy the contents of the
nanddumper.zip
file to the root of your SD Card. - Copy the contents of the
homebrew_
file to the root of your SD Card.launcher. v1.4.zip - Copy the contents of the
payload.zip
file to thewiiu
folder on your SD Card. - Take the SD Card out of your computer and plug it into your Wii U console.
NAND Backup
In case anything goes wrong in the later process and your vWii ends up bricked, restoring a previously made NAND backup can fix it.
- Launch the Homebrew Launcher.
- Launch the
Wii U NAND Dumper
application. - Use the Wii U GamePad's D-Pad to enter the following configuration:
- Dump SLC: optional
- Dump SLCCMPT: yes
- Dump MLC: optional
- Dump OTP: yes
- Dump SEEPROM: optional
- Press the A button to start the dumping process.
- When the process completed, power off your Wii U, take your SD Card out of the Wii U and plug it into your PC.
- To make sure you don't lose the files, copy the
slccmpt.bin
,otp.bin
and if you chose to go with a full backup,seeprom.bin
,slc.bin
, andevery mlc.bin.part
file to your computer. - Delete the files from your SD Card to free up space.
- Take the SD Card out of your computer and plug it into your Wii U console.
Installing the Homebrew Channel
- Launch the Homebrew Launcher.
- Launch the compat_installer.
- Press
A
to install the Homebrew Channel and wait until you seeInstall succeeded
. Then press the HOME button to return to the Wii U Menu. - Launch vWii (the Wii Menu icon).
- If the installation has succeeded, you should see the Homebrew Channel in your Wii Menu.
Installing cIOSes
!> Make sure you have no .wad
files anywhere else than in the apps
folder on your SD Card.
?> Tip You can hold the B
button on the GamePad when turning on the Wii U to boot directly into vWii.
- Power on your Wii U and launch vWii.
- Launch The Homebrew Channel.
- Launch d2x cIOS Installer.
- Set everything to match the following:
- Select cIOS:
v10 d2x-v10-beta52-vWii
- Select cIOS base:
56
- Select cIOS slot:
249
- Select cIOS:
- Press the
A
button to install. - Set everything to match the following:
- Select cIOS:
v10 d2x-v10-beta52-vWii
- Select cIOS base:
57
- Select cIOS slot:
250
- Select cIOS:
- Press the
A
button to install. - Set everything to match the following:
- Select cIOS:
v10 d2x-v10-beta52-vWii
- Select cIOS base:
58
- Select cIOS slot:
251
- Select cIOS:
- Press the
A
button to install. - Press the
B
button to exit.
Patching IOS 80
!> If for any reason, the Wii U is turned off while patching IOS 80, your vWii will be bricked. This can be fixed by either extracting the IOS 80 from your previously made NAND backup and then replacing it over FTP or by reinstalling IOS 80.
- Launch Patched IOS 80 Installer for vWii.
- Read the warning screen and wait 30 seconds.
- Press any buttons to install.
- Wait until it says
IOS80
.Installation is complete! - Press any buttons to exit.
!> Installing custom System Menu is a definite brick risk and you should always have an effective backup before installing one but when done right, won't brick the vWii.
!> Installing any IOS (including TED IOSes) or wads made for the original Wii on your vWii will brick it.
!> Installing Priiloader will brick your vWii.