net_init download fails in Cios installer | WiiLink | Page 1

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 3:16 PM

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which method is the easiest?

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Also do I delete the old cios installer files?

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 3:23 PM

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Don't we have offline instructions in the cIOS guide now?

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We do.

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 3:24 PM

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tidal kettle which method is the easiest?

Just follow the offline instructions in our guide:
https://wii.guide/cios

grave rose Sep 17, 2022, 3:24 PM

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by the way, what are the files

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 3:25 PM

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It's d2x-cIOSInstaller-Wii

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 3:56 PM

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It's still failing

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 3:57 PM

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tidal kettle It's still failing

Failing using the offline method?
Can you send a screenshot of the files on the root of your drive?

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:03 PM

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past breach Failing using the offline method? Can you send a screenshot of the files on the ...

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:04 PM

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tidal kettle

The 3 .wad files are not on the root. No wonder it failed

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Get them out of those folders

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And then delete the folders

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:04 PM

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they are

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the ones with the zeros

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:04 PM

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They aren't lol

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Those are not .wad files

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Those are folders

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And if the .wad file is in one of those folders then they're not on root

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You don't need the entire folder's contents. Just the .wad file in each of those 3 folders but on root.

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:06 PM

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like this?

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or the tmd one in the folder

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:06 PM

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Please look harder for the .wad file

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It literally has .wad in it's name

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:07 PM

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i cant find it

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:08 PM

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tidal kettle i cant find it

Can you send a screenshot of the contents of the 4123 folder

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:08 PM

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grave rose Sep 17, 2022, 4:09 PM

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you didn't tick pack wad

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:09 PM

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tidal kettle

You missed this step in the guide:

Ensure that “Pack WAD” is checked and “Patch IOS” is unchecked

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:09 PM

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oh

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:10 PM

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Redownload the 3 IOS

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With those settings correct

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:11 PM

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I thought i checked them but ig guess not

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:12 PM

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tidal kettle I thought i checked them but ig guess not

hopefully you don't check "Patch IOS"

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:15 PM

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good now?

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should i put cios installer in apps?

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:18 PM

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tidal kettle good now?

The 3 wad files are good now, yeah.

You can delete the 3 folders now.

Not sure why you have a d2x-cios-installer on root. It's not doing anything. You can delete it if you already have one in your apps folder.

You should rename your wads folder to wad because WAD managers like Wii Mod Lite won't recognize the folder correctly.

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:20 PM

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I did everything now, hopefully it works

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I will report back

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also i can use an sd card with usb loader to play games?

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:21 PM

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tidal kettle also i can use an sd card with usb loader to play games?

Do you mean USB Loader GX or CFG USB Loader?

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In the apps folder, USB Loader GX appears as usbloader_gx and CFGUSBL appears as usb-loader

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USB Loader GX the app itself can be stored on an SD but games need to be on a USB hard drive.

CFG USB Loader is not recommended and shouldn't be used.

WiiFlow Lite can load games from SD however

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Your two best options for game loaders on Wii:
https://wii.guide/wiiflow
https://wii.guide/usbloadergx

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:34 PM

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So wiiflow lite is like the sd card equivalent to usb loader gx?

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:35 PM

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tidal kettle So wiiflow lite is like the sd card equivalent to usb loader gx?

Kinda. It works great for loading games on a USB hard drive as well.

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:35 PM

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Would you say its better than usb loader?

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The ui looks cool on wiiflow i saw it

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:36 PM

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I prefer WiiFlow Lite but some people disagree.

It's mostly preference

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WiiFlow has support for plugins which I like.

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:36 PM

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It has gamecube support?

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:37 PM

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They both support Nintendont which provides GameCube support yes

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:37 PM

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I'm trying the cios installer now

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YOOO IT'S DOWNLOADING

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finally

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I can't thank you guys enough

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Think I can play my old saves with wiiflow?

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I want to visit my childhood animal crossing town again

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:41 PM

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tidal kettle Think I can play my old saves with wiiflow?

WiiFlow uses the saves stored on the Wii's NAND (internal storage) by default

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:42 PM

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Ok so if I have a saved game already it's there

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:42 PM

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Yes

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:42 PM

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GameCube games save with the memory card too?

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:44 PM

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Nintendont supports loading saves from memory card or using memory card emulation. I don't remember what it's set to by default.

But you can change the setting on page 3/14 of Wiiflow settings in GameCube default settings

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:45 PM

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Thanks a bunch!

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I'll go ahead and get Wiiflow

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I just put the roms in the root of the sd card?

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I just want to play games and nothing else so all I would need is wiiflow and Nintendont?

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:47 PM

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tidal kettle I just put the roms in the root of the sd card?

No. See the pinned guides in #support-text for downloading and installing Wii or GameCube games.

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:49 PM

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Got you, thanks again!

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:49 PM

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tidal kettle I just want to play games and nothing else so all I would need is wiiflow and Ni...

For now, yeah. You may want to backup your gamecube memory card saves in case it fails. They are getting pretty old now.
This application will do that: https://oscwii.org/library/app/gcmm

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:50 PM

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I have a third party one idk if that matters

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 4:50 PM

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Personally I use memory card emulation because I am worried about killing 20 year old memory card

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 4:50 PM

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Makes sense

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 5:14 PM

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Well wiiflow isn't showing up on homebrew

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 5:17 PM

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tidal kettle Well wiiflow isn't showing up on homebrew

You might have it on your SD wrong. This is what the folder structure should look like

💾 sd or usb:
┣ 📂 apps
┃ ┣ 📂 WiiFlow
┃ ┃ ┣ 📂 bins
┃ ┃ ┣ 📂 imgs
┃ ┃ ┣ 📄 boot.dol
┃ ┃ ┣ 📄 icon.png
┃ ┃ ┗ 📄 meta.xml
┣ 📂 WiiFlow
┃ ┣ 📂 languages
┃ ┣ 📂 plugind_data
┃ ┣ 📂 themed_lite

mental parrot Sep 17, 2022, 5:17 PM

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I think I need to add an option to RiiConnect24 Patcher

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Prepare for offline cIOS installation

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 5:20 PM

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past breach You might have it on your SD wrong. This is what the folder structure should loo...

wait i put the wiiflow folder in apps or the root of the sd?

grave rose Sep 17, 2022, 5:21 PM

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you extract the zip to the root of your sd card

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 5:21 PM

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oh

grave rose Sep 17, 2022, 5:21 PM

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and it will structure everything for you

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 5:22 PM

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ok i did it lets see

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still not showing up

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 5:24 PM

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tidal kettle still not showing up

Can you send a screenshot of it on your SD

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 5:25 PM

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tidal kettle wait i put the wiiflow folder in apps or the root of the sd?

Both there are two WiiFlow folders

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 5:26 PM

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past breach Can you send a screenshot of it on your SD

past breach Sep 17, 2022, 5:27 PM

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tidal kettle

Move those two folders (apps and wiiflow) to the root of your SD.

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The apps folder should merge with your existing apps folder.

tidal kettle Sep 17, 2022, 5:28 PM

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it merged

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hopefully it works now

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well it showed but im confused

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i have animal crossing wild world and nsmb wii and nsmb shows up as smash bros and it crashed when i clicked on it

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and the game cover arts are question marks

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Keeps crashing

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animal crossing works

bold palm Jan 30, 2023, 3:33 AM

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Id like to revisit the "netinit" error while installing the cIOS

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