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surreal trout Sep 28, 2022, 11:55 PM

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How do I play a GameCube game with USB Loader GX

woven kraken Sep 28, 2022, 11:57 PM

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Nintendon't

gritty tartan Sep 29, 2022, 1:57 PM

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surreal trout How do I play a GameCube game with USB Loader GX

To play GameCube games you will need to have Nintendont in your apps folder.
Download the .zip from here:
https://oscwii.org/library/app/Nintendont

Extract Nintendont.zip then copy its contents (apps and controllers folders) to the root of the same drive you keep your homebrew apps on.

With Nintendont installed, USB Loader GX or WiiFlow can now load GameCube games.
https://wii.guide/usbloadergx
https://wii.guide/wiiflow

You can only play GameCube games from a SD or USB drive formatted to MBR FAT32 with 32kb or 64kb allocation unit size. You can use 64kb allocation unit size when formatting if the drive is larger than 64gb.

Dump your GameCube game using CleanRip:
https://wii.guide/dump-games

GameCube games can be played on the Wii in NKit.iso or ISO (not NKit.gcz). NKit.iso takes up much less space and plays just the same so I recommend that. You can use the Nkit PC program to convert an ISO to Nkit.iso

Get Nkit by clicking Download button on this page:
https://gbatemp.net/download/nkit.36157/
Extract it to a convenient place on your PC.

You can then use GameCube Backup Manager to transfer the game to your drive. It can create the necessary folder structure and rename the files for you:
https://github.com/AxionDrak/GameCube-Backup-Manager

Otherwise do it by hand:

💾SD/USB:
┗ 📂games
┣ 📂GameName [gameID]
┃ ┗ 📜game.iso --note: this is LITERALLY game.iso, not the name of the game, or the game id, just game
┗ 📂GameName [gameID] --This example is for multi disc games
┣ 📜game.iso
┗ 📜disc2.iso

Note: the WBFS folder is for WII GAMES ONLY and the Games folder is for GAMECUBE GAMES ONLY

nkit.iso files should still be named literally game.iso

surreal trout Sep 29, 2022, 8:31 PM

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@gritty tartan sorry for ping but what should I do here?
im extracting the Nintendont files onto my sd card

gritty tartan Sep 29, 2022, 8:34 PM

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Just replace them.

surreal trout Sep 29, 2022, 8:35 PM

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Got it

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okay slight problem
how do i format my usb to fat32 lmao

gritty tartan Sep 29, 2022, 8:50 PM

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surreal trout okay slight problem how do i format my usb to fat32 lmao

The drive should be 2tb or smaller, formatted to MBR and have a single primary FAT32 partition with 32kb (32768) or 64kb (65536) cluster/allocation unit size.

Double check the partition style is MBR: https://www.howtogeek.com/245610/how-to-check-if-a-disk-uses-gpt-or-mbr-and-how-to-convert-between-the-two/

Drive is 64gb or less: Format it to FAT32 with 32kb (32768) cluster / allocation unit size.
Drive is larger than 64gb: Format it to FAT32 with 64kb (65536) cluster / allocation unit size.

If the drive is larger than 32GB, you will need third party software like GUIFormat or Wii Backup Manager to format your drive to FAT32
Wii Backup Manager: https://wii.guide/wiibackupmanager
GUIFormat: http://ridgecrop.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm

surreal trout Sep 29, 2022, 8:58 PM

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will this wipe all my files?

gritty tartan Sep 29, 2022, 9:48 PM

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surreal trout will this wipe all my files?

Yes, formatting a drive will delete everything on the drive.

surreal trout Sep 29, 2022, 9:50 PM

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whelp
time to back up what i can

surreal trout Sep 29, 2022, 10:58 PM

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im looking through the files of the gamecube backup manager folder
by any chance do you know where the application itself is
i cannot find it lol

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its probably right in front of my face and im just not looking hard enough

gritty tartan Sep 29, 2022, 11:01 PM

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surreal trout im looking through the files of the gamecube backup manager folder by any chance...

Maybe you downloaded the wrong thing. You can get it from the Releases page:
https://github.com/AxionDrak/GameCube-Backup-Manager/releases

You'll want to download either one:

gcbm.zip
gcbm_2.6.1.2_setup.exe

The setup installs to your computer and the .zip will be a portable application and doesn't need to be installed and can just be run from the folder.

surreal trout Sep 29, 2022, 11:04 PM

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Yeah I definitely downloaded the wrong thing

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I’ll figure it out just give me a few years

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so does the gamecube game go into nkit and then the gamecube backup manager?

gritty tartan Sep 29, 2022, 11:23 PM

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surreal trout so does the gamecube game go into nkit and then the gamecube backup manager?

Yeah you'll want to plug the nkit.iso into GameCube backup manager

surreal trout Sep 29, 2022, 11:24 PM

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Alright

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what do i do here

gritty tartan Sep 29, 2022, 11:30 PM

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Select Convert To nkit.iso

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drag the file in

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Click Process

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grab the file from the processed folder inside nkit once it's done

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It might be under match fail folder

surreal trout Sep 29, 2022, 11:31 PM

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alright im doing a test with kirby air ride

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okay i did it

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what's next

gritty tartan Sep 29, 2022, 11:37 PM

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idk never used it good luck

surreal trout Sep 29, 2022, 11:38 PM

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lmao i'll figure it out

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 7:44 PM

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OKAY I GOT A GAMECUBE GAME WORKING

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Almost

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The audio plays, I can hear it

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The game just doesn’t appear on video

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I assume that’s a settings issue?

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Video

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The controller works too
I hear things happen when I press buttons

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:36 PM

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@gritty tartan any recommendations?

gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 8:41 PM

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surreal trout Video

What video cable are you using

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wii2hdmi?

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:42 PM

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im using the one that came with the Wii
the three wires, red, yellow, and white

gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 8:42 PM

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Hm

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Double check that video mode isn't set to progressive/480p

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:43 PM

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Alright

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That would be in the settings of USB Loader GX right?

gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 8:44 PM

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Yes the video mode setting is available for global settings and also for specific games

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so two different places. Sometimes I like just playing with the settings for specific games until I figure out what would work before messing with the settings for all games.

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:46 PM

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The video mode says “Use global”

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Lemme check the global settings

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Video mode says “Disc default”

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gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 8:47 PM

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surreal trout Video mode says “Disc default”

Is the game out of region?

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:48 PM

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Possibly?
It’s Kirby Air Ride, I got it from MarioCube

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How do I check the region?

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Alright lemme check the file

gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 8:50 PM

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Kirby AirRide USA would be [GKYE01] while the Europe/Pal release would be [GKYP01]

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:50 PM

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GKYE01

gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 8:50 PM

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So that last letter tells u what region

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:50 PM

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Okay yeah I have the USA version

gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 8:51 PM

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I assume your Wii the USA one

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:51 PM

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Yes

gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 8:52 PM

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surreal trout

So the gamecube video mode setting is different

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Scroll down to
--== DM(L) + Nintendont ==--

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:53 PM

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gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 8:54 PM

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U have Progressive patch on

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:54 PM

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Is that the issue lmao

gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 8:54 PM

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Which means it'll force the game to run at 480p

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Which your video cables do not support

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:54 PM

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I assume I should turn that off

gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 8:54 PM

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The regular composite cables only support 480i

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So yeah turn it off

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:55 PM

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I’m good at this I swear

gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 8:55 PM

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If I want a better picture out of your Wii you should consider buying component cables

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Assuming your TV supports it

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:55 PM

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It should support it

gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 8:56 PM

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surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:56 PM

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Ah I see

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Another question:
How do I emulate a GameCube Memory Card via USB Loader GX?

gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 8:57 PM

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Should just be a setting in the same section

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Ah if u scroll down farther to
--== Nintendont ==--

You'll see Memory Card Emulation
Set it to Individual

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:59 PM

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It is now on Individual

gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 8:59 PM

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Should be good then

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 8:59 PM

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Alright

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Moment of truth

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YES

gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 9:00 PM

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yay

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 9:00 PM

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Alright well
Thank you so much for your help again

gritty tartan Sep 30, 2022, 9:00 PM

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Any time

surreal trout Sep 30, 2022, 9:00 PM

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Have a great rest of your day 👍

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