Installing WiiFlow


Pre-setup:

Before installing WiiFlow your Wii or Wii U vWii must be soft-modded and have d2x installed in slot 249 with base 56 and slot 250 with base 57.   If it's not soft-modded then go to CompleteSoftmodGuide to mod your Wii or Wii U vWii and then install the proper cIOS per instructions below.

For Wii:

For Wii U:

Installing WiiFlow:

Now that you have your Wii soft-modded and d2x installed:

Installing a optional forwarder channel:

Without this you must launch WiiFlow from the Homebrew Channel.

To install a forwarder channel to launch WiiFlow from the System Menu do the following.

For Wii:

For Wii U:

Installing a optional Priiloader or BootMii forwarder loader:

This will allow WiiFlow to automatically start when you turn your Wii on.  Note: These are Wii only!

If you have BootMii installed as boot2 get the BootMii Forwarder Loader.  Backup or rename your current armboot.bin first and then just place the included armboot.bin file in the bootmii folder on your SD card ( sd:/bootmii/armboot.bin ).  Now when you turn on your Wii it should start WiiFlow.

Note: BootMii as boot2 is very rare and only happens on very old Wii's.  Normally BootMii will install as a IOS.  If it's an IOS use the Priiloader Forward Loader below.

If you have Priiloader installed get the Priiloader Forwarder Loader.  Put it in a folder or on the root of your SD card.  You may have to rename it to boot.dol.  To tell Priiloader to launch it follow the directions from CSG (scroll down to find 'Installing a File').

Launching WiiFlow the first time:

Start WiiFlow with your new WiiFlow forwarder channel or the Homebrew Channel.  WiiFlow will create the necessary folders and config files and then display your Wii backup games.  If you don't have any games in your 'wbfs' folder or there is no folder then WiiFlow will display the following message -

"Welcome to WiiFlow. I have not found any games. Click Install to install games, or Select partition to select your partition type.".

If you know you have a 'wbfs' folder with games in it then follow the second choice to choose the partition (SD, USB1, USB2, etc...) your games are on.   Otherwise insert a Wii game disc and select the first option to install it.

Adding Covers:

Now you should have at least one game case showing (maybe multiple of times) but it's blank.   We need to cover it.   Move your pointer to the bottom of the screen and some icons should appear.  Choose the one that looks like some gears.  This is the config icon and it will take you to the Main Settings menu.   Click on the first option which should be Download Covers.  This takes you to a new menu with more options.   The only two we need to worry about now are the first two - Download All or Download Missing.   The other options will be explained later.  To Download all covers click 'All'.  Later on if you install some more games you can just choose 'Missing'.   When it's done click on 'BACK' to return to the main screen.  Of Course if your Wii isn't connected to the Internet then this won't work for you.  You will have to download the covers on your PC and transfer them to the appropriate WiiFlow covers folder.  You can use Wii Backup Manager with your USB HDD connected to your PC to download the covers for you.

Launching a game:

This should have you set up to play Wii games from your USB HDD.  Browse through your games with your wiimote and press 'A' while pointing at the game you want to play.  And then click on the 'PLAY' button to launch the game.