## Downloading GameCube Game Covers Offline (USB Loader GX) #### What you need - A Wii - An SD card or USB drive #### Instructions If you just completed the **Wii Backup Manager** section of this page you, skip to Section II. If not continue with the guide. {: .notice--info} ##### Section I - Setup 1. Plug your SD card or USB drive into your computer and create a folder called `Covers` on the root of you device. ##### Section II - Downloading Covers 1. Open and load your games into Gamecube Backup Manager. If you don't know how to load your games, click [here](gcbackupmanager).
{: .notice--info} 1. Once your games have loaded, it should look like this.  1. Navigate to the `Covers` tab that's in the top left corner and select it, then click `Sync and Download covers (of all games listed)` from the drop down menu. 1. Select the `Log *` tab, to see the covers downloading. If you see an error like this `[YYYY-MM-DD XX:XX:XX] [ERROR] Failed to download cover (e.g. (Full), (Disc), (3D) or (2D)!`. This probably means that the specific cover it's trying to download is not made yet. 1. Go back to the `Files(Source)` tab, just select a game to see the new covers you downloaded.  ##### Section III - Verifying the covers downloaded 1. Open **File Explorer** and navigate and go into the `GCBM` folder, look for a folder called `covers` and go into it. 1. You should see a folder called `cache`, go into that folder and you should see a **region** folder (e.g. US, EN, DE etc.). Enter the **region** folder. 1. Once in the **region** folder, you should see 4 folders named `2d`, `3d`, `Disc`, and `Full`. It's recommended to use the `3d` covers for **USB Loader GX**. {: .notice--info} 1. Go into the `3d` folder and you should see the covers for your games.  ##### Section IV - Transferring the covers 1. Still in the `3d` folder, select all the `.png` cover files and copy them into the `covers` folder that's on the root of your SD card or USB drive. ##### Section V - Displaying the covers 1. safely eject and insert the SD card or USB drive into your Wii. **If using a USB HDD, ensure it is plugged into Port 0, like seen here.** 1. Launch "The Homebrew Channel" (HBC) on your Wii, then load "USB Loader GX". 1. In USB Loader GX, go to "Settings". (**"Gears" icon in the bottom left corner**)  1. Press right on the d-pad or the "+" symbol on the Wii remote to navigate to **page 2** in the settings menu.  1. On **Page 2**, click the **"Custom Paths"** option.  1. Choose the **"3D Cover Path"** option.  1. When the **"3D Cover Path"** screen appears, you should see the root of your SD card or USB drive. **If needed, change the drive by clicking the middle button where the pointer is.**  1. In the **"3D Cover Path"** screen, locate and select the **"covers"** folder.  1. Press "OK" to set the path and then click "OK" on the next screen as well.  1. Back out of the settings menu and verify that the covers are displaying correctly on the main USB Loader GX screen.  Congratulations! You have successfully obtained and displayed the game covers for your games. Enjoy your gaming experience with full covers! {: .notice--info}

## Downloading GameCube Game Covers Offline (WiiFlow) #### What you need - A Wii - An SD card or USB drive If you just completed the **Wii Backup Manager** section of this page you, skip to Section II. If not continue with the guide. {: .notice--info} #### Instructions ##### Section I - Setting up SD card or USB drive 1. Plug your SD card or USB drive into your computer and create a folder called `WiiFlow` on the root of you device.Then create a folder called `boxcovers` inside the `WiiFlow` folder. ##### Section II - Downloading the covers 1. Open and load your games into GCBM If you don't know how to load your games, click [here](gcbackupmanager). {: .notice--info} 1. Once your games have loaded, it should look like this.  1. Navigate to the `Covers` tab that's in the top left corner and select it, then click `Sync and Download covers (of all games listed)` from the drop down menu. 1. Select the `Log *` tab, to verify that the covers are downloading. If you see an error like this `[YYYY-MM-DD XX:XX:XX] [ERROR] Failed to download cover (e.g. (Full), (Disc), (3D) or (2D)!`. This probably means that the specific cover it's trying to download is not made yet. 1. Go back to the `Files(Source)` tab, just select a game to see the new covers you downloaded.  ##### Section III - Verifying the covers downloaded 1. Open **File Explorer** and navigate and go into the `GCBM` folder, look for a folder called `covers` and go into it. 1. You should see a folder called `cache`, go into that folder and you should see a **region** folder (e.g. US, EN, DE etc.). Enter the **region** folder. 1. Once in the **region** folder, you should see 4 folders named `2d`, `3d`, `Disc`, and `Full`. It's recommended to use the `Full` covers for **WiiFlow**. {: .notice--info} 1. Go into the `Full` folder and you should see the covers for your games.  ##### Section IV - Transferring the covers 1. Still in the `Full` folder, select all the `.png` cover files and copy them into the `boxcovers` folder that you created inside the `WiiFlow` folder. ##### Section V - Displaying the covers 1. safely eject and insert the SD card or USB drive into your Wii. **If using a USB HDD, ensure it is plugged into Port 0, like seen here.** 1. Launch "The Homebrew Channel" (HBC) on your Wii, then load "WiiFlow". 1. Press the HOME button on the Wii remote to open the `Settings`.  1. When in the `Settings` screen, press either the `Right Arrow` in the bottom left or the **" + "** icon on the Wii remote to go to **Page 4**.  1. Once in **Page 4**. You'll see an option called `Path Manager` , press `GO`  1. When you get into the `Path Manager` screen, click the `Set` option for the `Box Cover`.  1. Once you've done that you should see this screen. Pick the device that has the `WiiFlow` folder on the root of the device.  1. After you picked your deivce, navigate to the `WiiFlow` folder and select it. **(NOTE" It may be on a different page, use the `Arrows` at in the bottom left to change pages)**  1. Look for a folder called `boxcovers` and select it.  1. You'll be meet with a blank screen, don't worry it's normal, press the `Set` button that's in the buttom middle of the screen  1. Select the `Back` option until you return to the WiiFlow main menu. You should now see a message saying **"Converting covers X of X"**. This indicates that WiiFlow is converting the covers for your games.  Congratulations! You have successfully obtained and displayed the game covers for your games. Enjoy your gaming experience with full covers! {: .notice--info}