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USB Loader GX WiiFlow

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.
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1. Once your games have loaded, it should look like this.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

2. Launch "The Homebrew Channel" (HBC) on your Wii, then load "USB Loader GX".

3. In USB Loader GX, go to "Settings". ("Gears" icon in the bottom left corner)

4. Press right on the d-pad or the "+" symbol on the Wii remote to navigate to page 2 in the settings menu.

5. On Page 2, click the "Custom Paths" option.

6. Choose the "3D Cover Path" option.

7. 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.

8. In the "3D Cover Path" screen, locate and select the "covers" folder.

9. Press "OK" to set the path and then click "OK" on the next screen as well.

10. 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. {: .notice--info}

1. Once your games have loaded, it should look like this.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

2. Launch "The Homebrew Channel" (HBC) on your Wii, then load "WiiFlow".

3. Press the HOME button on the Wii remote to open the Settings.

4. 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.

5. Once in Page 4. You'll see an option called Path Manager , press GO

6. When you get into the Path Manager screen, click the Set option for the Box Cover.

7. Once you've done that you should see this screen. Pick the device that has the WiiFlow folder on the root of the device.

8. 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)

9. Look for a folder called boxcovers and select it.

10. 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

11. 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}