ShowMiiWads is a 'WAD File Manager' for Windows.
It is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
The .NET-Framework 2.0 is required to run this application!
The (Common-)Key.bin is required for full functionality (Can be created using Tools -> Create Common-Key)
For further information or if you have suggestions, found bugs or anything else,
visit: http://showmiiwads.googlecode.com/
You can simply translate the application by editing the example.slang, if you
want to have your translation included into the application, contact me..
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Changelog:
Version 1.4
- MIOS will now show up as MIOS instead of IOS257 (BC will show up as BC)
- If you delete the System Menu, you will now be asked to keep the settings (data folder)
- Fixed a bug when changing the channel title
- Added support for korean channle titles (reading and writing)
- Updated french translation (thanks Cyan)
- Added simplified Chinese translation (thanks kavidwf)
Version 1.3b
- Fixed reading and writing of japanese characters (this time really!)
- Added Portable Mode (for varying driveletters)
Version 1.3
- Note: License upgraded to GNU GPL v3!
- Added extracing of BootMii NAND Dumps (Code from Ben Wilson, thanks!)
- Batch extracting of VCPic's (VC Titles only, Png's will be resized to 192 x 112)
- Fixed reading and writing of japanese characters
- Fixed displaying of titles of DLC WADs
Version 1.2
- Fixed a bug that caused ShowMiiNand not to load the List with the saved entries
- You can replace Banner and Icon images (the resultant U8's can be Lz77 compressed!)
- Added Dol Insertion (uses Waninkokos Nandloader)
- Installation to Nand does now update uid.sys, if required
- Improved Virtual Console detection to display System (NES, SNES, ...)
- Fixed U8 Unpacking (Now works with every proper U8 archive)
- Added batch renaming including variables, e.g. {titleid} (use 'Rename' button)
- Added ability to Backup and Restore save data
- Added some Tools (U8 Packing, Lz77 Compression, ...)
- Deleted 'Pack Wad Without Trailer', just delete the trailer file if you don't want it :P
- Bugfixes and Improvements
- Added editing of IOS Slot (Note: Both these features are untested and dangerous!)
- Added editing of Title Version (Use them at your own risk and only with BootMii/boot2!)
Version 1.1b
- Fixed a bug with slang files, so external translations can be loaded again
- Fixed crashes caused by old ShowMiiWads.cfg Files
Version 1.1
- 64 bit Version is now available
- Improved speed. Now, information is loaded at application startup and saved in a file.
Whenever it reloads, the information is read out of the file, only new files are
added. If you need to completely refresh the whole list, use 'File -> Refresh' (F5).
When the language is changed, only the Channel Titles column will be reloaded
- Multiple selections are now possible. If you want to select a whole folder,
just left click the header once.
- Added Splash Screen with ProgressBar to show the loading status (can be disabled)
- Added Option to remove all folders
- Added Option to refresh single folders
- New Icon (Thanks to NeoRame!)
- Bugfixes and tiny improvements
- Application will now ask you to download a new version, if available
- Italian translation added (Thanks to Tetsuo Shima)
- Spanish translation added (Thanks to putifruti) (Incomplete, 2 sentences still Eng)
- Norwegian translation added (Thanks to pesaroso)
Version 1.0b
- Fixed a bug where every entry was added multiple times in ShowMiiNand
- Fixed VC / WiiWare detection (Thanks to giantpune for the hint!)
- Added auto updatecheck at startup
Version 1.0
- Finally got independant of external tools (saves about 3 MB)
All reading, editing and writing of wad and related files is now done by my own classes!
- (common-)key.bin must now be in the application directory
- Added ShowMiiNand (will show all installed titles on your NAND Backup)
- Installed Titles can be packed to a Wad (ShowMiiNand)
- Installation Queue for ShowMiiNand (drag wad files or folders onto the list and they
will be queued, click install to extract them to the NAND Backup)
- Better type detection (IOS, SysMenu, Hidden Channel, ... Unfortunately, VC / WiiWare
detection returns official channel to be VC / WiiWare, so it's turned off)
- Channel Title will be displayed depending on your language (only for embedded languages)
- Option to add all subfolders (e.g. add C:\Wads and C:\Wads\Channel + C:\Wads\IOS + ... will be added)
- Shared contents will now be copied (if not exist) to Nand Backup (Extract To Nand)
- Preview of Banner and Icon (only pics, no animation of course)
(Some Images will be like empty, could be unsupported format (few) or they are just empty (most))
- Added Tools Menu (Pack Wads, Unpack U8, Convert TPL, Create Common-Key)
- Added Option to create Backups before editing
- French translation added (Thanks to carbonyle)
- Added Update Check (yet only checks, but doesn't download)
- Bugfixes and small changes
Version 0.3
- From-to sizes / blocks for big Wads (it was minimum size before)
- System Titles will be shown (IOS / System Menu)
- New columns for Type (Channel / System), Channel Title and Version
- Extract Wads to NAND Backup (Only important files, for use with TriiForce / NAND Emulation)
- Extract Wads to Folder (All files)
- Added some shortcuts
- External language files can be loaded (see example.slang)
- Fixed a bug with the filecount label (raised with every refresh)
- Batch changing to Region Free (all Wads in a folder)
- Option to show either foldername or full path in groupheader
- Export list to file (txt and csv, same file with different extension)
- Added 'Recently Opened' folders menu
- Changing of Channel Title (Displayed when holding cursor over a channel on wii)
-> You can also see the title for other languages by clicking
'Change Channel Title'. Only the english title is displayed in the column.
Version 0.2
- Rewrote some code, so .NET Framework 3.5 isn't needed anymore
- Better errorhandling, invalid Wads won't be shown anymore
- Possibility to change Title IDs
- Possibility to change Region Flags (using freethewads.exe)
- WadDataInfo.exe isn't needed separately anymore, it's embedded
- Multiple folder support
- Drag & Drop support (single or multiple files/folders)
- Copy / Move files between folders
- Windowsize and -location is saved
- Some little things
Version 0.1b
- Little bugfix
Version 0.1
- List all Wad files of a specified folder
- Rename Wad files
- Delete Wad files
- Multilanguage (English + German)
- .NET Framework 3.5 needed for full functionality
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Disclaimer:
Editing WAD files can result in a brick of your Wii.
Only use these features if you have a bricksafe Wii, meaning either Preloader or
BootMii/boot2 is installed, and if you know what you're doing.
Also, your Wad files could be destroyed, so be sure to have a backup.
This application comes without any express or implied warranty.
The author can't be held responsible for any damages arising from the use of it.
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Thanks:
Xuzz, SquidMan, megazig, Matt_P, Omega and The Lemon Man for Wii.py (which was the base for TPL conversion)
SquidMan for Zetsubou (which was a reference for TPL conversion)
Andre Perrot for gbalzss (which was the base for LZ77 (de-)compression