RiiConnect24 Patcher Wii

RiiConnect24 Patcher
RiiConnect24 Patcher
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General
Author	RiiConnect24 Team
Type	PC Utilities
Version	1.5.2_1.20
License	GPL-3.0
Last Updated	2023/01/08
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

RiiConnect24 Patcher is a tool that streamlines the process of installing RiiConnect24 by automating the process. It allows you to easily complete the installation without having to manually perform any steps, making the setup process quick and hassle-free. With RiiConnect24 Patcher, you can have your Wii fully configured and ready to use RiiConnect24 services in no time.

What is RiiConnect24?

RiiConnect24 is a powerful addition to your Wii that allows you to use discontinued channels that were part of WiiConnect24 again. It brings new life to your Wii and lets you participate in a community, as it once was.

Whether this is your first time using these channels or you want to relive some nostalgia, you will enjoy having RiiConnect24 on your Wii. It provides an opportunity to experience the channels that were once part of the WiiConnect24 service again. It's a great way to bring new life to your Wii and enjoy a more complete Wii experience.

Features

Auto updating - Keep the patcher up-to-date!
Decide if you want to run the manual patching or automatic express installation.
Can patch your Wii, vWii and Dolphin Emulator.
You only have to download a .bat file for patching all of the RiiConnect24 services.
The patcher will automatically download any files that are required to patch everything.
Copying patched files to an SD Card that is already connected to the PC.
Downloading Wii Mod Lite and RiiConnect24 Mail Patcher and putting it on SD Card along with the WADs.
Installing .WAD files directly to your SD Card.
Patching .WAD and .ISO/.WBFS games to work with Wiimmfi.
Homebrew Shop built into the patcher. Powered by Open Shop Channel.
Translated to 11 languages. English, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.

Installation

For Windows please download RiiConnect24Patcher.bat and run it.

For UNIX System users (MacOS, Linux) please download RiiConnect24Patcher.sh - open the terminal, move to the working directory and make sure to run chmod +x RiiConnect24Patcher.sh and run it with ./RiiConnect24Patcher.sh

The patching process takes only few minutes depending on your CPU :)

Media

Works on these versions of Windows

Windows XP - not working
Windows 7 [might have issues]
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows 11

The Unix patcher should work on any Unix-like system with Bash, including macOS and Linux.

This patcher may contain bugs. If you spot any or are just having problems with the patcher in general, report them on our Issues Page, e-mail us at [email protected], or ask us for help on our Discord server

Changelog

v1.5.2
Windows version v1.5.2

Fixed a crash on the additional channels screen.
Added a suggestion on the additional channels screen to select only one channel at a time.

Unix version v1.2.0

Dolphin Emulator WC24 support has been added
If you are on Dolphin version 5.0-17611 or earlier, you must still use the VFF Downloader

v1.5.1

Bug fixes:
- The patcher will no longer give an error when %appdata% path has a space in it when trying to play a sound.
- Added more checks for server connection status.
- You will be now greeted with "Good morning", "Good afternoon" or "Good evening" - depending on the time of the day :)
Unix version v1.2.0
- Dolphin Emulator WC24 support has been added
- If you are on Dolphin version 5.0-17611 or earlier, you must still use the VFF Downloader.

v1.5.0/v1.1.3
Welcome to the RiiConnect24 Patcher! This patcher will do everything for you, all you need to do is sit back and relax :)

For Windows please download RiiConnect24Patcher.bat
For UNIX System users (MacOS, Linux) please download RiiConnect24Patcher-Unix.zip

The patching process takes only few minutes depending on your CPU :)

Changelog:
Windows version v1.5.0

Official Dolphin Emulator support has been added.

With Dolphin Emulator now supporting WC24 natively, you no longer need our VFF Downloader for Windows.

Added a prompt to remove VFF Downloader for Windows for you.
Install RiiConnect24 option for Dolphin Emulator has been reworked.
Added a workaround to Windows 11 22H2 using the Terminal instead of conhost (it creates issues with some of the patcher UI and makes UX worse)
Fixed: Internet Channel, Today and Tomorrow Channel not patching when selected on the additional channels page.

Unix version v1.1.3

Added Mac M1 compatible Sharpii release
Fixed Mac compatibility
- Sharpii was updated, but the released patcher didn't reflect the update
- This went unnoticed for around a month somehow, sorry to those affected!
Removed the beta tag from the release versions

Full list of changes can be found here.

External Links

Official Website - https://rc24.xyz/
Github - https://github.com/RiiConnect24/RiiConnect24-Patcher
Wiibrew - https://wiibrew.org/wiki/RiiConnect24