WiiLink Patcher GUI is a Python program built around the excellent libWiiPy to make WiiLink patching a simple process, with a streamlined graphical user interface.

WiiLink Patcher GUI

WiiLink Patcher GUI is a Python program built around the excellent libWiiPy to make WiiLink patching a simple process, with a streamlined graphical user interface.

Downloading

You can download the latest release from the Releases Page.

> NOTE: In Windows, your antivirus may flag the patcher as malware. This is a false positive, and you can safely ignore it. If you are still unsure, you can inspect the source code, and/or compile it yourself for extra verification. You can also temporarily disable your antivirus to download the patcher, or add an exception for it if you put it in a dedicated folder.

Troubleshooting

Linux

qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.: > - This is a common issue on Debian, Ubuntu and their derivatives (i.e. Linux Mint). To resolve this issue, install the libxcb-cursor-dev package on your system.

Translating

To contribute translations, refer to this.

Contributing

We appreciate all contributions to this repository, big and small! If you're contributing to code, make sure to run black before submitting a pull request:

python -m black .

Compiling

To compile the patcher, you will first need to install a few dependencies: > - Python (the patcher has only been tested on Python 3.12+) > - Git (optional but highly recommended)

Clone the repository to your computer

git clone https://github.com/WiiLink24/WiiLink-Patcher-GUI

Enter the repository

cd WiiLink-Patcher-GUI/

Create a venv

python -m venv .venv

Activate the venv

# Windows
.venv\Scripts\activate

# macOS, Linux and other OSes
source .venv/bin/activate

Install build dependencies

pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt

Build the project

# Windows
.\build.ps1

# macOS, Linux and other OSes
make all

Special thanks

Special thanks to @NinjaCheetah for all his help with this project, and his work on libWiiPy.

WiiLinkPatcherGUI WiiLink24

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