RetroAchievements Not Detected for WiiWare .wad Files

📋 Summary

RetroAchievements may not be detected for WiiWare .wad files in LaunchBox, even though they are supported by RetroAchievements and work correctly in Dolphin.

❗ Issue

When scanning for RetroAchievements:

• Wii games in .rvz and .iso format work as expected

• WiiWare games in .wad format do not return achievements

• This occurs even when the game is supported on RetroAchievements

The issue is caused by LaunchBox only applying the hashing logic to .rvz files, and not .wad files.

💡 Cause

Currently, LaunchBox:

• Uses Dolphin tooling to generate a hash for RetroAchievements

• Only runs this process for .rvz files

• Does not apply the same logic to .wad files

As a result, .wad files are not properly identified when querying the RetroAchievements API.

🛠 Status

• A fix has been identified

• .wad files will be processed using the same hashing logic as .rvz files

• Update will be included in a future LaunchBox release