# OpenPayload: reimplementing the Mario Kart Wii Wiimmfi payload

> OpenPayload reimplements the Wiimmfi patch payload for Mario Kart Wii. Its hook table follows payload v96, with server connection and friend-room creation, joining and starting reported as tested. It uses CodeWarrior and the Kamek linker.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/CLF78/OpenPayload>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/CLF78/OpenPayload/blob/b4ea1d7a08ab0a6232be1914f6d2908ce7caeb0b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openpayload/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openpayload/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/openpayload/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- CodeWarrior and the Kamek linker. The README does not publish compilation steps.
- The README does not name a license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/CLF78/OpenPayload/blob/b4ea1d7a08ab0a6232be1914f6d2908ce7caeb0b/README.md>

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