i just realized I made a noob mistake...
I used a 16 gigabyte hc sd card..

I need to see if my 1 gig sd card works

NOTE: I am experienced in using ocarina code manager and I have hacked my wii. Currently have home brew channel along with riivolution, project m, and gecko

So one day I happen to stumble on a modded character on YouTube an I though "hey! That seems neat!"
I download the files I need for the character, but when I open my sd card, I realized I don't have a filed called pf for brawl. This is probably due to the fact that I didn't hack the iso, or because I can't transfer the brawl data from my wii to my sd card ([censored] off Nintendo).
So to work around this, I downloaded the file patch code by phantom wings and  I put it in code manager on my pc. I named the code "File Patch Code" and for the game id, I put ssbb's game Id (NTSC-USA). I downloaded it onto the root of my sd card and I created the file pf/fighter/Mario. I put the character files in there. After, I put my sd card in my wifi and i booted up my wifi. Loaded gecko and enabled file patch code. The problem was, gecko couldn't read it. When it ran brawl everything was normal...
Could anyone tell me what I did wrong?
Do I need to use riivolution to load the character files?