Wii U:Custom themes

While possible to do on Tiramisu, it is highly recommended to use Aroma so you can load the themes automatically, and since SDCafiine on Tiramisu is very outdated

Using ThemeMii is NOT recommended, as it has been known to cause bricks

Loading Custom Themes

Custom themes can be loaded using SDCafiine.

What you need

• The latest release of SDCafiine (the Tiramisu version can be found here).
  • Download and extract the .zip file and drag the wiiu folder to the root of your SD Card.
• A backup of your Men.pack ,Men2.pack , cafe_barista_men.bfsarfiles.
  • Aroma
  • You can create a backup using the FTPiiU plugin for Aroma.
  • Tiramisu
  • If you are using Tiramisu you can't add custom music but you can backup your files with Theme-Manager instead.
  • ONLY use Theme-Manager to create a backup do NOT install themes with it.
• A PC with a ftp client.
• Windows: Use WinSCP
• macOS: Use Cyberduck
• Linux: Nautilus or Dolphin, the file explorers for GNOME and KDE respectively - if not usable, use gFTP instead

• The .ips, .bps, .ups, .ppf, .aps, .rup file of the theme you want which can be found on this GBAtemp thread or on Theme Café.
• To patch your themes you can use Rom Patcher JS.

Section I: Creating a Backup

If you want custom music you will need to use SDCafiine on Aroma so follow the steps below:

1. Turn on your console without any custom theme. (This will cause issues when getting the files we need.)
2. Press L + DPAD Down + Select and search for FTPiiU Plugin.
3. Press Settings and enable everything.
4. On your PC open the ftp client.
5. It will ask for your Console IP and Port Number you can see this details on your console. This is a local IP address, so it doesnt matters.
6. It will ask for a user and a password leave it in blank, just accept.
7. Now navigate to fs > vol > content > Common > Package.
8. Select Men.pack and Men2.pack then press Download.
9. It will ask for a place to download the files, if i were you i would create an specific folder to save all this stuff, but you do you.
10. Now we will do the same but with cafe_barista_men.bfsar, Go back and then navigate into Sound > Men
11. Download cafe_barista_men.bfsar

Congratulations!

You just dumped your files, now you can patch them and get custom themes!

Make sure to save these files so you don't have to go through this again.

If you don't want custom music:

1. Insert your SD card into your WiiU and boot into CFW.
2. Launch Theme-Manager and press R to create a backup of your theme.
3. Exit Theme-Manager and put your SD back into your PC.

Section II: Patching your theme files

1. Open Rom Patcher JS on your browser.
2. For the ROM file get your original (Men.pack / Men2.pack / cafe_barista_men.bfsar) file
3. For the Patch File select the (.ips, .bps, .ups, .ppf, .aps, .rup) file you got from downloading the theme that matches the name of the ROM file.
4. Press Apply Patch.
5. You now got the file but I want you to do one more step and change the name of the file to the original name of the file.

Section III: Prepping files for SDCafiine

AromaTiramisu

• For SDCafiine to load the files you will need create the following folders:
  • Create an sdcafiine folder in your wiiu folder on your SD card.
  • Inside the sdcafiine folder create a folder with your Wii U Menu's title ID. This will vary on your consoles region:
    • USA:0005001010040100
    • EUR:0005001010040200
    • JPN:0005001010040000
  • Inside your title ID folder create a folder with the name of your theme.
  • Create a content folder with the name of your theme.
  • Create a Common folder inside your content folder.
  • Create a Package folder inside your Common folder.
  • Place your modified Men.pack and Men2.pack files inside of the Package folder.
  • Create a Sound folder inside your Common folder.
  • Create a Men folder inside your Sound folder.
  • Place your modified cafe_barista_men.bfsar file inside of the Men folder.

• • Your final file paths should be
  • sd:/sdcafiine/[TITLEID]/[ThemeName]/content/Common/Package/Men.pack, Men2.pack
  • and
  • sd:/sdcafiine/[TITLEID]/[ThemeName]/content/Common/Sound/Men/cafe_barista_men.bfsar

• For SDCafiine to load the files you will need create the following folders:
  • Create an sdcafiine folder on the root of your SD card.
  • Inside the sdcafiine folder create a folder with your Wii U Menu's title ID. This will vary on your consoles region:
    • USA:0005001010040100
    • EUR:0005001010040200
    • JPN:0005001010040000
  • Inside your title ID folder create a folder with the name of your theme.
  • Create a content folder in folder with the name of your theme.
  • Create a Common folder inside your your content folder.
  • Create a Package folder inside your Common folder.
  • Place your modified Men.pack and Men2.pack files inside of the Package folder.

• Your final file path should be sd:/sdcafiine/[TITLEID]/[ThemeName]/content/Common/Package/Men.pack, Men2.pack

Section IV: Loading the theme

1. Insert your SD card into your Wii U and boot into CFW.
   • If you are on Aroma the theme should load automatically. If it does not ensure SDCafiine is enabled in the plug-in menu.
   • If you are on Tiramisu load SDCafiine from the Homebrew Launcher.

If done properly, you should now see your custom theme!