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it is highly recommended to use Aroma so you can load the themes automatically, and since SDCafiine on Tiramisu is very outdated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
and Men2.pack
files.
You can create a backup using Theme-Manager .
ONLY use this to create a backup do NOT install themes with it.
A PC with LunarIPS (or similar) installed.
It has been tested to work on Linux with WINE.
The IPS file of the theme you want which can be found on this GBAtemp thread .
Section I: Creating a Backup
Insert your SD card into your WiiU and boot into CFW.
Launch Theme-Manager and press R to create a backup of your theme.
Exit Theme-Manager and put your SD back into your PC.
Section II: Patching your theme files
Launch LunarIPS and select Apply IPS Patch
.
Navigate to your themes .ips
files and select Men.ips
as the patch file.
Locate the Men.pack
file in the sd:/wiiu/themes/backup
folder on your SD card and select it as your base file.
Repeat for Men2.ips
and Men2.pack
.
Section III: Prepping files for SDCafiine
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 in your title ID folder.
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:/wiiu/sdcafiine/[TITLEID]/[ThemeName]/content/Common/Package/Men.pack, Men2.pack
.
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: 000500101004000
Inside your title ID folder create a folder with the name of your theme.
Create a content
folder in your title ID folder.
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
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!