Hacking How to load a System Menu custom theme from SD/USB

waninkoko · Jul 31, 2009

This is my last release until I come back from my holidays.

In this tutorial I'll use System Menu 4.0E as example. These steps can be followed for any System Menu with very little differences.

REQUISITES:

- Custom IOS38 rev14
- Menu Patcher v1.2 (http://github.com/waninkoko/menu-patcher/tree/master)
- SD card or USB device
- 00000075.app file already patched with a custom theme (the filename varies between System Menu versions).

STEPS:

1. Create these folders in the root of the SD/USB device: /title/00000001/00000002/content
2. Copy file 00000075.app inside "content" folder created in step 1.
3. Rename file 00000075.app to 00000001.app (00000075 is the content ID while 00000001 is the index (in hex). cIOS works with the index, not with the ID. This info is specified in the System Menu TMD. I believe in all System Menu versions the theme content is always index 1).
4. Load Menu Patcher v1.2 and enable "Content Override" feature.

NOTE:

- If we get the contents from other System Menu version (for example, 3.2E), and we copy it to "content" folder, and we rename it correctly (like in this tutorial), Menu Patcher will load that System Menu version instead of the installed one

Greetings.

Alexrose · Jul 31, 2009

Awesome, thanks a lot

Bninja1v · Jul 31, 2009

Nice surprise

Slimmmmmm · Jul 31, 2009

Thanks m8, enjoy your holiday

Deleted-171178 · Jul 31, 2009

Yay, sounds good.

computerboy · Jul 31, 2009

Thanks so much

FGOD · Jul 31, 2009

enjoy your holiday and nice release man!

Elfish · Jul 31, 2009

cool cool

dogeggs · Jul 31, 2009

thanks that's pretty neat

anyone got a compiled menu patcher?

FGOD · Jul 31, 2009

i was wondering the same as i can't compile, cause devkit doesn't want to install here :s

tj_cool · Jul 31, 2009

I'd want to but I think I have the wrong Libs...

Slimmmmmm · Jul 31, 2009

You can't use this with preloader installed, if you want the hacks form preloader consider using banana patcher.

oxMUDxo · Jul 31, 2009

So now everyone can safely have custom menus whit out worry of a brick?
Or is there still a chance to brick the Wii using this..? It dose not install the menu right?
If so this is a big find!!

Hybridx24 · Jul 31, 2009

Damn, gj again. Going to try it out on 4.1U soon.

emupaul · Jul 31, 2009

good good. Didn't want to mess around with themes because of risks... but this is promising.

dogeggs · Jul 31, 2009

heres some mirrors for menu patcher

http://sharebee.com/a9c47d3a

Logan · Aug 1, 2009

Slimmmmmm said:
You can't use this with preloader installed, if you want the hacks form preloader consider using banana patcher.

Curious. Why doesn't this work with PreLoader?

OSW · Aug 1, 2009

Logan said:
Slimmmmmm said:

You can't use this with preloader installed, if you want the hacks form preloader consider using banana patcher.

Click to expand...

Curious. Why doesn't this work with PreLoader?

because preloader replaces and moves the location of system menu, hence the hacks wont work

9th_Sage · Aug 1, 2009

Hm, so I can use Menu Patcher to only load some of the files from SD rather than NAND? Don't seem to be able to get it working anyhow. I have my paths right, and the 00000001.app in the right spot, but I see no changes.

*edit*
Huh...it worked from USB. :wtf:

How odd.

Logan · Aug 1, 2009

This is great for previewing and messing with themes, but what's the point if the theme is gone as soon as you hit the power button?

Unless I'm missing something here?

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