Homebrew Share and Download custom Wii U Themes

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yeah, here it is (this is for usa only). I have no idea what would happen with Europe, renaming it that is, which I'm assuming @XDeltaone would need:

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yeah, I have the blue one. it even changes the press A image when go into the vwii. I have it backed up if you want to try. you'll have to look in the python script for the location, because I forgot it. however, it should work for at least people in the usa as the European app file is different. no idea what it is for Japanese systems. it doesn't specify in the script file.
I've always done it with ftp, it works perfectly and faster, I use the red theme.
 

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An app like MyMenuify, that patches only menu files that need to be replaced, would be nice.
The issue with the current way and the reason why not many people made themes is that the .pack files contain a lot of menu content that hasn't been replaced. So sharing these is like sharing copyrighted system files here.
 

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For anybody wanting a permanent install. As long as you have CBHC installed, you can't brick even if you screw up somehow. I would not mess with the NAND files if you don't have CBHC. But as CBHC bypasses the normal Wii U Menu boot, it will work even if the Wii U menu is bricked and allow you to revert the files back, so it's pretty safe, just make backups of the original files.
 

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I checked a bit about an hour ago. I wanted to see if Common and Package were in fact capitalized (they are), so I went into the homebrew browser, then ftpii u everywhere; after which, I exited out back to the home menu. no issues doing this. I'll check the games in a few hours and report back. I put the directory listing/location for the menu files for both @MikaDubbz theme and the original theme:

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could someone make simple dark/black theme? thanks in advance

@MikaDubbz plans to in like a week or so. it's a lot of work. I'd do it, but I'm too lazy to do so. I'd test with the sdcafeine thing first before actually putting it on the system. that one folder contains four pack files, not just the menu ones. I'm not sure what the other two files do, but they're probably a part of the home menu in some way.

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btw, try this out. it's the dark mode without having to push anything so set it up with cbhc or through the homebrew launcher (plugins go in the wiiu folder, and you the homebrew app goes in wiiu/apps:
 

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it looks like we've got this. been playing for about four hours now (2 games, one vwii; the other, wii u), and 0 issues with the new theme. :D
 
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four days now, and no issues. I've played virtual wii, homebrew, vwii injects, normal wii u games with and without a legit ticket. I'm playing right now in fact. looking forward to the dark theme.
 
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four days now, and no issues. I've played virtual wii, homebrew, vwii injects, normal wii u games with and without a legit ticket. I'm playing right now in fact. looking forward to the dark theme.
Yeah, I'm certain that if something were to crash the Wii U with the custom themes, we'd have seen it by now. Seems like Menu aesthetics in general, including the Wara Wara Plaza as seen in my other thread, can be altered on the NAND system menu, and so long as you did everything right, will work without issue.

Anyway, I hope to have a few Dark theme variations available before Thursday as I'll be going on a short vacation then.
 

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most things should be fairly safe, especially if you have cbhc, just in case something were to go wrong. I haven't tried that sdcafeine thing you tried beforehand, so maybe that's one way to try it without any risk? I don't know if this is how it was with the ftp app you used, but ftpii u everywhere would transfer some of the file, stop for like a second or two, then transfer more of it, so it may have taken a couple minutes or maybe a bit longer. it kept starting and stopping almost like it was trying to transfer it more quickly than the wii u could keep up. I may not have ever transferred something as large as the wii u menu files before, so I don't know if that was normal or if it was like that with anything? I did exit out of filezilla, then went back in to check the file sizes, which were correct, so I was pretty sure it worked. when you said that it the files got cut off, I thought it might a permissions issue, though it shouldn't have transferred any of the file if that were the case. I know that's one of the issues with certain sections of the ps4 when you try to use normal ftp. I installed a special ftp app as well as a file manager on my ps4 to bypass those permissions. :D
 
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Yeah, I'm certain that if something were to crash the Wii U with the custom themes, we'd have seen it by now. Seems like Menu aesthetics in general, including the Wara Wara Plaza as seen in my other thread, can be altered on the NAND system menu, and so long as you did everything right, will work without issue.

Anyway, I hope to have a few Dark theme variations available before Thursday as I'll be going on a short vacation then.
Have fun in the short vacation, I'm looking forward to your themes!
 

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