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How to Theme an R4 DS Menu
If you found this article via the Random Article link or otherwise happened in here, an R4 DS is just one of many Nitro to microSD adapters on the market. Nitro is the internal code name for Nintendo DS cartridges; ergo, one allows code on a microSD card to run on Nintendo's portable gaming system.
For those of you who know that, when you turn on your DS with your R4DS inserted, you're familiar with the seasonal themes presented on the main menu. The R4DS, or R4 for short, has 12 themes and 13 settings. You can choose any of the 12, or you can choose Automatic Mode which chooses a new theme each month. Theme #1 will show when your DS's internal calendar is set to January; when February rolls around, Theme #2 becomes default.
Did you know you can make your own and take over every aspect of how your R4 menus look? This guide and two free software applications will help you do just that.
Things You'll Need
A Nintendo DS or Nintendo DS Lite. (The Nintendo DSi does not support the R4DS.)
An R4DS Nitro to microSD adapter
A microSD card
A PC with a USB port or an SD card slot
A microSD to USB adapter or a microSD to SD adapter
XnView, a free, open-source image manipulation tool or one offering similar functionality
R4 Theme Creator Alice, a free tool to build R4 themes
Microsoft Paint, or a program which will let you write on pictures (optional)
Choose your images. You will need one for each month/theme to be displayed on the top screen of your DS. A theme also includes a background for the bottom screen, three icons for the bottom screen, a background for the file manager's top screen, and a background for the file manager's bottom screen. It helps to use the same three icons and wallpapers for the other three screens, but if you want to have four unique images for each theme, that's 48 pictures to find.
Resize background images.Choose and resize icons.Build a theme.Build the rest of the themes.Install themes.Enjoy your personalized DS!Open R4TC Alice. Across the top there are five icons or tabs; we'll be starting with the first one and continuing left to right to make one theme at a time.Create folders now. Inside TEMP make folders called theme01 to theme12.
The first tab is called Logo Screen. This tab controls the wallpaper on the top screen when you first turn on your DS. Find January256.bmp and drop it on the big box in the upper-left corner.Where it says Quick Resize, choose the option that fits your wallpaper the best. Alternately, use the zoom slider above the image to get it just right.
Below, note the Text Color tool. Consult the diagram to the right - you can't stop it from saying "R4DS English Version" in the lower-right corner, but you can choose the text color. This will change dynamically, so you can work with it to get the best look. The Mask option will let you put a haze/tint over it if you like.
The next tab is Icon Screen. The background is chosen the same way as before, but now you can add the three icons. Alice calls them Game, Media, and Slot2. Use the Browse button to find TEMP and choose DS, Media, and GBA, respectively.
Third tab is the File screen. Choose the background for the file manager, and be sure to set the text and highlight colors accordingly to get the best look. The details on this and the next tab make quite the case for using the same settings on each theme.
Fourth tab is Info Screen. Again, follow the same steps as before and be sure the text is readable.
On the fifth tab, you can choose an image to serve as your GBA frame. Game Boy Advance games are widescreen, and rather than just have a black border to crop the screen, you can decorate this as well. Follow the instructions as before, just be aware most of your image will be covered up, all but the edges.
The last tab is where you finish up. Choose a title and enter your name. Neither shows up on the DS. Look at the export options on the left, set them accordingly, and choose Export. Browse to the month you're making, and save it there.
Repeat for each month.If you have a lot of digital photos, try to select a picture taken in each month for that month's theme.Use Microsoft Paint or a similar drawing tool to date the image, add a note, or personalize it. XnView either is portable or is available portably, and R4TC Alice is portable. You can put both programs and your TEMP folder on a USB flash drive and work on this on other computers.
Keep your themes backed up somewhere, in case your microSD memory R4 cards fails. Don't use the R4 DS to steal Nintendo DS games. The R4DS should only be used to load homebrew software or to play music or videos.
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