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Homebrew [DsPico] Made a small web app to create themes easly for Pico Launcher

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Theme Creator - Pico Launcher

Hello friends, as the title says, I created a small application where you can upload the images you want to use as a theme and it gives you a .zip file with the files already ready. Just copy the unzipped folder to the SD card, edit the settings file, enter the name of your theme, and you're done. It also has a .bin decryptor, so you can see what settings other themes that are already out there are using.

If you have any suggestions, they are welcome.
 
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I love this app bro
Great work!

idk if its possible only QOL update would be allowing for an opaquing option for the lower screens menu colors

Huge W for making this easy and accessible for my smooth brain
Thank you so much!!!
 
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AdoptedJellyFish said:
I love this app bro
Great work!

idk if its possible only QOL update would be allowing for an opaquing option for the lower screens menu colors

Huge W for making this easy and accessible for my smooth brain
Thank you so much!!!
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Thanks for the suggestion. I’m currently looking into how the files work in a bit more detail; the problem is that this would involve modifying files that aren’t part of the configuration the developers left for themes.
 
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santiago109 said:
Theme Creator - Pico Launcher

Hello friends, as the title says, I created a small application where you can upload the images you want to use as a theme and it gives you a .zip file with the files already ready. Just copy the unzipped folder to the SD card, edit the settings file, enter the name of your theme, and you're done. It also has a .bin decryptor, so you can see what settings other themes that are already out there are using.

If you have any suggestions, they are welcome.
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Hi! Here is the audio that is out of sync.
It's going to sound normal outside of DSPico cartridge / whatever Ds you put it into. But as soon as you get the menu up the music starts out of sync. I hope this information helps!
 

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we should have a repository to post themes to! (ive already made a few simple themes (oh also maybe add support for button sfx )
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we should have a repository to post themes to! (ive already made a few simple themes (oh also maybe add support for button sfx )
 
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GamingIsDead said:
Is there a way of editing a theme without having to start from scratch?
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yes, you dont have to start from scratch. a theme is just a folder in _pico/themes on
the sd card. the settings are in theme.json, plain text you can edit directly, and the
images are the .bin files. so you can copy the folder of a theme you like, rename it,
edit the json and replace only the images you want. the decryptor in this tool helps
with the last part, you can look inside the .bin files of themes that are already out
there

(i know the format from spending time in the launcher code)
 
rasalopa said:
yes, you dont have to start from scratch. a theme is just a folder in _pico/themes on
the sd card. the settings are in theme.json, plain text you can edit directly, and the
images are the .bin files. so you can copy the folder of a theme you like, rename it,
edit the json and replace only the images you want. the decryptor in this tool helps
with the last part, you can look inside the .bin files of themes that are already out
there

(i know the format from spending time in the launcher code)
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I kind of mess up on a theme I created and was hoping to see the edits on the website :(
 
GamingIsDead said:
I kind of mess up on a theme I created and was hoping to see the edits on the website :(
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what happened to it exactly? wrong color, text in the wrong place, or a wrong image? tell me and i can give you the exact steps.

meanwhile, the fastest fix for most cases: on the theme creator site there is a "Load Theme" button. click it and give it the file called theme.json, it is inside your theme's folder on the sd card (_pico/themes/your theme name). that loads all your settings back into the site, so you can fix the wrong thing and download the theme again. no starting from scratch.

the only thing that does not load back is the two big images (top and bottom background). if the problem is one of those and you still have the original picture, just upload it again in the creator. if you lost it, open the "decryptor" tab on the same site, give it the topbg.bin or bottombg.bin file from your theme folder, right click the image it shows and save it as png, then upload that in the creator.
 

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