Hacking Icon files (encode Tiling)

[ground]

Hello,

I am stuck with recreating icons for 3ds roms now. I can extract exefs en i can also extract the small and large icons out of it (both rgb565 icons in ym case). If I open both of those files i can see the icon in there, but it is all messed up. This is logical as it is encoded with some tiling. (http://3dbrew.org/wiki/SMDH)

now my question is: how can I create my own icon and tile it correctly?, does anybody have more information on that?

i know that 3ds explorer can see and save the files correcly with an .png header.But 3dsexplorer can't replace them correcly without screwing up the whole icon file.

thanks in advance!

 

[Kaphotics]

Well, if you read the page you linked, you'd know how to create your own icon and tiles.

http://3dbrew.org/wiki/SMDH#Icon_graphics

Read more about how the z-order/morton tiling happens on Wikipedia, or just read up on graphics swizzling.

 

[cracker]

Try CiTRUS to convert it. I haven't used it but it is listed on 3dbrew. Alternatively, you could do the rearranging of the 8x8 tiles by hand using the bad output as a guide for what to swap. Maybe someone will whip up a tool for this...

 

[Gericom]

Try CiTRUS to convert it. I haven't used it but it is listed on 3dbrew. Alternatively, you could do the rearranging of the 8x8 tiles by hand using the bad output as a guide for what to swap. Maybe someone will whip up a tool for this...

Those icons will be supported by Every File Exporer.

 

[Snailface]

Hello,

I am stuck with recreating icons for 3ds roms now. I can extract exefs en i can also extract the small and large icons out of it (both rgb565 icons in ym case). If I open both of those files i can see the icon in there, but it is all messed up. This is logical as it is encoded with some tiling. (http://3dbrew.org/wiki/SMDH)

now my question is: how can I create my own icon and tile it correctly?, does anybody have more information on that?

i know that 3ds explorer can see and save the files correcly with an .png header.But 3dsexplorer can't replace them correcly without screwing up the whole icon file.

thanks in advance!

http://filetrip.net/3ds-downloads/utilities/download-3dsbannermaker-2-0-f32839.html

That'll do good for now until Gericom releases his tools which will be more complete.

 

[ground]

thanks snailface! your program works the best!

 

[Gericom]

SMDH Support (WIP):

Saving and the tabpage Settings has yet to be made.