Hacking M3 DS Real Skinning Question

[cray-]

I've bought a DS Lite for xmas for my gf and have ordered an M3DSR and 2gig card to go with. Haven't recieved the cart yet, but I wanted to get a few custom skins ready to go. I've had a look over some of the skins in the download section and noticed that some have 6 icons and some have 7. The user manual I've found "M3DS_Real_USER_MANUAL_oct15.doc" shows 7 icons.

I've also read about people changing firmware versions and the skins not being compatible. Can anyone confirm the number of icons for me and shed any light on the firmware situation?

 

[gweedyj]

I've bought a DS Lite for xmas for my gf and have ordered an M3DSR and 2gig card to go with. Haven't recieved the cart yet, but I wanted to get a few custom skins ready to go. I've had a look over some of the skins in the download section and noticed that some have 6 icons and some have 7. The user manual I've found "M3DS_Real_USER_MANUAL_oct15.doc" shows 7 icons.

I've also read about people changing firmware versions and the skins not being compatible. Can anyone confirm the number of icons for me and shed any light on the firmware situation?

i believe that its 7

 

[gcstr]

It needs 7 icons.
the basic system has a few skins to choose from the default is awful but the Vista looking one is very nice and pro looking.

 

[cray-]

I found the sample [default] skins on the website with the firmware updates. Not quite sure where some of the images are used and at this stage I have no idea of the dimensions. ie. How far is the first icon from the left hand side and then how many pixel spacing between each icon. Stuff like that.

I think I was looking at some G6 skins that only had the 6 icons and not 7.

Anyway I've got one in the works. It's inspired by the "Milk" OSX theme but I need to sort out some icons as i want to use it in the competition but can't use other peoples stuff.