ROM Hack [Release] Yet Another Theme Application PLUS (YATA+ ,3ds theme editor)

[guruFTW]

Trying to make a theme for the first time here.

If I try to convert a wav file into the music for my theme, the converter that pops up just doesn't show any music at all. I tried with a smaller file, still nothing.

I've looked at the guide, it should say samples and actually play the song, but if I press play there's absolutely nothing playing at all.

Any help?

Nevermind, had to encode to 16bit Wav instead of 32.

Although I literally have no clue how to install this. I exported the body_LZ.bin. I put extdatatools (which I suppose is what I use to install themes) in my 3ds folder and then put the theme in the folder. Started the Homebrew Launcher, launched the app itself, enabled persistent theme-cache, and then copied from SD to extdata.

Only problem is if I turn the 3DS off to go back to my menu, the theme I had selected is not active anymore. Is there another way to get out of the Homebrew Launcher without turning off the 3DS? Home button doesn't work.

I mean from what I get it should change my active theme to the one I made, but my 3ds just doesn't seem to ever keep the themes I install active, not even the actual ones that can be downloaded.

 

[Selez]

I seem to be having a problem with the newer YATA+ versions.

In the original, I could just open it up and the program appears normally, in 1.1 a welcome screen with no exit appears and I had to modify the settings into " first_start=false ". No problems there.

But when I try this with either 1.2 or 1.3.1 the welcome screen does not go away. Even though it's in the false state. This one:

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It just stays there and nothing else happens, even after 15 minutes. I have to exit out by using the task manager and force it to close.

I'm using Windows 7 Home premium with a 64 bit operating system if that has any relevance.

 

[CHICAGO-lollie]

Selez, this is related to your computer's DPI scaling. It's set to 125%, instead of 100%. There's a button that's supposed to appear in the bottom right corner of that window, but because of the scaling, it doesn't appear. To fix it for now, go into Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Display

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You should be able to change your DPI scaling back afterwards, but check the Theme Settings window first, just in case it suffers from similar issues.

Very nice work. I didn't know those two were paired up (I just flicked each one individually to 0 and 255). Did you perform similar tests for #9 (I'm assuming you did since you stated you didn't see any differences either)?

Yeah, I did everything I could with #9, and it just doesn't seem to control anything. I've ripped a couple themes to check how it's being used, and it really just looks like a dummy color value! It's probably safe to ignore it for now.

Although, now that we know that the Arrow Shadow element's position can be controlled to some extent, I can't help but wonder if similar options are available for the other theme elements (exelix11 linked this page). I'm in no hurry to test them though, it's so time-consuming!

 

[Selez]

Thank you, that fixed the issue.

 

[exelix11]

Trying to make a theme for the first time here.

If I try to convert a wav file into the music for my theme, the converter that pops up just doesn't show any music at all. I tried with a smaller file, still nothing.

I've looked at the guide, it should say samples and actually play the song, but if I press play there's absolutely nothing playing at all.

Any help?

These problems are related to the format of the wav, you must convert it to wav,even if it's arleady a wav, with format factory (i use this one) or another file converter

 

[ketal]

With some trial and error, I found out with settings are ideal for the .wav you want to convert to .bcwav/.cwav:
32728Hz Mono, 16-bit Integer Uncompressed, No Dither

Nevermind, had to encode to 16bit Wav instead of 32.

Although I literally have no clue how to install this. I exported the body_LZ.bin. I put extdatatools (which I suppose is what I use to install themes) in my 3ds folder and then put the theme in the folder. Started the Homebrew Launcher, launched the app itself, enabled persistent theme-cache, and then copied from SD to extdata.

Only problem is if I turn the 3DS off to go back to my menu, the theme I had selected is not active anymore. Is there another way to get out of the Homebrew Launcher without turning off the 3DS? Home button doesn't work.

I mean from what I get it should change my active theme to the one I made, but my 3ds just doesn't seem to ever keep the themes I install active, not even the actual ones that can be downloaded.

you can get out the homebrew launcher by pressing start when you are in the launcher;
I'd suggest to use CHMM to install themes, it's way easier and you don't have to do things with the cache

 

[PandaMayFire]

There have been a ton of improvements, it's getting easier to use all the time But, is it possible that we can also get previews of some of those extra features too like cursor, 3ds folder, files, ect?

 

[ketal]

BTW, is there a tutorial on how to make custom sounds effect and use them in a custom theme?

I could explain how, however I can't do it publicly. I'll PM you if you want

 

[Shadowtrance]

I could explain how, however I can't do it publicly. I'll PM you if you want

You can explain it here, you just can't share the tools here.
But the wav > bcwav converter was already shared by some Shadowtrace guy (imposter i say!) on a certain iso site.

 

[ketal]

Ok so;
Choose your sound fx and import it in your preferred audio editor (I'm using Adobe Audition CC)
There, export it according to these settings:

32728 Hz, Mono, 16-bit Wave Uncompressed
With some trial and error, I found out that files longer than 3 seconds will freeze your Home Screen whenever that file is played back

Now, open a command prompt to the folder where you have stored ctr_WaveConverter32.exe
You can navigate it with the cmd settings or use an handy registry tweak (attached) that allows you to open a cmd window in your current position as shown in the picture:

Inside the command prompt, write
ctr_WaveConverter32.exe yourfile.wav

A DSP ADPCM .bcwav file will be generated in the folder where ctr_WaveConverter32.exe with the same name as the input wav file.
And that's it, import your .bcwav inside the CWAV chunk in YATA+ and you're good to go.

Also, I attached an example of original .wav and exported .bcwav file

 

[tyons]

there's no need for registry tweaks. you just have to hold the shift button when right-clicking and the option will appear.

 

[Ninoh-FOX]

Is there any way to edit the colors in real time?

 

[Ekaitz]

Is there a soft to create themes on OS X? (I've got a Win10 partition but I don't like to use it. (And my picture editing softwares are on OS X))

Otherwise, I give a try while on Win10, great work.

 

[Ninoh-FOX]

Preview colors boton edit please!!!

 

[Kizul Emeraldfire]

Is there another way to get out of the Homebrew Launcher without turning off the 3DS? Home button doesn't work.

I mean from what I get it should change my active theme to the one I made, but my 3ds just doesn't seem to ever keep the themes I install active, not even the actual ones that can be downloaded.

Press the Start button; a prompt will open saying that you're about to reboot to the Home Menu. Then press 'A' to confirm.

Additionally, is it possible that you're inadvertently using the 'Shuffle Favorites' option (permanently located just under the 'Theme Shop' button at the top)? Elsewise, I'm not sure what could be causing your non-custom themes to not stick.

 

[Asia81]

@exelix11

Can I make a feature request (in addition to my PM) ?

If yes, it's something like this:
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/34/1440251457-automaticname.png

Possible to make an automatic name when we export something like a picture, sound... ?

 

[ketal]

YATA+ Icon is bugged in the windows volume mixer

 

[Bede]

Does anyone know why some of my theme SFX's dont play at all?

I dropped all of my WAVs right on the ctr_waveconverter32.exe and imported them all normally, but half of them don't play on my system. It's not a size issue because the bcwav that is 140kb plays but the one that is 8kb doesnt. The ones that don't play just default to the system's regular sounds. I attached my theme's body_LZ.bin.

 

[ketal]

Does anyone know why some of my theme SFX's dont play at all?

I dropped all of my WAVs right on the ctr_waveconverter32.exe and imported them all normally, but half of them don't play on my system. It's not a size issue because the bcwav that is 140kb plays but the one that is 8kb doesnt. The ones that don't play just default to the system's regular sounds. I attached my theme's body_LZ.bin.

did you check the bitrate and but depht?

 

[PandaMayFire]

Preview colors boton edit please!!!

Exactly, I want this too. I don't know what a lot of the buttons even are, so a preview for button colors would be fantastic