How To Download Custom 3ds Themes

Posted : admin | On 10-05-2021

Windows has had support for themes, also known as “visual styles”, since Windows XP. By default, Windows only loads Microsoft-signed themes—but you can get around this limitation.

There are many other 3DS theme tutorials now since it has been around 1 - 2 years, and if you want to check out a more modern tutorial and is quite simple (a bit), check this thread by Simsoy at GBATemp -> [Tutorial] how to create custom 3ds themes (2018 edition). 3DSTheme.com Copyright © 2019. Games are property of their respective owners.| Theme Request?Theme Request? A place to request and share custom 3DS themes. This is a tutorial on how to install custom themes. Make sure you can. Go to the Anemone GitHub page and download the Anemone3DS.3dsx file.

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These aren’t your standard Windows themes. They modify the appearance of window title bars, buttons, and other visual elements.

Windows 10: Install WindowBlinds

You can still do this the old-fashioned way on Windows 7 (see our instructions in the next section for that), but it’s not so easy to do on Windows 10. UxStyle, the tool we recommend for Windows 7, no longer functions on modern versions of Windows 10. While you can directly modify the uxtheme.dll file, this change will be reverted whenever Windows 10 updates itself. And, because this is so hard to do, most user-created themes likely won’t be properly supported on the latest builds of Windows 10.

But there’s still a solution. If you want to theme your Windows 10 desktop, we recommend you install Stardock’s WindowBlinds software. It’s still fully supported on Windows 10, and doesn’t require hacking with system files. It does cost $10, but that $10 will save you a lot of trouble. A free 30-day trial is also available.

WindowBlinds also includes some polished custom Windows themes. To choose a theme, just click it in the WindowBlinds window and then click “Apply style to desktop”. Your change will instantly take effect, although you may have to close and restart some applications, including Google Chrome, before your change takes effect.

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WindowBlinds makes it easier to install custom themes, too. It uses its own WindowBlinds format for themes, and you can find more themes on WinCustomize.org.

For example, you can find a Dark Mode theme that, unlike Windows 10’s built-in Dark Mode, also applies to File Explorer and other apps.

Windows 7: Patch Your System Files With UxStyle

Windows checks if themes are signed by Microsoft before loading them. If they aren’t, Windows won’t load them at all. To use them, you’ll have to modify Windows system files—uxtheme.dll in particular—and disable the check. In the past, this required booting into Safe Mode and manually replacing system files. Today, there are easier ways to do this.

UxStyle is the ideal free solution for Windows 7 users (although it no longer works on Windows 10). UxStyle runs entirely in memory, disabling the check without modifying any system files. It’s the easiest, safest way to enable third-party themes without WindowBlinds. (You can choose to pay for a copy of WindowBlinds on Windows 7, too, if you like.)

To use UxStyle, download it, extract the .zip file, and then run the x64 installer (if you’re using a 64-bit version of Windows) or the x86 one (if you’re using a 32-bit version of Windows). After installation, a new process named “UnsignedThemesSvc.exe” will run in the background. Reboot your computer and you’ll be able to install unsigned themes.

How to Find Visual Styles Online

You’ll find custom visual styles for Windows on a variety of websites. One of the best places to hunt for visual styles is DeviantArt. For example, check out the Windows 7 visual styles page on DeviantArt to find themes.

Note that these files are generally unconfirmed ZIP or RAR files, which may contain malware or links to infected sites. Use a virus scanner for extra protection if you’re in any doubt. Also note that specific versions of Windows might require specific updates to theme files—double-check the information on DeviantArt or other pages to make sure the theme you’re downloading is compatible with your build.

Choose a theme you want and download it to your computer. To illustrate the process, we’ll use the Maverick for Win7 theme that attempts to port Ubuntu’s old default theme to Windows 7.

Many themes are distributed in .rar format. If you want to open these, you’ll need a file-extracting program like the free 7-Zip.

How to Install Visual Styles

Themes are located in the following folder:

Each theme has its own subfolder here. To install a new theme, just drop its files into the Themes folder and agree to the UAC prompt. The .theme files should be in the root of the folder.

Note that some themes may include other assets, and will require you to follow additional instructions before they work as intended. For example, themes may include custom fonts and icons. The theme’s download page—or included README file—will generally contain information on completing the installation process.

If you do need to install fonts, just drop the included .ttf font files into the following folder:

When you have a theme installed, you can double-click its .theme file to switch to it. You’ll also find it listed alongside the themes included with Windows in your desktop personalization control panel.

Because Microsoft doesn’t officially support third-party themes, you’ll likely run into the occasional graphical glitch or rough edge when using custom visual styles with third-party applications. You can’t do much about this. Developers generally don’t take unofficial Windows themes into account when designing their applications.

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If you would like to have an awesome theme like the Hyperdimesion Neptunia one here, I will give you all a guide on how you can do so.

I'll try and make this as user friendly as possible. (All images used that aren't originally mine belong to another tutorial)

If you do not have Homebrew installed onto your 3DS, here is a useful guide on Amino.

What you will need:

* A 3DS (duh) with firmware 10.3 (go to options to check for this)

* A Windows computer (sorry Mac, Chromebook, Mobile, and Linux users)

* YATA+ (computer program used to put together your theme)

* Audacity (used to edit the Background Music)

*BRSTM Converter & BRSTM2BCSTM (both used to edit BGM)

A sample body_LZ.bin

An image editing program (i.e. MS Paint)

CHMM (homebrew app needed to load your theme on your 3DS)

If you don't want to search for these tools individually, here's a link to the tools that you need to download on your computer.

If you extracted the programs from the link, it should look like this.

So, let's get this started!

Step 1 - Top Screen:

It's time to make the images themselves.

MAKE SURE TO SAVE ALL OF YOUR IMAGES AS .PNG FILES!

Let's start off with the top screen.

If you want your top screen to be static, the image must be 412 × 240 resolution. Resize your image to this resolution. Afterwards, make another blank image that has a resolution of 512 × 256. Now copy/paste your image onto the blank image and move it to the top left.

It should look like this when you're finished:

If you want the top end to scroll, make the base image 1008 × 240 & the blank one 1024 × 256. Repeat the earlier process and it should look like this:

Step 2 - Bottom Screen:

Now, make your base image 320 × 240 & make your blank image 512 × 256. Repeat the process above and it should look like this:

If you want your bottom screen to scroll, repeat the top scroll process and it should look like this:

If you want the bottom screen to be animated, make 3 images with the resolution of 320 × 240 each, with a blank image that's 1024 × 256. Paste the three images side by side like this:

You don't have to use 3 of the same picture, it only animates if they are different photos as you scroll.

BE SURE YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU SAVED THESE PHOTOS ON YOUR COMPUTER!

Step 3 - Yata+:

Now it's time we use Yata. Extract it onto your computer and open the program. In Yata, go to File -> Open. Then open the 'body_LZ.bin' file.

This will open a premade theme in Yata. We are about to edit over this theme and make it the one you desire. If you want to mess with the miscellaneous settings, (like colors and icon images) you can experiment with those. This tutorial will focus on the main editing to a theme only.

Go to 'Theme settings' and you'll see an option called 'Frame Type' in there. THIS IS IMPORTANT!

As circled in red, that's where Frame Data is. Select what type of screens you are tying to use. For example, if your top screen scrolls, you may want to choose either 'Slow Scroll' or 'Normal Scroll', if it's static just choose 'None'. For the bottom screen, if it's static choose 'None', if it's animated you can go to either 'Flipbook (cyclic)' and if it scrolls you can choose either 'Slow Scroll' or 'Normal Scroll'.

If you don't do this, then some of the images may be glitchy.

Another very important thing here is to check 'Enable use of BGM' on the side, otherwise the music option later in this tutorial WILL NOT WORK.

There is an option to preview any changes you made by using the 'Simulate' button. Now you may save your theme once you're done editing it.

When you save it, you MUST rename the file 'body_LZ' or else it won't load on your 3DS. Make a folder with the name of your custom theme and put this file inside it.

Don't close out of Yata yet, for your convenience. Leave it running on your computer.

Step 4 - Music:

This is often the most complicated step for most people, so be sure to follow these instructions carefully!

Our goal here is to end up with a .bcstm file that is 3.3MB or less. Find whatever piece of music you want to use. Ideally, it would be easier to use music that is no longer than 1 or 1 & a half minutes. This is because when we compress the song, it is more likely to be sound a lot better quality as a 3.3MB or less file this way.

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Open up Audacity and import your song of choice. I recommend that if the blue sound waves are small to use a different sound with larger ones:

These affect the loudness of your music.

In the bottom left-hand corner, there is a setting called 'Project Rate (Hz)' This is what we will be editing. Change this to 32000Hz, this is what will affect the file size of the song. If you would like to use only part of the song, you can trim it in Audacity.

After you're done, go to File -> Export Audio and name it anything you want. Under 'File Name' there should be an option called 'Save as type'

Be sure to save it as a 'WAV (Microsoft) signed 16 bit PCM'

Now open up 'BRSTM Converter C#.exe' and go to 'Tools' & select 'Simple WAV>BRSTM' Select the WAV file that Audacity made for you. You will see this menu:

Custom

IF YOU WANT YOUR MUSIC TO LOOP, BOTH OF THE LOOP CHECKBOXES MUST BE CHECKED!

Hit both 'Okay' & 'OK' and it'll make you a .brstm file, which will be located in the 'output' folder inside the BRSTM Converter folder.

Now open up 'BRSTM2BCSTM.exe' and locate your .brstm file you just created. It should put your new .bcstm file with it.

NOW RENAME YOUR BCSTM (NOT BRSTM) FILE 'BGM.bcstm' This is the final product that MUST be under 3.3MB. If it is not, then repeat this process, except lower the Hz in Audacity some more, until the .bcstm file become 3.3MB or less.

Once finish, move the new BGM.bcstm file in the same folder you put your body_LZ.bin file. Go back to Yata and select File -> Load bgm, and select the BGM file. Now save your theme and you're done! (If you want, you can generate a preview image too. Just save it as 'preview.PNG')

Step 5 - CHMM:

Move the 'CHMM' folder inside you '3ds' folder on your SD card.

Inside the CHMM folder, go to 'Themes' and drag & drop your folder the has the body & BGM files inside it. Make sure those files are actually inside a folder, it won't work by simply putting the files individually in the Themes folder.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE NO THEME SELECTED ON YOUR 3DS.

Now put the SD card back in your 3DS and launch Homebrew. You should now have the CHMM app, run it. When you run it, you should see the name of the folder that has your theme in it. Simply press A and you're done.

Press Select + Start to go back to the Homebrew menu. When you return to your 3DS Home Screen, it should have your new theme installed onto it!

THIS SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO YOUR FINAL PRODUCT!

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And there you have it! Hopefully you all can now make enjoyable themes now! ^-^

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