R4 SDHC (r4ultra version) custom themes not working...

I can't get my R4 SDHC to work with custom themes properly. Only the default ones work. If I try and use any other theme other than the originals it comes out all messed up. Here's a pic.

http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/2032/p1010072xo7.jpg

My R4 SDHC is the r4ultra version and I'm using firmware 1.51 from the r4ultra.com site.

Other R4 SDHC firmwares won't work (there are like 5 different types of R4 SDHC). Using them will just get a freeze on the loading screen. And yes I know my card is a clone.

Anyone with my version, any ideas?

 

Finally i registered..and also finally i found someone with the same problem as me......

how do we fix that...its so boring with the non custom themes help us

plz plz plz

 

Hey i'm gonna report this problem to the r4 ultra site if i can so they can fix it up.....and also one question can u press select and change the themes(non-custom) cause i cant wen i press select nothing happens?

 

Well i have sent the r4ultra.com staff a message sayingthat custom themes are not working and also that you cant go into manual mode to change themes

 

I've already sent them a message a few days ago but they don't answer. Its a problem with the firmware cause it's only this one that has the problem.

And nope when I press select nothing happens.

 

Hi

I have had the exact same problem and i know what the problem is but not how to fix it.

The original themes work because all the .BMP files have a bit depth of 16 were as when you get these normal R4 themes these files have a bit depth of 24.

Using standard paint i have managed to get the files (through save as) to different bit depths such as 4 and 8 but cannot get it to a bit depth of 16.

if anyone knows how to change the bit depth to 16 or which program would do this please help.

 

I've tried saving the images as 16bit (even if the colours are lost) but it still comes out all messed up. For me the default themes are 24 bit. Another thing I noticed is that the default theme pics are like 98kb in size and the custom ones are all 144kb in size.

 

are you sure the original theme is in 24 bit because when you right click on the photo and go properties and then summary it says the bit depth is 16 and when you do this on the standard R4 theme it comes up with 24. also when i loaded one i saved in 8 bit it sort of came up instead of being fuzzy it had a couple of the picture down the bottom.

 

so does anyone know the actual bit number 24 or 8???? im lost

 

the R4 ultra theme has a bit depth of 16. Any other R4 takes a bit depth of 24.

 

Does any one know how to save it as 16 bit i tried 8 but it only shows some colours...but in paint i cant seem to change it to 16bit. How o i change it to 16bit???

 

I'm searching on google now how to change a files bit depth

 

hey guys baks again this is what i found out so far lol..its hardly any information but still it might b useful:
4 bit depth = 16 colour bitmap
8 bit depth = 256 colour bitmap
16 bit depth = 48 colour bitmap
24 bit depth = 24 colour bitmap

hope i helped

 

hey i think they just brought out a new kernel just today. its 1.52.

 

oh kool i check it out..maybe its cause they get to much cmplaints about this

 

hey does the custom themes work or not..theres also a new skin for jauaray it should really be for december but or well it looks better then all the other ones

 

hey can any of u guys get the cheats on i tried enabling them then saving but they dont work..any suggestions to help me

 

still the custom themes do not work with the new kernal..but u can see some images but it is fuzzy..aaaaaaaaarrrrrggghhhhhh im so annoyed about this stupid 16bit

 

Guess what guys, I solved the problem

My bad yungi123, the original themes were 16 bit like you said, not 24 bit. So the files just have to be saved as 16 bit bitmap files.

To change them to 16 bit I opened/edited the files with Adobe Photoshop and then 'Save As'. When saving as a bitmap, you have the option what depth to save as, and you just select 16 bit. Pictures look exactly the same when changed to 16 bit and once loaded onto the DS they look normal!

The only downside is that you have to re-save every file as 16 bit in each theme but at least you don't have to use the horrible default themes.

Here are a couple custom themes I downloaded and changed to 16 bit for you guys to try out.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/aff1071/n/R4SDHC_Themes_zip">R4SDHC Themes.zip

 

Good Stuff, I tried it and it works.