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Nintendo Switch Custom Background
How i make my own custom Background
I take no responsibility for your switch if you follow this guide!
What you need:
- CFW on 5.1 (idont know if it runs with 6.0) with newest Layeredfs
- common.szs File (from a exist custom background mod, you will find one on my discord)
- sarctool - https://github.com/aboood40091/SARC-Tool/releases
- BNTXEditor - https://github.com/aboood40091/BNTX-Editor/releases/tag/v0.3
- Photoshop with Intel DDS - http://gametechdev.github.io/Intel-Texture-Works-Plugin/
- 1280x720 or 1920x1080 Background
First,
Install the Intel DDS Plugin and open Photoshop.
Open your wish background in Photoshop and go to "Save as"
Select File Format "Intel Textur Works DDS"
Save it will open an attribute window, choose the following attributes:
- Texture Typ: Color
- Compression: BC1 4bpp (Linear)
- Mip Maps: Auto generate
click ok.
Extract sarctool and put the common.szs file into the same folder.
Open CMD by typing in the path of Explorer "CMD" and press "Enter".
Enter the following in the CMD window: sarc_tool main common.szs
A folder is created called common.
Extract BNTXEditor and open it.
Select "Open File" and select the file "__Combined.bntx" (common\timg) from the folder that was previously created.
Select the "White1x1_180^r" DDS.
Replace it with your before created DDS from Photoshop and uncheck in the poping out window "Use SRGB when possible".
And safe it.
Go back to cmd Window and typing: sarc_tool main -o common-new.szs -little -commpress 9 common
A file is created called common-new.szs.
Delete the original "common.szs" file and rename the file "common-new.szs" to "common.szs"
Create on your Switch-SD-Card the following folder path: atmosphere\titles\0100000000001000\romfs\lyt
And copy the "common.szs" file into \lyt
And last but not least, start your Switch with newest Layeredfs.
Done!
NOTE: When starting it can come to an error. Then just restart again until the switch boots.
"thanks to everyone who has been working on themes"
https://gbatemp.net/threads/custom-themes-arrive-on-switch-via-homebrew.518779/
I take no responsibility for your switch if you follow this guide!
What you need:
- CFW on 5.1 (idont know if it runs with 6.0) with newest Layeredfs
- common.szs File (from a exist custom background mod, you will find one on my discord)
- sarctool - https://github.com/aboood40091/SARC-Tool/releases
- BNTXEditor - https://github.com/aboood40091/BNTX-Editor/releases/tag/v0.3
- Photoshop with Intel DDS - http://gametechdev.github.io/Intel-Texture-Works-Plugin/
- 1280x720 or 1920x1080 Background
First,
Install the Intel DDS Plugin and open Photoshop.
Open your wish background in Photoshop and go to "Save as"
Select File Format "Intel Textur Works DDS"
Save it will open an attribute window, choose the following attributes:
- Texture Typ: Color
- Compression: BC1 4bpp (Linear)
- Mip Maps: Auto generate
click ok.
Extract sarctool and put the common.szs file into the same folder.
Open CMD by typing in the path of Explorer "CMD" and press "Enter".
Enter the following in the CMD window: sarc_tool main common.szs
A folder is created called common.
Extract BNTXEditor and open it.
Select "Open File" and select the file "__Combined.bntx" (common\timg) from the folder that was previously created.
Select the "White1x1_180^r" DDS.
Replace it with your before created DDS from Photoshop and uncheck in the poping out window "Use SRGB when possible".
And safe it.
Go back to cmd Window and typing: sarc_tool main -o common-new.szs -little -commpress 9 common
A file is created called common-new.szs.
Delete the original "common.szs" file and rename the file "common-new.szs" to "common.szs"
Create on your Switch-SD-Card the following folder path: atmosphere\titles\0100000000001000\romfs\lyt
And copy the "common.szs" file into \lyt
And last but not least, start your Switch with newest Layeredfs.
Done!
NOTE: When starting it can come to an error. Then just restart again until the switch boots.
"thanks to everyone who has been working on themes"
https://gbatemp.net/threads/custom-themes-arrive-on-switch-via-homebrew.518779/
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