ROM Hack [Release - WIP] 3DS Toolkit

fafaffy · Aug 4, 2015

So today I decided to work on a 3DS toolkit which will eventually be a beautiful, versatile program that people will be able to use for anything 3DS.

This program is ran off of plugins, so it gives you - the user - the ultimate say of what does and doesn't go inside this program.

Unfortunately, as this is just the start of the program (quite literally started today), I only have a couple of plugins and minimal functionality. However, this program is currently, and will remain open sourced for the community.

Current features, as of right now:

Plugin support (via DLL files)
3DNUS plugin (approved by ground himself)

Planned features:

Homebrew manager
One-click update of plugins
Update checker for the main program

Screenshots:

** Unfortunately, this tab is not fully functional right now

Gif: http://i.imgur.com/fWi2RQT.gifv

Download:
Source code: https://github.com/fafaffy/3DS-Toolkit/archive/master.zip
Binaries: https://copy.com/o1zSLl9anZIJBlPL/3DS toolkit release V1.2.0.1.zip

Source Code:
https://github.com/fafaffy/3DS-Toolkit/

If you guys have any specific requests for this toolkit, please feel free and share them; this tool is only as good as you'll let me make it. Thanks!

Asia81 · Aug 4, 2015

Why not, can be useful.
Thanks

fafaffy · Aug 4, 2015

Quick update:

So far I've been able to successfully parse a homebrew SMDH file, and all that's left is figuring out how to properly parse the icon in C# :\
Hopefully I'll be able to figure this out by the end of the day (this update has not been submitted to github yet).

fafaffy · Aug 4, 2015

Ok, I'm starting to get stuck with the icon, and may sadly need to omit it indefinitely. Here's what I'm reading when I look at FBI's icon:

It has the right color, and I'm assuming the right amount of pixels, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to "unscramble" it. According to the Wiki, they are set on a 8x8 region, where the regions follow a certain pattern. However, I opened up the image in Photoshop, bloated the pixels and yeah... Even the 8x8 areas are messed up. Unless someone has any additional info, I'll have to go iconless :|

fafaffy · Aug 5, 2015

Got the homebrew reader working!
Now I'm getting up a mini little install section to more easily download/install homebrew to the 3DS!
This is a rough (emphasis on rough) idea of how it will look, though it will eventually have version/updating support.

zoogie · Aug 5, 2015

fafaffy said:
Ok, I'm starting to get stuck with the icon, and may sadly need to omit it indefinitely. Here's what I'm reading when I look at FBI's icon:

It has the right color, and I'm assuming the right amount of pixels, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to "unscramble" it. According to the Wiki, they are set on a 8x8 region, where the regions follow a certain pattern. However, I opened up the image in Photoshop, bloated the pixels and yeah... Even the 8x8 areas are messed up. Unless someone has any additional info, I'll have to go iconless :|

The C# code to parse icons is in 3dsexplorer.

fafaffy · Aug 5, 2015

zoogie said:
The C# code to parse icons is in 3dsexplorer.

I... love you...

fafaffy · Aug 5, 2015

Thanks to @zoogie for pointing out 3DS Explorer... Icons now work

Though, only the 48x48 icons work, not the 24x24 (they look screwy) but hey, I'm not complaining

DarkFlare69 · Aug 5, 2015

Add a "Build 3DS" tab, "Build RomFS" tab, "Convert 3DS to CIA" tab, "Decrypt ROM" tab, and then I'm in.

DSoryu · Aug 5, 2015

Plugin list I would love to see:

Simple .cia converter tool.
SD Explorer.
EmuNAND tool.
Photo and Video viewer.

fafaffy · Aug 5, 2015

DarkFlare69 said:
Add a "Build 3DS" tab, "Build RomFS" tab, "Convert 3DS to CIA" tab, "Decrypt ROM" tab, and then I'm in.

Dartz150 said:
Plugin list I would love to see:

Simple .cia converter tool.

SD Explorer.

EmuNAND tool.

Photo and Video viewer.

I'm definitely interesting in coding tools to assist cia/3ds conversion, decryption, compiling, decompiling

. We'll see how fast I can get to them, however. I can't promise anything too soon.

Now, what do you mean when you say SD Explorer?

As far as the EmuNAND tool, I'll see if I can figure out how to read the EmuNAND partition off the SD card. I'm definitely interested in adding it, but it seems like a lot of work to where I won't be able to prioritize it at the moment.

Photo and Video viewer? I'll debate on this. I will try to add a theme installer/browser, so maybe that can substitute? *shrugs*

Anyway, I finished setting up github (github pages), and am working on the program to get a reliable Update Checking method for the main program (and eventually plugins). So, tomorrow I'll release a new version.

fafaffy · Aug 5, 2015

Just pushed out a new version (1.1.0.0) to github, and made an official release on the thread

Changelog:

Homebrew tab
- Can now read off of removable storages (e.g. SD cards)
- Can read installed homebrew, along with their icons/names/descriptions
- Work-in-progress homebrew download section

Main
- Will now check for updates regarding the main program
- Fixed minimum size, so the program layout doesn't get all screwy

fafaffy · Aug 5, 2015

Homebrew installer is almost done! Got most of it working

Here's how it currently looks like: Download buttons are grayed out since they didn't have a download link attached (yet)

ChaosEternal · Aug 5, 2015

Oddly enough, I'm only getting a blank box when I run the program. Currently running Windows 8.1 btw. Both 1.0 and 1.1 result in this.

fafaffy · Aug 5, 2015

ChaosEternal said:
Oddly enough, I'm only getting a blank box when I run the program. Currently running Windows 8.1 btw. Both 1.0 and 1.1 result in this.

Are you sure you extracted all the files and folder? You need the Plugins folder in order to get any tabs

ChaosEternal · Aug 5, 2015

That I do. I have the plugins folder, the exe, and six dll files. The plugins folder contains 3DNUS and 3DSD .dll's.

fafaffy · Aug 5, 2015

ChaosEternal said:
That I do. I have the plugins folder, the exe, and six dll files. The plugins folder contains 3DNUS and 3DSD .dll's.

Wow, to my surprise, I downloaded it and the same thing happened to me. This is weird, it works before I zipped it and uploaded it but it doesn't when I download and extract it...

Lemme see if I can figure this out, thanks for letting me know

fafaffy · Aug 5, 2015

ChaosEternal said:
That I do. I have the plugins folder, the exe, and six dll files. The plugins folder contains 3DNUS and 3DSD .dll's.

Found the issue!

Code:

System.NotSupportedException: An attempt was made to load an assembly from a network location which would have caused the assembly to be sandboxed in previous versions of the .NET Framework

http://i.imgur.com/hmBlTMf.png

Wow, that was annoying to catch. Anyway, this was (thankfully) a simple fix and I'll be patching it now and uploading the new version. Thanks for letting me know @ChaosEternal! More than likely would have never noticed unless you pointed it out.

ChaosEternal · Aug 5, 2015

Woah, fascinating! Happy I was able to help.

Kurt91 · Aug 5, 2015

So, let me make sure that I understand this right. I could use this to install a homebrew program to the SD card the same way that I would using FBI, except though the computer rather than the 3DS? That sounds incredibly useful. Does it have a way to determine the difference between a CIA of a game and a homebrew CIA?

If I had to make a recommendation to the program, would it be possible to have the option on the 3DNUS plugin to let us search for things using their name rather than their Title ID? For instance, if we were to put in something like "Firmware" into the search bar, have a list come up to certify whether we wand "N3DS Firmware 9.1.0", "O3DS Firmware 9.1.0", etc?

The only recommendation that I could think of for the SD card management would be to have a list of recommended homebrew programs that we could download. For instance, a list of programs such as GameYob, FTBrony, BlargSNES. Clicking a download button would either automatically open a window to the site or forum page for that particular program, or link directly to the download itself. (Although I think that the latter would be more work and require permission and setup with the people making each individual program.)

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