Hacking My 2DS with Luma3DS still has region lock.

[paperhammer]

My 2DS is European (UK/Ireland), but I cannot play the US version of Sonic Lost World.

What should I do?

 

[The Catboy]

Do you have the "arm9loaderhax.bin" in the root of your SD card?

 

[paperhammer]

Yes, I do.

 

[Dionicio3]

Yes, I do.

What options are checked in luma settings? (The menu that appears when you boot with select held)

 

[The Catboy]

It should just out of out the box, but I really suggest asking in the official thread
http://gbatemp.net/threads/luma3ds-noob-proof-3ds-custom-firmware.411110/
More people will notice your post and if it does turns out to be a bug, it can be patched

 

[paperhammer]

It should just out of out the box, but I really suggest asking in the official thread
http://gbatemp.net/threads/luma3ds-noob-proof-3ds-custom-firmware.411110/
More people will notice your post and if it does turn out to be a bug, it can patched

Thanks so much, miss! You're the only furry that hasn't harassed me online!

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What options are checked in luma settings? (The menu that appears when you boot with select held)

These are the checked ones:
Autoboot SysNAND
Show NAND or user strings
Show GBA boot screen

 

[Dionicio3]

Thanks so much, miss! You're the only furry that hasn't harassed me online!

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These are the checked ones:
Autoboot SysNAND
Show NAND or user strings
Show GBA boot screen

Try enabling game patching

 

[The Catboy]

Thanks so much, miss! You're the only furry that hasn't harassed me online!

You are welcome!

What options are checked in luma settings? (The menu that appears when you boot with select held)

Actually Luma3DS has all "basic" settings turned on by defaults. So region-free, FIRM0/1 protection, reboot patches, etc. are all setup for you.

 

[KunoichiZ]

You are welcome!

Actually Luma3DS has all "basic" settings turned on by defaults. So region-free, FIRM0/1 protection, reboot patches, etc. are all setup for you.

Do you think if Luma Locale Switcher would help them with their problem? That's how I got my US copy of ACNL to work properly on my JP n3DS.

 

[The Catboy]

Do you think if Luma Locale Switcher would help them with their problem? That's how I got my US copy of ACNL to work properly on my JP n3DS.

Maybe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It's worth a try if the OP is up for trying it out.
@OP
From wiki since I wouldn't be able to do a step by step justice.

Enable game patcher: Enables the following features:

• The region/language emulation feature allows some games which need a specific language to be set to work, and DLCs for foreign games to load.
  • Create a file named locale.txt in the game's folder.
  • Inside the file,
    • Put 3 characters for the region ("JPN", "USA", "EUR", "AUS", "CHN", "KOR", "TWN").
    • Put an empty space.
    • Put 2 characters for the language ("JP", "EN", "FR", "DE", "IT", "ES", "ZH", "KO", "NL", "PT", "RU", "TW").
  • For example, to play Pokémon™ Y in Japanese language and region:
    • Create 0004000000055E00/locale.txt.
    • Put in JPN JP.
    • Save.

 

[paperhammer]

Maybe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It's worth a try if the OP is up for trying it out.
@OP
From wiki since I wouldn't be able to do a step by step justice.

Thanks, but where is the game's folder?

 

[The Catboy]

Thanks, but where is the game's folder?

Wait, I accidentally cropped out the wrong part, my bad

Enable game patcher: Enables the following features:

• The region/language emulation feature allows some games which need a specific language to be set to work, and DLCs for foreign games to load. To use it:
  • Create a folder named titles inside luma.
  • Create a folder with the game's title id as the name (look them up on www.3dsdb.com) inside titles.
  • Create a file named locale.txt in the game's folder.
  • Inside the file,
    • Put 3 characters for the region ("JPN", "USA", "EUR", "AUS", "CHN", "KOR", "TWN").
    • Put an empty space.
    • Put 2 characters for the language ("JP", "EN", "FR", "DE", "IT", "ES", "ZH", "KO", "NL", "PT", "RU", "TW").
  • For example, to play Pokémon™ Y in Japanese language and region:
    • Create 0004000000055E00/locale.txt.
    • Put in JPN JP.
    • Save.

 

[KunoichiZ]

Thanks, but where is the game's folder?

Just install Luma Locale Switcher. If you have Luma 7.0+, install the version for the nightly.

 

[paperhammer]

Just install Luma Locale Switcher. If you have Luma 7.0+, install the version for the nightly.

Ok, I have Luma Locale Switcher, now what do I do?

 

[KunoichiZ]

Ok, I have Luma Locale Switcher, now what do I do?

Launch it. Choose Titles -> Sonic Lost World -> Change Region -> Try USA and see if that works. Change Language -> EN. That should hopefully make it work.

 

[paperhammer]

Launch it. Choose Titles -> Sonic Lost World -> Change Region -> Try USA and see if that works. Change Language -> EN. That should hopefully make it work.

No. It doesn't work.

 

[KunoichiZ]

No. It doesn't work.

Hmm. Is there a UK/EUR copy of Lost World you could try? Don't know anything about Sonic games and their releases. Try changing the language in Luma Locale Switcher to EUR.

 

[Dionicio3]

No. It doesn't work.

Are you sure the cart itself is not broken? And what exactly is the error? (Why did I not ask this first?)

 

[paperhammer]

Thanks for the help, but I'll just find a EU version of Lost World.

Are you sure the cart itself is not broken? And what exactly is the error? (Why did I not ask this first?)

It's a downloaded version.

 

[Dionicio3]

Thanks for the help, but I'll just find a EU version of Lost World.


It's a downloaded version.

Do you have a bad install?