ROM Hack Pokémon Nova Sun & Umbra Moon: Fully-featured, challenging Sun/Moon ROMhacks!

[EatsCookies]

Because I'm a glutton for punishment and love a challenge, I have been trying to Nuzlocke the expanded version of NS. I actually didn't believe the creator; I absolutely believed it would be possible. It's not. Not if you run a legitimate Nuzlocke anyway. The furthest I've made it is Verdant Cavern. I'm new to Pokemon ROM hacks so I'm not sure if this is indicative of the difficulty of many of them but this is brutal. I love it. One day I might make it off Melemele.

Thanks Dio Vento. I'm genuinely having a lot of fun getting my arse handed to me by random trainers.

HA, me too. Love it.

 

[Feythnin]

That's normal, I don't know where that game logo file is. If you didn't run the "non-English.bat" included in the package, the title screen won't be edited either.

It actually didn't run it at the very beginning before the save screen menu. I really want to play this hack, tho.

Edit: So, I am attempting to follow the instructions on your first page. The issue comes when I put the romfs.bin file in the folder where I put the umbra moon files. I open setup.bat and it says "The system cannot find the file specified." Then, if I try to continue, it says "ERROR: open file umbra moon\\Extracted_ROM\romfs/ failed" repeatedly. If I try to put the romfs.bin into the to the Extracted_ROM folder, then it says "ERROR: the file type is mismatch".

 

[nwhiteman42]

Does anyone have the custom banner, icon, exeFS, etc files for a cia install?

I don't see them in the given files for making the cia.

 

[Slowbeatle]

my 3ds freezes when i press home button with this mod, but only if i have any theme installed......not sure why. N3DS Luma 7.0.5

 

[Dio Vento]

Does anyone have the custom banner, icon, exeFS, etc files for a cia install?

I don't see them in the given files for making the cia.

This mod doesn't make code.bin changes (except for SaltySD in that build), so the CIA toolkit doesn't include a code.bin file. Use your default Sun or Moon code.bin. Banner.bin and icon.bin are located in /Files/exefs.

 

[nwhiteman42]

This mod doesn't make code.bin changes (except for SaltySD in that build), so the CIA toolkit doesn't include a code.bin file. Use your default Sun or Moon code.bin. Banner.bin and icon.bin are located in /Files/exefs.

I see now. I was using the saltyFW distributions not the toolkit. Only if I could read.
Thanks for the help.

 

[cevaceva]

so after several painful tries i managed to get the right tools so i extracted my decrypted moon rom and succesfully added the 1.4 umbra moon files and managed to rebuild it and it is working with citra BUT i also tried to either randomize umbra moon using pk3ds with random wild poke, starters, trainer poke, but when i try to do this citra gives an "unknown error" when i try to launch it. so my question is why doesnt randomizing with pk3ds work but the umbra moon 1.4 worked just fine what am i doing wrong?

 

[Marusero]

Hey, I was wondering if, after you've played the game and decide you are really done with it, you could restore de cartridge back to the original game. If so, how?

 

[Feythnin]

Has anybody successfully used this hack with homebrew?

 

[Dio Vento]

Hey, I was wondering if, after you've played the game and decide you are really done with it, you could restore de cartridge back to the original game. If so, how?

Very simple. Delete the SaltySD folder from your 3DS SD card.

 

[Marusero]

Very simple. Delete the SaltySD folder from your 3DS SD card.

Thanks!!

 

[nwhiteman42]

I am getting errors while going through the CIA building process.
Here is the log.
Will have errors pointed out below.
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1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
Is your ROM dumped and decrypted? [Y/N]: y
Place your DECRYPTED .3DS or .cia ROM in D:\Nova_Sun\
Extract decrypted ROM? [Y/N] (only select N if you have already extracted the ROM): y
Enter the name of your DECRYPTED .3ds or .cia file (no extension): pokemon
Enter the file type (3DS or CIA, no period): CIA
.Net 3DS Toolkit v1.4.1
Extracting as CIA to "D:\Nova_Sun\\Extracted_ROM"...
[ctrtool] Header size 0x00002020
[ctrtool] Type 0000
[ctrtool] Version 0000
[ctrtool] Certificates offset: 0x2040
[ctrtool] Certificates size: 0xa00
[ctrtool] Ticket offset: 0x2a40nTicket size 0x350
[ctrtool] TMD offset: 0x2dc0
[ctrtool] TMD size: 0xb64
[ctrtool] Meta offset: 0xbfedb940
[ctrtool] Meta size: 0x3ac0
[ctrtool] Content offset: 0x3940
[ctrtool] Content size: 0xbfed8000
[ctrtool] Warning, could not read common key.
[ctrtool] Ticket content:
[ctrtool] Signature Type: 04000100
[ctrtool] Issuer: Root-CA00000003-XS0000000c
[ctrtool] Signature:
[ctrtool] 000000: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] 000010: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] 000020: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] 000030: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] 000040: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] 000050: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] 000060: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] 000070: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] 000080: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] 000090: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] 0000a0: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] 0000b0: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] 0000c0: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] 0000d0: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] 0000e0: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] 0000f0: d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 d1 5e a5 e0 .^...^...^...^..
[ctrtool] Encrypted Titlekey: 06D9A87D2FFC16194794B434F3AC945C
[ctrtool] Ticket ID: 0000000000000000
[ctrtool] Ticket Version: 0
[ctrtool] Title ID: 0004000000164800
[ctrtool] Common Key Index: 0
[ctrtool] Content permission map:
[ctrtool] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ctrtool] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ctrtool] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ctrtool] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ctrtool] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ctrtool] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ctrtool] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ctrtool] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ctrtool] TMD header:
[ctrtool] Signature type: RSA 2048 - SHA256
[ctrtool] Issuer: Root-CA00000003-CP0000000b
[ctrtool] Version: 1
[ctrtool] CA CRL version: 0
[ctrtool] Signer CRL version: 0
[ctrtool] System version: 0000000000000000
[ctrtool] Title id: 0004000000164800
[ctrtool] Title type: 00000040
[ctrtool] Group id: 0000
[ctrtool] Save Size: 1016KB (000fe000)
[ctrtool] Access rights: 00000000
[ctrtool] Title version: 0.2.0 (v32)
[ctrtool] Content count: 0002
[ctrtool] Boot content: 0000
[ctrtool] Hash: F9B9F476724B7F9B82CAD4A7315EB989CCB331771ED54DAB5B9B394715EE3CBF
[ctrtool] TMD content info:
[ctrtool] Content index: 0000
[ctrtool] Command count: 0002
[ctrtool] Unknown: 522D00C32D0D646BB3949E9DD6DD880D0FC6DDEFA8FB709675D91DB6F2A4828A
[ctrtool] TMD contents:
[ctrtool] Content id: 00000003
[ctrtool] Content index: 0000
[ctrtool] Content type: 0000
[ctrtool] Content size: 00000000bfcdf000
[ctrtool] Content hash: B5C0234477198B95E00F106063901D18DF81D7B389D9CF6EC1A1ACCB42E625E4
[ctrtool] Content id: 00000002
[ctrtool] Content index: 0001
[ctrtool] Content type: 0000
[ctrtool] Content size: 00000000001f9000
[ctrtool] Content hash: 831B88926F5394400D21E2E02962F5B30EC714426F6BB17ECD299C21BA31A51E
[ctrtool] Saving content #0000 to Partition.0000.00000003
[ctrtool] Saving content #0001 to Partition.0001.00000002
[3dstool] ERROR: uncompress error
[3dstool] ERROR: extract file failed
Extraction complete!
Copying ROM hack files into Extracted_ROM.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
Copying complete! Shop.cro not yet copied, since it is incompatible with Hans.
Which Build would you like? Leave blank for unaltered encounters. [Legit/Leveled/Expanded]: Expanded
How would you like to rebuild the ROM? [3DS/CIA/HANS]: CIA
Would you like to randomize your wild encounters? [Y/N]: n
patching a\0\8\2 with encounters for the Expanded Build.
1 file(s) copied.
patching a\0\8\3 with encounters for the Expanded Build.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.
.Net 3DS Toolkit v1.4.1
Building as CIA...
[3dstool] ERROR: open file D:\Nova_Sun\\Extracted_ROM\HeaderNCCH2.bin failed
[3dstool] ERROR: create file failed
[3dstool] ERROR: open file D:\Nova_Sun\\Extracted_ROM\HeaderNCCH6.bin failed
[3dstool] ERROR: create file failed
[3dstool] ERROR: open file D:\Nova_Sun\\Extracted_ROM\HeaderNCCH7.bin failed
[3dstool] ERROR: create file failed
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After it is saving content into the 2 partitions i get
[3dstool] ERROR: uncompress error
[3dstool] ERROR: extract file failed

And that while building the CIA at the end I get
Building as CIA...
[3dstool] ERROR: open file D:\Nova_Sun\\Extracted_ROM\HeaderNCCH2.bin failed
[3dstool] ERROR: create file failed
[3dstool] ERROR: open file D:\Nova_Sun\\Extracted_ROM\HeaderNCCH6.bin failed
[3dstool] ERROR: create file failed
[3dstool] ERROR: open file D:\Nova_Sun\\Extracted_ROM\HeaderNCCH7.bin failed
[3dstool] ERROR: create file failed


Any ideas? I downloaded Sun from eShop and then built the CIA using GodMode9.

 

[Lucky Dearly]

Hey, just wondering if it's possible to use the SuMo hack plugin with this hack.

 

[RoloRojo]

SuMo has been updated to 1.2. I don't wanna update till Dio says something about the compatibility.

 

[Dio Vento]

SuMo has been updated to 1.2. I don't wanna update till Dio says something about the compatibility.

1.2 will break the SaltySD install, and you shouldn't update the game if you're using a CIA or 3DS build anyway. Testing now to see if 1.2 breaks shop.cro. I'll probably just remove the SaltySD code.bin from the next release since Luma3DS 7.0+ works fine without it.

 

[RustInPeace]

I've been enjoying Theta Emerald Ex, opening my world to Pokemon romhacks. I don't know if this was answered, but is Battle Tree altered in any way? I like the idea of it not having a banlist, the trainers bring whatever while the player does the same. Whether these have it or not, I do want to try this out.

 

[Dio Vento]

I've been enjoying Theta Emerald Ex, opening my world to Pokemon romhacks. I don't know if this was answered, but is Battle Tree altered in any way? I like the idea of it not having a banlist, the trainers bring whatever while the player does the same. Whether these have it or not, I do want to try this out.

These hacks don't have an altered Battle Tree. I recommend waiting until tomorrow to play, since I'm currently working on getting 1.5 ready, which will allow compatibility with Version 1.2 of Sun and Moon.

 

[Toady231]

If and when these updated hacks come out. Would I need to download all the files again?

 

[Dio Vento]

If and when these updated hacks come out. Would I need to download all the files again?

Version 1.5 is up.
If you're using the Drag & Drop (formerly SaltySD) package, you need to delete the following files/folders from your SD card to use Version 1.5:

• SD:\luma\titles\0004000000164800
• SD:\luma\titles\0004000000175E00
• SD:\luma\code_sections\0004000000164800.bin
  
• SD:\luma\code_sections\0004000000175E00.bin
  
• SD:\SaltySD\Nova_Sun
• SD:\SaltySD\Umbra_Moon

You also need to update Luma3DS if you aren't on Version 7.0 or higher.

Version 1.5 is compatible with (and requires) Sun & Moon Version 1.2, NS/UM 1.4 are not compatible with Sun & Moon Version 1.2.

 

[Cali_terpz]

No battles in this one.