GridLauncher 3DSFlow Project (Box Cover Banners)

Hey guys! I wanted to share an idea I had when playing around with the new Full screen banners feature of the Grid Launcher. I've already made all the games I have installed and from gamecards but with some help we could expand this to have many other games until the point we all have all of our games boxes on the title menu like we used to have on the Wii days with WiiFlow. Hope you like this idea as much as I do. ​

NEW! Download covers for your installed digital games directly from your 3ds with the new 3DSFlow cover downloader by @ihaveamac

3DSFlow cover downloader​

Simple way to turn your artwork into a box cover banner

Box cover online generator​

Spoiler: Creating covers using the online generator video

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How to get the proper title id for games you don't own.​

Spoiler: How to get the proper title id from games you don't own.

1. Search for the game you're working on http://www.3dsdb.com/ Make sure it's the correct region and if it's eshop of card version.
2. Copy the title id of your game from http://www.3dsdb.com/
3. Go to this website http://www.binaryhexconverter.com/hex-to-decimal-converter and convert the title id you copied from hexadecimal value to decimal value and the decimal result is the title id the gridlauncher uses.

How to manually make a box cover banner (Noob proof guide)
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Spoiler: How to manually make a box cover banner

I'm using paint.net in this guide but any photo editor should work.
1. To have a uniform look you'll need to download the 3DSFlow template. (Right click and save as)

2. Download a box art for your game and crop only the artwork without the Nintendo 3DS logo.

You should have an image like this

4. Resize the image to 186x186

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5. Paste your box art on top of the template and align it. It should fit perfectly on top of the black square shape.

6. Now you must name correctly your image but first you must look for your game's title id.

1. On your 3DS start up the grid launcher and tap the home icon on the bottom left of the bottom screen.
2. Move your cursor to highlight your desired game and then press select.
3. On the top screen you'll find out your game's title id (The title id varies
   from region)

7. Now that you have your title id save the image titleid-banner-fullscreen in my case I'm using Kid Icarus Uprising US so I'll name it 1125899907039488-banner-fullscreen and save it as a .png

8. Place your image on your 3ds SD card in this directory SD:gridlauncher/titlebanners/

I know it sounds kind of complicated but once you try it out it will only take you a couple of minutes. Here I'll leave a little video of 2 box art I made.

How to make a homebrew box cover banner
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Spoiler: How to make a homebrew box cover banner

1. To have a uniform look you'll need to download the 3DSFlow template. (Right click and save as)

2. Please follow steps from 2. to 5. of the How to make a box cover banner (Noob proof guide) above and come back when you are done.

3. Save the image with the homebrew .3dsx name of your homebrew app and place it next to your homebrew files. In my case, with Killerman Ghost Buster I'll rename templatehb-banner-fullscreen with the same name of my homebrew .3dsx file where the templatehb goes and that leaves me with killerman_ghost_buster-banner-fullscreen. Save your image as a .png and place it within your homebrew app's folder.

Example directory:
SD:gridlauncher/folders/HBL Games/killerman_ghost_buster/killerman_ghost_buster-banner-fullscreen.png

SD:3ds/killerman_ghost_buster/killerman_ghost_buster-banner-fullscreen.png

I already created 40 banners for my US 3ds. Title id varies from region so if you use another banner from another region you'll need to rename the titles id to match your region. I'll make a list with all the game covers and regions soon but you can see them or download them on the bottom of this post.

Help wanted!!

This is not a release!! this is a project and I hope to get help from you guys. How cool would it be to have all of your games and homebrew apps with a uniform boxart? I think it would look awesome!

Anyone can contribute!

• Making and sharing new homebrew covers using the templates to expand the library!
• Helping out with the pending requests (List below)
• Providing missing titles ids (List below)

Spoiler: Pending Requests

AUS Games
Legend of Zelda
Zelda II
Link's Awakening DX
Mario Bros. Deluxe
If the games have ratings (Which they probably do) I would like them in the Australian Pegi ratings please!

Spoiler: Missing title ids

Stella Glow EUR
Shantae and the Pirates Curse JAP
Shantae Gameboy Color virtual console USA

Screenshots:

Spoiler: Screenshots

Download:
3DSFlow Website

Contributors​

Spoiler: Contributors

• zorglub07​
• Larsenv​
• ihaveamac​
• Gocario​
• supercarotte​
• reymas101​
• Xenosaiga​
• superstarxalien1​
• ElyosOfTheAbyss
• Jack_Sparrow​
• Bobesh8​
• Filo97​
• Stalls​
• Shaker78​
• Baccabechoppin​
• BurningDesire​
• wowwow​
• TurtleP​
• Jwiz33​
• Konno Ryo​
• Favna​
• Sterillo​
• xplay10​

Thanks for sharing!!​

Let us know any request you may have!

Useful links

Spoiler: Useful links

Grid launcher thread: http://gbatemp.net/threads/release-homebrew-launcher-with-grid-layout.397527/

Help by contributing new covers at http://www.gametdb.com/

Here's a useful link @Xenosaiga provided with many game covers.
http://www.nintendolife.com/3ds/covers
If the cover you're looking for is not there remember that google is your friend.

Link provided by @supercarotte where you can find all the eshop games covers
https://www.nintendo.fr

Another thread with cool banners for the grid launcher: http://gbatemp.net/threads/mashers-grid-launcher-homebrew-app-banners.403632/

Official wiki page with all the info about the launcher and banners: https://github.com/mashers/3ds_hb_menu/wiki/Banners

Thanks to @mashers for the grid launcher and it's great features!
Thanks to @ihaveamac for the awesome 3DSFlow website and 3DSFlow cover downloader.
Thanks to @supercarotte for the amazing new templates and 3DSFlow logo.
Thanks to @Gocario & @ihaveamac for the box cover online generator.
Thanks to @zorglub07 and @Larsenv for their incredible work with almost all the 3ds game covers available on their amazing site http://www.gametdb.com/​

 

[superstarxalien1]

Here are the Etrian Odyssey covers that were requested.

You should really change the cover's size, because I had to stretch ALL of the covers.

 

[RocketRobz]

Thanks for this project!

Templates with normal, amiibo, and Nintendo Network logos.


2 US Covers featuring Style Savvy: Trendsetters, and Tomodachi Life.


1 EUR Cover featuring New Style Boutique 2.


1 JP Cover featuring Sega 3D Fukkoku Archives.


EDIT: Cover sizes are fixed above. (size is 170x170)

 

[supercarotte]

Here I made a few Mystery Dungeon banners that were requested, arts may be slightly distorded because I used original box art pics which are squared but it shouldn't be visible (they are 16px less high than what they should be). I could probably make a version withouth the bottom texts and ratings if that's too much disturbing.



I also did some more eshop titles banners :

(left is US version and right is FR version)




I didn't have the titleID for eshop versions of SMD or Steamworld Heist, so I just named them "missingtitleid...", you'll need someone to contribute them so that you can rename them.
I think I'll try to get custom banners for all system titles now.

 

[SomeGamer]

You should really change the cover's size, because I had to stretch ALL of the covers.

Yeah, this really needs to be done before too many banners are made!

 

[JJTapia19]

Awesome so much contributions!
As for the stretching promblem I really don't notice it on the 3ds screen. A little editing trick that helps a lot is adding a little brur effect to the image before resizing. That seems so soften the pixels and once you resize it it will look much better. Another option is to change the default layout and redo all the covers but that should be a last resort. If it needs to be done I'll help of course. Another thing we could try is stretching the templates box inside borders of the default layout to make the covers fit better without stretching. I'll not get to my pc until tonight so in the meantime could someone fix the layouts and tell us the new cover sizes that go inside of it?

 

[Sapphirexe]

Hey guys, sry but how to install this? I can´t find anything sry for my dumbness

 

[supercarotte]

Hey guys, sry but how to install this? I can´t find anything sry for my dumbness

This is only if you use masher's HBL mod instead of smea's : https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-homebrew-launcher-with-grid-layout.397527/

Download pics from OP's Gdrive links for every game that you want a banner for, then refer to https://github.com/mashers/3ds_hb_menu/wiki/Banners to know where to put those pics, and they'll be displayed when you select a title inside HBL.

 

[Sapphirexe]

Thanks

 

[JJTapia19]

Everyone, check out this amazing website by @ihaveamac there you'll find all the covers by sections an it features a great grid view of the covers. Click any cover to download it.
I'm still updating it with the most latest contributions.

https://ianburgwin.net/3dsflow/

Once I finish updating the covers I'll add it to the OP. Thanks again @ihaveamac

 

[supercarotte]

Awesome so much contributions!
As for the stretching promblem I really don't notice it on the 3ds screen. A little editing trick that helps a lot is adding a little brur effect to the image before resizing. That seems so soften the pixels and once you resize it it will look much better. Another option is to change the default layout and redo all the covers but that should be a last resort. If it needs to be done I'll help of course. Another thing we could try is stretching the templates box inside borders of the default layout to make the covers fit better without stretching. I'll not get to my pc until tonight so in the meantime could someone fix the layouts and tell us the new cover sizes that go inside of it?

Well, correct me if I'm wrong but I think box arts from actual game boxes are squared, right ? If that's the case, leaving a 186x186 black square for illustrations instead of 170x186 would make more sense.

I gave a try at resizing the template, here's a quick comparison (left is 170x186, right is 186²) :

@SomeGamer is right, we need to figure this out before too many templates are made. A few people should test these on their consoles (rename them so that they appear for 2 different games and switch between the 2) to see which one suits everyone best, I'll then take care of resizing all templates so that we can use them to redo banners if that's what everyone wants.

EDIT: sorry my resized pics was 400x220 instead of 400x222 so it wasn't recognized by HBL :s I fixed this.

 

[ZenPowerBuilder]

Looks awesome! I'll try my hand at making a few that haven't been done already tonight.

 

[JJTapia19]

Thanks for this project!

Templates with normal, amiibo, and Nintendo Network logos.
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2 US Covers featuring Style Savvy: Trendsetters, and Tomodachi Life.
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1 EUR Cover featuring New Style Boutique 2.
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1 JP Cover featuring Sega 3D Fukkoku Archives.
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EDIT: Cover sizes are fixed above. (size is 170x170)

Are you using the new template size by @supercarotte ? I just noticed your template size is different.

 

[RocketRobz]

Are you using the new template size by @supercarotte ? I just noticed your template size is different.

I did it before the one by @supercarotte is posted.
Yes, the size is different.

 

[JJTapia19]

I did it before the one by @supercarotte is posted.
Yes, the size is different.

Ok. Could someone test @supercarotte template with mine and post screenshot of both? We really need to choose a default layout for good. If everyone agrees on a new layout I'll star remaking them all tonight even the homebrew ones.

 

[Jack_Sparrow]

I can make some Covers! PM me or reply! I'm up for the challenge!

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Actually i saw the templates, made a few real fast

 

[angelus kun]

wow very useful thanks

 

[Jack_Sparrow]

Could i host a website? That has all the cover downloads on them? Kinda like WiiTDB but for 3DS...

 

[JJTapia19]

Could i host a website? That has all the cover downloads on them? Kinda like WiiTDB but for 3DS...

Check out ihaveamac's website. I can't wait to get home and properly update it with all the new contributions.

https://ianburgwin.net/3dsflow/

 

[Jack_Sparrow]

Check out ihaveamac's website. I can't wait to get home and properly update it with all the new contributions.

https://ianburgwin.net/3dsflow/

Can i have access to the code and update it??

 

[ihaveahax]

Can i have access to the code and update it??

only @JJTapia19 (and me) has access. I can't just give random people access, sorry.