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GridLauncher 3DSFlow Project (Box Cover Banners)

GridLauncher 3DSFlow Project (Box Cover Banners)

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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. :lol:​


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​
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How to get the proper title id for 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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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)

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

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You should have an image like this

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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.

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

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

Screenshots:
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Download:
3DSFlow Website

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
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/​
 
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The moment of truth! please everyone vote Old or New layout!
Old Left - New Right
Screenshot with all the available logo options
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Please everyone VOTE!!!
 
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Old cover got K.O'd! @supercarotte made an awesome job! other template variations are already done and just need to be moved up a little to have space for the logo like in the screenshot. :)
 
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New templates are up!!
OP is outdated I'll work on it asap
What you need to know is that images now need to be re sized to 186 x 186 to fit the template properly! I'll start working on updating the us games now. would appreciate any help with eur games

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Many thanks to @supercarotte for the new templates!
hope everyone likes them. This won't happen again. thanks for being patient
 

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