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/​

 

[JJTapia19]

The interface looks awesome dude, nice job. If you want something different tho, I'd be happy to help if I can. I can make a material design version.

This would be awesome! I made a temporal cover for your app

Here is one for RXTools (albeit in all honesty the homebrew app to launch into rxmode is not yet working for me but that is beside the point <_<)

The icon is a play on er.. imagery? with the settings and cogwheel representing the "tools" that rxtools and emunand offers .

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It looks great. Here it is with the CFW template.

 

[HeyItsJono]

This would be awesome! I made a temporal cover for your app

It would be up to ihaveamac since he's making the app
That looks really good dude, thanks! I included a different version in the last release (v1.0.2) a few days ago as well

 

[xplay10]

I made a Homebrew box cover banner for the UpdateSuppressor project if you'd like to include it. Would've posted this earlier on here, but I wanted approval from the creator first.

 

[JJTapia19]

I made a Homebrew box cover banner for the UpdateSuppressor project if you'd like to include it. Would've posted this earlier on here, but I wanted approval from the creator first.

Added. It looks amazing! Great job.

 

[JJTapia19]

Here's one for the new game. Check it out here http://gbatemp.net/threads/release-rokoban-3ds.408302/

 

[JJTapia19]

Daily contribution.

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

Daily contribution.

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57 minutes early buddy

 

[JJTapia19]

Here's one for @Rinnegatamante's new game Labyrinth 3D. Logo by @Misledz. Download it here: http://rinnegatamante.it/site/

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

Am I able to make retail game covers now?

 

[supercarotte]

Am I able to make retail game covers now?

Not useful anymore since the guys at gametdb are already doing it and ihaveamac's tool will allow us to download them from there.

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

Not useful anymore since the guys at gametdb are already doing it and ihaveamac's tool will allow us to download them from there.

As long as the guys at gametdb has Australian covers and different colored boxes like namn2's yellow box then I will do it that way

 

[supercarotte]

As long as the guys at gametdb has Australian covers and different colored boxes like namn2's yellow box then I will do it that way

They'll probably do, as they did with wii games. If not, once the 3DS section of the site becomes available, feel free to add them yourself (though you'll need hi-res pics probably).

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

They'll probably do, as they did with wii games. If not, once the 3DS section of the site becomes available, feel free to add them yourself (though you'll need hi-res pics probably).

Well the wii version never gave me the red colored boxes

 

[supercarotte]

Well the wii version never gave me the red colored boxes

http://www.gametdb.com/Wii/SMNE01

That's the arts displayed on my HBL on my Wii (well I've the EUR version so not sure they are the same exactly). All games that were originally released in colored boxes should be the same too, idk why yours doesn't.

 

[ihaveahax]

As long as the guys at gametdb has Australian covers and different colored boxes like namn2's yellow box then I will do it that way

yes there are different covers

 

[Divi]

Can you please explain me how do you launch games from HBL? Or i juste missunderstood the whole thread?

 

[JJTapia19]

Can you please explain me how do you launch games from HBL? Or i juste missunderstood the whole thread?

You need the grid launcher which is a mod of the original homebrew launcher. Once you have the grid launcher you can use the title menu to boot games using hans or region four. Check out the useful links on the bottom of the first post to find links to everything you need.

 

[Divi]

You need the grid launcher which is a mod of the original homebrew launcher. Once you have the grid launcher you can use the title menu to boot games using hans or region four. Check out the useful links on the bottom of the first post to find links to everything you need.

I did, in coldboot i select the grid launcher, and it only show homebrew and applications i have in my sysNAND, but nothing about emuNAND, did i miss something?

 

[ihaveahax]

I did, in coldboot i select the grid launcher, and it only show homebrew and applications i have in my sysNAND, but nothing about emuNAND, did i miss something?

you have to get to the homebrew launcher in emunand.

https://github.com/yellows8/hblauncher_loader

 

[Divi]

you have to get to the homebrew launcher in emunand.

https://github.com/yellows8/hblauncher_loader

Oh, i already get it, so i have to boot into rxtools, launch my hbl(installed as cia) and then i get the modded hbl where i can launch games with hans options? There's nothing to do for booting into this modded hbl directly but in emuNAND?