ROM Hack [Tutorial] How to Decrypt, Extract & Rebuild 3DS|CIA|CXI Files

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Hmm this is the only tutorial of sort I know of that is related to what you're doing.

I know it's for Gen 2, but that's all I could really find. :(

Thanks for answer, any tuto for the manual ?, i've looked for it but that i've found works for nes & not for me

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I'm having more or less the same issue as IWantAHug on the previous page. I have a game CIA (Fire Emblem Fates SE USA) that installs and plays okay on my CFW, but when I extract that CIA and repack it without making any changes otherwise, the new CIA will not install. Any help?

I'm using V10.
 

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I'm having more or less the same issue as IWantAHug on the previous page. I have a game CIA (Fire Emblem Fates SE USA) that installs and plays okay on my CFW, but when I extract that CIA and repack it without making any changes otherwise, the new CIA will not install. Any help?

I'm using V10.
The CIA builder in this is still a WIP. If it doesn't give you a useable file (usually it only works with smaller games >500MB) then use something else. CTRTool, 3DSconv, Simple CIA converter etc....
 

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The CIA builder in this is still a WIP. If it doesn't give you a useable file (usually it only works with smaller games >500MB) then use something else. CTRTool, 3DSconv, Simple CIA converter etc....
The old cia rebuild script work with any game of any size.
This is just that the new 3dstool use a differents variables and it fail to properly extract the cia file (it extract contents, but they are readable and corrupted in the same time...), resulting in a corrupted built CIA.
Except using V9 or lower, there is nothing I can do other than waiting for a 3dstool update at the moment.

But you could extract your .3DS rom instead, do romhacking on it, rebuild the .3ds and convert it to .cia using 3dsconv, it will work just fine.
 
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But you could extract your .3DS rom instead, do romhacking on it, rebuild the .3ds and convert it to .cia using 3dsconv, it will work just fine.
I did this, extracting the .3DS and repacking it. Using V11, this results in an identical file, and the repacked file works fine on my Gateway card. That seems to contradict the tutorial though, which states the repacked .3DS must first be encrypted before it can be used with GW or converted to CIA. Is that old information?
 

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Oh god...

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Not to be rude, really, seriously, but if you don't even know how to install a .exe application, just forget the rom hacking process and extract / rebuild, it's clearly not for you.
 

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ok thanks for being honest
(thou I think other people may want this aswell)
Nothing you download can come "preinstalled". What you mean are programs that don't require an installation to use (PKHeX for example). This one does require using a setup.exe file because it not only installs the correct PATHs to your environment, but also installs/configures CMD applications like "MakeRom."

Long story short if you want to do this kind of thing without installing a program (per se, not like the ToolKit installs tons of bloat or anything so I honestly don't see why you're against clicking that .exe file. Anyway....) then you need to use something else like CTRTool for extraction, and then rebuild a .3DS, then convert it to .CIA using something else. The entire purpose of this program was to make it easy for people so they can install it, use a simple command in the IE, and the program does the rest of the work for you. No one is stopping you from doing it manually, but like @Asia81 said if you don't even know how to install an .exe application than I doubt you'll get very far....
 

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its not that I don't what to click the exe file its that there's and admin password that I don't know so I cant install it
So it's not your computer? Then perhaps you should ask permission since clearly it's password protected to avoid people installing stuff all willy nilly.

If it is your PC then you should probably know the info Lol. The majority of people don't have this problem because they use their own PC (Personal Computer) not someone else's. I'd probably be mad too if someone installed some hacky hacky stuff on my computer without my knowledge.
 

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