Download and installation guide on GitHub
Hello everyone! I'm a young developer from Italy. I haven't been much active on this community, however, I have recently been working on updating the 3GX plugin loader to the latest Luma version. The experiment succeeded, and I decided to publish it for everyone to enjoy. Have fun!
GitHub Readme reference & installation guide
3GX Plugin Edition
This edition of
Luma3DS allows the loading of
.3GX plugins in Luma3DS, which are otherwise officially unsupported.
How to install this Edition
- download the latest boot.firm from the releases page
- put the downloaded boot.firm file in the root directory of your SD card (sd:/boot.firm), overwriting the official Luma3DS boot.firm.
- (re)boot your 3DS, and when prompted, enable:
- "Show NAND or user string in System Settings"
- press START and let your 3DS boot.
You successfully installed the 3GX Plugin Loader! Now, proceed to the next step to learn how to install and enable 3GX plugins.
How to install 3GX plugins
Plugins have to be installed in the sd:/luma/plugins folder. Usually, you need to put your specific plugin in the <TITLEID> subdirectory, eg: sd:/luma/plugins/<TITLEID>/<filename>.3gx. However, a default.3gx plugin can also be placed in the main sd:/luma/plugins directory: sd:/luma/plugins/default.3gx.
So:
- sd:/luma/plugins/default.3gx --------------- will be loaded for all games, low priority
- sd:/luma/plugins/<TITLEID>/<filename>.3gx --------------- will only be loaded for the specified title, high priority
Now you know how to install 3GX plugins! Proceed to the next step to learn how how to enable 3GX plugins.
How to enable 3GX plugins
- when booted, press L + D-Pad Down + Select to open the Rosalina menu.
- Press D-Pad Down again until Plugin Loader, is selected, then press A and set it to [Enabled].
Done! You learned to install the 3GX Plugin loader, install 3GX Plugins and enable them. Now, simply launch the game you want to play and press SELECT to open up the 3GX menu!