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How to get 5 sparkly stars savefile back on Super Mario 3D Land
Ever died in a level 5 times and made an Invincibility Leaf block appear and end up a save file with 5 stars but no sparkle anymore? No problem! You can get it back.
I've been spending few hours messing around hex editing the save file and I found it.
What you need
- Checkpoint (https://github.com/FlagBrew/Checkpoint/releases)
- @DaBlackDeath 's Super Mario 3D Land save editor (Mirror1 Mirror2)
- A hex editor (HxD)
First, backup a save file of the game using Checkpoint (make 2 copies in case you mess up)
Plug the SD card into a PC
Go to sd:\3ds\Checkpoint\saves\0x0053F SUPER MARIO 3D LAND\
Look for GameData.bin
Open that save file in hex editor
Press Ctrl+G
Hop onto hex offset (without 0x)
0x2B8F for File A
0x3513 for File B
0x3E95 for File C
Edit the hex value by writing 3F on it
Save
Launch the save editor
Open the edited GameData.bin
Save (no need to do anything to change lives or star coins number, it just makes the save file valid again to avoid the corrupted save error message)
Plug the SD card back into a 3DS
Restore the save file with Checkpoint
Bam! It's shiny again
Note: For some reason, it hangs at white screen when trying to get to the file select screen on Citra emulator but works fine on 3DS, saving the game from pause screen on world map doesn't get rid of white screen either.
I've been spending few hours messing around hex editing the save file and I found it.
What you need
- Checkpoint (https://github.com/FlagBrew/Checkpoint/releases)
- @DaBlackDeath 's Super Mario 3D Land save editor (Mirror1 Mirror2)
- A hex editor (HxD)
First, backup a save file of the game using Checkpoint (make 2 copies in case you mess up)
Plug the SD card into a PC
Go to sd:\3ds\Checkpoint\saves\0x0053F SUPER MARIO 3D LAND\
Look for GameData.bin
Open that save file in hex editor
Press Ctrl+G
Hop onto hex offset (without 0x)
0x2B8F for File A
0x3513 for File B
0x3E95 for File C
Edit the hex value by writing 3F on it
Save
Launch the save editor
Open the edited GameData.bin
Save (no need to do anything to change lives or star coins number, it just makes the save file valid again to avoid the corrupted save error message)
Plug the SD card back into a 3DS
Restore the save file with Checkpoint
Bam! It's shiny again
Note: For some reason, it hangs at white screen when trying to get to the file select screen on Citra emulator but works fine on 3DS, saving the game from pause screen on world map doesn't get rid of white screen either.
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