ROM Hack Extracting .cxi files from a .cia file (using ctrtool)?

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Hi guys! :)

I can't find how to extract a cxi file from a cia file using ctrtool in the citra github. If it's not too much trouble, could someone explain how to do it?

I am able to extract the content.0000.000000 file, but can't seem to figure out how to convert it to a .cxi file.

Thanks so much! :)
 
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Rainr said:
Hi guys! :)

I can't find how to extract a cxi file from a cia file using ctrtool in the citra github. If it's not too much trouble, could someone explain how to do it?

I am able to extract the content.0000.000000 file, but can't seem to figure out how to convert it to a .cxi file.

Thanks so much! :)
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The content.0000.000000 file should be a CXI file.

How my .Net 3DS Toolkit does it, for reference:
https://github.com/evandixon/DotNet3dsToolkit/blob/master/DotNet3dsToolkit/Converter.vb#L196
 
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I may not be understanding you correctly, but isn't it a .000000 file? How do I convert it to have the .cxi file extension?
Thanks for responding!

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UniqueGeek said:
File extensions are mostly arbitrary. Simply rename it to .cxi, and it'll work.
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It dosen't seem to work for me.. I'm trying to use the prepatched .cia for Pokemon Meme Sapphire found here (http://pastebin(dot)com/0VB0v7Hc). Is the problem that it's a patch on top of Alpha Sapphire and not a standalone .cia? If so, how do I go about patching AS on the PC?

Thanks so much.
 
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Rainr said:
It dosen't seem to work for me.. I'm trying to use the prepatched .cia for Pokemon Meme Sapphire found here (http://pastebin(dot)com/0VB0v7Hc). Is the problem that it's a patch on top of Alpha Sapphire and not a standalone .cia? If so, how do I go about patching AS on the PC?

Thanks so much.
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A pre-patched CIA file shouldn't require messing with the CXI partition.
 
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UniqueGeek said:
A pre-patched CIA file shouldn't require messing with the CXI partition.
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I'm trying to run it in Citra. Citra dosen't allow me to run .cia files, and I'm unable to convert it to a .cci file in makerom for some reason.

Thanks!

Edit: When they say, prepatched, does that mean that it is standalone? Do I still have to patch Alpha Sapphire?
 
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