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/​

 

[ketal]

But...

Oh, I skimmed quickly and I didn't see that
It's not gonna be just a simple host so I might be doing it anyway

 

[supercarotte]

I think if the original pic was bigger and you made it smaller, there is no need for sharpening.

Well, it's not that simple because I had to size down the pic a lot (~12 times), and at the end the right side where "Nintendo3DS" (etc...) is 20px wide. At that point, there aren't enough pixels available to form stylized characters like those so sizing down this much tends to destroy texts.

I tried to do these templates again, so tell me if they look better (don't worry about your work, we won't start all over again^^) :

Also, here are 2 covers I did in the meanwhile :


And finally, I've updated my archive with EUR white PEGI logos & their 3DS-sized sample for easy access. Other regions come soon.

 

[SomeGamer]

Well, it's not that simple because I had to size down the pic a lot (~12 times), and at the end the right side where "Nintendo3DS" (etc...) is 20px wide. At that point, there aren't enough pixels available to form stylized characters like those so sizing down this much tends to destroy texts.

I tried to do these templates again, so tell me if they look better (don't worry about your work, we won't start all over again^^) :
View attachment 32040 View attachment 32041 View attachment 32042
Also, here are 2 covers I did in the meanwhile :
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And finally, I've updated my archive with EUR white PEGI logos & their 3DS-sized sample for easy access. Other regions come soon.

These are much better! Thanks a lot!

 

[Jack_Sparrow]

the only one of these using the new template is DK

I used the same template for all of them..

 

[JJTapia19]

It would be straightforward to build a site to do this. @JJTapia19 @ihaveamac what do you guys think?

I would really love this. It could make things much easier.

Edit: I would really love the feature of uploading multiple pics at a time with any size and the site could automatically resize them to 186x186 and let us chose the template for them

I start uploadind new contributions now. Thanks for sharing guys!

 

[BurningDesire]

I would really love this. It could make things much easier.

I start uploadind new contributions now. Thanks for sharing guys!

What we need is a theme that is one row on the bottom so you can scroll through them to see the pretty box art. Someone should make a dedicated 3DFlow theme

 

[BurningDesire]

I have another request for pictochat

 

[Substance12]

OH MY GOD.

Goodbye Home Menu. How can I set up MenuHax to autoboot on boot.3dsx?

 

[JJTapia19]

OH MY GOD.

Goodbye Home Menu. How can I set up MenuHax to autoboot on boot.3dsx?

Yes that's my setup

 

[Deleted member 373223]

why on the website there aren't the same EUR banners that there are on google drive? (also eur use pegi (3,7,12,18...))

 

[JJTapia19]

why on the website there aren't the same EUR banners that there are on google drive? (also eur use pegi (3,7,12,18...))

The ones on google drive are using the old template. They are being remade with the new template. Every one can use the title ids from the google drive page to make the naming step easier. The new ones should come with the correrct pegi rating.

 

[Deleted member 373223]

The ones on google drive are using the old template. They are being remade with the new template. Every one can use the title ids from the google drive page to make the naming step easier.

ah ok. can i help to port them?

 

[JJTapia19]

ah ok. can i help to port them?

Of course! I would appreciate that.

 

[Deleted member 373223]

Of course! I would appreciate that.

i am already porting animal crossing new leaf EUR (i can do only EUR)

 

[JJTapia19]

i am already porting animal crossing new leaf EUR (i can do only EUR)

Awesome. Those are the ones we need the mos since the list it's pretty empty. If you need the title ids from game you don't own you can refer to this post to know how to get their title id

https://gbatemp.net/threads/gridlau...-box-cover-banners.405303/page-2#post-5856342

 

[Deleted member 373223]

Awesome. Those are the ones we need the mos since the list it's pretty empty. If you need the title ids from game you don't own you can refer to this post to know how to get their title id

https://gbatemp.net/threads/gridlau...-box-cover-banners.405303/page-2#post-5856342

and the cover i choosed to make the banner is in better colors of what i downloaded before.

 

[JJTapia19]

and the cover i choosed to make the banner is in better colors of what i downloaded before.

That's great. Dont forget to use the latest updated templates. The ones with the 3ds logo got updated recently with lore detail.
Get them here
https://ianburgwin.net/3dsflow/?type=Templates

 

[Deleted member 373223]

That's great. Dont forget to use the latest updated templates. The ones with the 3ds logo got updated recently with lore detail.
Get them here
https://ianburgwin.net/3dsflow/?type=Templates

i used the sites one.

Is this fine? (whit pegi)

 

[ihaveahax]

That's great. Dont forget to use the latest updated templates. The ones with the 3ds logo got updated recently with lore detail.
Get them here
https://ianburgwin.net/3dsflow/?type=Templates

are you still updating the Google Drive public folder(s)? if not you should remove them to prevent confusion.

 

[supercarotte]

I've redone most of the old EUR eshop titles (only Youtube and ORAS demo are missing), sorry I kinda forgot to post them :