ROM Hack How can I get a titlekey from a .cia?

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I'd like to get it straight from the .cia file if possible but I dont see how

I installed the game and then went to decrypt9 and dumped the enctitlekey.bin but I dont see it when I view it in a hex editor.

What else can I do?
 

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the title key is in the ticket which is in the cia. you can just drag it on FunKeyCIA or FunkyCIA to dump the ticket i think, treating it as a ticket.db.
 

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I installed the game and then went to decrypt9 and dumped the enctitlekey.bin but I dont see it when I view it in a hex editor.
this is because decrypt9 only dumps keys from content you have bought/non pirated.

maybe use cdn-fx, it is java and has a gui.
 

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Open the CIA in a hex editor.
EncryptedTitleKey is located at 2BFF-2C0E (length 10)
1490030184-sm3dl.png
 
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this is because decrypt9 only dumps keys from content you have bought/non pirated.

maybe use cdn-fx, it is java and has a gui.
I'm familiar with cdn-fx, I used my own enctitlekey and the game is definitely not there so I guess you have a point. So theres no other way aside from purchasing the game right?

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Open the CIA in a hex editor.
EncryptedTitleKey is located at 2BFF-2C0E (length 10)
1490030184-sm3dl.png
I got it. Thank you sir.
 
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I'm familiar with cdn-fx, I used my own enctitlekey and the game is definitely not there so I guess you have a point. So theres no other way aside from purchasing the game right?
you said you have the cia so you can try loading the cia as the ticket.db, maybe cdn-fx doesn't let you?

but you have a hex editor so just do what asia said above.

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Wouldn't it be easier to just install the game and just use decrypt9 to get that kind of information?
already attempted, read the op...
 

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Wouldn't it be easier to just install the game and just use decrypt9 to get that kind of information?
I literally said I did this in my first post.

you said you have the cia so you can try loading the cia as the ticket.db, maybe cdn-fx doesn't let you?

but you have a hex editor so just do what asia said above.

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already attempted, read the op...
I found the title key exactly where he showed it. My last questions, is that the decrypted key or encrypted key? How would I get the other?
 

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I literally said I did this in my first post.
I found the title key exactly where he showed it. My last questions, is that the decrypted key or encrypted key? How would I get the other?
encrypted. where did the cia came from?
unless it was made with 'good' cia tools (like FunkyCIA/FunKeyCIA/CIAngel, cdn-fx) - there is a chance the content is already decrypted and that the title key is junk/wrong.
 

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encrypted. where did the cia came from?
unless it was made with 'good' cia tools (like FunkyCIA/FunKeyCIA/CIAngel, cdn-fx) - there is a chance the content is already decrypted and that the title key is junk/wrong.
I'm only doing this so I can contribute to THAT title key site. Otherwise I dont really need to do this for any other reason, it works fine.
 
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@cearp

Something is wrong with the titlekey. The site says its invalid. Like you said it has possibly been altered in such a way that its not the original.
 

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