Homebrew Installing CIAs Help

[Dylan Scott]

Hi, so I am getting a Sky3DS and will be able to emulate Cubic Ninja for use with the NINJHAX exploit. This is only assuming it ends up working with Firmware 9.8 after he updates it.

My question is how installing and playing user made GBA CIAs works? Do I need to do anything special to the file? Or do I need to be running a CFW for it to work? Or can I simply launch FBI through the Hombrew Launcher and then install the GBA CIA on my sysNAND and play it like normal?

Im sorry, I'm just a little confused as to how the CIAs work. Any advice on how installing DLC and the likes would be nice too. Thanks in advance.

 

[Adeka]

No hacks unless your on 9.2 or below. Your stuck with cart emulation.

 

[Dylan Scott]

No hacks unless your on 9.2 or below. Your stuck with cart emulation.

I already know all of the information behind that. If you would have read what I posted, I said "assuming the exploit works on 9.8 AFTER he updates it"

 

[Adeka]

If you upgrade to 9.8 then your screwed no matter what.

You need to create emunand and update that.

I don't know why you bought sky3ds. You can run rxtools on 9.2 and below without any game cart!

 

[Melon__Bread]

I already know all of the information behind that. If you would have read what I posted, I said "assuming the exploit works on 9.8 AFTER he updates it"

Congrats!
Still we will not know until it is released, and what can and cannot be ported to 9.8

 

[Dylan Scott]

If you upgrade to 9.8 then your screwed no matter what.

You need to create emunand and update that.

I don't know why you bought sky3ds. You can run rxtools on 9.2 and below without any game cart!

Because I'm already on 9.8.

So GBA CIAs only work on an emuNAND or CFW because of their ability to run unsigned CIAs for current exploits right?

 

[Adeka]

Because I'm already on 9.8.

So GBA CIAs only work on an emuNAND for current exploits right?

if your on 9.8 official firmware then cia games wont work at all

 

[Dylan Scott]

if your on 9.8 official firmware then cia games wont work at all

I know this. It has been established. I knew this before you told me, considering their are no exploits for 9.8 released yet.

I am asking, hypothetically, if the update allows support for pretty much the same things that the current 9.2 exploit allows, then what exactly is needed for the installation of the CIAs?

Would I (Hypothetically) have to be running inside of a CFW, or would I just be able to install the GBA CIA from FBI on my sysNAND and play it like normal?

 

[Melon__Bread]

I know this. It has been established. I knew this before you told me, considering their are no exploits for 9.8 released yet.

I am asking, hypothetically, if the update allows support for pretty muc hthe same things that the current 9.2 exploit allows, then what exactly is needed for the installation of the CIAs?

Would I (Hypothetically) have to be running inside of a CFW, or would I just be able to install the GBA CIA from FBI on my sysNAND and play it like normal?

1. Cubic Ninja + PastaCFW (Works for N3DS & O3DS)
2. rxTools (Works for O3DS)

 

[Adeka]

I know this. It has been established. I knew this before you told me, considering their are no exploits for 9.8 released yet.

I am asking, hypothetically, if the update allows support for pretty much the same things that the current 9.2 exploit allows, then what exactly is needed for the installation of the CIAs?

Would I (Hypothetically) have to be running inside of a CFW, or would I just be able to install the GBA CIA from FBI on my sysNAND and play it like normal?

It wont happen because custom firmware requires arm11 and arm9

Ninjhax only uses one (can't remember which one it was)

 

[Dylan Scott]

1. Cubic Ninja + PastaCFW (Works for N3DS & O3DS)
2. rxTools (Works for O3DS)

I am simply talking about intalling the CIAs via FBI in the Homebrew Launcher started through the NINJHAX exploit.

Ok, now is a CFW required in ALL cases to run custom CIAs?

So my question is: To install CIAs, would I NEED to be on a CFW?
So my question is: CIAs wont work unless you are running a CFW (i.e. Pasta/rxTools)?

 

[dnuch]

sorry, but i have a problem myself. So i have 4.2 linked sysnand and emunand with 9.8 using rxtools and I installed a cia file on sysnand with cubic ninja. The cia file does not show on the emunand like it does with sysnand, but is read in the data management with an x on it. How do i fix this?

 

[Adeka]

Ok, now is a CFW required in ALL cases to run custom CIAs?

So my question is: To install CIAs, would I NEED to be on a CFW
So my question is: CIAs wont work unless you are running a CFW (i.e. Pasta/rxTools)

You MUST be in cfw to run any kind of cia unless they were factory installed on any 3ds (like this 3ds had mario and luigi dream team factory installed)

 

[Dylan Scott]

You MUST be in cfw to run any kind of cia unless they were factory installed on any 3ds (like this 3ds had mario and luigi dream team factory installed)

Ok. Thank you very much for clearing up my confusion. I will stick to my Sky3DS until they release an exploit to run CFW on 9.8 so that I can run other kinds of Homebrew and games.

 

[Melon__Bread]

sorry, but i have a problem myself. So i have 4.2 linked sysnand and emunand with 9.8 using rxtools and I installed a cia file on sysnand with cubic ninja. The cia file does not show on the emunand like it does with sysnand, but is read in the data management with an x on it. How do i fix this?

By asking in the rxTools help thread - https://gbatemp.net/threads/support-rxtools-official-technical-support-thread.391523/unread