ROM Hack [PROJECT] NEWLOVEPLUS+ Custom MODs Thread

[Dgrin]

「NEWラブプラス+」/「NEWLOVEPLUS+」

[UPD/2025-10-30]:
I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE CREATION OF THE
[NLPPCTR] CUSTOM TEXTURE CITRA MODs PROJECT~!!!

VISIT THE MODs INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE [NLPPCTR] PROJECT.
TO CONTRIBUTE YOUR UPSCALE/RESKIN/MODs, OR FOR A DISCUSSION CONCERNING
THE MODs & THE DUMP/LOAD PROCESS, REPLY ON THIS GBATEMP THREAD, OR SUBSCRIBE
TO THE [LOVEPLUS ENGLISH COMMUNITY] AND [NEW LOVE PLUS+] DISCORD CHANNELs.
SCROLL THIS THREAD FOR MORE CUSTOM MODs IN THE POSTS!

THE MODs FILES FROM THE [NLPPCTR] PROJECT ARE NOT COMPATIBLE
WITH THE PATCH FILES REQUIRED TO RUN ON A 3DS/HOMEBREW DEVICE,
AND ARE ONLY MEANT TO OPERATE ON THE CITRA EMULATOR ENVIRONMENT.

Spoiler: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CREATION OF TOOLS FOR THE 3DS/HOMEBREW RUN

[3DS MOD TOOL REQUEST]:
9/5/2017 UPDATE: Our [NLPP MULTI-TOOlS] have now been materialized
but unfortunately are still missing a few basic functions to be fully functioning,
we decided to publish the multi-tools in their current state and ask for people
with the right knowledge to take a look and see if they can commit &
contribute the coding required for the missing functions, thank you:
LIST OF [KNOWN ISSUES] FOR [NLPP MULTI-TOOLS]:
Converting a png to bclim:
No support for ETC (ETC1/ETC1A...) image compression,
files can not be converted back to bclim.
Repacking a package:
The ‘packer’ currently can not repack packages with smes files.
If you need more info or would like to help contact Discord:LovePlusProject.

[PATCH INSTRUCTIONS]:
「NEWラブプラス+」 [/B]PLUGIN AND PATCH INSTRUCTIONS FOR
HANS/NTR/CFW/FLASHCARDS/3DS/CIA/CITRA.

MATERIAL FOR MOD CREATION:
Learn How to decrypt/extract/rebuild the 「NEWラブプラス+」 game,
or use one of these isolated materials to build your own, custom MOD creations:
[IMG.BIN] | [3DSHADER] | [MANAKA_MDL] | [NENE_MDL] | [RINKO_MDL]

[OPTIONAL MODDING INSTRUCTIONS]:
Unpack all target files from IMG.BIN with
NEWLOVEPLUS UNPACKER (by gdkchan).
You can view the 'MDL.XML' files with OHANA3DS (by gdkchan).
Convert 'TEXI' texture files both ways with PNG2TEXI (by deaknaew).
The 3D Shader of the game are in 'SHBIN' format and a variety
of dis/assemble tools are offered at GitHub like nihstro or aemstro.
'ARC' files hold the menu graphics of the game and can be edited with
DARC TOOL (compiled version) - EVERY FILE EXPLORER - PNG2BCLIM
'BCSTM' audio files can be played/exported to 'WAV' with EVERY FILE EXPLORER
or converted from/into various audio formats with BRSTM/BCSTM Conversion Tool

[AVAILABLE MODs]:
「NEWラブプラス+」 ENGLISH TRANSLATION PATCH
NTR | GAME.CHEATS.Ver01.Goldfinger NTR CFW ioritree 20151129
[TEMPLATES FOR MOD CREATION]:
[NLP+] EYE TEMPLATES FOR 'CONTACT LENSES' MODs
[NLP+] 'MY ROOM' TEMPLATES TO PERSONALIZE YOUR IN-GAME ROOM

[MODs SUGGESTION LIST] (as requested by fans)
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE BE ADDED TO THE GAME?
MAKE A SUGGESTION HERE TO ADD TO THE LIST.​

 

[triplekiller]

The HD additions sound really great, the biggest problem might be tho, that the OLD 3DS might be too weak to handle the advanced graphics,
(I already notice small lags in the normal game, didnt bother to see if there is an update).

So most of these Effects would likely only run suitable on a NEW 3DS with max speed.

Other than that, i would love to see even new Character models for Rinko, Manaka and Nene, kinda like those three girls from "Oshiete~ Gyalko-san!"

Spoiler

 

[Deleted member 356526]

This is why we're on tv lol

 

[Dgrin]

The HD additions sound really great, the biggest problem might be tho, that the OLD 3DS might be too weak to handle the advanced graphics

some of these pictures are actual screen captures from the game, it might just be as "light" to the game processing as exporting the 3D skin picture files, altering them to gain more depth and injecting them back in again..or finding an entry to the Cel-Shading properties file and "pinning" one of the already existing game shades that are pictured there to perhaps "follow" the 3D models at all times..

 

[triplekiller]

some of these pictures are actual screen captures from the game, it might just be as "light" to the game processing as exporting the 3D skin picture files, altering them to gain more depth and injecting them back in again..or finding an entry to the Cel-Shading files and "pinning" one of the already existing game shades that are pictured there to perhaps "follow" the 3D models at all times..

Interesting if this is just the normal models, together with the cel-shading effects from the camera added to them.
That way even my old 3DS XL might have a chance to use these mods

I would love to mess around with the models tho, is there any kind of documention available yet on how to modify or extracting them?

 

[Dgrin]

is there any kind of documention available yet on how to modify or extracting them?

gdkchan has provided us with an NEWLOVEPLUS UNPACKER, you can successfully unpack everything including the 3D models and view them in Ohana3DS, we just have to perhaps find a method to inject some edited '.texi' textures back in the 3D models and see how they show up in the game..

 

[triplekiller]

gdkchan has provided us with an NEWLOVEPLUS UNPACKER, if you successfully unpack the models please share their skins here if you can
so we can examine them and perhaps find a method to inject some edited ones back in and see how they show up..

I try to have a look at this stuff one of these days, and see how much I can mess around with this Game.

 

[Dgrin]

I went through the img.bin files of NLP+ today and it's quite odd but there are complete Manaka and Nene 3D models from the 2009 game that are located within the img.bin files for some reason, you can check out a comparison here to see how very different they are:

Spoiler: COMPARISON BETWEEN GAME AND EXTRACTED MODEL

Anyway, so far from what I can tell the 2012/2014 3D models are separated in pieces and in different folders, Manaka's start from folder 00235, Nene's from 00895 and Rinko's from 01511...

Spoiler: Rinko's face

The 3D Model file extensions we get with the NLPUNPACKER are:

*.bone
*.mdl.xml
*.smat
*.smes
*.texi
*.texi.xml
*.yaml.xml
*.ha1.texi
*.ha1.text.xml
*.sp.tex.xml

Also found the shader files as well and I've uploaded them so people can have a look, they are .shbin files associated with 'Vertex Shaders'.. Here is a shader_aemstro_stdout of the files.

Spoiler: LINKS TO .SHBIN TOOLS:

http://3dbrew.org/wiki/SHBIN
https://github.com/fincs/picasso
http://smealum.github.io/ctrulib/shbin_8h.html
https://gbatemp.net/threads/selena-shader-compiler.401547
https://github.com/machinamentum/Selena
https://github.com/smealum/aemstro
http://4dsdev.org/thread.php?id=14
https://github.com/neobrain/nihstro
https://github.com/smealum/ctrulib/blob/master/libctru/include/3ds/gpu/shbin.h
https://cmake.org/runningcmake/

this is a nice example of results that could be achieved once we are eventually able to create MODs files for the game:

Spoiler: EXAMPLES

 

[Dgrin]

Here's are some EYE TEMPs: [NLPPATCH] VERSION / [NLPPCTR] VERSION for the NEW girls, you can also alter their 'eye bubble' textures but that might require a bit more research understanding how their eye *.mot/animation works... Anyone interested can now create custom eye designs or anime contact Lenses for them using these templates, here are a few examples of basic color 'Contact_Lenses' MODs:

Spoiler: NEW_CONTACT_LENSES

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[adnvdn]

Hope with this community NLP+ will get a 'revamped' feel. Hope this will be finished even if it takes eternity!
I can't really help with anything since I'm a noob at programming and/or language, b-but I'll try to help however I can! \(>A<\)

 

[Dgrin]

now that we have a better understanding of the files that exist inside the game I created A LIST OF MOD TOOLS THAT ARE REQUIRED(OUTDATED) so any tool developer that would like to help can perhaps have a guidance of what is needed to make the creation of MODs for this game a future possibility..

 

[cooroxd]

nude patch? kappa

 

[Dgrin]

nude patch? kappa

Yep, as you can read on the list of requests by fan an uncensored MOD patch is part of the plans, all the file formats, 3D Model files and textures have been found and singled out we just need help to build the right tools to make these MOD patches a possibility.

 

[triplekiller]

EDIT:
Patch 1 is out now!, grab it while its hot!

Spoiler

http://expirebox.com/download/e845771a08f5f0cb2c8d690c29ab113b.html
(also gonna change expirebox.com with mega.nz once they approve my account)

Hey Fellas!,
After some time messing with the LovePlus+ Files, I have some mods ready that I gonna release tommorow or so.

What to expect:

"Music Mods"

Spoiler

"Colorful Days" (New Love Plus OP)
"Colorful Days Remix"
"SOBAKASU - Kobayakawa Rinko"

others coming soon

"Partial English Translation" (Atleast more than the last patch offers / needs NTR tho)

Spoiler

lol jk nothing here yet

"Background Mods" (gonna polish some of those muddy colours up a bit)
(Warning Fullsize Images in Spoiler)

Spoiler

Top Normal, Bottom Edited

for more pictures visit my Gallery (updated occasionally)
http://imgur.com/a/jaYSb

And once I figure them out, I will start getting my hands dirty with some basic model editing!

On a side note, this "english patch" is mostly just transliterated and NOT always accurate.
Think of this as a means of enjoying the game, till the real translation team pushes a better patch out.

 

[Dgrin]

Nice, Keep the creativity flowing guys!^__^

oh, I located the banned 'towel body' within the 'NEW' 3D files:

Spoiler: '3D MODEL : Towel body'

The quite vanilla bath & shower scenes were heavily censored for some odd reason in the 3DS games(only sound/no visual) along with them coming out of the shower wrapped in a towel so nobody has seen them appear dressed in this since the NDS game, I wonder what would happen if we were to replace the 'School Uniform' , the 'PJs' or some other perhaps more identically shaped body files with these, hmm... lol.

 

[Dgrin]

Edited the first post with all the material, tool links and instructions on how to go about when unpacking, editing and patching most of the targeted game files.

 

[Dgrin]

Just braindumped the eShop only 'NEWラブプラスDEMO' & 'ラブプラスTOOLS' from my Japanese device and most of their file structure are quite similar/almost identical to the games so the 'UNPACKER' worked successfully for both their img.bin files... The 'TOOLS' are used to transfer your save file between the 'NEW' games and to read AR codes for live photography and the 'DEMO' holds extra code that allowed for a wider view and a 'bad response' when you would behave inappropriately that was deemed too controversial and seems to have been removed from the actual game while the wider view was minimized. That means that if we find, figure out and integrate/replace the correct files we could import some of these actions back into the game:

Spoiler: EXAMPLE OF BAD BEHAVIOR RESPONSE IN 'NEWラブプラスDEMO'

Also an interesting discovery, going through the 2012 and 2014 games' img.bin files I came across a lot of unused 'NEW' 3D model prototypes that are vastly different from the ones that finally made it into the game and could also be used for 3D model hybridizing or swapping experimentation. Here are a few samples of what they look like:

Spoiler: 'NEW' 3D MODEL PROTOTYPES

 

[Dgrin]

Ivan LL rigged the 「NEWLOVEPLUS+」 3D models for Grand Theft Auto San Andreas / GTA SA : [LINK]

Spoiler: GTA SA LOVEPLUS PREVIEW

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NTR MOD | REPLACES NLP+ TITLE THEME WITH LP (BY internetakias)

 

[Dgrin]

After implementing this fix 「NEWラブプラス+」/「NEWLOVEPLUS+」 now runs with 3DS emulator CITRA, at the moment the game will only run with this unofficial build of CITRA, download the official version from the website and replace the original CITRA files. (This disclaimer will be deleted once the fix code will be implemented into the official CITRA release.) Member internetakias has also asked for the game's screen orientation to be added as a future option.

Spoiler: 「NEWLOVEPLUS+」 | PREVIEW IN CITRA

 

[Dgrin]

[NLP+] 'MY ROOM' TEMPLATES FOR CUSTOM IN-GAME ROOMS
Personalize the player's in-game room or replace them with RL photos of your own room, a custom animated room, etc.

Spoiler: [My.Room.Mod.] Example

Random background samples used in the example were designed by Badriel