Homebrew REDThreeUp - IPS patcher

[Sono]

@CeeDee requested an IPS patcher for the 3DS, and I did it! Yay

Spoiler: Video

There's nothing fancy in this program... Press X to select the ips file, press A to select the ROM file, navigate into the directory you want to place the output file to, then press START, enter a filename, then watch the debug output while the program is patching the ROM

Download links have been removed because all copies of the binary seem to be lost.​

 

[CeeDee]

Awesome work!

 

[Sono]

Awesome work!

Thanks

I'm now making a demo video about this that I'll add to the OP soon

 

[Deleted User]

Sorry; someone's got to ask...
... What does it do? I know that IPS is a screen type, but this program "patches" the IPS, so I'm assuming it means something else?

Anyhow, an outstanding job!

 

[mehmeh11]

can it be used in 11.0.0-33U?

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without the homebrew launcher? (sorry, forgot to ask in my last post)

 

[CeeDee]

Sorry; someone's got to ask...
... What dies it do? I know that IPS is a screen type, but this program "patches" the IPS, so I'm assuming it means something else?

Anyhow, an outstanding job!

IPS, as in IPS the ROM hack patching format... Not IPS the screen type.

can it be used in 11.0.0-33U?

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without the homebrew launcher? (sorry, forgot to ask in my last post)

If you can install CIAs, then yes.

 

[Sono]

Sorry; someone's got to ask...
... What dies it do? I know that IPS is a screen type, but this program "patches" the IPS, so I'm assuming it means something else?

Anyhow, an outstanding job!

IPS files are generally used for ROMhacks, because it's legal, because it doesn't involve distributing the whole ROM with it. Also, you can't reverse-engineer the original file from an IPS patch file, so that's another "plus" in this case.
Read more here: http://www.smwiki.net/wiki/IPS_patch

can it be used in 11.0.0-33U?

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without the homebrew launcher? (sorry, forgot to ask in my last post)

Sadly you can't on a vanilla (unhacked) 3DS system, sorry


Edit: @CeeDee, you ninja!

 

[Deleted User]

IPS, as in IPS the ROM hack patching format... Not IPS the screen type.

Oh; I've only known xDelta-type patches (I remember from an AC:NL ROM I had to apply an xDelta patch to), but thanks for clearing that up for me!

 

[CeeDee]

Oh; I've only known xDelta-type patches (I remember from an AC:NL ROM I had to apply an xDelta patch to), but thanks for clearing that up for me!

Xdelta is used for newer ROMs usually, while IPS is common for older ROMs like NES, SNES, GBA, etc.

 

[DKB]

Wouldn't it be a wonderful world if a program could change a screen type at will? Good job on this, though.

 

[LoganK93]

Xdelta is used for newer ROMs usually, while IPS is common for older ROMs like NES, SNES, GBA, etc.

Slightly off topic but I've always wondered why there seemed to be that distinction? Is IPS just betier with smaller files?

 

[Sono]

Wouldn't it be a wonderful world if a program could change a screen type at will? Good job on this, though.

I don't understand what you're trying to say "screen type"?

 

[CeeDee]

I don't understand what you're trying to say "screen type"?

Differently produced 3DS systems have 2 different screen types, IPS and TN. People get into a big fuss over getting IPS screens.

 

[Sono]

Differently produced 3DS systems have 2 different screen types, IPS and TN. People get into a big fuss over getting IPS screens.

Oooooh, I see

My new3DSXL has TN screens, yet they have a wonderful quality, so I don't see the fuss either :/

 

[Fabax01]

Any benefit other than comfort using this instead of patching from Windows? It is faster?

 

[Sono]

Any benefit other than comfort using this instead of patching from Windows? It is faster?

idk, lol

But it's WAAAY slower on the 3DS... like, it takes <1sec to patch the ROM, on the 3DS it takes ~30seconds...
(like 3dsconv takes a second to convert a half a gigabyte ROM to cia, yet on the 3DS it takes 25minutes )

 

[Deleted User]

Let the rom Hacks COMMENCE!!!

 

[gnmmarechal]

I always used LunarIPS for this. Nice release.

 

[Sono]

I always used LunarIPS for this. Nice release.

Whatd'ya think, where did I get the name idea from?

 

[JustAKirby]

Thank you so much!