ROM Hack [Release] AGB_FIRM Signature Patcher + GBA ROM Converter

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Ive just successfully installed and run gba games on my new 3ds sysnand and emunand.

what you need to do is just install patched agb firm sysnand and emunand nand.
if you get an install error just delete the title and re install patched one.

sysnand 9.1.0 cake cfw
emunand 10.4.0.reinand cfw
 

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Well this is interesting.. I need sort of some help here. new3DS Emunand 9.5.0-28E, unlinked Emu and Sysnand. By default I use RXTools still because I prefer it over Rei. Here's what I did:

- Downloaded the correct AGB_Firm title using 3DNus
- Patched it with the new3ds patcher
- Installed it to both emunand NAND and sysnand NAND (former through FBI cia, latter through homebrew FBI whilst in Pasta mode)
- Made a cia of Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
- Installed the cia to both emunand and sysnand SD
- Tried running it on RXtools -> Fail. Black screen
- Tried running it on Reinand -> Success. Runs perfectly fine.

So what gives? Why does it not run on RXtools? I read something scattered about RXTools not needing a patched AGB_firm? Would that mean I can just redownload a non-patched AGB_firm using 3DNus and install that over the patched one then use RXtools? It's just that I really don't like to use Rei *just* for GBA games.
 

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Well this is interesting.. I need sort of some help here. new3DS Emunand 9.5.0-28E, unlinked Emu and Sysnand. By default I use RXTools still because I prefer it over Rei. Here's what I did:

- Downloaded the correct AGB_Firm title using 3DNus
- Patched it with the new3ds patcher
- Installed it to both emunand NAND and sysnand NAND (former through FBI cia, latter through homebrew FBI whilst in Pasta mode)
- Made a cia of Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
- Installed the cia to both emunand and sysnand SD
- Tried running it on RXtools -> Fail. Black screen
- Tried running it on Reinand -> Success. Runs perfectly fine.

So what gives? Why does it not run on RXtools? I read something scattered about RXTools not needing a patched AGB_firm? Would that mean I can just redownload a non-patched AGB_firm using 3DNus and install that over the patched one then use RXtools? It's just that I really don't like to use Rei *just* for GBA games.
I believe the latest rxTools nightly has support for GBA VC (Or so I've heard around the thread), I haven't gotten around to trying it though.
 

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Here's what I did to get mine to work correctly

-Install patched agb_firm to NAND while in sysnand and emunand
(Go to HBL -> minipasta -> FBI -> install patched agb_firm to NAND)
-installed gba cia's to SD while in sysnand and emunand

I'm using RxTools on 9.2
 

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I see you installed the patched AGB_FIRM on sysNAND using Pasta mode, but did you then run the game in Pasta mode?

I used pasta to install it into sysnand assuming that otherwise it wouldn't work due to sigchecks. I then went back into emunand using rxtools and ran the game.
 

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I used pasta to install it into sysnand assuming that otherwise it wouldn't work due to sigchecks. I then went back into emunand using rxtools and ran the game.

Forgive me if I'm completely out to lunch because I can't understand half of the technical details of all this crap, but I was under the impression that RxTools had to be working in Pasta mode to play these games. I'm not using an emuNAND which (for reasons I don't understand) seems to make it impossible for me to use RxTools in Pasta mode, and I know I can run the games just fine using Pasta or minipasta but RxTools freezes just the way you describe.
 

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Forgive me if I'm completely out to lunch because I can't understand half of the technical details of all this crap, but I was under the impression that RxTools had to be working in Pasta mode to play these games. I'm not using an emuNAND which (for reasons I don't understand) seems to make it impossible for me to use RxTools in Pasta mode, and I know I can run the games just fine using Pasta or minipasta but RxTools freezes just the way you describe.
So rxtools freezes on starting up? did you put the firmware.bin file (or some numbers.bin for new3ds) in the right folder? Refer to tutorial section of gbatemp for setting up the stuff if you didnt.
 

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So rxtools freezes on starting up? did you put the firmware.bin file (or some numbers.bin for new3ds) in the right folder? Refer to tutorial section of gbatemp for setting up the stuff if you didnt.

No, I'm saying that when I use RxTools as my CFW and try to run one of the GBA VC titles it freezes up the way you described.
 

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Now that we can dump and inject saves, I started using this. Thank you for the work.

I wish Nintendo didn't implement that weird motion blur effect, but other than that it's not too bad. It also looks like it's trying to compensate for the older GBA games that have a lighter color palette. Oh well, it's playable. Games that run fullspeed on gpSP I'll continue using that for.

Anyway, if anyone cares, here's the icons and banners I threw together for the games I decided to load up. Thanks to Apache Thunder for the templates.

It covers: Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Metroid Fusion, Metroid: Zero Mission, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Mother 3, and Wario Land 4.
 

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No, I'm saying that when I use RxTools as my CFW and try to run one of the GBA VC titles it freezes up the way you described.

oh! Well yeah same here tbh. For god knows what reason it doesn't work on rxtools nightly. I even tried installing unpatched AGB_FIRM again to see if it would then, but alas. I really don't know why this whole stuff doesn't work with RxTools ;(!

-end mini rant-

Anyway what I did is "install" reinand and put the overwrite key to B in boot.cfg so whenever I hold B on boot it boots reinand instead of rxtools.
 

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Hey guys, everytime i launch my new fabulous gba cia it says me to power off my 3ds..
I think the error is with the cia and with the conversion.
I downloaded the rom from internet, put it in the footer generator and i clicked on "create" without changing nothing.
Then i have the .ftr file who i put in 3ds simple gba converter with also the .gba and i selected all the banner/icon who i made.
I changed only the short title and it gave me the .cia.
The installation works fine with fbi, it also display me the icon and banner, but when i launch the cia it says me to power off my 3ds...
Rom: Chicken Little.gba
Yeah, i downloaded, patched and installed the right 0004013800000202 cia.
Who can help me?
Also excuse me for my english :/
PS: 9.2 sys and 10.4 emunand. European with rxTools (pasta)
 
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Hey guys, everytime i launch my new fabulous gba cia it says me to power off my 3ds..
I think the error is with the cia and with the conversion.
I downloaded the rom from internet, put it in the footer generator and i clicked on "create" without changing nothing.
Then i have the .ftr file who i put in 3ds simple gba converter with also the .gba and i selected all the banner/icon who i made.
I changed only the short title and it gave me the .cia.
The installation works fine with fbi, it also display me the icon and banner, but when i launch the cia it says me to power off my 3ds...
Rom: Chicken Little.gba
Yeah, i downloaded, patched and installed the right 0004013800000202 cia.
Who can help me?
Also excuse me for my english :/
Patch AGB_FIRM in emunand as well
 

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Patch AGB_FIRM in emunand as well
Downloaded 0004013800000202 with version 3665 from 3DNus and i selected "pack as .cia"
Then i patched it with "Old3DS_AGB_FIRM_v3665_SignPatcher".
I deleted the old with FBI (NAND, Delete Title) and i reinstalled it with FBI (NAND destination).
But nothing, if i give you the cia game, can you try if it works or it is just a not patched agb_firm?
PS: I never touched the gbata.exe in the footer generator directory
 

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Downloaded 0004013800000202 with version 3665 from 3DNus and i selected "pack as .cia"
Then i patched it with "Old3DS_AGB_FIRM_v3665_SignPatcher".
I deleted the old with FBI (NAND, Delete Title) and i reinstalled it with FBI (NAND destination).
But nothing, if i give you the cia game, can you try if it works or it is just a not patched agb_firm?
PS: I never touched the gbata.exe in the footer generator directory
Make sure AGB_FIRM is patched in both sysNAND and emuNAND
 
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