ROM Hack someone know how to use SaltySD with pokemon SU/MO?

[KunoichiZ]

Thats what I did first. I used CIA Btuilder SysNAND to decrypt the update. But when I decompress it with HackingToolKit, I get an empty folder.

CIA Builder & CIA Decryptor are different. Do the CIA Decryptor steps.

 

[Toucan]

Oh I feel dumb lol

 

[Toucan]

The folder is still empty, I am pretty sure I did everything right. Im using HackingToolKit v5.7

 

[KunoichiZ]

The folder is still empty, I am pretty sure I did everything right. Im using HackingToolKit v5.7

Use either v5.6 or v5.5 as I have not used v5.7 yet. Which option are you choosing to extract the contents?

 

[Iyokuu]

No, you're not supposed to patch the code.bin that's inside of your luma folder. You are supposed to patch the update's code.bin. You have to extract the update.

1. Downlpad Asia81's HackingToolkit3DS, extract it, then run SetupUS.exe and let it install.
2. Put the CIA for the update in the same folder as HackingToolkit3DS.exe
3. Open HackingToolkit3DS.exe and type ME to extract the contents of the CIA. It will ask you if you want to decompress the code.bin. Type 1 to decompress it.
4. You will see a folder called <name of CIA>.cia_Unpacked. Open that folder, open the ExtractedExeFS folder, and you'll find the code.bin. Keep that code.bin where it is, but make a copy of it onto your Desktop or something for now.
5. Download LunarIPS and extract it.
6. Download and extract the IPS patches I uploaded here (I didn't get the chance to upload the no outlines patch so you're stuck with outlines for now) to your LunarIPS folder.
8. Move your copy of code.bin to your LunarIPS folder.
9. Open LunarIPS and click Apply a Patch. Follow the open dialog boxes to patch your code.bin with the IPS patch that matches your game.
10. Move that code.bin file to your luma/code_sections folder and rename it to match the title ID of the game. Do NOT use the title ID of the update.
11. Try opening the game.

I've tried this again and again, but it just doesn't seem to be working for me. Maybe I'm missing something, but I've followed each of these steps and the QR injector or the no lines patch still do not work.

 

[Toucan]

Can I have a link to 5.6 or 5.7? I cant find a link on google anywhere surprisingly. I type in ME then type 1

 

[KunoichiZ]

I've tried this again and again, but it just doesn't seem to be working for me. Maybe I'm missing something, but I've followed each of these steps and the QR injector or the no lines patch still do not work.

I don't know what to tell you because I've gotten it to work using that exact method. Do you have custom firmware? You need to have custom firmware in order to take advantage of that.

Can I have a link to 5.6 or 5.7? I cant find a link on google anywhere surprisingly. I type in ME then type 1

Find where you downloaded 5.7. 5.5 and 5.7 are below that.

 

[Iyokuu]

EDIT: Got it. The TitleID was missing a 0. Some websites don't have the correct title ID number it seems.

Yes, I have CFW. I extract the update data, decompress it into a .bin. I take that to LunarIPS, extract the update .ips files into the same folder. I apply the patch with the steps of choosing the 'nolines patch' that was posted beneath your original one, then I choose the .bin file to be patched. Change the name to the ID title, place it in lumas specific code folder and then try to run. The game itself runs, but it shows no patching. I just feel that it is the game itself running with the update.

 

[Toucan]

Ugh both 5.5 and 5.6 made empty folders. Im gonna start the entire process over

 

[Majickhat55]

You guys can try with an alternate program too using CTRTool instead of Asia PackHack. They are both great tools but I've seen when one doesn't work the other may.
1. Take your Sun/Moon update.CIA and place it in SD/D9Game.
2. Load Decrypt9 on boot.
3. Navigate to Content Decryptor Options>CIA File Options>CIA Decryptor (Deep)
4. Take the decrypted files from SD/D9Game and rename them something simple like MoonU.CIA.
5. Now you can either use Asia PackHack to extract the .CIA by typing CIAE after placing the CIA in the same directory, followed by the name of the file without extension "MoonU"
5.5 Alternatively, you can use CTRTool to extract the Code.bin directly by putting CTRTool and the CIA in the same directory and running these CMD commands:

"ctrtool --contents=pkmn (Name).cia" I.E ctrtool --contents=pkmn MoonU.cia

"ctrtool -t cxi --exefsdir=pkmnexefs --decompresscode pkmn.0000.00000000*" (The last digit may be a 1/2, double check)

This will create a folder in the same directory called "pkmnexefs" where you can find your decompressed code.bin. Then you can just carry on with the SaltySD patches as described in other comments.

 

[Toucan]

I put in that command its saying there is no output file. I put my cia in the same directory

 

[Majickhat55]

I put in that command its saying there is no output file. I put my cia in the same directory

Is it in the directory that's being loaded by the CMD? By default the CMD loads C:\Users\(Name) on windows. SO you would have to put CTRTool and the CIA in that directory. Alternatively, you can change the path of CMD if you're more comfortable with that. the command "cd" will let you go up a level, cd directoryname to go down a level, or you can jump right to a specific one by typing it in like "cd C:\Desktop\SuMo".

 

[KunoichiZ]

Is it in the directory that's being loaded by the CMD? By default the CMD loads C:\Users\(Name) on windows. SO you would have to put CTRTool and the CIA in that directory. Alternatively, you can change the path of CMD if you're more comfortable with that. the command "cd" will let you go up a level, cd directoryname to go down a level, or you can jump right to a specific one by typing it in like "cd C:\Desktop\SuMo".

Or they could go to the folder where the CIA and ctrtool are, hold down shift and right click, then select Open command window here or whatever that option is called.

 

[Toucan]

Yea, I opened the CMD from the directory by holding shift and right click but it said there was no output or something like that. I'm going to get this to work lol, I feel like im doing something dumb. I really want to understand this kind of stuff.

 

[Majickhat55]

Or they could go to the folder where the CIA and ctrtool are, hold down shift and right click, then select Open command window here or whatever that option is called.

Good call, I'm an old fashioned kind of guy so never thought of hotkeys haha.

 

[KunoichiZ]

Good call, I'm an old fashioned kind of guy so never thought of hotkeys haha.

I'm too lazy to do to the cd method. xD

 

[Majickhat55]

Yea, I opened the CMD from the directory by holding shift and right click but it said there was no output or something like that. I'm going to get this to work lol, I feel like im doing something dumb. I really want to understand this kind of stuff.

Rename your CIA to "pkmn.cia" then copy and paste these exact commands one at a time: (Pokemon Moon will have a (1) instead of a (0) at the very end of the second line)


ctrtool --contents=pkmn pkmn.cia
ctrtool -t cxi --exefsdir=pkmnexefs --decompresscode pkmn.0000.00000000

If that doesn't work, then I don't know what's going on. Maybe your CIA itself is bad?

 

[Toucan]

lol yeah. but im wondering why its not working. Im looking over everything right now. They are in the same directory and the command didnt work. And HackingToolKit3DS keeps giving me empty unpacked folders for some reason.

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Rename your CIA to "pkmn.cia" then copy and paste these exact commands one at a time: (Pokemon Moon will have a (1) at the very end of the second line)


ctrtool --contents=pkmn pkmn.cia
ctrtool -t cxi --exefsdir=pkmnexefs --decompresscode pkmn.0000.00000000

If that doesn't work, then I don't know what's going on. Maybe your CIA itself is bad?

Okay Ill try it out now

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Ok awesome. This time it worked. I got a romfs.bin and a exefs.bin

 

[Toucan]

Okay i got it to work! I have no outlines but I dont have my music. So do I put another code.bin in the code_sections or?

 

[KunoichiZ]

Okay i got it to work! I have no outlines but I dont have my music. So do I put another code.bin in the code_sections or?

No, you should only have 1 code.cin in the code_sections for Sun and 1 for Moon.