ROM Hack [Tutorial] Edit the HomeMenu

[Halvorsen]

Do you have an x64 system? IIRC at least one of the tools is 64-bit only...

Yeah, it's x64, and I definitely downloaded a x64 version of the dll. But hey, it worked!

 

[duffmmann]

If someone with a disassembler wants to edit the decompressed .code.bin (as extracted by step1 it's compressed), maybe...

not that I would want anything close to 300 titles with the crap performance of any 9.0+ home menu!

Hmm, at just about 300 titles, I don't notice crap performance on my home menu (I am on a N3DS if that makes a difference), so I'm not sure what you're referencing there.

 

[PabloMK7]

I just successfully replaced the default yellow theme with my custom theme, however the previous used theme music will play
To open most of the LZ files, you can use Every File Explorer.

Also, if you install the cia again (using FBI), it will say title already exist, and will brick.

 

[Ryccardo]

Hmm, at just about 300 titles, I don't notice crap performance on my home menu (I am on a N3DS if that makes a difference), so I'm not sure what you're referencing there.

It's not related to having many icons, the performance of any modern home launcher sucks overall compared to the 8.1 and under ones

 

[tomx86]

WARNING: This will affect your HomeMenu, it's a critical core of the 3DS. Be sure to have a HardMod, or A9LH for recover a BRICK (I used it once, I got a brick the first time I did it. A9LH saved me) . Or your can do it on your EmuNand, but be sure to also backup your EmuNand before.

0) Download:http://www45.zippyshare.com/v/ohjEXrcU/file.html
1) Download, with 3DNUS the CIA of your HomeMenu (Latest Version):
JPN: 0004003000008202 v27648
USA: 0004003000008F02 v25600
EUR: 0004003000009802 v24576

2) Rename the CIA HomeMenu.cia.
3) Decrypt it using Decrypt9 -> Game Decryptor Options -> CIA Decryptor (Deep).

4) Take now the decrypted CIA and put it in the HomeMenuEdition folder.
5) Run Part1.bat, it will extract all decrypted files, then it will extract them.

Do all your edits now.
Most of files are LZ11 compressed, you should decompress them before editing, then recompress them.
2 ways: DSDemcp GUI in 3DS explorer, or the LZ11 decompressor in "MSBT Editor Reloaded". Once a file is edited, you need to recompress it. Just use the Compressor / instead Decompressor, then fix the file name, and delete the old compressed and the uncompressed.

6) Start Part2.bat. No need to repack your RomFS, it will be done automatically. All your files should be packed in a new cia HomeMenu_Edited.cia.
7) Encrypt HomeMenu_Edited.cia using Decrypt9 -> Game Decryptor Options -> CIA Encryptor (NCCH).

8) Once the CIA is encrypted, then you can install it. No need to delete the previous CIA, install it will overwrite the old one.
9) Reboot. Then pray or have A9LH. Check if you see your edits.

Some Screens:

Spoiler

Q: Can we...
A: NO!

Q: How to...
A: I don't know.

Q: What can you do with it?
A: I don't know.

Hi, I did everything like in the Tutorial, but when I trying to use the "NCCH/NCSD Encryptor", I get a massage "Nothing fount in /D9Game/!" but I did put "HomeMenu_Edited.cia" in that folder on my SD (and yes it is compressed in LZ11). So what now?

 

[Ryccardo]

Hi, I did everything like in the Tutorial, but when I trying to use the "NCCH/NCSD Encryptor", I get a massage "Nothing fount in /D9Game/!" but I did put "HomeMenu_Edited.cia" in that folder on my SD (and yes it is compressed in LZ11). So what now?

You mustn't compress the cia with lz11, just the MSBT you had to decompress

 

[tomx86]

You mustn't compress the cia with lz11, just the MSBT you had to decompress

By "and yes it is compressed in LZ11" I meant that I compressed the edited MSBT, and then by using "Part2.bat" made the "HomeMenu_Edited.cia".

 

[MsMidnight]

inb4 this leads to a permanent NTR CFW mode

 

[Ryccardo]

By "and yes it is compressed in LZ11" I meant that I compressed the edited MSBT, and then by using "Part2.bat" made the "HomeMenu_Edited.cia".

Ah, good, I just noticed that you simply used the wrong option in D9 - while the result is encrypting the CXI (a type of NCCH), you're working on a CIA so the correct option is "CIA Encryptor"!

 

[MsMidnight]

wait, on the topic of ntr, since FBI cant extract system cias from the nand and install it allowing us to have the ntr injected mode home menu unless it does something else (i read of NTR applying itself to home menu somewhere)

 

[tomx86]

Ah, good, I just noticed that you simply used the wrong option in D9 - while the result is encrypting the CXI (a type of NCCH), you're working on a CIA so the correct option is "CIA Encryptor"!

Where? In the "Game Decryptor Options" I got only those options:
====================
NCCH/NCSD Decryptor
NCCH/NCSD Encryptor
CIA Decryptor (shallow)
CIA Decryptor (deep)
CIA Decryptor (for GW)
SD Decryptor/Encryptor
===================

 

[Asia81]

Where? In the "Game Decryptor Options" I got only those options:
====================
NCCH/NCSD Decryptor
NCCH/NCSD Encryptor
CIA Decryptor (shallow)
CIA Decryptor (deep)
CIA Decryptor (for GW)
SD Decryptor/Encryptor
===================

Very old d9
Update it

 

[tomx86]

Very old d9
Update it

Oh, that's a good idea

 

[MasterLel]

Nice script, it makes the whole process easier.

Now we need a bclan editor, so we can edit the menu apparence, the positions etc... I've already tried to manually edit bclan files on Animal Crossing New Leaf, the result was... not good.

 

[Asia81]

Part1 is for extract
Part2 for Rebuild

You can use it for another system title, but you need to edit the batch to match the extracted files.

I will also release soon the script for rebuild any update in CIA, and not just XY/ORAS.
But there is a need of a base update, we will extract it, edit, and repack.
So I don't mean create an update in CIA from "nothing"

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Nice script, it makes the whole process easier.

Now we need a bclan editor, so we can edit the menu apparence, the positions etc... I've already tried to manually edit bclan files on Animal Crossing New Leaf, the result was... not good.

And I want change grey for pink, on the power-off screen xD

 

[MasterLel]

And I want change grey for pink, on the power-off screen xD

I know where you can find the color value, but for some reasons it didn't change anything on ACNL.. you can still try.

It's in sleep_LZ.bin, extract Slp_D_00.bclyt, search for "32 32 32" (hexadecimal), that's the RGB color of the power-off screen. Edit it and the color should, in theory, change. But as I said, it didn't work in ACNL...

 

[Asia81]

I will try, thanks

 

[PabloMK7]

I know where you can find the color value, but for some reasons it didn't change anything on ACNL.. you can still try.

It's in sleep_LZ.bin, extract Slp_D_00.bclyt, search for "32 32 32" (hexadecimal), that's the RGB color of the power-off screen. Edit it and the color should, in theory, change. But as I said, it didn't work in ACNL...

It worked for me, changed grey to red.

 

[Asia81]

i encrypted the cia, let's see if grey -> pink work...

 

[Ricken]

Will updating break changes made?