ROM Hack [Tutorial] How to Decrypt, Extract & Rebuild 3DS|CIA|CXI Files

[GalladeGuy]

send me the cia

Never mind. Blujay dumped it for me.

 

[Asia81]

Never mind. Blujay dumped it for me.

Work fine for me

 

[GalladeGuy]

Work fine for me

Yeah, I think I might have gotten a bad CIA. Probably should have just dumped the one I bought on the eShop now that I think about it.

 

[Asia81]

I managed to take the manual from the official Pokemon Yellow VC release, and inject the manual on an injected Yellow xD

 

[Ninoh-FOX]

Thanks for this @Asia81, this weekend I will make every type of test. (I am working every days this week....) I will try make a custom .3ds file for sky3ds+ that will work in OFW. XD

 

[skylinekiller]

Will PackHack 5.2 convert .CIA back to .3ds? I have all my original games ripped into .CIA, but I need decryptred .3ds to run in Citra. What is the best way to convert all my .3ds? I was hoping I could just convert my already decrypted .CIAs back to .3ds.

 

[Asia81]

Will PackHack 5.2 convert .CIA back to .3ds? I have all my original games ripped into .CIA, but I need decryptred .3ds to run in Citra. What is the best way to convert all my .3ds? I was hoping I could just convert my already decrypted .CIAs back to .3ds.

Not really, but you could extract your CIA, rebuild it in .3DS with 3DS Builder, and decrypt it using Decrypt9 NCCH/NCSD Decryptor

 

[skylinekiller]

Not really, but you could extract your CIA, rebuild it in .3DS with 3DS Builder, and decrypt it using Decrypt9 NCCH/NCSD Decryptor

Thank you very much for the reply. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before a little app is made that can do this in one click..

Would there be a step by step guide on this? It looks similar to the original tutorial in the beginning...Any tips?

 

[Ninoh-FOX]

well, I can make kingdom hearts spanish translation, fire emblemen fates special edition undub+uncense and Tales of the abyss undub+cutscenes in 3ds file and work fine in sky3ds+ in luma3ds.

 

[Deleted member 373223]

everytime i tried to extract pokemon alpha sapphire with cia extractor, it dind't fully extracted it. . using mass extractor it owrked instead.

 

[Asia81]

1) be sure to not write .cia when you enter the name
2) be sure the cia doesn't have any special caracters or spaces

What do you mean, by "fully extract" what is extracted and what is not?

 

[Deleted member 373223]

1) be sure to not write .cia when you enter the name
2) be sure the cia doesn't have any special caracters or spaces

it doesnt. it's called AS.cia, and i put only AS. the cia extracts, but it does not fully extract the romfs. example:
Cia extractor Extracted romfs has a/0/0/6 but no number higher than that
Mass extractor has everything

 

[Asia81]

Then idk, it work fine for mine

 

[HCrash]

when I try to extract the xfi file some files in the Romfs weight 0 kb, is there an error somewhere?

 

[Dylan the Tactician]

Hey, is there a way I can use this tool to extract a romfs from a .3ds into a folder rather than a bin file?

 

[Choromatsu]

I had a question similar to above, but not exact --
When I extract this .CIA file, it only gives me .bin files, and no folders. I wanted to place a few ROM hacks into the RomFS folder, but there isn't one.

Can I simply make one, and patch it up like that, or will it ignore the folder and only use the .bin files?
And if it will only use the .bin files, then as above -- can I extract the .bin to make a folder?

 

[cvskid]

Not really, but you could extract your CIA, rebuild it in .3DS with 3DS Builder, and decrypt it using Decrypt9 NCCH/NCSD Decryptor

Tried something like this myself turning a undubbed game in .cia format into a .3ds and it did not work. I guess i needed some files from when it was originally a .3ds file before being changed into a .cia. Everything else works good though and with the 5.2 pack things are easier than before.

 

[alizia159]

Hello everyone, I was wondering if you had the texts of the game Pokémon Alpha Sapphire in English, Spanish or Japanese and you could send them to me or if there is any way that I can extract the texts from my game cartridge or from a rom. Thank you very much!

 

[Dylan the Tactician]

I had a question similar to above, but not exact --
When I extract this .CIA file, it only gives me .bin files, and no folders. I wanted to place a few ROM hacks into the RomFS folder, but there isn't one.

Can I simply make one, and patch it up like that, or will it ignore the folder and only use the .bin files?
And if it will only use the .bin files, then as above -- can I extract the .bin to make a folder?

EXACTLY what I'M trying to do. I'm trying to replace 3D models in FE13 with 3D models from FE14, and vice versa. I found out that if you have it installed on your 3ds, you can use braindump to dump it, and then the .CXI extraction DOES give you a ROMFS folder with the files all open for modding and such. HOORAY!!!

 

[Choromatsu]

EXACTLY what I'M trying to do. I'm trying to replace 3D models in FE13 with 3D models from FE14, and vice versa. I found out that if you have it installed on your 3ds, you can use braindump to dump it, and then the .CXI extraction DOES give you a ROMFS folder with the files all open for modding and such. HOORAY!!!

The only thing that sucks about that is, to my knowledge, Braindump doesn't properly dump everything necessary to pack it all back into a .CIA
I don't have a huge SD card, and I'm currently unable to get a bigger one.

I wonder if using the files I have and just the RomFS folder from braindump would work.