Hi GBAtemp. User @shutterbug2000 has found a way to merge two badge datas to essentially give yourself the badges of another player that has made their files publicly available. In this tutorial, we'll be using @Februarysn0w's badges (he/she has collected over 900 badges).

Februarysn0w's badge data: https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=b6305612e3c95fbd&id=B6305612E3C95FBD!694&authkey=!ANwz34EVEYjGARc

1. Open the target's BadgeMngFile.dat and yours in a hex editor of your choice. (HxD is preferred)

2. Copy from 0x0 to 0xc (ctrl+g "C"; hex checked) from the target and then pastewrite the strings onto your file.

3. CTRL+G to "3E8" and select everything starting from there to the end of the file and pastewrite it to yours once again. (Alternatively, you can copy from 0x1C to 0x20 from your file and then pastewrite the strings onto the target. Using this method, you can skip step 2 and 3. Then simply copy the target file to your 3DS)

4. Save the edited BadgeMngFile.dat.

5. Copy the modified BadgeMngFile.dat and the target's BadgeData.dat onto your SD card and import them.

Please reply to this thread if this worked for you!

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EDIT: A lot of people don't know what to use. If you're a CFW user, use SaveDataFiler. If you're a *hax user, use ext_data dump tool or Sunshell by Rinnegatamante.

 

[Shadowtrance]

so nobody here knows a way to do it with rxtools emunand 10.3? hope someone who does know mentions it sometime ><

You can do it with SaveDataFiler...

 

[dimmidice]

You can do it with SaveDataFiler...

then why isn't it working? i've imported the edited file a dozen times now and absolutely nothing changes. guess i'l try it from scratch once more.

 

[Shadowtrance]

then why isn't it working? i've imported the edited file a dozen times now and absolutely nothing changes. guess i'l try it from scratch once more.

Clearly you've done something wrong or something went wrong somewhere in the process.
I can't see what you've done or are doing so i have no idea why it isn't working....

 

[dimmidice]

the right ID for it is 0000014d1 right?

 

[Deleted member 373223]

the right ID for it is 0000014d1 right?

yes

 

[Shadowtrance]

the right ID for it is 0000014d1 right?

Correct.

 

[swaggon]

How can I create a BadgeMngFile.dat if I can't get the Badge Arcade?

Attempting to extract it using extdata_dump gives me the error "can't open archive".

What steps do I have to take to create my own BadgeMngFile.dat and then import it into my 3DS's extdata?

 

[dimmidice]

then i really don't get what i'm doing wrong. i extract it using savedatfiler, i edit the lines OP mentioned using HxD, i place the edited files to my SD card, and import using savedatfiler. does anyone see anything wrong with that?

edit: i did just see that i have 3 folders with the badge files in them. 14d1, cc7993d9, and 000038e79. is that normal?

 

[Deleted member 373223]

How can I create a BadgeMngFile.dat if I can't get the Badge Arcade?

Attempting to extract it using extdata_dump gives me the error "can't open archive".

What steps do I have to take to create my own BadgeMngFile.dat and then import it into my 3DS's extdata?

you can't. you just can't.

 

[Shadowtrance]

How can I create a BadgeMngFile.dat if I can't get the Badge Arcade?
Attempting to extract it using extdata_dump gives me the error "can't open archive".
What steps do I have to take to create my own BadgeMngFile.dat and then import it into my 3DS's extdata?

There's no reason you can't get it and as far as i know that's the only way to create the dat file.

then i really don't get what i'm doing wrong. i extract it using savedatfiler, i edit the lines OP mentioned in HxD, i place the edited files to my SD card, and import using savedatfiler. does anyone see anything wrong with that?

If you're editing YOUR file correctly it should work. So copy from the downloaded one, paste into yours, restore your modified one.
You also need the badgedata.dat that was linked earlier too, that's how i got it to work properly.

 

[Deleted member 373223]

There's no reason you can't get it and as far as i know that's the only way to create the dat file.

maybe he can't get it because cfw.

 

[ImCarlosGG]

Okay, in Sunshell I pressed A in BadgeData.dat and then X, but it doesn't do anything. Did it crash?

 

[Shadowtrance]

maybe he can't get it because cfw.

What the hell does CFW have to do with it?

Anyway... @dimmidice here's the badgedata i was talking about... https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-release-merging-badge-data.403767/page-2#post-5820913
Import that with your modified dat file and if all works out you should have something like this...https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-release-merging-badge-data.403767/page-2#post-5821019

 

[Deleted member 373223]

What the hell does CFW have to do with it?

Anyway... @dimmidice here's the badgedata i was talking about... https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-release-merging-badge-data.403767/page-2#post-5820913

cfw means no eshop, no eshop means no badge arcade, no badge arcade mean no badgedata.dat since is badge arcade that create the badgedata.dat the first time, if you buy a 3ds now, it won't have badges because they are created by badge arcade and badge arcade is not a system app.

 

[swaggon]

you can't. you just can't.

Is that because something outside of the extdata is affected?

 

[Shadowtrance]

cfw means no eshop, no eshop means no badge arcade, no badge arcade mean no badgedata.dat since is badge arcade that create the badgedata.dat the first time, if you buy a 3ds now, it won't have badges because they are created by badge arcade and badge arcade is not a system app.

Bullshit... anyone with half a brain and cfw can still get on the eshop...
So you can't play the "cfw can't get on eshop card atm. "

 

[Deleted member 373223]

Okay, in Sunshell I pressed A in BadgeData.dat and then X, but it doesn't do anything. Did it crash?

y = dump x=restore it does not have a progress bar, you need to wait A LOT OF TIME until you can move the list again and then press l+r+you know the combo and exit.

 

[ImCarlosGG]

y = dump x=restore it does not have a progress bar, you need to wait A LOT OF TIME until you can move the list again and then press l+r+you know the combo and exit.

Ok, I'll wait. Thanks a lot! .

 

[swaggon]

There's no reason you can't get it

The reason I can't get it is because the Badge Arcade requires eShop access. I can't access the eShop because I'm not on the latest firmware, I'm on 9.9.

 

[Shadowtrance]

Is that because something outside of the extdata is affected?

It's because the app...err game, actually creates the exdata needed.

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

The reason I can't get it is because the Badge Arcade requires eShop access. I can't access the eShop because I'm not on the latest firmware, I'm on 9.9.

hmm you're in a unique situation i guess. I'm guessing HANS won't let you on eshop on 9.9 anymore? I don't have a 9.9 3ds to test Only 9.0 and 10.3.