Homebrew Use Luma Game Patches on Citra?

[Stardust3033]

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I was just wondering if there is a way to use my Luma game patches for SM/USUM on Citra. Like randomization and trainer tweaks.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

 

[OkazakiTheOtaku]

If they are romFS edits being loaded by Luma, you can recompile the .3ds/.cia with the changes and run it that way

 

[Stardust3033]

If they are romFS edits being loaded by Luma, you can recompile the .3ds/.cia with the changes and run it that way

Well for SM & USUM I use a code.ips and SaltySD, so how can I get the "a" folder and .cro files and to load up?

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you can recompile the .3ds/.cia with the changes and run it that way

Sounds like I can do that for my XY & ORAS games. (I have a romfs folder and a code.bin) So how exactly do I do that? (sorry for noob questions)

 

[OkazakiTheOtaku]

Well for SM & USUM I use a code.ips and SaltySD, so how can I get the "a" folder and .cro files and to load up?

The "a" folder and the .cro files are just for the romFS, if you compile it then it'll work fine; that said, the code.ips however is a bit tricker and you might need to find out how to patch the code.bin with the IPS. Is it SciresM's code.ips? I don't know if general patching tools will work for that as I'm not familiar with how Luma applies .ips patches.

Sounds like I can do that for my XY & ORAS games. (I have a romfs folder and a code.bin) So how exactly do I do that? (sorry for noob questions)

Basically, you would use Asia81's Hacking Toolkit to extract a .cia or .3ds of the game you want to mod, then drag and drop your mod files in the right directory and then use the same Toolkit to recompile the .cia/.3ds from the extracted folders.

 

[Stardust3033]

The "a" folder and the .cro files are just for the romFS, if you compile it then it'll work fine; that said, the code.ips however is a bit tricker and you might need to find out how to patch the code.bin with the IPS. Is it SciresM's code.ips? I don't know if general patching tools will work for that as I'm not familiar with how Luma applies .ips patches.

Basically, you would use Asia81's Hacking Toolkit to extract a .cia or .3ds of the game you want to mod, then drag and drop your mod files in the right directory and then use the same Toolkit to recompile the .cia/.3ds from the extracted folders.

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I'm dumb, I just figured it out.

 

[seam]

The "a" folder and the .cro files are just for the romFS, if you compile it then it'll work fine; that said, the code.ips however is a bit tricker and you might need to find out how to patch the code.bin with the IPS. Is it SciresM's code.ips? I don't know if general patching tools will work for that as I'm not familiar with how Luma applies .ips patches.

Basically, you would use Asia81's Hacking Toolkit to extract a .cia or .3ds of the game you want to mod, then drag and drop your mod files in the right directory and then use the same Toolkit to recompile the .cia/.3ds from the extracted folders.

Could you please explain how to use this? I put the .3ds file in the same folder as the hackingtoolkit9ds.exe then i extract, and it extracts some .bin files. from there i dont know what to do with my modded romfs folder. it didnt extract a romfs folder for me to simply replace. so i dont know what to do at that point. I just want to put this modded romfs folder into this .3ds file so i can run it in Citra. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

 

[Stardust3033]

Could you please explain how to use this? I put the .3ds file in the same folder as the hackingtoolkit9ds.exe then i extract, and it extracts some files. from there i dont know what to do with my modded romfs folder. it didnt extract one for me to simply replace. so i dont know what to do at that point. I just want to put this modded romfs folder into this .3ds file so i can run it in Citra. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

Leave ur .3ds in the folder and select the extract .3ds option. Then mod ur romfs folder to ur liking then reopen the program to rebuild the .3ds. That should work.

 

[seam]

Leave ur .3ds in the folder and select the extract .3ds option. Then mod ur romfs folder to ur liking then reopen the program to rebuild the .3ds. That should work.

There is no romfs folder. ONLY .bin files

 

[Stardust3033]

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There is no romfs folder. ONLY .bin files

Use version 9 of hackingtoolkit

 

[seam]

Use version 9 of hackingtoolkit

But I am. You can even see so in that picture i posted. Look at the dos window.

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So what I noticed is this. I was extracting an UNENCRYPTED .3ds file. and it wasnt showing the romfs folder. So then i extracted the ENCRYPTED version of the .3ds file and it DID extract the proper folders and i could copy over my modded romfs folder and then recompile it! BUT... citra cant load it because it is encrypted... how do i UNencrypt my finished .3ds file which has my mod?

 

[Stardust3033]

But I am. You can even see so in that picture i posted. Look at the dos window.

But in your folder it says "PackEngliishV12" with means it's version 12. HackingToolkit9DS is just the name of the tool, the nine isn't the version number.

 

[seam]

But in your folder it says "PackEngliishV12" with means it's version 12. HackingToolkit9DS is just the name of the tool, the nine isn't the version number.

Oh i see what you mean. Well anyway, how can i decrypt my finished .3ds file? if i can do that i think i am good to go

 

[Stardust3033]

Oh i see what you mean. Well anyway, how can i decrypt my finished .3ds file? if i can do that i think i am good to go

Yeah thats the thing, I did the exact same thing you did and afaik theres no way to "unencrypt" a file.
You HAVE to use version 9 because it was built for extracting decrypted (unencrypt) files.

 

[seam]

Yeah thats the thing, I did the exact same thing you did and afaik theres no way to "unencrypt" a file.
You HAVE to use version 9 because it was built for extracting decrypted (unencrypt) files.

ooooh i see. well then im going to try that real quick

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Yeah thats the thing, I did the exact same thing you did and afaik theres no way to "unencrypt" a file.
You HAVE to use version 9 because it was built for extracting decrypted (unencrypt) files.

YESSSSSSS you were right!!! THANKS MAN!!!!

 

[Stardust3033]

ooooh i see. well then im going to try that real quick

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YESSSSSSS you were right!!! THANKS MAN!!!!

Np, great to hear! PM me if you have any more issues or questions.

 

[Brodie]

Where you able to get the code.ips working? because I am trying to apply a patch for bypassing party check so megas will stay in the form of mega when I close the game?

 

[Stardust3033]

Where you able to get the code.ips working? because I am trying to apply a patch for bypassing party check so megas will stay in the form of mega when I close the game?

If that's some kind of cheat then no, I couldn't get those to work. (x2 exp, easy catch, etc.)

 

[Brodie]

Ah dang, alright thanks.

 

[seam]

Np, great to hear! PM me if you have any more issues or questions.

Have you had any experience in replacing music tracks in 3ds games? I'd like to mess around with that, just looking for a good tutorial. Whatever the simplest way to do that would be ideal.

 

[Stardust3033]

Have you had any experience in replacing music tracks in 3ds games? I'd like to mess around with that, just looking for a good tutorial. Whatever the simplest way to do that would be ideal.

I have edited ORAS's music at on point (wild, trainer, and rival themes) but tbh I completely forgotten how.