ROM Hack [WIP] [Windows] 3DS CIA Manager - Concept

[leerz]

Hi, This thread aim to create a project that governs CIA's, esp if you have alot of them.

it is well known that you install the .cia via devmenu, and you can select them with the NAME of the cia you will install.

however, if you plan to delete them via devmenu, you will have to note of the unique ID of that specific cia, (if you have not done this, it will be trivial *i/e checking for similar filesizes is unreliable).

a way would be to put back your cia file, and from the sdmc menu, you can get the uniqueid and then browse it in the program tab, again this would be time consuming if you have removed the cia from your sd, and or trivial if you have deleted that .cia make.

The Concept

more like a Windows explorer addon or a cia Manager for windows


where you browse to a folder and find all your cias there.

from there, the program will parse the cia info (banner/icon/ maybe) but most importantly the uniqueid

that will let you identify your game from the devmenu program list.

Features

Possible Features would be:
CIA Manager
Parsing of common .cia info
Upload via ctrclient to 3DS
Indicate if the game version is latest, or which fw it requires
see if what patches are enabled (regionfree/cfw/versionspoof) checked based on other parameters.
parsing of 3ds/3dz/3dsx to manage and fwd to the automated 3ds to cia script just released a while back * or my own if possibe

Progress
Not much has been done regarding the Project aside from this documentation
But i'm confident that this project will materialize.

I've worked mostly on W32 apps and few web projects and some minor re stuff on w32 and android.

I plan to build this using vb and or Java, the next venture would be where to start?

I need a booster in terms of getting the ff intel:
1. cia needs decrypt?
2. what offset is the titleid? http://3dbrew.org/wiki/Title_list
3. other intel that may be applicable
4. other features
5. ???


Thanks

Lrz

 

[cearp]

If you just want the CIAs to be linked up to the title ids, i can make a simple tool that will output a text file, each line in the text file could be like this:
MyMarioCIA.cia 000400000007C700
zeldalinktobetweenworlds.cia 00040000000EC300

 

[Vappy]

From the title I was hoping this was going to be aimed at creating an open source version of something like DevMenu - pretty sure the appropriate services were added to ctrulib a few months ago by idunoe.

 

[leerz]

If you just want the CIAs to be linked up to the title ids, i can make a simple tool that will output a text file, each line in the text file could be like this:
MyMarioCIA.cia 000400000007C700
zeldalinktobetweenworlds.cia 00040000000EC300

Hi, that would be awesome, will you make it opensource?
atm I can't catch up on reading abt how extracting those info atm.

with that in place, this will make the project finish sooner

 

[cearp]

Hi, that would be awesome, will you make it opensource?
atm I can't catch up on reading abt how extracting those info atm.

with that in place, this will make the project finish sooner

i'll would it in python (so you will be able to see the code), i mean, it won't do any of the other things you want, they would be a real chore.

 

[leerz]

i'll would it in python (so you will be able to see the code), i mean, it won't do any of the other things you want, they would be a real chore.

Yes, just the core title id extract/parse would suffice, I think I can take it from there, being to see the code an all.

Thank you.

Leerz

 

[cearp]

not anything incredible, it just takes in a cia, or a folder that will be searched in all sub folders recursively for ANYTHING ending in cia (case insensitive), and prints out the title id on screen with the filename.
and, it writes the output to a text file too. (output_titleid.txt)
took me just a few minutes, but i'm not interested in doing the other stuff

 

[leerz]

Thanks, I'll check it in bit when I get on my laptop

 

[frogboy]

not anything incredible, it just takes in a cia, or a folder that will be searched in all sub folders recursively for ANYTHING ending in cia (case insensitive), and prints out the title id on screen with the filename.
and, it writes the output to a text file too. (output_titleid.txt)
took me just a few minutes, but i'm not interested in doing the other stuff

Gives me [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'output_titleid.txt'

 

[cearp]

Gives me [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'output_titleid.txt'

are you running it in a folder that you don't have write permission to? i'm not an expert on all of that stuff, but, yeah, it is not allowed to create a text file... weird

 

[frogboy]

are you running it in a folder that you don't have write permission to? i'm not an expert on all of that stuff, but, yeah, it is not allowed to create a text file... weird

Just copied the files to two different folders--one on each of my hard drives--and got the same result.

I just drag the .cia onto the .py file, right? right?

 

[cearp]

Just copied the files to two different folders--one on each of my hard drives--and got the same result.

I just drag the .cia onto the .py file, right? right?

uh that might work, i'm not sure if dragged things are taken in as an argument (i didn't add anything like that on purpose) - i just type 'python cia_to_ticketid.py ciafile/folder'

 

[Jojse]

I tried this nice little handy tool, but I can't get it to write id, it only writes the name of cia-file, my output_titleid.txt came out like this.....

3dspony1.cia -
BigBlueMenu.cia -
blargSnes.cia -
flashcardtimewarp.cia -
ftbrony.cia -
PlayCoinSetter.cia -
savedatafiler.cia -
YouTube (v1.1) (E).cia -

I tried to get the id of all my cia apps.... Why do you think it's not output id?
I would be very happy if this will work, because i have many VC injected cia with homemade id so I can't check for example http://3ds.essh.co/ for id.....

 

[leerz]

I tried this nice little handy tool, but I can't get it to write id, it only writes the name of cia-file, my output_titleid.txt came out like this.....

3dspony1.cia -
BigBlueMenu.cia -
blargSnes.cia -
flashcardtimewarp.cia -
ftbrony.cia -
PlayCoinSetter.cia -
savedatafiler.cia -
YouTube (v1.1) (E).cia -

I tried to get the id of all my cia apps.... Why do you think it's not output id?
I would be very happy if this will work, because i have many VC injected cia with homemade id so I can't check for example http://3ds.essh.co/ for id.....

try this, should append the productid also, most of your cias are homebrew cia not game converted cias, i think

 

[frogboy]

uh that might work, i'm not sure if dragged things are taken in as an argument (i didn't add anything like that on purpose) - i just type 'python cia_to_ticketid.py ciafile/folder'

And where does one type that?

Sorry, I'm completely python illiterate.

 

[Jojse]

try this, should append the productid also, most of your cias are homebrew cia not game converted cias, i think

That doesn't work at all, I get error....

File "cia_to_ticketid.productid.py", line 29
writeInLog(os.path.basename(fpath) + ' - ' + binascii.hexlify(cia[0x2C1C:0x2
C24]) + binascii.hexlify(cia[0x3A50:0x3A5F])
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I have tired all kinds of cia files, homebrews, VC, converted roms..... I don't think I use it wrong, Lets say I have all my cia-files in " J:\3DSgames\CIA\ ".
What is the right command I use?

The best way would be just to copy cia_to_ticketid.py to my CIA-folder and then just double-click on the py-file and out come "output_titleid.txt" , that would be so great...

 

[leerz]

That doesn't work at all, I get error....

File "cia_to_ticketid.productid.py", line 29
writeInLog(os.path.basename(fpath) + ' - ' + binascii.hexlify(cia[0x2C1C:0x2
C24]) + binascii.hexlify(cia[0x3A50:0x3A5F])
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I have tired all kinds of cia files, homebrews, VC, converted roms..... I don't think I use it wrong, Lets say I have all my cia-files in " J:\3DSgames\CIA\ ".
What is the right command I use?

The best way would be just to copy cia_to_ticketid.py to my CIA-folder and then just double-click on the py-file and out come "output_titleid.txt" , that would be so great...

fixed it now

 

[Jojse]

fixed it now

Sorry, it's not fixed. I have tried everything I can think of but I still get this error :

File "cia_to_ticketid.productid.py", line 29
writeInLog(os.path.basename(fpath) + ' - ' + binascii.hexlify(cia[0x2C1C:0x2
C24]) + binascii.hexlify(cia[0x3A50:0x3A5F]))
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

 

[cearp]

i'm not sure why mine does not work for some people... but if you are getting invalid syntax, surely you would have known if you tested it yourself?
unless you are using a different version of python? i'm using 2.7

leerz - ok, i fixed your code, honestly, did you test it?
you should have added a spacer between the titleid and whatever else you are trying to output afterwards.
by product code, what do you mean? the code like this? CTR-JZNP?
i am pretty sure you cannot get that from the cia. or the tmd, or the ticket.
only the application cxi. - right?
if i am wrong please tell me. - i don't really understand what you are trying to output.

here is your fixed code, but yes it seems it still won't output the titleid for people i guess.
so, i fixed your code but i don't believe it does what you want it to.
did you just write it 'blind', without running it?

 

[Jojse]

i'm not sure why mine does not work for some people... but if you are getting invalid syntax, surely you would have known if you tested it yourself?
unless you are using a different version of python? i'm using 2.7

cearp... I'm also using Python 2.7, yours "cia_to_ticketid.py" works but it only list names of the cia-files and not the id... Like I replayed earlier. I tried all kinds of cia files... homebrew, themes, roms converted to cia... Same thing, only listing names and not id...