If you take a look at the image, any of those two will do but well use Pokemon Gaia. Step 4 Now click on Choose file in the Patch File section. Step 3 Choose the base game for the patch and in this case, well be using FireRed once again.

Press START to save this option and rebootĪfter following this guide, try opening your game to check if the romhack was installed successfully. Step 2 Click the Choose File on the ROM File section.

Use the D-Pad to select Enable game patching and if there is not already an X inbetween the brackets, press A to enable it.

Drag the romfs folder and/or the code.bin or code.ips file into the TITLEID folder.

Replace TITLEID with the title ID of the game you are installing a romhack for (these can be found at, please note that they are region specific) Create a folder path called luma/titles/TITLEID on your 3DS SD card.

Find a romfs folder and/or a code.bin or code.ips file.

Download and extract the romhack you wish to install.

A custom firmware 3DS with the latest version of Luma3DS (if you do not have this, follow the guide).

This guide is up to date and provides instructions that should work with most romhacks. I think if I could just get the untouched exefs.bin and romfs.bin, unpack with RomFS Extractor, edit, pack with RomFS Builder, and then get _makerom.exe to use that, it would work.Many romhacks still provide old instructions for previous hacking methods. I don't know how it differs from 3DS Builder but its Roms at least run in Citra. 3DS to CIA Converter uses a tool labeled '_makerom.exe' to actually build the Rom after all the editing. Personally, I'm just trying to add a patch to a game, but since 3DS to CIA Converter uses ctrtool it has been troublesome. 3DS to CIA Converter uses ctrtool to do the unpacking, what tool/lines are you using? I can't actually check myself because I don't know how to view the line commands from a.

I don't have the full picture but I also noticed that your method produces a smaller code.bin compared to 3DS to CIA Converter which only unpacks the romfs.bin, exefs.bin and produces a RSF file and exheader.bin (see the. I noticed that with your first option 'Enter D for extract a file/game decrypted' some files get unpacked that are not included again in 3DS Builder, DecryptedManual.bin and DecryptedO3DSUpdate.bin. I'm told RomFS Extractor/Builder doesn't have those issues which is what lead me to your toolkit. 3DS to CIA Converter produces a Rom that will load in Citra but is known to have glitches with some Roms due to its use of ctrtool like causing invisible text for example. I've been using your HackingToolkit3DS and 3DS to CIA Converter.

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