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#How to make a rom hack work zip

Copy the romfs file to a folder on your computer and extract ctrtool there too. For the purposes of this tutorial we only need romfs.bin, but other games may require you also use exefs.bin (though I donвЂ™t foresee that happening unless you are on a 3DSCFW). But that just means it is easy and weвЂ™ll be done in no time! On the root of your SD Card there should now have be a folder with a huge name and two files inside: romfs.bin and exefs.bin. Hey! Welcome back! How was your day while the cart dumped? I hope you had fun, because now we get to do some pretty standard stuff. I do not know the process behind that, so in that case you will have to figure that part on your own)ДЈ. (if you donвЂ™t want to wait you can try and get the dump from other places, or extract it from a ROM file. In the case of PokГ©mon Y, the game is about 1.8GB. I have a Class 10 SD Card so I guess that might have helped, but who knows.

For me the process took about 6h30m but IвЂ™ve heard people on GBATemp claiming as much as 12h. After that, plug your 3ds into the charger and go about your day as usual. Then, run braindump and choose your cart and confirm that it opened.

#How to make a rom hack work zip

Download and extract the вЂњbraindumpвЂќ folder inside the zip into your 3ds folder. This is by far the most tedious part of the whole process because dumping, as it stands right now, isnвЂ™t very fast. Next, we are going to want to dump the game itself to the SD card. In the case of the game PokГ©mon Y (EU) the id is 00055E00 and HANS even has the courtesy of telling us where in the SD card we will have to place the final patch.Дў. To figure out your gameid just choose yes in Romfs -> SD and the information will show up a few lines below.

When it loads you will be presented with a screen like the picture above. I prefer to do this early to not have to go back and do it later, but I guess you could do it only when you need it. First off, we are going to want to know the gam eid of the game weвЂ™re modding for later reference. Unless you know the specific developer, you could contact one of these developers for assistance.1.

#How to make a rom hack work how to

If that still does not work, you may have to contact the associated software developer to find out how to open it. Because many programs packages utilize Misc Files, you might be able to find a program on your computer that handles those types of files. Most likely, you will find that ROM files are considered Misc Files. Using a Windows PC, you can right-click and navigate to 'Properties' and then to 'Type of file'. If you can't download Unknown Apple II File, Nintento 64 Emulation ROM Image, or MZ700 Emulator software, or if they don't work to open your ROM file, you may be able to use the file type as a clue to finding out how you can open it.

Step 2: Learning More About ROM 'File Type'

#How to make a rom hack work password

Contact the file owner or the person who gave you the file for the password and unzip the file before attempting to open the contents. Zipped files tend to require special handling and may require password access.