custom-install
Experimental script to automate the process of a manual title install for Nintendo 3DS. Originally created late June 2019.
Summary
- Dump boot9.bin and movable.sed from a 3DS system.
- Install pycryptodomex:
- Windows:
py -3 -m pip install --user --upgrade pycryptodomex
- macOS/Linux:
python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade pycryptodomex
- Download the repo (zip link or
git clone
) - Run
custom-install.py
with boot9.bin, movable.sed, path to the SD root, and CIA files to install (see Usage section). - Download and use custom-install-finalize on the 3DS system to finish the install.
Setup
Linux users must build wwylele/save3ds and place save3ds_fuse
in bin/linux
.
movable.sed is required and can be provided with -m
or --movable
.
boot9 is needed:
-b
or--boot9
argument (if set)BOOT9_PATH
environment variable (if set)%APPDATA%\3ds\boot9.bin
(Windows-specific)~/Library/Application Support/3ds/boot9.bin
(macOS-specific)~/.3ds/boot9.bin
~/3ds/boot9.bin
A SeedDB is needed for newer games (2015+) that use seeds.
SeedDB is checked in order of:
SEEDDB_PATH
environment variable (if set)%APPDATA%\3ds\seeddb.bin
(Windows-specific)~/Library/Application Support/3ds/seeddb.bin
(macOS-specific)~/.3ds/seeddb.bin
~/3ds/seeddb.bin
Usage
Use -h
to view arguments.
Examples:
py -3 custom-install.py -b boot9.bin -m movable.sed --sd E:\ file.cia file2.cia
python3 custom-install.py -b boot9.bin -m movable.sed --sd /Volumes/GM9SD file.cia file2.cia
python3 custom-install.py -b boot9.bin -m movable.sed --sd /media/GM9SD file.cia file2.cia
License/Credits
pyctr/
is from ninfs d994c78
.
save3ds by wwylele is used to interact with the Title Database (details in bin/README
).
Thanks to @BpyH64 for researching how to generate the cmacs.