- Press and hold Start, while still holding Start, power on your console to launch GodMode9
- Navigate to
[C:] GAMECART
- Press A on
[TitleID].trim.3ds
- Select NCSD image options...
- Select Build CIA from file
- Your dumped
.cia
can be found in/gm9/out/
Revision as of 01:05, 10 December 2023 by ItsCrocoSwine (talk | contribs) (consolidated some notes into one paragraph, and added some more info about game update compatibility)
This Guide will show you how to randomize the generation 6 and 7 Pokémon games on the Nintendo 3DS using LayeredFS and Universal Pokemon Randomizer ZX.
Compatibility Notes
This guide requires you have CFW with Luma3DS 8.0+ (preferably latest). |
This guide requires a computer running Windows, MacOS, or Linux. |
What You Need
- The latest release of Universal Pokemon Randomizer ZX
- The latest release of GodMode9
Instructions
Section I - Prep Work
- Copy
GodMode9.firm
from the GodMode9.zip
to the/luma/payloads
folder on your SD card - Copy the
gm9
folder from the GodMode9.zip
to the root of your SD card - Reinsert your SD card into your device
Section II - Dumping Your Game
You will need to dump both your game, and game update. If you don't load the game update into the randomizer, the patch may cause a crash if applied while the update is still installed. Any TitleID starting with 00040000
is a game, and 0004000E
is a game update. You can find the TitleID of your game using 3dsdb.
- Press and hold Start, while still holding Start, power on your device to launch GodMode9
- Press Home to bring up the action menu
- Select Title manager
- Select
[:A] SD CARD
- Navigate to the game or update your wish to dump and select it
- Select Manage Title...
- Select Build CIA (standard)
- Your dumped
.cia
can be found in/gm9/out/
Section III - Randomizing Your Game
- Power off your console
- Insert your SD Card into your computer and move the game/update
.cias
from/gm9/out/
to somewhere on your pc - Extract the PokeRandoZX
.zip
and double click on the launcher file for your OSlauncher_WINDOWS.bat
for Windowslauncher_MAC.command
for Maclauncher_UNIX.sh
for Unix-based systems
- Click on "Open ROM" and load the
[Game].cia
you made earlier - (Optional) Click on Settings -> Load Game Update, and load the
[GameUpdate].cia
you made earlier - Select whatever randomizer settings you want
- Once finished, Click on "Randomize (Save)" and select LayeredFS as your output
- If you loaded a game update you will only be able to select layeredFS
- Your layeredFS patch will be saved as a folder with the
[TitleID]
matching the game you randomized
Section IV - Patching Your Game
- Copy the layeredFS
[TitleID]
folder to/luma/titles/
on your SD Card- Create a
titles
folder if you don't already have one
- Create a
- Eject your SD Card and reinsert it into your console
- Press and hold Select, while still holding Select, power on your console to open luma config
- Ensure
Enable game patching
is on and then press Start to save and exit
Congratulations! Your game should now be randomized. |