Note that while you can hotswap the SD card while hbmenu is running and it should work fine, in practice this feature has proven to be unstable, so use at your own risk. The fields in the xml file will then override their respective entries. 3dsx if it has embedded smdh data or from the supplied icon path. Name, description and author will be read from the.
Place arguments to be passed to 3dsx here.Īrguments are space or tab separated but can use single or double quotes to contain whitespace. This file can also include a path to icon data as well as name, description and author text using tags as follows:
Hbmenu also allows you to create "shortcuts" which are xml files containing a path to a 3dsx file and optional arguments to pass to the. If hbmenu does not find an icon file to associate with a given 3dsx, it will display a default icon and the path to the executable instead of the actual metadata for that executable. Here is an example directory structure that hbmenu will have no trouble recognizing : hbmenu will also recognize stray 3dsx executables located in the sdmc:/3ds/ directory. You can have an icon file named "icon.bin", "icon.smdh", "icon.icn", ".smdh" or ".icn". Hbmenu starts in the sdmc:/3ds/ directory for applications it will recognise folders containing "boot.3dsx" or ".3dsx" as "application bundles", other folders can be opened and browsed as you'd expect. Use the D-PAD, CIRCLE-PAD or the touchscreen to select an application, and press A or touch it again to start it.
Press START in hbmenu to reboot your console into home menu. To use hbmenu as your ninjhax menu, simply rename the 3dsx executable to boot.3dsx and place it at the root of your SD card. It is a fairly simple (and beautiful) menu that lists homebrew applications and lets you run them.
The Homebrew Launcher (hbmenu for short) is the default menu for ninjhax, a 3DS homebrew-enabling exploit released on November 20th 2014. See new-hbmenu for the latest version of the Homebrew Launcher. Use one of the following alternate entrypoints to get into the Homebrew Launcher:Įither a powersaves or another 3DS which already has the Homebrew LauncherĬarts with “amiibo” on the cover are preinstalled with v1.1.4Īnother 3DS which already has the Homebrew Launcherĩ.9.0-X (USA/JPN) / 10.2.0-X (EUR) up to and including 11.0.This is the hbmenu 1.x codebase, which is not maintained anymore and is kept for archival/historic purposes.Copy the contents of the starter.zip to the root of your SD card.Wireless Communication only has to be on connecting it to an access point is not required. If you cannot find anyone with Doodlebomb, do not already own any of these games, and do not have another 3DS that can access the Homebrew Launcher, the cheapest option is to buy a “Nintendo Selects” copy of Ocarina of Time 3D (ensure you get the correct cartridge for your region) and a Powersaves (compatible with all regions), then use oot3dhax from the chart below.Įnsure your device’s Wireless Communication is turned on as udsploit (used in the next page) will need the wireless module to be active to function, and some devices (New 3DS and 2DS) cannot adjust the Wireless Communication setting from the Homebrew Launcher.
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If you do not already own any of these games and do not have another 3DS that can access the Homebrew Launcher, the cheapest option is to download Swapdoodle for free from the eShop, then find someone online (try this) that can send you Doodlebomb from the chart below. The Homebrew Launcher has many different entrypoints, or methods of launching.