#acnlhacks

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3DS Update: 11.3 Firmware Forced ACNL Update

Alright guys a new thing has occurred with the 11.3 firmware update, and that is ACNL now requires an update to even launch the game, and to even download the update, a firmware update is required first. This JUST started within the past ten minutes, because I just loaded a town for someone, then backed out to make an edit, re-saved the file, and tried to re-launch the game and got the notification just now. The rest of you will be seeing it soon, if you haven’t already. Meaning if you aren’t already on CFW and don’t plan to be, Nintendo is going to MAKE you update to 11.3 to play ACNL, and if you do so, or have already done so, you’re going to have to wait until 11.3 exploits are released (which could take a few months), before you will be able to convert to CFW, downgrade, edit your town, etc. Meaning you can’t play ACNL without updating, and if you update and you’re not already on CFW, then you can’t hack. Again, to recap, if you plan on converting to CFW, DO NOT UPDATE. If you are ALREADY on CFW, it is okay to update your system and continue about your business. Let me know if you have any issues. And, with this new development, if you aren’t already on CFW, you will be forced to update to 11.3, rendering you unable to use Soundhax and the ACNL Save Editor. AGAIN. The 11.3 update breaks Soundhax, downgrading, etc.  So. Pretty dick move, and I’ll update you guys as I am able. One last time, if you want to continue hacking, do not update. If you are unable to use CFW or do not understand how to get it installed, but you want to keep playing ACNL, you’re going to have to go ahead and suck it up, update, and wait for Soundhax and the other exploits to become available for 11.3 again.

[gracideagaming]

THE SAVE EDITOR NOW HAS A FEATURE TO CUSTOMIZE GRASS DETERIORATION. SPREAD THE WORD.

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3DS Update: If you plan to convert to CFW, do not update to 11.3

I just found out that Nintendo released a new 3DS update, 11.3, SO IF YOU PLAN ON DOING ANY CFW MODDING OF YOUR 3DS DO NOT UPDATE PAST 11.2.0-xx OR YOU WILL BE SCREWED FOR CFW. You will NOT be able to downgrade until an exploit for the new update is found. THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO SOUNDHAX. If you are using Soundhax to do ACNL edits, or other game edits, you may still do so. Turns out you may want to avoid updating as well for now if you want to continue using Soundhax, per the devs (specifically Smealum, who does the other app payloads if I’m correct). Thanks @capreola. THIS IS FOR PEOPLE LOOKING TO MOVE THEIR 3DS TO CFW. DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU PLAN TO DO SO. If your 3DS is already fully on CFW, you are fine. If you don’t know what CFW is, don’t worry, this post is not for you. But feel free to google. <3

[delia-song]

hello my children this was posted in the middle of the night last night just keeping you guys up to date while I am at work xoxo

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Would you guys be interested if i opened up a hacked town for a few people to come over and get as many bells as they want? Or maybe I could put rare/region exclusive items all over the map and you could take them? idk, just a thought

[gracideagaming]

how do u do the grass deterioration thing i cant see it :-(

I haven’t played around with it myself yet, but as far is I can see it shouldn’t be that hard. Enter the save editor as you would normally do. At the bottom of the ‘’Map’’ tab, under ‘’Grass’’, should be a little map with green and beige colors. Green represents grass and beige represents dirt. You can left-click on the areas you want to have grass and right-click on the areas you want to have dirt. The higher the opacity, the more visible the grass/dirt. You can also use the ‘’Revive +’’ and ‘’Desert -’’ buttons to change the presence of grass on the entire map. The more you click, the more the grass/dirt fades. Hope this was useful!

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Requirements

Nintendo 3DS/XL, New Nintendo 3DS/XL or 2DS at 9.x, 10.0 or 10.1

retail/digital version of AC:NL (if using japanese version, you will also need 1.1 patch)

a HTML5-capable browser (recommended: Firefox)

ConfigurationYou will only need to do this once.

Install ninjhax/tubehax/ironhax, make sure you are installing latest version

Extract Save Data Manager to your SD at sd:/3ds/save_manager

Dump savegame

Open Homebrew Launcher using your desired hack: smealum's hacks / oot3dhax

Run Save Data Manager in Homebrew Launcher

Cycle through your games by pressing left/right on the DPAD and select Animal Crossing: New Leaf, press A

Wait a few seconds, and a black with white text screen will appear

Press A to dump savegame

Press X to exit

Power down the console, take out the SD card and put in the PC

Inject savegame

Open saveDataBackup/garden.dat file with AC:NL Save Editor and edit it to your desire

Save the edited town as saveDataBackup/garden.dat in the SD (make sure you are overwriting the original file)

Make sure the saveDataBackup folder does not contain save files from other games (you will be safe if you didn't use Save Data Manager to dump any other game save)

Insert the SD card in the console

Open Homebrew Launcher using your desired hack: smealum's hacks / oot3dhax

Run Save Data Manager in Homebrew Launcher

Cycle through your games by pressing left/right on the DPAD and select Animal Crossing: New Leaf, press A

Wait a few seconds, and a black with white text screen will appear

Press B to inject the edited savegame

Press X to exit

Run AC:NL and get ingame, your changes should be there!

Important noteThe game has an anti-cheat protection, so you cannot inject an old savegame or another's player savegame.

Make sure you always inject the latest savegame, dump it before editing as it's explained here and you will be fine.

(Credit goes to Marc again)

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How to hack w/ an old firmware

Requirements

old Nintendo 3DS/XL or 2DS at 9.x up to 9.5.0-22 (excluding 9.5.0-12 and 9.5.0-23 or higher)

retail/digital version of AC:NL (if using japanese version, you will also need 1.1 patch)

a HTML5-capable browser (recommended: Firefox)

Configuration

You will only need to do this once.

Open 3DS Internet Browser

Go to Settings (tap on Menu and the wrench icon)

Scroll down to Clear All Save Data and tap it (warning: this will delete all your bookmarks)

Go to http://bit.ly/acnl_hack in your 3DS Internet Browser

Click on RAM > SD

Add this page to your bookmarks (tap on Menu then Add)

Go back and click on SD > RAM

Add this page to your bookmarks (tap on Menu then Add)

Edit both recently added bookmarks and remove the -remove- word in their URLs (including dashes) (go to Bookmarks, tap on the wrench icons next to bookmarks)

Note for old RAM hackers: delete acnl_dump.bin, acnl_injc.bin and acnlram.bin from your SD card. Do not skip this step.

Dump RAM

Run AC:NL in your console and get ingame, making sure you can already move your character

Press home button and open 3DS Internet Browser

Go to Bookmarks and select AC:NL RAM > SD

Wait a few seconds, it will show a green screen, crash and go back to the home menu

(optional) Return back to the game and save (if you don't want to see Resetti later)

Power down the console, take out the SD card and put in the PC

Inject RAM

Open acnlram.bin file with AC:NL Save Editor and edit it to your desire

Save the edited town as acnlram.bin in the SD (make sure you are overwriting the original file)

Insert the SD card in the console

Run AC:NL and get ingame, making sure you can already move your character

Press home button

Go to Bookmarks and select AC:NL SD > RAM

Wait a few seconds, it will show a green screen, crash and go back to the home menu

Return back to the game, go inside your home and then go outside again. Your changes should be there!

Important notesEverytime you want to edit your save you will need to dump it first to the SD.

If you don't do it, you will be injecting old versions of your RAM and that could glitch your savegame later.

Make sure you always inject the latest RAM, dump it before editing as it's explained here and you will be fine.

Also, do not inject a RAM that was dumped using another player. Always inject on the same player. For example, if you dumped RAM using your mayor player, you must inject it using him/her again.

(credit goes to Marc Robledo)