Welcome to my blog! Everyday is christmas here for a reason, the birthday of someone very important. I just mainly write about updates concerning my personal life. Artwork done by deviantart.com/tigerfog
- Snowflake HTML effect reintroduced! Thank you CSS
- Pages updated
- Added Embedded Chat in "Chat" page. Removed old Mibbit chat feature.
- "Chat" page info updated.
- Attempted to make customized mobile theme with snow effect and change cursor. Did not work. Lol. Will remain the way it is for now.
I don't have much to write about 2023 other than a few personal things not proceeding quickly enough in my life, but I am making progress. I will dedicate myself, that is a statement of faith and action. "You move on from here" ~ Walter White, BB minisode 2
For now, I just wanted to share a few things I found interesting if you happen to have a custom firmware 2ds/3ds. Firstly, since Nintendo has always been known to double down on copyright/piracy related features of their brands/franchises, efforts have been made to counteract those company decisions.
With Nintendo's Wii U and 3ds Eshop discontinuation [Source], I thought I'd share an alternative since FreeShop (pirate Eshop) had been banned back in 2018 apparently. It should be noted there apparently is a way of avoiding getting banned from your 3ds (mainly involving not including using a CFW app on your "favourite game" option on your friends profile), but it seems its really unlikely you'll be in any kind of trouble from users I've heard from.
It's actually great Nintendo left a security measure that can be easily breached for Nintendo 3ds users to have a custom firmware installed while also having the online playability feature. An aspect of this console that is greatly superior to that of the Switch. Also apparently not even needing new hardware to unlock it (with some new methods). Just beware to always install the latest Luma update before updating your 3ds if a new update is released. (the Luma updater app doesn't seem to be working, might be discontinued, so better do it manually). There are plenty of videos about it, but basically if you see a new update prompt on your 3ds, go to the official Github Luma page first, download the newest Luma files and paste and overwrite them to the current ones in your SD, then you may update safely.
Here's a tip, if you need to manually download anything to your 3ds without the luxury of a QR code directly, use an FTP app, there are plenty of them and lots of tutorials on Youtube out there as well. Android apps like FTPcafe will help you get it done without needing a computer.
Now on the good stuff. I present to you:
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A little preview of their Home page tells you what's up:
They are a game preservation service, find anything from Games, DLCs, Updates, have a discord server for management and troubleshooting and all of their games can be downloaded in QR codes. I haven't even told you the best part. They have their own app now, click on that "Download 3hs" link right there, open the FBI app, scan it and voila. No more downloading .cia files to the sd card from the computer. This is unbeliavable.
Also another thing I'd like to share is Theme Plaza. Really neat website, using the Homebrew Anemonae app to download the QR codes presented for each custom theme in this library is simply the easiest way to do this and I'm so thankful it exists. I shouldn't go too deep into how to do it exactly, but as always, tons of Youtube tutorials out there, if not with the already clear instrustions on the website or the app to do it yourself. If you want to change something specific from a theme, you're gonna need to download a theme editor program like the Usagi 3ds Theme Editor. Again, you're gonna need help with online how-to's for this. But basically all you additionally need is merely 2 images and a music that loops. Here's a few "Disgaea" search bar results: (Yes I'm a big Prinny/EtnaxLaharl fan)
Ah, one last REALLY important thing. I nearly got my 2ds XL bricked because of some thing not many people are aware of. So here is your WARNING : If you get an error message right after downloading a theme and you can't seem to be able to turn your 3ds on without leaving that error code screen, the theme is corrupted somehow (no shit) and you need to remove your SD card, boot it up, put it back in just so you can change the theme back to a normal one temporarily. No, deleting the theme folder will not fix it.
Had to find it out the hard way as I was in the middle of the night using the Godmode9 trying to rename files here and there to get it to work. Basically what happened is in some cases, your console will not turn on without an SD card in the slot. What you have to do is basically copy the boot.firm file in the root of your SD and paste it to the "CTRL SYSNAND" directory. I don't think you can do this without a CFW feature like Godmode9, so please make sure you have it installed.
Anyway, I'll be leaving now. Guess I have done the monthly blog post. God bless you all, I've been busy with some birthdays, helping out some other family deals and going to the beach. It's all a bit stressful and I easily got dissappointed in myself by getting lazy again, but we're back on track. Work, exercise, sleep, responsabilities, healthy eating... We're slowly building new habits. Something helped clear my mind about that and it was this YT channel called Better Ideas. Please check him out if you're still also having a bit of trouble getting your life in order. Anyway, peace out!
