Added support for 3dslink server option (requires 3dslink 0.6.1, available via devkitPro pacman).

Homebrew Launcher for Nintendo 3DS ( Kevin Muldoon) You can use the Start key to reboot your console or relaunch Home menu instead. On *hax 2.x, it is not possible to go back to the 3DS Home menu with the Home key. Select - Star/unstar currently selected homebrew application Please refer to the repository of more information.ĭ-Pad/Circle Pad or Touchscreen - Navigate and select an applicationĬ-Stick (n3DS) - Scroll the list of applications. Hbmenu contains support for the 3dslink protocol, which allows you to remotely load applications. 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. Name to display Description of homebrew app Name of the author Īrguments are space or tab separated but can use single or double quotes to contain whitespace. path to smdh icon data Place arguments to be passed to 3dsx here. 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.

You can use the starring feature to bookmark applications, so that they are shown at the beginning of the list. It is recommended that you instead use a file transfer homebrew application such as ftpd to transfer files without rebooting. Please keep in mind that you should not hotswap the SD card while hbmenu is running, since it compromises the 3DS OS's stability amongst other things. If hbmenu does not find an icon file (either embedded in the executable or provided separately) to associate with a given 3dsx, it will display a default icon and the path to the executable as a fallback. | |-Checkpoint/ (this folder will be detected as an application bundle) Here is an example directory structure that hbmenu will have no trouble recognizing:

Additionally, folders containing a 3dsx file with the same name as the folder (or alternatively boot.3dsx) will be detected as an application bundle folder, and it will be presented as a single icon that can directly launch the application. You can navigate the directory tree and open/browse folders as you would expect. Hbmenu starts in the sdmc:/3ds/ directory for applications and it will look for 3dsx files inside it. If you are using a recent version of Luma3DS you probably already have a copy of hbmenu installed, as it comes bundled with it.

To install hbmenu, simply copy boot.3dsx to the root of your SD card.

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