NOTICE: If you have trouble beyond this, consult the FAQs below!

Requires Luma3DS 8.1+ and Boot9strap

- v10 and V11 are not working correctly at the time of writting this (11.28.2017)​



Layered FS (v1.0.2) - https://bit.ly/2Spuxqp

xDelta (v1.0.1) - http://bit.ly/2zijQw1 ​ c) Our latest patch files

i) Place the Hourglass9.firm onto your SD card, in the ".\luma\payloads" folder​

i) Place the Decrypt9WIP.firm onto your SD card, in the ".\luma\payloads" folder​

a) If you have a Digital Installed version (by any means), use Hourglass9 to extract your CIA.​

i) Hold start, turn on your 3DS, and whe prompted, launch Hourglass9

ii)Open Hourglass9 -> Miscellaneous Options -> SysNAND title to CIA.

iii) Use the arrow keys to find the title ID listed above (/title/00040000/0016AD00)

iv) the CIA should get dumped to your SD card as "000400000016ad00.cia" in the "files9" folder.​

b) If you have an official cartridge, use either Hourglass9 or Decrypt9WIP to dump to a .3DS format.​

i) Insert the cartridge into your 3ds.

ii) Hold start, power on the 3DS, and select either Hourglass9 or Decrypt9WIP when prompted.

iii) Look for the option "Gamecart Dumper Options", and selected to "Dump & Decrypt Cart (trim)".​

c) If you obtained your copy by other means, you need to make sure it is decrypted. Use Decrypt9WIP to do this.​

a) Run the HackingToolkit9DS.exe (from step 1.a) and enter either "D" for your .3ds file, or "CE" for you .cia file. It will then ask for the game file (you put in that directory) without the file extension. ie. if the game was "game.cia", you type the word "game" and press enter.​

i) when asked about decompressing the code.bin, choose "n" for No.​

*** If your extraction fails, make sure you are using v9 of HackingToolkit3DS, and your game dump was decrypted. ***​

a) Once the extraction is complete, open the tool downloaded in step [1.b], called xDelta UI.​

b) Select the "Apply Patch" tab.​

c) For the "Patch", select the "dqmj3.romfs.xdelta" file that we provided you in step [1.c]​

d) For the Source File, select the "DecryptedRomFS.bin" that you just extracted in step [3.a]​

e) For the Output File, select the folder you extracted everything too, and name it "PatchedRomFS.bin"​

f) Click the "Patch" button to finish patching your RomFS.bin file​

*** If it says your have a checksum MD5 mismatch, then your DecryptedRomFS.bin is not valid ***

*** Hackingtoolkit3ds has an option "RFSE", that lets you extract a RomFS. Try running this to see if it says the RomFS is valid ***​

a) Re-run HackingToolkit, and select "RFSE" to open the Rom Extractor.​

b) Choose to extract the "PatchedRomFS.bin" you created in Step [4.d & 4.e], and click "Go".​

c) When this operation complets, it should have extracte to a folder called "PatchedRomFS_". You will now delete the "ExtractedRomFS" folder. Afterwards, rename the "PatchedRomFS_" folder to "ExtractedRomFS". Close the RomFS extractor after this and delete the "PatchedRomFS.bin".​

d) Now choose "CR" to rebuild a .cia, or "R" to rebuild a .3ds. When prompted, name it "DQMJ3-english",​

a) Transfer the newly constructed game file from Step [5.d] to whatever SD card you need it on.​

b) Copy the Luma folder we provided to your SD Card as well.​



Find the following 4 files and move them all to these specific locations on your SD card:



* .\luma\titles\000400000016ad00\romfs\data\Script\Field\Event\A01_02\A01_02.mes

* .\luma\titles\000400000016ad00\romfs\data\Script\Field\Demo\demo851\demo851.mes

* .\luma\titles\000400000016ad00\romfs\data\Message\ItemHelpMessage.mes

* .\luma\titles\000400000016ad00\romfs\data\Message\MenuMessage.mes​ c) Next go, into (now named) "ExtractedRomFS" folder, which contains your extracted, patched files.Find the following 4 files and move them all to these specific locations on your SD card:

a) Press and Hold the "Select" button on your 3ds, and power it on.​

b) When the Luma 3DS Configuration screen appears, you need the following option turned on.​

* Enable Game Patching​

c) Press "Start" to save these configurations, and the 3ds will load as usual.​

a) Launch FBI on your 3DS, and the load the 3ds title keys site on your PC/Phone​

b) Search for 0004000e0016ad00, and then click the "QR Code" Icon for the "Patch". The name should be "更新データ Ver. 1.1 DQM ジョーカー3" and it is serial "CTR-U-BJ3J"​

c) Within FBI, launch the "Remote Install > Scan QR Code" feature, and scan the QR Code. It will prompt you to install titles from the CDN (answer yes to all).​

d) You should now be able to launch version 1.1 of DQM Joker 3 in english, enjoy!​

***to be running on your 3ds **** If you don't have custom firmware: https://3ds.hacks.guide/ * If you're on A9LH, upgrade to B9S: https://3ds.guide/a9lh-to-b9s If you're on a lower version of Luma1) Download the following tools:2) Dumping the Game to a CIA/3DS format3) Extracting the RomFS and other game contents4) Applying the XDelta Patch to the RomFS5) Rebuild the game with patch appliedand if prompted for major/minor versions, select 0 and 0.6) Setting up your SD card7) Setting up Luma 3DS patching (if you haven't already)8) Installing Official Update v1.1