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 (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. As an alternative, you can press the START button where you can reboot your console or relaunch HOME menu. On *hax 2.x, it is not possible to go back to the 3DS HOME menu using the HOME button.

The SELECT button stars/unstars the currently selected homebrew application. Hbmenu supports starring applications, so that they are shown at the beginning of the list. Use the C-Stick alternatively on New 3DS to scroll the list of applications. Use the D-Pad, Circle Pad or the touchscreen to select an application, and press A or touch it again to start 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. cia extension - these are not homebrew executables that can be loaded using hbmenu. Note that you may encounter files with the. Support for this entrypoint is deprecated and may be removed in a future release.ģDS homebrew is built and distributed as executables with the.

Legacy *hax 2.x: This is a now-obsolete homebrew loading system that only provides limited access to 3DS system resources, as it only attacks a low privilege level.

For more information read the Rosalina documentation.

Luma3DS Rosalina (recommended): Works on all system versions from 4.0 onwards it provides unrestricted access to 3DS system resources as well as nice extra features such as remote debugging (GDB).

It is essentially a graphical shell around an existing homebrew loading mechanism. The Homebrew Launcher (hbmenu for short) is the main menu used to list and launch homebrew applications.

Homebrew launcher 3ds