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For cia installation, transfer the cia file to the SD card and install it with a cia installer such as FBI. For Rosalina-based Homebrew Launcher, transfer the 3dsx file to /3ds/ on the SD card. Hax-based Homebrew Launchers are not supported by Checkpoint. How To Use 3ds to CIA converter 1) Put your 3DS video games into ‘roms’ folder and press ‘Produce ncchinfo.bin data’ switch to develop ‘ncchinfo.bin’ from 3DS ROMs. 2) Make Use Of GodMode9 in addition to developed ‘ncchinfo.bin’ to produce ExHeader XORpads, put it in origin of SD card, launch GodMode9 as well as comply with. Select target format and click 'Convert'. 3DS conversion takes a few seconds. 📱 Can I use 3DS converter on iPhone or iPad? Yes, you can convert 3DS files from iPhone, iPad and other mobile devices, because AnyConv 3DS Converter is a multi-platform web service. This is a very simple batch file to decrypt CIA & 3DS files for beginner, the CIA will be decrypted and converted to CCI or only be decrypted CIA which able to install in Citra. GitHub: Register or Signin to view external links. Please use legal way to get game files before use this pack. Usage: Put XXX.cia and XXX.3ds games, DLC & Patch to. .cia - Nintendo 3DS CTR Importable Archive. The CIA data files are related to Nintendo 3DS. CIA file is a Nintendo 3DS CTR Importable Archive. The Nintendo 3DS is a portable game console produced by Nintendo. CIA stands for CTR Importable Archive. This format allows the installation titles to the 3DS.

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How to Transfer 3DS Save Data to Citra

3ds Simple Cia Converter

There are multiple ways to transfer 3DS save data to Citra in a usable form, but the important thing to note is that whatever tool used to get the save data off of the 3DS supports exporting expanded save data. Save data lives in Citra’s emulated SD card directories (user/sdmc/Nintendo 3DS/000...0/000...0/title/[game-TID-high]/[game-TID-low]/data/00000001/).

threeSD

threeSD is a tool written to help import data from your 3DS for Citra more conveniently.

Refer to threeSD Quickstart Guide for importing your installed titles, updates, DLCs, save data, extra data, system files, etc. Note that you’ll still need a hacked 3DS with GodMode9 to obtain your keys so that threeSD can decrypt the data on your SD card.

Checkpoint

As the supported way of transferring save data, Checkpoint is easy to install and use.

Convert Decrypted 3ds To Cia

Required tools

A 3DS with boot9strap installed
Checkpoint.
SD card reader (preferred), or a way to use wireless file transfer

Installing Checkpoint

Download Checkpoint from the link above.
For cia installation, transfer the cia file to the SD card and install it with a cia installer such as FBI. For Rosalina-based Homebrew Launcher, transfer the 3dsx file to /3ds/ on the SD card. Hax-based Homebrew Launchers are not supported by Checkpoint.

Transferring Save Data

3ds Cia Files

Convert 3ds To Cia On Pc

Open Checkpoint. If this is the first time launching Checkpoint, it may take a considerably longer than usual depending on the amount of installed titles.
Highlight the game you want to dump by navigating to it with the D-pad.
Press A and select Backup on the bottom screen. You will be prompted Yes or No. Select Yes by pressing A.
You will have the option to name the save folder. Name it whatever you want or use the name given to it. Press OK on the bottom screen.
The top screen will flash a message Success! Progress correctly saved to disk. Exit out of Checkpoint.
Transfer all files located in /3ds/Checkpoint/saves/[Game Name]/[Folder created in Step 4] to the computer.
Place the files in Citra’s emulated SD card’s save directory. You can open the save directory by right-clicking on a game in Citra and clicking “Open Save Data Directory”. If the directory doesn’t exist, start the game once and the directory will be created.