Help with EasyRPG for 3DS

Ninjacat · October 15, 2025, 4:20pm

When attempting to launch the player, the bottom screen flashes through multiple different colors, before stopping at a bright red, which it will stay on until I force power down the console.

I am on an O3ds with firmware 11.0.0-33U, and running the .3dsx via the homebrew launcher 2.4.3 via the music player exploit. (*Hax 2.8)

I have followed the installation instructions to the best of my ability, but they weren’t very clear. I have places the RTP in both the easyrpg and “Data” folder.

carstene1ns · October 16, 2025, 9:38pm

Hi,
is there a reason, why you do not use a CFW (Luma) on your 3DS?
We do not test without it anymore, so it likely is broken for a while now.

Ninjacat · October 20, 2025, 7:35pm

The last time I tried to install a CFW (Luma+Rosalina), my 3DS became almost completely unresponsive, and the only thing I was actually able to do was toggle the power light, and uninstall it.

Any further attempts to install a cfw have resulting in, well, nothing. No error, it just sends me back to the homebrew launcher, but this probably isn’t about that.

What’s the last version of EasyRPG for 3DS that HAS been tested without a CFW? If one is required, it would be nice for it to actually say so.

carstene1ns · October 20, 2025, 8:53pm

Just because it is not tested without CFW, does not mean it is required.
However, we cannot tell you what is the problem in your case, since we do not have the same setup. I think it is a good idea and I will add a word about CFW on the download page.

I remember there were problems with memory access for early homebrew, this might be the same problem. The homebrew menu README actually warns about this in the first paragraph:

github.com/devkitPro/3ds-hbmenu

README.md

master

# The Homebrew Launcher

#### Presentation

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

- [Luma3DS Rosalina](https://github.com/LumaTeam/Luma3DS) **(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). For more information read the [Rosalina documentation](https://github.com/LumaTeam/Luma3DS/wiki/Rosalina).
- [Legacy \*hax 2.x](https://smealum.github.io/3ds/): 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. Support for this entrypoint is deprecated and may be removed in a future release.

3DS homebrew is built and distributed as executables with the `.3dsx` extension. Note that you may encounter files with the `.cia` extension - these are **not** homebrew executables that can be loaded using hbmenu.

#### Usage

To install hbmenu, simply copy `boot.3dsx` to the root of your SD card. If you are using a recent version of [Luma3DS](https://github.com/LumaTeam/Luma3DS) you probably already have a copy of hbmenu installed, as it comes bundled with it.

Use the D-Pad, Circle Pad or the touchscreen to select an application, and press A or touch it again to start it. Use the C-Stick alternatively on New 3DS to scroll the list of applications.

hbmenu supports starring applications, so that they are shown at the beginning of the list. The SELECT button stars/unstars the currently selected homebrew application.

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

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Before 0.8.1 we have shipped an xml file to select a target application (so the memory problem could be mitigated), but this is untested and likely broken as well.

Ghabry · October 21, 2025, 11:35am

The XML file tells the homebrew launcher to inject in the YouTube app because it is large enough to fit our application.

But as c1 said this is untested since a long time.

When custom firmware hangs your system try with a different SD card. Maybe it is faulty.