Extended Banner - Revision history

BattleB: Fixed the rest of the offset values

2020-11-13T17:57:46Z

Fixed the rest of the offset values

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	\| Texture colour format (if texture is used)		\| Texture colour format (if texture is used)
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~0x008~~		\| 0x006
	\| 0x004		\| 0x004
	\| Year to expire		\| Year to expire
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~0x00C~~		\| 0x00A
	\| 0x002		\| 0x002
	\| Month to expire		\| Month to expire
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~0x010~~		\| 0x00C
	\| 0x002		\| 0x002
	\| Day to expire		\| Day to expire
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~0x014~~		\| 0x00E
	\| ~~0x015~~		\| 0x016
	\| Name of texture (if texture is used)		\| Name of texture (if texture is used)
	\|-		\|-

Hyarion: Fixed texture offset

2020-10-08T21:07:36Z

Fixed texture offset

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	\| Plain text comment (255 character max) to be displayed in the banner on the HOME Menu		\| Plain text comment (255 character max) to be displayed in the banner on the HOME Menu
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~0x2A4~~		\| 0x224
	\|		\|
	\| If used, this is where the extra texture is located, otherwise file ends.		\| If used, this is where the extra texture is located, otherwise file ends.

Yellows8: /* SpotPass */

2016-12-31T18:03:02Z

SpotPass

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	When Home Menu loads extended-banners, it also attempts to load a "[[CBMD]]" banner via [[BOSS_Services\|SpotPass]] service commands. Normally this CBMD banner doesn't exist in extended-banner extdata. This is [[BOSS_Services\|broken]] with New3DS titles since Home Menu uses these BOSS commands with the New3DS bitmask in the programID set. The common and language-specific(when offset is non-zero) "CGFX" specified by the CBMD are decompressed and processed.		When Home Menu loads extended-banners, it also attempts to load a "[[CBMD]]" banner via [[BOSS_Services\|SpotPass]] service commands. Normally this CBMD banner doesn't exist in extended-banner extdata. This is [[BOSS_Services\|broken]] with New3DS titles since Home Menu uses these BOSS commands with the New3DS bitmask in the programID set. The common and language-specific(when offset is non-zero) "CGFX" specified by the CBMD are decompressed and processed.

	The "CGFX" sections in this CBMD are actually the exact same exbanners loaded from normal extdata. The exbanner data from SpotPass is stored to the same state as the extdata-exbanners. The exbanners from SpotPass must have a timestamp less than current_datetime, otherwise they won't be parsed. ~~No CWAV~~ is ~~loaded from SpotPass data.~~		The "CGFX" sections in this CBMD are actually the exact same exbanners loaded from normal extdata. The exbanner data from SpotPass is stored to the same state as the extdata-exbanners. No CWAV is loaded from SpotPass data.

			The exbanners from SpotPass must have a timestamp less than current_datetime, otherwise they won't be parsed. The timestamp for the banner is calculated with: <code>nintimestamp_mktime(out, exbanner->year, exbanner->month, exbanner->day, <hour=23>, <minute = 59>, <second = 59>, <millisecond = 999>);</code>

	== Format ==		== Format ==

Yellows8: /* Format */

2016-12-31T17:24:17Z

Format

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	\|}		\|}

	The date used for never-expiring exbanners varies, on retail like with Mii Maker this is December 31, 2099, where year is 0x833, month is 0xC, and day is 0x1F.		The date used for never-expiring exbanners varies, on retail like with Mii Maker this is December 31, 2099, where year is 0x833, month is 0xC, and day is 0x1F. The expiration-timestamp is only used for SpotPass exbanners, not extdata-exbanners.

	== Texture Colour Formats ==		== Texture Colour Formats ==

Yellows8: /* Overview */

2016-12-31T17:20:00Z

Overview

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	See [[Extdata\|here]] for how the extended-banners are loaded from extdata. The Home Menu extended-banner loading function will immediately return without loading anything if the programID is for System Settings.		See [[Extdata\|here]] for how the extended-banners are loaded from extdata. The Home Menu extended-banner loading function will immediately return without loading anything if the programID is for System Settings.

	When Home Menu loads extended-banners, it also attempts to load a [[CBMD]] banner via [[BOSS_Services\|SpotPass]] service commands. Normally this CBMD banner doesn't exist in extended-banner extdata. This is [[BOSS_Services\|broken]] with New3DS titles since Home Menu uses these BOSS commands with the New3DS bitmask in the programID set.		=== SpotPass ===
			When Home Menu loads extended-banners, it also attempts to load a "[[CBMD]]" banner via [[BOSS_Services\|SpotPass]] service commands. Normally this CBMD banner doesn't exist in extended-banner extdata. This is [[BOSS_Services\|broken]] with New3DS titles since Home Menu uses these BOSS commands with the New3DS bitmask in the programID set. The common and language-specific(when offset is non-zero) "CGFX" specified by the CBMD are decompressed and processed.

			The "CGFX" sections in this CBMD are actually the exact same exbanners loaded from normal extdata. The exbanner data from SpotPass is stored to the same state as the extdata-exbanners. The exbanners from SpotPass must have a timestamp less than current_datetime, otherwise they won't be parsed. No CWAV is loaded from SpotPass data.

	== Format ==		== Format ==

Yellows8: /* Overview */

2016-12-27T16:17:52Z

Overview

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	The Extended Banner format is very simple. The Extended Banner is used to add text (and optionally an extra texture) to a given banner. It can also (optionally) be used to set an expiration date for a banner.		The Extended Banner format is very simple. The Extended Banner is used to add text (and optionally an extra texture) to a given banner. It can also (optionally) be used to set an expiration date for a banner.

			See [[Extdata\|here]] for how the extended-banners are loaded from extdata. The Home Menu extended-banner loading function will immediately return without loading anything if the programID is for System Settings.

	When Home Menu loads extended-banners, it also attempts to load a [[CBMD]] banner via [[BOSS_Services\|SpotPass]] service commands. Normally this CBMD banner doesn't exist in extended-banner extdata. This is [[BOSS_Services\|broken]] with New3DS titles since Home Menu uses these BOSS commands with the New3DS bitmask in the programID set.		When Home Menu loads extended-banners, it also attempts to load a [[CBMD]] banner via [[BOSS_Services\|SpotPass]] service commands. Normally this CBMD banner doesn't exist in extended-banner extdata. This is [[BOSS_Services\|broken]] with New3DS titles since Home Menu uses these BOSS commands with the New3DS bitmask in the programID set.

Yellows8: /* Overview */

2016-12-27T16:14:04Z

Overview

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	The Extended Banner format is very simple. The Extended Banner is used to add text (and optionally an extra texture) to a given banner. It can also (optionally) be used to set an expiration date for a banner.		The Extended Banner format is very simple. The Extended Banner is used to add text (and optionally an extra texture) to a given banner. It can also (optionally) be used to set an expiration date for a banner.

	When Home Menu loads extended-banners, it also attempts to load a [[CBMD]] banner via a [[SpotPass]] service ~~command~~. Normally this CBMD banner doesn't exist in extended-banner extdata.		When Home Menu loads extended-banners, it also attempts to load a [[CBMD]] banner via [[BOSS_Services\|SpotPass]] service commands. Normally this CBMD banner doesn't exist in extended-banner extdata. This is [[BOSS_Services\|broken]] with New3DS titles since Home Menu uses these BOSS commands with the New3DS bitmask in the programID set.

	== Format ==		== Format ==

Yellows8 at 00:23, 25 December 2016

2016-12-24T23:23:28Z

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	\|}		\|}

			== Titles using extended banners ==
			System:
			* [[Mii Maker]]
			* [[Face Raiders]]

Yellows8 at 03:44, 24 December 2014

2014-12-24T02:44:33Z

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	The Extended Banner format is very simple. The Extended Banner is used to add text (and optionally an extra texture) to a given banner. It can also (optionally) be used to set an expiration date for a banner.		The Extended Banner format is very simple. The Extended Banner is used to add text (and optionally an extra texture) to a given banner. It can also (optionally) be used to set an expiration date for a banner.

			When Home Menu loads extended-banners, it also attempts to load a [[CBMD]] banner via a [[SpotPass]] service command. Normally this CBMD banner doesn't exist in extended-banner extdata.

	== Format ==		== Format ==

Vgturtle127: Fix date format

2014-11-10T21:19:29Z

Fix date format

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	The date used for never-expiring exbanners varies, on retail like with Mii Maker this is December 31 2099, where year is 0x833, month is 0xC, and day is 0x1F.		The date used for never-expiring exbanners varies, on retail like with Mii Maker this is December 31, 2099, where year is 0x833, month is 0xC, and day is 0x1F.

	== Texture Colour Formats ==		== Texture Colour Formats ==