Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Pokemon Model Data and Tools 3DS (2024)

This is a complete list of Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon's Pokemon 3D Model data, including Battle Animations, Shiny Textures, along with tool kits and some other related information.

Download contains the following tools to be used for editing textures:

• HackingToolkit3DS - 3DS RomHacking Tool by Asia81.
• pk3DS 2021/11/05 - Open sourced ROM editor for 3DS games with tools (read more).
• Ohana3DS Rebirth - Compatible with Pokemon USUM/SM provided by Rosieplier. Original by gdkchan (require DirectX).

Below is a step by step guide on how to extract the 3D model/texture from your copy of the game and apply custom models/patch to the game (based on the tutorial by Rosieplier and 3DS Hacks Guide).

1 - Dumping your game

For cartridge dumping:

• Launch GodMode9 by holding Start during boot.
• Navigate to [C:] GAMECART.
• Press A on [TitleID].trim.3ds to select it > NCSD image options... > Build CIA from file.
• The .cia file will be outputted to the /gm9/out/ folder on your SD card.

For digital dumping:

• Launch GodMode9 by holding Start during boot.
• Hover over [A:] SYSNAND SD.
• Hold R and press A at the same time to open the drive options.
• Select Search for titles.
• Press A to continue.
• Press A on the .tmd file to select it > TMD file options... > Build CIA (standard).
• The .cia file will be outputted to the /gm9/out/ folder on your SD card.

2 - Extracting your game

• The recommeded tool is HackingToolkit3DS for this purpose.
• Once you are done, move the extracted files to a separate folder.

3 - Getting the files

• Open pk3DS, go to Tools > Misc Tools > (un)Pack+BCLIM.
  • (Optional) For advance usage, go to File > Open.. > select the folder your extracted game is in.
  • This will allows you to edit encounters, trainers, game text and a lot more.
• Go into ExtractedRomFS/a/0/9/.
• Drag the file named 4 to the first box in pk3DS, while holding CTRL.
• A new folder will be created called 4_g. Inside are all the bin files listed below, with 5 digit numbers as their name.

4 - Editing textures

Create custom models/textures/animations:

• Open Ohana3DS, find the Pokemon you want to edit the texture of in the list below.
• Open the texture file of it, then select export all to export them.
• Edit the textures with your favorite paint program.
  • Make sure to keep the correct dimensions or it will not display correctly.
  • Also it is recommended to make two copies, one you can use to restore the original, and one to edit.

Decompress .bin files:

• Once you're done editing, go back to pk3DS, open Tools > Misc Tools > (de)Compress LZ11.
• Go to 4_g and select the texture file of your Pokemon.
• It will say Detected compressed file, click Yes to decompress.
• You will now have one Dec_(filename).bin and (filename).bin. You can delete the original and rename the decompressed file to the original file name.

Import custom textures:

• Go back to Ohana3DS, choose Tools > BCH Texture Replacer > File > Open.
• Change All supported files to All. Open the decompressed .bin file, and the textures will be displayed.
• Click Replace (or Replace all) to import your new textures in .png format.
• Once you have done this, click File > Save and preview. Open the model file of you Pokemon, and ta-dah! Your Pokemon should have a new look.

Repack your .bin files:

• Go back to pk3DS, and select Tools > Misc Tools > (de)Compress LZ11.
• Select the texture file, it will say Decompressed file detected, press No to compress.
• You'll notice it's a .lz instead of .bin, delete the .bin and replace the .lz extension with .bin.
• Now go to Tools > Misc Tools > (un)Pack+BCLIM. Drag the 4_g folder to the second box.
• You should get a 4_g.garc file. Remove _g.grac and you can now use your edits in game.

5 - Using custom textures

• Place your edited 4 into SD:/luma/titles/<titleid>/romfs/a/0/9/.
• If you've done something else like edit Pokemon spawns, do the same thing except for the path of that (use Options/About GARCs in pk3DS for all file locations).
• Restart your 3DS, and hold Select while booting to access Luma3DS's config menu. Tick Enable game patching, then press Start to save your changes.
  • You must be on the lowest version of Ultra Sun for this to work. The newest updates will cause a crash on game boot.
  • Go into System Settings, Data Management, Nintendo 3DS and Add-On Content.
  • Go to Ultra Sun, and it should say Update Data. Delete it, then boot up your game.
• If you have the Pokemon, you should see its brand new texture.
• If you did some other things, go around to where they'd apply and see the magic.
• If you ever want to go online, unfortunately you can't bring ROM hacks to Festival Plaza. You'll have to untick game patching in Luma3DS, and re-update your game, then do the same steps as before to use the ROM hacks again.

Gen 1 to Gen 7 Model Data

On average, there are about 9 files per Pokemon/Form:

• File 1 - Model.
• File 2 - Texture.
• File 3 - Shiny Texture.
• File 4 - Greyscale Texture.
• File 5 - Battle Animations.
• File 6 - Refresh Animations.
• File 7 - Idle, Walk and Run Animations.
• File 8 - Lip Animations.
• File 9 - Empty.

To look for a particular Pokemon, press CTRL+F, and type in the name of your desired Pokemon.

Special Thanks:

• MegaKyurem/Zangoose95 (Editor, inspiration for making this guide).
• SkyTry (Editor).
• Gdkchan (Ohana3DS Rebirth Creator).
• Kaphotics (Pk3DS Creator).

• GBAtemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/wip-ultra-sun-and-ultra-moon-pokemon-models-textures-and-animations.490365
• GitHub - https://github.com/Asia81/HackingToolkit9DS-Deprecated-
• GitHub - https://github.com/gdkchan/Ohana3DS-Rebirth
• Azure DevOps - https://dev.azure.com/project-pokemon/pk3DS/_build?view=runs
• Project Pokemon Forums - https://projectpokemon.org/home/forums/topic/34377-pk3ds-xy-oras-rom-editor-and-randomizer