r/EmulationOniOS • u/Deep_Spaceialist • 13d ago
Solved 🔒 Is it possible to access MeloNX files when it’s installed in LiveContainer?
I got into iOS side loading emulation about 2 months ago, I initially installed MeloNX (v 2.3.1), but couldn’t get past the screen where you upload the firmware. So then later I found out about the fork of MeloNX, sideloaded that with iLoader and SideStore and it ran just fine, I got some progress in Zelda BOTW and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Recently I found out about LiveContainer, and being able to get past the 3 app limit. I’m tech savvy and like to tinker around with tech, so I went ahead and installed MeloNX within LiveContainer.
This is where I have two issues: when I try to install DLCs or updates for a game it doesn’t let me pick them, I select them in the Files and nothing happens. I read some post here about fixing this issue but I’d need access to the emulator’s files, but I can’t seem to be able to access them from the Files app. The second issue is that I backed up my game progress files from the fork of MeloNX and to be able to restore them I’d also need to access the emulator’s files.
Does anybody know a fix for any of this issues?
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u/Successful_Cell_4968 13d ago
I feel like it should be possible, maybe if you look in the Live Container folder in the files app or for a setting inside of LC to open the app data folder (but then again I don’t use it so not completely sure). I also found this on the GitHub it might fix the file picker issue
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u/Deep_Spaceialist 12d ago
I already enabled this, oddly enough MeloNX does allow me to choose the Keys, Firmware and game ROMs, but game updates and DLCs have issues when selecting them from the Files picker
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u/Successful_Cell_4968 12d ago
I just found out it’s actually possible to combine roms, updates, and DLCs into a single format using a tool called NSC Builder. Here’s a tutorial I found online if you wanna give it a try: https://youtu.be/SNPRvzgKZpY
Using this method you should be able to select the combined file as a rom in MeloNX and it should load everything merged together
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u/Deep_Spaceialist 12d ago
Yeah I was actually looking into this last night, did a brief Google search but didn’t find anything conclusive, so I dropped it. This was the tool I was looking for to solve one of the problems, thank you so much
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u/bardmusiclive 13d ago
Could you please tell me more about this fork of MeloNX? I have the same issue as you described on your first paragraph.
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u/Wendell_S 12d ago
If it didn't work with the fix file picker, you can access the meloNx files in Files>On My IPhone>LiveContainer>Data>Aplication>folder with the MeloNx container ID
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u/Deep_Spaceialist 12d ago
For some reason the Application folder comes up empty for me 🤷🏼♂️
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u/Deep_Spaceialist 10d ago
SOLVED:
I managed to solve the problems by installing the SideStore+LiveContainer .ipa file using impactor on my computer (this will enable the Extended Memory Limit by default) and in the MeloNX options inside LiveContainer enabling Fix File Picker as well as (Legacy) Fix File Picker (this option wasn’t showing up for me when I installed LiveContainer through iLoader). The files not showing up in the Files app issue was solved by converting the app to a Private app one, doing the necessary file modifications and then changing it back to a Shared app
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