Animal Crossing Map Editor (PC Windows App)

[wraggster]

The map editor is a Windows program that edits the gamesave of the Nintendo DS game "Animal Crossing:Wild World" (or the Japanese version "Oideyo Dobutsu no Mori").

NOTE: You must buy extra hardware so you can backup your game save from the NDS to your PC. If you do not already have a Homebrew capable NDS, please wait.
Action Replay (for GBA+DS, $35) is a cheaper alternative. Unfortunately it does not currently support the AC:WW game (firmware 1.06). If/When they add support, you can use it with the PC Map editor (you don't need the NDS trainer app).

With the map editor, you can customize your inventory, or add additional money ('Bells'). You can customize the world map, placing rocks or trees wherever you want. Also you can leave items laying around to pickup later. You can customize the rooms of your house in traditional and not-so-traditional ways.

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[wraggster]

Hardware Requirements
NDS game "Animal Crossing:Wild World" (or the Japanese version "Oideyo Dobutsu no Mori"). I will use "Animal Crossing" to refer to either.
A way of backing up and restoring your game save !
Currently this requires a homebrew capable NDS.
You can run a backup tool (like ETool) or the NDS Homebrew trainer. Click Here for more info on the Homebrew trainer Click here
If you don't have a homebrew capable NDS, see above for info on Action Replay possibilities.
A Windows PC to run the map editor program (AnimalMap.EXE).

General Installation/Usage Instructions
Download the beta acmapedit01.zip. Unzip it to your PC. Double click on the program (AnimalMap.EXE) to run.
Select a game save to open. This must be a valid Animal Crossing game save (English or Japanese version).
NOTE: I recommend you make a backup copy of this file first.

Perform the desired editing operations described below.
When done, press the "Final Save" button. It will replace the original save file with the changes you have made.
Restore that game save file to your NDS (details will depend on your hardware)
Play the game as you would normally. Changes you have made to your Inventory, cash balance ('Bells'), world map or room layout should appear.

[Hyper Squirrel]

Nice! Finally I can properly edit my town.

[charley88]

i dont understand

[Buttertoast45]

This is a great announcement thanks wraggster

[Omega_2]

Sorry for grave digging but, would this work if the save file is .sav format?

[jaybud4]

Necrophilia is bad.
The only way to know is to try...
I can confirm it does indeed work on a 512 kb .sav file.

[Bernoulli]

this says "I dont understand the save file" on my .sav file

[jaybud4]

this says "I dont understand the save file" on my .sav file

Looks like your flashcart/whatever uses an encryption pattern that's not supported.

[Randa]

This is a great program for the animal crossing fans.