I’m looking for something to download er… stuff… directly on the switch, but not tinfoil or not blawar related. Does something like that exists?

  • Leilys@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Curious to see this myself. AFAIK tinfoil is the easiest way, but some people are wary of its closed source nature.

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      1 year ago

      There’s not many good options to be honest. The best installers, DBI and Tinfoil, are both slightly shady/closed source. The next best option is Awoo and Tinleaf, but those don’t have MTP Responder and can’t properly install block-compressed nszs.

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      1 year ago

      I’m just really not clear how to get in. Seems they want some dlc codes as contributions but I have no clue how to obtain those to get access.

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        1 year ago

        It’s become pretty strict due to legal concerns, but there was a shop that was giving out access to new accounts during their anniversary event recently so that could be something to look out for. I think Neko’s homebrew store is still available to add onto Tinfoil but you likely won’t find official games there.

        If you’re lucky enough to have some missing DLC though, then definitely feel welcome to contribute to preservation efforts.

        There are sites where you can download the game files and install via tools like Goldleaf or Tinfoil. Both seem to support installation over USB cable, so you just have to connect it to your PC and run the tool to install things.

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    1 year ago

    Possible, but you’ll need to use torrents, DDL sites, or usenet. rutracker.org has lots of switch roms, and 1337x.to have some as well.

    For shitty ddl options, we’ve got nsw2u.com and nxbrew, but you need to make sure you have uBlock Origin and FastForward extensions. JDownloader2 can also help, since you can grab the shortlinks to the rom files, plug them into JD2, and JD2 will automatically grab the file and bypass the redirects.

    You could grab nszs/nsps at the above locations and then use DBI MTP to install the nsp directly to your switch from a PC.

    See here for a guide: https://rentry.org/NSUSBInstall/#dbi-installer-mtp

    If you can donate a missing dump to get access to Pro Shops, you will also get access to Neko Drive, which is another great source of games, served directly from Google Drive, no Tinfoil shops or blawar software needed.

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      1 year ago

      Too bad they closed Pro Shops for new users, because missing dumps are de facto an entry barrier

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        1 year ago

        Oh for sure. Missing dumps are hard to get, but you may be able to do it by visiting the Teknik discord server and securing a new game that comes out.

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          1 year ago

          Wait can you do that? I didn’t know that was possible, but now that I think about it doesn’t seem easier, it will be a wild race against other users wanting to join the Pro Shops as well

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            1 year ago

            It’s not easy, no. It’s possible though. From what I heard from another guy that has access to pro shops, a couple new people get pro access every day. It won’t be super easy, but definitely doable.