It was teased in the 'Features Showcase' video released by TX earlier this week, but now its available to download!

As you all know by now, when TX released their SX OS v2.4 earlier this week, there was a video released alongside it, and in it people quickly noticed there was a new app called 'SX Installer', well it was not fully ready then, but now is available for all to enjoy!

After a successful SX OS launch earlier this week (to support firmware v6.2) many of our users were asking where the SX Installer was that was teased in our new 'Features Showcase' video that was also released. ​

With great excitement we present to you SX Installer v1.0 – Now Available for download at: –> sx.xecuter.com

This full featured app takes care of installs and so much more! In fact, an overview manual is now being prepared along with screenshots and detailed information on how you can better utilize all of the features we have packed into it.

This manual will be available on our SX Portal page when it is completed, in the meantime we have opened up a dedicated 'support forum' for the app, and have decided to release it now, to get it in the hands of our loyal SX OS users so you can right away start enjoying the many functions and features it has to offer.

Basically, at its core SX Installer is an advanced NSP Installer, that allows you to simply list, view, in one easy step, automatically install all your NSPs, along with the matching Game Updates, and DLC Packages, and these can be search and grabbed from many locations, including: FTP, HTTP, NUT Server (separate app on your PC), SD, USB HDD and NAND.

But that is not all it can do, as you can see from the quick overview below of the main functions. SX Installer has the ability to directly launch XCI games, and even launch your Classic Retro 'Game ROMs' for various different emulators installed, and of course your favorite homebrew apps. It even has a built-in file browser!

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PLEASE NOTE: (currently .xci launching is only supported in firmware 5.x or below – 6.x support is on it's way!)

To get started, unpack the downloaded sxinstaller.zip and move all of the contents to the root of your SD card. The "sx.nro" file should be stored in /switch/sx/

Below is just a quick overview of the main functions of our SX Installer App:

• Ability to show titles in table view, or icon cover view.
• Install NSP's from FTP, HTTP, NUT, SD, USB HDD, and NAND.
• Ignores firmware requirement when installing.
• Ability to queue multiple title installs.
• Ability to search titles.
• Ability to list and delete tickets.
• Ability to export all title keys installed on the system.
• Ability to overclock to install faster in some situations.
• UI Translation into 12 languages.
• Title meta-data translation into 12 languages.
• Downloads and displays game artwork (internet connection required).
• Ability to list, view, and delete application records (lets you uncleanly forcibly uninstall a DLC or update)
• Ability to list installed titles, and launch them (launching is 5.x and below only)
• Ability to list XCI's mount them, and auto-launch (launching is 5.x and below only)
• Ability to list and install new games available, with the option to install all new games
• Ability to automatically install the latest patch and all DLC with a game.
• Ability to protect users from running malicious unsigned code accidentally by blocking all unsigned code installation unless explicitly enabled.
• Ability to list and install newer updates available for your game(s), with the option to install all updates
• Ability to list and install newer DLC available for your game(s), with the option to install all DLC
• Ability to list all incomplete installs (like when the SD gets corrupted, or you swap SD cards without copying data), with option to reinstall all of them.
• Ability to list and launch NES, SNES, N64, GB, GBA, SMS, SG, SCD, GG, and SG1000 RetroArch games.
• List and launch Homebrew apps
• File browser that lets you explore your file systems, delete files (SD only), and copy files (only SD is writable)

That's it for now! Have fun diving into all the cool features this app has to offer. Keep your eyes peeled for the full manual. It will be posted as soon as it's ready!

–< Team-Xecuter – Rocking the Switch in 2018 and beyond! >–​

Source: MaxConsole

 

[Reecey]

Wow this is some seriously good S**T! Whoever worked behind the scenes on this app I have the upmost admiration for thank you.

 

[blawar]

Where is this pulling update data from for:

• Ability to list and install newer updates available for your game(s), with the option to install all updates

Where does this download the updates/dlc from? I hope this doesn't get me banned.

From FTP, HTTP, SD, etc locations that you have configured. It does not download from the CDN and thus cannot get you banned.

 

[V-Temp]

From FTP, HTTP, SD, etc locations that you have configured. It does not download from the CDN and thus cannot get you banned.

Just checking, had it been the latter would have advised a major disclaimer.

 

[GraFfiX420]

Nice job on the installer TX! Quick question, I see no xci support yet, I assume this will have no effect on my ability to load xci through the old menu, correct?

 

[Reecey]

Where does this download the updates/dlc from? I hope this doesn't get me banned.

Hmm? Good point I would like to know this also is it using your own certificates to grab this contents, if so a ban would be likely.

 

[Captain_N]

will you be supporting installing from a windows SMB share?

 

[blawar]

Nice job on the installer TX! Quick question, I see no xci support yet, I assume this will have no effect on my ability to load xci through the old menu, correct?

It has XCI support. If you dont see the XCI window, then it did not find any XCI's. Look in your file browser window for a list of the locations it is looking in. You can also add new locations there.

 

[GraFfiX420]

It has XCI support. If you dont see the XCI window, then it did not find any XCI's. Look in your file browser window for a list of the locations it is looking in. You can also add new locations there.

I'm looking for split xci for fat32, should have been more clear.

 

[morvoran]

Other than the TX theme, is there any difference between this and DZ tinfoil v0.99? Just curious if this is an updated version or if I should just keep tinfoil for now.

 

[stewacide]

From FTP, HTTP, SD, etc locations that you have configured. It does not download from the CDN and thus cannot get you banned.

Are you sure? I just installed Gris and checked the download update/dlc check out of curiosity and it proceeded to download a bunch of stuff, although the installed game reports v.1.0

Edit -- It could just be that it calls its installing "downloading" and the install speed "download speed" for some strange reason.

 

[blawar]

Are you sure? I just installed Gris and checked the download update/dlc check out of curiosity and it proceeded to download a bunch of stuff, although the installed game reports v.1.0

Edit -- It could just be that it calls its installing "downloading" and the install speed "download speed" for some strange reason.

I am sure.

 

[guitarheroknight]

How do you list the SNES, GBA, GBC... roms?

 

[Volthax]

Thank you GaryOPA, good job on the hard work!

 

[blawar]

Sx Installer, which is based off blawar's work, which m4xw has pointed out has the same types of exceptions in tinfoil/hactool (and therefore could only be based on that code), is being distributed as a xecuter product. I am aware Adubbz said its not based on his code, but if thats the case then why is there clear proof that the same exceptions are being used? Are we really to believe that when blawar created DZ he browsed through tinfoils code and *only* used the *exact* error handling phrases and nothing else? That would be the only logical explanation that I could come up with how such a incidence could occour, and that seems as ridiculous an explation as ever.

Its also apparent that he has expanded upon tinfoils original codebase to add a lot of features that a specific demographic really enjoy's, making it a more feature-rich experience for these xecuter users.

If you support piracy, then the argument that licenses were violated probably don't matter to you. If you don't support piracy then you probably will care that blawar violated an open source license agreement to create and distribute this software. Also of note is the source for this has never been provided, which is in of itself highly suspicious.

Add in a 3rd not discussed element, which is the fact that blawar likely profited off this exchange by selling his source to xecuter. We will never know since he would never admit to such a thing, but since I've worked in the background with developers (including xecuter) for a few decades in this scene, I am aware of how this sort of normally occurs. Xecuter regularly offers money to developers to provide to xecuter on a contractual basis so that they can tie down these projects to be specific to the xecuter platform. Xecuter offered the same to m4xw for a retroarch build and im aware of many others who got simliar offers over the years.

Are we really to believe business as usual did not happen here? Lets explore the assumption that blawar freely gave his source to xecuter. People buy products based on feature sets. If xecuter buys a software that violated a license to provide these features, then xecuter is profiting off each sale by using free open source tools with specific parameters meant to avoid exactly this. Which is in itself piracy.

So while this is a nuanced and complicated discussion, it basically boils down to these two scenarios -

I pirate games and I DGAF what xecuter does, because my morals in this regard are limited.

I don't pirate games and I only use my switch for homebrew and want to see the open source culture perpetuated with proper credit towards those hard working devs who made the source public in the first place.

I apologize to those who liked my original comment to which I've edited. I realized that my original comment was being misconstrued as an endorsement for xecuter products. While I frankly have nuanced views about piracy in general (hint - Its not black and white and what academic research we have supports the notion that console piracy actually increases sales, not hurts it), I don't have to struggle to understand that violating open source licenses harms the community in the long run by disenfrancising those open source contributors.

To go on the record, I am in no way endorsing xecuter products. While I (speaking from my personal viewpoint) generally dgaf what you do with your life, I do care when the actions of a for-profit entity are causing recognizable harm to independent not-for-profit developers who contribute their time openly and freely to our community to provide tools that make our switches better.

And if not for these developers, do we really think xecuter would be where it is today? I think the obvious answer is that while they *could* eventually build these toolsets, that it would take time and that the community would have generally outpaced xecuters products.

I would actually have no problem at all (and freely endorse) xecuter products if there were no license violations. Of course, if xecuter didn't violate these licenses, then would they have the customer base they currently do? With xci loading and (I think mostly proper) emunand, I think they would still have a rich and vibrant customer base. Meaning, they could sell products and make money without crapping on the little guys out there who have made their code freely available to the world with only small requests such as proper attribution.

Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't causing harm towards those who are in the right to be offended by xecuter products, since they are victims of license violations.

Also of note is how childish all of this is. Most of these violations could be resolved with simple attribution. Why are people who are making millions of dollars so afraid to give credit where credit is due? That seems pretty goddam childish to me. I would have a lot more respect for xecuter and blawar if they both just said "Yea, I used that code, but most of the additional features are written by me". Not only is it the right and ethical thing to do, its what grown ass men would do. People are so goddamn obsessed with their ego's. Oh noes, what will happen if the public finds out I borrowed some code?!? The entire godddamn world is built off the sweat and labor of the past. Its a part of life and civilization. Refusing to acknowledge this so you can bypass attribution is the height of immaturity.

That was indeed a stealth edit.

Tinfoil was re-licensed under MIT, and hactool is licensed under ISC. So your entire argument is moot, even if every line of code from those two apps was used, the licenses permit their use in a closed source app. That said, it has been publicly stated many times the both hactool and tinfoil code was read and drew inspiration from in the creation of the app.

Another point you are missing: you have no idea which developers were contacted or not contacted, and asked if they wanted to be credited in the app. Not everyone *wants* to be credited in every situation. If you can find a developer whose work you believe was used in violation of a software license, please have them post here.

 

[tinkle]

So this is a solution hardline for the issue of loading 500+ XCI files and having to wait for it to scan every damn time. Nice!

 

[ssssss13]

Does this work with 2.3 SXOS or just with 2,4?

 

[x02a]

Does this work with 2.3 SXOS or just with 2,4?

Works with 2.3...

 

[mixelpixx]

Sx Installer, which is based off blawar's work, which m4xw has pointed out has the same types of exceptions in tinfoil/hactool (and therefore could only be based on that code), is being distributed as a xecuter product. I am aware Adubbz said its not based on his code, but if thats the case then why is there clear proof that the same exceptions are being used? Are we really to believe that when blawar created DZ he browsed through tinfoils code and *only* used the *exact* error handling phrases and nothing else? That would be the only logical explanation that I could come up with how such a incidence could occour, and that seems as ridiculous an explation as ever.

Its also apparent that he has expanded upon tinfoils original codebase to add a lot of features that a specific demographic really enjoy's, making it a more feature-rich experience for these xecuter users.

If you support piracy, then the argument that licenses were violated probably don't matter to you. If you don't support piracy then you probably will care that blawar violated an open source license agreement to create and distribute this software. Also of note is the source for this has never been provided, which is in of itself highly suspicious.

Add in a 3rd not discussed element, which is the fact that blawar likely profited off this exchange by selling his source to xecuter. We will never know since he would never admit to such a thing, but since I've worked in the background with developers (including xecuter) for a few decades in this scene, I am aware of how this sort of normally occurs. Xecuter regularly offers money to developers to provide to xecuter on a contractual basis so that they can tie down these projects to be specific to the xecuter platform. Xecuter offered the same to m4xw for a retroarch build and im aware of many others who got simliar offers over the years.

Are we really to believe business as usual did not happen here? Lets explore the assumption that blawar freely gave his source to xecuter. People buy products based on feature sets. If xecuter buys a software that violated a license to provide these features, then xecuter is profiting off each sale by using free open source tools with specific parameters meant to avoid exactly this. Which is in itself piracy.

So while this is a nuanced and complicated discussion, it basically boils down to these two scenarios -

I pirate games and I DGAF what xecuter does, because my morals in this regard are limited.

I don't pirate games and I only use my switch for homebrew and want to see the open source culture perpetuated with proper credit towards those hard working devs who made the source public in the first place.

I apologize to those who liked my original comment to which I've edited. I realized that my original comment was being misconstrued as an endorsement for xecuter products. While I frankly have nuanced views about piracy in general (hint - Its not black and white and what academic research we have supports the notion that console piracy actually increases sales, not hurts it), I don't have to struggle to understand that violating open source licenses harms the community in the long run by disenfrancising those open source contributors.

To go on the record, I am in no way endorsing xecuter products. While I (speaking from my personal viewpoint) generally dgaf what you do with your life, I do care when the actions of a for-profit entity are causing recognizable harm to independent not-for-profit developers who contribute their time openly and freely to our community to provide tools that make our switches better.

And if not for these developers, do we really think xecuter would be where it is today? I think the obvious answer is that while they *could* eventually build these toolsets, that it would take time and that the community would have generally outpaced xecuters products.

I would actually have no problem at all (and freely endorse) xecuter products if there were no license violations. Of course, if xecuter didn't violate these licenses, then would they have the customer base they currently do? With xci loading and (I think mostly proper) emunand, I think they would still have a rich and vibrant customer base. Meaning, they could sell products and make money without crapping on the little guys out there who have made their code freely available to the world with only small requests such as proper attribution.

Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't causing harm towards those who are in the right to be offended by xecuter products, since they are victims of license violations.

Also of note is how childish all of this is. Most of these violations could be resolved with simple attribution. Why are people who are making millions of dollars so afraid to give credit where credit is due? That seems pretty goddam childish to me. I would have a lot more respect for xecuter and blawar if they both just said "Yea, I used that code, but most of the additional features are written by me". Not only is it the right and ethical thing to do, its what grown ass men would do. People are so goddamn obsessed with their ego's. Oh noes, what will happen if the public finds out I borrowed some code?!? The entire godddamn world is built off the sweat and labor of the past. Its a part of life and civilization. Refusing to acknowledge this so you can bypass attribution is the height of immaturity.

My god the wah-wah is strong with this one. You do know that multiple people arrive at the same conclusion as to how to achieve a goal - especially in software. Holy hell tho -- what is going on with this crap, you must have NO IDEA who Xecuter is, the resume they have, and as such I would advise you to simmer down. So don't sound very smart, we get it it you want to contribute something --- but this ain't it.

Stolen code? When the Author of said stolen code, comes here -- makes a post all by his/her self, explaining what happened -- i would listen.. but you guys who have zero to do with any of it, contribute nothing, develop nothing, fix, nothing -- and just stir shit wanna post this, Mods should be banning your asses till you can grow up.

 

[Volthax]

About Team-Xecuter, there is a reason SciresM or any other developer (such as Tinfoil) takes no action and keeps their mouth shut.
Team-Xecuter pays them for their code just like they tried with Retroarch, so no it is no stolen code but paid for.
Get your facts straight.

 

[wurstpistole]

About Team-Xecuter, there is a reason SciresM or any other developer (such as Tinfoil) takes no action and keeps their mouth shut.
Team-Xecuter pays them for their code just like they tried with Retroarch, so no it is no stolen code but paid for.
Get your facts straight.

Source pls