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NetPass 2.0: Now with SpotPass!
Soru is happy to announce that NetPass 2.0 is out now, which adds support for SpotPass. The main focus here is the delivery of user-generated content via SpotPass, think: Swapdoodle, Tomodachi Life travelers updates, etc.
For this to work, soru had to implement some shells of an NEX gameserver, mainly the Datastore module, as this is what SpotPass/BOSS uses for this dynamic content. It is implemented in a general enough way that it should work with all SpotPass titles that utilise this, however fully tested currently only with Swapdoodle, Swapnote/Letterbox and Tomodachi Life. Would be really happy to hear about other titles where it works / might not work.
Now, you can't add SpotPass support without doing something with the static files that Nintendo used to serve, for officially distributed content! For that soru is happy to announce that the groundwork for that has also been made, in big parts thanks to RSM. While NetPass currently does not distribute any such content, we can add that at any point, as that only requires a server-side update. So look out to what will happen in the future!
In addition to SpotPass support, NetPass 2.0 also revives all the image share buttons throughout the 3DS and its games: Be it the one on the home screen, the one within Tomodachi Life or any other one! This works by re-directing to a self-hosted instance of ImageShare by Corbindavenport.
To use both SpotPass and the new image share revival, installation of new patches is required. But don't worry, it is just as easy as before: The app will prompt you to install those.
In addition to these big changes, there are also some nice quality of life fixes by silentium. Namely, the loading indicator on the lower screen as NetPass fetches passes, stutter-free music and more!
Lastly, there are also bug fixes and thelike, as usual.
To get the new update, simply open NetPass and it should prompt you to install it! If that does not work, you can update NetPass via Universial Updater, scan the QR code on our website or download the 3dsx/cia manually there.
So, now that we got this far, you might wonder, what's next? Sorus plans for NetPass are far from over, actually. For example, there isn't any "official" content being distributed via SpotPass yet. Plus, a GUI update is still planned.
The time with NetPass has seriously been amazing so far, thank you so much everyone. Never did soru think that her small hobby project would end up getting this big, yet here we are! NetPass originally just started because soru wanted to play around with StreetPass, but quickly realised that to make that more natural, she had to revive it in a way that others would want to use it, too. And now SpotPass is here, this is just increadible. Also, hovering around 22k monthly active users is just mind-blowing, imagine the population of a small city uses NetPass every month. Only you don't have to imagine, it is actually happening! Seriously, thank you so much everyone.
We also have a discord community! https://netpass.cafe/discord
If you want to help the project financially, you can do so via our website after logging in (the first login has to be with a 3DS, afterwards you can link more accounts). For just 5€/mo you can also have the server automatically flag your Mii as special, if you so desire.
If you want to do an anonymous donation or don't like doing it via the website, you can also donate via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/Sorunome
That's it from soru. She hopes you'll try this out and enjoy it!
Soru is happy to announce that NetPass 2.0 is out now, which adds support for SpotPass. The main focus here is the delivery of user-generated content via SpotPass, think: Swapdoodle, Tomodachi Life travelers updates, etc.
For this to work, soru had to implement some shells of an NEX gameserver, mainly the Datastore module, as this is what SpotPass/BOSS uses for this dynamic content. It is implemented in a general enough way that it should work with all SpotPass titles that utilise this, however fully tested currently only with Swapdoodle, Swapnote/Letterbox and Tomodachi Life. Would be really happy to hear about other titles where it works / might not work.
Now, you can't add SpotPass support without doing something with the static files that Nintendo used to serve, for officially distributed content! For that soru is happy to announce that the groundwork for that has also been made, in big parts thanks to RSM. While NetPass currently does not distribute any such content, we can add that at any point, as that only requires a server-side update. So look out to what will happen in the future!
In addition to SpotPass support, NetPass 2.0 also revives all the image share buttons throughout the 3DS and its games: Be it the one on the home screen, the one within Tomodachi Life or any other one! This works by re-directing to a self-hosted instance of ImageShare by Corbindavenport.
To use both SpotPass and the new image share revival, installation of new patches is required. But don't worry, it is just as easy as before: The app will prompt you to install those.
In addition to these big changes, there are also some nice quality of life fixes by silentium. Namely, the loading indicator on the lower screen as NetPass fetches passes, stutter-free music and more!
Lastly, there are also bug fixes and thelike, as usual.
To get the new update, simply open NetPass and it should prompt you to install it! If that does not work, you can update NetPass via Universial Updater, scan the QR code on our website or download the 3dsx/cia manually there.
So, now that we got this far, you might wonder, what's next? Sorus plans for NetPass are far from over, actually. For example, there isn't any "official" content being distributed via SpotPass yet. Plus, a GUI update is still planned.
The time with NetPass has seriously been amazing so far, thank you so much everyone. Never did soru think that her small hobby project would end up getting this big, yet here we are! NetPass originally just started because soru wanted to play around with StreetPass, but quickly realised that to make that more natural, she had to revive it in a way that others would want to use it, too. And now SpotPass is here, this is just increadible. Also, hovering around 22k monthly active users is just mind-blowing, imagine the population of a small city uses NetPass every month. Only you don't have to imagine, it is actually happening! Seriously, thank you so much everyone.
We also have a discord community! https://netpass.cafe/discord
If you want to help the project financially, you can do so via our website after logging in (the first login has to be with a 3DS, afterwards you can link more accounts). For just 5€/mo you can also have the server automatically flag your Mii as special, if you so desire.
If you want to do an anonymous donation or don't like doing it via the website, you can also donate via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/Sorunome
That's it from soru. She hopes you'll try this out and enjoy it!
