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Team-Xecuter Presents SX INSTALLER v1.0

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

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Theorem said:
Great tool.Tested .nsp install from FTP and it works just fine with one little annoyance - the path is not remembered so i have to enter it again when i quit application.Is it possible to save this?
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To add what SonyUSA said, I've noticed if you're using an installed forwarder for the nro(may just be the one I'm using) it will not properly quit the app hitting B to exit and will reload the app, not saving your settings. My solution for this was opening the nro from sx's app launcher and make your changes then quit the app by pressing B.
 
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Hey,

I just noticed something weird. I had a game which already had an update of 2.4GB installed. I then installed another update for the same game that had a higher version number and expected the free space of my sd card to change just a little as the updates are incremental.

I installed via SX Installer over FTP.

What happened is, that I now have 2.4GB less free space on my SD. Did SX Installer just copy the files from my FTP, install them and don't delete them afterwards? What can I do now to delete the 2.4GB Update? I can't find the file anywhere on my SD
 
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Hey,

I just noticed something weird. I had a game which already had an update of 2.4GB installed. I then installed another update for the same game that had a higher version number and expected the free space of my sd card to change just a little as the updates are incremental.

I installed via SX Installer over FTP.

What happened is, that I now have 2.4GB less free space on my SD. Did SX Installer just copy the files from my FTP, install them and don't delete them afterwards? What can I do now to delete the 2.4GB Update? I can't find the file anywhere on my SD
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Horizon should clean that up on its own eventually.
 
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Can I just use a big USB stick and either put it directly into the switch with a otg adapter, or into the switch dock and install nsp from this source, with SX installer? So that I don't have to reboot every time and put stuff on the microsd.
 
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is there any way that I can transfer files between an external HD connected into the dock, for the switch's SD or internal memory? With the SX Installer.
 
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Ok I just tried to install an nsp from my USB stick with otg adapter, connected Directly to switch, SX installer won't detect the stick, just shows empty folder. Does it need to be formatted in a certain way? Maybe exfat? Pretty sure it's ntfs.

Edit, äh yeah. Ntfs works. Even directly in SX launcher, not even need for installer.
 
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So how does installing from https work? Like i can just copy paste a download link and it will start downloading and installing? I dont own sx os but am curious
 
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Don Jon said:
So how does installing from https work? Like i can just copy paste a download link and it will start downloading and installing? I dont own sx os but am curious
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Probably, yeah. Need to have a way to host the file tho. Pretty sure direct dropbox links would work (they did with FBI on 3DS), but it's kind of a hassle to enter those links. On 3DS I just created a QR code and scanned it.
 
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blawar said:
The switch's operating system
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Ok so this is definitely a bug. If you install an update via FTP while there you already installed an update for the same game SX INSTALLER does take up the space for the new update completely. It does not free up any space that is not needed for the older update. Strange..

Example:

- Bomberman update 2.0 is 2 GB
- Update 2.2 is 2.7 GB
- Game takes up 3.7 GB with Update 2.0 included
- SX INSTALLER shows 2.8 GB of free space on SD
- After installation of v2.2 with SX INSTALLER over FTP: Switch settings Show 3.8 GB dir the Game with the update included and free Space on SD shown in settings and SX INSTALLER is 683 MB
 
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A kind of stupid question maybe, but the retroarch site states when using the N64 core, you better install the NSP of retroarch because of memory limitations in devmenu. Is that still true when launching retroarch within SX or is it a completely different thing? Can I use the nro instead, for N64?
 
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Can you copy from SD card to USB ?
Also I have hooked my nas via FTP can see files, but when I try to copy them across they don’t seem to come across
 
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Can you copy from SD card to USB ?
Also I have hooked my nas via FTP can see files, but when I try to copy them across they don’t seem to come across
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I successfully copy my xci from my nas ftp to sd card, and also install nsp directly from there (all connected using ethernet ~40MB/s). Keep in mind that when copying files there are no signs; the ui will freeze during the copy and will unlock when it finishes.
 
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Cyanopsis said:
A kind of stupid question maybe, but the retroarch site states when using the N64 core, you better install the NSP of retroarch because of memory limitations in devmenu. Is that still true when launching retroarch within SX or is it a completely different thing? Can I use the nro instead, for N64?
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It's still true, n64 games for now need the nsp version to perform adequately. SX Installer should maybe have an option where you can direct the forwarder yourself rather than it just looking in default locations and finding the nro.
 
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It's still true, n64 games for now need the nsp version to perform adequately. SX Installer should maybe have an option where you can direct the forwarder yourself rather than it just looking in default locations and finding the nro.
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Thanks man!
 
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noreason4 said:
Ok so this is definitely a bug. If you install an update via FTP while there you already installed an update for the same game SX INSTALLER does take up the space for the new update completely. It does not free up any space that is not needed for the older update. Strange..

Example:

- Bomberman update 2.0 is 2 GB
- Update 2.2 is 2.7 GB
- Game takes up 3.7 GB with Update 2.0 included
- SX INSTALLER shows 2.8 GB of free space on SD
- After installation of v2.2 with SX INSTALLER over FTP: Switch settings Show 3.8 GB dir the Game with the update included and free Space on SD shown in settings and SX INSTALLER is 683 MB
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It is not a bug, all title installer's do this. Horizon should eventually delete the files. Though it is possible to delete the files immediately to free the space up more quickly.
 
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It is not a bug, all title installer's do this. Horizon should eventually delete the files. Though it is possible to delete the files immediately to free the space up more quickly.
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Do you know how I can clean it up immediately? I had this issue with Splatton 2 and Super Bomberman. I completely deleted Super Bomberman and installed only the game and the newest update. The deletion of the game though the settings App freed up the space I lost. This did not work for Splatton 2 though. There are still roughly 2.4 GB missing. Thanks :)
 
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SX installer doesn't let me install my nsp files from usb, it's a flash drive with exfat
my microSD card on switch is FAT32
when i try to install it says NCA error.
 

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