Awesome! It's about time this got a release thread. In my opinion it's superior to BRM.

 

Woah Woah Woah before I get run over by the hype train what are the requirements firmware wise? And can this be used to lets say install Clean CIA's to sysnand since there globally signed?

 

The requirements are the same as always, basically any firmware capable of running unsigned code, whether it be through Ninjhax on 4.x-9.2, Gateway emuNAND, etc. And yes you should be able to install clean CIA files, even on sysNAND if you run it from there.

On another note, I've put up a download link for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X builds of sockfile.

 

You'll need to patch service access first through some way or another (something like https://github.com/archshift/service-patch, perhaps?), but yes. Note that only properly signed CIAs will work, as Ninjhax does not provide any sort of signature patching.

 

Cool, glad you're officially releasing it now.

To me the biggest feature is sockfile, but I'm wondering if it would have faster transfer speeds than ctrclient or if it's pretty much the exact same?

Either way it should be easier than booting into that buggy cfw mode for transferring files over the internet (sometimes it's easier for me to do things that way, plus it's the only way to fill an SD card fully since installing from the SD requires 2x the space).

Also the built in "press y to find 3DS IP" should be pretty useful for some people, though I already found it pretty easy to look up my 3DS on my router's settings page.

I can't really think of any features that I would want to be added, so overall this seems like "the .cia installer to end all .cia installers".

Good work and I look forward to seeing what you do next, whether it's work on your existing projects or something new.

edit: the only thing I could think of that would be cool to add is a way for sockfile to queue up multiple .cias to install, but I don't know if that's feasible or not.

 

It'll affect whatever NAND is currently running. Palantine CFW redirects NAND to the SD card, so FBI will use the redirected NAND, while PBT-CFW, for example, uses sysNAND, so FBI would use sysNAND.

Not sure whether its faster than ctrclient or not. Large CIA files may take a while, but small ones should be pretty quick.

Also, just so it's clear, pressing Y is also to open it up for network installation, not just to show the IP. You won't be able to install over the network without being on the IP screen.

 

This is really nice. Glad to see something like this. I'm pretty new at C++, and had some code questions. Why did you not just use "using namspace std;" at the head? I see that you used "std::" but I don't see any benefit of doing that

 

No matter what I try sockfile gives a "failed to connect" error.

I highly doubt there is any issue with my network setup, as I can use ctrclient just fine.

I have my 3DS in "receive an app over the network mode" and it says it is "waiting for peer to connect...".

I am using windows, with the windows x86-64 sockfile.exe uploaded "1 hr ago" according to dropbox.

running sockfile with run.bat containing "sockfile 192.186.1.66 test.cia" (without the quotations).

edit: in case it is relevant, I'm using palantine-cfw in regular mode on a 4.5.0-10U rednand original 3DS. Also using windows 8.1. Also tested with palantine-cfw in the "hold L button" mode that is used for ctrclient, still the same result.

 

Pretty hard to read it because the cmd window closes immediately when it puts out the error. But I'll try to get it.

Ah, thanks for the tips. Will try that in a few minutes, just making some food.

 

Nice work, probably the best open-source cia installer I've used to date. Way less buggy than BRM.