Hacking [RELEASE] Pkgi 0.04 - Install games directly on Vita (similar to FreeShop)

[aos10]

pity we can't use this for DLC, i paid for all the digimon story Cyber Sleuth preorder stuff and have them downloaded already

How frequently is the download list updated? I’m not seeing Steamworld Dig 2 despite it being present in NPS.

Use pkgj instead.

 

[sj33]

I am, as well as the .tsv links. The list still seems to be outdated.

EDIT - sorry, sorted. Needed to delete pkgi.txt

 

[7he6rim0ne]

this is a great “on Vita” app for people like me who have no access to a winPC. (know of any way to use the NPS Browser method on a Mac running High Sierra?)

i hope you’ll be able to offer the option to install PSMobile pkg files. (a good way to distinguish the PKGi app from the PKGj app. (which offers DLC & Updates pkg installs)

 

[DocKlokMan]

this is a great “on Vita” app for people like me who have no access to a winPC. (know of any way to use the NPS Browser method on a Mac running High Sierra?)

i hope you’ll be able to offer the option to install PSMobile pkg files. (a good way to distinguish the PKGi app from the PKGj app. (which offers DLC & Updates pkg installs)

While NPS Browser runs on Mac using Wine, it will only download the files and not unpack them. You could just use pkg2zip by itself in the terminal. That's what I do.

$ ./pkg2zip -x game.pkg zRIFcodehere

You can get the PKG links and zRIF keys from the same site that PKGi/j download from. Someone mentioned they'd be making a Mac/Linux front end for it eventually though, so you can look forward to that.

 

[7he6rim0ne]

i tried to get pkg2zip working but failed.

in Terminal i typed:

 make

which i assume it installed xCode.

then i typed:

cd ~/Downloads/pkg2zip-master

which got me inside the pkg2zip folder i unzipped.

then i typed:

make -b

which created the pkg2zip executable.

which is supposed to decrypt the .pkg file to a .zip with a working work.bin inside via hex key.

BUT, when i typed:

pkg2zip game.pkg HEXKEY

i get:

-bash: pkg2zip: command not found

i can open the pkg2zip executable just clicking on it, but it says this:

pkg2zip v1.8 ERROR: no pkg file specified Usage: /Users/myName/Downloads/pkg2zip-master/pkg2zip [-x] [-c[N]] file.pkg [zRIF] logout Saving session... ...copying shared history... ...saving history...truncating history files... ...completed.
[Process completed]

so i assume it doesn’t work that way

i noticed your post included a command line...

$ ./pkg2zip -x game.pkg zRIFcodehere

could you explain the total method of which that is apart of? like in a tutorial way?

 

[DocKlokMan]

i tried to get pkg2zip working but failed.

in Terminal i typed:

 make

which i assume it installed xCode.

then i typed:

cd ~/Downloads/pkg2zip-master

which got me inside the pkg2zip folder i unzipped.

then i typed:

make -b

which created the pkg2zip executable.

which is supposed to decrypt the .pkg file to a .zip with a working work.bin inside via hex key.

BUT, when i typed:

pkg2zip game.pkg HEXKEY

i get:

-bash: pkg2zip: command not found

i can open the pkg2zip executable just clicking on it, but it says this:

pkg2zip v1.8 ERROR: no pkg file specified Usage: /Users/myName/Downloads/pkg2zip-master/pkg2zip [-x] [-c[N]] file.pkg [zRIF] logout Saving session... ...copying shared history... ...saving history...truncating history files... ...completed.
[Process completed]

so i assume it doesn’t work that way

i noticed your post included a command line...

$ ./pkg2zip -x game.pkg zRIFcodehere

could you explain the total method of which that is apart of? like in a tutorial way?

Sure, you almost got it.

$               <--- This is just the bash prompt. Not something you type.
./pkg2zip       <--- This is the executable. You need to type ./ in front otherwise the Terminal is looking in your PATH folders and not the folder you're in.
-x              <--- This tells the program to unpack the file directly to a folder and not a ZIP file, saves you a step.
game.pkg        <--- This is the PKG file you should have already downloaded before hand.
zRIFcodehere    <--- This is the HEXKEY, though that's an inaccurate name as these aren't hex.

So the part you'd actually type is:

./pkg2zip -x game.pkg HEXKEY

 

[XC-3730C]

Now that there is enso for 3.65, is there a new list txt file that has titles that require 3.61 - 3.65?

 

[aos10]

Now that there is enso for 3.65, is there a new list txt file that has titles that require 3.61 - 3.65?

Use pkgj with config.txt that contain the same URL for nps browser.

url_games https ://that nps site /tsv/PSV_GAMES.tsv
url_updates https ://that nps site/
tsv/PSV_UPDATES.tsv
url_dlcs https ://that nps site/tsv/PSV_DLCS.tsv

and delete the pkgi.text.

 

[7he6rim0ne]

thank you AnalogMan so much! i really REALLY appreciate it!

 

[djricekcn]

the jp side is so outdated =(

 

[sj33]

Does PKGJ download DLC automatically when you download the base game? I can’t find a way to just browse and download the DLC.

 

[DocKlokMan]

Does PKGJ download DLC automatically when you download the base game? I can’t find a way to just browse and download the DLC.

Ppress Triangle for the menu and select Refresh DLC?

 

[XC-3730C]

Is it possible to download titles using a PC for offline storage?

 

[Ryccardo]

How frequently is the download list updated? I

Normally it would be every 5 minutes, however very heavy demand is overloading the google sheet, so the tsv/json generation is now manual (and done about every 2 days)

Is it possible to download titles using a PC for offline storage?

Sure, but you'll want to use NPS Browser and pkg2zip (or you could just copy the files back from ux0, if you already downloaded them on-console)

Both of you can get more information at the titlekey site, respectively the homepage and the spreadsheet

 

[XC-3730C]

Could I just download them in PKG format for offline storage, then install the PKG to my Vita, rather than converting to zip?

 

[sj33]

Ppress Triangle for the menu and select Refresh DLC?

Got it, thanks. The labelling doesn’t make it clear that it would switch to listing the DLC, hence the confusion.

 

[Nirmonculus]

Does this still work?
Used the old url on config.txt but only shows "no games"
then the new nopaystation link gives out an error. says that pkgi missing or bad config file

 

[godreborn]

Does this still work?
Used the old url on config.txt but only shows "no games"
then the new nopaystation link gives out an error. says that pkgi missing or bad config file

you need url_games, url_updates, and url_dlc in front of the urls. these instructions are on the pkgi's github.

 

[Nirmonculus]

you need url_games, url_updates, and url_dlc in front of the urls. these instructions are on the pkgi's github.

I don't understand it. Didn't see any instructions on the github release page.
If it's just a config.txt file, can't someone show how it should look like?
I saw a video on youtube that the guy only used the url on the config.txt file and it worked.

 

[godreborn]

you can get the urls from that one site. there should be a separate line for games, updates, and dlc. type what I mentioned followed by a space, then the url. if you don't do that, then the system will not find the config.txt file.