HI community,


I've recently delved into the vast world of Switch modding and found it tiresome always having to rely on a computer to install mods. I found the idea of SimpleModManager interesting, but it lacked a downloading feature. That's why I created the homebrew SimpleModDownloader. The installation part is done through SimpleModManager, so there's a button to switch from the downloader to the manager.

SimpleModDownloader is based on the extensive gamebanana database.

Downloads:
Releases: https://github.com/PoloNX/SimpleModDownloader/releases/
Source: https://github.com/PoloNX/SimpleModDownloader

How to use it:

• Place the .nro file on your SD card in the "/switch/" folder.
• Launch the homebrew from the homebrew launcher.

EDIT : Hello community! I'm very pleased to announce that I've finally finished rewriting SimpleModDownloader from scratch. The app now utilizes a new version of Borealis for the UI, which has allowed me greater flexibility in the UI design. Here's the changelog, which is quite extensive, and I may have surely missed some things

• Rewrote the app from scratch using Borealis.
• Transitioned to a new build tool: CMake.
• Fixed #46 and #39.
• Added a new page to preview the mod.
• Implemented detection to check if a mod is compatible with SimpleModDownloader (in reality, I check if there's a romfs folder in the archive, as permitted by the GameBanana API).
• Added a fix to prevent a crash that occurred when the mod contained special characters.
• Reduced loading times and implemented multi-threading for improved performance.

Here is some screenshots/video

Spoiler: Screenshots

If you want to translate the app into other languages, feel free to do so! You will be credited in the homebrew.

I would like to thank all of you for being able to help me improve the application day by day by reporting bugs and feature requests

 

[Lamcza]

This is an awesome program. Thanks for making it. My son has a Switch and he wanted to mod SSBU to get some advanced Sonic characters, but alas, his Switch is too new to be modded. So I am now trying to do it on Yuzu or Ryujinx on a Linux OS. Been trying for weeks to get mods to work for SSBU on Yuzu or Ryujinx, but no luck. I tried SimpleModManager, but it appears the file structure for the emulators might be different from that of the Switch. The mods aren't working. Any advice?

no becouse it is crashing on switch

 

[PoloNX]

This is an awesome program. Thanks for making it. My son has a Switch and he wanted to mod SSBU to get some advanced Sonic characters, but alas, his Switch is too new to be modded. So I am now trying to do it on Yuzu or Ryujinx on a Linux OS. Been trying for weeks to get mods to work for SSBU on Yuzu or Ryujinx, but no luck. I tried SimpleModManager, but it appears the file structure for the emulators might be different from that of the Switch. The mods aren't working. Any advice?

Maybe you can check for ARCropolis

Post automatically merged: Sep 13, 2023

no becouse it is crashing on switch

SimpleModDownloader is crashing ?

 

[Lamcza]

Maybe you can check for ARCropolis

Post automatically merged: Sep 13, 2023

SimpleModDownloader is crashing ?

yeaa but no in every game i remeber crush in some pokemon game it was first game that i check and it crash on it it was arceus i think and some one other game but dont remember whitch one, other than that so far seems to be working fine

 

[nWo]

Hi. I think this is awesome but I have downloaded a good amount of mods but they just won't show up on Simple Mod Manager. I tried looking for a "mods" folder in my SD card but there is none. Where do the mods download to? And what is the correct path to put them in so Simple Mod Manager can find them easily? Is there something else to do? Thanks in advance.

 

[MashyLatte]

Hi. I think this is awesome but I have downloaded a good amount of mods but they just won't show up on Simple Mod Manager. I tried looking for a "mods" folder in my SD card but there is none. Where do the mods download to? And what is the correct path to put them in so Simple Mod Manager can find them easily? Is there something else to do? Thanks in advance.

Did you solve it? I have the same problem

 

[vivalalibertad]

Did you solve it? I have the same problem

We're you able to solve it yet? I download but they don't show anywhere. Only the first one I downloaded showed, installed and is working. But no more after that. Thanks!

 

[Purple_Heart]

I hope it gets Updates one day. If I choose Brilliant Diamond it freezes when it loads the mod data base.

 

[a_username_that_isnt_cool]

I hope it gets Updates one day. If I choose Brilliant Diamond it freezes when it loads the mod data base.

its because its too big

 

[Purple_Heart]

Sadly. Scarlet and Violet worked...

 

[PoloNX]

I'll do one update one day but now I don't have a lot of time

 

[Purple_Heart]

I'll do one update one day but now I don't have a lot of time

No worries. Dont need to Hurry with it.

 

[Herculeex]

I am getting crashes on lots of games. On supported games with successful downloads, the mods still do not appear in the installer app. I tried applet mode + title mode

 

[PoloNX]

Hey, I have a good news for you. I have some times to fix bugs and push a new release (with rar support !)

Post automatically merged: Dec 16, 2023

Sadly I don't have pokémon game so I can't test if my fix work. Someone can test the following build ?

 

[Purple_Heart]

Hey, I have a good news for you. I have some times to fix bugs and push a new release (with rar support !)

Post automatically merged: Dec 16, 2023

Sadly I don't have pokémon game so I can't test if my fix work. Someone can test the following build ?

Pokemon Legends Arceus shows up. i can download but no mods are in the mods folder nor do they show up in the app. scarlet and vviolet doesnt work at all. it freezes and force closes. Brilliant diamond works.

 

[PoloNX]

Pokemon Legends Arceus shows up. i can download but no mods are in the mods folder nor do they show up in the app. scarlet and vviolet doesnt work at all. it freezes and force closes. Brilliant diamond works.

Thanks. I’ll fix this and release the new version in few days I think

 

[HerobrineTVv]

Yo, I noticed while Downloading Chaos MarioMaker Remastered, that It doesnt get installed, but theres a romfs, u might have forgotten to check sub folders for romfs since its 1 or 2 folders deep

Post automatically merged: Jan 5, 2024

Yo, I noticed while Downloading Chaos MarioMaker Remastered, that It doesnt get installed, but theres a romfs, u might have forgotten to check sub folders for romfs since its 1 or 2 folders deep

 

[sxp]

Where do the downloaded files go? I want to delete several files that turned out to be not supported for Switch like the EO3HD mods

Post automatically merged: Jan 9, 2024

Where do the extracted files go but not installed? I want to delete several mods that turned out to be not supported on Switch like the EO3HD mod.

 

[PoloNX]

Where do the downloaded files go? I want to delete several files that turned out to be not supported for Switch like the EO3HD mods

Post automatically merged: Jan 9, 2024

Where do the extracted files go but not installed? I want to delete several mods that turned out to be not supported on Switch like the EO3HD mod.

Hi, it's writed in the download tab. It goes to /mod(s)/

Post automatically merged: Jan 10, 2024

Yo, I noticed while Downloading Chaos MarioMaker Remastered, that It doesnt get installed, but theres a romfs, u might have forgotten to check sub folders for romfs since its 1 or 2 folders deep

Post automatically merged: Jan 5, 2024

Yo, I noticed while Downloading Chaos MarioMaker Remastered, that It doesnt get installed, but theres a romfs, u might have forgotten to check sub folders for romfs since its 1 or 2 folders deep

It uses "RomFS" and not "romfs" sadly. All mods developpers have their own convention. I'm not blaming the dev, just I think it's weird to mark RomFS

 

[Ligeia]

Looks interesting, I'll try it ! Thank you

 

[PoloNX]

1.1.0 finally pushed ! Here is the changelog : https://github.com/PoloNX/SimpleModDownloader/releases/tag/1.1.0