Gaming What format is a NSW file from BigBlueBox??

[MrRochie]

Why are the rar archives corrupt on most BBB game files when extracting with winrar? Does anyone know exactly what a BBB file is and what to do with it?? Sorry for being dumb here, this is just a tech question for me at this point just got a switch yesterday.. Thanks team...

 

[JellyPerson]

an NSW file is an NSW file my dude

If they come in parts, extract them in one singular directory

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

also use 7zip

 

[DocKlokMan]

Why are the rar archives corrupt on most BBB game files when extracting with winrar? Does anyone know exactly what a BBB file is and what to do with it?? Sorry for being dumb here, this is just a tech question for me at this point just got a switch yesterday.. Thanks team...

They're just regular split rar files. Either use the newest version of WinRAR or use something better like 7Zip to extract them.

 

[MrRochie]

Some of these files are not labeled as RARs. Some are labeled as a bigbluebox file with no extension. Don't know what Ive got here or what to do with them ... :-(

 

[JellyPerson]

just add a .rar at the end i guess

 

[comput3rus3r]

Some of these files are not labeled as RARs. Some are labeled as a bigbluebox file with no extension. Don't know what Ive got here or what to do with them ... :-(

are you using a mac?

 

[TunaKetchup]

They(BBB) recommend 7zip

 

[radrom]

NSW files being dumped by BBB are .xci file format. The .nfo is just release info about the dump and the .sfv is a validity check. If you have a corrupt file, you might've gotten it from a bad site or you're just not unarchiving it incorrectly. Not enough info to say more.

 

[MrRochie]

Thanks JellyPerson and AnalogMan. adding rar didnt work either.. I was kinda expecting an XCI file in there somewhere in these BBB dumps.. but right now I'm lost..

 

[radrom]

Thanks JellyPerson and AnalogMan. adding rar didnt work either.. I was kinda expecting an XCI file in there somewhere in these BBB dumps.. but right now I'm lost..

As it's against the rules to say where you got them, it's tough to know if what you downloaded was legitimate. If you're confident in where you got them, they should be XCI, it's just a matter of unarchiving them correctly. Things to try would be make sure your computer is showing the file extension. Suggestions above to "add .rar to the end" would only work if the computer is already set to show extensions - otherwise you're just renaming it to BBB.ext.rar (where BBB is whatever file and ext is whatever extension is hiding in there)

 

[TunaKetchup]

As it's against the rules to say where you got them, it's tough to know if what you downloaded was legitimate. If you're confident in where you got them, they should be XCI, it's just a matter of unarchiving them correctly. Things to try would be make sure your computer is showing the file extension. Suggestions above to "add .rar to the end" would only work if the computer is already set to show extensions - otherwise you're just renaming it to BBB.ext.rar (where BBB is whatever file and ext is whatever extension is hiding in there)

Just tell him to go find the shepherd

Google might be a good choice

 

[MrRochie]

I need a shepard..

are you using a mac?

No a PC with Win 7

 

[johu1.j]

Or you may try just to redownload the corrupted part of the rar.

 

[MrRochie]

Im pretty confident of my source and my computer is set to show file extensions.. What about using other tools on the guys.. Ive seen things like XCI dumper and stuff like that talked about some also looking for info in google and newgroups. Like I said Im a noob on the switch... A old relic from the PSP Dark Alex days .... :-)

 

[JaRocker]

Why are the rar archives corrupt on most BBB game files when extracting with winrar? Does anyone know exactly what a BBB file is and what to do with it?? Sorry for being dumb here, this is just a tech question for me at this point just got a switch yesterday.. Thanks team...

It's gonna be in a xci format but if you downloading from from the internet it'sthey are gonna be in a .rar format that you need to extract using WinRAR or 7zip or unraring progam

 

[MrRochie]

If they are rar are they password protected?? Maybe thats why it says they are in a unrecognizable format or corrupt.. ?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

If they are rar are they password protected?? Maybe thats why it says they are in a unrecognizable format or corrupt.. ?

It should ask you for the password if that's the case, but no, original packed scene releases aren't passworded.
Maybe they aren't in rar format but instead in .001, .002 etc format. Winrar should still be able to open those but won't have a file association by default.

Some of these files are not labeled as RARs. Some are labeled as a bigbluebox file with no extension. Don't know what Ive got here or what to do with them ... :-(

Post the full file names of those files?

 

[noctis90210]

Just want to add some questions...

.3ds is the file extension for 3ds retail dump cart, while .cia on 3ds digital dump.
if the .nsw is the file extension for nintendo switch retail dump, whats the file extension for nintendo switch digital dump?

 

[Jayro]

Just tell him to go find the shepherd

Eww, Usenet... Gross.

 

[Plague1s]

You need to use a downloader when getting the roms. I tried dloading them with Firefox then chrome I either got corrupted files or partial downloads. Using jdownloader v2 downloaded over 100 roms on the first attempt.