Hacking Discussion Why text files in .szs should be allowed to share.

[bandithedoge]

Hi.
I'm currently working on a Switch system menu translation to Polish. I want to publish it here on GBAtemp, except everyone thinks .szs files are illegal to share, but let me explain myself.

• The text on the Switch is packed to .msbt files. These can be edited with Kuriimu and you can even make your own (if you're experienced enough). Therefore, the only copyrighted material inside these files can be the text which gets modified anyway.
• Then, the .msbt files are compressed into .szs for use on the Switch. If you want to use the .msbt files, you have to compress them yourself, which can be achieved with open source software.
• If you already have the .szs files, just put them in the right directory on your SD card and use any CFW that supports LayeredFS (all major CFWs have that feature).

If this kind of .szs is illegal to share, I would have to create a patch, and patching the thing is really time-consuming. To use the patch, the user will have to:

• Dump the Switch encryption keys (can be done with Lockpick)
  
• Dump the home.nca and user.nca files (can be done in NXTheme Installer by holding L+R while dumping the whole menu)
• Use hactool to extract both files
• Use sarc_tool to extract the .szs files found in <extracted folder>/romfs/message/<language>/
• Apply the patch to the extracted .msbt files (there's 10 of them)
• Pack them back into .szs with Uwizard (or other software)
• Put in the right directory on the SD card

As you can see, the process is unnecessarily confusing and time-consuming. In the end, you get a file that could possibly be legally shared anyway. Nobody wants to do all this. I'm asking the mods to allow .msbt mods in .szs format in the download center on the site.
Thank you.

 

[Issac]

Put it in a zip file

 

[bandithedoge]

Put it in a zip file

You mean the .szs files? I would like to put it on the GBAtemp download center and I'll probably get banned if I don't ask.

 

[Issac]

Well, this is what the Admin said

 

[bandithedoge]

Thanks! I didn't expect it to go this easily.