Tutorial  Updated

How to remove fake tickets from NSP file ("Standard crypto" equivalent) [Ban Risk Mitigation]

Hello everyone!

Since both Tinfoil and SX Installer now (finally) support Standard Crypto Conversion natively, the method described in this thread no longer serves any practical purpose.
The method is still fully functional (using Nut 1.2, as it was gutted of most of its features after that), so have a go at it for educational purposes if you desire to do so.

We had hell of a good run! This method was the gold standard of not getting your Switch banned after installing NSPs for more than a year.
But mainstream adoption has always been the desired outcome, and I'm proud to say it has been achieved!

Stay safe out there, block Big-N's telemetry servers on your router, and have a good time gaming!


PsychOsmosis





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Hello everyone!

It is widely thought that going online after installing a NSP with a fake ticket leads to an almost inevitable ban.

Some people have been bragging on the forum that they use a private method (using the SDK) to reencrypt the NSP file with "standard crypto" (like the XCI/cartridge games) instead of the "ticket rights" usually used for eShop titles.
Detailed below is a method to modify a NSP file by removing the fake title rights, rewriting the header to no longer use the ticket, and finally deleting the fake ticket, therefore leading to a theoretically reduced risk of ban, as your console will no longer have a fake ticket in its ticket blob and your installed eShop titles will no longer have a rights-ID that doesn't match your console ID. This method leads to the creation of a NSP file that is practically equivalent to one that as been repacked using "standard crypto" (which is a bit misleading in its own right as NSP files are not encrypted).


DO NOT USE THIS GUIDE IF YOU ABSOLUTELY DON'T WANT TO GET BANNED!
THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THIS WILL PREVENT YOU FROM BEING BANNED!
THIS METHOD LEADS TO A THEORETICAL REDUCTION OF THE BAN RISK!


This method should be used in conjunction with other ban risk reduction methods, such as disabling telemetry (EU) / blocking the telemetry servers in your router hosts file (EU citizens should do BOTH), using a whitelist-based custom DNS/firewall configuration, using creport (for people not on SXOS) and/or using Stealth Mode (for people on SXOS, because we don't have access to creport... :()


This guide is based on the awesome script "nut" by Blawar!
Without him, this method would not exist!!


I added a guide on how to block the telemetry (and other harmful) servers in post #10 below!!


Game updates NSP files should NOT be processed using this method if you apply the update on a XCI game (cartridge dump)!
The tickets in an update are actually 100% legit and are neither console-specific or account-specific!


If you have processed the base game NSP file (using this method) on which you want to apply the update to, it is debatable if you should process the update as well or not.
The creator of CDNSP believes you should not, while I think it might raise some red flags if you install an update with tickets on a game for which there is no ticket in your console's ticket blob.
Please be aware of this information and proceed as you see fit.




Update (October 22, 2018) :

The script no longer works when applied to DLCs as of 6.0.1 (and probably 6.0.0)! It still works on base games though!!
This is due to the anti-piracy measures implemented by Big-N in this firmware version.

Since DLCs always come from the eShop, and therefore always come with a ticket, there is some kind of online check made when you try to run a game after installing a ticketless DLC for it.
Furthermore, it seems that the check is made using one of the few servers I actually whitelist (game update server maybe?).

I still have to try applying the script on an update to see if it works in this case. I will update you guys when I've done so.




Prerequisites :

- Download nut from github (https://github.com/blawar/nut/) by using the "Clone or download" green button and choosing "Download as ZIP". Extract the ZIP archive.

- LOOK AT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR NUT ON THE GITHUB PAGE. You need to have Python3 installed, then you use pip to install some modules :
pip3 install colorama pyopenssl requests tqdm unidecode image bs4 urllib3 flask pyqt5

In my case, I had to update pip before I could install the other modules :
py -m pip install --upgrade pip

If you try to run it and you get a Python error that's due to a missing module, it should display the name of the module in the error log on the command line interface window.
If the command line window shuts down before you can read, read the troubleshooting part below in red, it will help you reading the error message.
Just run "pip3 install MODULE_NAME" as you did with the other modules above.

Configure your nut.conf (in the "conf" folder). In my case, I just disabled (set to false) the first four settings of the "download" section of "nut.default.conf".

- A copy of your Switch keys. If you don't have them, you need to find them on your own on the interwebs or extract them from your console. There are guides for that. The file must be named "keys.txt" and be located in the (incredibly funny default-named) "nut-master" folder you extracted from the ZIP.

- A game in the NSP file format. Place it in the nut-master folder. The file can be a scene release or a game obtained from the CDN. You CAN use nut to download games from the CDN, but I personally don't know how and this is not a "CDN download tutorial".

- Hactool should be updated to the latest release (1.2.0) in the bin subfolder of nut-master in order to support NSP packages containing > 15 files!



NOW AUTOMATED IN A BATCH FILE!! :toot:
Code updated: October 16, 2018.
Confirmed working with firmwares up to 6.2.0 (on any CFW that supports installing unsigned NSPs)!!


You still need the prerequisites listed above though. There's no way around that! ;)


Your .NSP must be located in the nut-master folder AND must contain the TitleID in the filename so nut can use it to rewrite the header of the .NCA!!

Well, the code just got a fair bit prettier thanks to
Bigjokker with two simple but brilliant variable changes!
Now, after placing the .NSP and the batch file in the nut-master folder, just drag & drop the .NSP onto the batch file and voilà, it does its magic!!

You should see the ASCII squirrel a total of three times in the command line window, but it does not necessarily mean it worked if you see this!
In your nut-master folder, a folder with the same name as your NSP will be created, the NSP will be deleted and a new NSP will be created (about 2.5 kilobytes smaller than the original, compare with a backup of the original!!).

If the behavior of the script is any different, IT DIDN'T WORK!!

Even if all of the above is true, it might not have worked!! If the first part fails, you will still have a modified NSP 2.5 kilobytes smaller than the original (but it will crash at launch and send a dirty error log to Big-N)!

You can verify if it works by removing the "REM " at the three instances where there is a "REM pause" in the code, so it says "pause" instead.

By doing this, the script will pause after every step (prompting you to press a key to continue) so you can see if there was a nut / Python3 / Windows CLI related error!
You can also remove the @Echo off if you're having issues but the script doesn't show any error to make troubleshooting easier for us.

EVERYBODY SHOULD DO THIS AT LEAST ONCE TO MAKE SURE NUT AND PYTHON ARE PROPERLY CONFIGURED!!!
If everything works as it should, you can revert back the script to its original form to re-automate the three steps together.


Code:
@echo off
SET "nutpy=%~dp0"
SET "filenam=%~n1"
if EXIST "%nutpy%%filenam%\" rmdir /s /q "%nutpy%%filenam%"
if NOT EXIST "%nutpy%backup\" mkdir "%nutpy%backup"
if NOT EXIST "%nutpy%backup\%filenam%.nsp" copy /v "%nutpy%%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%backup\%filenam%.nsp"
cd /d "C:\Windows"
py.exe "%nutpy%nut.py" --remove-title-rights "%filenam%.nsp"
REM pause
py.exe "%nutpy%nut.py" -x "%filenam%.nsp"
REM pause
cd /d "%nutpy%%filenam%"
del *.tik
del *.cert
cd /d "%nutpy%"
del "%filenam%.nsp"
cd /d "%nutpy%%filenam%"
set /a n=0
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
for %%i in (*) do (
    set /a n=n+1
    set files!n!=%%i
)
if !n! == 2 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%"
)
if !n! == 3 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%"
)
if !n! == 4 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%"
)
if !n! == 5 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%"
)
if !n! == 6 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%"
)
if !n! == 7 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%"
)
if !n! == 8 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%"
)
if !n! == 9 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%"
)
if !n! == 10 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%"
)
if !n! == 11 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files11%"
)
if !n! == 12 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files11%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files12%"
)
if !n! == 13 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files11%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files12%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files13%"
)
if !n! == 14 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files11%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files12%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files13%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files14%"
)
if !n! == 15 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files11%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files12%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files13%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files14%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files15%"
)
if !n! == 16 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files11%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files12%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files13%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files14%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files15%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files16%"
)
if !n! == 17 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files11%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files12%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files13%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files14%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files15%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files16%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files17%"
)
if !n! == 18 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files11%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files12%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files13%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files14%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files15%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files16%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files17%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files18%"
)
if !n! == 19 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files11%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files12%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files13%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files14%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files15%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files16%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files17%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files18%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files19%"
)
if !n! == 20 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files11%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files12%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files13%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files14%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files15%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files16%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files17%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files18%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files19%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files20%"
)
if !n! == 21 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files11%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files12%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files13%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files14%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files15%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files16%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files17%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files18%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files19%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files20%"  "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files21%"
)
if !n! == 22 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files11%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files12%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files13%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files14%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files15%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files16%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files17%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files18%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files19%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files20%"  "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files21%"  "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files22%"
)
if !n! == 23 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files11%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files12%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files13%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files14%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files15%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files16%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files17%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files18%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files19%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files20%"  "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files21%"  "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files22%"  "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files23%"
)
if !n! == 24 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files11%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files12%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files13%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files14%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files15%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files16%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files17%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files18%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files19%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files20%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files21%"  "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files22%"  "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files23%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files24%"
)
if !n! == 25 (
    "C:\Windows\py.exe" "%nutpy%nut.py" -c "%filenam%.nsp" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files1%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files2%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files3%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files4%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files5%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files6%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files7%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files8%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files9%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files10%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files11%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files12%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files13%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files14%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files15%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files16%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files17%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files18%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files19%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files20%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files21%"  "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files22%"  "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files23%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files24%" "%nutpy%%filenam%\%files25%"
)
endlocal
REM pause



Troubleshooting script :


If you're having issues and want our help, run the following script on your NSP BEFORE AND AFTER running the method described above and provide us with the information this script displays.


Code:
@echo off
SET "nutpy=%~dp0"
SET "filenam=%~n1"
py.exe "%nutpy%nut.py" -i "%filenam%.nsp"
pause



Batch processing :


If you have a bunch of NSP files in a folder and some of them don't have the TitleKey in the filename, I understand that it would be a pain to process them one by one using the batch file (even though it takes only 2 seconds per file).

If you are in this situation, @Bigjokker has made another batch file that will process every NSP in a folder, even if the TitleKey is not in the filename!!

The code of his batch file is a bit above my skill level, so I cannot vouch 100% for it (since I understand about 85% of it), but the code looks fine and I trust the guy.
For the same reason, I cannot troubleshoot your issues and modify the code accordingly, so if you use his batch processing batch file (it might not be the most elegant way to call it, but it is what it is! :lol:), you'll have to see with him if you have problems with it.
You might want to test your setup of Python3 and nut with my batch file first (to see if everything works properly) since it has been tested by more people since its release and then switch to @Bigjokker 's batch file if all goes well.

Here'a a link to his post where you can download his file!




Manual Method :

No longer kept up to date, but it should still work if you don't want to use the above script for whatever reason.

- Copy your NSP file in the "nut-master" folder.

- (OPTIONAL) Use the following command to pull the info of your NSP file. This is not required as it's only used to compare your file before and after the two "main steps" of this method.
nut.py -i "YOUR_GAME [TITLEKEY][vX].nsp"
In my case, on Windows 10, I had to use the following command to access nut.py using python. So, if you have problems getting nut.py to run, try this for each and every command in this guide :
cd C:\PYTHON3_INSTALL_FOLDER
python "C:\WHERE_YOU_EXTRACTED\nut-master\nut.py" -i "YOUR_GAME [TITLEKEY][vX].nsp"

In the info dump provided by nut, you can see a ticket file (in which the rightsId is not related to your console-id), a few NCA files, a CERT file and a XML file.
If you install the NSP as is, this ticket gets imported in your console's ticket blob and when it sends its telemetry to Big-N, you get banned!!
The "main NCA file" (the one with the largest file size, AKA "the game") also has a rightsId which doesn't match your console, which could also lead to a ban if you launch the game and then connect to the internet.
You can see that the smaller NCA files have their rightsID set to 0, as they are "unprotected" because they are not important enough to protect.

- Run the following command to set the value of these rightsId to 0.
nut.py --remove-title-rights "YOUR_GAME [TITLEKEY][vX].nsp"

- (OPTIONAL) Then, if you run the "info" command again, you should see that the ticket is still there, but the instances where you had fake rightsId are set to 0 (as they are in the other NCA files, so it should theoretically be considered "unprotected" by the console).

- Now we need to remove this evil ticket to prevent it from being imported in our precious ticket blob. Let's start by unpacking the NSP.
nut.py -x "YOUR_GAME [TITLEKEY][vX].nsp"

A folder is then created with all the files of the NSP inside.

- DELETE (OR MOVE AWAY) THE NSP FROM YOUR nut-master FOLDER!!

- Navigate to that folder, and delete the ticket file "WHATEVER.TIK".

- Then, we repack the NSP without this ticket :
nut.py -c "YOUR_GAME [TITLEKEY][vX].nsp" "C:\WHERE_YOU_EXTRACTED\nut-master\YOUR_GAME [TITLEKEY][vX]\*.*"

For some reason, in my case, this command didn't work. It seems that, in some instances on Windows, Python3 shits the bed when using wildcards. But for Blawar, also on Windows 10, it works perfectly. Go figure.

If this happens to you, use the following command instead (it's incredibly long and tedious to input, but I didn't find another way to make it work) :
nut.py -c "YOUR_GAME [TITLEKEY][vX].nsp" "C:\WHERE_YOU_EXTRACTED\nut-master\YOUR_GAME [TITLEKEY][vX]\FILE1.cert" "C:\WHERE_YOU_EXTRACTED\nut-master\YOUR_GAME [TITLEKEY][vX]\FILE2.nca" "C:\WHERE_YOU_EXTRACTED\nut-master\YOUR_GAME [TITLEKEY][vX]\FILE3.nca" ............. "C:\WHERE_YOU_EXTRACTED\nut-master\YOUR_GAME [TITLEKEY][vX]\LAST_FILE.xml"

YOU MUST DO THIS WITH EVERY FILE (apart from the deleted ticket) IN THE FOLDER IN A SINGLE COMMAND!

- There you go, it's done. You can run the "info" command again and you should see that the ticket (along with the rightsID) is no more.
The final file size should be about 768 bytes smaller than the initial file size.



This has been tested with SXOS and it works flawlessly. The games install and run just fine.
You also need to follow the same procedure for the NSP updates you want to install.

Thanks again Blawar for your incredible tool and all the help you gave me!!
 
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Yup, it still works for base NSPs and for updates (as of 8.0.1, but I would venture a guess that it's the same for 8.1.0), although the jury is still out (I think they fled to Mexico at this point though...) on whether or not it is a good idea to do this for updates.
I do it for both base games and updates, for what it's worth. Last time I checked, I wasn't banned (although it's been months since I checked, as I have a second Switch for my legit stuff).
You shouldn't do this process for DLCs, as it just won't work, and probably gets you flagged if you didn't block the telemetry servers on your router (see the post linked in my signature for how to do so, and you should do so if you can).

Since I first created this batch file, this same process has been integrated in the NSP to XCI converters and a few other tools, as it allows games to be played without a ticket.
It has lost a bit of its relevance, as nowadays most people use a certain eshop replacement, but it still works just as well as it did before.
 
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Yup, it still works for base NSPs and for updates (as of 8.0.1, but I would venture a guess that it's the same for 8.1.0), although the jury is still out (I think they fled to Mexico at this point though...) on whether or not it is a good idea to do this for updates.
I do it for both base games and updates, for what it's worth. Last time I checked, I wasn't banned (although it's been months since I checked, as I have a second Switch for my legit stuff).
You shouldn't do this process for DLCs, as it just won't work, and probably gets you flagged if you didn't block the telemetry servers on your router (see the post linked in my signature for how to do so, and you should do so if you can).

Since I first created this batch file, this same process has been integrated in the NSP to XCI converters and a few other tools, as it allows games to be played without a ticket.
It has lost a bit of its relevance, as nowadays most people use a certain eshop replacement, but it still works just as well as it did before.

Thanks for your response! As I understand, there is no way to install DLC NSP without increasing greatly your chances of getting ban. I just saw that Tinfoil 2.10 has a Standard Crypto conversion option when installing a NSP. That's really nice!

About the telemetry servers, I only blocked these two in Pi-Hole. Hope it's enough.
receive-lp1.dg.srv.nintendo.net
receive-lp1.er.srv.nintendo.net
 

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Thanks for your response! As I understand, there is no way to install DLC NSP without increasing greatly your chances of getting ban. I just saw that Tinfoil 2.10 has a Standard Crypto conversion option when installing a NSP. That's really nice!

About the telemetry servers, I only blocked these two in Pi-Hole. Hope it's enough.
receive-lp1.dg.srv.nintendo.net
receive-lp1.er.srv.nintendo.net

Honestly, you should also block the following :
pearljam.hac.lp1.eshop.nintendo.net (Nobody knows what it does and was added in FW 5.0.0 with other piracy detection measures, and blocking it doesn't seem to affect anything in the playing experience, which makes it even more suspicious.)
beach.hac.lp1.eshop.nintendo.net (Block it if you're on SXOS and use XCI files, as it's the game cart certificate check. It also blocks Gold retrieval from cartridges, so unblock it beforehand if you ever do that with your legit carts. I don't know if it blocks online play on legit carts though. If it does, you'll need to unblock it before playing online on legit game carts. It doesn't affect NSPs and eShop purchases at all.)

And for Tinfoil 2.1.0, it's nice that it's finally included (took them long enough)!
Yeah, as I said, it's not as relevent anymore now that it's included everywhere, but it still works just as well as it did before.
The silliest part about this, though, is that it has been available for ages (ever since blawar included the remove_rights argument in nut), and it took me finding out about it, asking blawar what it did, writing this script, and screaming on rooftops a bit for people to actually start using it (well, maybe I give myself too much credit, but that's what it looks like from my point of view anyway)!
 
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Heads up!
Latest version of nut where this works is Nut1.2 since nut got slimmed down in 2.0.
Check releases on the github page for download https://github.com/blawar/nut/releases

Indeed, that's also what I found out.

Although, now that SX Installer and Tinfoil both finally support standard crypto conversion natively, I can say with relative certainty that this method is pretty much deprecated.
But hey, we've had a good run. This method was the gold standard of not getting your Switch banned after installing NSPs for more than a year!
 

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Indeed, that's also what I found out.

Although, now that SX Installer and Tinfoil both finally support standard crypto conversion natively, I can say with relative certainty that this method is pretty much deprecated.
But hey, we've had a good run. This method was the gold standard of not getting your Switch banned after installing NSPs for more than a year!

Seems like yesterday we were discussing this over github. Time moves too quickly.
 
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Seems like yesterday we were discussing this over github. Time moves too quickly.


On an unrelated note, I had been using nut 1.2 to update my local databases with the "-U" argument, but it seems you (or is it Nintendo?) changed the structure of the titles.[region].[language].json files, and now nut displays
Code:
Error downloading:info() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given
when I try to run the database download.

I tried updating nut but the -U argument is no longer present in the newest updates (> 1.2).

Any thought on how I can get it to work with the new titles.json file structure?
Perhaps editing nut.py in some way to make it process the two arguments instead of one?
 
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