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

 

[PoloNX]

yeah it does, it downloads it to simplemodmanager

One homebrew already exists for managing. So I use it

 

[MrQQ]

mod crysis would be awesome.
modding it so it can run on switch, you know?

the switch does run crysis.....crysis remastered is on the switch

 

[Noctosphere]

the switch does run crysis.....crysis remastered is on the switch

you contradict yourself there

 

[anhminh]

I hate GameBanana, they always remove mod for shitty reason.

 

[QCLasky]

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.

Screenshots:
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Video :

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

Can I help translating it to portuguese?

 

[PoloNX]

Can I help translating it to portuguese?

Yes you can ! You have to create a fork of the repo. And check the architecture in resources/i18n. After this you can do one pull request

 

[josepie2]

Where are the downlaods placed? It said downloads successful but I don't see where they are placed.

 

[PoloNX]

Where are the downlaods placed? It said downloads successful but I don't see where they are placed.

HI, in mods/game/mod_name/contents/tid/

If you're mod is one .rar maybe it didn't extract it. I don't know how to support .rar I think it's a limitation of libarchive

 

[josepie2]

Yeah the files that I downloaded have been .rar files. I think that is why none of the mods I have downloaded have been showing up.

Post automatically merged: Jun 19, 2023

Its a bummer if it can't support .rar files because many mods are in .rar format

 

[PoloNX]

I'm invastigating about a fix for one new version

 

[Qubarf]

yeah it does, it downloads it to simplemodmanager

Unfortunate, hopefully authors of either program can collaborate to combine the functionalities into one app

 

[PoloNX]

Unfortunate, hopefully authors of either program can collaborate to combine the functionalities into one app

I did my maximum in aim to make the process easier as possible with juste one button

 

[lashybean]

This is really cool, but it crashed my switch both times I tried using it and it messed up the download path and I had to manually move folders and rename things.

 

[PoloNX]

This is really cool, but it crashed my switch both times I tried using it and it messed up the download path and I had to manually move folders and rename things.

Yeah it’s a know issue. I’ll release the 1.0.1 tomorrow which fix all theses bugs

 

[some1ne]

How feasible would it be to implement custom sources for mods?

 

[PoloNX]

How feasible would it be to implement custom sources for mods?

What do you mean by this ? Like a custom url to download mod ?

 

[some1ne]

What do you mean by this ? Like a custom url to download mod ?

Yeah, instead of only pointing to gamebanana, you could have other sources available defined by a json file.

 

[tsam2]

Hi. I'm interested in translating it, but I have no clue how to do it on github. Is there any step by step guide for that?

 

[PoloNX]

Yeah, instead of only pointing to gamebanana, you could have other sources available defined by a json file.

What are the other sources?

Post automatically merged: Jun 20, 2023

Hi. I'm interested in translating it, but I have no clue how to do it on github. Is there any step by step guide for that?

step by step :

- Go on the repo
- Click on fork (top right)
- after your fork created go in and go in resources/i18n
- You copy the folder en-US and rename it by the language you want
- Edit the menu.json and the brls.json
- Create a pull request on the main repo

Post automatically merged: Jun 20, 2023

After several reported bugs, the new version 1.0.1 is finally available! This version also adds a new feature:

- Fix for #1. This issue was caused by a path change in SimpleModManager.
- Addition of Simplified Chinese translation (thanks JerryWn12).
- Addition of Japanese translation (thanks iGlitch).
- Addition of Romanian translation (thanks ExFabian).
- Addition of Brazilian Portuguese translation (thanks pixeldeadlock).
- Addition of a tab that allows updating the app directly from within it.
- Removed .rar format from the supported list as it is not supported.
- "/" is now removed from the mod names during installation to avoid crashes.
- All games are now displayed in English to ensure compatibility with the GameBanana API search.
- Fixed a bug that caused the app to crash when the search query contained fewer than 3 characters.

Thank you all for your responsiveness in finding the bugs and for the translations!

Link : https://github.com/PoloNX/SimpleModDownloader/releases/tag/1.0.1

 

[tsam2]

step by step :

- Go on the repo
- Click on fork (top right)
- after your fork created go in and go in resources/i18n
- You copy the folder en-US and rename it by the language you want
- Edit the menu.json and the brls.json
- Create a pull request on the main repo

Ok thanks. I hope i did it right.