"NSP Forwarder Generator" - An online tool to create NRO/RetroArch forwarders

[lilzee]

thanks a ton. It worked flawlessly to create a chiaki nsp.

 

[Dooleh]

Just wanted to say thanks for this forwarder, it works perfectly and is ridiculously simple to use.

 

[laz305]

Just wanted to say thanks for this forwarder, it works perfectly and is ridiculously simple to use.

ummmm what about prod.keys? it doesn't mention how or where to get them

 

[Blythe93]

ummmm what about prod.keys? it doesn't mention how or where to get them

You'll need Lockpick_RCM in order to dump your keys.

 

[laz305]

You'll need Lockpick_RCM in order to dump your keys.

ok thanks i found it. ok it worked but the icon has no artwork, just a ? what did i do wrong? it opens the app fine tho. Do I need to dump my keys again? cuz i think the keys i'm using are from 16.0 and i'm on 17.0 now. do you have to dump them everytime you update?

EDIT: ok dumped new keys, still no artwork on icon

 

[Dooleh]

ok thanks i found it. ok it worked but the icon has no artwork, just a ? what did i do wrong? it opens the app fine tho. Do I need to dump my keys again? cuz i think the keys i'm using are from 16.0 and i'm on 17.0 now. do you have to dump them everytime you update?

EDIT: ok dumped new keys, still no artwork on icon

You upload an image from your computer to use as the icon for the game or app. I made ppsspp and flycast forwarders for myself and just googled their respective images, downloaded them, resized them to 256x256 and dragged them over to the forwarder generator.

 

[laz305]

And now I use nro2nsp and I get icon artwork but it won’t open the app. Wtf is going on??????

Post automatically merged: Mar 31, 2024

You upload an image from your computer to use as the icon for the game or app. I made ppsspp and flycast forwarders for myself and just googled their respective images, downloaded them, resized them to 256x256 and dragged them over to the forwarder generator.

Ummmmm I just select the nro and it shows an image of the icon on the web page. I have to then add a jpg or png to it?

What’s even crazier is all my other forwarders work and I didn’t have to update them. But nxthemes wont work. But it’ll show pic in options but not on home

 

[Dooleh]

And now I use nro2nsp and I get icon artwork but it won’t open the app. Wtf is going on??????

Post automatically merged: Mar 31, 2024

Ummmmm I just select the nro and it shows an image of the icon on the web page. I have to then add a jpg or png to it?

What’s even crazier is all my other forwarders work and I didn’t have to update them. But nxthemes wont work. But it’ll show pic in options but not on home

I just used 256x256 jpegs, no idea if anything else works or doesn't work.

 

[laz305]

I just used 256x256 jpegs, no idea if anything else works or doesn't work.

Yeah I tried it again. I select nro and then add jpg and still no pic on icon but will open app np. So weird

Post automatically merged: Mar 31, 2024

Can you share the image that you are trying to use? IIRC there's a max file size limit that the Switch will accept (128kb?) and if the image is larger than that then it will just show the question mark. Maybe I can tweak the quality setting to ensure the size is within the allowed range.

I haven't updated to 17.0.0 yet to confirm this. Is anyone else having any issues with v17? If other people say it's working, then check you sigpatches.

I have used just the nro and I’ve also tried adding a 46kb jpg and I still get the ? icon. Any fix for this

Post automatically merged: Mar 31, 2024

Ok yeah it definitely wasn’t me. I found an alternative NTON v2.1.1 and it worked np

 

[tootallnate]

Yeah I tried it again. I select nro and then add jpg and still no pic on icon but will open app np. So weird

Post automatically merged: Mar 31, 2024

I have used just the nro and I’ve also tried adding a 46kb jpg and I still get the ? icon. Any fix for this

Post automatically merged: Mar 31, 2024

Ok yeah it definitely wasn’t me. I found an alternative NTON v2.1.1 and it worked np

I didn't have any issue creating a forwarder, fwiw. Perhaps it's something related to the browser and/or operating system that you are using.

 

[laz305]

What are you on? I used same browser with NTON and it worked np. Just saying

EDIT: sorry NTON isn’t a browser lol I’m using Edge

 

[impeeza]

are any of you guys using Switch-sys-tweak sysmodule?

 

[tootallnate]

What are you on? I used same browser with NTON and it worked np. Just saying

MacOS + Firefox. The image processing relies on the web browser's Canvas API, so depending on your setup, there could be differences which might cause it not to work on the Switch. At the end of the day, I don't have control over that part.

 

[impeeza]

MacOS + Firefox. The image processing relies on the web browser's Canvas API, so depending on your setup, there could be differences which might cause it not to work on the Switch. At the end of the day, I don't have control over that part.

I uses Windows 11, Firefox and Chrome and can testify works fine on Atmosphère 1.6.2, 1.7.0 and firmware 17.0.1 and fw 18.0.0

 

[laz305]

I uses Windows 11, Firefox and Chrome and can testify works fine on Atmosphère 1.6.2, 1.7.0 and firmware 17.0.1 and fw 18.0.0

K thanks so it’s Edge it doesn’t like. I’ll try Chrome

 

[impeeza]

It's supposed Edge is Chromium but, try another

 

[lordelan]

Very convenient to do this inside a browser.
Just used it to create a forwarder for the native port of Apotris (check it out, it's amazing). Attached the icon in case you wanna do the same.

Thanks to advance mode I was even able to input the correct version (currently 4.0.1). Nice tool, thanks for that!

 

[autumns]

been having an odd problem on 17.0.1 and 18.0.0 where occasionally, seemingly at random, when i try to open a forwarder sometimes it will give me a generic “could not open app” error, but if i press ok and then immediately try to open the forwarder again it’ll work fine and continue to work fine for a while until it randomly happens again. it feels like a lot of the time it happens the first time i open a forwarder after restarting the switch, or after having it in sleep mode for an extended period of time, but that’s not totally consistent either so i’m not really sure what could be causing it, anyone have any ideas?

 

[r00b14]

I'm having an issue with the website itself. I'm filling in all the info needed but nothing happens when I click generate.

 

[impeeza]

I'm having an issue with the website itself. I'm filling in all the info needed but nothing happens when I click generate.

What OS and Browser are you using?