hi!! floralith.xyz — who i am, what this is, and everything in between 💜
hey everyone. blorblegoop (he/they) here (you might also know me as PotentialAd943 on Reddit, or luminesc1ence on Discord). i've been lurking and watching all the posts and comments referencing my little site, and i figured it was finally time to actually show up and say something
who am i?
i'm a 20 year old computer science student. i made floralith because i was genuinely tired of every emulation download site being an absolute nightmare! ads everywhere, sketchy redirects, missing files, broken steps, and download speeds that made me want to cry (i already have spotty internet!) - i wanted a simple and reputable place where someone could go, download the game and all needed files, and have a small guide on what to do with it!
some of you have been (rightfully) suspicous because my reddit account is new and my online presence is pretty sparse. that's fair! i use my account as a lurking account for things i'm interested in! i didn't want to tie this project to my personal accounts that have lots of private information about me. this tumblr is actually a little outside my comfort zone. hi.
is the site safe?
yes. i promise.
the site is hosted and maintained entirely by me. it sits behind Cloudflare (so your connection is protected), and every single download is gated behind a captcha to block bots and bad actors. i have personally scanned every file i'm hosting more times than i can count, and i will not update to newer versions of anything until i've done it again.
how do i know this? i verified it myself. see below.
the following picture is the analysis result from the floralith hosted NSP, using a reputable cleaner / scanner (NSC_Builder)
what am i looking at?
this is the scan result for the NSP hosted here. everything important passes, including decryption and file hashes, which means the data itself is intact. the only flag is in signature verification, where some parts aren’t fully verifiable and show as modified. this is common with repacked files (which this nsp is, as it was taken from the eShop and made into an nsp) but still something to be aware of. overall it looks safe, just not perfectly clean.
the next picture is the scan results from an NSP I found online, scanned using the same tool:
same results, same hashes. both files scan mostly clean, and were also scanned using other tools, such as hactool.
regardless of these results:
IF YOU THINK YOU WERE COMPROMISED
stop using the file immediately. run a full malware scan (either windows full scan or malwarebytes deep scan) and message me on discord (@/luminesc1ence) with what happened, what you downloaded, and what flagged it.
why is the site slow?
it can happen for a multitude of reasons! (no, you aren't being hacked if it's going slow). the main reason currently, is that this site has attracted WAY more traffic than i thought it would, and the server is getting hammered! bandwidth is expensive, so i'm working on a fix that improves download speed for all and improves cost for me in the long run. *in the time the site has been up, it has used almost 10TB worth of bandwidth!! insane!!*
if the site has helped you and you want to support it, there's a "buy me a coffee" link at the top of the page. it goes directly back into keeping this website alive! that being said, i will always keep this site ad free and paywall free until i am unable to keep it up at all. i made it for other nerds like me who wanna make silly miis.
what's next for floralith?
i have a much larger collection of clean, personally scanned nsps taht i've been building up for my own use for a while. the plan is to expand the site into something with more games, better organization, and a smoother experience overall. each game will have dedicated instructions for that game, with different guides for different emulators. but that's in the future.
common questions!
"does it work on mobile/android/phone?" - switch emulation needs some decent umpf to work properly, the most portable you can realistically get right now is a steamdeck or some other form of handheld (rog ally, etc).
"the game keeps crashing on startup" - usually a firmware issue. try reinstalling the firmware zip using "install (.xci or .zip)" NOT "install folder". if that doesn't help, try firmware 21.0.0. if it still crashes, your CPU might have enough cores, try looking into PPTC settings.
"ryujinx is slow / graphics are weird" - try switching between vulkan and opengl in graphics settings. for older nvidia cards, opengl usually works better.
"no application found in selected file" - easy fix! the best way to solve this is to make a dedicated folder to put your nsps, and load them into ryujinx from there.
in ryujinx, click on settings, on the general page, there will be a box on the right that says game directories. click on the add button, navigate to the folder with your nsp in it, and click select folder. your game should appear on the main menu!
tl;dr:
i'm a real person, i'm not trying to scam you, i'm a cs student and a geek at heart. i built floralith beause i wanted something better to exist for this game. i had no idea it would become this big. thank you all so much for using my site, and being patient with the growing paints. it means so much to me that i can help so many people.
if you need to download ltd, you know where to find it: https://floralith.xyz/
find me here (occasionally), or on discord @/luminesc1ence if you need help. 💜
— blorblegoop
