Hello guys, this is my first post here! I just got a MIG Switch card out of curiosity and I was tinkering with it. For those who don't know, it's used by placing XCI dumps as well as other game specific bin files in the sd card of the MIG Switch, and are obtained from the original cartridge by using an app like nxdumptool. Two of these bin files are mandatory to get the game to boot: Initial Data.bin and Certificate.bin. They stay the same for every cartridge of a specific game. Now, if you want to use an XCI dump from a shady website it's impossible to get it to work without those files. By using the Certificate.bin from another game it has no problem, but this does not count for the Initial Data.bin. So I looked for a way to obtain this Initial Data from an XCI file and read a bit of the XCI file documentation from switchbrew dot org. Here's what I understood so far: The Switch checks if the cartridge is valid by doing a challenge–response authentication on the Initial Data. The Package ID is contained both on the XCI and the Initial Data, on positions 0x110 and 0x0 respectively. The Initial Data hash is on the XCI at position 0x160. It is calculated by doing a SHA-256 hash on the full Initial Data content. So I was wondering, is there a way to to construct a functional Initial Data file starting from an XCI dump? I also tried a reverse approach by editing the Package ID in the Initial Data from another game, generating the Initial Data hash and putting it in the XCI file but is not enough to get the Switch believe it's a real game. Sorry if this may seem stupid but let me know what you think.

duckstation for Switch

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Hardware Adding bulk and stability?..

Thread starter Crownz4
Start date Mar 17, 2017
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Crownz4

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Mar 17, 2017

As a big guy, with big hands, I feel like I'm going to break this thing in portable mode, and using the joycons separately is a joke...

Any chance or accessories out there (Etsy, Amazon, 3D-printing my own damn thing) to add some grip? The nerf armor for the WiiU was a godsend for me...wonder if I can fabricate something along those lines...

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Saiyan Lusitano

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Mar 17, 2017

There are plenty of silicone case grips on eBay you can buy for it.

Wiisel

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Mar 18, 2017

I have to agree and I don't even have large hands even at a modest medium size I find the standalone joycons on par with wet bars of soap.

Saiyan Lusitano

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Mar 18, 2017

Haven't had that issue, the Joy-Cons are very comfortable and haven't dropped them or felt like breaking them.

YourHero

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Mar 18, 2017

I have somewhat big hands but not like, bear hands, and it feels pretty stable to me. I know some people have gotten messed up joycons that wobble, but it normally doesn't seem to have an issue.

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