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.

mig switch not working/updating??

stickybit · 2024-03-28T19:59:51+00:00

just got my mig switch and followed instructions to the T to update it and all im getting is a red light and then a message saying cart not recognised, all im trying to do is update it to the latest firmware, it says it should flash blue when...

Gaming Any games require multiple left Joycon buttons being pressed at once?

Thread starter GalladeGuy
Start date Dec 16, 2017
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GalladeGuy

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Dec 16, 2017

I'm thinking of getting a replacement shell with a D-Pad for the left Joycon. Are there any games where two buttons need to be pressed at once on the left Joycon that would be unplayable because of this kind of mod? I don't care about two-player games where you use a single Joycon because most of my friends already have their own Switches to use.

Futurdreamz

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Dec 16, 2017

What about games with 8-direction navigation (up, down, etc, up-right, down-left, etc)?

GalladeGuy

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Dec 16, 2017

Futurdreamz said:
What about games with 8-direction navigation (up, down, etc, up-right, down-left, etc)?

That should be fine with a D-Pad.

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HaloEliteLegend

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Dec 16, 2017

Nah, only cases would likely be split-joycon multiplayer games, but you've already said you likely won't be doing that much. I think you'll be fine modding on a real D-pad.