Hacking Homebrew Kinda hoping for some help here? Software wise I mean...

[Bidoof_Pegs]

This is a bit of a 'hail mary' really, but I haven't been in the switch modding scene for about a year now really and it really shows. A lot of the software and games I've installed on my switch, mostly fangames and the like have been corrupted and even games I've dumped from my cartridges and the like have also been corrupted and shuttered. There's talk about needing sig-patches, and sig-patches not working on atmosphere anymore, and then needing sys-patches for games and custom software to work, and when I try to install software, and custom games it just loads as a loading box in the menu, and it's all been really overwhelming and confusing. Any talk I try to get through servers either gets disregarded or just flagged as piracy talk.
Maybe it's a bit much to ask for, but I just need some help figuring this out and learning how to extract and procure sys-patches, sig-patches, or whatever and have everything up to date and the like?
Sorry if this comes across as whiny, I just feel like I'm at my wits end really.

 

[Marcell]

What I always run into is that when you update your FW and Atmosphere, there seems to leftover from the previous installation.Old sigpatches, tweaks, etc, and they are the things that cause crashes. So for me the standard procedure nowadays is that every time I update the FW / Atmosphere (Daybreak, etc) I just completely wipe the atmosphere and hekate folders and redo them from scratch. This seems to do the trick. Also, just don't update your EmuMMC fw for no good reason and then things stay stable.

 

[Ethelbert]

Sigpatches are an outdated meme, sys-patch is the new hotness.

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Homebrew Homebrew app  Thread 'sys-patch - sysmod that patches on boot'

May 25, 2023

sys-patch is a sysmodule that patches fs, ldr, es and nifm on boot. This has the same effect as sigpatches.

The benefit of sys-patch is that it only needs updating when something major breaks, the last time this happened was fw 15.0.0.

Another benefit is patching ldr will (likely) never need to be updated. In the past, if a silent atmosphere update happened, this would break sigpatches (unless you updated them again).

sys-patch also outputs a log where you can see which patches are applied, which one failed and some other useful data. You can manually read the log or use the overlay...

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https://github.com/impeeza/sys-patch

Anyway, redoing everything manually is the best option when doing big updates. Always works for me.

Unfortunately you have an unfortunate timing. Firmware 22.5.0 came out today and things aren't updated yet.

 

[Bidoof_Pegs]

Sigpatches are an outdated meme, sys-patch is the new hotness.

D

Homebrew Homebrew app  Thread 'sys-patch - sysmod that patches on boot'

May 25, 2023

sys-patch is a sysmodule that patches fs, ldr, es and nifm on boot. This has the same effect as sigpatches.

The benefit of sys-patch is that it only needs updating when something major breaks, the last time this happened was fw 15.0.0.

Another benefit is patching ldr will (likely) never need to be updated. In the past, if a silent atmosphere update happened, this would break sigpatches (unless you updated them again).

sys-patch also outputs a log where you can see which patches are applied, which one failed and some other useful data. You can manually read the log or use the overlay...

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https://github.com/impeeza/sys-patch

Anyway, redoing everything manually is the best option when doing big updates. Always works for me.

Unfortunately you have an unfortunate timing. Firmware 22.5.0 came out today and things aren't updated yet.

Well i have a first edition switch, i.e. I have a switch where I can use a jig. So they said i don't have to worry about firmware updates? Is that true or is that no longer the case.

edit: alright, I've done sys-patches rn but now im running into the same issue where games load but they just error on startup?

 

[thesjaakspoiler]

The Switch model itself does not matter when it comes to sigpatches/syspatches.
That is only related on how you can start your custom firmware.

If sys-patch is set up correctly, then sigpatches should automatically be generated when you boot your Switch.
Sys-patch is independent of the firmware so after an update everything still should work.

Homebrew applications are usually dependent on a firmware and need to be updated whenever a new firmware comes out.
(Some exceptions exist though.)
Try to see if you can start a homebrew app that had been updated for the FW you are currently running.
I that works, everything should be fine when it comes to homebrew stuff.
Check if the homebrew game you would like to run is compatible with your current firmware.

Also dumping your own cart can be a bit tricky and give you errors if not done right.
If done correctly with the latest lockpick keys from your own console, those should work.

We can't help you with getting pirated games to work as that is not allowed here.

 

[Bidoof_Pegs]

The Switch model itself does not matter when it comes to sigpatches/syspatches.
That is only related on how you can start your custom firmware.

If sys-patch is set up correctly, then sigpatches should automatically be generated when you boot your Switch.
Sys-patch is independent of the firmware so after an update everything still should work.

Homebrew applications are usually dependent on a firmware and need to be updated whenever a new firmware comes out.
(Some exceptions exist though.)
Try to see if you can start a homebrew app that had been updated for the FW you are currently running.
I that works, everything should be fine when it comes to homebrew stuff.
Check if the homebrew game you would like to run is compatible with your current firmware.

Also dumping your own cart can be a bit tricky and give you errors if not done right.
If done correctly with the latest lockpick keys from your own console, those should work.

We can't help you with getting pirated games to work as that is not allowed here.

That's fair, I've been able to get sys-patches and dumped games load in now, but they error on startup. Only happens with newer games more than older games really for some reason.
It's an issue form before but at least I'm back to the same issue rather than a new one?

What would be a good homebrew app to test on the new FW?