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    Buying a switch lite

    If I’m just going to be playing handheld on a trip, I can attach my NitroDeck+, which is more comfortable than I expect the Lite would be (but heavy, OTOH it has a kickstand). If I might want to use motion controls with the console in tabletop mode, I attach my M6HDs instead. With the Lite, I...
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    Buying a switch lite

    DekuDeals website tells you about sales, mostly for digital games and occasionally physical on Amazon. TheGameCollection will often match or slightly beat the price DD lists for ShopTo. CeX can sell you second-hand physical games, but your local independent games shop will almost certainly give...
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    Hardware Using the GameCube Switch 2 for Switch 1/2 games is complicated.

    Nyxi's Wizard 2 is a pretty good recreation of the GC controller but as joycon. Binbok/Doyoky's Retro was OK too, but didn't have HD rumble or the option of long-throw triggers. Avoid Nyxi's first Wizard, though. I hear it's pretty bad.
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    Pokemon Yellow added to first generation recompilation library, voxel mod updated to support "3Dish battles"

    We kinda have low-poly 3D Gen2 in the form of HeartGold/SoulSilver, at least for the overworld. Battles are still sprites in a void.
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    Buying a switch lite

    This is the right decision : ). But all Switch1 models are being discontinued in Europe - partly to drive sales of the Switch2, but also presumably because Nintendo don't want the faff of making a new Switch1 version with a user-replaceable battery. Hopefully you can find one cheap from someone...
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    Buying a switch lite

    It’s smaller than the standard Switch1 but plays the same games. Many owners seem to like it. But I would prefer a regular one. The Lite it has several downsides compared to the dockable models. Obviously you don’t have the option of playing it on the TV. But you’re also stuck with the built-in...
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    What texture type is this (GameCube)

    What effect is the lighting supposed to have? Is it for changing how the player model looks? Working out where its shadow should be cast? Or just brightening appropriate parts of the background when you get a lightning flash or the light flickers to brighter? The shadow in your 'ghosted' image...
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    Bad morning post

    Obviously it's a 15-minute smoking break.
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    What texture type is this (GameCube)

    My point is that the image doesn't seem to be about lighting directly, but about geometry. Which is rather important if you're representing a 3D environment with a pre-rendered 2D image - the game needs to know which bits you can walk on (same height) vs. fall off (change to lower height) vs...
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    What texture type is this (GameCube)

    That looks like (the least significant bits of) a distance map - the stairs in the top left corner have fairly constant colours, and the ground floor changes quite slowly apart from the one horizontal line where the values wrap around from yellow to pink (…1.8m, 1.9m, 2.0m…), while vertical...
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    Hacking [QUESTION] Change the title ID of a game

    Yanu seems to have this function. I'm not sure what the minimum amount of change you can apply to a game along with this, or whether making a game Skyline-compatible breaks compatibility with any other platform, but it might be worth a look.
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    Bad morning post

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    Nintendo announces plans to discontinue Nintendo Switch line in Europe next year, outlines upcoming hardware changes for other devices

    If you only need to pack the components in, never to be seen again, they can be arranged in a way that maximises space for the battery. If the user needs to be able to change the battery, it needs to be next to the case, and you need extra hinges, screw posts &c., and probably extra casing to...
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    Hardware Dunno if this Circle Pad replacement module is for the New 3DS normal size or the XL version

    OP hasn't installed the new parts yet - you can see the original, slightly wider, stick cap under the darker grey C-shape that slots into the 3DS's case. When it's installed, it won't stick up. IIRC the stick modules are the same, but the original 3DS's cap was slightly wider - the rubber on...
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    How to downgrade SDK version of an update?

    Hmm… I had no problem running FB3 on HOS 18? 19? Is this a recent update? You could try using a different installer.
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