Hacking Being able to make a gam load a save from an save file ?

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Hi,
So first of all, yes this is a weird question. But i'm really curious about it. Also for information, i'm also looking for something similar for the 3ds, but I felt like it was even less possible.

For the context, I own multiple CFW Switches for different purposes, and I also use emulators (trying to keep the lifespan of my Switches the best I can, because wow my first one is dying), so I came with that idea when I was working on something to sync my emu saves between my consoles and my other devices.

Since the saves on the Switch aren't tied to the cartridge, is there anything possible to tell the console to load a game from a basic external save rather the one located by default ? That way you could setup something to sync your saves on all Switches and devices as soon as you open your FTP ?

I have to admit, it's not a common request, but I also feel like it could open the door to many interesting things.

Thanks a lot !
 

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Something like this

https://github.com/Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere/issues/1733

But I'm not 100% sure what the syntax would be like for this "content specific flag" and I cant find examples

Kefirosphere is a bit more straightforward with it

Thanks a lot !
OMG I feel so dumb. I remember this feature now, and the potential of it back then.

Didn't have any luck to make it work (since i Just worked on the ini part)
I'd love any help to setup that with the specific flag thingy ?

Edit : Oh yes this is for Sysnand, no special risk ban wise ? I'm going online etc 100% with it since I don't do anything special outside of SysBot and some Ghidra
 

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Edit : Oh yes this is for Sysnand, no special risk ban wise ? I'm going online etc 100% with it since I don't do anything special outside of SysBot and some Ghidra
I'm not sure if that would be a good idea, because logs can see you're playing games, and I dont know if they would also see no save data is being written to nand and if that could tip it off
 

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I guess i could take the risk, online isn't something I need compared to the urge to access my saves files easily.
I've tried to look around but I couldn't find anything around to make it work.

Edit : Figured out with the help of my friend @Real.96
You have to go to : /atmosphere/contents/"gameid"/flags/ (create the missing folders if necessary)
and add a blank "redirect_save.flag" file.

Thanks for the help !
 
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