Hacking SWITCH NOOB PARADISE - Ask questions here

thekarter104 · 2026-09-19T11:35:32+0100

Blythe93 said:
That's probably one of the recent firmware update changes, similar to the Switch 2. I had to update my Switch 2 in order to activate the microSD card slot.

In order to send hekate payload, you don't need to have SD card inserted for the first time as stated here: https://switch.hacks.guide/user_guide/rcm/sending_payload
However, your SD card probably won't work in OFW, though. Can't really test that out on my end without updating my OFW to the lastest firmware. Still, you should be able to use emuNAND.

I see. Later in the guide it tells you to copy the Nintendo folder which I don't have, so in preperarion I wanted to create that using the Switch. The SD card had be used for the Steam Deck, so there's no Nintendo folder to begin with, nor does it even recognize the SD to begin with on the Windows based PC. The PC detects the SD card in Disk Management though, so it's not corrupted. The SD is barely used as most of my files are in the Steam Deck drive lol

Nynrah · 2026-09-19T12:59:34+0100

Nynrah said:
Got a few games that fail to start. I get a black screen with an exclamation mark in a square box and underneath that the text:
Could not start the software.
Please try again from the HOME Menu.

In this case it's The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero and The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure that do so for me. I updated them to the latest versions, which should require firmware 22.5.0. My Switch runs firmware 22.5.0 along with the corresponding Atmosphere version, sigpatches, etc. As far as I can tell, the files are not corrupt at all; NxFileViewer reports their state is original.

Why does this error show up? And how can I fix it? Not just for these games, but in general if this shows up for any game.

Small update to this. After some trial and error I found that both games work fine, until I install their latest updates (1.5.5 and 1.2.5 respectively). I am starting to suspect this is sigpatch-related.

Both updates require firmware 22.5.0, which I am running. I am running the latest sigpatches that I know of (Hekate+AMS-package3-sigpatches-Atmosphere-1.11.2-master-5388824be-cfw-22.5.0) in addition to having installed sys-patch-v1.6.2.3. And yet somehow I can't run the games on these versions. I installed the games and patches with DBI 874, just in case it matters.

Obviously I'll check it again once Atmosphere gets updated to be compatible with firmware 23.0.0, but until then I can't help but wonder what's wrong here.

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