TX Announces SX OS v2.2 BETA with Docked USB Drive Support

It's only been a week since Team-Xecuter made the big announcement of SX OS v2.1 with their 'cheat engine'

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And now they are back and on a roll with them adding 'Docked USB Drive Support' and many other nice improvements to their 'cheat engine' and a few bug fixes! :)
How do you do, dear SX OS users?

Today we are back once again with a much anticipated new feature as well as various improvements to existing functionality for SX OS. While this is still labelled as BETA we've had some good success with it internally, we're looking forward to your feedback.

Lets jump into the list of changes!
  • Docked USB drive support!
Yes. You read it right. You can now plug a USB mass storage device into your switch' dock and load XCI or install NSP content from there directly. No longer are you limited by the size of your microSD card when playing the switch from the comfort of your couch, but you can now enjoy TERABYTES of content by using external harddisks and such! The filesystem on the drive needs to be either FAT32 or exFAT, and the directories that are being scanned for content are equal to the ones you'd use on the microSD card.
  • Updates to the cheat system
    • More accurate progress indication during cheat search
      People were reporting "freezes" during cheat searches, often times these were just due to impatience and a suboptimal UI from our end. The progress bars are more honest and update more frequently now!
    • Cheat search for exact value requires no initial dump anymore
      For 'exact value' searches a big initial dump file on your microSD is not needed, and since this is often the way people start a cheat search we decided to streamline the cheat finder process a bit. You are now prompted with a question whether you want to start an exact value search or arbitrary value search, in case of the former the process will be much faster.
    • Automatically apply/disable cheats upon toggle
      The interface for "applying" the cheats was a bit counterintuitive, you now no longer have to press the plus (+) button in order to apply cheats. They are automatically applied/disabled once you toggle them. Disabling cheats now properly works as well, so there's no need for having a dummy cheat any more to work around that limitation.
    • Ability to add cheats using the UI
      Identifying memory locations for cheats using just the console is nice, but previously there was no way of adding an actual cheat-code for a location you found to the cheat code library. This has been addressed, and there is now an interface for doing this directly from our menu.
  • Show homebrew NSP icons in TX menu
    Some homebrew NSP titles were not displaying their icons properly. This has been investigated and fixed.
  • Fix error 2345-0021 when in docked mode opening TX menu
    People who play/cheat in docked mode will like this fix. The frequent crashes that happened when opening the TX menu in docked mode are now a thing of the past!
That's it folks. Enjoy this BETA and let us know what you think. We have more tricks up our sleeves, more rabbits in our tophats. And we only have one gear: FORWARD.

--< Team-Xecuter - Rocking the Switch in 2018 and beyond! >--
Enjoy! :)

:arrow: Source: MaxConsole
 
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Okay, so I'm a little confused. I have everything in the right place on my flashdrive and nothing is showing up on the menu. Is there a setting or something you have to toggle? It refreshes when I take out and put it back in in the back USB port. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong, I am using a FAT32 formatted flashdrive with XCI's on the root.
 

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how does the update function work? does it overwrite the boot file right away or put it in a temp folder and programmed to overwrite on reboot?
Downloads it to a temp folder, then verifies it, then overwrites the previous boot file. Of course you'd need to reboot to see any actual changes.
 
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this is quite possibly a stupid question, installing NSP on External HDD
is it possible to install an NSP then transfer the Nintendo directory to the HDD and use a symlink in place on the MicroSD to point the files on the HDD
 

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Team Xecuter need to work in a solution to install NSP ignoring the required firmware version like Tinfoil does.
I think some XCI games also ask for specific firm to run (like Lego Dc villans)
 
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Team Xecuter need to work in a solution to install NSP ignoring the required firmware version like Tinfoil does.
I think some XCI games also ask for specifit firm to run (like Lego Dc villans)

They will focus on latest firmware and Emunand will solve all the issues.
 

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Anyone else get a error to power off when using a USB wall powered HDD, it was working then after testing like 18 games ina row it errored (no biggy just restart) now it wont read the hdd at all.
I've tried reformatting it, formatting to fat32, changing it to GPT type, nothing works now, it just errors on HDD speed up
 

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Just out of interest - has anyone tried this with a usb dvd/blueray drive yet? I would imagine it would work but I'm just speculating.
 

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Just out of interest - has anyone tried this with a usb dvd/blueray drive yet? I would imagine it would work but I'm just speculating.
optical discs don't use fat or exfat file format so little chance it'll be supported by switch since it doesn't have optical disc support
 
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Out of curiosity

If I convert a few nsp games to xci

Nba2k19 for example:

The game itself is less than 10gb but the update is close to 30gb. When I install the update where does the update get stored ? On hard drive where the game .xci is ? Or on my SD card installed in the switch?
 

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Out of curiosity

If I convert a few nsp games to xci

Nba2k19 for example:

The game itself is less than 10gb but the update is close to 30gb. When I install the update where does the update get stored ? On hard drive where the game .xci is ? Or on my SD card installed in the switch?
Nsp for the moment get installed on the switch external sorage or on the microsd .
 

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So not on the external hard drive where I have the .xci ?
Nope for the moment only xci and you can put the nsp there for install them on the internal switch storage or micro sd.
You can also use one of the available tools to convert nsp games to xci
 

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Can someone assist an uneducated person here...

1) What is max size supported for hard drive? - or what is a good drive you pro's recommend?
2) How would we launch?
----> Meaning would we still use the jig & dongle and hold in the power + vol up boot into CFW then dock the switch and plug in the USB hard drive?
 

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1) seems to be 2TB with MBR Partion, this would also match with the Maximum what Nintendo says is the switch compatible.
2) Its currently only possible with SX OS 2.2 Beta and yes, you would load your Firmware as usual and if you have an HDD / Flash Drive or something connected, SX OS would regconize it.
 
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I've tried with an 8gb pendrive this morning. Plugged and unplugged it while the switch was on dock and recognized the games on it. It's a really nice improvment on the sx os functionality! Totally worth it, and I was one of those who would wait for the pirates be pirated.
 

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