Hacking White boxes in SX menu for split XCis

Wezaa · Dec 13, 2018

Hi,
I was on exFat but decided to change to fat32 due to the issues I have read about concerning the switches implementation of exFat.

I had to split some of my XCIs so they would now fit onto the Fat32 card.

The unsplit games show the game pictures as normal.
But the games that have been split show as a white box.
I used this to split the files https://gbatemp.net/threads/xci-cutter-tool-windows.504818/

Does anyone know how I can get the pictures to show again?

Thank you

Insane · Dec 13, 2018

By using exFat... known issue

DocKlokMan · Dec 13, 2018

Wezaa said:
Hi,
I was on exFat but decided to change to fat32 due to the issues I have read about concerning the switches implementation of exFat.

I had to split some of my XCIs so they would now fit onto the Fat32 card.

The unsplit games show the game pictures as normal.
But the games that have been split show as a white box.
I used this to split the files https://gbatemp.net/threads/xci-cutter-tool-windows.504818/

Does anyone know how I can get the pictures to show again?

Thank you

Odd, for me games that don't have images won't have them whether they're whole or split. Can you give me an example game that has an image when whole but not when split for me to experiment with?

Wezaa · Dec 13, 2018

Insane said:
By using exFat... known issue

I'm not on exFat now, I'm on Fat32 now...
The non split XCIs have a pic, but the split ones don't.

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AnalogMan said:
Odd, for me games that don't have images won't have them whether they're whole or split. Can you give me an example game that has an image when whole but not when split for me to experiment with?

Smash ultimate
Crash Nsane trilogy
Pokemon lets go eevee
Just Dance 2019

Hyrule warriors is also split but that has a pic for some reason.

I split all the games at the same time as a batch.

DocKlokMan · Dec 13, 2018

Wezaa said:
I'm not on exFat now, I'm on Fat32 now...
The non split XCIs have a pic, but the split ones don't.

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Smash ultimate
Crash Nsane trilogy
Pokemon lets go eevee
Just Dance 2019

Hyrule warriors is also split but that has a pic for some reason.

I split all the games at the same time as a batch.

And those games:

Smash ultimate
Crash Nsane trilogy
Pokemon lets go eevee
Just Dance 2019

All had pictures when you were on exFAT?

Zaide · Dec 13, 2018

I've experienced this same issue. Would love to see a solution.

Wezaa · Dec 13, 2018

AnalogMan said:
And those games:

Smash ultimate
Crash Nsane trilogy
Pokemon lets go eevee
Just Dance 2019

All had pictures when you were on exFAT?

Yes

Insane · Dec 13, 2018

Issue is with card2 games on SX OS

The solutions are
- wait until TX has fixed the bug or released guidelines on how to split

- rebuild the XCI to a card1 XCI and use that
- deal with the missing info/icon

Wezaa · Dec 13, 2018

Insane said:
Issue is with card2 games on SX OS

The solutions are
- wait until TX has fixed the bug or released guidelines on how to split
- rebuild the XCI to a card1 XCI and use that
- deal with the missing info/icon

What tool would I use to rebuild to a card1? Cheers

Just had a look, i have other Card 2 type games on my SD card (not split) that do show the pic. Is it just split type 2s that go white?

Ra1d · Dec 13, 2018

Wezaa said:
What tool would I use to rebuild to a card1? Cheers

Just had a look, i have other Card 2 type games on my SD card (not split) that do show the pic. Is it just split type 2s that go white?

Only the split games have the white box. Why would you go through the trouble of rebuilding the game to card1 if you can see the titles and can play them no problem ?

Wezaa · Dec 13, 2018

Insane said:
Issue is with card2 games on SX OS

The solutions are
- wait until TX has fixed the bug or released guidelines on how to split
- rebuild the XCI to a card1 XCI and use that
- deal with the missing info/icon

Used NSC builder to rebuild lets go eevee to card type 1 and then resplit it. Still shows as a white box.

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Ra1d said:
Only the split games have the white box. Why would you go through the trouble of rebuilding the game to card1 if you can see the titles and can play them no problem ?

Because I'm a bit of a perfectionist and like to see the icons.

DocKlokMan · Dec 13, 2018

Wezaa said:
Used NSC builder to rebuild lets go eevee to card type 1 and then resplit it. Still shows as a white box.

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Because I'm a bit of a perfectionist and like to see the icons.

Here's my results:

Split via XCI Cutter:

Split via my NSP Splitter:

So I guess how it's split matters. While my NSP splitter was originally designed for NSP files, it works just as well on XCI files. I've had a few pull requests to make it more generic so it can be used for any file over 4GB that you may want to put on the Switch, but I didn't really see the need to do so until now.

Ra1d · Dec 13, 2018

AnalogMan said:
Here's my results:

Split via XCI Cutter:
View attachment 152099

Split via my NSP Splitter:
View attachment 152100

So I guess how it's split matters. While my NSP splitter was originally designed for NSP files, it works just as well on XCI files. I've had a few pull requests to make it more generic so it can be used for any file over 4GB that you may want to put on the Switch, but I didn't really see the need to do so until now.

It probably looks for the icon in the .xc0 part, so it depends how you split it size-wise. Just an assumption though, I doubt they put a lot of thought into finding the icon.

DocKlokMan · Dec 13, 2018

Ra1d said:
It probably looks for the icon in the .xc0 part, so it depends how you split it size-wise. Just an assumption though, I doubt they put a lot of thought into finding the icon.

Yeah, they probably don't jump between split files when grabbing metadata, which is why the second split method works, because then the filing system sees it as one single file.

Insane · Dec 13, 2018

So you wanne tell me you split it into th NSP folder structure and it works? :wacko:

so <gamename>.xci/00 ?

DocKlokMan · Dec 14, 2018

Insane said:
So you wanne tell me you split it into th NSP folder structure and it works?

so <gamename>.xci/00 ?

Yeah, splitting a file, putting it in a folder and then setting the archive bit isn’t just for NSP files, it’s any file over 4GB that the Switch needs. Works for NCA files too.

hippy dave · Dec 14, 2018

AnalogMan said:
Yeah, splitting a file, putting it in a folder and then setting the archive bit isn’t just for NSP files, it’s any file over 4GB that the Switch needs. Works for NCA files too.

So does this work for any file access using the FS service, even in homebrew? Like for playing a large video file, would the player app see it as a single file? Or really big roms for emulators?

Wezaa · Dec 14, 2018

AnalogMan said:
Here's my results:

Split via XCI Cutter:
View attachment 152099

Split via my NSP Splitter:
View attachment 152100

So I guess how it's split matters. While my NSP splitter was originally designed for NSP files, it works just as well on XCI files. I've had a few pull requests to make it more generic so it can be used for any file over 4GB that you may want to put on the Switch, but I didn't really see the need to do so until now.

So would I use your NSP splitter, then what did you do?
How do I make SXOS see it as an XCI?
Thank you

WiiuGold · Dec 14, 2018

You should use exfat for xci files

Then keep ur sdcard with fat32

Armen · Dec 14, 2018

Wezaa said:
So would I use your NSP splitter, then what did you do?
How do I make SXOS see it as an XCI?
Thank you

I second this - I have a 256GB Samsung Evo and have the same issue with white icons for split files. I've been using XCI Cutter. I hope your solution works! Thanks again for looking into it AnalogMan!

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