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Gamecard Installer NX: A way to install your gamecards directly to your switch!

Hi everyone!

I've made a gamecard installer, which as the name suggets, installs your gamecards directly to your switch!

The app is quite simple, with only 3 options.
  1. Install to the nand.
  2. Install to the sd card.
  3. Exit.
However I spent some time polishing the UI and added some cool features as well.
  • Support for multi gamecards (gamecards with multiple games inside, press L / R to cycle through them).
  • Full touchscreen support.
  • Music support. Simply drop any .mp3's into the app folder /switch/gamecard_installer/ and the app will play these songs at random! (sub folders are supported).
  • Displays gamecard info such as total size, key generation and app ID.
  • Displays free nand / sd card memory. This is updated after installing a game.
  • Cleans up all placeholders on startup. This means if you used an app that failed to install a game and it didn't delete the placeholder after, my app does it for you.
  • Should anything go wrong, a error code for that specific error will be displayed. This will save time when reporting issues.

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A guide for installing this app, as well as a guide on how to compile app can be found on my repo (linked below).

Link to the release: https://github.com/ITotalJustice/Gamecard-Installer-NX/releases
Link to the repo: https://github.com/ITotalJustice/Gamecard-Installer-NX
Link to screenshots from the app: https://github.com/ITotalJustice/Gamecard-Installer-NX/tree/master/images

v1.0.1:
  • Fixed incorrectly returned the sys version number (fw 8.1.0 would be returned as 8.0.1).
  • Fixed bug that would cause the installed game to sometimes still as a gamecard.
  • Fixed bug that would make it so that it would sometimes not push the correct application record which caused game updates that was previously installed to say that it was not.
v1.0.0:
  • Initial release.
 
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Just a friendly reminder that you can rent games for free from your local library, including Swith games, and if your local library has no games in stock you can use their computer system to reserve games that will be shipped to your library as soon as possible and they'll let you know when it's arrived. I've done this a ton without the intention of installing the gamecards and only renting the game for a couple of weeks free of charge, but now that this is an option, this is an awesome extra reason to do so.
 
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Gh0sti said:
this work for xcis to install on sxos?
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No sorry, this is only for gamecards.

cucholix said:
It still can you get banned from nso?
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I don't really know what Nintendo bans for honestly, so I can't say whether or not they will ban or not. But considering that the installed games still require fs patches, it could very much be ban bait.
 
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Reecey said:
this is pretty cool app does it install the certificates a well? or just a conversion from gamecard to nsp?
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I'd definitely like to know the answer to the @Reecey cert question. I've used SX OS since its release purely for mounting my own personal XCI dumps, going online, and have never got banned in doing so. I've seen many others post reporting the same, that going online with only ever using their personal XCI dumps hasn't resulted in bans.

If any of my XCI dumps had no cert (common for scene releases) or had a cert injected from another game (saw this during the early days of trying to figure out what got you banned online), I definitely would have gotten banned like the many others who have.

Anyways, if the certificate is retained during installation and used during online play, I would for sure be willing to risk trying this online and report back if I get banned :P
 
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TeconMoon said:
I'd definitely like to know the answer to the @Reecey cert question. I've used SX OS since its release purely for mounting my own personal XCI dumps, going online, and have never got banned in doing so. I've seen many others post reporting the same, that going online with only ever using their personal XCI dumps hasn't resulted in bans.

If any of my XCI dumps had no cert (common for scene releases) or had a cert injected from another game (saw this during the early days of trying to figure out what got you banned online), I definitely would have gotten banned like the many others who have.

Anyways, if the certificate is retained during installation and used during online play, I would for sure be willing to risk trying this online and report back if I get banned :P
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Definitely interested in hearing more about this as well...
 
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TeconMoon said:
I'd definitely like to know the answer to the @Reecey cert question. I've used SX OS since its release purely for mounting my own personal XCI dumps, going online, and have never got banned in doing so. I've seen many others post reporting the same, that going online with only ever using their personal XCI dumps hasn't resulted in bans.

If any of my XCI dumps had no cert (common for scene releases) or had a cert injected from another game (saw this during the early days of trying to figure out what got you banned online), I definitely would have gotten banned like the many others who have.

Anyways, if the certificate is retained during installation and used during online play, I would for sure be willing to risk trying this online and report back if I get banned :P
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He did reply and say it didn’t install the certificate but my thoughts on this was, if it was a direct copy straight from the slot/gamecard then it would of installed as an exact 1:1 copy straight to your main menu and the nsw would believe you are actually using a real retail gamecard in the slot and yes I would of gone online with it.
 
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pcwizard7 said:
XCI is a container not just for game card dumps as I can take a nsp image of the game (ISO) + Update nsp + DLC nsp into one XCI container.

it's the same with MP4/MKV both are two forms of video/audio container
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And ISO is a container, you can create them by dumping a real CD or mastering your own.

Just because you can make your own custom game card, doesn't mean XCI isn't a game card dump.
 

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