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

P3rf3ctVZer0 · Jan 18, 2020

Does this work without soft-modding?

blawar · Jan 18, 2020

Reecey said:
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.

there is a lot of misinformation and speculation going around. This is exactly the same as installing an NSP convert, no more no less. It is just more convuenient.

pcwizard7 · Jan 18, 2020

smf said:
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.

ISO is an image or master/gold copy of something now you can create your own of course but ISO is still an image that needs to be burned or pressed on to a medium to be able to be used

XCI is a container as it can open and be read by a player and is ready to use. Like MKV/MP4 are containers that you can place different types of video codecs that can be played by any player that can read these codecs

YamiPanda · Jan 18, 2020

Might be a dumb question but does it work on a vanilla console without CFW ?

spotanjo3 · Jan 18, 2020

Curious.. after it installed directly to my Switch. Can I find this dump from my sd card and save it on my PC hard drive store or external hard drive ?

Reecey · Jan 18, 2020

blawar said:
there is a lot of misinformation and speculation going around. This is exactly the same as installing an NSP convert, no more no less. It is just more convuenient.

Tell me about it! I’m fully aware of the confusion surrounding xci and injected certificates, sharing etc.. that’s why I had that thread shut all about donor certificate sharing many got confused with the method getting it completely wrong and receiving a ban, it got very messy I still get a lot of private messages today about how to do it. I wasn’t sure whether this might of been a different method than a basic nsp conversion, seems not.

Stealphie · Jan 18, 2020

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

Yeah, you're right i guess.
I forgot that you can convert NSP's to Xci.
Thanks for correcting me.

CrimsonWesker · Jan 18, 2020

So when this installs, how does it appear? Like a tile on the homescreen? and you just boot and play like normal?

Veyr handy and simple tool if so.

FanNintendo · Jan 18, 2020

where can i order the game card adapter?? never Mind found it and just order it SMILE!

Wrong one its Gamecard holder for micro sd Oops

pcwizard7 · Jan 18, 2020

this app just install directly to sd or nand instead of dumping it to xci file

but interest a game card adapter that has store backup games that you could change with a sd card

smf · Jan 18, 2020

pcwizard7 said:
ISO is an image or master/gold copy of something now you can create your own of course but ISO is still an image that needs to be burned or pressed on to a medium to be able to be used

No, you can also mount an ISO in a virtual drive. Like you can with XCI on SXOS.

There are also programs that can read from XCI, as there are programs that can read from ISO.

https://switchbrew.org/wiki/Gamecard_Format

Known internally as "XCI" (NX Card Image), this is the format used for storing the contents of a Nintendo Switch Gamecard.

axiomjunglist · Jan 18, 2020

Reecey said:
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.

@TeconMoon still willing to give it a go? If so please report back your findings!

blawar · Jan 18, 2020

axiomjunglist said:
@TeconMoon still willing to give it a go? If so please report back your findings!

please do not encourage others to get banned. it will not work.

TotalJustice · Jan 18, 2020

CrimsonWesker said:
So when this installs, how does it appear? Like a tile on the homescreen? and you just boot and play like normal?

Veyr handy and simple tool if so.

Yes it will appear like a normal title on the homescreen.

YamiPanda said:
Might be a dumb question but does it work on a vanilla console without CFW ?

It does not sorry, it will require cfw, and if it’s atmosphere that you’re using, it’ll also require fs patches (sigpatches).

g4jek8j54 · Jan 18, 2020

Nice release! Probably a stupid question, but could this be used as a way of bypassing the update to the game card reader that's on firmware 4.0.0 and higher, if your system NAND is on 3.0.2 or lower? Would it be possible to install, for example, a game card of Super Smash Brothers Ultimate to an SD card or emulated NAND, and then run it on the emulated NAND (with the required firmware version) while keeping the "no gamecard" patch on, or is this not possible? Thanks in advance, and thanks again for the release!

Super.Nova · Jan 19, 2020

I love how the avatar is very expressive on how much effort was put into this :rofl2:

Awesome work, nonetheless :grog:

chaoskagami · Jan 19, 2020

Pet peeve: it's not a NAND chip on the Switch, it's an eMMC. Either refer to it as such or call it the USER partition.

Complaints aside, awesome tool. It saves me the round trip of nxdumptool -> goldleaf, which is an improvement in my book.

TotalJustice · Jan 19, 2020

chaoskagami said:
Pet peeve: it's not a NAND chip on the Switch, it's an eMMC. Either refer to it as such or call it the USER partition.

Complaints aside, awesome tool. It saves me the round trip of nxdumptool -> goldleaf, which is an improvement in my book.

I considered it, however I kept it as Nand because i feel as though most users see internal memory as Nand. I didn't want to confuse anyone with the correct naming.

Though i am most likely going to change the name to System memory as this is what is displayed in the data management section in the settings, which I also follow when displaying the free storage space in-app.

deejay87 · Jan 19, 2020

Hi
are there any temporary files during the installation on the micro-sd ?

TotalJustice · Jan 19, 2020

lanner said:
Hi
are there any temporary files during the installation on the micro-sd ?

The way it works is that it writes to a “placeholder” file, after writing to that file is successful, that placeholder is registered. My app automatically deletes all placeholders on startup, so if there were any temporary files left over from a unsuccessful install (from my app or other title installers), they’re removed.

So it only writes the exact data it needs to when installing, and cleans up should anything fail.

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