Child-proofing picofly system

[Rasa39]

So I have a picofly mod in my switch and was wanting to let the kids use it. I'm worried about them messing it up though.

I mainly wanna know if there's a way to put a pin or something on the tesla overlay menu that comes up when holding zl+zr+down, and same for the homebrew loader when you hold R.

I have the system running an emuNAND with the serial blanked and no internet connection, so even if they do connect somehow I'm not worried about them updating or going online.

I just don't want them mashing buttons and accidentally going into the overlay or homebrew menu's and messing something up. I know it's emunand so not the end of the world if they do, but it's just much easier if there's a way to avoid that.

Appreciate any help, thanks.

 

[BigOnYa]

Remove the Tesla overlay/ remove files from sd card then let them play. Put files back on sd card when you play. (IK not ideal but IDK any other way)
Also there is way to re-enable normal album access instead of it entering Homebrew menu using the override_config.ini file in atmosphere/config.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SwitchPirates/comments/1qrx55q/does_anyone_know_how_to_reverse_the_album/

 

[hippy dave]

I haven't heard of one, but it wouldn't be too hard to make a pin-entry overlay that took the place of the main overlay menu, and then opened Tesla or Ultrahand menu on correct pin entry.

 

[Rasa39]

Thanks for the tips guys.

How would i remove the overlays, is renaming the .overlay folder enough? And if I have settings or a specific clocks applied via an overlay, will they still be present even if the overlay menu isn't accessible?

Also is there any way I can set the homebrew menu shortcut to be a button combination, rather than just R, or can it only be a single button press? If I could set it to a combination button hold that would be ideal. I'd just make it the most uncomfortable combination to hold for little baby hands lol.

 

[cearp]

Also is there any way I can set the homebrew menu shortcut to be a button combination, rather than just R, or can it only be a single button press? If I could set it to a combination button hold that would be ideal. I'd just make it the most uncomfortable combination to hold for little baby hands lol.

If it's a worst case scenario and you can't find anything, don't be afraid of pointing AI to the atmosphere github repo, and telling it what you want.
Even if you've never programmed before, I wouldn't think it would take more than an hour of your time.

 

[Rasa39]

Ok so for anyone else interested this is what I did:

1. Renamed the ".overlay" folder to prevent the menu from popping up, even when you swipe the screen from the left side (did not know you could do that, found that out on accident).

2. Changed the button to toggle the homebrew menu, but also change the option in the "override_config.ini" so that you can't use any game app to trigger the menu.

3. In that same file, changed the app to an actual game app instead of the gallery. So now only 1 game can be used to access homebrew launcher with the key held, and it doesn't run in applet mode.
I have it set to a game they only play together with me, but if you have a game with a higher age rating than your parental control is set to, that fully eliminates the kids getting into the homebrew menu, unless they figure out your parental pin.

4. Discovered if you hold ZL and ZR at the same time on the home screen, the battery percentage shows up above the battery level indicator. How tf did I only just discover this accidentally, and how long has this been a feature? (not relevant, but like wtf)

If it's a worst case scenario and you can't find anything, don't be afraid of pointing AI to the atmosphere github repo, and telling it what you want.
Even if you've never programmed before, I wouldn't think it would take more than an hour of your time.

Honestly no idea what AI to use for coding, made a few adjustments to some local scripts with gpt before but that's about it. Figured out a solution in the end but thanks for the suggestion anyway. Appreciate the advice everyone.

 

[cearp]

if you have a game with a higher age rating than your parental control is set to, that fully eliminates the kids getting into the homebrew menu, unless they figure out your parental pin.

Clever!
(and for ai, claude would be good, free tier I guess too. but any recent one would be fine also)