I have Skyrim game on my SD Card, I inserted my Switch microSD card on my computer and I noticed that game files are divided in multiple parts of ~4gb, I think that games that takes more than 4gb MUST be divided in multiple files.I'm guessing exFat is fine since there are .xci files larger than 4GB.
Anybody know?
All games you download from the eshop get segmented into 4GB parts.I have Skyrim game on my SD Card, I inserted my Switch microSD card on my computer and I noticed that game files are divided in multiple parts of ~4gb, I think that games that takes more than 4gb MUST be divided in multiple files.
You mean officially or unofficially? The Switch does just fine with ExFAT cards as long as you accept the update that's triggered by themAs it is now, the Switch itself can only handle Fat32, not exFat. This could potentially change in the future, but the ReSwitched team had some difficulty getting SD card reading implemented whatsoever, so it's a safe bet that Fat32 alone will be supported by Atmosphere at launch.
switch doesn't use cia files. The files are .xcievery switch requires an update to enable exfat.
that update can only be installed by updating the switch through an online connection.
its both a way to save on exfat license fees for nintendo, as well as leading people to update their console.
while the switch itself does the 4gb split to all files it installs or gets from the eshop, it doesnt do that with files you throw on the cart or whatever. we'll probably have to use extra software to split say, the cia file of a BotW up before its put on the sd card to install.
unless someone finds a way to install exfat compability through homebrew. we'll really have to see
XCI files are game cartridges. The ones we would be installing are the NSP or Nintendo Submission Packages.switch doesn't use cia files. The files are .xci
NRO are executable homebrew files. NSO are executables found in official cartridges. XCI's house all of the individual NCA's so in the future, we will probably be booting the XCI's not the NCA's.And the good old NRO is an executable - in these XCI's and NCA's do we find the NRO's in each and every case both from Cart and from internal sotrage , say from downloads ?
Hehe, its all good It's just a shame that none of the file formats are .nxShould have said NRO is the executable format for non-ExeFS binaries. aka homebrew non signed .....