DBI and installing updates without the game present ?

[Escape1975]

Just a quick question for anyone using multiple SD cards with the switch, what happens when you load an
update and the game happens to be present on the other SD card, will it still install via DBI or fail?

Just wondering if anyone has tried

 

[hippy dave]

You can install an update without the base game no problem.

 

[Escape1975]

Ahh that's what I was afraid of

So that means before installing updates I now have to figure out which games are on which card lol.

 

[impeeza]

you install the update using DBI and it install without problem, but when you try to load the shortcut on the HOS you are informed what not all the software is installed, you can't run an update without the base program.

 

[Escape1975]

Right but if you already have the game on another SD card, normally the switch shows you a game icon except it shows a little download icon next to title, indicating the game is on another SD card ...

Now what happens if you have a base game on one SD card and just the update on another, possibly 2 icons but neither of them are able to launch ...

So in fact I have to check what games are where

I wonder if a toggle feature could be implemented in DBI to skip updates when there's no base game, hmm!

 

[Dust2dust]

Wouldn't it be easier to just buy a bigger SD card, and have everything on it? You're making your life harder than it needs to be.

 

[Escape1975]

Yes that would of course be the ultimate solution

But if a setting like that can be implemented I'm sure it would help not just myself

Life is hard lol

 

[Dust2dust]

Not to mention that inserting and removing your SD card often, like this would require, is not good for your Switch. The SD slot is fragile. You want to avoid removing the SD card, as much as you can, by installing games via USB, and transferring files with Hekate.

 

[duckbill007]

Even if base game files located on another SD, system has records that base game is installed, so it needs to check that all game files are actually exists. I do not need such option. Use single SD/manage yourself/use another installer/write your own.

 

[deathblade200]

well lets think about this logically if the update wouldn't install without the base game also being installed then how would cart games be updated since the cart game would never be installed on the device?

 

[Escape1975]

well lets think about this logically if the update wouldn't install without the base game also being installed then how would cart games be updated since the cart game would never be installed on the device?

That’s true, so just make DBI show the updates that it cannot locate base games for, in red
The user can then make a choice and install or ignore …

Post automatically merged: Oct 22, 2022

Even if base game files located on another SD, system has records that base game is installed, so it needs to check that all game files are actually exists. I do not need such option. Use single SD/manage yourself/use another installer/write your own.

Yes, but if there was a quick way of checking to make sure it’s not on SysNand or EmuNand that would be great …

Obviously the switch knows that already as it shows the game and marks it with a download icon.

If we could show the update file in a different color that would be great.

I don’t think we need to check if all files for a game exist, we don’t need to verify the integrity.