For anyone gets "the software was closed because an error occurred" when portal 2 is loading, you need to turn on airplane mode

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As title suggests. Apparently portal 2 is another game that will error out when nintendo servers are blocked by dns mitm. Btw very decent port. Finally I can play portal on my switch, been pulling my hair out trying to get portal working on switchroot android until I realized it's not supported. Hopefully we can get half life 2 on switch too.
 

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As title suggests. Apparently portal 2 is another game that will error out when nintendo servers are blocked by dns mitm. Btw very decent port. Finally I can play portal on my switch, been pulling my hair out trying to get portal working on switchroot android until I realized it's not supported. Hopefully we can get half life 2 on switch too.

BTW, I was able to remedy this on my Switch without

a) turning on airplane mode
or
b) turning off dns:mitm

…using .asm64 patches from the minds of @masagrator, @hippy dave and @bestpig here:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/is-it-f...nternet-connection-module.609819/post-9792052
https://gbatemp.net/threads/is-it-f...nternet-connection-module.609819/post-9793883

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e: haven’t personally tried this latest one yet…

https://gbatemp.net/threads/is-it-f...nternet-connection-module.609819/post-9841382
 

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The SaltySD patches didn´t work for me... :(


EDITED: sorry I didn't added the contntes folder by mistake.

It´s working!!!!
Wooohooo! Nice job man! Congrats! Be sure to thank the original authors.
(I’m just a dude who knows another dude who worked with some other dudes.)
 

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Any time I have a problem launching a game/it closing out on me randomly 'Airplane Mode' is the first thing I try. Surprisingly it almost always works for me and whatever game I'm having issues with.
 

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Any time I have a problem launching a game/it closing out on me randomly 'Airplane Mode' is the first thing I try. Surprisingly it almost always works for me and whatever game I'm having issues with.
I used to have that issue on occasion. After applying the patches above I’ve not seen it pop back up so I’ve not had to use Airplane Mode ever since...knock on wood. It could be just coincidence of course, but I prefer to believe the patches have been almost a silver bullet.
 
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It would be great if they integrate this patch into atmosphere, or make an option to enable/disable it.
I think lan multiplayer works, I can create a room and search for other players. Only installed portal on one of my switches so can't test for you, maybe someone else can answer.
 
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If I were to use the patch would local wireless work? Portal 2 crashes if I turn airplane mode back off.
Ive not tried it but encourage you to read through the discussion for confirmation. I believe it’s just masking a specific network response that makes the game error out. It shouldn’t impact local wireless at all. Try it and respond back here with your results. To roll back the patch, you simply remove the file and reboot. I left mine in and forgot about it until one of these threads pop up. LOL
 

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Ive not tried it but encourage you to read through the discussion for confirmation. I believe it’s just masking a specific network response that makes the game error out. It shouldn’t impact local wireless at all. Try it and respond back here with your results. To roll back the patch, you simply remove the file and reboot. I left mine in and forgot about it until one of these threads pop up. LOL
I'm able to create a game fine but I won't be able to test multiplayer till tomorrow when I have access to my gf's switch. I'll update when that happens.

Update: I've looked around other places and have seen reports of it working
 
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I'm working with this game and I needed to block internet connection.
This helps with game running, but game is still connected to network, which is a problem for somebody that wants to use GDB.
Figured out that in this game you need only to patch nn::nifm::Initialize() to return anything than 0.

Game will load correctly and it won't be connected to network.
 
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