Hacking Smash Update - Stops Patching/Mods

[garyopa]

It seems Nintendo has rolled out their day 1 update for Smash early, and it has some bad news for those wishing to 'mod smash':

Oof, smash update is live and it's not great. Patching is handled by horizon, so mods won't be able to just abuse the update system this time around + having multiple updates means having multiple 14 GB files. RIP

Source: -->

Oof, smash update is live and it's not great. Patching is handled by horizon, so mods won't be able to just abuse the update system this time around + having multiple updates means having multiple 14 GB files. RIP

— jam1garner (@jam1garner) December 5, 2018

 

[Itzumi]

It seems Nintendo has rolled out their day 1 update for Smash early, and it has some bad news for those wishing to 'mod smash':



Source: --> https://twitter.com/jam1garner/status/1070169398747512832

well this sucks massive suck. so we cant mod smash without a 14gb file or am i being stupid and missing something?

 

[KiiWii]

Where there is will there is de wae.

 

[jakkal]

How about some Sx os news Gary

 

[phillyrider807]

Ehhh modding will be inevitable. I wouldn’t worry

 

[josephdin]

this is just for modding right? Doesn't stop updates? Which i was worried about, I WANT MUH DLC/BUFFS

 

[ShadowOne333]

Knowing how rabid the Smash modding community is, rest assured there will be a way to patch this fucking shitty game later down the road.
It's guaranteed for sure.

 

[Eddypikachu]

Hopefully we can get mods to work in the future, I looooooved modding smash 3ds with custom music and using my own or other peoples' textures and models

 

[King_Knoedel]

How about some Sx os news Gary

This. I thought I could update my console to 6.2 for ssbu release...

 

[JJTapia19]

This. I thought I could update my console to 6.2 for ssbu release...

You can but keep your emunand at 6.1. Sleep mode wont work on emunand until it can be a 6.2 also but their update is coming soon.

 

[normal19]

we need the entire file if we want to have multiple updates on our PC

I mean I expected this already and it's not hard to get a copy anyway

 

[Silent_Gunner]

Does it patch that exploit to unlock characters or not? Because I'd love to play this if it arrives on release date on my doorstep after bodying two finals tomorrow and unlock most, if not all of the characters as quickly as possible for when people come over for the holidays!

 

[King_Knoedel]

You can but keep your emunand at 6.1. Sleep mode wont work on emunand until it can be a 6.2 also but their update is coming soon.

Yes you're right but I was hoping that I could save the work and move directly to 6.2 sys and emunand because right now I'm on 6.1 without any emunand at all.

 

[Flying Scotsman]

Someone will figure something out.

After all, many said it would take months for 6.2.0 to be cracked and yet SciresM and Co found a workaround.

 

[delete12345]

Clarification since this seems unclear: no you do not have to download 14 GB every update on the switch, merely that updates are patches directly applied to the file (more or less) and therefore we need the entire file if we want to have multiple updates on our PC

— jam1garner (@jam1garner) December 5, 2018

followup

 

[Legendre]

https://twitter.com/jam1garner/status/1070170500201091072

followup

? Basically he said something about the files of the game update and system update r combined to work.

I’m playing on 5.1 with 1.10 update of Smash without problems and without files of 6.2 fw.

 

[MohammedQ8]

is it the 400mb update for SSBU?

 

[arianadark]

yes

 

[BillyJo]

looks like a patched update is released and working on firmware lower than 6.2....

 

[blahblah]

Poor Gary, again posting about stuff he knows nothing about.

No, the update does not 'stop mods'. it just creates some minor headaches for people creating mods - having to keep multiple copies of one giant file on their computer. This is the exact opposite of a surprise. Anyone who looked at the Smash file structure has seen that the game is effectively one giant file, and Switch updates work in such a way that there isn't really a viable mechanism to make changes to the contents of that giant file (which updates would generally do) other than applying patches on-game-boot to that giant file - something Horizon has supported since 1.0. It's either that or duplicating update-relevant data that is contained in said big file in game updates, and Nintendo has long gone out of their way to keep updates for their games tiny, likely on account of the users who do not have a microSD card installed in their Switch. So.

Stick to grifting, you aren't good at the news beat.