ROM Hack Question XCI & NSP Joiner

[MikeTheKnight2016]

Has anyone used this tool before? I just tried it and my issue is that the "joined" file size is smaller than the sum of the file size for the xci and nap file, so I was wondering if its legit or not.


https://www.maxconsole.com/threads/nsc_builder-nintendo-switch-cleaner-and-builder.49460/

 

[wurstpistole]

Has anyone used this tool before? I just tried it and my issue is that the "joined" file size is smaller than the sum of the file size for the xci and nap file, so I was wondering if its legit or not.


https://www.maxconsole.com/threads/nsc_builder-nintendo-switch-cleaner-and-builder.49460/

Probably used a non-scrubbed XCI and this tool scrubs it on the way

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

@wurstpistole -> I figured it was something stupid that a noob like me was overlooking.

By "scrubbed" you just mean it removes all the "junk" and "bloat" that exists in the original xci? Nothing of any game value like cut scenes was actually removed, right?

 

[wurstpistole]

@wurstpistole -> I figured it was something stupid that a noob like me was overlooking.

By "scrubbed" you just mean it removes all the "junk" and "bloat" that exists in the original xci? Nothing of any game value like cut scenes was actually removed, right?

All game dumps that have not been tampered with in any way are just filled with 000's at the end to reach the standardized file sizes of exactly 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and so on. You can just cut those and the xci exactly behaves the same, but takes less space. That's sometimes only a few megabytes, sometimes several gigabytes. I just scrub everything