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repiv
Aug 13, 2009

MatchaZed posted:

Do we have a separate thread for Steam Deck getting things working? Been struggling figuring out Xenia since I want to install Geometry Wars 2.

there's a deck thread and a general linux gaming thread

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3973713
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4004994

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Jolo
Jun 4, 2007

ive been playing with magnuts tying to change the wold as we know it

I recently put Evilnat CFW on my Slim PS3 but am quickly realizing that the 150GB Hard Drive in there fills up incredibly fast when you're storing bluray discs on there. What's the process for moving to a new Hard Drive?

I know the PS3 has a built in transfer tool, but I'm not sure if that still works correctly with the CFW going.

Echophonic
Sep 16, 2005

ha;lp
Gun Saliva
I just use HEN, but I haven't had any issues using a fast microSD card in a small USB adapter for my PS3 games. PS1 games need to be on-console, though.

Substandard
Oct 16, 2007

3rd street for life

Echophonic posted:

I just use HEN, but I haven't had any issues using a fast microSD card in a small USB adapter for my PS3 games. PS1 games need to be on-console, though.

On CFW at least PS3 and PS1 games can be on USB and only PS2 games have to be on the console.

Jolo posted:

I recently put Evilnat CFW on my Slim PS3 but am quickly realizing that the 150GB Hard Drive in there fills up incredibly fast when you're storing bluray discs on there. What's the process for moving to a new Hard Drive?

I know the PS3 has a built in transfer tool, but I'm not sure if that still works correctly with the CFW going.

it's the same as a regular ps3. literally just turn off the console pull the old drive and put a new one in. You should be able to use the transfer tool to save existing stuff but I've actually never done that.

*edit* you do have to re-install Webman and other CFW apps, but the CFW itself sticks around just fine.

Substandard fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Mar 5, 2024

Jolo
Jun 4, 2007

ive been playing with magnuts tying to change the wold as we know it

Substandard posted:

On CFW at least PS3 and PS1 games can be on USB and only PS2 games have to be on the console.

it's the same as a regular ps3. literally just turn off the console pull the old drive and put a new one in. You should be able to use the transfer tool to save existing stuff but I've actually never done that.

*edit* you do have to re-install Webman and other CFW apps, but the CFW itself sticks around just fine.

Ok cool. I wasn't sure if the firmware was installed to the hard drive that was being replaced or to some memory on the console itself.


Echophonic posted:

I just use HEN, but I haven't had any issues using a fast microSD card in a small USB adapter for my PS3 games. PS1 games need to be on-console, though.

I hadn't really thought of that. That's good to know because the main downside to using the internal drive is that transferring a bunch of files over FTP is pretty slow.

Echophonic
Sep 16, 2005

ha;lp
Gun Saliva
I could have sworn I had issues with PSX games off of USB, but it's been a bit. I could be misremembering.

Detective No. 27
Jun 7, 2006

A friend of mine had a spare launch era Switch sitting around. I just ordered a jig. I'm gonna jailbreak it this weekend. I scanned a few pages back but didn't didn't see one, is there a 3DS.guide style site for jailbreaking Switch? If not, what's the current way to do it?

I just want to be able to dump my Switch carts to play on my PC and Steam Deck. Is that still easy to do? I remember Nintendo had that lockpick program removed sometime last year.

MagusDraco
Nov 11, 2011

even speedwagon was trolled

Detective No. 27 posted:

A friend of mine had a spare launch era Switch sitting around. I just ordered a jig. I'm gonna jailbreak it this weekend. I scanned a few pages back but didn't didn't see one, is there a 3DS.guide style site for jailbreaking Switch? If not, what's the current way to do it?

I just want to be able to dump my Switch carts to play on my PC and Steam Deck. Is that still easy to do? I remember Nintendo had that lockpick program removed sometime last year.

I think these are the current recommended guides.

The first is from the piracy reddits/discords and assumes some familiarity with switch hacking. In homebrew and misc it gives you instructions on how to dump games from your switch.

https://rentry.org/SwitchHackingIsEasy

The second one is from one of the switch homebrew discords and gives more detailed instructions.

https://nh-server.github.io/switch-guide/

MagusDraco fucked around with this message at 21:55 on May 1, 2024

Quackles
Aug 11, 2018

Pixels of Light.


That second one is the best.

Echophonic
Sep 16, 2005

ha;lp
Gun Saliva
I'd also get an RCM Loader. I got one for like 10 bucks from AliExpress and it's so much less of a pain in the rear end.

Relyssa
Jul 29, 2012



Echophonic posted:

I'd also get an RCM Loader. I got one for like 10 bucks from AliExpress and it's so much less of a pain in the rear end.

If you have an Android phone you can use Rekado - it's what I've been using and it's nice and easy.

Detective No. 27
Jun 7, 2006

Alright, I think I figured it out for the most part. I got Atmosphere running on the Switch. Pretty painless for the most part. Before I started, I removed all the wifi connections to the Switch like it suggested. To access the homebrew store, it needs wifi. Is there a way to input wifi through Atmosphere or do I gotta do it on the normal Switch level?

In addition, is the current app do dump roms in the homebrew store?

Witters
Jan 14, 2008

If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.

Detective No. 27 posted:

Alright, I think I figured it out for the most part. I got Atmosphere running on the Switch. Pretty painless for the most part. Before I started, I removed all the wifi connections to the Switch like it suggested. To access the homebrew store, it needs wifi. Is there a way to input wifi through Atmosphere or do I gotta do it on the normal Switch level?

In addition, is the current app do dump roms in the homebrew store?

If you need internet for some reason there's a way to set up an internet connection that does not connect to Nintendo on either Atmosphere or the normal level. I think this is called a DNS90 server connection.

https://nh-server.github.io/switch-guide/extras/blocking_nintendo/

Detective No. 27
Jun 7, 2006

I'm really confused. I used a 64gb microSD card for this. I followed the directions on the guide, and I basically got only 32gb on it after the partition. Not much, but I didn't want to mess with it, as it worked. I was able to dump a few carts. When it got low on space, I cut/paste the rims onto a computer and deleted the roms off the SD card. But the card says I got 700mb of free space now, despite me deleting the roms. I'm not sure how to clear it up without messing everything up.

I got a 128gb microSD card so I decided to start this one clean, to the same thing again, with more space. I get to the part where I launch Atmosphere FSS0 emuMMC, and it gives me a yellow screen. I can't figure out why. I followed the steps to the letter.

Detective No. 27
Jun 7, 2006

Alright, I solved the phantom lost storage problem. It turns out, if you delete something on an SD card on Mac, you also gotta empty the trash bin to fully delete it. So I'm able to dump games again.

As for the yellow screen issue, haven't figured that one out yet. I think I'll try redoing everything on my Windows PC later.

Echophonic
Sep 16, 2005

ha;lp
Gun Saliva
Ok, so I think I've declared victory on my WiiU setup, finally. Converted my HDD to a pair of SD cards, one for the WiiU filesystem, one hidden one for USBLoaderGX. My vWii's got USBLoaderGX working, I have a system for adding games. The WiiU is up to date with Aroma after using Tiramisu for a bit, have Homebrew loaded on the menu, whole nine yards. Super nice all around.

However, there were issues. I managed to gently caress up the Wii card's filesystem like twice. Something you have to do do stop the WIiU from bitching every time you start it. The cheap adapter I got had garbage contact in my PC and scraped up my card pretty badly, so I had to upgrade it.

Overall, worth it, though. Next up is getting ahead of the eMMC, I guess, since I have the failure-prone Hynix kind.

Saoshyant
Oct 26, 2010

:hmmorks: :orks:


Echophonic posted:

Overall, worth it, though. Next up is getting ahead of the eMMC, I guess, since I have the failure-prone Hynix kind.

How do you know which one you have and how will you prepare for it?

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Echophonic
Sep 16, 2005

ha;lp
Gun Saliva

Saoshyant posted:

How do you know which one you have and how will you prepare for it?

There's a tool called WiiU Ident that lets you see the various components. There's a type of eMMC that has proven to be on the short-timer's list. There's a few ways to do it, both of which bypass the eMMC and either redirect to an installed SD card via a thing called a NAND-Aid or a bootloader hack to let you run it off of a partition on the normal SD card.

Honestly? Not sure where to start. My WiiU is currently fine, so there's got to be a way to just clone it into redNAND or whatever. I'm just keeping an eye out for better solutions.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/fixing-system-memory-error-160-0103-failing-emmc-without-soldering-using-rednand-with-isfshax.642268/

https://gbatemp.net/threads/wii-u-nand-aid-emmc-recovery-and-replacement-interposer-public-test.630798/

Echophonic fucked around with this message at 17:27 on May 9, 2024

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