Updating your Firmware and Custom Firmware

This section will guide you through updating your Switch's Firmware and Custom Firmware (CFW).

Before starting, make sure your Custom Firmware (likely Atmosphere) supports the Firmware version you plan to update to. You can confirm this by googling Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere/releases GitHub and checking the release notes of the latest version.

Keep in mind: you don’t need to be on the latest Firmware or CFW right away. New Firmware often takes time to become fully supported, and the newest CFW versions can sometimes break compatibility with certain homebrew tools.

As a general rule, only update your Firmware if there’s a specific reason—like a game that requires a higher minimum Firmware or a new Horizon OS feature you actually care about.

Always update your CFW first, then your Firmware.

Updating Custom Firmware

To update your CFW, you will need the latest versions of the following files:

• Hekate - (google github CTCaer/hekate. You're looking for a file in the format hekate_ctcaer_x.x.x_Nyx_x.x.x.zip)
• Atmosphère - (google github Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere/releases. You're looking for a file in the format atmosphere-x.x.x-master-xxxxxxxxx+hbl-x.x.x+hbmenu-x.x.x.zip)
• SigPatches - (can be found in the shise gitlab guide, or by googling "gbatemp Sys-Patch Sysmodule 1.5.5")

 1. Extract the contents of the 3 zip files to the root of your SD Card. If asked to overwrite any files, select Yes.

Note that you can either update your SDCard with these files by powering off your switch and ejecting the SDCard, or via Hekate's USB Tools.

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Is this where i stop?

Because the instructions doesnt make it very clear from the markdown structure and the nonstop instructions. Is it optional to stop here or does something break - if i choose to stop?

This official instructions does not allude to anything. I find it very confusing because it seems optional to do both. IDK what im doing. And im not sure what the instructions is asking of me to do both am i supposed to update CFW and FW?

Am i supposed to be dumping something also?

Basically i read all of the instructions and while i can follow them i dont understand the intention behind the instructions. Dumping is not explained, in laymans what is it and why am i doing it. I assume it means backing up files?

i put the sys-patch files inside the atmosphere/contents folder

basically all my games were able to run before this change

now nothing runs

to make matters worse i have had to change my environment from pc to macm1

idk how to make this work anymore

Im asking because currently my switch is incapable of being backed up or being fixed or using any of the homebrew apps...

Is it possible to just drag and drop my files by forcing the sd card to allow file transfers on my computer via usb-c?

If so which folder do i drop it into??

Ive noticed every launcher doesnt work anymore my nintendo switch was in a storage container for a few years.

Yesterday i tried awoo and it worked for 1 in 5 nsp files will transfer to my switch

But basically ive come to an impass because nut, tinfoil, awoo, dbi, etc dont work so im wondering how do i move forward

Even the usb transfer doesnt let me drag and drop or even show up when i connect it

Do i update all of HATS or do i update SIGPATCHES or both?

running current version: 16.0.3|AMS 1.5.4|E

Ive had some trouble putting my nsp files onto my switch .... but i only add files every 3yrs so idk if its because i forgot how to do it or something else happened

I noticed i can get a small game to install with DBI and a usb-c cord - that was a pretty easy way to go about it

but i cant get a larger nsp file to work... idk why

so i tried doing it with NUT which worked for me like 5yrs ago. But the NUT method hardly has ever worked for me

is there a simpler way to go about this?

i even just tried dragging and dropping the nsp file into the "install" partition and this is supposed to be the easiest way to do it ... but this isnt working either??

any clues would help thanks

Im talking about short games you throw on between the mario kart and mario party games.

Something that will just make everyone laugh for a few minutes before we decide to marathon another mario game like smash bros

That being said im a HUGE fan of this Mario Tennis Fever game. It looks like the kind of game i would have gotten for my Switch1. But since thats not in the cards for me just yet i want to ask is the switch 2 backwards compatible?

Also what are your top 5 games from the switch1 that you cant live without on the switch2

Whats your top 10 offline games on the nintendo switch?

Im asking for games that are done updating with DLC so even though i like Cult of the Lamb it never stops updating so to me its not a feature complete game - i want to do a completionist run of a game before moving on.

I dont want a game that gets updates like GAAS

Basically looking for fun or casual games that rely on communication either through proxy or party chat. But the game needs to encourage it.

Returnal is a beautiful dark twisted fantasy. But because of the difficulty spike it encourages people to talk and turn on the prox-chat to explain the game mechanics. Its a good game.

Another one is It Takes Two. Not quite a difficult game but the split screen sometimes requires timing and working together, maybe a bit of exploration and even hearing the joy from each other makes this a satisfying game.

Operation Tango is a new discovery for me its split screen but you cant see the other persons screen so you are forced to communicate in order to solve the puzzles and timed trials using the help of each other (hacking/spying)

Are there any games that basically make party chat either enjoyable or essential?

Is there a discord server for AAs?

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What forced me to get Returnal was the Nemesis Boss by far my favorite.

Then I think the strongest biome ended up being biome 5 that's alot of fun very arena style.

How would you guys compare the bosses between the games are they as innovative and creative as Nemesis?

Is it stressful?

Do you have to meet quotas?

Will i have to buy the same 5 textbooks every year or is that something the clinic pays for?

I am a well read individual, i took a class and it came pretty naturally to me that i was surprised it wasnt available as on the job training... i usually just coast with an A in this class, in-class exams, daily homework, etc.

Im not sure im convinced to see this through the job exists colloquially as 20 different job titles/positions. Every facility is a garden wall as well so its hard to even gain entry into any network.

I just dont see the tunnel at the end of the light just yet, i dont know that i can be happy doing a job that will eat all of my time, without any effective workflows, without any upsides. Maybe working remote is an upside? But they dont just offer that to new employees i bet

I also tried taking a few practice exams and while i hear many people passed it on their first try. Im curious if the AAPC exams are easier than the practice material? I have tried several third-party practice material and i struggle with most of it.

I struggle with time more or less, i dont find the work difficult, sometimes there are some gotcha questions which really mess me up but i dont think im unable to comprehend the material. Its all reference material at the end of the day. None of which requires a background in anything medical.

So please let me know is it worth it to pay for this exam as a student the money is hard to come by and im unlikely to be able to pay for it more than once. The job outlook for me looks worse and worse from my perspective. And i dont have high expectations for anyone to reach out to me even if i pass this exam. Frankly im at a loss about what to do when im failing to launch

I know everyone loves to make a daily fan-post about making a new Marvel collab game with a known action hero. These daily posts from marvel fans dont seem to offer much so i wanted to do something different and just actually pitch an original IP game.

Insomniac is known for making really good games that are already in their wheelhouse DNA. You can clearly see that Sunset Overdrive is a loveletter to 3 things: pop culture relevancy/story, gunplay and movement, .

Sunset Overdrive takes their love letter for Ratchet and gives him basically an open world. Lets him traverse freely by skating, grapple-grinding, bouncy surfaces and giving the character full agency for movement. They also give him full demolition from the arsenal maybe the guns that were cut from making it into R&C series. And immediate relevancy/stimulation from modern corporate product placement to fully breaking the 4th wall by Easter Egg referencing hit Blockbuster movies.

That being said we know that these 3 things are important and should be focal to their next game. Movement i think should be coming from a jetpack. A new style that allows open world exploration in a new way to master. Such as letting the parry become the kinetic energy for the jetpack. So at the start of a fight or brawl he cannot jump and reposition until after his first fistfight and parry. I think a primary jetpack based movement separates itself and makes it distinct from both Spiderman and R&C.

While I dont have a story to discuss i think a set and setting is important and this would be a good fit for insomniac because it lets them also to revisit/reinterpret some of the best games in history such as Arkanes Dishonored and Irrational Games Bioshock which i believe are considered Steampunk in a Lawful Neutral tone/theme/society. A world that explores dieselpunks set and victorian settings, something that meshes both the futurism of R&C Atompunk but also builds on city building of their past games.

But making it their own insomniac DNA so it could be like Dieselpunk (early 1900s) and incorporating Gaslight Fantasy which includes supernatural, magic and magical creatures/fantasy characters. Another way to think about it is basically the cult tv show Carnivals Row which is gaslight fantasy i believe. Which becomes a nice contrast between their R&C games which i believe is Atompunk (futuristic/intergalactic)

Regardless of what "punk" they decide to go with i do think that gaslight fantasy helps developers and showrunners tell more stories. I think Arcane on netflix the top IMDB animated series is gaslight fantasy mixed with solarpunk too. So dieselpunk and gaslight fantasy means we can get like noire stories. And even descalate wars, while becoming a rocketeer (referencing the 1991 movie). Its a pretty cool set and setting that i dont has been done yet. . And lastly great weapons which is abundant when you explore steampunk, clockpunk, dieselpunk, teslapunk, all the variations of punk can be reinterpreted as a weapon or weapon class too. Theres so many great directions you can take with this. And with gaslight fantasy this also means we can have magical arsenals, energy sources, or supernatural energy as well. So alot of good writing can be had about class wars, about rise and falls of empires, about the next energy revolution, etc. Its really good ground for great stories.

I find that psilocybin has helped point out that I still have pain, and it "flares" up in my chest/heart still. It's been so long since it happened last. I had forgotten that it still does that.

I've been stuck in life and for the past decade I've been without milestones, guidance, breakthroughs or pockets of relief or opportunities...

For the past year I've had microdosing to thank for the decline in suicidal ideations... But when do I ever get back an appetite for life. When do I get drive?

Do I need to take more mushrooms at a macrodose level to finally push past this plateau that's taken over my life??