The MIG Switch Thread

[admin]

Since I'm about to drive and pickup a MIG Switch of my own locally, I figured I would get a thread started since I plan on making a mega guide with some scripts to help users not only learn how to use their new flash cart but also use it efficiently.

To start. here are some Python 3 scripts to hopefully automate organizing your MIG Switches(MS from this point forward) SD card as well as automate renameing your cert files to work with your totally not downloaded XCI files

Spoiler: Organize your games and certs into their own respective .xci folders

import os
import re
from shutil import move
from os.path import exists, join

# Define the pattern for matching game file names
file_pattern = re.compile(r'^(.+)\.(xci|bin)$')
folder_pattern = re.compile(r'^(.+)\.xci$')

def organize_game_files(directory):
    files = os.listdir(directory)
    game_files = {}

    # Organize files by their base name (XXX)
    for file in files:
        match = file_pattern.match(file)
        if match:
            base_name = match.group(1)
            file_type = match.group(2)
            if base_name not in game_files:
                game_files[base_name] = []
            game_files[base_name].append(file)

    # For each game, create a directory (if it doesn't exist) and move files into it
    for base_name, files in game_files.items():
        folder_name = base_name + ".xci"
        folder_path = join(directory, folder_name)
        
        # Check if folder exists, if not create it
        if not exists(folder_path):
            os.makedirs(folder_path)
        
        # Move all related files into the folder
        for file in files:
            src_path = join(directory, file)
            dest_path = join(folder_path, file)
            # Move file only if it's not already in the right directory
            if not exists(dest_path):
                move(src_path, dest_path)
                print(f"Moved {file} to {folder_name}/")

# Run the function in the current directory
if __name__ == "__main__":
    organize_game_files('.')

Spoiler: Automatically move your XCI games to their own folder, and copy(and rename) donar cert files from a "mastercert" directory

import os
import shutil
from os.path import exists, join

def organize_and_copy_files(directory):
    # Get all .XCI files in the directory
    xci_files = [file for file in os.listdir(directory) if file.endswith('.xci')]
    
    # Define the files to copy from the mastercert folder
    cert_files = ['XXX (Certificate).bin', 'XXX (Card ID Set).bin', 'XXX (Card UID).bin']
    master_cert_path = join(directory, 'mastercert')

    for xci_file in xci_files:
        # Create a directory for the .XCI file
        base_name = xci_file[:-4]  # Remove the .xci extension
        new_folder_path = join(directory, base_name + '.xci')
        os.makedirs(new_folder_path, exist_ok=True)

        # Copy and rename the certificate files
        for cert_file in cert_files:
            new_file_name = cert_file.replace('XXX', base_name)
            src_path = join(master_cert_path, cert_file)
            dest_path = join(new_folder_path, new_file_name)

            if exists(src_path):
                shutil.copy(src_path, dest_path)
                print(f'Copied and renamed {cert_file} to {new_file_name}')

# Run the function in the current directory
if __name__ == "__main__":
    organize_and_copy_files('.')

More to come once its actually in hand.

 

[Nicky77]

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