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That’s super cool! I’m very curious about this whole process, and I have many questions.
Do the controllers also need to be jailbroken? Do they retain their full functionality, most importantly the wireless capabilities, pairing and motion sensing? Does the dock still work? How’s the performance for x86_64 games? How’s the performance (and experience) for Switch games? What are the risks in doing this? How would you compare this to just getting a Steam Deck or making something that’s probably easier?
Thanks in advance for answering, but in case it’s too much, could you please link me the homebrewing project? I’ve got a Switch that’s probably old enough to use the plastic jig, but I won’t screw around with my little sibling’s toy if the joycons don’t work properly. I’d rather harvest the mainboard of my Framework 13 when I decide to upgrade it and build the aforementioned Beth Deck.
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I haven’t modified the behavior of the controllers at all; that much is just decorative. Same for the dock. You can use this as a “normal” switch and everything works :)
- edit: you can also use some third-party laptop docks! but not all of them. I think the switch is using some non-standard protocol. Some docks advertise themselves as “switch compatible”. However, when you are using a homebrew os (linux or android), then it will work with any dock.
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I have a steam deck as well, and I use both. A modded switch (or any switch, tbh) has very limited system specs. x86 emulation is possible, but only for games that don’t use much cpu or ram. Steam and Proton are basically unusable. This is for emulation and low-spec indie games.
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The trailhead begins at https://switch.hacks.guide/. I recommend a 512 GB microsd, with 128 GB set aside for ubuntu and 64 GB for android. Happy hacking :)
Yeah the Switch uses myDP protocol which is obscure and unsupported by most laptop docks out there, only ones which support that protocol and supply charging will work with the Switch. Also I didn’t know that Laptop docks worked fine in Linux if they didn’t work in the normal Switch OS. I assumed the lack of compatibility was due to hardware or chipset reasons, not OS related reasons.
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This is really cool, did you go through the process to change your Joycon colors yet, or have you left them as is?
not yet, but thank you for the link!
edit: will this run on linux?
Oh, I’m not sure if it will. I used a Windows VM with Bluetooth Pass-through to run it last time. I think there was a version that runs on Android, not sure how good that one is though.
