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[Question] Installing via MTP #300

Closed nceight closed 10 months ago

nceight commented 10 months ago

Let's say I have ABC folder containing ABC [Base].nsp and ABC [Update].nsp. I drag-and-drop to SD Card Install and it will install the base game and the update. If I recheck inside Installed games, I can see the ABC folder containing the base nsp and the update nsp. But, in the root Installed games, I can see ABC [Base+Update].nsp with the size of combining files inside in ABC folder.

My question is, does that mean ABC game takes twice it size? For example, the ABC folder (containing base nsp and update nsp), totaling 10 Gb. By right, it should only takes 10 Gb on the SD Card. But since there is merged nsp ( ABC [Base+Update].nsp) which size also 10 Gb, does that mean it takes 20 Gb on the SD Card?

Eatmoreapples commented 10 months ago

No. It doesn't need extra space. It's just for dumping purposes

nceight commented 10 months ago

No sure how it works, but I'm glad it doesn't. Thanks

ToxiClay commented 10 months ago

No sure how it works, but I'm glad it doesn't. Thanks

It's a "phantom" file that DBI tells Windows about -- without too much exaggeration, DBI is telling Windows "Hey, this file exists on me. It's named this and it's that big" -- and so that's what Windows Explorer displays. It doesn't exist, but Windows doesn't really know that.

Masamune3210 commented 10 months ago

Basically, the system lies to the computer and then if the computer asks for the file, the system does the work of creating the file as its being read.

nceight commented 10 months ago

It's a "phantom" file that DBI tells Windows about -- without too much exaggeration, DBI is telling Windows "Hey, this file exists on me. It's named this and it's that big" -- and so that's what Windows Explorer displays. It doesn't exist, but Windows doesn't really know that.

What if I copy the "phantom" file to my PC? Does it give merged nsp that can be install game later?

ToxiClay commented 10 months ago

It's a "phantom" file that DBI tells Windows about -- without too much exaggeration, DBI is telling Windows "Hey, this file exists on me. It's named this and it's that big" -- and so that's what Windows Explorer displays. It doesn't exist, but Windows doesn't really know that.

What if I copy the "phantom" file to my PC? Does it give merged nsp that can be install game later?

That's exactly what it does, yes; that's its intent.

nceight commented 10 months ago

Neat. Thanks for reply.