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Swiss

Table of Contents

• Purpose
  • Main Features
  • Requirements
  • Usage
• Navigating Swiss
  • Controls
  • Swiss UI

Purpose

Swiss aims to be an all-in-one homebrew utility for the Nintendo GameCube.

Main Features

Can browse the following devices

• SDSC/SDHC/SDXC Cards via SD Gecko or SD2SP2
• DVD±R or original Game Discs via Optical Disc Drive
• Qoob Pro flash memory
• USB Gecko remote file storage
• WASP / Wiikey Fusion
• SMB, FTP, FSP via Broadband Adapter, ENC28J60, W5500, W6100 or W6300
• WODE Jukebox
• IDE-EXI, M.2 Loader or USB Dolphin
• Memory Cards
• GC Loader or CUBEODE
• FlippyDrive
• KunaiGC flash memory
• FlipperMCE, GCMCE or MemCard PRO GC

Note: Most devices and the exFAT filesystem are not supported by libogc and only by libogc2.

Can emulate the following devices

• Processor Interface
• DVD Interface
  • Optical Disc Drive
• External Expansion Interface
  • Broadband Adapter via ENC28J60, W5500, W6100 or W6300
  • Memory Cards via SD Cards
• Audio Streaming Interface

Note: Emulation is only available for the Dolphin SDK. Homebrew requires native drivers as provided by libogc2.

Can provide the following services

• Game ID for BlueRetro, FlipperMCE, MemCard PRO GC and PixelFX RetroGEM GC
• Profile selection for RetroTINK-4K using ser2net
• Return to loader and environment setup for libogc2 applications
• Return to loader for older applications using a legacy mechanism
• wiiload v0.5 over TCP/IP or USB Gecko

Requirements

• GameCube with controller
• A way to boot homebrew

Usage

1. Download latest Swiss release and extract its contents.
2. Copy the Swiss DOL file found in the DOL folder to the device/medium you are using to boot homebrew.
3. Launch Swiss, browse your device and load a DOL or GCM!

Note: Specific devices will have specific locations/executable file variants that need to be used, please check the documentation with those devices on where Swiss will need to be placed.

Navigating Swiss

Controls

Swiss UI

• The top heading shows the version number, commit hash, and revision number of Swiss.
• The left panes show what device you are using.
• The largest portion is the Swiss file browser, through which you can navigate files and folders. The top of every folder includes a .. option, and selecting this moves you back up a folder.
• The bottom pane, from the left:
  • Device Selection
  • Global Settings, Network Settings, Global Game Settings, Default Game Settings, and Current Game Settings
  • System Info, Device Info, Version Info, and Greetings
  • Return to top of file system
  • Restart GameCube