Atmosphere/docs/features/configurations.md

Configurations

Atmosphère provides a variety of customizable configurations to better adjust to users' needs.

BCT.ini

This is the configuration file used by fusée. This file is located under the /atmosphere/config/ folder on your SD card and a default template can be found inside the /atmosphere/config_templates/ folder.

Adding a Custom Boot Splashscreen

Atmosphère provides its own default splashscreen which is displayed at boot time. However, this can be replaced at will.

The boot splashscreen must be a BMP file, it must be 720x1280 (1280x720 rotated 90 degrees left/counterclockwise/anti-clockwise) resolution, and be in 32-bit ARGB format. You can use image editing software such as GIMP or Photoshop to export the image in this format.

Add the following lines to BCT.ini and change the value of custom_splash to the actual path and filename of your boot splashscreen:

[stage2]
custom_splash = /path/to/your/bootlogo.bmp

Configuring "nogc" Protection

"nogc" is a feature provided by fusée-secondary which disables the Nintendo Switch's Game Card reader. Its purpose is to prevent the reader from being updated when the console has been updated, without burning fuses, from a lower firmware version. More specifically, from firmware versions 4.0.0 or 9.0.0 which introduced updates to the Game Card reader's firmware. By default, Atmosphère will protect the Game Card reader automatically, but you are free to change it.

To change its functionality, add the following line to the stratosphere section and change the value of X according to the following list:

[stratosphere]
nogc = X

1 = force-enable nogc, so Atmosphère will always disable the Game Card reader.
0 = force-disable nogc, so Atmosphère will always enable the Game Card reader.

NCM opt-in

Atmosphère provides a reimplementation of the ncm system module, but currently this is not enabled by default. If you wish to enable this reimplementation add the following line to the stratosphere section:

[stratosphere]
enable_ncm = 1

Logging

This is an advanced feature aimed at developers trying to debug boot time issues. It enables logging of the fusée stages to be displayed on screen.

Add the following lines to BCT.ini and change the value of X according to the following list:

[config]
log_level = X

0 = NONE
1 = ERROR
2 = WARNING
3 = MANDATORY
4 = INFO
5 = DEBUG

A special level is also provided to prevent prefix creation. To use it, do a bitwise OR with this mask: 0x100 = NO_PREFIX

emummc.ini

This is the configuration file used for the emummc component. This file is located under the /emuMMC/ folder on your SD card.

Please refer to the project's repository here for detailed instructions and documentation.

exosphere.ini

This is the configuration file used by exosphère. This file is located in the root of your SD card and a default template can be found inside the /atmosphere/config_templates/ folder.

Configuring Debugging Modes

By default, Atmosphère signals to the Horizon kernel that debugging is enabled while leaving usermode debugging disabled, but this can cause undesirable side-effects. If you wish to change this behavior, go to the exosphere section and change the value of X according to the following list.

[exosphere]
debugmode = X
debugmode_user = X

1 = enable
0 = disable

Blanking PRODINFO

Atmosphère provides a way for users to blank their factory installed calibration data (known as PRODINFO) in either emulated or system eMMC environments. You can find more detailed information on this inside the respective template file. Usage of this configuration is not encouraged.

override_config.ini

This file is located under the /atmosphere/config/ folder on your SD card and a default template can be found inside the /atmosphere/config_templates/ folder.

Overrides Format

Overrides are parsed from the /atmosphere/config/override_config.ini file during the boot process.

By default override_config.ini is not configured. It can be used to select the behavior of certain buttons and bind them to functionalities such as launching the Homebrew Menu or enabling the cheat code manager.

You can modify the override_key entries in override_config.ini with this list of valid buttons:

Formal Name	.ini Name
A Button	A
B Button	B
X Button	X
Y Button	Y
Left Stick	LS
Right Stick	RS
L Button	L
R Button	R
ZL Button	ZL
ZR Button	ZR
+ Button	PLUS
- Button	MINUS
Left Dpad	DLEFT
Up Dpad	DUP
Right Dpad	DRIGHT
Down Dpad	DDOWN
SL Button	SL
SR Button	SR

To invert the behavior of the override key, place an exclamation point in front of whatever button you wish to use. It will launch the actual game while holding down that button, instead of going into the Homebrew Menu. For example, override_key=!R will run the game only while holding down R when launching it, otherwise it will boot into the Homebrew Menu. Afterwards you may reinsert your SD card into your Switch and boot into Atmosphère as you normally would. You should now be able to boot into the Homebrew Menu by launching your designated program of choice.

system_settings.ini

This file is located under the /atmosphere/config/ folder on your SD card and a default template can be found inside the /atmosphere/config_templates/ folder.

Settings Format

Atmosphère provides a way to override the firmware debug settings used by the system. These can be parsed from the /atmosphere/config/system_settings.ini file during the boot process. This file is a normal ini file, with some specific interpretations.

The standard representation of a setting's identifier takes the form name!key. This is represented within system_settings.ini as a section name, with an entry key. For example:

[name]
key = ...

Settings can have variable types (strings, integral values, byte arrays, etc). To accommodate this, system_settings.ini must store values as a type_identifier!value_store pair. A number of different types are supported, with identifiers detailed below. Please note that a malformed value string will cause a fatal error to occur on boot. A full example of a custom setting is given below (setting eupld!upload_enabled = 0), for posterity:

[eupld]
upload_enabled = u8!0x0

Supported Types

• Strings
  • Type identifiers: str, string
  • The value string is used directly as the setting, with null terminator appended.
• Integral types
  • Type identifiers: u8, u16, u32, u64
  • The value string is parsed via a call to strtoul(value, NULL, 0).
  • Setting bitwidth is determined by the identifier (8 for 1 byte, 16 for 2 bytes, and so on).
• Raw bytes
  • Type identifiers: hex, bytes
  • The value string is parsed as a hexadecimal string.
    • The value string must be of even length, or a fatal error will be thrown on parse.

Content Specific Flags

Atmosphère supports customizing CFW behavior based on the presence of flags on the SD card.

The following flags are supported on a per-program basis, by placing <flag_name>.flag inside /atmosphere/contents/<program_id>/flags/:

• boot2, which indicates that the program should be launched during the boot2 process.
• redirect_save, which indicates that the program wants its savedata to be redirected to the SD card.