A new update has been released for Swiss , the “Swiss army knife” as defined by the developer emukidid himself , which allows us to run homebrew applications for GameCube from various devices, such as SDGecko , WODE , Wiikey Fusion and many others.

In addition to running homebrew, Swiss also allows you to back up games stored on an SD card or hard drive connected to your Wii console.

This means that users can use Swiss to run backups of their Wii games without the need to use the original discs in order to preserve their integrity.

Among the most notable new features is the introduction of the GCDigital compatibility mode , currently identical to the one offered by GCVideo , as well as support for input filtering within games via the GCDigital OSD.

Fixed issues with input handling with standard controllers and updated the TOSEC, No-Intro, Redump and T-En collection databases. Also added a prompt to warn the user if GCVideo or GCDigital settings change .

The system also improves detection of development devices such as NPDP-GDEV and GBOX , and now supports passing environment variables, including audio/video encoders, making integration with advanced environments more flexible.

The FlippyDrive firmware has been updated to version 1.4.2 and new operating modes have been introduced such as the one invoked by cubeboot and support for argv/envp from the Wii Swiss Booter .

The update also features internal optimizations: it emulates the disk reading speed in Soulcalibur II , fixes an unwanted video mode switch during initial boot, ensures DSP DMA transfers are completed, and updates the SRAM on boot.

Added an option to initialize the disk drive automatically at boot, introduced new video resolutions (480/576sf), and improved compatibility with GC Loader HW2 1.1.0.BETA hardware .

Among the advanced features, the system now shows AVE compatibility when changing video output type, detects CPU and SoC revisions, decodes processor PVR code, displays clock frequency and ID of unknown EXI devices, recognizes the WIZnet W6300 chip and includes a basic one-way driver for it in a hypervisor environment.

Also fixed compilation support with devkitPPC release 47, and documented key features like wiiload support and returning to loader.

Finally, Swiss can now verify the integrity of the apploader file in NKit images , automatically bypass FlippyDrive when using CleanRip , and produce debug output via UART or other EXI channels.

The code has been optimized to reduce the memory footprint of the memmove function , and Link Time Optimization (LTO) has been disabled in the executable packager. The documentation has also been updated, with improvements to the README.md.

Main features

SDSC/SDHC/SDXC card via SD Gecko or SD2SP2 .
DVD (-/+R) or original GameCube discs via Disc Drive.
Qoob Pro Flash Memory .
Gecko USB Remote File Storage .
Wasp / Wiikey Fusion .
SMB, FTP, FSP via Broadband Adapter or ENC28J60.
Wode Jukebox .
IDE-EXI .
Memory cards.
GCLoader .
FlippyDrive

GameCube

SDGecko

Requirements

A GameCube with controller or Wii console with GameCube controller.
Action Replay (preferably the latest version possible).
SD card/memory card adapter (commonly called SDGecko, but any generic adapter should work).
SD, SDHC or SDXC with maximum memory and less than 4 GB.
A computer with an SD card slot, a USB SD card adapter, or other ways to access the SD card from your computer.
Software on your computer that can extract 7z compressed archives, such as 7-Zip .

Format SD card

Connect the SD card to your computer.
Right-click on the SD card in File Explorer and select Format.
Make sure the maximum memory of your SD card is less than 4GB.
For the file system, select FAT32 (Default).
For allocation unit size, select 32 kilobytes.
Volume label can be left as is or changed to your liking. I personally typed GAMECUBE_SD.
Leave the check mark on Quick Format.
Press Start.

Linux and Mac

Connect the SD card to your computer.
Open the terminal and typesudo fdisk -l.
Make a note of the disk name and the device name, they are quite similar here, it should be something like /dev/mmcblk0and/dev/mmcblk0pl.
Unmount the SD card by typing sudo umount <nome-device>. Note how the unmount instructions do not have a 'n'.
Type sudo fdisk <nome-disco>to format the SD card.
Type D and press Enter/Return to delete the existing partition.
Type N and press Enter/Return to start creating the new partition.
For partition type, partition number, first sector, and last sector, press Enter/Return to use the default values.
Type T and press Enter/Return.
Type E and press Enter/Return.
Type W and press Enter/Return to write to the SD card and exit.
Run sudo mkdosfs -F 16 -n <volume-label> <nome-device>to create the system file and rename the volume.
Personally I use GAMECUBE_SD for <volume-label>.
Remove and reinsert the SD card to remount it, you should now be able to move files.

Launch of Swiss

Download the latest version of Swiss and extract it somewhere.
Copy the compressed Swiss DOL file found in the DOL folder to the root of the SD card. Its name will follow the format swiss_r###-compressed.dol.
If you want Swiss to run automatically, rename the Swiss DOL file to AUTOEXEC.dol.
If you are using an older version of Action Replay, copy the file SDLOADER.BINfrom the ActionReplay folder to the root of your SD card.
Safely eject the SD card.
Return the Action Replay disc to the GameCube.
Insert the SD card into the SD Card/Memory Card Adapter and insert the adapter into the memory card slot of the GameCube. It does not matter which slot you use.
Turn on your GameCube and you will see the Action Replay startup screen. If you chose to rename the DOL Swiss file to
AUTOEXEC.dol, Swiss will be loaded automatically upon startup. Otherwise, select the Swiss DOL file from the file list.
If the above steps do not work, try using the uncompressed DOL file.

Swiss Navigation

Checks

Button	Action
Left joystick or D-Pad	Navigate through the UI.
TO	Select.
B	Enter/Exit bottom menu

Swiss UI

The top entry indicates the version number, the number of commits and the number of revisions of Swiss.
The windows on the left show which device is being used.
The largest part is the Swiss file system, through which you can navigate through files and folders. The top of each folder includes an option.. and selecting this moves the backup of a folder.
The bottom panel, on the left:
- Device selection.
- Global Settings, Advanced Settings and Current Game Settings.
- System Info, Device Info and Credits.
- Return to the top of the file system.
- Restart your GameCube.