How to install & use the homebrew Nintendo Switch version

Ever since 0.11 Project Heartbeat is compatible with homebrewed Nintendo Switch consoles, this includes the info needed to run this special version.

Introduction

Ever since version 0.11 Project Heartbeat comes with a switch port for hacked consoles.
This is an upgraded version of the experimental switch port that existed previously, the game now works mostly okay and even has a way to export songs for the vita version.

DISCLAIMER

This version of the game doesn't work as well as the PC version and it's unsupported, no warranties are given.
Broken features include anything Steam-related (leaderboards and workshop), and video playback in general and many others, but most songs are playable.
Performance is also not very good (because it's built against nouveau), but it's definitely playable. Loading times are fairly long too.

Improvements over the old switch version

There used to be an old port that was fairly broken, this version fixes some issues with it:
- Engine level fixes to filesystem access, the data directory is now stored in the sdmc:/switch/Project Heartbeat folder.
- Timing method is locked to using the hardware clock due to difficulties using the software clock on Switch.
- GUI accept event and GUI cancel event are reversed
- Textures now load properly

Installing

Simply copy the Project Heartbeat.nro file from the "Nintendo Switch version" folder and Project Heartbeat.pck file from the game's folder (next to the executable) to the switch folder on the root of your SD card.

Copy ph_override.cfg to "sdmc:/switch/Project Heartbeat", the game will crash otherwise.

These files can be found in the game's folder, next to the executable.

Copying songs from your PC to the Switch

Project Heartbeat now comes with a "Switch Export" utility

This utility will do the following:

- Copy the selected songs to the folder of your choosing.
- Remove the youtube data as that's unsupported on switch.
- Copy the audio .ogg file if it's a youtube video and make the song use it.

You can find the utility in the tools folder.

Simply check the songs you want to export and hit the export button to select where the new songs will be put at.



Once finished, move the output folders to sdmc:/switch/Project Heartbeat/songs

And you are done!

[EIREXE]

@Quinten it was unmaintained and broken for a while and the engine has changed and been customized too much to keep the switch port going

[Laura ♡]

did you or n*ntendo remove the nro files or what happened to this?