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Running Julius on Switch

Bianca van Schaik edited this page Feb 6, 2021 · 1 revision

To run Julius on Nintendo Switch, follow these steps:

  1. Ensure you have a jailbroken Switch. Detailed jailbreaking instructions can be found on Nintendo Homebrew's Guide or, alternatively, on AtlasNX's Guide.
  2. Extract the contents of julius-switch.zip into the switch folder on your SD card, so that you have a folder /switch/julius with julius.nro inside.
  3. Copy all the files from a Caesar 3 install into the /switch/julius/ folder, so that you have the file /switch/julius/c3.eng and more.

Controls

Input Effect
Left Analog Stick Move the mouse pointer
Right Analog Stick or Dpad Up/Down/Left/Right Scroll the map
R / A Left mouse button
L / B Right mouse button
ZR Hold to slow down analog stick mouse pointer
ZL Hold to speed up analog stick mouse pointer
X Simulate Page Up keypress (speed up in-game time)
Y Simulate Page Down keypress (slow down in-game time)
Plus Bring up on-screen keyboard, useful to enter player name etc.
Minus Toggle between touch modes

Touch modes can be toggled with the minus button. There are three modes:

  1. Touchpad mode (default)
    • Single finger drag = move the mouse pointer (indirectly like on a touchpad)
    • Single short tap = left mouse click
    • Single short tap while holding a second finger down = right mouse click
  2. Direct mode
    • Pointer jumps to finger, nothing else
  3. Julius mode

For multi-touch gestures, the fingers have to be far enough apart from each other, so that the Switch will not erroneously recognize them as a single finger. Otherwise the pointer will jump around.

Physical USB mice and keyboards are supported. All keyboards seem to work. Not all mice work. A mouse compatibility list is available here