Homebrew [DS(i)/3DS] TWiLight Menu++ - GUI for DS(i) games, and DS(i) Menu replacement

[zekro94]

you don't need a flash card but if you want get acekard 2i

You do on ds phat and ds lite

 

[nitrozz]

You do on ds phat and ds lite

whatever

 

[the-technician34]

The intended use would be for various DS systems. I have a modded DSI with Twilight Menu on but it runs very slowly when changing pages compared to a Flash Cart or on a 3DS.

So an Acekard 2I is the best for Twilight Menu? Any idea where to get one from please?

 

[RocketRobz]

The intended use would be for various DS systems. I have a modded DSI with Twilight Menu on but it runs very slowly when changing pages compared to a Flash Cart or on a 3DS.

So an Acekard 2I is the best for Twilight Menu? Any idea where to get one from please?

An Acekard 2i is rare nowadays. I recommend viewing this page: https://www.reddit.com/r/flashcarts/wiki/ds-quick-start-guide/

 

[the-technician34]

Thanks, I'll probably just go with one of those cheap R4 Gold ones and stick your software on it. Shame there are no high quality Flash Carts anymore.

 

[andrecidueye]

Ops I forgot the most important thing, that ONLY happens when a custom icon isn't set for a DS title (or custom icons aren't set altogether), I was trying to fix it by loading custom icons for everything but it's too much work. Maybe there are some problems with my dumps, going to check

Update: I couldn't manage to fix this but I was able to find a mirror of Rominator (the one from gamebrew), which conveniently has a button to export all your game's icons with the same name as the rom, so I just have to replace .png to .nds.png with a renaming tool. Anyway I have a feature request: would it be possible to change how the title name should be displayed, maybe with a syntax setting in the config file? It would be rad to remove the publisher's name and replace the new line between first line and second line with a "-" to match naming of retro roms. Something like:

[NDS rom title= %f%nl%s%nl%t]

in the config file
Syntax: %f - first line; %s - second line; %t - third line; %nl - new line
I would, for example, set it to [%f - %s] to match retro roms in my library.

 

[the-technician34]

Got a new flash card and it worked straight away in my DSI, perfect!
But my DSI XL is having problems now. Twilight Menu boots up very quickly but after selecting a game I get a white screen that says "Start Failed. Error 1" "Press B to return."
Any ideas please?

 

[RocketRobz]

Got a new flash card and it worked straight away in my DSI, perfect!
But my DSI XL is having problems now. Twilight Menu boots up very quickly but after selecting a game I get a white screen that says "Start Failed. Error 1" "Press B to return."
Any ideas please?

If the error is coming from the flashcard TWLMenu++, then you need to add the flashcard loader files as stated by the flashcard TWLMenu++ guide.
Alternatively, you can turn on nds-bootstrap in TWLMenu++ Settings.

If the error is from the console TWLMenu++, and also says that nds-bootstrap is not found (or somehow doesn't say), then try following this guide to repair your TWLMenu++ installation: https://wiki.ds-homebrew.com/twilightmenu/updating-dsi

 

[the-technician34]

If the error is coming from the flashcard TWLMenu++, then you need to add the flashcard loader files as stated by the flashcard TWLMenu++ guide.
Alternatively, you can turn on nds-bootstrap in TWLMenu++ Settings.

If the error is from the console TWLMenu++, and also says that nds-bootstrap is not found (or somehow doesn't say), then try following this guide to repair your TWLMenu++ installation: https://wiki.ds-homebrew.com/twilightmenu/updating-dsi

Legend, I totally forgot about that part and foolishly skipped a step when swopping between all these cards. It now works perfectly! I'm going to test more games!
I owe you a beer for making such a good menu system and the support!

 

[Shiranui-san]

@RocketRobz just letting you know that Zelda Spirit Tracks EUR Rev 1 (CRC 4f9e66f0) does not work properly due to anti-piracy.
EUR Rev 0 (CRC 84aa2400), USA Rev 0 (CRC 38392357) and USA Rev 1(CRC319a13e5) work fine.

 

[RocketRobz]

@RocketRobz just letting you know that Zelda Spirit Tracks EUR Rev 1 (CRC 4f9e66f0) does not work properly due to anti-piracy.
EUR Rev 0 (CRC 84aa2400), USA Rev 0 (CRC 38392357) and USA Rev 1(CRC319a13e5) work fine.

EUR Rev 1 has already been known to not work properly due to AP measures.
The included AP patch would need to be fixed specifically (on our side) for Rev 1.

 

[elCerebrain]

I have a quick question: are there any plans to implement sort of a unique listing of DS roms? I read in the FAQ the cap is 39 titles at the moment.

I also found out that some games don't run entirely out-of-the-box. I was trying to play Pokémon Mystery Dungeon - Blue Rescue Team (U) and I constantly got a white screen that restarted into TWLM++ so I forced it to use nds-bootstrap nightly, then TWLM++ did some magic and now it works. The same happened with Pokémon Ranger - Guardian Signs (U), Pokémon Mystery Dungeon - Explorers of the Sky (U).

I also read about the Donor ROM function but couldn't find out in which situations I might be interested on using this feature, could somebody give an example? If it is not too much to ask for, of course


I recently updated one of the first DSi's where I installed most of the software, it was so old that I had support for Wood themes still! I didn't remember that I also installed hiyaCFW, updating everything was messy but worked out.

Thank you for all the amazing development!

 

[RocketRobz]

I have a quick question: are there any plans to implement sort of a unique listing of DS roms? I read in the FAQ the cap is 39 titles at the moment.

You can either switch to the next page or change the theme.

I also found out that some games don't run entirely out-of-the-box. I was trying to play Pokémon Mystery Dungeon - Blue Rescue Team (U) and I constantly got a white screen that restarted into TWLM++ so I forced it to use nds-bootstrap nightly, then TWLM++ did some magic and now it works. The same happened with Pokémon Ranger - Guardian Signs (U), Pokémon Mystery Dungeon - Explorers of the Sky (U).

Thank you for all the amazing development!

That bug only occurs for certain users, and may be caused by an existing cheat database you downloaded.
I have no idea why switching to nightly would make it not crash.

 

[elCerebrain]

You can either switch to the next page or change the theme.

That bug only occurs for certain users, and may be caused by an existing cheat database you downloaded.
I have no idea why switching to nightly would make it not crash.

I tried to switch to 3DS, SEGA and other DSi's themes yet they all work equivalently with the paging. It's not something that bugs me or anything, just wondering.

Certainly a weird bug, I have not enabled cheats at all in any of the games, of course I installed the latest usrcheat.dat provided here in the forums. I honestly don't think that the charm was switching to nightly but forcing to use nds-bootstrap. I'm using a Wood R4 Gold with BL4CK firmware on a DS Lite, launching the games both with Wood and TWLM++ I had the error until forcing nds-bootstrap so in a way I could say that it improved compatibility!

Anyway, just something that I wanted to drop by as feedback.

Again, thank you RocketRobz for all the amazing development for TWLM++! It gave my DS Lite and DSi a new way of living.

 

[MegaMarkLM]

Hello. Sorry to ask, but I've been looking everywhere for information about how to change the GBA mode border and I can't find anything anywhere. In which path/folder do I need to save my borders and in what format so that Twilight Menu is able to recognize them?

 

[RocketRobz]

Hello. Sorry to ask, but I've been looking everywhere for information about how to change the GBA mode border and I can't find anything anywhere. In which path/folder do I need to save my borders and in what format so that Twilight Menu is able to recognize them?

Are you using a DS or DS lite?

 

[MegaMarkLM]

Are you using a DS or DS lite?

DS Lite

Post automatically merged: Mar 13, 2023

Also, might be obvious but forgot to clarify that I'm talking about running a retail cart, not a GBA rom via GBArunner.

 

[RocketRobz]

DS Lite

Post automatically merged: Mar 13, 2023

Also, might be obvious but forgot to clarify that I'm talking about running a retail cart, not a GBA rom via GBArunner.

GBA borders go in "fat:/_nds/TWiLightMenu/gbaborders/", and must end in .png format.
Here are some examples: https://github.com/DS-Homebrew/twlmenu-extras/tree/master/_nds/TWiLightMenu/gbaborders

 

[MegaMarkLM]

GBA borders go in "fat:/_nds/TWiLightMenu/gbaborders/", and must end in .png format.
Here are some examples: https://github.com/DS-Homebrew/twlmenu-extras/tree/master/_nds/TWiLightMenu/gbaborders

Thanks a bunch. I swear I spent 20 to 30 minutes looking for an answer and just couldn't find anything.

 

[FanNintendo]

@RocketRobz hello I updated from v19.0.0 to v25.8.1 Nice job! I am having some trouble because i just added hacked rom Another Super Mario 3D patched to Super Mario 64 DS it worked but now it disappeared after i updated Twilight Menu++ 25.8.1 also all roms are not in alphabetical order and some are missing. i was thinking if there is limited number roms for Twilight Menu++??? i had 399 now down to 390 roms in nds folder. Thank you