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Tesla - The Nintendo Switch Overlay Menu

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Hey all.
I'd like to introduce to you, Tesla: My answer to the growing need for proper ingame front ends for sysmodules.

What is this?

  • Tesla consists of three individual parts. nx-ovlloader, the Tesla menu and libtesla.
    • nx-ovlloader is basically nx-hbloader ported to run as a sysmodule. It runs in the background and loads overlay NROs (.ovl files) given to it.
    • Tesla Menu is the equivalent to the hbmenu. It's the initial thing loaded by nx-ovlloader and acts as a hub for you to select all other overlays.
    • libtesla is where it becomes interesting for developers. It's an easy to use library that handles layer creation, UI drawing and all the overlay UX. It makes it very easy to create a new overlay for anything
  • A frontend for sysmodules that before required either a homebrew or a config file to change settings or used sounds or the LED to give the user feedback.

What is this not?

  • A tool that lets you create overlays that are always visible. Overlays can get unloaded way to easily for this.
  • An excuse to port absolutely everything to a overlay. Nobody's going to need a title manager overlay. If you consider making a overlay, keep it simple. You don't have a whole lot of memory to work with.


How do I use this?

First of all, download the latest release of nx-ovlloader and the Tesla Menu from the GitHub Release page and extract it onto your SD card.
After a reboot, hold down L and DPad Down and push on the right joy stick to bring up Tesla at any time. Navigation works as you imagine it.
Similar to normal homebrews, you place your .ovl files in the /switch/.overlays folder on your SD card.


Screenshots

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Notice

Make sure to use the latest Atmosphere release when trying this as older versions ( as the one SX OS uses too ) probably won't have enough memory available for this to run. Overlays do take a lot of space so nx-ovlloader reserves 6MB. 2MB for framebuffers and around 4MB for overlay developers to use in their overlays.


GitHub

nx-ovlloader: https://github.com/WerWolv/nx-ovlloader
Tesla Menu: https://github.com/WerWolv/Tesla-Menu


For Developers

libtesla: https://github.com/WerWolv/libtesla
Tesla build template: https://github.com/WerWolv/Tesla-Template


Download

nx-ovlloader: https://github.com/WerWolv/nx-ovlloader/releases/latest
Tesla-Menu: https://github.com/WerWolv/Tesla-Menu/releases/latest
EdiZon Overlay: https://download.werwolv.net/EdiZonOverlay.zip ( As a little preview for what this is capable of and what EdiZon 4.0.0 will have even more of soon :) )

Special thank especially to averne without him, this would not have been possible!


Obligatory Donation links

GitHub Sponsors https://github.com/sponsors/WerWolv
PayPal https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=KP7XRJAND9KWU&source=url
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/werwolv


Thanks a lot and have fun using and extending it :)
 
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DreadCrayon said:
I don’t see it very well, can you tell me if tesla menu, nx overload and sys overclock work in the last switch and atmosphere update? I think on switch is 18.1.0 and on atmosphere 1.7.1
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Overclock suite doesn't - no longer maintained. Replacement is now closed source and has moved to discord. https://gbatemp.net/threads/switch-oc-suite.631519/post-10441696

edit: or maybe you meant the sys-clk module, looks like it doesn't support 18.x yet:
impeeza said:
Sys-CLK not working on FW 18 yet
File: sys-clk-2.0.0-rc-4-5f1e9620_LibNX-v4.7.0-1-c7698526_LibTesla-v1.3.3-f766e9b6.zip (Candidate)
Repo: https://github.com/retronx-team/sys-clk/
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I'm on 18.1.0. I haven't used CFW in the past with previous firmware versions and I'm trying to make Tesla to work but I cannot succeed. What's the minimum configuration I need to check if it's working? I tried to start from scratch and it's not working without NX OvlLoader, but when I install NX OvlLoader I get a crash when I launch CFW.
 
jorak said:
I'm on 18.1.0. I haven't used CFW in the past with previous firmware versions and I'm trying to make Tesla to work but I cannot succeed. What's the minimum configuration I need to check if it's working? I tried to start from scratch and it's not working without NX OvlLoader, but when I install NX OvlLoader I get a crash when I launch CFW.
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minimum you need: (https://gbatemp.net/threads/tesla-the-nintendo-switch-overlay-menu.557362/page-72#post-10121629)

TESLA NX OvlLoader SYSMODULE
File: nx-ovlloader-zdm-v1.0.7-2024_04_09-c42f5fa6-LibNX-v4.7.0-1-c7698526.zip
Repo: https://github.com/WerWolv/nx-ovlloader (Original)
Repo: https://github.com/zdm65477730/nx-ovlloader (The Most Updated)

Tesla Menu
File: ovlmenu_1_2_3-6b86e3d3_LibTesla-v1.3.3-f766e9b6_LibNX-v4.7.0-1-c7698526.zip
Repo: https://github.com/WerWolv/Tesla-Menu
Please use the latest release from Werewolv https://github.com/WerWolv/Tesla-Menu/releases/

And reboot your console
 
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Im on 18.1.0 AMS 1.7.1 fresh atmoshere bootloader and content folder. i have tried every combination of nx ovlloader and tesla menu and i can not get it to launcg no matter what i try. ive looked in the config so i know im doing the right button combo. idk what else to try.
 
shag04 said:
Im on 18.1.0 AMS 1.7.1 fresh atmoshere bootloader and content folder. i have tried every combination of nx ovlloader and tesla menu and i can not get it to launcg no matter what i try. ive looked in the config so i know im doing the right button combo. idk what else to try.
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Docked?
 
shag04 said:
Im on 18.1.0 AMS 1.7.1 fresh atmoshere bootloader and content folder. i have tried every combination of nx ovlloader and tesla menu and i can not get it to launcg no matter what i try. ive looked in the config so i know im doing the right button combo. idk what else to try.
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verify you are charging the Sysmodule be sure you have the file

"SD:/atmosphere/contents/420000000007E51A/flags/boot2.flag"

That file is part of nx-ovlloader-zdm-v1.0.7-2024_04_09-c42f5fa6-LibNX-v4.7.0-1-c7698526.zip


Also you must be sure to have ovlmenu_1_2_3-6b86e3d3_LibTesla-v1.3.3-f766e9b6_LibNX-v4.7.0-1-c7698526.zip extracted to your sd card.

The two latter files can be downloaded from https://gbatemp.net/threads/tesla-the-nintendo-switch-overlay-menu.557362/page-72#post-10121629

You can remove all files on SD:/switch/.overlays and use this example OVLExample.zip to test, if everything go well, copy all your favorite overlays to the respective folder.
 

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impeeza said:
verify you are charging the Sysmodule be sure you have the file

"SD:/atmosphere/contents/420000000007E51A/flags/boot2.flag"

That file is part of nx-ovlloader-zdm-v1.0.7-2024_04_09-c42f5fa6-LibNX-v4.7.0-1-c7698526.zip


Also you must be sure to have ovlmenu_1_2_3-6b86e3d3_LibTesla-v1.3.3-f766e9b6_LibNX-v4.7.0-1-c7698526.zip extracted to your sd card.

The two latter files can be downloaded fro

You can remove all files on SD:/switch/.overlays and use this example OVLExample.zip to test, if everything go well, copy all your favorite overlays to the respective folder.
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not sure what im doing wrong went to your post got all the files and loaded them in, do i also need to adjust the config file? doing L+DUP+R is not opening anything im on 18.1 if it matters but i did import that boot2 flag

is there an nro that im missing?
 
DigitalSilencer said:
not sure what im doing wrong went to your post got all the files and loaded them in, do i also need to adjust the config file? doing L+DUP+R is not opening anything im on 18.1 if it matters but i did import that boot2 flag

is there an nro that im missing?
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The default combo is L+ d-down +R stick
 
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DigitalSilencer said:
not sure what im doing wrong went to your post got all the files and loaded them in, do i also need to adjust the config file? doing L+DUP+R is not opening anything im on 18.1 if it matters but i did import that boot2 flag

is there an nro that im missing?
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Not saying this is what's going on, but sometimes it's the most simple thing. Are you pressing them in sequence? If so, you need to hold them down at the same time.

kidkat210 said:
The default combo is L+ d-down +R stick
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That changed to L + DPad Up + R in the latest version from zdm. Although I deleted the bundled config file and use the default combo. @DigitalSilencer you could try that as well.
 
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impeeza said:
TESLA NX OvlLoader SYSMODULE
File: nx-ovlloader-zdm-v1.0.7-2024_04_09-c42f5fa6-LibNX-v4.7.0-1-c7698526.zip

Tesla Menu
File: ovlmenu_1_2_3-6b86e3d3_LibTesla-v1.3.3-f766e9b6_LibNX-v4.7.0-1-c7698526.zip

And reboot your console
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I tried these without any other files in .overlays but I still get a crash when launching CFW. If I delete one of the above files it starts fine. I also tried to delete the ovlmenu from .overlays and used the OVLExample you uploaded above. The CFW starts but Tesla Menu is not working.
Is it verified that NX OvlLoader SYSMODULE is working on 18.1.0?
 
Finally I found the issue. I use a Mac computer and it seems that it messes up the archive bit in some files. I fixed it using the fix archive bit tool in hekate. Now It's working fine. Thank you for your time.
 
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jorak said:
Finally I found the issue. I use a Mac computer and it seems that it messes up the archive bit in some files. I fixed it using the fix archive bit tool in hekate. Now It's working fine. Thank you for your time.
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yes that's why Hekate's NYX have a tool to repair that.
 
Hi Impeeza,

I loaded all the latest ones and I am getting this issue. This is when I press Edizon on the overlay.

Program: 420000000007E51A
Error code: 2001-0123(0xf601)
Fw: 18.0.0.0 (Atmosphere 1.7.0-master-31ad4eec1)
 

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