So, I finally gotten around to try this, and I had some... trouble, not a small part of it which may be due to my shitty NDS flashcart (it is one of those
www.r4isdhc.com.cn ones). So. keep that in mind and take any complaints I may have below with a grain of salt.
The good:
- I like the design a lot, no need to change anything in that
- Basically all relevant flashcards are supported (even my shitty one)
- Frequent updates and steadily improving software
- For what this tool does, it is the go-to-solution, and rightfully so
"Complaints" (again, take them with a grain of salt, I'm just listing everyting that I noticed here):
- Rather complicated setup - you're lost if you don't read the wiki thoroughly (and devs are impatient, too). It may be possible to automate some (more) of that.
- Boxart was only downloaded after restarting the app ~10 times. If it doesn't work due to internet connection or anything like that, some kind of message woulod be reassuring.
- The boxart download progress indicator looks bad after 100 titles were processed.
- Icons didn't show up, and I doublechecked folders. Part of this problem and the above may be due to the large number of games I have set up (~300).
- The TWLoader (GUI) updater (on startup) froze for me - at least that's what it looked like. Maybe due to an unstable internet connection. Some kind of progress indicator and maybe optional cancel would help.
- Update buttons in settings (X/Y/START) didn't seem to do anything. If they check in background and detect the newest version or if they don't work due to internet failure, some kind of info would be reassuring.
- That GBA loader thingy - I assume this only works with certain flashcarts. More info would help.
- The font in settings is somewhat "blurry" (no idea how to describe that better).
- Setting my flashcart up with the provided files seems to have borked it. It doesn't properly work in the "standard" way anymore. Easily fixable with the old setup, ofc.
- Any game I started immediately lead to a "fragmented" save error. And yes, this is most likely due to a combination of full SD + subpar flashcard.
Anyways, you see, I had some trouble. Does anyone know what flashcart
@Robz8 is using himself? Or other recommendatiosn for flashcards that work well with TWLoader? I guess I'll get exactly what
@Robz8 has, though. I have a feeling that flashcards will always be superior to other loading methods.
EDIT: I may have to add, I set TWLoader up to load games from the SLOT-1 flashcard SD.