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

[DSoryu]

@Robz8 I'm working on some patches, the testing is going on smoothly. I have a question, where does TwilightMenu++ take the boxart thumbnails? There are some missing I would like to add, for example, the single-EUR language Layton games. Thank you in advance!

 

[RocketRobz]

@Robz8 I'm working on some patches, the testing is going on smoothly. I have a question, where does TwilightMenu++ take the boxart thumbnails? There are some missing I would like to add, for example, the single-EUR language Layton games. Thank you in advance!

They come from GameTDB.

 

[DSoryu]

They come from GameTDB.

Oh well, I'll look into it, the thumbnails should be there but for some reason aren't being detected.
In the mean time, I will gladly add a highly requested patch I made in the afternoon, I need to do some things before I get home and can't wait to see this tested out by others.

Here are sweeeet AP fix patches for:

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (U)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective(E)

Both versions fully work now, tested by me and a friend, just drag and drop the zip contents on SD:\_nds\TwiLightMenu\apfix
I will make pull request on GitHub for the next ones, or would you like for me to upload them through here? @Robz8

 

[RocketRobz]

Oh well, I'll look into it, the thumbnails should be there but for some reason aren't being detected.
In the mean time, I will gladly add a highly requested patch I made in the afternoon, I need to do some things before I get home and can't wait to see this tested out by others.

Here are sweeeet AP fix patches for:

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (U)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective(E)

Both versions fully work now, tested by me and a friend, just drag and drop the zip contents on SD:\_nds\TwiLightMenu\apfix
I will make pull request on GitHub for the next ones, or would you like for me to upload them through here? @Robz8

Please PR on GitHub. You can also edit the AP-patched game list.

 

[retrogamefan]

@Robz8 @Everyone

4 more patches (with 2 corrections for YV5E/YV5P) :
Korg DS-10+ Synthesizer (USA) (VKGE)
Korg M01 Music Workstation (Japan) (BZMJ)
Dragon Quest V - Hand of the Heavenly Bride (USA) (YV5E)
Dragon Quest - The Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Europe) (YV5P)

Unpack and copy/replace the .ips files to sd:\_nds\TWiLightMenu\apfix
I should have checked Dragon Quest V.... You can now depart the ship. Looks like I need to test futher into games. My apologies.

Enjoy!!!

 

[DSoryu]

A Quick question @Robz8

Seems that the following titles doesn't work despite having their AP patch added, I made all possible configuration tests:

Atsumete! Kirby (Japan)
Kirby Mass Attack (U)
Kirby Mass Attack (E)
Taiko no Tatsujin DS - Dororon! Yokai Daikessen!! (Japan) [This one specifically boots, but has sound channels missing and after name entry it kicks you back to the title screen]

They do work on no$GBA though. Is that related to bootsrap? Every games has in common being compiled with SDK 5 (TWLSDK)

EDIT: The patches for the kirby games exceed the max file size, and DS-Scene tool doesn't have patches for these yet (the ones I made my ips from are xdelta patches)

EDIT 2: The prepatched kirby roms work fine.

 

[DreamDrops]

@Robz8 @Everyone

4 more patches (with 2 corrections for YV5E/YV5P) :
Korg DS-10+ Synthesizer (USA)
Korg M01 Music Workstation (Japan) (En)
Dragon Quest V - Hand of the Heavenly Bride (USA)
Dragon Quest - The Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Europe)

Unpack and copy/replace the .ips files to sd:\_nds\TWiLightMenu\apfix
I should have checked Dragon Quest V.... You can now depart the ship. Looks like I need to test futher into games. My apologies.

Enjoy!!!

Got anything on Daniel X or puzzle quest 2? What are other ap needing games out there?

 

[retrogamefan]

A Quick question @Robz8
Taiko no Tatsujin DS - Dororon! Yokai Daikessen!! (Japan) [This one specifically boots, but has sound channels missing and after name entry it kicks you back to the title screen]
EDIT: The patches for the kirby games exceed the max file size, and DS-Scene tool doesn't have patches for these yet (the ones I made my ips from are xdelta patches)

Attached is a patch for :
Taiko no Tatsujin DS - Dororon! Yookai Daikessen!! (Japan) (BDEJ)

Unpack and copy the .ips files to sdcard:\_nds\TWiLightMenu\apfix
The rom tool can't handle encrypted arm9, hence why some games need to be patched with .xdelta's etc. instead of the rom tool.

Got anything on Daniel X or puzzle quest 2? What are other ap needing games out there?

Those 2 games don't contain AP.

@Robz8,
I have also attached a text file with all current scene/private releases that contain AP.
Also, these games need to have the AP message removed from TwiLight Menu as they don't contain AP.
Daniel X - The Ultimate Power (USA) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (NDSi Enhanced)
Puzzle Quest 2 (USA)
Puzzle Quest 2 (Europe)

 

[DSoryu]

Attached is a patch for :
Taiko no Tatsujin DS - Dororon! Yookai Daikessen!! (Japan)
The rom tool can't handle encrypted arm9, hence why some games need to be patched with .xdelta's etc. instead of the rom tool.

Those 2 games don't contain AP.

@Robz8,
I have also attached a text file with all current scene/private releases that contain AP.
Also, these games need to have the AP message removed from TwiLight Menu as they don't contain AP.
Daniel X - The Ultimate Power (USA) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (NDSi Enhanced)
Puzzle Quest 2 (USA)
Puzzle Quest 2 (Europe)

Ah haha, I managed to get the patch for taiko no tatsujin working, but thank you anyway! is really appreciated! As for the Kirby games, then I suppose that the patch limit size will be an, well, limitation lol.

 

[retrogamefan]

@Robz8 @Everyone

Another 30 patches ahoy! (I've also included the gameID/TID due to multiple releases from the same region) :
Tangled (Europe) (B6TX)
Beyblade - Metal Fusion (USA) (BBUE)
Beyblade - Metal Fusion (USA) (BBUX)
Beyblade - Metal Fusion (USA) (BBUZ)
Super Scribblenauts (Europe) (BH2X)
Harvest Moon - The Tale of Two Towns (Europe) (BKUP)
Beyblade - Metal Masters (USA) (BRZW)
Beyblade - Metal Masters (USA) (BRZX)
Beyblade - Metal Masters (USA) (BRZY)
Beyblade - Metal Masters (USA) (BRZZ)
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (Europe) (BTUY)
Phineas and Ferb - Across the 2nd Dimension (Europe) (BZFX)
Mama's Combo Pack - Volume 1 (USA) (TCYE)
Mama's Combo Pack - Volume 2 (USA) (TCZE)
Shin Megami Tensei - Devil Survivor 2 (Europe) (TDVP)
Cooking Mama World - Combo Pack - Volume 1 (Europe) (TMCP)
Cooking Mama World - Combo Pack - Volume 2 (Europe) (TMDP)
Smurfs 2 (USA) (TR2E)
Smurfs 2 (Europe) (TR2P)
Crime Lab - Body of Evidence (Europe) (VAOV)
Art of Murder - FBI Top Secret (Europe) (VAOX)
Cars 2 (Europe) (VCAV)
Cars 2 (Europe) (VCAW)
Cars 2 (Europe) (VCAX)
Cars 2 (Europe) (VCAZ)
Chronicles of Mystery - The Secret Tree of Life (Europe) (VMYV)
Toy Story 3 (Europe) (VT3X)
TRON - Evolution (Europe) (VTEX)
Hwansangsuhojeon - Tierkreis (Korea) (YG4K)
Spectral Force - Genesis (Korea) (YW4K)

Unpack and copy the .ips files to sd:\_nds\TWiLightMenu\apfix

Enjoy!!!

 

[Zurdonx]

@retrogamefan any chance to get the .ips for Pokemon: Edicion Negra 1 (Spain)? It seems that it isn't included on TWilight Menu yet.

Also thank you so much for the endless effort you've put into this .

 

[MarioKartFan]

@Robz8 Hi and thanks for all you do for the community! AP patching isn't working for me (tested on a few games including Spirit Tracks). I did a clean/manual install following your instructions. I've been using your program for years and it worked great when I manually patched IPS files. I'm using clean roms now. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

 

[RocketRobz]

@Robz8 Hi and thanks for all you do for the community! AP patching isn't working for me (tested on a few games including Spirit Tracks). I did a clean/manual install following your instructions. I've been using your program for years and it worked great when I manually patched IPS files. I'm using clean roms now. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

Are you sure the ROMs aren't modified in any way, such as repacking?
Also, is there an "apfix" folder containing the .ips files in "sd:/_nds/TWiLightMenu/"?
If not, then that's why it's not working for you.

 

[retrogamefan]

@Robz8 @Zurdonx @Everyone

Here are the remaining 17 Pokemon Black/White/2 releases :
Pokemon - Weisse Edition (Germany) (IRAD)
Pokemon - Schwarze Edition (Germany) (IRBD)
Pokemon - Version Blanche (France) (IRAF)
Pokemon - Version Noire (France) (IRBF)
Pokemon - Versione Bianca (Italy) (IRAI)
Pokemon - Versione Nera (Italy) (IRBI)
Pokemon - Edicion Blanca (Spain) (IRAS)
Pokemon - Edicion Negra (Spain) (IRBS)
Pokemon - Weisse Edition 2 (Germany) (IRDD)
Pokemon - Schwarze Edition 2 (Germany) (IRED)
Pokemon - Version Blanche 2 (France) (IRDF)
Pokemon - Version Noire 2 (France) (IREF)
Pokemon - Versione Bianca 2 (Italy) (IRDI)
Pokemon - Versione Nera 2 (Italy) (IREI)
Pocket Monsters - White 2 (Korea) (IRDK)
Pocket Monsters - Black 2 (Korea) (IREK)
Pokemon - Edicion Blanca 2 (Spain) (IRDS)

Unpack and copy the .ips files to sd:\_nds\TWiLightMenu\apfix
More patches incoming...can someone cast a duplication spell on me please

Enjoy!!!

 

[RocketRobz]

@Robz8 @Zurdonx @Everyone

Here are the remaining 17 Pokemon Black/White/2 releases :
Pokemon - Weisse Edition (Germany) (IRAD)
Pokemon - Schwarze Edition (Germany) (IRBD)
Pokemon - Version Blanche (France) (IRAF)
Pokemon - Version Noire (France) (IRBF)
Pokemon - Versione Bianca (Italy) (IRAI)
Pokemon - Versione Nera (Italy) (IRBI)
Pokemon - Edicion Blanca (Spain) (IRAS)
Pokemon - Edicion Negra (Spain) (IRBS)
Pokemon - Weisse Edition 2 (Germany) (IRDD)
Pokemon - Schwarze Edition 2 (Germany) (IRED)
Pokemon - Version Blanche 2 (France) (IRDF)
Pokemon - Version Noire 2 (France) (IREF)
Pokemon - Versione Bianca 2 (Italy) (IRDI)
Pokemon - Versione Nera 2 (Italy) (IREI)
Pocket Monsters - White 2 (Korea) (IRDK)
Pocket Monsters - Black 2 (Korea) (IREK)
Pokemon - Edicion Blanca 2 (Spain) (IRDS)

Unpack and copy/replace the .ips files to sd:\_nds\TWiLightMenu\apfix

Enjoy!!!

The .7z is missing.

 

[retrogamefan]

Thanks for letting me know. Added above

 

[DSoryu]

@Robz8 I forgot to notify you, I have tried to solve the problem with the following games having their game covers missing:

YLTS - Profesor Layton y la Caja de Pandora, El (Spain)
C3JS - Profesor Layton y El Futuro Perdido, El (Spain)
BLFS - Profesor Layton y La Llamada del Espectro, El (Spain)

TwiLight Updater downloads them correctly as them are available in GameTDB, is TwiLightMenu itself that for some reason doesn't detect them correctly.

 

[Txustra]

The apfix for golden sun dark dawn (eur) is working for you?

 

[DSoryu]

The apfix for golden sun dark dawn (eur) is working for you?

AFAIK the issues in that game are related to bootstrap itself, so it wont work until a fix is made.

 

[themanuel]

AP question: is Bowser's Inside Story a problematic game, patch-wise? I'm guessing there would already be a patch for it in TM, considering how popular it is.