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

[retrogamefan]

@Robz8 @Everyone

Here is the next set of patches :
One Piece Gigant Battle 2 - Shin Sekai (Japan) (TGBJ)
Tamagotchi Collection (Japan) (TGCJ)
Kaidan Restaurant - Zoku! Shin Menu 100-sen (Japan) (TK2J)
Tobidase! Kagaku-kun - Chikyuu Daitanken! Nazo no Chinkai Seibutsu ni Idome! (Japan) (TKGJ)
Meitantei Conan - Aoki Houseki no Rondo (Japan) (TKNJ)
Kimi ni Todoke - Tsutaeru Kimochi (Japan) (TKTJ)
Digimon Story - Super Xros Wars - Red (Japan) (TLTJ)
Metal Max 2 - Reloaded (Japan) (TMXJ)
Nora to Toki no Koubou - Kiri no Mori no Majo (Japan) (TNRJ)
Dengeki Gakuen RPG - Cross of Venus Special (Japan) (TPGJ)
Egokoro Kyoushitsu DS (Japan) (VAAJ)
Sumeun Sojireul Kkaeuneun - Geurimgyosil (Korea) (VAAK)
Art Academy (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (VAAV)
Crime Lab - Body of Evidence (USA) (VAOE)
Crime Lab - Body of Evidence (Europe) (VAOP)
Camp Rock - The Final Jam (Europe) (VCMP)
Camp Rock - The Final Jam (Europe) (VCMV)
Cosmetick Paradise - Princess Life (Japan) (VCTJ)
RPG Tsukuru DS+ - Create The New World (Japan) (VEBJ)
Petz Fantasy - Moonlight Magic (USA) (VFBE)
Petz Fantasy - Sunshine Magic (USA) (VFZE)
Fire Emblem - Shin Monshou no Nazo - Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu (Japan) (Rev 1) (VI2J)
Brainstorm Series - Treasure Chase (USA) (VKHE)
Know How 2 (Europe) (VKHP)
Elminage II - Sousei no Megami to Unmei no Daichi - DS Remix (Japan) (VL3J)
Lost Identities (Europe) (VLIP)
Chronicles of Mystery - The Secret Tree of Life (USA) (VMYE)
Power Pro Kun Pocket 14 (Japan) (VP4J)
Phineas and Ferb - Ride Again (Europe) (VPFV)
Power Pro Kun Pocket 13 (Japan) (VPLJ)

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

Enjoy!!!
P.S. Not many patches to go

 

[PedroxBest]

I am getting a white screen when booting up the Menu itself, any ideas? Tried waiting to see if it was just taking a while, reinstalling etc. but got nothing. Edit: Welp, tried another SD card (the original 2gb one) and it worked. Still would prefer to not swap out cards cause that's bound to cause some issues in the system. The one that did not work was a 8 gb microSD with an adapter btw, and I would stillappreciate if anyone has any idea how to make it work on the bigger SD.

TWL_FIRM might've somehow got corrupted.
Follow this guide to fix the issue: https://3ds.hacks.guide/troubleshooting#dsi--ds-functionality-is-broken-after-completing-the-guide


this text is from the FAQ btw

 

[coinblock]

Something weird is going on, widescreen mode seems to be always enabled, even if I switch back to 4:3 in settings. After doing a fresh install of TWiLight Menu, it's still stuck in widescreen mode.

 

[RocketRobz]

Something weird is going on, widescreen mode seems to be always enabled, even if I switch back to 4:3 in settings. After doing a fresh install of TWiLight Menu, it's still stuck in widescreen mode.

Delete "TwlBg.cxi" at "sd:/luma/sysmodules/".

 

[johansdr]

Hello. I have a questions, I did everything in order to play the widescreen games, I tried with Super Mario 64 and Soul Silver. But the only thing I'm getting when I entable the widescreen 16:10 on settings is the same game with an Orange color temperature.

I tried it twice reinstalling all and using twice the gm/out file but maybe somebody knows what's wrong

 

[DSoryu]

I have a question. I was away around 2016-2018 from 3DS scene, so I stumbled into TWilightMenu++ at nearly its current state. I did a bit of research of how it has evolved since it was simply a loader POC, and I saw that there was a 3DS mode version for the fronten (TWL++). It looked very nice, why the support was dropped for it?

 

[RocketRobz]

Hello. I have a questions, I did everything in order to play the widescreen games, I tried with Super Mario 64 and Soul Silver. But the only thing I'm getting when I entable the widescreen 16:10 on settings is the same game with an Orange color temperature.

I tried it twice reinstalling all and using twice the gm/out file but maybe somebody knows what's wrong

Did you type in the text for the .bat file correctly?

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I have a question. I was away around 2016-2018 from 3DS scene, so I stumbled into TWilightMenu++ at nearly its current state. I did a bit of research of how it has evolved since it was simply a loader POC, and I saw that there was a 3DS mode version for the fronten (TWL++). It looked very nice, why the support was dropped for it?

It's so that newer updates could be out faster, and cuts down time on working on 2 apps at the same time.

 

[johansdr]

Hello, and thanks for the answer.

I typed the text just as it said. I wrote it at the begining of everything and pressed enter in order to leave it as a single line of code and because, when I didn't used the enter key to separate it from the rest of the code (those weird numbers without meaning for me) IT didn't allow me to start the bat file.

Did you type in the text for the .bat file correctly?

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It's so that newer updates could be out faster, and cuts down time on working on 2 apps at the same time.

 

[RocketRobz]

Hello, and thanks for the answer.

I typed the text just as it said. I wrote it at the begining of everything and pressed enter in order to leave it as a single line of code and because, when I didn't used the enter key to separate it from the rest of the code (those weird numbers without meaning for me) IT didn't allow me to start the bat file.

Try copying the text, instead of typing it.
This ensures no mistakes are made.

 

[strangeling]

You mean the bottom line on the bottom of the screen(s) is being duplicated?
If so, just wake the system from sleep mode when that happens. It's a TWL_FIRM bug, and can't be fixed without RE'ing TWL_FIRM.

I made an account just to say thank you for this. I seriously appreciate all of your dedication and incredibly detailed and thorough helpfulness.

 

[Chigz]

This works really great, I’m glad I discovered it on reddit slightly under a week ago (:

—

A question, though I’m not sure if this is the right place for it.

With Pokémon Platinum, the Underground has this delay/lag when running around it.

Many years ago my friend had the retail game and it didn’t happen there so i assumed it was a ROM issue so i did clean dump it from their cartridge and the delay/lag Underground still happened.

This happened with my R4 card on my DS Lite (at the time), with an AceKard 2i (at the time) [no longer own the DS Lite or those two flashcarts]. Currently I own a 2DS XL with an R4i Gold 3DS Plus and this Underground issue happens with it too.

I don’t know if this could potentially be fixed?

\-

Edit: forgot to mention; this happens on TWiLight too, running on my 2DS XL with the ROMs on the SD card (with a retail NDS cart - Brain Training - inserted).

One more edit; this doesn’t seem to happen on emulators I’ve tried; Desmume and melonDS

 

[retrogamefan]

@Chigz
Could you please upload your save for me to have a look at.
Also what region of Pokemon Platinum are you using?

 

[johansdr]

Hi, I tried again copy-pasting it and it didn't work

Try copying the text, instead of typing it.
This ensures no mistakes are made.

 

[Chigz]

@Chigz
Could you please upload your save for me to have a look at.
Also what region of Pokemon Platinum are you using?

The region is Europe

and...

Yikes, I deleted my save file about an hour ago thinking it could be due to the old save back from the R4. I wanted to restart the game due to the way I played the game back then haha.
Erm ... though, I could make a new file with the Explorer Kit hacked in and see if it occurs though.

 

[Chigz]

@Chigz
Could you please upload your save for me to have a look at.
Also what region of Pokemon Platinum are you using?

Right so I decided to just put the Explorer Kit in a new save file, in Twinleaf Town with no Pokemon outside Moms house, and go Underground from there and there's still the delay.

Steps taken Underground:
- Pressed the dpad in any of the four directions and it will take a second before the charcter starts to move then i stopped by letting go of the dpad
- Held down B before pressing any of the dpad and it takes a second before moving and then let go of the dpad and stopped after running for a bit
- The same happens when changing direction, running north/south and transitioning west or east and there's a slight delay before the game registers it.

 

[Vague Rant]

Hi, I tried again copy-pasting it and it didn't work

Can you describe more specifically in what way it didn't work?

 

[retrogamefan]

@Robz8 @Everyone

Here are patches for the RFTD released encrypted games until decryption is worked out :

Mario vs. Donkey Kong - Mini-Land Mayhem! (Europe) (V2GV)
Alice in Wonderland (Europe) (VALV)
SpongeBob's Boating Bash (Europe) (VBVV)
New Carnival Games (USA) (VC2E)
New Carnival - Funfair Games (Europe) (VC2V)
Camp Rock - The Final Jam (Europe) (VCMV)
Grease - The Official Video Game (Europe) (VGRV)
Imagine - Fashion Paradise (Europe) (VIFV)
iCarly 2 - iJoin the Click! (Europe) (VIJV)
An M. Night Shyamalan Film - The Last Airbender (Europe) (VLAV)
Penguins of Madagascar, The (Europe) (VPEV)
Phineas and Ferb - Ride Again (Europe) (VPFV)
Sims 3, The (Europe) (VS3V)
Shrek - Forever After (Europe) (VSKV)
Sonic Classic Collection (Europe) (VSOV)
Toy Story 3 (Europe) (VT3V)
TouchMaster 4 - Connect (Europe) (VT4V)
TRON - Evolution (Europe) (VTEV)
Zhu Zhu Pets featuring the Wild Bunch (Europe) (VZUV)

The only game that I haven't included is Imagine - Dream Resort (Europe) (VIDV) because it is a metafortress protected game with an encrypted arm9. I will create a decrypted+AP .xdelta3 patch for the game as the .ips will be too big in size for Twilight Menu/nds-bootstrap to currently handle (might be possible in the future).
I have also included AP patches to those games above that contain AP.

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

Enjoy!!!

EDIT : Patches for in-game lagging coming soon for all regions of Pokemon Platinum

 

[Zaiphon]

Any Patch for "Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (Europe) (BO5P)"?

 

[RocketRobz]

Any Patch for "Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (Europe) (BO5P)"?

The game doesn't work, because nds-bootstrap doesn't support it.

 

[DSoryu]

Any Patch for "Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (Europe) (BO5P)"?

It has been posted already, but that game wont boot until NDS-Boostrap fixes a problem with games that use DMA.