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

Spoiler: Screenshots

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

 

[trtibak]

Hi there @WerWolv thanks for these amazing projects you're working on.
I'm currently trying to create a tesla overlay, but I find it really hard from the learning curve of C++ to all the new stack required just to compile.
One thing that could help me a lot is finding a way to debug my overlay, even nxlink may do the trick, but I find no way to integrate it to the overlay so it servers the printf to my computer.

Do you have any advice for me? I really want to keep going, but going blind this way is a pain.

 

[WerWolv]

Hi there @WerWolv thanks for these amazing projects you're working on.
I'm currently trying to create a tesla overlay, but I find it really hard from the learning curve of C++ to all the new stack required just to compile.
One thing that could help me a lot is finding a way to debug my overlay, even nxlink may do the trick, but I find no way to integrate it to the overlay so it servers the printf to my computer.

Do you have any advice for me? I really want to keep going, but going blind this way is a pain.

I debugged pretty much all of my code by either crashing the console with specific values using for example `fatalThrow(0xDEADBEEF);` or once I got the UI up and running, I used the drawString function of the renderer I wrote. I suggest you to do the second thing.

 

[Jayammi]

with the new sx os update this should now work, but can someone please tell me where to direct the files to because the menu isnt showing up when i press L + down + right stick

 

[jnl1]

with the new sx os update this should now work, but can someone please tell me where to direct the files to because the menu isnt showing up when i press L + down + right stick

Tesla Menu (file is called ovlmenu.ovl) into switch\.overlays
Ovlloader (folder is called 420000000007E51A) into sxos/titles
But as it is stated above, it only works up to sxos 2.9.5 beta. as far as i know not with 3.0.0

 

[Jayammi]

Tesla Menu (file is called ovlmenu.ovl) into switch\.overlays
Ovlloader (folder is called 420000000007E51A) into sxos/titles
But as it is stated above, it only works up to sxos 2.9.5 beta. as far as i know not with 3.0.0

3.0.1 was released today apparently fixing extensions like tesla

 

[Retrojunkies]

im trying to use this and cant seem to get it working, if i copy the nx-ovlloader 420000000007E51A folder into atmos, i get error screen when trying to boot atmos (after the nintendo switch logo)

 

[DaBlackDeath]

3.0.1 was released today apparently fixing extensions like tesla

Tesla is working again with SXOS 3.0.1.beta

 

[trtibak]

I debugged pretty much all of my code by either crashing the console with specific values using for example `fatalThrow(0xDEADBEEF);` or once I got the UI up and running, I used the drawString function of the renderer I wrote. I suggest you to do the second thing.

I was trying the second one in a more comlpex way, but your suggestion does make sense. Thanks for your quick reply

 

[RolleR85]

Sxos 3.0.2 released now. It works with tesla!

 

[mrdude]

Sxos 3.0.2 released now. It works with tesla!

Is there a version of emuiibo overlay that works with sxos? It works on Atmosphere fine.

 

[PiraFox3]

anyone else have a issue with sxos now? I can load it once, but once i exit I can't call it back up.

 

[jnl1]

Nope, tesla works fine for me with sx os 3.0.2beta

 

[Reecey]

with the new sx os update this should now work, but can someone please tell me where to direct the files to because the menu isnt showing up when i press L + down + right stick

It works all ok on sxos beta 3.0.2 make sure you change "Atmosphere" to sxos and "contents" to titles then boot up and press L, Down Arrow and then push down on the right joy stick it should appear.

 

[Muxi]

It works all ok on sxos beta 3.0.2

..everything I've tested so far, except EdiZon!

 

[Viri]

I installed Tesla yesterday for the first time, worked just fine. The moment I updated Atmosphere, it began crashing right on the home screen. Once I removed Tesla, my Atmosphere stopped crashing.

Nevermind, I fixed it. I just reinstalled everything completely.

 

[CapMyAssElmo]

having the same problem, opens once then nothing afterwards

 

[k3lv1n]

on OFW 10.0.3, AMS 0.13.0, Hekate 5.3.0. Titles with cheat codes will stuck at load screen (infinite loading until force power off), With Tesla removed, titles launched normally, can you update it? TQ. edited: works fine now

 

[Al3Drk]

Tesla menu overlay does not apear after atmosphere 13 update

 

[Muxi]

Tesla menu overlay does not apear after atmosphere 13 update

Yes, the Tesla menu runs fine under ams 0.13.0. Obviously something is wrong with your settings.

 

[Th3Alic3]

@WerWolv! Loving the app!

Wonder if there's anyway to decrease the font size? The current font size cuts off most of the code names in EdiZon.