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

[RocketRobz]

it mentioned nintendo switch and twlmenu++,but u said you havn't relaesed it on switch

She said she would've adored seeing this run on the Switch, so that means it's not on the Switch at all.

 

[Pk11]

Actually there are a acg-front-tool 3 should have full chinese character. This software were created by acg-chinese-translate-team so it could be native. it do have the option to out put or extand or other-way to dump front files to sd-card as *.bcnft filetype .
so did the filetype same to exist one (now using one).
acg front tool could be found this link: "https://github.com/dnasdw/SharedFontTool'

sft options there: wish it could help u found solution
0：all-region front（ique、hk、jp、us、eu）included
1：offical-ique-front-moded(korea ver 3ds could use this front)
2：offical jp\us\eu offical front-mod ver(ique/kr are able to use)
3：offical-ique-front
4：offical-hk-front
5：offical-jp-us-eu-front
6：offical-kr-front
7-10 was extend front you should put in extend sd card that did'nt give our needed front

hk: HONKKONG of China (traditional chinese)
jp: Japan
us: United states of America
eu: Europe Union
kr: South Korea
Ique: Chinese ique company realesed nintendo device so use ique to show nintendo in mainland of China. (simpilfied chinese)

TWiLight uses the DS's font format, NFTR, not the 3DS's BCFNT so it can't use those directly, I can grab the character sets from those and add all the characters they use though, thanks for letting me know about them.

and thank your advice. I will try a nightly version

i tried flashcard nightly first. it still show questionmark such as 狱 奏 初 绘心教室 萝莉
update: seems cia one normal now. continue checking

Oh yeah, sorry forgot to mention it, when running in DS mode it still uses the same limited font as before since RAM is pretty limited, it only uses the more complete fonts when running in DSi Mode.

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Edit:
I've just made a new PR, #1294, that adds I think everything from all of SharedFontTool's bcfnts to the DSi Mode fonts and also adds special DS Mode fonts for Chinese (Simplified) and Korean that should be much more complete, at the cost of missing characters in other scripts.

The Chinese font also uses Noto Sans CS as the primary font instead of nintendo_NTLG-DB_001 so it has the Chinese forms of characters instead of the Japanese ones.

If you've got a good list for Chinese (Traditional) that's under around 7,000 chars total I can add that too, but SharedFontTool's traditional font has like 15,000 chars which is too much for DS mode. You can use the Simplified font in DSi Mode though to get the Chinese forms of characters instead of the Japanese ones, though it might also have simplified forms instead of traditional for some, I'm not sure how much overlap there is.

(To try it you can download it from the "Checks" tab on the pull request in a few mins once it's done or it'll probably be merged within a few hours then just get the nightly)

 

[FanNintendo]

the crash happens on the nintendo switch, when i try to play style savvy it just crashes, but when i play my other games - it doesn't do it. style savvy used to work fine on the melonds emulator but now it doesn't i don't get why. i even have the same problem with mario & luigi partners in time, i am afraid to check what other games it crashes on since i got a list of them.

which one you using? standalone or retroarch? Standalone works better than retroarch

 

[HinaNaru Cutie]

which one you using? standalone or retroarch? Standalone works better than retroarch

I am using standalone ;-; the latest update...if you want like an example of how I put the files in I can show you?

 

[satel]

1. Move your .nds, .pub, and .prv files into "sd:/roms/dsiware".

hi Robz i followed the steps but the file .prv is missing.

also can 3ds run dsiware via twilightmenu ?

 

[RocketRobz]

hi Robz i followed the steps but the file .prv is missing.

It's either .pub or .prv, depending on the DSiWare.

also can 3ds run dsiware via twilightmenu ?

The only ones that boot atm, are Pop Island and Pop Island: Paperfield, and that's because they can boot in DS mode as demo versions.
Aside from those two, still no.

 

[sk22]

I want to be able to use pictochat on 3DS with Twilightmenu from the DS Classic menu but it's greyed out. Is there a way to extract the nds file from a DSi? If so how? I can get the CIA but how do I extract the nds file from that? Also How can I change the unlaunch background images?

Maybe the wiki should be edited to include proper instructions!

Hi! So I was trying to find the required "pictochat.nds" but couldn't find it anywhere. Someone, somewhere said that one can download it using NUS Downloader - which doesn't work anymore, tho. I only was able to find the CIA versions.
However, I found a full NUS Downloader DSiWare dump on archive.org. It does also include Pictochat and the DS Download Play DSiWare titles!
For maximum convenience (and knowing that searching the web for even the title IDs didn't really get me anywhere), I decided to upload them to archive.org myself. Just search for Pictochat or DSi System Apps, and from there you can download "pictochat.nds" (and "dlplay.nds").

Edit: Removed the links

 

[sion_zaphod]

Hi! So I was trying to find the required "pictochat.nds" but couldn't find it anywhere. Someone, somewhere said that one can download it using NUS Downloader - which doesn't work anymore, tho. I only was able to find the CIA versions.
However, I found a full NUS Downloader DSiWare dump right there: archive.org/details/nintendodsicompletesystemtitles.7z It does also include Pictochat and the DS Download Play DSiWare titles!
For maximum convenience (and knowing that searching the web for even the title IDs doesn't really got me anywhere), I decided to upload it to archive.org myself: archive.org/details/dsiware-pictochat-dlplay
So, you can download "pictochat.nds" (and "dlplay.nds") from here: archive.org/download/dsiware-pictochat-dlplay

Btw, sorry for not properly linking the URLs - I just created this account and new members aren't allowed to post hyperlinks ^^'

I don't think you are allowed to post links to that here. Both files have signed Nintendo code in them.

 

[satel]

@Robz8

i have issue with dsi hiyacfw where unlaunch will not display anything apart from system files,also when i boot hiyacfw through TWLMenu which i access via the camera app i get white screens, i already formatted the sd card twice & followed the online guide but not sure why it's not working ! any idea what might be wrong ?

 

[RocketRobz]

@Robz8

i have issue with dsi hiyacfw where unlaunch will not display anything apart from system files,also when i boot hiyacfw through TWLMenu which i access via the camera app i get white screens, i already formatted the sd card twice & followed the online guide but not sure why it's not working ! any idea what might be wrong ?

What tool(s) did you use to format the SD card?

 

[satel]

What tool(s) did you use to format the SD card?

windows own tool

 

[RocketRobz]

windows own tool

Try SDFormatter.

 

[satel]

Try SDFormatter.

worked,i wish i asked you before i wasted 2+ hours . thanks very much

 

[markpeng0315]

TWiLight uses the DS's font format, NFTR, not the 3DS's BCFNT so it can't use those directly, I can grab the character sets from those and add all the characters they use though, thanks for letting me know about them.


Oh yeah, sorry forgot to mention it, when running in DS mode it still uses the same limited font as before since RAM is pretty limited, it only uses the more complete fonts when running in DSi Mode.

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Edit:
I've just made a new PR, #1294, that adds I think everything from all of SharedFontTool's bcfnts to the DSi Mode fonts and also adds special DS Mode fonts for Chinese (Simplified) and Korean that should be much more complete, at the cost of missing characters in other scripts.

The Chinese font also uses Noto Sans CS as the primary font instead of nintendo_NTLG-DB_001 so it has the Chinese forms of characters instead of the Japanese ones.

If you've got a good list for Chinese (Traditional) that's under around 7,000 chars total I can add that too, but SharedFontTool's traditional font has like 15,000 chars which is too much for DS mode. You can use the Simplified font in DSi Mode though to get the Chinese forms of characters instead of the Japanese ones, though it might also have simplified forms instead of traditional for some, I'm not sure how much overlap there is.

(To try it you can download it from the "Checks" tab on the pull request in a few mins once it's done or it'll probably be merged within a few hours then just get the nightly)

Grate thanks for you. and sorry for i don't know the nds front filetype

 

[FanNintendo]

I am using standalone ;-; the latest update...if you want like an example of how I put the files in I can show you?

No I'm all set here

 

[cyttorak]

How can I run ScummVM in a Nintendo DSi with Twilight Menu ++?
Every *.nds from scummvm-1.2.1-ds.zip give me a error related with something called DLDI drivers

 

[RocketRobz]

How can I run ScummVM in a Nintendo DSi with Twilight Menu ++?
Every *.nds from scummvm-1.2.1-ds.zip give me a error related with something called DLDI drivers

Then it's not compatible.

 

[RocketRobz]

v18.2.0

Check here on how to update TWiLight Menu++:

• Flashcard
• DSi
• 3DS
  • Manual

What's new?

• The Atari emulators have been updated to their latest versions!
• (@Pk11) You can now select a custom font. See here on how to add one.

Improvements

• (@Pk11 and various) Updated translations.
• (@Pk11) More font data is now loaded, if running in DSi mode.
• (@Pk11) DSi, 3DS, Saturn, and HBL themes: Selected item in the cheat list can now scroll.

Bug fixes

• Native GBA ROM loader (DS Phat/lite):
  • Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Doom, and Doom II now boot!
  • The GBA GamePak Prefetch feature is now enabled before the game boots!
    This fixes some slowdown in some games, which don't occur in retail carts.
    NOTE: Games already use this feature, but as the wait states are patched out in order for the games to boot, games would previously be unable to enable the feature.
• Fixed 3D cubes not being rendered in the 3DS theme, if photo/boxart color de-banding is turned on.
  • This skips photo/boxart color de-banding, if the 3D cube video is found.
• (@Pk11) Changed `Greyscale` to `Grayscale`.
• (@Pk11) Fixed non-ASCII DSiWare path being passed to Unlaunch.
• Fixed cluster size warning being shown if cluster size is above 32KB.

 

[satel]

@Robz8
Hi, is there Soft Reset on DSi console ? thanks

 

[RocketRobz]

@Robz8
Hi, is there Soft Reset on DSi console ? thanks

Yes. The button combo is the same as in DS games.