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: http://werwolv.net/downloads/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!


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Thanks a lot and have fun using and extending it

 

[zaku]

Is it possible to change the L+DOWN+R STICK combo to something else?

 

[Astor]

Is it possible to change the L+DOWN+R STICK combo to something else?

Wondering the same, my right stick doesn't click and where I live it's difficult to get a hold of a new controller.

 

[velgis]

Is it possible to change the L+DOWN+R STICK combo to something else?

Wondering the same, my right stick doesn't click and where I live it's difficult to get a hold of a new controller.

Yes, it is! Create a text file named "config.ini" in "SD:/config/tesla/" (so the final path would be SD:/config/tesla/config.ini" and use this:

[tesla]
key_combo=L+DDOWN+RS //This is the default combination.

Here are the other keys you can use, courtesy of 0xNULL on page 15: A, B, X, Y, LS, RS, L, R, ZL, ZR, PLUS, MINUS, DLEFT, DUP, DRIGHT, DDOWN, SL, SR

Hope this helps!

 

[jipkai123]

deleted, and solved

 

[Deobulakenyo]

Yes, it is! Create a text file named "config.ini" in "SD:/config/tesla/" (so the final path would be SD:/config/tesla/config.ini" and use this:

[tesla]
key_combo=L+DDOWN+RS //This is the default combination.

Here are the other keys you can use, courtesy of 0xNULL on page 15: A, B, X, Y, LS, RS, L, R, ZL, ZR, PLUS, MINUS, DLEFT, DUP, DRIGHT, DDOWN, SL, SR

Hope this helps!

Thanks for this. I hated the R3 press

 

[Chrisssj2]

When I try to use "http://werwolv.net/downloads/EdiZonOverlay.zip" And press A on Edizon in the overlay menu. The tesla environment seems to stop functioning and I can't get back in the overlay menu. Any idea?

 

[MUDD_BR]

It´s possible to prevent the crash when there´s too many cheats on edizon? It crashes on Tesla but on Edizon works flawless...

 

[R3vis1on]

Yes, it is! Create a text file named "config.ini" in "SD:/config/tesla/" (so the final path would be SD:/config/tesla/config.ini" and use this:

[tesla]
key_combo=L+DDOWN+RS //This is the default combination.

Here are the other keys you can use, courtesy of 0xNULL on page 15: A, B, X, Y, LS, RS, L, R, ZL, ZR, PLUS, MINUS, DLEFT, DUP, DRIGHT, DDOWN, SL, SR

Hope this helps!

Thank you very much for this!

 

[MultiKoopa]

Hi. the Tesla Overlay is great. Is there any way to switch the order of overlays in the menu? I want some of them to be higher on the list

 

[DrunkPanda]

I am having a problem with it. Im on the latest update of AMS. I downloaded and extracted the files to the sd card. When I press the button combination, nothing happens. Any idea why?

 

[Corgano]

Probably need OVLloader, the sysmod that loads tesla menu

 

[MultiKoopa]

Is there any overlay that lets you access the Power Off menu? I want to be able to power off the Switch while it's Docked.

Is there maybe a payload that just turns the switch off, so I can add it to fastcfwswitcher?

 

[moggpogi]

help cant download
http://werwolv.net/downloads/EdiZonOverlay.zip

 

[Raugo]

help cant download
http://werwolv.net/downloads/EdiZonOverlay.zip

Right click in the link and save link as... I don't know why don't work directly but this way work

 

[OuahOuah]

Hello.

Does it works on Atmo 19+ ?

Do modules need to be rewritten also to be used on 19+ ?

 

[hippy dave]

Hello.

Does it works on Atmo 19+ ?

Do modules need to be rewritten also to be used on 19+ ?

Yes Tesla is working fine, and in general most modules are fine too. The only ones I remember hearing about having problems are masagrator's ones that use SaltyNX, and he was hard at work fixing them.

 

[MultiKoopa]

Yes Tesla is working fine, and in general most modules are fine too. The only ones I remember hearing about having problems are masagrator's ones that use SaltyNX, and he was hard at work fixing them.

funny you mention that

https://github.com/masagrator/SaltyNX/releases

 

[pandapreston]

I’m having the WORST time getting this to work!!! Every time I attempt to install nx-ovlloader, Atmosphere crashes upon boot. Can someone walk me through this?

 

[Natural]

The menu isn't popping up. I'm still on Atmosphère 0.19.0. Is that why? I have ovlSysmodules.ovl, ovlEdiZon.ovl, and ovlmenu.ovl under the .overlays folder. Also I haven't updated to the latest switch firmware. I'm on the firmware before that.

 

[SkullHex2]

The menu isn't popping up. I'm still on Atmosphère 0.19.0. Is that why? I have ovlSysmodules.ovl, ovlEdiZon.ovl, and ovlmenu.ovl under the .overlays folder. Also I haven't updated to the latest switch firmware. I'm on the firmware before that.

Have you already tried with a clean install of Tesla? I remember the same happening to me after telling AIO Switch Updater to disable autostarting sysmodules after updating Atmosphere