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

[RedOrange]

Hello, thank you for this excellent project! I'm having issues with intermittent screen flickering and black lines appearing onscreen in Dragon Quest V, especially on the title screen.

Stuff I've tried so far:

• Set run and VRAM modes to DS mode
• Set CPU speed to 67mhz (NTR)
• Disabled Card read DMA and Async Card Read
• Set nds-bootstrap Sound/Mic Frequency to 32.73 kHz

No dice. I'm booting the rom via sd card on a New 3DS XL, and am running the latest releases of TWiLight Menu++ and nds-bootstrap. I'd appreciate any help!

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[CrashMidnick]

Hello, thank you for this excellent project! I'm having issues with intermittent screen flickering and black lines appearing onscreen in Dragon Quest V, especially on the title screen.

Stuff I've tried so far:

• Set run and VRAM modes to DS mode
• Set CPU speed to 67mhz (NTR)
• Disabled Card read DMA and Async Card Read
• Set nds-bootstrap Sound/Mic Frequency to 32.73 kHz

No dice. I'm booting the rom via sd card on a New 3DS XL, and am running the latest releases of TWiLight Menu++ and nds-bootstrap. I'd appreciate any help!

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What is the region of the rom you’re trying to play ?

 

[RedOrange]

What is the region of the rom you’re trying to play ?

The region is USA.

 

[CrashMidnick]

@RocketRobz : I can confirm the same behaviour on my side (Xenophobia Dump) on title screen.

EDIT : DSI mode/Disabling DMA and Async help but it is not perfect. Some screen tearing ingame.

 

[RocketRobz]

Hello, thank you for this excellent project! I'm having issues with intermittent screen flickering and black lines appearing onscreen in Dragon Quest V, especially on the title screen.

Stuff I've tried so far:

• Set run and VRAM modes to DS mode
• Set CPU speed to 67mhz (NTR)
• Disabled Card read DMA and Async Card Read
• Set nds-bootstrap Sound/Mic Frequency to 32.73 kHz

No dice. I'm booting the rom via sd card on a New 3DS XL, and am running the latest releases of TWiLight Menu++ and nds-bootstrap. I'd appreciate any help!

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@RocketRobz : I can confirm the same behaviour on my side (Xenophobia Dump) on title screen.

EDIT : DSI mode/Disabling DMA and Async help but it is not perfect. Some screen tearing ingame.

Unfortunately, the fix is one you'll have to wait for.

 

[RedOrange]

Unfortunately, the fix is one you'll have to wait for.

Alas, sometime it be like that... Thanks for the info!

EDIT: I was able to get around the issue by reverting to v23.4.0.

 

[Azmort]

I'm trying to run this homebrew https://projectpokemon.org/home/files/file/648-ppse-ds/?_fromLogin=1, I'm running bootstrap 24.12.1 but it gives me an Initializion failed error, apparently it's a DLDI error. I've also tried running it from a NDS Gateway Flashcard using extended mode for slot-1 but it just freezes.

 

[RocketRobz]

I'm trying to run this homebrew https://projectpokemon.org/home/files/file/648-ppse-ds/?_fromLogin=1, I'm running bootstrap 24.12.1 but it gives me an Initializion failed error, apparently it's a DLDI error. I've also tried running it from a NDS Gateway Flashcard using extended mode for slot-1 but it just freezes.

TWLMenu++ is v24.12.1. nds-bootstrap is v0.61.2 (or v0.61.1, if you haven't updated yet).

Make sure "Run in" is set to "DS mode" in the per-game settings menu, in order for it to work.
If the issue persists, then the homebrew is incompatible.

 

[Azmort]

Oh, my bad about versions, I just updated everything, I was on v0.54 bs, and it was set to DSi, now it works, thanks!

 

[Ahmeteled]

I'm super anxious about my Micro SD card right now.
So, I updated everything and played the heck out of my DSi.
Next day I turned it on, tried playing Probotector (MegaDrive) and it gave me a white screen.
Relaunched Probotector, Homebrew Bootstrap (release) Missing.
I put the MicroSD in my laptop and saw every single file corrupt with weird mixtures of letters and numbers.
What's the very first thing I should do?

 

[Ahmeteled]

ok I'm relaxed because I switched my coffee habit to tea, told it calmes nerves better than meditiation and smoking in one.
I'm currently unleashing my Cut The Rope Pro in my DSi (I installed it back in 2011 as DSiWare).
But that helps for a limited time.
I need to know what should I do.

Edit: My files are "pRoTeCtEd" so I can't really format my MicroSD.

 

[RocketRobz]

ok I'm relaxed because I switched my coffee habit to tea, told it calmes nerves better than meditiation and smoking in one.
I'm currently unleashing my Cut The Rope Pro in my DSi (I installed it back in 2011 as DSiWare).
But that helps for a limited time.
I need to know what should I do.

Edit: My files are "pRoTeCtEd" so I can't really format my MicroSD.

Sounds like your SD card is dying. Please check it using h2testw. If there are errors found, then get a new SD card.

 

[Ahmeteled]

switched it to my phone's micro SD (4GB), restored an old backup to it (the version where nds-bootstrap is 0.38.0 but I updated release bootstrap).
Good thing I backed up my games 2 days ago.

 

[RocketRobz]

v25.0.0: More than just games! (TWL Summer Release #5)
Includes nds-bootstrap v0.61.3 (GBATemp thread)

What's new?​

• With a video player (tuna-viDS) being bundled, TWLMenu++ now has a feature to view image files as well!
  • The addition of tuna-viDS and this feature brings TWiLight Menu++ close to it's goal to be the next Moonshell!
  • `.bmp`, `.gif`, and `.png` files are supported.
  • Trying to load an image containing a width larger than 256px and/or height larger than 192px will be displayed as a black screen instead.
  • Listen to the menu music from Nintendo DSi Camera while viewing the image!
• @lifehackerhansol: The Acekard 2i, R4 Ultra and R4iTT flashcart loaders have been rolled into one!
  • The BL2CK loader is now used.

Improvement​

• @lifehackerhansol: Updated `ak2_sd.dldi` to support R4iDSN/R4 Ultra as well.
  • As a result, `r4idsn_sd.dldi` has been deleted.

Bug fixes​

• PPSEDS r11 now runs in DS mode by default.
• DSi-based themes: A non-ADPCM .wav file contained in a custom skin should now be read properly.
• Fixed not booting via hiyaCFW, depending on the `SysNAND Region`/`Launcher` settings.
• Other minor fixes.

Known bugs​

• Animated `.gif` files will appear static.
• 4-bit `.bmp` files are not supported. A black screen will be shown instead.
• Trying to launch a title stored on an Acekard 2(i) with `Slot-1 microSD access` enabled will still crash on white screens.
• The image viewer currently ignores the SD removal detection setting, so ejecting the SD card will trigger the SD removal screen regardless.

 

[Tarmfot]

v25.0.0: More than just games! (TWL Summer Release #5)
Includes nds-bootstrap v0.61.3 (GBATemp thread)

What's new?​

• With a video player (tuna-viDS) being bundled, TWLMenu++ now has a feature to view image files as well!
  • The addition of tuna-viDS and this feature brings TWiLight Menu++ close to it's goal to be the next Moonshell!
  • `.bmp`, `.gif`, and `.png` files are supported.
  • Trying to load an image containing a width larger than 256px and/or height larger than 192px will be displayed as a black screen instead.
  • Listen to the menu music from Nintendo DSi Camera while viewing the image!
• @lifehackerhansol: The Acekard 2i, R4 Ultra and R4iTT flashcart loaders have been rolled into one!
  • The BL2CK loader is now used.

Improvement​

• @lifehackerhansol: Updated `ak2_sd.dldi` to support R4iDSN/R4 Ultra as well.
  • As a result, `r4idsn_sd.dldi` has been deleted.

Bug fixes​

• PPSEDS r11 now runs in DS mode by default.
• DSi-based themes: A non-ADPCM .wav file contained in a custom skin should now be read properly.
• Fixed not booting via hiyaCFW, depending on the `SysNAND Region`/`Launcher` settings.
• Other minor fixes.

Known bugs​

• Animated `.gif` files will appear static.
• 4-bit `.bmp` files are not supported. A black screen will be shown instead.
• Trying to launch a title stored on an Acekard 2(i) with `Slot-1 microSD access` enabled will still crash on white screens.
• The image viewer currently ignores the SD removal detection setting, so ejecting the SD card will trigger the SD removal screen regardless.

Great!
Thanks!
Only needs to read text files.

 

[Peeteris]

RocketRobz, I can't even say how amazed I am that you introduced brightness option and it also changes the brightness for flashcard loaded games.
Sadly it's only working from DS classic menu. (If you start a recent game from DS classic menu, brightness stays. If you open a game from twilightmenu, it reverts back to lowest brightness...

Edit:
This is actually breaking everything... because it changes _wfwd\backligt.ini to values like 256, 512 and 1024, but flashcart only understands 0, 1, 2, 3, so it always starts games at lowest brightness if started from twilightmenu...

 

[Peeteris]

Are there any changes made to the skins?
Because I use this theme: https://skins.ds-homebrew.com/nintendo-3ds/pokmon---suicune
And after latest updates menu music is standart 3DS music not this themes music

 

[lifehackerhansol]

Edit:
This is actually breaking everything... because it changes _wfwd\backligt.ini to values like 256, 512 and 1024, but flashcart only understands 0, 1, 2, 3, so it always starts games at lowest brightness if started from twilightmenu...

This implies something weird is going on with the backlight math, because as per http://problemkaputt.de/gbatek.htm#dspowermanagementdevice it should indeed just be 0,1,2,3.

Dirty fix is to probably just do log2((x/128)), or fix whatever happened to that int at 0x02003000.

EDIT: this math is wrong. I based this with the assumption that the above values posted by @Peeteris is correct, however, the actual values set are the following:
3=1024, 2=768, 1=512, 0=256.
So the math should actually be (x >> 8) - 1.

 

[RocketRobz]

Are there any changes made to the skins?
Because I use this theme: https://skins.ds-homebrew.com/nintendo-3ds/pokmon---suicune
And after latest updates menu music is standart 3DS music not this themes music

Is the music in .raw format or .wav format?
Also, make sure the music is set in TWLMenu++ Settings.

 

[RocketRobz]

v25.0.1 (hotfix)

Bug fixes​

• Fixed music in `.raw` format from custom skins of DSi-based themes not playing.
• The image viewer now reads the SD removal detection setting.