Toggle sidebar

Homebrew Add many more screen layout options in DS virtual console games

  • Thread starter Thread starter MikaDubbz
  • Start date Start date
  • Views Views 68,895
  • Replies Replies 233
  • Likes Likes 32
creedof69 said:
I see... I'm using the Uwuvci inject option "add layout" which tell us that it takes layout from https://gbatemp...etc your thread url. So I thought you choose to use these transparent borders. And I wanted to use between this layout and the one with the little touche screen and big top screen which has less border than the official one so he touch screen can be bigger.
Click to expand...
Nope, I had nothing to do with any border tampering with adding these layouts. Maybe it's something else in Uwuvci? I dunno. You may be out of luck on this one.
 
MikaDubbz said:
Nope, I had nothing to do with any border tampering with adding these layouts. Maybe it's something else in Uwuvci? I dunno. You may be out of luck on this one.
Click to expand...
Ok so I resized the screen to match with the OG config file size of this particular layout which is slightly smaller... and now i think I see what is about. Isn't this supposed to be "tvback" and "drcback" as image ressources ? ^^
 

Attachments

  • 1757333486463.png
    1757333486463.png
    25.2 KB · Views: 57
  • 20250908_140549.jpg
    20250908_140549.jpg
    1.5 MB · Views: 52
Last edited by creedof69,
creedof69 said:
Ok so I resized the screen to match with the OG config file size of this particular layout which is slightly smaller... and now i think I see what is about. Isn't this supposed to be "tvback" and "drcback" as image ressources ? ^^
Click to expand...
I have no idea, but I can tell you I never messed with anything labeled tvback or drcback. I honestly can't help you with this issue. (Though if I'm being honest, I dont even see why it bothers you anyway, I'd personally label it a nonissue)
 
Last edited by MikaDubbz,
MelMellon said:
It works perfectly except that none of the new descriptions appear to work properly? It simply returns #NO_TEXT# on any description not originally in the files. What's going on here?
View attachment 455876
Click to expand...
MikaDubbz said:
Strings.json is the file in question, without the file directory in front of me, I can't tell you where exactly to go, but you need to move out from the us_en folder to the folder that is appropriate for your region and language.
Click to expand...
I have the same “No text” problem in all the added designs. Although they exist in the strings.json file, there are no complete references regarding the alignment of their text because only those from the 10 original designs are there. I hope that with this, everything can now be read completely (I haven't tested it because I have the console disconnected and I have to patch about thirty injected games).
 

Attachments

Dakangel said:
I have the same “No text” problem in all the added designs. Although they exist in the strings.json file, there are no complete references regarding the alignment of their text because only those from the 10 original designs are there. I hope that with this, everything can now be read completely (I haven't tested it because I have the console disconnected and I have to patch about thirty injected games).
Click to expand...
Again, that issue will appear if you have a non US Wii U, and you just need to move the strings file to your appropriate region's folder instead of the us_en folder. The default files I provide are for the US Wii U and the text will appear correctly for them, other regions just need to move the file and it will then read correctly for them too.
 
BlazeHeatnix said:
Yeah, but where's the inject? I can do this for base eShop games just fine, but injects obviously don't have the same title ID. I have no clue where those end up.
Click to expand...
Boot up the homebrew app: SaveMii Mod, it will show you the title IDs of everything you've installed to your Wii U.
 
Is it possible to create a hybrid layout? I've been attempting to make one work all day, but admittedly have no idea what I'm doing and can't figure out how to make a screen appear more than once.
 
Twilit_Gamer said:
Is it possible to create a hybrid layout? I've been attempting to make one work all day, but admittedly have no idea what I'm doing and can't figure out how to make a screen appear more than once.
Click to expand...
The format of the config file is explained here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/wii-u-ds-vc-custom-layouts.427284/, so you can include a DS screen in both the TV and DRC (GamePad) sections.

Or do you want to have one screen shown 2x on a single screen? I imagine you could just have two ‘source: upper’ entries within the TV section. But i) why?, and ii) I’m not going to test this for you (but please report back if you try it out!).
 
emcintosh said:
The format of the config file is explained here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/wii-u-ds-vc-custom-layouts.427284/, so you can include a DS screen in both the TV and DRC (GamePad) sections.

Or do you want to have one screen shown 2x on a single screen? I imagine you could just have two ‘source: upper’ entries within the TV section. But i) why?, and ii) I’m not going to test this for you (but please report back if you try it out!).
Click to expand...
Yes, I want to have the lower screen shown twice for the DS Zelda titles (for recording purposes). Adding the source twice was the first thing I tried, but depending on how I put it in, it would either ignore one of the sources, or force full-screen on both the TV and Gamepad (upper for TV, lower for gamepad). I figured maybe something would have to be altered in one of the other files, but I genuinely have no idea what, where, or if that's even possible.
 
Has anyone figured out hybrid layouts? I wish rotated games (played like a book) had more options. The "pixel perfect" option looks great on the TV, but on the gamepad, the screens are smaller than on an actual DS, so using touch controls is annoying.

I wish I could have it so the gamepad isn't pixel perfect while the TV is, or maybe the TV displays both screens but the gamepad only shows the touch screen.
 
BlazeHeatnix said:
Has anyone figured out hybrid layouts? I wish rotated games (played like a book) had more options. The "pixel perfect" option looks great on the TV, but on the gamepad, the screens are smaller than on an actual DS, so using touch controls is annoying.

I wish I could have it so the gamepad isn't pixel perfect while the TV is, or maybe the TV displays both screens but the gamepad only shows the touch screen.
Click to expand...

Yes?

'Pixel perfect' just means the size of the displayed screen is (an integer multiple of) the same as the real DS i.e. 256x192.

Each config has up to four displayed screens (top & bottom, on TV and GamePad ("target": "drc")), and for each one you can set the rotation and size and location. If you don't want a screen shown on both, you can remove its entry. E.g. you could remove the top screen entry from the GamePad.

Code: 
                        {

                            "source": "upper",
                            "rotation": 90,
                            "size": "384 512", // 2x 256x192 rotated
                            "target": "tv",
                            "position": "104 256" // Need to fit the 512px DS width centrally on TV height of 720 and 2 x 384 = 768 centrally on 1280 TV width.
                        },
                        {
                            "source": "lower",
                            "rotation": 90,
                            "size": "384 512",
                            "target": "tv",
                            "position": "104 640" // Shifted across 384px from top screen.
                        },
                        {
                            "source": "lower",
                            "rotation": 0,
                            "size": "640 480", // 2.5x 256x192
                            "target": "drc",
                            "position": "107 0" // Centred. Make it 0 0 for left-aligned, 214 0 for right-aligned.
                        }

I hope this is both screens rotated 90° ACW, scaled 2x, centred, on the TV plus the touch screen filling the GamePad vertically and centred horizontally. And I am confident that if it isn't what I expected, you could muck about with the numbers until it is (e.g. whether the TV coordinates are 720x1280 rather than 1280x720 when rotated - I think they rotate with the "rotation" line that rotates the DS screens).
 
Last edited by emcintosh,

Site & Scene News

Go to forum More news

Popular threads in this forum

Gaming Homebrew game  Banjo-Kazooie Wii U Port (Release)

Wiimmfi on Wii-U

WiiU scaling issues are more fundamental than we thought

Guide - how to fix your vWii by using vWii Compat Title Installer or vWii Decaffeinator

Circumvent the 300 Limit

Emulation  nullDC4Wii : Dreamcast emulator running on Wii & WiiU

HELP WANTED for a Nintendo Network revival for Wii U

Decomp Goldeneye n64 complete