"Project Home" is an upcoming open source, feature-packed qlaunch replacement by XorTroll

zxr750j · Jun 18, 2019

Photosphere is a fitting name. Wikipedia: The photosphere is a star's outer shell from which light is radiated.

lordelan · Jun 18, 2019

Here we go:

and of course:

Pretty hard to decide.

Oh and I forgot a big feature request:
A Wii-like pointer controlling option for a single handed Joy-Con with which we could point to the icons on Project Home on the TV like a boss.
Icons should be in multiple rows like on Wii and Wii U then obviously.
Using the Joy-Cons as pointers is absolutely possible:

Implementing that in general might be more of a libnx issue though, so it could be used in all homebrew apps.

Meepers55 · Jun 18, 2019

xxNathanxx said:
'Competition' and 'free software' don't blend together very well. You always end up with a million different forks and other reimaginings because everyone thinks their minuscule change is unique, and none of those 'competitors' end up creating anything worthwhile. Cooperation is the only true way forward.

I'd agree with you if it weren't for the fact that Project Home and DeltaLaunch are completely different projects that appear to have different goals in mind. Heck, this one's even open sourced while the other isn't.

Idontknowwhattoputhere · Jun 18, 2019

Open source is better than closed source
What if rei were to abandon delta launch and no source was ever released?

XorTroll · Jun 18, 2019

lordelan said:
@XorTroll
The potential of this is massive.

It could have kind of widgets for RSS news, weather and music
(at least there could be a previous, play/pause and next button over or under the game scrolling area to navigate through multiple MP3s of a specific folder for the BGM)

It could have switches (either on the homescreen or inside a specific area) to toggle things like cheats, emuiibo, hid-mitm, in-home-switching, and so on

Apart from actual games and homebrews (like shown in the video) it could have icons for specific payloads as well where selecting one reboots to that payload

It could let us use alternate icons (and even names) for installed games without having to alter the actual game itself but placing a png/jpg and/or an ini/xml file named after the titleID in a folder like sd:/projecthome/titles/

Attention, this might be one of the coolest features and the reason I started to write this post:
It could allow us to have a single game more than one time on the homescreen and allow us to decide for each (with an ini/xml) if we want to start it with LayeredFS or not!
Especially combined with what I wrote in 4. this could allow us to have untouched/vanilla Breath of the Wild and e.g. the Linkle Mod and/or Zelda Mod each with their own icon and name on the homescreen where launching Linkle Mod starts BotW with activated LayeredFS while launching the main BotW icon does not (and launches the vanilla game instead)!
To achieve having multiple mods (like Linkle and Zelda) it could look for the files from
in
sd:/projecthome/titles/[TitleID]/Linkle Mod/[files]
sd:/projecthome/titles/[TitleID]/Zelda Mod/[files]
instead of
sd:/atmosphere/titles/[TitleID]/[files]

Maybe we won't even need ini or xml files this way. Altered game icons for mods could be placed in
sd:/projecthome/titles/[TitleID]/Linkle Mod/
and
sd:/projecthome/titles/[TitleID]/Zelda Mod/
and the mod game title shown on the home screen is just the folder name unter the [TitleID] folder

I know this is pretty far away from now (if ever possible) but that video was inspiring.

I like several of those ideas, specially the one of the like LFS-manager thingy, would be awesome to implement.

Firexploit · Jun 18, 2019

It looks very nice. I can't wait to try it on my switch.
Can you also add an grid like on the 3ds or wii u system menu?
Somehow like this:

Dominator211 · Jun 18, 2019

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!! this is somthing id actually donate money to in order to get features. USB NSP LOADING is a BIG feature Im till waiting on

Deleted User · Jun 19, 2019

what about
Qustom? Renovation? Homeland Stability? Homeland Instability?
(sorry i copied your idea eskinner lol)

Chocola · Jun 19, 2019

98otiss said:
what about
Qustom? Renovation? Homeland Stability? Homeland Instability?
(sorry i copied your idea eskinner lol)

I preffer Qustom or Renovation, we have a lot of stability for now xD

LunaValeheart · Jun 19, 2019

It'd be really cool if the menu that comes up when you long-press the home button could be edited to include options to enable/disable sys-modules like sys-ftp, emuiibo, etc. Just imagine if it became the easily accessible, go-to, quick menu for things like sys-modules, cheats, music, theme swapping, etc. I've always thought that menu has so much untapped potential. Maybe it's outside the scope of this project though. I don't know

wendyliga · Jun 19, 2019

name suggestion, what about

nxHome
nHome
XHome

or

GoldBranch as you know with GoldLeaf

Shubshub · Jun 19, 2019

Amazing

Jayro · Jun 19, 2019

wiewiec said:
IDK but I wanna see menu style like XMB

More like the PS3 and Retroarch, and less like the PS4.

Bladexdsl · Jun 19, 2019

HomeFlow

lordelan · Jun 19, 2019

XorTroll said:
I like several of those ideas, specially the one of the like LFS-manager thingy, would be awesome to implement.

Glad you share that opinion, mate. Take your time.

XorTroll · Jun 19, 2019

Heh, got something nice to work. Launching homebrew as applications with no titles required. This means, you can have no titles installed in your console, and yet with PHome you can launch homebrew as applications!
Let's say I benefit from a leftover Horizon left behind, perfect for this situation (~~s t u b b e d f l o g t i t l e~~)

Only problem is that, since it's an special application (but an application, thus this method) only my HOME menu can benefit from this since, ofc, qlaunch doesn't support calling this stubbed title.
Also this ain't a quick brainwave. I'm typing this after doing a successful test. I have hbmenu running over flog's title in front of me rn!

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However, I need to ensure whether this is really risky speaking of bans.

Chocola · Jun 19, 2019

XorTroll said:
Heh, got something nice to work. Launching homebrew as applications with no titles required. This means, you can have no titles installed in your console, and yet with PHome you can launch homebrew as applications!
Let's say I benefit from a leftover Horizon left behind, perfect for this situation (~~s t u b b e d f l o g t i t l e~~)

Only problem is that, since it's an special application (but an application, thus this method) only my HOME menu can benefit from this since, ofc, qlaunch doesn't support calling this stubbed title.
Also this ain't a quick brainwave. I'm typing this after doing a successful test. I have hbmenu running over flog's title in front of me rn!

This is really awesome, no more homebrew packed to nsp to benefit of all resources of the system.

Keep it going, I'm preparing all to contribute when the git are ready (and doing crappy homebrews to learn xD) don't seems so different from C++ apps, only I need to study and practice a bit with the libnx but all seems C++ ^^

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XorTroll said:
However, I need to ensure whether this is really risky speaking of bans.

Spoof a homebrew as title always have a risk because the app history and catalog, but have the same risk that install nsp packed homebrew I guess (or minor if your method it's hooked on the app start without need install nothing), meanwhile it's confirmed, you can make it optional, through settings or key combination before launch.

XorTroll · Jun 19, 2019

Chocola said:
This is really awesome, no more homebrew packed to nsp to benefit of all resources of the system.

Keep it going, I'm preparing all to contribute when the git are ready (and doing crappy homebrews to learn xD) don't seems so different from C++ apps, only I need to study and practice a bit with the libnx but all seems C++ ^^

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Spoof a homebrew as title always have a risk because the app history and catalog, but have the same risk that install nsp packed homebrew I guess (or minor if your method it's hooked on the app start without need install nothing)

Specially mentioned ban risk since, considering flog is impossible to launch without custom code in 4.0.0+ fw I think, N might be specially strict about that.

Chocola · Jun 19, 2019

XorTroll said:
Specially mentioned ban risk since, considering flog is impossible to launch without custom code in 4.0.0+ fw I think, N might be specially strict about that.

Yes, the easter egg only can be launched on official way (doing gestures with the joycons) between 1.0.0 and 4.0.0, so it's possible that are so risky xD

You need a system title for this or you can spoof with any title including games?

lordelan · Jun 19, 2019

XorTroll said:
Specially mentioned ban risk since, considering flog is impossible to launch without custom code in 4.0.0+ fw I think, N might be specially strict about that.

Make Flog the default but include an option somewhere to adjust that to another installed title if present (Pkmn or a Demo e.g.).

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