TWiLight Menu++ 9.1.2 released, now includes on-the-fly AP patches

AdenTheThird · Aug 22, 2019

Great job, @Robz8 !! Keep up the awesome work, and never quit!!

SuperDan · Aug 22, 2019

Ive recently Hacked my 3DS XL ..with help from a buddy ! ... so im new to
TWiLight Menu++ & i was wondering can i play hack roms using this i have many dsi NSMB hack roms ..this would be my main interest really & a few other of course .. ( sorry about the massive letters ) lol

NoNAND · Aug 22, 2019

Heh, I take a few days off the temp and all of the exciting things seem to happen while I'm gone. First we had Widescreen patches for the old and boxy resolution of DS games, and now AP patching on the fly without doing anything extra.
But if my memory serves me weren't all of the DS games on the wild in various ROM sites already pre-AP patched? Suppose a game has said patch already applied this won't do any harm I guess?

brunocar · Aug 22, 2019

thats amazing, at this point flashcarts are only superior in that you can use the same SD for more than a single console

codezer0 · Aug 22, 2019

Much respect to robz and the group for keeping it going. Looking forward to updating.

Enryx25 · Aug 22, 2019

Ghost Trick??

tech3475 · Aug 22, 2019

Hang on, could this be used to apply other ips patches?

DuoForce · Aug 22, 2019

Keep up the amazing work! Currently playing through Platinum with your tool

RattletraPM · Aug 22, 2019

NoNAND said:
Heh, I take a few days off the temp and all of the exciting things seem to happen while I'm gone. First we had Widescreen patches for the old and boxy resolution of DS games, and now AP patching on the fly without doing anything extra.
But if my memory serves me weren't all of the DS games on the wild in various ROM sites already pre-AP patched? Suppose a game has said patch already applied this won't do any harm I guess?

Not really. You may find pre-patched ROMs on warez-focused sites but, for game preservation's sake, a good dump is a 1:1 copy of the game's ROM. Any kind of modification (trainers, cracktros, fixes, etc.) will immediately make it lose that status. Depending on what you want to do, it may even be better to get a good dump instead of pre-patched one (for example, you may get a checksum error if you're trying to apply a patch for a ROM hack that was originally made using a good dump as its base). So, for this reason, several sources (like no-intro sets) prefer to host or include clean ROMs instead.

...But you aren't downloading games from the internet anyway, riiiiight?

As for your other question:

RattletraPM said:
On the other hand, pre-AP patched ROMs will also work as usual with no extra steps needed.

NoNAND · Aug 22, 2019

RattletraPM said:
Not really. You may find pre-patched ROMs on warez-focused sites but, for game preservation's sake, a good dump is a 1:1 copy of the game's ROM. Any kind of modification (trainers, cracktros, fixes, etc.) will immediately make it lose that status. Depending on what you want to do, it may even be better to get a good dump instead of pre-patched one (for example, you may get a checksum error if you're trying to apply a patch for a ROM hack that was originally made using a good dump as its base). So, for this reason, several sources (like no-intro sets) prefer to host or include clean ROMs instead.

...But you aren't downloading games from the internet anyway, riiiiight?

As for your other question:

Well thanks for clarifying Rattle. Yup, most of the time I get 1:1 clean dumps, and I apply ROM hacks manually. because chances are that a pretty patched ROM hack could be outdated.
The thing is that I didn't know that most of the ROMs are AP-patched already but I'd chose the non patched ones over the the patched ROMs.
that's why dumping my own DS cartridges is the safest bet. I'll get a proper and clean dump, as 1:1 as it can get.

simbin · Aug 22, 2019

Absolute greatness, keep it up! Can't wait for this to be completed. Thanks!

DSoryu · Aug 22, 2019

For those unaware (Yes, many people still does not know this) This let's you load NDS roms directly from the SD card, and there's no need for a flashcard anymore, well,except for those games that will have still some issues around, but those are being worked on for this as time goes. Congratulations!

eyeliner · Aug 22, 2019

Well, I guess I'll have to get a 3DS XL or 2DS. I feel bad for selling my 3DS, now...

SuperDan · Aug 23, 2019

Dartz150 said:
For those unaware (Yes, many people still does not know this) This let's you load NDS roms directly from the SD card, and there's no need for a flashcard anymore, well,except for those games that will have still some issues around, but those are being worked on for this as time goes. Congratulations!

Does this include hacked roms at all .. I have a flashcard games are not in wide-screen... & I still have about 10 gig in my 128 gig SD card in my 3DS Xl so this seems very tempting indeed

Andrezin0692 · Aug 23, 2019

Isn't it easier to just activate AP Fix cheats in the menu? Most games have them, and it seems to work fine, using the TW++ Updater cheats database. Any cons to this?

RocketRobz · Aug 23, 2019

Andrezin0692 said:
Isn't it easier to just activate AP Fix cheats in the menu? Most games have them, and it seems to work fine, using the TW++ Updater cheats database. Any cons to this?

Not all users want cheats.

Plus, not all cheats, as well as AP fix ones, work.

It's much nicer to just drag the clean/dumped ROM onto the SD card, and run, without any additional steps.

Psionic Roshambo · Aug 23, 2019

This is one of the best things on the 3DS!!!! Been using it for a long time the DS is one of my all time favorite handhelds!!! So this with mGBA makes the N3DSXL my favorite handheld console so far.

yoshi_nysa · Aug 23, 2019

Do how do i update TWL? Replace extracted files to SD?

NoobCycle · Aug 23, 2019

Golden Sun: Dark Dawn still has black screen on boot...

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