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Tesla - The Nintendo Switch Overlay Menu

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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

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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!


Obligatory Donation links

GitHub Sponsors https://github.com/sponsors/WerWolv
PayPal https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=KP7XRJAND9KWU&source=url
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/werwolv


Thanks a lot and have fun using and extending it :)
 
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masagrator said:
ReinX doesn't have dmnt:cht, so Edizon won't work.
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Uh, I don't know what to tell you except... EdiZon works flawlessly for me; FW10.0.3/ReiNX 3.0/SysNAND (Switch is banned, didn't feel the need to lose 32GB on emuMMC) and I have absolutely no problems with EdiZon, using premade cheats using Cheats Updater.. or using memory scan :)

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Aha! It seems like ReiNX has had DMNT:CHT since v2.3 :)

https://reinx.guide/

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Yatta! It seems like there is a ReiNX fork of ovl_sysmodules and that works perfectly. It would still be great to get an officially compatible update, but anything that works is great news ^_^

https://gbatemp.net/threads/official-reinx-thread.512203/page-145#post-9051400
 
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@sabin1981 The same as with SXOS, I don't and will never officially support ReiNX for several reasons.
- ReiNX was and still is Atmosphere with a custom bootloader, there is zero reason to use it.
- Rei and his community are shitheads to me and a bunch of my friends.
- I don't support or condone their bullshit

If people want Tesla, use Atmosphere. I will not change my mind on this.
 
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I honestly didn't know about the issues with ReiNX, I knew your stance (and support it) on SXOS, but didn't know about Rei. I only asked because you didn't say anything before except "ReiNX is outdated", just that it isn't outdated any longer. That's okay, I have/had no intention of trying to change your mind on anything.

As for zero reason to use it, I disagree, but that's a personal preference based on laziness and being tired of dealing with "scene" drama all the time. Rei works for my usage and that's all I need, but I fully understand and respect your stance :)
 
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When I download the zip files from github for Tesla and extract them all that shows is an empty folder titled switch. What am I doing wrong. Both for the Edison Overlay and Ovlmenu zip. Please help.
 
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RussianPanda said:
When I download the zip files from github for Tesla and extract them all that shows is an empty folder titled switch. What am I doing wrong. Both for the Edison Overlay and Ovlmenu zip. Please help.
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That's because the folder is hidden, you have to configure windows to show hidden files/folders.
 
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1basti1 said:
That's because the folder is hidden, you have to configure windows to show hidden files/folders.
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I didn’t see that written anywhere. Thank you so much. I only have Mac accessible. Would you be willing to upload your working Tesla setup for me.
 
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Mac has the option too for sure.
My folder is also hidden. In the switch folder is an .overlay folder.

edit: from Google

See hidden files on Mac via Finder
In Finder, open up your Macintosh HD folder. Press Command+Shift+Dot. Your hidden files will become visible. Repeat step 2 to hide them again!
 
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1basti1 said:
Mac has the option too for sure.
My folder is also hidden. In the switch folder is an .overlay folder.
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so I don’t need to see it for it to work necessarily. I just put the ovl in the switch folder that is created copy it all to the sd card and it is all good?

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1basti1 said:
Mac has the option too for sure.
My folder is also hidden. In the switch folder is an .overlay folder.

edit: from Google

See hidden files on Mac via Finder
In Finder, open up your Macintosh HD folder. Press Command+Shift+Dot. Your hidden files will become visible. Repeat step 2 to hide them again!
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Leave it to google to save the day
 
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How should I know how it works on a Mac?

Whatever just drag and drop the switch folder should work...
 
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Really appreciate the switch modding scene, currently have an issue and can't seen to find an answer.

Currently on 10.0.4 | AMS 0.1.1|E with v15,5 Kosmos. I updated a pirated version of ACNH via local play to trade items to my gf and now tesla isn't working for me, any ideas?
 
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sadfaps said:
Really appreciate the switch modding scene, currently have an issue and can't seen to find an answer.

Currently on 10.0.4 | AMS 0.1.1|E with v15,5 Kosmos. I updated a pirated version of ACNH via local play to trade items to my gf and now tesla isn't working for me, any ideas?
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Stop using Kosmos. It's dead.
 
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any chance you could make a 'tablet-only' sequence to launch the overlay?
my R joycon's thumb stick button is broken and i keep losing my other R joycon and i can't open the menu.
maybe like a five-finger touch (or whatever the max is) or like vol + and - at the same time?
 
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Yes, works flawlessly on 2.9.5. beta
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How did you get it to work? i placed the ovlloader in the sxos titles folder and put the ovlmenu in the switch directory but when i restarted my switch it got stuck on the Nintendo switch logo.

anything to do with my custom theme? or did i miss a step. im on sx os 3.0.0 and firmware 10.0.4

I do have atmosphere too but i was planning to use this overlay menu to hot swap between firmware's for the better retroarch compatibility
 

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