Homebrew TWiLight Menu++ is dangerous to use on the 3DS?

Francesca · Aug 2, 2021

I've read that having an SD Card of 64 GB and above runs the risk of having the entire thing go corrupt. This is my situation, so I'd rather avoid playing DS games on my 3DS if that is really the case.

Can anyone confirm?

jeffyTheHomebrewer · Aug 2, 2021

I use a 128 gig card and everything seems to work just fine. I'd say backing up the SD card every week or so is a good idea though.

Francesca · Aug 2, 2021

jeffyTheHomebrewer said:
I use a 128 gig card and everything seems to work just fine. I'd say backing up the SD card every week or so is a good idea though.

Every week is way too frequent. I guess I'll avoid the risk and emulate the DS using other means.

AkikoKumagara · Aug 2, 2021

Francesca said:
Every week is way too frequent. I guess I'll avoid the risk and emulate the DS using other means.

1. TWiLight Menu++ isn't an emulator/doesn't emulate the DS; it plays the games using nds-bootstrap, which uses the actual DS hardware in your system to run the games.
2. As long as you turn off "Save FAT table cache" (assuming this is even still an issue), you should be fine regardless of your SD card's capacity.

I personally haven't had an issue and the only time I ever saw corruption is from using GBARunner2, which was a known issue with it back then.

jeffyTheHomebrewer · Aug 2, 2021

Francesca said:
Every week is way too frequent. I guess I'll avoid the risk and emulate the DS using other means.

Well, you could just back it up every 2 weeks or something. Hell, I'd recommend regular backups for any size SD, though the bigger the SD size, the more I recommend regularly backing them up.

Facky · Aug 2, 2021

I use it constantly and have never experienced that problem.

Kcacc · Aug 12, 2021

Francesca said:
I've read that having an SD Card of 64 GB and above runs the risk of having the entire thing go corrupt. This is my situation, so I'd rather avoid playing DS games on my 3DS if that is really the case.

Can anyone confirm?

My micro sd is 1tb and I use it all the time. The new updates have actually done a lot to make larger 'sd's and micro 'sd's more stable than before. They pretty much work perfectly now, except of course longer load times that scale pretty linearly with size.

AngryCinnabon · Aug 12, 2021

I've used it for ages, even as just a passthrough for SCFG support to my DSTWO, my 3DS and it's SD card have not declined at all. as long as you keep your distance from using "Save FAT table cache" you will be totally fine.

yuyuyup · Aug 12, 2021

Sophie-bear said:
1. TWiLight Menu++ isn't an emulator/doesn't emulate the DS; it plays the games using nds-bootstrap, which uses the actual DS hardware in your system to run the games.
2. As long as you turn off "Save FAT table cache" (assuming this is even still an issue), you should be fine regardless of your SD card's capacity.

I personally haven't had an issue and the only time I ever saw corruption is from using GBARunner2, which was a known issue with it back then.

fat cache happened to me, was terrible

CoolMe · Aug 12, 2021

I also use a 64 Gb microSD cards on both my DSi XL and N3DS XL and both have TWLMenu in them, never experienced any issues in them, the GBARunner2 was known to cause problems i steered away from it, don't know if it was improved in any way or not. Since you're not gonna use it, it should be safe to use. Also don't fiddle much with settings unless you know what you're doing, just to be careful.

BETA215 · Aug 13, 2021

TWiLightMenu++ is as dangerous as turning on your console. It'll only do harm if you don't follow instructions.

You know, turning on the console with a hammer and a nail might be a working solution, it doesn't mean it's the right one. It might harm your console in the long run.

Mikemk · Aug 13, 2021

BETA215 said:
TWiLightMenu++ is as dangerous as turning on your console. It'll only do harm if you don't follow instructions.

You know, turning on the console with a hammer and a nail might be a working solution, it doesn't mean it's the right one. It might harm your console in the long run.

Even turning it on correctly is risky. Remember we use a glitched bootloader that something could go wrong on. Not likely, but could happen.

jeffyTheHomebrewer · Aug 13, 2021

Mikemk said:
Even turning it on correctly is risky. Remember we use a glitched bootloader that something could go wrong on. Not likely, but could happen.

The day I turn on my 3DS and it causing a resonance cascade is the day I die: september 23rd 2066

Aheago · Aug 13, 2021

Mikemk said:
Even turning it on correctly is risky. Remember we use a glitched bootloader that something could go wrong on. Not likely, but could happen.

lol you’re just saying information and pulling this from your ass. Nothing will happen and nothing is “glitched”

Mikemk · Aug 13, 2021

Aheago said:
lol you’re just saying information and pulling this from your ass. Nothing will happen and nothing is “glitched”

The boot hack works by crashing the bootloader and storing the payload at the address in RAM it boots to. If something goes wrong with the RAM so that the payload is no longer there, it's bricked.

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