Homebrew [Discontinued] TWLoader - CTR-mode NDS app

[Tutimane]

on the contrary, i love pixels, ive always hated bilinear filtering, thats why im using retroarch for gb gba snes emus on the 3ds.

I CAN see what you mean about it having uneven pixels though like the image looking stretched wrongly in different areas.

is this impossible? maybe you can hack the TWL_Firm and just delete the filter

please excuse my naiveness to the scene,

EDIT (instead of making a new post) Thanks but i want the resolution the same without bilinear filtering, i wouldnt go so far to ask for the small screen pixel perfect mode.

 

[RocketRobz]

on the contrary, i love pixels, ive always hated bilinear filtering, thats why im using retroarch for gb gba snes emus on the 3ds.

is this impossible? maybe you can hack the TWL_Firm and just delete the filter

please excuse my naiveness to the scene,

You can either hold SELECT or START after launching a game.
BTW, hacking TWL_FIRM is hard.

 

[bakawun]

@umbjolt @Robz8 @GerbilSoft

Displaying the version of the unofficial bootstrap in the settings screen is broken somehow.
Things i noticed about the updater code:
https://github.com/Robz8/TWLoader/blob/master/gui/source/download.cpp#L545
this line starts with FILE*
that is for official bootstrap.
Further one the code is duplicated but this time there is no FILE*
https://github.com/Robz8/TWLoader/blob/master/gui/source/download.cpp#L596

The reason i think the problem lies here is because the files are there, but the result is always -1, so that gives me the impression it is failing to read the version file.

 

[umbjolt]

@umbjolt @Robz8 @GerbilSoft

Displaying the version of the unofficial bootstrap in the settings screen is broken somehow.
Things i noticed about the updater code:
https://github.com/Robz8/TWLoader/blob/master/gui/source/download.cpp#L545
this line starts with FILE*
that is for official bootstrap.
Further one the code is duplicated but this time there is no FILE*
https://github.com/Robz8/TWLoader/blob/master/gui/source/download.cpp#L596

The reason i think the problem lies here is because the files are there, but the result is always -1, so that gives me the impression it is failing to read the version file.

Again, as I say yesterday, it's working fine in my side so that's weird. Also, variable is declared so that's why on L596 there is no FILE*

 

[bakawun]

Again, as I say yesterday, it's working fine in my side so that's weird. Also, variable is declared so that's why on L596 there is no FILE*

can you apply my fix and send me the cia
https://github.com/Robz8/TWLoader/pull/217

 

[umbjolt]

can you apply my fix and send me the cia
https://github.com/Robz8/TWLoader/pull/217

Sorry but I closed it. If you declare twice the same variable, it won't compile at all

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Also, TWloader read correctly the file. There is a problem about here
If you enable LOG you'll see I'm right and checkBoostrapVersion() is reading the file

 

[bakawun]

Sorry but I closed it. If you declare twice the same variable, it won't compile at all

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Also, TWloader read correctly the file. There is a problem about here
If you enable LOG you'll see I'm right and checkBoostrapVersion() is reading the file

maybe it works because logging is on

 

[umbjolt]

maybe it works because logging is on

Why are you based on that??
If you don't know the problem, is better to no judge others work...

 

[mariogamer]

You can either hold SELECT or START after launching a game.
BTW, hacking TWL_FIRM is hard.

Just like this,why?

Also,if ahezard fix the cia problem (probably very soon,with the work in dkarmr46 branch), does the twlnand-side will always be needed?

 

[RocketRobz]

Just like this,why?

I believe there's no disassembled source code.

Also,if ahezard fix the cia problem (probably very soon,with the work in dkarmr46 branch), does the twlnand-side will always be needed?

I dunno.

 

[Citrus]

Yes, I deleted and reinstalled the flashcard pack when doing my clean installs. I took every step to try to get this to work, and considering others with Acekard 2i's are having the same problem it's unlikely to be on my end. Again, has Ak2i ever been confirmed to work?

I'm not asking for support, actually -- but you should be aware that it's likely that Ak2i isn't working at all, and if so it should be removed from the support list unless it's a fixable problem. I am willing to contribute debug log data if it would be at all helpful, though.

I have the exact same problem as you with my Acekard 2i. Tried to reinstall, format SD card, tried release and unofficial bootstrap, I always get a white screen when trying to load the card, or when trying to "add games".

 

[RocketRobz]

I have the exact same problem as you with my Acekard 2i. Tried to reinstall, format SD card, tried release and unofficial bootstrap, I always get a white screen when trying to load the card, or when trying to "add games".

Try re-extracting the flashcard pack.

 

[Citrus]

Try re-extracting the flashcard pack.

I've done this multiple times. Tried two different SD card.
I think there are multiple hardware revision of Acekard 2i.

 

[RocketRobz]

I've done this multiple times. Tried two different SD card.
I think there are multiple hardware revision of Acekard 2i.

That shouldn't matter, actually.

 

[Citrus]

That shouldn't matter, actually.

I've tried again with the most recent release pack on github, followed the installation guide, reinstalled the TWL official titles, and I still have the same problem : white screen.
I also have a crash when leaving the settings menu ("An exception has occured : data abort"). Is there a way to add log output to help tracing the bug ?

 

[RocketRobz]

I've tried again with the most recent release pack on github, followed the installation guide, reinstalled the TWL official titles, and I still have the same problem : white screen.
I also have a crash when leaving the settings menu ("An exception has occured : data abort"). Is there a way to add log output to help tracing the bug ?

Create a file called "log" in "sdmc:/_nds/twloader/". TWLoader will create "log.ini" if the "log" file exists.

 

[Citrus]

The log file doesn't give any useful information

Spoiler: log.ini

************** Log file created at 22:39 **************
Method: <Main.Font loading> :
Message:<Fonts load correctly>
Method: <Main.GUI version> :
Message: <Successful reading version> Additional info:<Ver. 4.0.3 >
Method: <Settings.LoadSettings> :
Message:<Settings loaded successfully>
Method: <Main.bootstrapPath> :
Message: <Using path:> Additional info:<fat:/_nds/unofficial-bootstrap.nds>
Method: <Main.LoadBootstrapConfig> :
Message:<Bootstrap configuration loaded successfully>
Method: <download.checkBootstrapVersion()> :
Message:<Checking bootstrap version>
Method: <download.checkBootstrapVersion()> :
Message: <Reading release bootstrap ver file:> Additional info:<Release v0.4.0 >
Method: <download.checkBootstrapVersion()> :
Message:<Re-opening release bootstrap ver file.>
Method: <download.checkBootstrapVersion()> :
Message: <Reading release bootstrap ver file #2:> Additional info:<Release v0.4.0 >
Method: <download.checkBootstrapVersion()> :
Message: <Reading unofficial bootstrap ver file:> Additional info:<Unofficial 16459a2 >
Method: <LoadColor()> :
Message:<Colors load successfully>
Method: <LoadMenuColor()> :
Message:<Menu color load successfully>
Method: <Main.sf2d_textures> :
Message:<Textures load successfully>
Method: <Main.dspfirm> :
Message:<DSP Firm found!>
Method: <Main.dspfirm> :
Message:<No music file found>
Method: <Main. ROM scanning> :
Message: <Number of ROMs on the SD card detected> Additional info:<0>
Method: <Main. ROM scanning> :
Message: <Number of ROMs on the flashcard detected> Additional info:<0>
Method: <WifiStatus> :
Message: <Active internet connection found> Additional info:<22:39>
Method: <Download.downloadBoxArt> :
Message:<Checking missing boxart on SD card...>
Method: <DownloadBoxArt.Read_BoxArt> :
Message:<Boxart read correctly.>
Method: <Download.downloadBoxArt> :
Message:<No boxart to download.>
********************************************************
Method: <WifiStatus> :
Message: <Active internet connection found> Additional info:<22:39>
Method: <checkUpdate> :
Message:<Checking updates...>
Method: <WifiStatus> :
Message: <Active internet connection found> Additional info:<22:39>
Method: <checkUpdate> :
Message:<downloadFile() end>
Method: <checkUpdate> :
Message: <Reading downloaded version:> Additional info:<Ver. 4.0.3 >
Method: <checkUpdate> :
Message: <Reading GUI version:> Additional info:<Ver. 4.0.3 >
Method: <checkUpdate> :
Message: <Comparing...> Additional info:<Are equals>
Method: <checkUpdate> :
Message:<TWLoader is up-to-date!>
Method: <WifiStatus> :
Message: <Active internet connection found> Additional info:<22:39>
Method: <download.checkBootstrapVersion()> :
Message:<Checking bootstrap version>
Method: <download.checkBootstrapVersion()> :
Message: <Reading release bootstrap ver file:> Additional info:<Release v0.4.0 >
Method: <download.checkBootstrapVersion()> :
Message:<Re-opening release bootstrap ver file.>
Method: <download.checkBootstrapVersion()> :
Message: <Reading release bootstrap ver file #2:> Additional info:<Release v0.4.0 >
Method: <download.checkBootstrapVersion()> :
Message: <Reading unofficial bootstrap ver file:> Additional info:<Unofficial 16459a2 >
Method: <WifiStatus> :
Message: <Active internet connection found> Additional info:<22:39>
Method: <Main.applaunchprep> :
Message:<Switching to NTR/TWL-mode>

 

[delgaucho]

One other questions.This is like an emulation for Ds?In can't read properly because i'm not english,but this is like a ds emulator?Because my flashcard is blocked on dsi,not in ds firmware

 

[delgaucho]

Ah,and when i try to Lunch any rom i got black screen.Duh

 

[RocketRobz]

One other questions.This is like an emulation for Ds?In can't read properly because i'm not english,but this is like a ds emulator?Because my flashcard is blocked on dsi,not in ds firmware

It's not an emulator. Via nds-bootstrap, it runs DS roms on SD Card natively.

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Ah,and when i try to Lunch any rom i got black screen.Duh

Check the FAQs for the black screen issue.