Homebrew [DS(i)/3DS] TWiLight Menu++ - GUI for DS(i) games, and DS(i) Menu replacement

[godreborn]

@Pk11 , out of curiosity, how exactly do you install python2 through pacman? because if you do pacman -S python, it always installs the latest which is python3. I'd like both installed in case I ever encounter this problem again with compiling. maybe you could use a requirements.txt with the installs taken from that txt file to make things even easier. that's how ooot-lite is. though, it downloads several things through pip via python iirc from that file. not sure if there are restrictions.

 

[Pk11]

@Pk11 , out of curiosity, how exactly do you install python2 through pacman? because if you do pacman -S python, it always installs the latest which is python3. I'd like both installed in case I ever encounter this problem again with compiling. maybe you could use a requirements.txt with the installs taken from that txt file to make things even easier. that's how ooot-lite is. though, it downloads several things through pip via python iirc from that file. not sure if there are restrictions.

Not sure exactly as I use macOS, maybe python2 (https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/python2/) or mingw-w64-python2 (https://packages.msys2.org/base/mingw-w64-python2)?

 

[godreborn]

Not sure exactly as I use macOS, maybe python2 (https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/python2/) or mingw-w64-python2 (https://packages.msys2.org/base/mingw-w64-python2)?

nope, neither is found with pacman. is it even possible to have both python2 and python3? wouldn't one override the other?

 

[haddad]

Yes, you can still use the existing launcher.

So if I install Twilight Menu ++ on my flashcart, and I auto-boot from my flashcart, am I not using the CFW on my DS in this case? Or my ROMS on my SD Card?

Takes away the whole reasoning behind the SD Card lol. I can just install twilight on my flashcard, and autoboot from there. NO need for CFW on my DS Then.

I thought I could just for this 1 game, put a "forwarder" on my existing launcher, so when this is launched, it launches the game on the flashcart, so I can play Golden sun

 

[godreborn]

So if I install Twilight Menu ++ on my flashcart, and I auto-boot from my flashcart, am I not using the CFW on my DS in this case? Or my ROMS on my SD Card?

Takes away the whole reasoning behind the SD Card lol. I can just install twilight on my flashcard, and autoboot from there. NO need for CFW on my DS Then.

I thought I could just for this 1 game, put a "forwarder" on my existing launcher, so when this is launched, it launches the game on the flashcart, so I can play Golden sun

not sure I understand what you mean. you need the flash cart for golden sun. twilight menu I think is serving as a frontend in this case.

 

[godreborn]

@Pk11 , just googled the problem, and one of the threads I found says you can use both, but using both usually breaks things on your system. it's not intended to work that way, I guess.

 

[godreborn]

@Pk11 , I think I got them both installed by searching with pacman -Ss python2:

it was pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-python2

 

[godreborn]

@Pk11 , I just learned something new, which I think might work with twilightmenu:

now, when python2 is entered it works as if using the normal python command. I have it set there permanently by creating a doskey.bat, and adding this to cmd.exe shortcut:

 

[RocketRobz]

So if I install Twilight Menu ++ on my flashcart, and I auto-boot from my flashcart, am I not using the CFW on my DS in this case? Or my ROMS on my SD Card?

Takes away the whole reasoning behind the SD Card lol. I can just install twilight on my flashcard, and autoboot from there. NO need for CFW on my DS Then.

I thought I could just for this 1 game, put a "forwarder" on my existing launcher, so when this is launched, it launches the game on the flashcart, so I can play Golden sun

You can still access the console's SD card after installing on your flashcard.
To do so, just launch TWLMenu++ from the 3DS HOME Menu, and make sure both the Slot-1 SCFG and auto-start Slot-1 options are enabled.

 

[godreborn]

I found that using a bat in this way isn't permanent, so I created a macro and injected it into the registry. now, it's permanent with shortcut and normal cmd in address bar, so python and python2 commands use python2 while python3 uses python3.

 

[haddad]

not sure I understand what you mean. you need the flash cart for golden sun. twilight menu I think is serving as a frontend in this case.

I already have Twilight installed on my SD Card, and booting off that and have all my Roms there. Thats what I meant.

 

[haddad]

You can still access the console's SD card after installing on your flashcard.
To do so, just launch TWLMenu++ from the 3DS HOME Menu, and make sure both the Slot-1 SCFG and auto-start Slot-1 options are enabled.

What I mean is I want to launch Golden Sun from my default launcher on my SD Card, and I just have an icon to the ROM from my already pre-existing launcher on my SD card, but it opens up Golden Sun via the flashcart in this case.

 

[RocketRobz]

What I mean is I want to launch Golden Sun from my default launcher on my SD Card, and I just have an icon to the ROM from my already pre-existing launcher on my SD card, but it opens up Golden Sun via the flashcart in this case.

Try following this guide then: https://gbatemp.net/threads/nds-forwarder-cias-for-your-home-menu.426174/

 

[godreborn]

is there a way to force twilight menu to use python2 when compiling? I'd like to check if this method worked. when I downloaded it normally, it used python3.

 

[godreborn]

nm, I figured it out, but python2 still doesn't work. not sure where it's getting that information from.

 

[godreborn]

nm, again. I got it. I removed the code for python and python3, then I had to rename python.exe to python2.exe, so it must use the name of the exe file, but python3 is also python, which is weird:

 

[haddad]

Does Twilight not support Video and Audio Files nativly? like it does with roms?

 

[godreborn]

it succeeded at compiling with "python2" with those changes to booter, resources, and rungame make files. after making the changes, I just had to rename python to python2 for some reason. I was never able to figure out how to make it think python was python2 unless I removed the 2, but I want the text to say python2 like I had succeeded. doskey didn't help with that, so I think it's looking at the exe name, but then how does python3 work if it's also just named python.exe?

 

[godreborn]

trying to use compile.sh in linux (debian). I added the amd64 version of devkitpro, a deb file, but when I tried downloading nds-dev, this happened:

I'm more curious than anything how all this stuff works. I feel bad about flooding your thread with my posts. I'm just wanting to learn.

 

[godreborn]

nm, I fixed it, but I don't have devkitPPC afterwards. I do have devkitARM now.