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

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Thank you! This solved most of the issues I had. I'm now looking into adding cheats to some games so I can bypass the AP measure. Already researched into where to put them.

I've a question, though: is the Acekard theme still the only one where you can choose whether to enable or disable cheats? I'm wondering not, but I guess it doesn't hurt to ask. I got this error many times with many of my Roms using that specific theme; after I changed it back to the DSi theme, it stopped happening. Same roms and all.
The Acekard theme isn't stable, so crashes will happen sometimes.
Also, not all cheats work. Disable the cheats which makes the game not work. The ROMs themselves will need to be AP-patched.
 
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The Acekard theme isn't stable, so crashes will happen sometimes.
Also, not all cheats work. Disable the cheats which makes the game not work. The ROMs themselves will need to be AP-patched.
I understand. So instead of using cheats to bypass AP on the fly, it would be best for me to specifically patch said ROMs instead, right?
 

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Hello,

I downloaded a box art pack in ong format. One I placed them on the root of the box art folder Ilm getting a red screen. Any assistance would be appreciated.

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Hello,

I downloaded a box art pack in png format. One I placed them on the root of the box art folder I'm getting a red screen. Any assistance would be appreciated.

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Does it always happen?
If so, does turning off box art in TWLMenu++ settings fix the crash?
 
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Does it always happen?
If so, does turning off box art in TWLMenu++ settings fix the crash?
Yes turning off box art I don't get the red screen. How would I fix it so my box art is displayed without crashing?

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just use twilight menu++ updater to get artwork. it found artwork for all of my games except for homebrew. if you're using a dsi or ds, copy and paste that artwork. afaik, you can't download directly with those systems, so you have to use the 3ds.
 

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just use twilight menu++ updater to get artwork. it found artwork for all of my games except for homebrew. if you're using a dsi or ds, copy and paste that artwork. afaik, you can't download directly with those systems, so you have to use the 3ds.
I originally tried that before downloading using the link in the first post. However the updater said it was done downloading but when I looked for the boxart nothing was downloaded

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Ah, good, finally found the thread for this.

Have to admit, it's definitely shown promise, but I do have to wonder if maybe anyone else has encountered or know what to do here.

One of the first things is, does this TwilightMenu support cheats for games? having a bit of frustration with (re)playing RE DS and want to even the odds, but don't know where I'd maybe say, put the .cht stuff that I've had since my DStwo flash cart to have the cfw/loader be able to pick up on them.

Speaking of RE DS, when I die, it seems to be stuck on a white screen... as in not even the soft-reset for the game works. didn't even know about the shortcut for resetting to the loader; maybe I'll try that if I encounter it again.

The other thing is just a bit disappointed that many of the DSi-aware games that I would want to use this environment for, seem to be snagging on AP patching that I've never had to do, since I previously only had a DS mode flash cart to run them off of. I was hoping to finally start enabling or using said DSi modes on these games. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Or something I could try for the games?

One last issue: Managed to hang on to the fan patched ROM for Miles Edgeworth 2, and while it will load via this loader, all the text is basically garbled, effectively rendering the game unplayable.

For WarioWare D.I.Y., a fresh start basically seemed to hang when creating the save file. My only work-around that got me past that, was to take a save file from loading the game off a DS flash cart, to get to start playing the game.

I'll have to do more testing, but a common trend is that basically every DSi aware game rom, seems to just refuse to load, either with nds-bootstrap throwing up an error or failing to load correctly. Among others, was hoping to be able to more readily load my completed files of Pokemon Diamond, and Black 2 at least ( really don't want to have to do that accursed Join avenue again :whip: ).
 

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not sure unless the sd card was in the locked position.
I deleted everything and tried downloading from the updater. It's working now. Thank you. Just a quick question. If I'm playing a game and want to go back to the twilight menu, is there a short key press?

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