Sono releases TWL patcher with DS(i) Widescreen support

MarkDarkness · Aug 12, 2019

Interesting to see these developments at this point of the DS brand lifecycle... always good to see the scene advance.

Jiehfeng · Aug 12, 2019

Go Sono!

Also I haven't been keeping up with the 3DS scene for quite some time now. Is it now possible to play DS games installed to the menu and run at full speed, not using a flashcart? If so I might want to try this out on that.

Sono · Aug 12, 2019

RattletraPM said:
@Sono's second TWL patcher is now public

It isn't >_> This is just an intermediate debug exe I use to analyze the patched binary without having to FTP the data back and forth the 3DS. This exe is NOT supposed to be public at all, I just got fed up with the wait for a better weather and decided to release the debug exe so nobody would have to muck around with HxD scanning a 1.6Meg file MANUALLY for BIT patterns.

The second patcher will be released as soon as the weather calms down and I can do the GUI rewrite.

RattletraPM · Aug 12, 2019

Sono said:
It isn't >_> This is just an intermediate debug exe I use to analyze the patched binary without having to FTP the data back and forth the 3DS. This exe is NOT supposed to be public at all, I just got fed up with the wait for a better weather and decided to release the debug exe so nobody would have to muck around with HxD scanning a 1.6Meg file MANUALLY for BIT patterns.

The second patcher will be released as soon as the weather calms down and I can do the GUI rewrite.

Alright then, I just assumed as that's what it had been called around. Want me to edit the title to something else?

Sono · Aug 12, 2019

RattletraPM said:
Alright then, I just assumed as that's what it had been called around. Want me to edit the title to something else?

Nah, the title is accurate (sort of, the patcher also includes AGB_FIRM support for a retarded widescreen support fully stretched to 400x240). It's just that this isn't the second patcher, this is just a patch tester exe to analyze FAST if I broke a patch.

Edit: thanks for the edit! You worded the edit really great :rofl2:

x65943 · Aug 12, 2019

Nifty, nice work Sono

Will have to try this out later

DinohScene · Aug 12, 2019

Nice!

Reminds me of the widescreen hacks for PS2.

RattletraPM · Aug 12, 2019

Sono said:
Nah, the title is accurate (sort of, the patcher also includes AGB_FIRM support for a retarded widescreen support fully stretched to 400x240). It's just that this isn't the second patcher, this is just a patch tester exe to analyze FAST if I broke a patch.

Okay, I quickly edited the article to reflect that then. I hope that didn't cause any issues ^^"

Reynardine · Aug 12, 2019

Oh yes, today's a good day! I haven't had the time to try it yet, but I will this evening! Can't wait to finally play ol' Mario 64 in widescreen with the 3DS analog nub!

Thank you for your hard work, Sono!

duwen · Aug 12, 2019

Playing stuff in the wrong aspect ratio should be a criminal offence

lol
How long before the "vertical video" mode is implemented? :rofl2:

Seriously though - impressive work, regardless of my stance on correct AR.

Sono · Aug 12, 2019

duwen said:
How long before the "vertical video" mode is implemented?

I already did that once by accident, but it's cursed. It's not possible to get a good image because the image is transferred 8 lines at a time, and the GPU can only draw tiled output.

Raylight · Aug 12, 2019

will the next TWLPatcher do the widescreen patch automaticly instead of the manual work?

Sono · Aug 12, 2019

Raylight said:
will the next TWLPatcher do the widescreen patch automaticly instead of the manual work?

Well obviousy, it already can, it's just inaccessible due to no GUI associated to it. Same with CTR_Redshift, except that's the earliest patch.

aykay55 · Aug 12, 2019

Am I the only one who read it as “Sonic releases...” :rofl2:

CeeDee · Aug 12, 2019

I can't tell well enough from the screenshot, is this just stretching, or is it hacks that display it full screen without stretching it out?

DSoryu · Aug 12, 2019

@Sono you must feel so flattened haha, congratulations again!

CeeDee said:
I can't tell well enough from the screenshot, is this just stretching, or is it hacks that display it full screen without stretching it out?

Yep, the second thing you said, but the game has to be supported, or better said, have a cheat made and enabled to modify the aspect ratio correctly, is something similar as the widescreen cheats that the PS2 has.

Sono · Aug 12, 2019

CeeDee said:
I can't tell well enough from the screenshot, is this just stretching, or is it hacks that display it full screen without stretching it out?

Sadly it's anamorphic, AND stretching because it's not possible to change the DS "GPU"'s output resolution to anything higher than 256x192 :/

Vague Rant · Aug 12, 2019

duwen said:
Playing stuff in the wrong aspect ratio should be a criminal offence lol
How long before the "vertical video" mode is implemented?

Seriously though - impressive work, regardless of my stance on correct AR.

I'd argue that, once the widescreen hacks for 200+ games are factored in, these aren't being played in the "wrong" aspect ratio so much as "an aspect ratio that wasn't intended by the developers". Given that we're on a community centered around hacking and homebrew, we do lots of things that aren't the way the developers intended.

Chopsuey · Aug 12, 2019

finally !
I asked for that yeas ago

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