Hey all.
I'd like to introduce to you, Tesla: My answer to the growing need for proper ingame front ends for sysmodules.

What is this?

• Tesla consists of three individual parts. nx-ovlloader, the Tesla menu and libtesla.
  • nx-ovlloader is basically nx-hbloader ported to run as a sysmodule. It runs in the background and loads overlay NROs (.ovl files) given to it.
  • Tesla Menu is the equivalent to the hbmenu. It's the initial thing loaded by nx-ovlloader and acts as a hub for you to select all other overlays.
  • libtesla is where it becomes interesting for developers. It's an easy to use library that handles layer creation, UI drawing and all the overlay UX. It makes it very easy to create a new overlay for anything
• A frontend for sysmodules that before required either a homebrew or a config file to change settings or used sounds or the LED to give the user feedback.

What is this not?

• A tool that lets you create overlays that are always visible. Overlays can get unloaded way to easily for this.
• An excuse to port absolutely everything to a overlay. Nobody's going to need a title manager overlay. If you consider making a overlay, keep it simple. You don't have a whole lot of memory to work with.

How do I use this?

First of all, download the latest release of nx-ovlloader and the Tesla Menu from the GitHub Release page and extract it onto your SD card.
After a reboot, hold down L and DPad Down and push on the right joy stick to bring up Tesla at any time. Navigation works as you imagine it.
Similar to normal homebrews, you place your .ovl files in the /switch/.overlays folder on your SD card.


Screenshots

Spoiler: Screenshots

Notice

Make sure to use the latest Atmosphere release when trying this as older versions ( as the one SX OS uses too ) probably won't have enough memory available for this to run. Overlays do take a lot of space so nx-ovlloader reserves 6MB. 2MB for framebuffers and around 4MB for overlay developers to use in their overlays.


GitHub

nx-ovlloader: https://github.com/WerWolv/nx-ovlloader
Tesla Menu: https://github.com/WerWolv/Tesla-Menu


For Developers

libtesla: https://github.com/WerWolv/libtesla
Tesla build template: https://github.com/WerWolv/Tesla-Template


Download

nx-ovlloader: https://github.com/WerWolv/nx-ovlloader/releases/latest
Tesla-Menu: https://github.com/WerWolv/Tesla-Menu/releases/latest
EdiZon Overlay: https://download.werwolv.net/EdiZonOverlay.zip ( As a little preview for what this is capable of and what EdiZon 4.0.0 will have even more of soon )

Special thank especially to averne without him, this would not have been possible!


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Thanks a lot and have fun using and extending it

 

[felonius]

I have everything in there respectively folder. ovlmenu, edizon overley and overloader. But the problem is to open the menu. Pressing the button combantion L, d-pad down and the right stick does not bring up tesla menu.

r u docked?
if so need to be 100% on tv for overlay to show.

 

[piek50]

r u docked?
if so need to be 100% on tv for overlay to show.

Thanks for the hint. I'm in handheld mode i will try later when i'm @ home in dock.
Is it now so that it only works in dock mode if that's the case then i think i'm gonna have to skip it and use codes like the old days from the Edizon nro because i always play in handheld mode.

 

[masagrator]

Thanks for the hint. I'm in handheld mode i will try later when i'm @ home in dock.
Is it now so that it only works in dock mode if that's the case then i think i'm gonna have to skip it and use codes like the old days from the Edizon nro because i always play in handheld mode.

No. In handheld it works completely fine. Issue is only with docked mode if you use tv scaling.

 

[dsrules]

Thanks for the hint. I'm in handheld mode i will try later when i'm @ home in dock.
Is it now so that it only works in dock mode if that's the case then i think i'm gonna have to skip it and use codes like the old days from the Edizon nro because i always play in handheld mode.

check Tesla is on or off with edizon se
https://gbatemp.net/threads/edizon-...ointer-seacher-for-switch.571298/post-9173251

 

[TheRaptor]

Thx Man, now my Edizon works again. Great Job

Does Edison work in TV mode? I updated Tesla Menu, EdizonOverlay and OvlSysmodules to the latest version. I can only activate it in tablet mode.

 

[impeeza]

I have dowload and place everything in there folders and works perfecly. The problem is the tesla menu won't open after i press the buttons like always.

What is the contents of SD:/CONFIG/TESLA

Does Edison work in TV mode? I updated Tesla Menu, EdizonOverlay and OvlSysmodules to the latest version. I can only activate it in tablet mode.

yes it does, and the overlays need to be compiled with latest libtesla which corrected a bug on tv mode.

 

[piek50]

I have read al the suggestion and the one that i'm missing is de sd:/Config/tesla.
What i have is Sd:\config folder with JKSV, nx-hbmenu and sys-clk folders but nothing of tesla in de folder.

 

[raynelogens]

I cant get my Tesla to open either. I cant even find where to change the hot keys, L, D-down, and right joystick wont open the menu.

 

[impeeza]

I have read al the suggestion and the one that i'm missing is de sd:/Config/tesla.
What i have is Sd:\config folder with JKSV, nx-hbmenu and sys-clk folders but nothing of tesla in de folder.

you need that file to tell tesla which combination of buttons you want to be the one which opens tesla menu, an example is:

SD:/CONFIG/TESLA/config.ini :

[tesla]
key_combo=L+ZL+R+ZR

on this case you need to press simultaneusly L, R, ZL and ZR buttons to open the menu.

 

[raynelogens]

you need that file to tell tesla which combination of buttons you want to be the one which opens tesla menu, an example is:

SD:/CONFIG/TESLA/config.ini :

[tesla]
key_combo=L+ZL+R+ZR

on this case you need to press simultaneusly L, R, ZL and ZR buttons to open the menu.

I dont have that config either for Tesla. How can I get it?

 

[impeeza]

I dont have that config either for Tesla. How can I get it?

you create a plain text file with these name on that path and put the contents suit for you.

 

[piek50]

you need that file to tell tesla which combination of buttons you want to be the one which opens tesla menu, an example is:

SD:/CONFIG/TESLA/config.ini :

[tesla]
key_combo=L+ZL+R+ZR

on this case you need to press simultaneusly L, R, ZL and ZR buttons to open the menu.

Many thanks it work now. The problem was to creat the .ini for tesla.
And also thanks to others that try to help me out.

Post automatically merged: Apr 25, 2023

I dont have that config either for Tesla. How can I get it?

If you don't have it yet.

 

[alexj9626]

Emuiibo on FW 16.0.0 with atmosphere 1.5.2 and V0.6.5 (The one from GH Issue page) is not working for me, it says "emuiibo doesnt seem to be present" on the overlay menu. Also using the latest ovlmenu.ovl file from GH. Any ideas why? Most people i see using 0.6.5 seem to be fine.

Found out why, just needed to make a miis folder inside the emuiibo folder.

 

[NewGuy92]

Did a clean update for the new atmosphere and firmware and now whenever i open any overlay it crashes the console. No idea what i did wrong, updated it the same way i do every time. Anyone got any idea where the problem is?

 

[BaamAlex]

Did a clean update for the new atmosphere and firmware and now whenever i open any overlay it crashes the console. No idea what i did wrong, updated it the same way i do every time. Anyone got any idea where the problem is?View attachment 367173

Your nx ovlloader is outdated.

 

[NewGuy92]

Your nx ovlloader is outdated.

I used the one from the OP. Is there a newer version?

 

[BaamAlex]

I used the one from the OP. Is there a newer version?

Could you try this?

 

[NewGuy92]

Could you try this?

Its working, thanks a lot.

 

[dsrules]

Its working, thanks a lot.

that one is outdated too
use this one in the post https://gbatemp.net/threads/tesla-the-nintendo-switch-overlay-menu.557362/post-10121629

 

[[Truth]]

Hey @impeeza, are you planning to share a new set of precompiled overlays with the proper dock crash fix?
meaning:
latest libtesla with reverted "hotfix" commit (https://github.com/WerWolv/libtesla/pull/66)
latest libnx with proper fix (https://github.com/switchbrew/libnx/pull/606)