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: http://werwolv.net/downloads/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!


Obligatory Donation links

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Patreon https://www.patreon.com/werwolv


Thanks a lot and have fun using and extending it

 

[Degga]

thank you for the tesla dock mode fix finally for me Atmosphère don´t crash anymore

 

[Crowe]

Back again, but it seems after updating Tesla I can't open homebrewmenu from album anymore so I can use Edizon and the memory edit feature. Is there a workaround or different tool I can use?

 

[masagrator]

I can't open homebrewmenu from album anymore

elaborate. This can mean thousand different things.

1. Crash
2. It opens album
3. ...?

 

[Crowe]

elaborate. This can mean thousand different things.

1. Crash
2. It opens album
3. ...?

The switch becomes unresponsive until I do a full reboot. It's just a grey screen, not a Atmosphere error message or anything. I had no issue until I updated Tesla. I also have emuiibo, sys-clock, EdiZon and Status Monitor overlays installed too, if it matters.

 

[RareMob]

EdiZon option on the Tesla menu keeps crashing whenever I select it. I basically went through all the steps to reinstall Tesla and EdiZon, but replaced the EdiZon overlay with the one on the front page. Nothing. Can anyone help please?

 

[masagrator]

replaced the EdiZon overlay with the one on the front page

Edizon on the front page is outdated. Check here https://gbatemp.net/threads/tesla-the-nintendo-switch-overlay-menu.557362/page-72#post-10121629

 

[RareMob]

Edizon on the front page is outdated.

Tysm! Yup, replacing it with the one you linked solved the issue immediately.

 

[urherenow]

And where in the world did I say, I did any pacman? I just said the same as you did, use latest commit from github and install. So you are repeating myself but say No to my question, weird, ngl.

Seriously?

Can't he just compile latest libnx commit and just install in his local environment? It's as easy as using pacman or am I wrong? It didn't took me a minute to do so at least

Moot point, since latest emuiibo is released now.

 

[Kittfox63]

I updated the tesla menu files and every time I play Pokemon Scarlet, I can't keep playing after choosing a pokemon attack cause then my game crashes due to an error. Can someone please tell me what is wrong?

 

[NemesiSwitch]

i cant use in 16.02 amiibo with tesla menu, i install the last version for 16.0 but not can run in 16.02?

 

[Tyvar1]

i cant use in 16.02 amiibo with tesla menu, i install the last version for 16.0 but not can run in 16.02?

Are you sure you using the latest versions of them all?
https://github.com/XorTroll/emuiibo/releases/tag/1.0.0
https://github.com/WerWolv/nx-ovlloader/releases/tag/v1.0.7
https://github.com/WerWolv/Tesla-Menu/releases/tag/v1.2.2

 

[scribox]

HOS:16.0.2
CFW: Atmosphere 1.5.2

When I launch the switch after installing nx-ovllaoder (latestest version) and tesla menu (latest version) I have an error:
code: 2168-0002 (0x4a8) with the program 420000000007E51A

What's wrong please ?

 

[NemesiSwitch]

¿Estás seguro de que estás usando las últimas versiones de todos ellos?

vamos a comprobar, gracias!

ahora uso la última versión y este es el "error"


idk, i can use the emuiibo in version 15.00 but not now... I only need the emuiibo for Zelda TOTK D:

 

[dsrules]

I updated the tesla menu files and every time I play Pokemon Scarlet, I can't keep playing after choosing a pokemon attack cause then my game crashes due to an error. Can someone please tell me what is wrong?

update your ovlmenu and edzionoverlay
download from the attachments
https://gbatemp.net/threads/tesla-the-nintendo-switch-overlay-menu.557362/page-72#post-10121629

 

[Kittfox63]

update your ovlmenu and edzionoverlay
download from the attachments
https://gbatemp.net/threads/tesla-the-nintendo-switch-overlay-menu.557362/page-72#post-10121629

I did that plus I had to delete the master codes from my Pokémon cheats

 

[dsrules]

I did that plus I had to delete the master codes from my Pokémon cheats

so, you were saying the cheats caused the game to crash? then it is not the overlay crashed

 

[warriosbest]

so SaltyNX is not working with FW 16.0.2 hmm

 

[josete2k]

so SaltyNX is not working with FW 16.0.2 hmm

Yes it does...

 

[Kaizen_3090]

update your ovlmenu and edzionoverlay
download from the attachments
https://gbatemp.net/threads/tesla-the-nintendo-switch-overlay-menu.557362/page-72#post-10121629

im sorry just want to confirm that latest nx_ovlloader is 1.0.7 and the tesla menu is 1.2.2 as mentioned. You asked him to update his ovlmenu and edizonoverlay from the attachment from the given link but the link contains the teslaoverlay is 1.2.0 and the nx_ovlloader is 1.0.5 and 1.0.6 which i presume are earlier version. So which is the correct one now ?

 

[scribox]

Always crash at launch console with Atmosphere 1.5.2 and 16.0.2
code: 2168-0002 (0x4a8) with the program 420000000007E51A
Interferences with something you think ?
I have the latest versions of emuibo, nx-ovlloader and tesla menu.

Any ideas please ?