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!


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Thanks a lot and have fun using and extending it

 

[masagrator]

Well yeah ofcourse you can but it's always easier where somebody has written a plugin where it does that with the click of a button where you put in a temperature limit and voila there you go. Not gonna claim i'm a software wizard despite knowing easily where to change values myself without having a walkthrough to push me through it but i hope it eventually comes to a temperature plugin and i was already wondering why it took so long with the switch while with others we see in less then a year being hacked mostly. I just get happy about stuff like that like when the PS4 Temp payload got released I was screaming like a little kid who got what he wanted for Christmas.

Just having plugins for everything is not good, because reserved memory for plugins is very limited in Switch. I would rather have for Atmosphere to check in some intervals if config has changed and apply changes to things that don't need rebooting (Idk if this is a thing already) and for homebrew make config editor specifically for fans.

 

[kumikochan]

Just having plugins for everything is not good, because reserved memory for plugins is very limited in Switch. I would rather have for Atmosphere to check in some intervals if config has changed and apply changes to things that don't need rebooting (Idk if this is a thing already) and for homebrew make config editor specifically for fans.

Well, for some reason the switch hasn't yet in the way you're describing it but other systems always had immediatly. Doesn't seem to be much interest for a method to do so from the general user base to do so like when you compare to other systems where you do have that and had it quite fast. Always has been the number one reason for CFW or exploits to me and that is to preserve the system as long as i can in hopes i can still get to use that same system 20 years down the line. We all know that has become impossible with the current generation consoles compared to the snes and such who still had lead that the only way to do so is temp controls. That's my nr1 reason for exploiting

 

[Demetris]

sys-con is not werwolv project, but @cathery

And rumble is in to-do

sys-con can never support rumble as it is.
Libnx doesnt support rumble for virtual controllers

 

[masagrator]

sys-con can never support rumble as it is.
Libnx doesnt support rumble for virtual controllers

So you are saying this didn't help?
https://github.com/switchbrew/libnx/commit/583d6bb92dcbb33b6bb4a0fa1a9df6e3725d6ef6

Edit: It looks like it's not it. So I don't know why you are asking dev using libnx to do something that libnx doesn't support.

 

[gudenau]

I'm wondering how I'd look for overlays for this, like will there be a category in the Homebrew app "store"?

 

[Naked_Snake]

Is there any particular reason I keep getting a fatal crash on latest AMS when I go to the stats overlay on this?

 

[octopus]

Is there any particular reason I keep getting a fatal crash on latest AMS when I go to the stats overlay on this?

Maybe you're running out of memory? Try disabling other sysmodules if they are running.

 

[cucholix]

The CPU/GPU clocks Stats in Edizon overlay are stuck in the clock settings for my HBL override title...
If I reaload atmosphere it display the correct clocks again.

The problem triggers when I enter to HBL via title override (which is overclocked), once I enter to HBL the clock stats get stuck in that value, even when closing the game and opening a new one. The only workaround is reload atmosphere.

EDIT: the issue happens only in handheld mode, I must say I'm using a moded sys-clk that disable the overclocking limit in handheld mode.

 

[Naked_Snake]

Maybe you're running out of memory? Try disabling other sysmodules if they are running.

The only other sysmodule I have is sys-clk

 

[cucholix]

Is there any particular reason I keep getting a fatal crash on latest AMS when I go to the stats overlay on this?

I'm also getting fatal, but after booting a second game in docked mode, doesn't crash in handheld , but it goes fatal as soon I open the overlay unlike you.

EDIT: it's random, sometimes it goes fatal after the third title, or opening the overlay twice during the same game.

 

[Naked_Snake]

Well I have even had it fatal with no games running

 

[chronoss]

Thanks for this great and usefull homebrew but can u make the menu to disable all cheat plugin by default because when u want to active your cheat, all are activated by default

 

[cucholix]

Well I have even had it fatal with no games running

Do you have themes?

 

[THECIA]

it said cheats not found even though i placed them there help

 

[Beerus]

really good stuff keep it up

 

[Deleted User]

@WerWolv just tried the latest build in docked mode but it just locks up when I select edizon.

EDIT, downloaded edizon again and it fixed it.

 

[Muxi]

Thanks for this great and usefull homebrew but can u make the menu to disable all cheat plugin by default because when u want to active your cheat, all are activated by default

To my knowledge, this is a matter of attitude in the AMS system. It is this entry in system_settings.ini.
The following change is necessary:


dmnt_cheats_enabled_by_default = u8!0x0

If you have not made any changes to the system_settings.ini so far, you need to edit this file accordingly and copy it from atmosphere/config_templates to atmosphere/config, and reboot the system afterwards.

 

[Naked_Snake]

Do you have themes?

yeah I do

 

[ErrADDict]

OMG! this made turn the cheats on and off in resident 6 so easy!!!
it wouldnt fully pause when trying to get to the album to turn on the cheats....
But now....
Now i turn the cheats on and off without leaving the game! THANK YOU!!!!!!!

Where can I get these cheats from? Currently playing Darksiders, was hoping to get free souls lol
Also, I'm on Atmosphere, dunno if that matters

 

[Muxi]

Where can I get these cheats from? Currently playing Darksiders, was hoping to get free souls lol
Also, I'm on Atmosphere, dunno if that matters

https://gbatemp.net/download/cheat-codes-sxos-and-ams-main-cheat-file-updated.36311/