Hacking Which is better YASU or TTDS

[DaMummy]

yea id like some screen shots of this yasu stuff, sounds intriguind if it can sort files and use folders...

 

[dudereno]

here's a recent build photo from forum member helpme.

YSMENu with skin support post

 

[rwilts]

Very unflattering tho...

With a custom skin and 4 folders ( PROG GAMES MOVIES AND MUSIC ) on first level its really uncluttered.

 

[4saken]

Hm. I think that looks better than the DSTT default. Does Yasu copy features from the original kernel to his custom one? What if something gets fixed that is quite urgent and Yasu can't do it

Loading GBA files is cool though. Is it missing brightness adjustment?

 

[twit21]

I like the way TTMenu looks better, but that's just me I guess. *shrug*

 

[monaug5]

YSMenu is expected to be an alternative OS for the main flash cards.

 

[NeSchn]

I actually put it on my DSTT today, The menu is really bland, but I like it because you can get into the folders! Its a tough vote, but I think Ill have to go with the YSmenu.

 

[kitetsu]

I voted YSMenu. Sure there's disadvantages, but for a packrat like me, this is like an answer to my prayers.

 

[thebert]

Where is the vote option for "I don't know, because I have a mac and I can't run .exe files to setup YSMenu"?

 

[kitetsu]

Maybe the OP didn't put it in because Mac users can still use YSMenu (At least i think the newest one still does) without the benefit of flashy wallpapers from the ttextract.exe.

 

[rwilts]

OK

As the poster WHO USES A MAC ONLY! you can have it all.

Search for 'CROSSOVER' .

 

[arsehat]

At the moment I'd say that neither YSMenu nor the official TTDS menu systems are fully adequate for my needs, or those of most people I know.

The official menus are, well, deficient - many people need to organise stuff by folders (by genre, app type, alphabetically, groups of one-screenfull to avoid scrolling, whatever...), and you just can't do that with the official menus. The more R4-like menu of YSMenu is a better fit to how I like to organise things.

By the same token, YSMenu has one serious defect in my opinion - Download Play doesn't work, or at least hasn't worked on anything I've tried with it using the Jan. 29 English version and the loader from 1.08 (and, of course, all the earlier versions of both that I've tried).

As a work-around I've re-named the official TTMENU.DAT to OfficialMenu.nds and stuck that in the root of the TF card. If I need to use Download Play, I launch the official menu from there. I'd much prefer it if I didn't have to, of course, but that's the way things are.

If download play isn't important to you, or you are prepared to jump through some hoops like starting the offical menu from inside YSMenu whenever you want to use download play, then TTDS + YSMenu is a great improvement on the offical menu. If/when Yasu gets Download Play working, I'll jump ship completely and start recommending the DSTT to friends who ask (although I still have serious reservations about the supplied TF reader's quality - and about a workable solution for a sealed cartridge if the TTDS starts showing the kind of problems that are solved with a shim when they occur in the R4). Until then, despite the present unobtainability, I'd have to recommend the R4 as more suitable for most people. YSMenu sucks far less than the official one, IMO and for my purposes, but until the Download Play issue is resolved there is no way to come close to the ease-of-use and ease-of-organisation and convenience of the R4 with the TTDS.

 

[Feels Good Man]

DSTT IMO.

Looks nicer and I dont really like the R4/M3 Simply Appearance that much

 

[ramzeva]

Personally im really impressed with YSMenu and hope that it gets updated often. Being able to launch GBA games, NES games, GBC games from the main menu is great, with the 3in1 expansion of course. Opera Browser works without loading Rudolph 3in1 software as well, rumble support for 3in1 on the main menu is another bonus.

Anyone who hates how it looks would hate the R4 since it looks the same, if you want to see this thing in action goto youtube and search for R4 reviews.

 

[kitetsu]

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I'd also like to add, i found that YSMenu also doesn't have DSTT's brightness selection, which is murder if you're stuck with the lowest brightness setting and are playing outside in naturally bright environments.

I myself hope yasu will pick up on that issue sooner than later. I kinda miss that habit of constantly switching brightness settings.

 

[rcm1]

never ran into the the freezing problem while loading using YSMENU

and no lag while browsing the menu

 

[Seina]

Thanks arsehat. I copied and renamed the TTMENU.DAT for each menu to nds files and now I can go back and forth between the two menus without resetting. They're so small you might as well have both.

I've also copied the reset.mse from the TTMenu folder to the Moonshell plugin folder, after renaming the other one to reset.mse.mshl, and can reset in Moonshell.

YSMenu actually looks better to me without the background images. It's more readable.

 

[Fleisch]

Does anybody know where I can find the ttdldi.dat and ttpatch.dat files?

EDIT: ok I managed to create those files.....

 

[HaniKazmi]

I can't run ttextract for some reaso, any help?

 

[rwilts]

Just to throw a spanner in my own poll.

My EDGE card arrived today from DX , so will put that on tonight and see if i like that.