Homebrew [DS(i)/3DS] TWiLight Menu++ - GUI for DS(i) games, and DS(i) Menu replacement

[Habakkuk]

Yes.
Also, install the CIAs to SysNAND.

Thank you!! Do you know if I may have a brick or problems of overlapping those two methods?

 

[HE1NZ]

Try rebooting the console.

It works!

 

[RocketRobz]

Thank you!! Do you know if I may have a brick or problems of overlapping those two methods?

No. You won't brick. Just install the latest boot9strap.

 

[HE1NZ]

I can now launch DS games, but of course DSiWare still doesn't work. It says "This game cannon be launched as a .nds file on 3DS/2DS"

These instructions seem kind of confusing:

This requires Unlaunch 0.9 or later.

1. Download appgen (by jerbear64) (If your computer says it's a virus, it is a false positive).
   
2. Place it in "/title/00030004".
3. Move your .nds, .pub, and .prv files into "sd:/roms/dsiware".
4. Launch your DSiWare .nds from TWiLight Menu++, and enjoy!

Do I need to find some Unlaunch thing and install or is it part of those steps (appgen archive)?
Does /title/00030004 means sd:/title/00030004? There's an .exe file in the archive - can 3DS even read those? (doubt it).

 

[RocketRobz]

I can now launch DS games, but of course DSiWare still doesn't work. It says "This game cannon be launched as a .nds file on 3DS/2DS"

These instructions seem kind of confusing:

This requires Unlaunch 0.9 or later.

1. Download appgen (by jerbear64) (If your computer says it's a virus, it is a false positive).
   
2. Place it in "/title/00030004".
3. Move your .nds, .pub, and .prv files into "sd:/roms/dsiware".
4. Launch your DSiWare .nds from TWiLight Menu++, and enjoy!

Do I need to find some Unlaunch thing and install or is it part of those steps (appgen archive)?
Does /title/00030004 means sd:/title/00030004? There's an .exe file in the archive - can 3DS even read those? (doubt it).

The tab says "DSi:" at the beginning, so it's only for DSi.

 

[AmandaRose]

I can now launch DS games, but of course DSiWare still doesn't work. It says "This game cannon be launched as a .nds file on 3DS/2DS"

These instructions seem kind of confusing:

This requires Unlaunch 0.9 or later.

1. Download appgen (by jerbear64) (If your computer says it's a virus, it is a false positive).
   
2. Place it in "/title/00030004".
3. Move your .nds, .pub, and .prv files into "sd:/roms/dsiware".
4. Launch your DSiWare .nds from TWiLight Menu++, and enjoy!

Do I need to find some Unlaunch thing and install or is it part of those steps (appgen file)?
Does /title/00030004 means sd:/title/00030004? There's an .exe file in the archive - can 3DS even read those? (doubt it).

Dsiware only works on an actual Nintendo DSI with twighlight menu.

For using Dsiware on the 3ds you can find most Dsiware as cia files and you simply install them just like any 3ds game using fbi.

 

[HE1NZ]

Dsiware only works on an actual Nintendo DSI with twighlight menu.

For using Dsiware on the 3ds you can find most Dsiware as cia files and you simply install them just like any 3ds game using fbi.

What's the best converter to cia? Never used those.

 

[RocketRobz]

What's the best converter to cia? Never used those.

There's one called "make_cia".

 

[AmandaRose]

What's the best converter to cia? Never used those.

Or you can find most Dsiware titles on that iso site we are not allowed to name on gbatemp.net.

 

[HE1NZ]

Or you can find most Dsiware titles on that iso site we are not allowed to name on gbatemp.net.

I have all of them, but they're all nds format. Trying to figure it out now

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I figured it out. After all these years I can finally play DSiWare. Thanks, everyone!

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Kind of a sucky method though (the make_cia app). Is there an app for batch conversion of nds/3ds to cia?

 

[RocketRobz]

Kind of a sucky method though (the make_cia app). Is there an app for batch conversion of nds/3ds to cia?

afaik, there isn't.

 

[SoTaNaHtHaNa]

sorry to bother you again but i deleted a few cheats that i wouldn't use and now it seems they cheats dont show up when i press x on the Acekard theme could i possibly get some help o this please i've been having some difficulties for a few days now.

 

[PokeNev]

Hey Robz8 I want twilight menu as an app like you know you can install dsiware to your nand? Is there anyway to do that I mean I can launch it right when I launch my dsi but I’d rather have it like an app on like a dsi menu so yeah if any methods are their, please tell me thx

 

[RocketRobz]

Hey Robz8 I want twilight menu as an app like you know you can install dsiware to your nand? Is there anyway to do that I mean I can launch it right when I launch my dsi but I’d rather have it like an app on like a dsi menu so yeah if any methods are their, please tell me thx

It's already on the DSi Menu. Just turn "Title autoboot" off in HiyaCFW settings.
If you get the error screen after doing that, either create a dummy file that takes up almost all of the SD card space, or add more ROMs.

 

[YoheiruYkatchi]

not even in my console does the controllers appear also when i created the img. file does it really need to be set to 12? i set it on 12 and when installing rom it says insufficient storage so i left it on 40.... that okay?

 

[RocketRobz]

not even in my console does the controllers appear also when i created the img. file does it really need to be set to 12? i set it on 12 and when installing rom it says insufficient storage so i left it on 40.... that okay?

No. It should be 12 (or 28, if you're using a 3DS console), because that how big it can fit in the console's RAM (with the first 4 being reserved by the homebrew).
Also, check the TWiLight Menu++ settings. If it doesn't show v7.2.0 as your version, then install v7.2.0.

 

[Advance_Gamer005]

For people who wants to know how to create .img file. Here's the instruction for SNES.img:

1. Run RAMDisk
   
   
2. Select "Create a new FAT disk"
   
   
3. Type "28" (for 3DS) next to using ___ of the maximum 1023 Megabytes
   
   
4. Select "Label" and type: "SNES"
   
   
5. Select "do not create" under a TEMP directory
   
6. Select "save them on shutdown" under When I make changes to the files on the disk,
   
   
7. Use Browse to save an .img on anywhere you want to save as SNES.img
   
   
8. Click "Start RAMDisk"
   
   
9. Create "snes" folder under a drive letter (hard drive) that RAMDisk mounts
   
   
10. Dump SNES roms in that "snes" folder
    
    
11. Click "Stop RAMDisk" in RAMDisk program to close it to save SNES.img file
    
    
12. Transfer that SNES.img to SD card

This goes the same thing for Genesis but save it as SegaMD.img

Cheers,
Dakkon7

I just wanna say that I followed this exactly and when I open it in the twilight menu for snes it opens but then goes white and never boots. Can I please get an explanation or fix to this. Thank you

 

[RocketRobz]

I just wanna say that I followed this exactly and when I open it in the twilight menu for snes it opens but then goes white and never boots. Can I please get an explanation or fix to this. Thank you

Try re-installing TWiLight Menu++, and follow the updated instructions in the first post in the SegaMD/SNES tab.

 

[YoheiruYkatchi]

so i manage to update it and it works thanks robz by the way what exactly is bootstrap and do i need to install seperately or is that the BOOT.nds?

 

[Advance_Gamer005]

Is there a reason why the Snes emulator in the twilight menu for Dsi has really bad graphics? I open earthbound and it looks bad and sounds bad is that just one of the downsides? Some games also don't boot up.