Homebrew TWPatcher - DS(i) mode screen filters and patches

[placebo_yue]

Just delete "TwlBg.cxi" at "sd:/luma/sysmodules/", and "Widescreen.cxi", if you've made that.

i don't have widescreen.cxi
Deleted TWLBG.cxi but my games still fail. Any ideas?

 

[RocketRobz]

i don't have widescreen.cxi
Deleted TWLBG.cxi but my games still fail. Any ideas?

Try following this guide.

 

[placebo_yue]

It keeps crashing. I deleted the file and did all it says on the guide

 

[placebo_yue]

https://github.com/MechanicalDragon0687/TWLFix-CFW/issues/1

is that what's happening to me? i'm not smart enough to know what i should delete or overwrite with some clean file from somewhere so the system update fix my problem

edit-2: the broken games are still broken, but the filters and the widescreen do work for the ones that remain working. I'll list them in case it matters. Also, i'm not using twilightMenu++, i used nds fowarder. On an O3DS. I did activate the FIRM thing on luma but not on my first use, could that be what ruined something?

Broken:
mario64DS
pokemon HG
pokemon platinum
pokemon black 2
monster rancher DS

Working:
GBA runner2
Final fantasy IV
Chrono trigger
Disgaea DS
Medabot DS kabuto version
Plants vs. Zombies
Metal slug 7
Digimon world championship

 

[Sono]

im freaking out a little over the endless "bytes left" messages and the COMPRESSION TAKES FOREVER messages on the lower screen. Is this normal? how long does it take?

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DS games don't open anymore (except for GBArunner2). What's up with that?

On a second thought, it can induce panic attacks in some people. The messages are perfectly normal. The "bytes left" message is spammed so you can see how many bytes are left. Compression takes almost exactly 6mins on old3DS, and less than that on new3DS.

Sometimes patching yields a broken TwlBg.cxi, and I'm not sure what causes that. Just re-patching makes it work again.

Depending on what patches are applied, it shouldn't break DS mode. In fact, you're running the same DS mode as what is running on your 3DS (the patcher reads TWL_FIRM from NAND), so that shouldn't be the issue.

 

[placebo_yue]

Reinstalling SM64ds remaking the cia with the fowarder fixed it. I assume it'll also fix the rest of the broken games.

My wild guess is that, since those that fail are the ones i installed way before, it's gotta have something to do with an update of nds bootloader i did along the run. Those were installed during an older version and your patch assumed some byte or something was placed for the newer versions of nds bootloader.
Correct me if anything i said makes no sense or is plain stupid lol, im just trying to make sense of it.

Also, if anyone has this problem,
TLDR: if your game stops running, remake the cia with fowarder and reinstall it

 

[Sono]

Sorry for the delay, I fell asleep early.
The CTR_Redshift menu is still not fully functional, but I finally included the patch menu I wanted since ages!

Because this is a test build, it doesn't replace the build in the first post.
https://puu.sh/FFbnU/9bf3e53512.cia

Reinstalling SM64ds remaking the cia with the fowarder fixed it. I assume it'll also fix the rest of the broken games.

My wild guess is that, since those that fail are the ones i installed way before, it's gotta have something to do with an update of nds bootloader i did along the run. Those were installed during an older version and your patch assumed some byte or something was placed for the newer versions of nds bootloader.
Correct me if anything i said makes no sense or is plain stupid lol, im just trying to make sense of it.

Also, if anyone has this problem,
TLDR: if your game stops running, remake the cia with fowarder and reinstall it

The patcher searches for patterns (not fixed addresses), so it shouldn't be the issue. As I said, other than a few quality-of-life patches, it doesn't touch how the original TwlBg works, because it dumps it from your console for maximum compatibility, and also to avoid the need to share copyrighted files (which the retail TwlBg contains 2 of).

 

[Stellar]

It works very well, but for some reason I thought it would also affect gba games?

Will that be a future patch?

 

[Deleted member 446461]

Sorry for the delay, I fell asleep early.
The CTR_Redshift menu is still not fully functional, but I finally included the patch menu I wanted since ages!

Because this is a test build, it doesn't replace the build in the first post.
https://puu.sh/FFbnU/9bf3e53512.cia



The patcher searches for patterns (not fixed addresses), so it shouldn't be the issue. As I said, other than a few quality-of-life patches, it doesn't touch how the original TwlBg works, because it dumps it from your console for maximum compatibility, and also to avoid the need to share copyrighted files (which the retail TwlBg contains 2 of).

Thanks!

 

[rapsagerdna]

I am sorry if this is not the right place, but I have a doubt
I have a N3DSXL with CFW and a R4i Gold 3DS Plus flashcart
For memory space concerns, I want to have ds roms on microsd of flashcart
Already used Sono's TWPatch, so the games play in widescreen but stretched
I want to apply the widescreen cheats so some Games will not be stretched but native 16:10
What do I need to do? Can I use Twilight Menu++ on the flashcard for that porpose?

 

[Sono]

It works very well, but for some reason I thought it would also affect gba games?

Will that be a future patch?

I didn't remove the secret GBA patch mode. You need to hold B, X, or Y from launch until the scale list shows up. It should say "AGBG debug" somewhere, but you'll know you found the key when the scale list only has a few entries.

I am sorry if this is not the right place, but I have a doubt
I have a N3DSXL with CFW and a R4i Gold 3DS Plus flashcart
For memory space concerns, I want to have ds roms on microsd of flashcart
Already used Sono's TWPatch, so the games play in widescreen but stretched
I want to apply the widescreen cheats so some Games will not be stretched but native 16:10
What do I need to do? Can I use Twilight Menu++ on the flashcard for that porpose?

You need to edit the cheats file of your flashcart (there are editors for it), and add the widescreen patches yourself.

You can use TWiLightMenu++ too, but be careful, I bricked my R4i with YSMenu!

 

[rapsagerdna]

So I figured it out, if someone wants to play widescreen with flashcard just use TWPatcher from Sono and usrcheat.dat from DeadSkullzJr
Then you need to enable the widescreen cheat in every game that has them
If you have any more questions pm me

 

[Stellar]

I didn't remove the secret GBA patch mode. You need to hold B, X, or Y from launch until the scale list shows up. It should say "AGBG debug" somewhere, but you'll know you found the key when the scale list only has a few entries.



You need to edit the cheats file of your flashcart (there are editors for it), and add the widescreen patches yourself.

You can use TWiLightMenu++ too, but be careful, I bricked my R4i with YSMenu!

Nice, thank you. It was "Y", by the way.

 

[DualBladedKirito]

What's the dpad lr patch the patcher mentions when you start patching @Sono?

 

[Zense]

I figured I'd share this simple solution for people who often change filters and don't want to have to go through the process of compressing every time:
Basically what I do is I open FBI and rename the TwlBg.cxi file found in sd:/luma/sysmodules/ to something I can easily remember, like TwlBgInt.cxi for the linear INTerpolation filter or TwlBgDark for darkned filter, so that every time I want to use it I just rename it back to TwlBg.cxi and the filter works. This takes a lot less time than remaking the patched TwlBg every time.
This is my sysmodules folder:



I figure a simple solution for Twpatcher would be to do this for you after you've generated the patched twlbg for the first time and leave the old one with a different name so that next time you apply it it'll just have to rename the currently used one to something else.

 

[Sono]

What's the dpad lr patch the patcher mentions when you start patching @Sono?

It allows LR and UD pressed at the same time. Press LEFT and push the CPad right to test it out in games.

I figured I'd share this simple solution for people who often change filters and don't want to have to go through the process of compressing every time:
Basically what I do is I open FBI and rename the TwlBg.cxi file found in sd:/luma/sysmodules/ to something I can easily remember, like TwlBgInt.cxi for the linear INTerpolation filter or TwlBgDark for darkned filter, so that every time I want to use it I just rename it back to TwlBg.cxi and the filter works. This take a lot less time than remaking the patched TwlBg every time.
This is my sysmodules folder:

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I figure a simple solution for Twpatcher would be to do this for you after you've generated the patched twlbg for the first time and leave the old one with a different name so that next time you apply it it'll just have to rename the currently used one to

I already thought of this, but the reason I ditched the idea is because if I release a new patch then people will think I didn't do anything when in reality it's just copying an existing file, which is not good.

 

[Zense]

I already thought of this, but the reason I ditched the idea is because if I release a new patch then people will think I didn't do anything when in reality it's just copying an existing file, which is not good.

Thanks for the quick reply! I'm not sure I completely understood why you ditched it? What I was saying is that the first time you use a filter you would have to generate and compress the patched TwlBg.cxi.

 

[Sono]

Thanks for the quick reply! I'm not sure I completely understood why you ditched it? What I was saying is that the first time you use a filter you would have to generate and compress the patched TwlBg.cxi.

The problem is that any modification you do requires a complete rebuild, and I don't know how I could check which build is which.

 

[PrincessLillie]

The problem is that any modification you do requires a complete rebuild, and I don't know how I could check which build is which.

File name, maybe? And have a flag in a config file stored on the SD Card noting which TwlBg.cxi file is currently active?

 

[Sono]

File name, maybe? And have a flag in a config file stored on the SD Card noting which TwlBg.cxi file is currently active?

Yeah, that sounds like file management hell... I really have no idea how to implement this without driving *myself* insane