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| General | |
| Author | Robz8 |
| Type | Title Launchers |
| Version | 6.7.0 |
| License | Mixed |
| Last Updated | 2018/06/19 |
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TWLoader is a CTR-mode frontend for nds-bootstrap that looks like the Nintendo DSi Menu.
Note: This has been superseded by TwiLight Menu++.
User guide
Settings
GUI:
- Language - You can use default system language or a custom if available.
- Color - You can choose between 19 background color (for the top screen, circle dot and choose box border).
- Menu color - You can choose between 17 background color for the bottom screen (and top is top border is on).
- Show filename - Filename of
.ndsroms will appear. - Game counter - Show the number of total roms and position.
- Custom bottom image - Load a custom bottom image for the game menu.
- Auto-update bootstrap - Can switch between Off, Unofficial and Official.
- Auto-update to latest TWLoader - If selected, will auto download and install the latest available TWLoader at start up.
TR/TWL-mode settings:
- Flashcard(s) select - here you can select you flashcard for run roms from it.
- Rainbow LED - after selecting a
.ndsin game menu, will turn on notification led with a rainbow effect. - ARM9 CPU Speed - switch between 133mhz (DSi mode) or 67mhz (DS mode)
- VRAM boost - Allows 8 bit VRAM writes and expands the bus to 32 bit.
- DS/DSi Boot Screen - displays the DS/DSi boot animation before launching a rom.
- Health and Safety message - displays the Health and Safety message on the bottom screen.
- Reset Slot-1 - enable this is slot-1 card are stuck on white screens.
- Console output - display debug text before launching the rom. Switch between Off, On and On (debug).
- Lock ARM9 SCFG_EXT - locks the ARM9 SCFG_EXT, avoiding conflict with recent libnds.
- Game location - Switches the game location between the SD Card and the flashcard.
- Box Art - Enable or dissable box arts.
- Start GBARunner2 - Start GBA emulator.
- Top border - The border surrounding the top background.
Screenshots
Media
How to play DS games on 3DS off an SD card | TWLoader | (Ghostly Gaming)
Credits
- ahezard - Loading banner icons from .nds files.
- Billy Acuña - Old TWLoader logo.
- Joom - New and current TWLoader logo.
- cheuble - Sound engine.
- Gericom - GBARunner2.
- MarcusD - Code for glowing rainbow colors in Notification LED.
- Olmectron - Forwarder3-DS.
This wouldn't have been possible without the following.
- ahezard - nds-bootstrap, for ROM loading.
- Apache Thunder - NTR-Launcher, for NTR Slot-1 game loading, and the recreation of the DS/DSi boot screens.
- shutterbug2000 - File browsing code.
- spinal_cord - DSi4DS assets.