Hey,
does anyone know of a good homebrew paint package for the nintendo ds?
Ive found a notepad application as well as a music tracker, if I can get a good graphics program I'll be able to do a fair bit of 'dev' no matter where I am
thanks
There isn't much that's really complete, but
Davr's 'Draw' application is pretty fun :)
It can produce some really good quality images, though it seems more of a test than a finished application.
The very excellent
DSOrganize also has a Scribble Pad, which can be used as a drawing program.
(Still not great, though).
If you want a really high-quality, precise and complete drawing application with an interface you would have to do one yourself. PALib is pretty easy to deal with, if you feel like it.
I'm guessing you're using NitroTracker?
That thing is amazing :)
What's this notepad program? I usually use either DSOrganize or DSLinux for text editing, but a standalone program could be pretty good...
TxtWriter -
http://ds.spacemonkeymafia.com/txtwriter.phpBe the program I was thinking for notes (i literally just need something I can type into), that said this DSOrganize program sounds quite good.
Yup NitroTracker is what I plan to use :) Ill give 'Draw' a look too thanks!
The thing is, I havent actually bought the extra hardware needed to run homebrew stuff yet, can you recommend a setup?
ta!
Depends on your DS, really.
Game carts (slot 2):
I use the incredibly inexpensive GBAMP, which works fine for just about everything.
ROMs exceeding 4MB, such as HexenDS can't run, but more and more developers are actually storing game data on the filesystem on CF/SD cards instead of within their ROMs. As a result, it should have a long life ahead of it, assuming that people don't start switching to writing software that runs off boring game cards. Heck, even MiniVMac works on here!
The maker of the hacked GBAMP firmware has reportedly ( video and everything :( ) created a firmware for it that has XIP support, enabling it to run roms of any size by streaming them as with a conventional game cart, but he refuses to release it since it would also help the software pirates. (And I, for one, actually prefer when ROMs stream from a seperate data file on the DS).
If you feel like something a bit more fancy, Supercard SD almost fits into the GBA slot, and Supercard CF sticks out a bit more (well, the CF card sticks out). Both Supercards have 32 MB of RAM built in along with XIP support.
The M3 (sequel to GBAMP) is another quite fancy cart, with some nice features and, like the Supercard, a strong link to piracy. (*sigh*).
Afaik, people have trouble with homebrew on the M3 and it isn't hugely popular, but the Supercard is pretty good for stuff like DSLinux. The Supercard build of DSLinux has over 1 MB of RAM more than the GBAMP build, which allows it to run nano-X and crash far less while using the web browser.
Passthrough devices:
With an older DS that only needs PassMe1, PassMe1 followed by flashing the firmware works nicely.
With a DSLite or a DS needing PassMe2, I would recommend using a "No-Pass" device like the Datel Max Media Launcher.
Costs a bit more but it works! (And, since flashing the firmware on a DS-Lite is risky, there's less temptation to do so since it doesn't stick out of the slot).
And, actually, even with a PassMe1-needing DS, a nopass device is great :)
nice one, perfik post ta!
The DSLinux browser, is that Lynx, or an actual graphical one? :o
It's even worse :|
Retawq.
Perfect for this site, Google and Wikipedia, though! (Except logging in to things rarely works, since I can't be bothered to recompile it with cookies turned on).
It crashes more than it should because it keeps past pages loaded (same as Firefox does) which, with 1.2 MB of RAM free (after wireless, the kernel and the terminal -- and thanks to Nintendo's unexplainable neglect of RAM), is a really bad idea. No variable to change that, either, so someone would have to change the source code.
For example, it's only possible to view one page on Slashdot before crashing. (Works better on SC build and the like, since it has much more RAM).
I can run Lynx or another text browser with tabs via Dropbear or Telnet, though :)
Kinda off-topic, but the DS Opera browser is soon to be released in Japan. Here's a video
http://www.youtube.com/v/RbSq-tCHXmI