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| VNDS | |
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| General | |
| Author | Jake Probst, anoNL |
| Type | Game Engine |
| Version | 1.4.9 |
| License | GPL-2.0 |
| Last Updated | 2010/01/13 |
| Links | |
| 1.4.9, 1.5.3 Download | |
| Website | |
| Source | |
DS Visual Novel Reader is a Nintendo DS application used for playing gamebooks formatted with sound and pictures. It is designed to play visual novels created in .scr format.
Installation
Version 1.4.9:
- Extract archive onto the root of the SD card so the path is /vnds/.
- To install a visual novel, extract the tar.gz in /vnds/novels, so it has its own folder (ie. /vnds/novels/tsukihime).
- Sound files should end up in /vnds/novels/<game folder>/sound/.
- For increased file access performance, put the files in an uncompressed .zip file. each folder should get its own archive: background.zip, foreground.zip, script.zip, sound.zip.
Version 1.5.3:
- Take the .novel file and place it in the /vnds/novel/ folder.
Notes:
- Any save prior to version 1.3.1 needs to be ran though the sav2xml.py utility in the /tools/ folder (requires Python to run).
- Also make sure the path is correct. If you run it and you get stuck at a white screen, launch it with an alternative launcher, such as DSOrganize or DSChannels.
User guide
Resources
List of visual novel ports (freeware)
| Title | Author | Port by | Age rating | Format | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (AA) Walkthrough VNDS | Gaidai | Gaidai | all | scr | Digital-Haze |
| Addendum | ShinseiTom | ShinseiTom | all | scr | Digital-Haze |
| Hurricane R4 | ShinseiTom | ShinseiTom | all | scr | Digital-Haze |
| Narcissu 2 - R3 | Stage-nana | ShinseiTom | all | scr | Digital-Haze |
| Red Shift | Team Extra | Dilt | all | scr | Digital-Haze |
| May Sky | Scrubbing | mint | all | scr | - |
| A Midsummer Day's Resonance | Saitou Kagura | mint | all | scr | - |
| Shooting Star Hill | Ebi Shuumai II | mint | all | scr | - |
| The Little Prince | P.o.l.c | mint | all | scr | - |
| VNDS-TEST | ajusa | ajusa | all | scr | GitHub |
| Yume wo Mita | Arctix Circuit | Holyshin | all | scr | Digital-Haze |
| The Letter | P.o.l.c. | T-Patch | all | scr, novel | Digital-Haze |
| Plain Song + Christmas Special | Eno Yamamoto Ten | Dilt | all | scr, novel | Digital-Haze |
| Adagio | 17 | CXBlackCatXD | all | scr | Digital-Haze |
| The World to Reverse. Hallucinate | 17 | CXBlackCatXD | 15+ | scr | Digital-Haze |
| The World to Reverse. Flanca | 17 | mint | 15+ | scr | - |
| Ballad of an Evening Butterfly | ZIGZAG | CXBlackCatXD | 15+ | scr | Digital-Haze |
| Siren Head Dating Sim | Nekosounds | mint | 16+ | scr | - |
| The Best Eroge Ever | Moogy | Hogan | 16+ | scr | Digital-Haze |
| OMGWTFOTL | Hanpamania-Soft | Jake Probst | 16+ | scr, novel | Digital-Haze |
| Anon's Nice Day | Anonymous | Jake Probst | 18+ | scr, novel | Digital-Haze |
| Kira - Snowdrop | Tinsmith | Gaidai | 18+ | scr | Digital-Haze |
Controls
A - Advance text, Select option
B - Advance text
X - Skip
Y/Start - Options menu
Select - Brightness
Screenshots
Changelog
1.4.9 2010/01/13
- anoNL:
- PNG error handling (ignore spurious warnings/crash on invalid png).
- "text ~" inserts blank lines again.
1.4.8 2009/10/21
- anoNL:
- Backported new functions up to 1.5.3 (excluding wifi + .novel fmt).
- Added support for unpacking .novel files to NovelManager.
- ASNI color code support in the text renderer.
- Increased sprite limit from 4 to 9.
- Waking up from sleep mode was glitchy.
1.5.3 2009/06/22
- Jake:
- Fixed bug with undefined variables in conditionals.
- String variables need to be ""`d (setvar/if).
- Wifi doesn't hang forever if it can't connect.
1.5.2 2009/06/03
- Jake:
- Fixed problems with music with too high a bitrate.
1.5.1 2009/05/16
- Jake:
- .novel thumbnail.png select screen crash bug fixed.
1.5.0 2009/05/04
- Jake:
- .novel support.
- Download novels directly onto ds.
- Redid FIFO stuff.
- 'if var == 0' works with unset variables again.
- Dilt:
- Cleartext command.
1.4.2
- Global vars were reset when loading a save file.
- Changing the skin via config.ini didn't work.
- Date wasn't saved properly in save files.
- Missing resources no longer generate warning messages.
- Fast reading by holding Y is now a lot faster.
- Background fades more intelligent (fade to black on bg change).
1.4.1
- Graphical glitches in the GUI.
- Backlight control could only turn the screen off on the original DS.
- PNG loading crashed on corrupt or wide (> 256 pixels) images.
- Sound didn't unmute when returning to the main menu.
- Tapping the screen advanced the script even in choice-mode.
- Variables weren't saved properly.
1.3.5 2008/06/02
- Jake:
- 3 small fixed bugs in loading saves made.
- Endscript actually do something (returns to titlescreen).
1.3.4 2008/05/29
- Jake:
- Fixed a bug in loading saves/skipping text.
- Something happened to make True Remembrance work (diff doesnt explain much).
1.3.3 2008/05/25
- Jake:
- Fixed problem with time not changing.
- .sav keeps track of game state to make loading faster.
- Does nothing when attempting to load an empty save.
- Loads script in 4k blocks.
- Left/right moves to first/last option in select screen/choices.
1.3.2 2008/05/23
- anoNL:
- Bugfix: ArchiveFileHandle.Read() didn't work as expected (didn't update the read pointer afterwards).
- Bugfix: removed file io from interrupt handler.
- Bugfix: texture streaming bug in the save/load menu.
- Rewrote text cache to use freetype's built-in caching system.
- Added option to interrupt delay commands by pressing A, B or the touchscreen.
- Skip scene functionality, hold R and press Y to skip ahead to the next scene/choice.
- Added support for AAC format (for sound effects only).
1.3.1 2008/05/23
- Jake:
- Fixed linebreaks in choices.
- String variables.
- Variable placement in commands.
- Moved save format over to .xml (converter provided).
- Less efficient, but more stable sleep mode.
- Collision detection more efficient.
- New save theme.
1.3.0 2008/05/21
- anoNL:
- Support for png formats other than 8bit/channel truecolor.
- Support for uncompressed .zip format for storing foreground/background/sound, except MP3 music.
- Rewrote sound/music code which caused ~80-90% of all crashes.
- Slightly improved text anti-aliasing.
- Rewrote line-wrapping algorithm, now supports UTF-8 character encodings.
- New save/load menu.
- Improved visuals for the in-game choice view.
- Script loader is better protected against buffer overflows.
- Bugfix: empty folders show up as valid novels in the main menu, but crash the program upon selection.
- Performance: text rendering.
- Performance: savefile loading speed.
- Jake:
- About screen (after constant prodding).
- `random` command (see documentation).
- Slight change in save menu (how it resizes).
1.2.7 2008/03/30
- Jake:
- Fixed problem with backgrounds not loading and other weirdness.
1.2.6 2008/03/30
- Jack:
- Fixed saves for real this time, maybe.
1.2.5 2008/03/30
- anoNL:
- MP3 support.
Credits
Programming: Jake Probst, anoNL.
See also
- Updated VNDS fork by asiekierka (support for DSi mode and .wv audio format)
- VNDS-LOVE by ajusa (vnds port to Windows, Mac, Linux, and the Nintendo Switch)
External links
- Author's website - http://digital-haze.net/vnds.php
- Author's website - http://weeaboo.nl/
- VNDS wiki - https://github.com/BASLQC/vnds/wiki