VNDS Nintendo DS
Download VNDS for Nintendo DS Source Code and Binaries here.
- Download the latest build of vnds (currently: 1.4.9) from https://web.archive.org/web/20140218222855/digital-haze.net/projects/vnds.html.
- Extract the .tar.gz onto the root of your NDS homebrew device so the path is /vnds/.
- To install a visual novel, download the .novel file of the novel from https://web.archive.org/web/20140218222855/digital-haze.net/projects/vnds.html. If you want sound, make sure to download the files with '-sound' in the filename. Those are found in the '+Sound' link next to the novel title.
- Place the .novel file as is in the /vnds/novels/ folder.
- Extract the .novel file to a folder. This can be done with WinRAR or 7-Zip.
» Any save prior to version 1.3.1 needs to be ran through the sav2xml.py utility in the /vnds/tools/ folder. » Alternatively, use this webpage: https://web.archive.org/web/20100107180446/http://digital-haze.net/files/vnds/fixsave.php
- Since the installation process has changed since earlier versions of vnds sound files are now included in .novel files where '-sound' is part of the filename. You shouldn't need any subfolders in the /vnds/novels/ folder, what so ever. Don't listen to the old README. :o
- After installation plug your NDS homebrew device into your Nintendo DS and power on.
- Browse to /vnds/ and execute vnds.nds.
- Shouldn't be a problem.
Make sure the path is correct.
root:/vnds/manual/
/novels/
/skins/
/src/
/tools/
/vnds.nds
/README
...
- Make sure novels are placed directly into the
/novels/folder:root:/vnds/novels/<novel name> - If you run vnds.nds and you get stuck at a white screen, launch it with an alternative launcher, such as DSorganize or DSchannels.
