So I'm looking into dual-booting my old PSPhat so that I can run my current games without constantly having to worry whether they will run or not and be able to access PSN. Are there any up to date guides to do this? Or maybe some advice? I'm looking online for guides but the only ones i find are pretty outdated. My psp is currently at 3.90 M33-3 btw.
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ETECH.B.K. said:
Also, for the one that asked...
A purple flash before a game loads indicates that Gen CFW triggered it's on-the-fly game decryption.
A red flash before a game loads indicates that the Prometheus patch triggered it's updated on-the-fly game decryption.
The newest games tend to trigger the Prometheus decryption.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
I tried using the official install of Birth By Sleep on my PSP but it doesn't work.
I don't want to put the whole ISO on the memory stick because the darn thing is 1.7 gigs.
I don't want to put the whole ISO on the memory stick because the darn thing is 1.7 gigs.
ConradCervantes
Banned
Okay, ran into my first snag, bear with me. I updated to 5.50 Prometheus-2 so I could get my newer UMD games running correctly. MGS5, Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee and Hot Shots Tennis seem to be working correctly, but for some reason Little Big Planet won't start up. I select the game and it goes to a black screen, forcing me to hard-reset it. What am I doing incorrectly here?
Edit: Seems to be the same situation for Wipeout Pulse, N+, and Patapon 2. I use UMDumper to rip them onto my memory stick, but they don't play either. GRR!
Edit: Seems to be the same situation for Wipeout Pulse, N+, and Patapon 2. I use UMDumper to rip them onto my memory stick, but they don't play either. GRR!
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
i got the psnlover. do i just put the .prx into the game folder?
Can anyone help me out? I have no idea how to get this working.
Can anyone help me out? I have no idea how to get this working.
So I'm gonna go ahead and guess that Phantasy Star Portable 2 is not playable online with PSNLover?
It may be finally, FINALLY time to get a new "regular" OFW PSP. I don't want to play it on my OFW 1000.
Am I nuts for considering a PSP Go for this?
It may be finally, FINALLY time to get a new "regular" OFW PSP. I don't want to play it on my OFW 1000.
Am I nuts for considering a PSP Go for this?
ConradCervantes said:
Try the old-fashioned way. Hold select on the XMB to bring up the VSH menu. Change the PSP's USB type from memory stick to UMD. Plug the PSP (with UMD inserted) into your PC. You'll get an image of the UMD instead of the contents of the memory stick. Simply copy that image to your PC, change the PSP USB option back to memory stick, and copy the game to your ISO folder. Done.
there isn't any official PSP thread or whatever, so i thought i would just ask in here.
so i bought a PSP 3000 used online turned out the screen is pretty messed up, ie theres a long horizontal line across part of the screen.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj231/yoy_chie/Picture004.jpg
not my picture btw. i'm not really mad about it since i got it pretty cheaply and screen replacements seem pretty cheap.
it was not prehacked so it wasn't caused by hacking or whatever. i found the psp 3000 screen for $22 !! dollars on dealextreme.com link. anyone know if it's legit? the site seems to be credible and stuff, but replacing the screen for $20 seems pretty awesome. anyone ever replace their screen, is it pretty easy? is it still good quality? do I need a special screwdriver? should i get a screen protector?
i already got homebrew on it and everything running great, just the screen annoys me
thanks for any help peeps
so i bought a PSP 3000 used online turned out the screen is pretty messed up, ie theres a long horizontal line across part of the screen.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj231/yoy_chie/Picture004.jpg
not my picture btw. i'm not really mad about it since i got it pretty cheaply and screen replacements seem pretty cheap.
it was not prehacked so it wasn't caused by hacking or whatever. i found the psp 3000 screen for $22 !! dollars on dealextreme.com link. anyone know if it's legit? the site seems to be credible and stuff, but replacing the screen for $20 seems pretty awesome. anyone ever replace their screen, is it pretty easy? is it still good quality? do I need a special screwdriver? should i get a screen protector?
i already got homebrew on it and everything running great, just the screen annoys me
thanks for any help peeps
Triple Da G.O.D!
Member
caliblue15 said:
I'm playing Birth By Sleep and Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 with no issues.
I'd go with yes.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Chesskid1 said:there isn't any official PSP thread or whatever, so i thought i would just ask in here.
so i bought a PSP 3000 used online turned out the screen is pretty messed up, ie theres a long horizontal line across part of the screen.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj231/yoy_chie/Picture004.jpg
not my picture btw. i'm not really mad about it since i got it pretty cheaply and screen replacements seem pretty cheap.
it was not prehacked so it wasn't caused by hacking or whatever. i found the psp 3000 screen for $22 !! dollars on dealextreme.com link. anyone know if it's legit? the site seems to be credible and stuff, but replacing the screen for $20 seems pretty awesome. anyone ever replace their screen, is it pretty easy? is it still good quality? do I need a special screwdriver? should i get a screen protector?
i already got homebrew on it and everything running great, just the screen annoys me
thanks for any help peeps
LOVE LOVE LOVE DealExtreme. Unfortunately it takes a bit to receive the product here in the states. But definitely reputable.
I know the OP probably answers this, but I am still pretty lost.
I just bought my first PSP, got it off playasia in sexy white. How do I find out what firmware I have, so I upgrade it correctly? and how do I start throwing all these sexy games into the my sandisc card?
sorry these must be terrible questions but I am so lost.
fake edit: I did support the Sony overlords by purchasing crisis core and the new MGS, I just dont want to be walking around with those damn UMD's.
I just bought my first PSP, got it off playasia in sexy white. How do I find out what firmware I have, so I upgrade it correctly? and how do I start throwing all these sexy games into the my sandisc card?
sorry these must be terrible questions but I am so lost.
fake edit: I did support the Sony overlords by purchasing crisis core and the new MGS, I just dont want to be walking around with those damn UMD's.
I had a weird problem earlier today. I installed 5.50 Prometheus-2 a couple weeks ago for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep and Ys VII. My PSP would play them fine after installing it. I got my Photofast in the mail yesterday and put all my stuff on it. Today, it wouldn't play them until I installed Prometheus-2 again.
I have a 2001 running GEN D-3 w/ prometheus, and I'm thinking about installing the patch to get FatMsMod running, as some ISO games are too painfully slow. I'll be following the instructions here to perform the installation, but I have a few questions first.
1) GEN D-3 was my first CFW, so I never had the corrupt save problem. Do I still need to install the fix (i.e. does it change any files in such a way that it's necessary to get FatMsMod running)?
2) Will installing the mods affect my ability to play any games? I read somewhere that the process changes D-3's compatability into D-2's. With prometheus installed, will any of my games stop working?
3) Will this process negatively interact with prometheus in any way?
Thanks!
1) GEN D-3 was my first CFW, so I never had the corrupt save problem. Do I still need to install the fix (i.e. does it change any files in such a way that it's necessary to get FatMsMod running)?
2) Will installing the mods affect my ability to play any games? I read somewhere that the process changes D-3's compatability into D-2's. With prometheus installed, will any of my games stop working?
3) Will this process negatively interact with prometheus in any way?
Thanks!
So I'm booting up my PSP for the first time in ages. I'm on 4.01 m33-2. What is the current and best cfw out there and what is my upgrade path? I heard Dark Alex has stopped his updates so what is everyone on now?
EDIT: saw it up above. Unless something has changed in the last two weeks. Feels good to have the PSP out again!
EDIT: saw it up above. Unless something has changed in the last two weeks. Feels good to have the PSP out again!
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
Is there a way to use the PSP as a controller on your PC? It'd be a nice controller for emulated Saturn.
Alright, just got my PSP CFW updated and installed Prometheus in anticipation of picking up BbS sometime soon. From what I've gathered, Prometheus doesn't work off the UMD, but only on ISOs ripped to the memory stick? And BbS is a 1.7 GB ISO? And, finally, that the Prometheus files have to stay on the memory stick for Prometheus to work?
I have a memory stick with advertised capacity of 2 GB. Is this going to be big enough to hold the BbS ISO, a few save files for BbS, and the Prometheus files? And if not, where can I get a bigger memory stick cheaply (ideally at a brick-and-mortar store; would prefer not to have to wait for shipping)?
I have a memory stick with advertised capacity of 2 GB. Is this going to be big enough to hold the BbS ISO, a few save files for BbS, and the Prometheus files? And if not, where can I get a bigger memory stick cheaply (ideally at a brick-and-mortar store; would prefer not to have to wait for shipping)?
Hey PSP-GAF i have a question..
If i wanna buy a hackable PSP 2000, ive been told that my best bet is to buy one of the early limited editions (god of war, star wars, daxter..).
If i do this, are they ALL completely hackable ? even if it comes with the latest official firmware ?
thanks!
If i wanna buy a hackable PSP 2000, ive been told that my best bet is to buy one of the early limited editions (god of war, star wars, daxter..).
If i do this, are they ALL completely hackable ? even if it comes with the latest official firmware ?
thanks!
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
Ri'Orius said:
Well, I've got the Prometheus files deleted off my memory card and it works perfectly on it. the saves are 246kb i think, so unless you are going to put tons of saves, then it should be ok.
EDIT from last page: Is there a way to use the PSP as a controller on your PC? It'd be a nice controller for emulated Saturn.
SalsaShark said:
PSP-1000 (original models) to a certain point of 2000's are ALL hackable with the pandora exploit/service mode. Later models of 2000's (after God of War/CoO's PSP) can't be exploited.
3000's can't, Go's can't. But they can be "downgraded" (well, 2000/3000's can, Go can't) if they're... 5.03 or something like that and be CFW'ed that way.
So it depends on what hardware you get. Earlier the better/easier.
Just got BbS, and I need some advice. I've used Prometheus to bypass the firmware update (am on 5.50 custom) and have installed the UMD to the Memory stick with UMDumper, but the load times are absolutely horrendous. I did try using the install feature the game offers before I dumped it (hell, I'll take all the cons of the UMD format for severely reduced loading times ), but an error message popped up, probably because of the CFW, so it's a no-go.
Any tips guys? I don't want to have to put up with 15 second loading intervals.
), but an error message popped up, probably because of the CFW, so it's a no-go.Any tips guys? I don't want to have to put up with 15 second loading intervals.
Sounds like something is really wrong. Did you heavily compress the ISO (.CSO extension)?
If so, you should try to leave it as a completely uncompressed file.
The game running fully off the mem stick runs better than off the UMD with the largest data install. Even with 32-bit graphics and high detail modes enabled.
And yeah, I don't think anyone's figured out how to perform the data install on CFW without it erroring out, but unlike say, MGS Peace Walker, there's really no point to the data install if you're playing off the memory stick to begin with.
Other ideas to try include backing up your saves, ISOs, themes, etc., and reformatting the stick.
If so, you should try to leave it as a completely uncompressed file.
The game running fully off the mem stick runs better than off the UMD with the largest data install. Even with 32-bit graphics and high detail modes enabled.
And yeah, I don't think anyone's figured out how to perform the data install on CFW without it erroring out, but unlike say, MGS Peace Walker, there's really no point to the data install if you're playing off the memory stick to begin with.
Other ideas to try include backing up your saves, ISOs, themes, etc., and reformatting the stick.
Nah, I didn't compress the ISO, as I heard doing so might cause games to freeze, so I dumped the file in its entirety.
Dunno what to say really, I've tried dumping other games I have, and the loading times for those are exactly the same as if from Disc. Is Sandisc the best kind of memory to use? UMDumper takes hours to fully transfer too, so could it be my memory card? I formatted it before using it for the first time, so it should be okay to use, but maybe its just a slow make?
Dunno what to say really, I've tried dumping other games I have, and the loading times for those are exactly the same as if from Disc. Is Sandisc the best kind of memory to use? UMDumper takes hours to fully transfer too, so could it be my memory card? I formatted it before using it for the first time, so it should be okay to use, but maybe its just a slow make?
Hours!? Something is definitely not right. I use CFW's native ability to dump ISOs to my PC via USB, so it's not exactly comparable to dumping straight to the mem stick. BbS also tops out at around 1.7GBs, which is just on the cusp of UMD's storage max, but it shouldn't take hours. I don't remember exactly, but I think my dump tool like 25-35 minutes to complete.
If you're seeing no significant improvements on any games, then it probably is a bum mem stick. I've used only Sandisks over the years, and never had problems with them. Now I'm using a Photofast adapter and two (Sandisk) 16GB micro SDHCs. But I can definitely vouch for the reliability and performance of legit Sandisk memory stick pro duos.
Where did you get yours? If you bought it on eBay for like $5, for example, you can be sure that it's a fake. One way to test is to pull up the mem stick in the XMB, hit triangle, and select Information. If it's says it isn't Magic Gate, it's definitely a fake and likely explains away your problems.
If you're seeing no significant improvements on any games, then it probably is a bum mem stick. I've used only Sandisks over the years, and never had problems with them. Now I'm using a Photofast adapter and two (Sandisk) 16GB micro SDHCs. But I can definitely vouch for the reliability and performance of legit Sandisk memory stick pro duos.
Where did you get yours? If you bought it on eBay for like $5, for example, you can be sure that it's a fake. One way to test is to pull up the mem stick in the XMB, hit triangle, and select Information. If it's says it isn't Magic Gate, it's definitely a fake and likely explains away your problems.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
So I just upgraded to Windows 7 a few weeks back, but now that I try to get my PSP B-Type driver to install, it won't load. Can't run RemoteJoy without it.
Is there a 64 bit version of this somewhere?
Is there a 64 bit version of this somewhere?
Wolf Akela
Member
If I was gonna do the pandora exploit, does my memstick need to support Magic Gate? I just wanna buy a cheap memstick for that purpose.
Don't have the tut with me, you have to do some tedious stuff to get it working in Win7 64-bit.RurouniZel said:
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Wolf Akela said:
Ah darn. Twas my favorite reason to have CFW. Well, that and playing directly from the stick.
Guess I'll start digging.
I'm thinking about replaying the original Shantae, in light of Risky's Revenge being out, but I'm really not entirely sure where my GBC actually *is* these days. I've done some experimenting with trying to get it to run adequately on a GBC emulator on PSP or DS, but the DS emulators tend to be slow while the PSP ones tend to have graphical corruption. I don't suppose anyone here knows of one that works perfectly for Shantae specifically?
Worst comes to the worst, I'll start the GBC search!
Worst comes to the worst, I'll start the GBC search!
Mejilan said:
Yup, the two sticks are Magic Gate, I got them together with the PSP already custom-ed via a private seller with good feedback, I believe they're legit. Anyways, think I found the problem;
Just looked up the steps for the direct transfer method you talk about there, and I guess I must've downloaded a naf version of UMDumper (strange since its the most recent one :S), because the ISOs made via this route definitely work far better.
Far quicker loading speeds and a much much quicker dumping speed of 30 mins from and to (thank fuck). Cheers very much for your help Mejilan. Actually, while I'm here, anyone know of any good online offers on Pro Duos? I'd love to get a 16 or 32g at a fair price.
Phoenixus said:Yup, the two sticks are Magic Gate, I got them together with the PSP already custom-ed via a private seller with good feedback, I believe they're legit. Anyways, think I found the problem;
Just looked up the steps for the direct transfer method you talk about there, and I guess I must've downloaded a naf version of UMDumper (strange since its the most recent one :S), because the ISOs made via this route definitely work far better.
Hmm, if it isn't the sticks, then it must be the tools, I guess.
Like I said, I have no real experience with that UMDDumper app.
I get that some might like the convenience of dumping straight to mem stick, especially if they don't happen to have their computer handy. But I'm also a fan of that whole 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' philosophy, so I'd rather just use the built-in functionality (ripping to PC via USB) rather than download and utilize somewhat redundant software.
Then again, I back up all of my ISOs to PC anyway (I've got way more games than I can possibly fit in my 32GB space), so if I'm going to copy them over to PC at some point, I may as well just dump them to PC to begin with!
Actually, while I'm here, anyone know of any good online offers on Pro Duos? I'd love to get a 16 or 32g at a fair price.
I'd not bother with memory stick pro duos, at this point. You've got one or two to use in case you need to flash CFW or unbrick. If you're looking for a cheap and easy solution to storing tons of games on your PSP, I'd hit up Amazon for the Photofast microSDHC to MSPD adapter, and pick up two Sandisk micro SDHCs to go with it. I've been using mine for around a year now, I guess. First with 2x 8GB SDHCs, now with 2x 16GB SDHCs.
A year ago, this solution was WAY cheaper than MSPDs. Not sure what the cost/benefit ratio is today, but I'd guess that it's still the cheapest way to go.
SalsaShark said:
I hate LBP and never bothered with Modnation Racers, but using the PSN Lover (1.2 beta) plugin, you can definitely play most games online via PSN. Most recently, I took Phantasy Star Portable 2 online as a test, and I was able to enter the lobbies, create a game, and host a handful of players. Back in the day I had no issues with Resistance Retribution, one of the earlier PSN multiplayer games on the PSP, IIRC.
SalsaShark said:Great, thanks!
maybe someone who tried LBP/MNR can clarify this. Both games are built around level sharing and i dont want to use OFW, so yeah.
Now that I think about it, I vaguely recall helping out another GAFfer (in this thread) taking MNR online for at least racing purposes. This was a month or three ago. I would imagine that there'd be no issues with level sharing. He probably would have posted about it here, or PMed me (since we eventually took it to PMs so as to not clutter the thread up too much).
I actually have LBP, so worst case scenario, I can drop it onto my mem stick and give it a shot. I recently transfered the manual update and a bunch of DLC to my PSP that I had sitting in my PS3 for ages, so I've been meaning to give patching it and taking it online a shot. I just don't have any real desire to play it. :lol
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Mejilan said:
Heh, I still can't get my PSP Modnation multiplayer to work out. I know its not my PSP because I was able to get Metal Gear multiplayer to work. I tried PSNlover, etc. and no go.
I can't test MNR because I don't own the game.
But after a few minutes of Googling, it seems to require an online entitlement to play online, much like other recent games such as Phantasy Star Portable 2. I know from that game, that the pass/voucher to redeem the online entitlement came in the game's case. If you're renting, borrowing, or buying used, then you'd have to purchase a stand-alone pass from PSN. These seem to cost something like $10-$15, depending on the game.
I had no problems redeeming the voucher that came with my copy of PSP2.
I actually did it via my PS3, since PSNLover seems to work fine for multiplayer gaming, online account management, and the downloading of free or previously purchased content, but can occasionally get wonky with purchasing new content. Either way, redeeming the voucher added the pass to the list of services tied to my PSN account. I have that same PSN account tied to my PSP, so I quickly took signed into PSN with it (PSN Lover 1.2 plug-in was a must for this) to "update" my PSP with that entitlement. After that, I was able to go online with PSP2 (again, PSN Lover is a must) without issue.
I'd imagine that the Modnation Racers PSP online process is almost identical.
Actually, I spent something like 40 minutes the other night transferring all of my LBP PSP DLC purchases to my PSP. I haven't been playing the game, but I have been keeping up with all of the DLC. Yeah yeah, I'm part of the problem, I know. However, what I thought would be a fun little 20 minute research and update project wound up taking me something like two hours! :lol
So it's been on my mind for the past week or so to try to tackle the "LBP CFW problem." As you may or may not know, LBP PSP required a series of content patches (now up to 2.05, inclusive) in order to open up the ability to go online, download new levels, and access both free and paid purchased content, etc. Problem is, it didn't use a typical (for PSP) patching method, and whatever method they did use seemed to have somewhat defeated the CFW scene. Edit - Upon further reading, it just appears to be a *new* method introduced in 6.0 or 6.10. The newest CFWs predate 6.0 and so, just don't know how to handle the new update method. Apparently.
Of course, the pirates got around this by essentially ripping the DLC off, decrypting it, and releasing it for free. And doing something similar for at least some of the community content. But what about those that had all those goodies legitimately? Not to mention the hassle involved in finding the pirated content and manually managing and installing it.
One of the more prominent LittleBigPlanet piracy scenes did have an interesting solution/development posted in the form of a tutorial that allowed you to patch the ISO in such a way that it could read the legitimate 2.05 patch from the memory stick. It was a fairly simple 2 downloads, 5 step tutorial that should be at least somewhat familiar to anyone that's hacked/patched their ISOs with UMDGen in the past. Something that was quite common post-FW 6.0 and pre-CFW Prometheus patch.
It's actually a damn clever little ISO hack that forces to game to install the 2.05 patch upon the next load. It entirely circumvents the XMB-level patch that has never worked on CFW to begin with, and effectively brings the physics improvements and content unlock updates that have been officially added to the game over the past year to us CFW users. It works perfectly. The only two caveats: You must avoid trying the legitimate update process (easily avoided), and you must keep the 2.05 patch data on your memory stick at all times. Hardly a big deal.
If nothing else, I first needed to plow through the annoying tutorial bits and clear the first level just to gain access to the main menu. Unsurprisingly, I could not go online without the patch (even with PSNLover), and none of my purchased content (already properly installed on my PSP by my PS3) was showing up. Only to realize that the LPB ISO rip I made off my UMD last year was borked. So I had to re-rip it first.
So I followed the tutorial, deleted the ISO from my mem stick, patched it with the necessary files, copied it back to my mem stick, double-verified that the 2.05 content patch and all of my DLC were saved in the right place on my mem stick, and finally fired the game up. Again. I was happy to note that the game fired up the 2.05 content patch and completed it successfully. Neither the ISO hack nor the content patch fucked with my save data (a fine thing, since I didn't want to play the tutorial and first stage again). Even better, I immediately noticed a new menu item under the standard Story Levels and Downloaded Levels menu items: Purchased Levels. That was an encouraging start.
I navigated over to the Go Online option, flicked on the WAN, and thanks to PSN Lover, had no problem signing in. So after a quick DLC refresh, I now had access to the Community Moon, and was able to search and filter the various categories and screens of user-contributed content. I didn't actually try downloading anything, but I'm confident that it'll work. I took a very brief look into the purchased content and Sackboy customization menus, and it seems like my purchased DLC is showing up just fine. There have been something like 40 or 50 pieces of DLC made available over the past year or so, and I didn't go through a check-list to see if all of my data is there, but I can't imagine why it wouldn't be.
So. Success. LBP works with CFW, can be taken online, and will recognize purchased DLC. Pity the game sucks. ;p It was a fun challenge, though. I won't be providing links to the tutorial, its downloads, or any other resource I used, since some of it either entails or directly links to pirated content and/or decrypted/hacked versions of Sony-owned data files. But if I can blind-Google it, I imagine that anyone can.
Now, with all do respect, I'll be setting aside these PSP hacking endeavors and continue tonight's derailed DSi hacking endeavors! Cheers!
But after a few minutes of Googling, it seems to require an online entitlement to play online, much like other recent games such as Phantasy Star Portable 2. I know from that game, that the pass/voucher to redeem the online entitlement came in the game's case. If you're renting, borrowing, or buying used, then you'd have to purchase a stand-alone pass from PSN. These seem to cost something like $10-$15, depending on the game.
I had no problems redeeming the voucher that came with my copy of PSP2.
I actually did it via my PS3, since PSNLover seems to work fine for multiplayer gaming, online account management, and the downloading of free or previously purchased content, but can occasionally get wonky with purchasing new content. Either way, redeeming the voucher added the pass to the list of services tied to my PSN account. I have that same PSN account tied to my PSP, so I quickly took signed into PSN with it (PSN Lover 1.2 plug-in was a must for this) to "update" my PSP with that entitlement. After that, I was able to go online with PSP2 (again, PSN Lover is a must) without issue.
I'd imagine that the Modnation Racers PSP online process is almost identical.
SalsaShark said:
Actually, I spent something like 40 minutes the other night transferring all of my LBP PSP DLC purchases to my PSP. I haven't been playing the game, but I have been keeping up with all of the DLC. Yeah yeah, I'm part of the problem, I know. However, what I thought would be a fun little 20 minute research and update project wound up taking me something like two hours! :lol
So it's been on my mind for the past week or so to try to tackle the "LBP CFW problem." As you may or may not know, LBP PSP required a series of content patches (now up to 2.05, inclusive) in order to open up the ability to go online, download new levels, and access both free and paid purchased content, etc. Problem is, it didn't use a typical (for PSP) patching method, and whatever method they did use seemed to have somewhat defeated the CFW scene. Edit - Upon further reading, it just appears to be a *new* method introduced in 6.0 or 6.10. The newest CFWs predate 6.0 and so, just don't know how to handle the new update method. Apparently.
Of course, the pirates got around this by essentially ripping the DLC off, decrypting it, and releasing it for free. And doing something similar for at least some of the community content. But what about those that had all those goodies legitimately? Not to mention the hassle involved in finding the pirated content and manually managing and installing it.
One of the more prominent LittleBigPlanet piracy scenes did have an interesting solution/development posted in the form of a tutorial that allowed you to patch the ISO in such a way that it could read the legitimate 2.05 patch from the memory stick. It was a fairly simple 2 downloads, 5 step tutorial that should be at least somewhat familiar to anyone that's hacked/patched their ISOs with UMDGen in the past. Something that was quite common post-FW 6.0 and pre-CFW Prometheus patch.
It's actually a damn clever little ISO hack that forces to game to install the 2.05 patch upon the next load. It entirely circumvents the XMB-level patch that has never worked on CFW to begin with, and effectively brings the physics improvements and content unlock updates that have been officially added to the game over the past year to us CFW users. It works perfectly. The only two caveats: You must avoid trying the legitimate update process (easily avoided), and you must keep the 2.05 patch data on your memory stick at all times. Hardly a big deal.
If nothing else, I first needed to plow through the annoying tutorial bits and clear the first level just to gain access to the main menu. Unsurprisingly, I could not go online without the patch (even with PSNLover), and none of my purchased content (already properly installed on my PSP by my PS3) was showing up. Only to realize that the LPB ISO rip I made off my UMD last year was borked. So I had to re-rip it first.
So I followed the tutorial, deleted the ISO from my mem stick, patched it with the necessary files, copied it back to my mem stick, double-verified that the 2.05 content patch and all of my DLC were saved in the right place on my mem stick, and finally fired the game up. Again. I was happy to note that the game fired up the 2.05 content patch and completed it successfully. Neither the ISO hack nor the content patch fucked with my save data (a fine thing, since I didn't want to play the tutorial and first stage again). Even better, I immediately noticed a new menu item under the standard Story Levels and Downloaded Levels menu items: Purchased Levels. That was an encouraging start.
I navigated over to the Go Online option, flicked on the WAN, and thanks to PSN Lover, had no problem signing in. So after a quick DLC refresh, I now had access to the Community Moon, and was able to search and filter the various categories and screens of user-contributed content. I didn't actually try downloading anything, but I'm confident that it'll work. I took a very brief look into the purchased content and Sackboy customization menus, and it seems like my purchased DLC is showing up just fine. There have been something like 40 or 50 pieces of DLC made available over the past year or so, and I didn't go through a check-list to see if all of my data is there, but I can't imagine why it wouldn't be.
So. Success. LBP works with CFW, can be taken online, and will recognize purchased DLC. Pity the game sucks. ;p It was a fun challenge, though. I won't be providing links to the tutorial, its downloads, or any other resource I used, since some of it either entails or directly links to pirated content and/or decrypted/hacked versions of Sony-owned data files. But if I can blind-Google it, I imagine that anyone can.
Now, with all do respect, I'll be setting aside these PSP hacking endeavors and continue tonight's derailed DSi hacking endeavors! Cheers!
SalsaShark said:
I just googled that some people are having trouble to take MNR online (in CFW) even after entering the entitlement, but im just guessing they're doing something wrong.
Perhaps they don't know about, or are having issues with PSNLover and/or the online enabling voucher redemption thing.
On Google, I find more mention of the online being basically empty and dead for the game.
*shrugs*
charlequin
Banned
Mejilan said:
Still dramatically cheaper than a real MSPD of the same size.