Crazymoogle
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Mejilan said:
Are people playing through DQ7 using popsloader, or had the emulation gotten more stable lately? I haven't tried since 3.52ish, but the hard freezes stopped me from playing.
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PSP Custom Firmware Thread
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Are people playing through DQ7 using popsloader, or had the emulation gotten more stable lately? I haven't tried since 3.52ish, but the hard freezes stopped me from playing.
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
Hot damn!
Thought I was out of luck since I had a 3.9 official firmware with a TA-88 motherboard when I bought it, but one mutilated battery later, now my PSP2000 is like the best thing ever!
Thought I was out of luck since I had a 3.9 official firmware with a TA-88 motherboard when I bought it, but one mutilated battery later, now my PSP2000 is like the best thing ever!
Crazymoogle said:
I was able to play through the whole game without any serious flaws or crashes using POPSLoader to run it under 3.72. Maybe it was 3.71. Definitely one of those two. Over 140 hours on the clock, by the time all of the bonus dungeons and bosses went down.
poweld said:Pretty sure, this. Unless you have access to someone who has a pandora's battery to work with, I believe having <= 3.50 is a must.
You're flat-out wrong. Next time, just refer such questions to the OP for a couple of really useful tutorials. Or don't answer. ;p
Petrie said:
I have a pretty thorough POPS tutorial linked from my OP. It includes creating a multi-disc eboot.
Right, that was painful, but I thought I will post here.
I currently have:
2 White PSP Phats, One with the Official 4.05 FW, One with the 4.01 M33
1 Datel Tool Battery
2 Memory sticks (1GB & 4GB, both Sandisk)
1 New XP installation (More on this later)
Much less hair than last week.
Anyway, I wanted a PSP for ages, and bought one for proper gaming purposes last week for £60, then I seen this thread, and then I wanted CFW, so I bought a tool battery from Amazon, then someone at work sold me his PSP for £60 with 4 games of awesome, so I decided to use one as official, one as fun CFW, then the problems began.
Well, the problem was simply, fucking Vista, mspformat wouldn't work, and without that, I couldn't make a Magic Memory stick, I didn't know this, and I toiled for days with different methods to no avail.
Today I installed XP, tried mspformat, it works, so I installed the Despertar del Cementerio 3.71 CFW installer, chucked in the tool battery and boom, it works, CFW installs like a charm, I upgrade to 4.01 M33 and I am a happy bunny.
Now, after all of that, I need to er....do something, off I go to explore the wonderous world of PSP CFW apps, thanks for this thread Mejilan, its been a great help
I currently have:
2 White PSP Phats, One with the Official 4.05 FW, One with the 4.01 M33
1 Datel Tool Battery
2 Memory sticks (1GB & 4GB, both Sandisk)
1 New XP installation (More on this later)
Much less hair than last week.
Anyway, I wanted a PSP for ages, and bought one for proper gaming purposes last week for £60, then I seen this thread, and then I wanted CFW, so I bought a tool battery from Amazon, then someone at work sold me his PSP for £60 with 4 games of awesome, so I decided to use one as official, one as fun CFW, then the problems began.
Well, the problem was simply, fucking Vista, mspformat wouldn't work, and without that, I couldn't make a Magic Memory stick, I didn't know this, and I toiled for days with different methods to no avail.
Today I installed XP, tried mspformat, it works, so I installed the Despertar del Cementerio 3.71 CFW installer, chucked in the tool battery and boom, it works, CFW installs like a charm, I upgrade to 4.01 M33 and I am a happy bunny.
Now, after all of that, I need to er....do something, off I go to explore the wonderous world of PSP CFW apps, thanks for this thread Mejilan, its been a great help
Congrats on the successful upgrade, Stop It!
I haven't tried them yet, but I'm about to start fiddling with these two Geometry Wars clones. Time to see which one is better.
Polygun Wars:
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=139430
Geometry Wars Retro Evolved PSP
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=139431
I haven't tried them yet, but I'm about to start fiddling with these two Geometry Wars clones. Time to see which one is better.
Polygun Wars:
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=139430
Geometry Wars Retro Evolved PSP
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=139431
Thanks Mejilan, this is my first console I have ever done anything "off the rails" on, so to be able to do so with 0 casualties is quite a feat for me.Mejilan said:
Tried both, I would say Geo Wars PSP does a slightly better job (I'm sure you have it anyway, but make sure 333Mhz is on, the FPS is a bit smoother that way), but neither quite match playing on a 360, that said i WILL be playing them while at work, heh.
Anyway, just to update my sit rep, once CFW is on, it is so easy to play about, after I realised that normal UMDs work just fine with CFW, I chucked 3.71M33-3 on my 2nd PSP, as er....I suck and haven't quite got pops working on my 4.01M33-2, no matter however.
One thing I do know is this, my local Gamestation isn't going to know what hit it, they have quite the PS1 game collection for £1 each, I am going to buy....lots of them, LOTS, as being able to play them perfectly on the go is awesome.
One thing I want to do is complete my FF collection, I have, over the years bought for PS1 FFVII (Only have platinum version now, my original went...bah), FF VIII, The quite rare FF VI PAL edition and FF1 for PSP, I now need to get FF2 PSP, and the FF Anthology (Here in the UK, it was IV & V, not V & VI like the US version). The only one I can't find is FF III, which I'll have to get the DS remake or something, arse.
Anyway, although I have looked a bit, but seem to be failing at are 2 things, firstly, are there any PSP media players that play er...anything other than mp4 files, I only ask because some files just wont convert properly, they just come up as unsupported on my PSP, which is a pain.
Also, some of these XMB replacements look awesome, but I can't seem to find anything that looks nearly as nice, help?!
FFIII only ever hit the NES (Jp only) or the DS. So I'm not sure what other version you're looking for. I think you don't mean the misnamed FFIII SNES, which was really FFVI. That too is available on the PSOne or GBA.
I don't use my PSP as a portable media device, so I really can't help you there. I have a 160GB iPod Classic and the PSP just. Cannot. Compare.
I also popped out of the custom theme scene a year ago. Too much effort, not enough rewards. Yes, some of them are insanely cool, but it's not like you'll ever see them in-game, which is where I spend most of my PSP time.
What exactly is your issue with getting POPS working? I CAN help with that, probably.
I don't use my PSP as a portable media device, so I really can't help you there. I have a 160GB iPod Classic and the PSP just. Cannot. Compare.
I also popped out of the custom theme scene a year ago. Too much effort, not enough rewards. Yes, some of them are insanely cool, but it's not like you'll ever see them in-game, which is where I spend most of my PSP time.
What exactly is your issue with getting POPS working? I CAN help with that, probably.
Probably er...effort actually, looking into it more I need to grab the profile files for the 3.80 Pops, I have them for pretty much every version prior to that though, so its probably just a case of grabbing the 3.80FW and dumping the .prx files (And updating the poploader, but that bit is simple enough), I hope, probably.Mejilan said:
As for FF III, Yeah, I know the naming systems for JP/ROW etc, and am resigned to the fact that is it DS only for me, heh.
As for media, well, the media I do get working on the PSP look awesome, and I am too cheap for an iPod, so to get my strike rate up for movie files on this thing will upgrade it from awesome to so awesome, but hey, I'll struggle on until then.
Finally, I know most shell replacements don't actually do much, but hey, it'll impress my workmates,
Oh one other thing: Snes emulation = How sex, I haven't seen Snes games look this good, its like the screen was designed to convey such games better than anything else.
To my knowledge, the newest POPSLoader plugin only supports up to the 3.72 PRXes. Until DAX releases a new version, extracting the 3.80, 3.90, etc. PRXes is pretty pointless.
There are 3 basic ways to use custom themes.
The .PTF files, which are Sony's official custom themes. These are pretty basic reskins, and that's it.
If you want to get into more robust customizations in a safe fashion, then hit up the newest version of the CXMB plugin.
As far as I know, the truly complete total XMB conversions basically require flashing the PSP, though some might have lesser/tweaked versions that also work with the CXMB plugin.
This was true moons ago, when I last looked into things. The custom theme landscape may have changed since then.
Finally, regarding converting video files to a PSP format, there are a bunch of free PC apps out there that come with ready-made PSP conversion settings built in. I remember one from years ago called PSP Video Converter 9, or some such... There may be better alternatives nowadays, though.
Edit - The only SNES emulator that's even worth bothering with: http://pspupdates.qj.net/Snes9xTYLsmcm-Test-5-27-05-08/pg/49/aid/120593
There are 3 basic ways to use custom themes.
The .PTF files, which are Sony's official custom themes. These are pretty basic reskins, and that's it.
If you want to get into more robust customizations in a safe fashion, then hit up the newest version of the CXMB plugin.
As far as I know, the truly complete total XMB conversions basically require flashing the PSP, though some might have lesser/tweaked versions that also work with the CXMB plugin.
This was true moons ago, when I last looked into things. The custom theme landscape may have changed since then.
Finally, regarding converting video files to a PSP format, there are a bunch of free PC apps out there that come with ready-made PSP conversion settings built in. I remember one from years ago called PSP Video Converter 9, or some such... There may be better alternatives nowadays, though.
Edit - The only SNES emulator that's even worth bothering with: http://pspupdates.qj.net/Snes9xTYLsmcm-Test-5-27-05-08/pg/49/aid/120593
Mejilan said:
RE: Pops, Oh, right, well, may I have just been doing it wrong (Not new for me, heh), guess I'll try again
Themes wise, I dunno if IRShell needed a flash but it was a painless process, it ran as a plugin, taking over the loading after the XMB flashed up, functional enough, but looked ugly as hell, so I didn't see a point in using it, ah well, no real need to play about with them I suppose.
Lastly, yes, thats the SNES emu I am using, great stuff, just need to grab a Mega Drive emu and I am all set.
Edit: Who the hell gave me that tag, :lol :lol
Anyway, as for media playage, PSP Video 9 says I encodes everything but spits out dud files. I'd rather if it just told me that the file isn't going to encode, ah well.
You're using that specific version? Because this emu was mostly dormant for years until a team picked it up again and released 2 or 3 upgrades (of which this was the last, so far). Seems to be dormant again, sadly.
IRShell was an OS shell, no? I've never used it, but I don't remember it even being classified as a custom theme...
IRShell was an OS shell, no? I've never used it, but I don't remember it even being classified as a custom theme...
Yeah, I thought that version name sounded familiar, I downl;oaded it and firefox added a (2) to it, confirming I had already had it, I guess I decent luck when it comes to finding stuff.Mejilan said:
I guess IRShell counts as a OS Shell yeah (It replaces the XMB rather than uses it), sorry I'm not very good with these definitions, as long as they work, they're all thingies to me.
Edit: Tag changer: It's called a Full Stop, darn Americanisations
I didn't start it honest! Seriously, after posting here for 18 months I thought I would get away with anonymity, tag/mod wise, but obviously someone has marked my card, the worrying thing is that I haven't a clue who it was.Mejilan said:
Ah well, time to put the tin foil hat on. *Hides in a corner*
Nexus Zero
Member
I've got two problems with my PSP (running 3.80):
1. The 4.01 M-33 update doesn't work. I run the update and it tells me that 401.pbp doesn't exist. It gives me the option to download it from the internet but I haven't been able to get my PSP working with my router. Shouldn't it be included in the update file?
2. I try and run the USB Special System Storage program to backup my UMDs but it says "The game could not be started. (8002014C)". I googled the error and one solution offered was to make a folder called GAME150 and run it from there after setting it to 1.50 mode, but it game me the error without a C at the end.
1. The 4.01 M-33 update doesn't work. I run the update and it tells me that 401.pbp doesn't exist. It gives me the option to download it from the internet but I haven't been able to get my PSP working with my router. Shouldn't it be included in the update file?
2. I try and run the USB Special System Storage program to backup my UMDs but it says "The game could not be started. (8002014C)". I googled the error and one solution offered was to make a folder called GAME150 and run it from there after setting it to 1.50 mode, but it game me the error without a C at the end.
Nexus Zero said:
1. You need to download the Sony 4.01 FW from any reputable PSP site, rename the EBOOT.PBP file to 401.PBP and place this file in the root of your Memory Stick (beside VIDEO, MUSIC, ISO folders)
2. 4.01 M33 and all M33 FW have inbuilt UMD dumping programs. Press SELECT, change USB DEVICE to UMD DISC and connect PSP to PC with USB.
Then drag and drop, the UMD9660.ISO file to your PC.
Nexus Zero
Member
navanman said:
Perfect, thanks!
Yes, if I can do it, anyone can, with a Pandora battery, the process becomes very, very simple, and once you have one, you can use UPMS to soft convert any battery to Pandora, brilliant stuff.Kafel said:
Anyway, to update you Mejilan, I have got pops working on a CFW later than 3.71, First 3.90 M33 then 4.01 M33-2, yey!
So, with UPMS I can jump between any FW at will, and with all apps working on any FW I choose, I no longer need 2 PSPs. Ah well, I guess I have a Christmas present sorted already!
Yeah, I had my first scare today, using the UPMS, I tried DCv4, which in turn, hiccuped somewhere and bricked the PSP, the thing wouldn't boot after that. Unphased, I held LT while booting again and the UPMS menu comes up, phew!Mejilan said:
Although I have been careful as I can be so far, I have already seen what can go wrong with CFW, having a failsafe is a great reassurance when tinkering around.
Oh, one final thing, I have worked out the problem with mp4 files, some (And I haven't found a pattern yet), work via the VIDEO folder, other need a special folder/name that PSP video manager nicely does for me. It's strange, but at least 95% of my converted videos work now.
Nexus Zero
Member
Agh I've placed 401.PBP in the root and it still won't recognise the file :/
overthehill99
Member
Are they ever gonna get it up to the most recent firmwear? I want to use Remote Play.....
Nexus Zero
Member
Stop It said:
That's the spot, thanks.
navanman said:
Yeah, I'm still learning the ropes here, I still make a few mistakes, but I am doing mroe things right that wrong now.
Anyway, is PicoDrive the only viable Mega Drive emu for PSP or are there others worth trying, I'm just about to stick it on my PSP but advise would be lovely, ta.
prodystopian
Member
My GoW PSP is waiting for me at home, but my TOOL battery is shipping from Hong Kong (Dealextreme was cheap and I didn't realize it was that far before I ordered). Anyone have any idea how long the battery might take (PA, USA) or what I should look for to see if this PSP is hackable (someone on here said they had trouble with a GoW PSP)?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
prodystopian said:
Dealextreme always has quick shipping to me here in Canada.
Yeah, PicoDrive is at 1.51.Mejilan said:
I did notice DGen, but also saw that it wasn't very up to date and was worried it might not work with a newer CFW, but hey, can't hurt to have both installed and use whatever works better.
Crazymoogle
Member
Mejilan, do you happen to have a popsloader tutorial on tap, or have things simplified since the days of psardump and stuff..?
Crazymoogle
Member
Mejilan said:
Is there any sort of official install plan though? I saw a few tutorials from 3.5~ish, dunno what has changed in 4.01, and the readme doesn't seem to say anything about it other than the path.
Crazymoogle said:
POPSLoader hasn't changed. It installs and runs just how it always did. Keep in mind that on 4.01, you'll be using the out-of-date 3.80 M33/3.90 M33 version, so it's PRX support caps out at 3.72. In other words, don't bother dumping the PRXes for 3.80 and higher.
Crazymoogle
Member
Mejilan said:
Hmm. Is it even worth installing for DW7 then? 4.01 seems relatively sturdy so far.