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PSP Custom Firmware Thread
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Dragona Akehi
Retired
Mejilan said:Not to my knowledge.
Well that's fine, Brandish is running awesome anyway. (Except when you rest, the screen remains dark but that's rectified by looking at your map.)
I should do a Brandish appreciation thread to hype up the new PSP game.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Mejilan said:
On the options screen (Press start and press right on the Dpad till you get there) you can set Varik (Ares) to strafe automatically and only turn when you hold L or R with left or right on the Dpad. Apparently this helps most people.
Brandish is awesome. Awesome is Brandish.
WickedLaharl
Member
i've had lunar 2 hang up on me at that same cutscene using a multidisc eboot. to get past it i left the screen on original.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Mejilan said:
DOO EEET.
DOOOOOO EEEET.
PLAY BRANDISH WITH ME.
vanguardian1
poor, homeless and tasteless
Yay! Updated to 5.0 M33-4, and the new Popsloader, and finally my copy of Xenogears works.
*does the VERY happy dance*
*does the VERY happy dance*
Xenogears is my #1 all-time favorite, and my PS2slim destroys my savegames when I try to play it
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Quick question, is it safe to delete the despertar de cementario and Pandora battery creator from my game folder?
Peronthious
Member
ZeMMiK said:
No, you don't want to touch the official firmware if you want to go down the custom route. Depending on what PSP you have, and what firmware it's on now, you can downgrade through software only; as far as I know, this can only be done on the PSP-1000, and then pre 3.8 official. If the firmware is past 3.8 official or if you're using a PSP-2000 you'll have to obtain a "pandora" battery, which can be either purchased or can be made with a PSP that already has custom firmware, links should be in the OP. I think I remember hearing something about the PSP-3000 being able to be modified, but I'm not entirely sure about the process there.
In any case, the latest custom firmware can always be found at www.dark-alex.org, but unless you're already on custom firmware that won't be of much help.
Peronthious
Member
ZeMMiK said:
Maybe not, what firmware is it on now? You can check this by going to the main XMB, then Settings->System Settings->System Information
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Pandora battery and the magic memory stick tool made this much easier than I ever thought it would be. I'm not sure if that has changed depending on the firmware though.ZeMMiK said:
It is really simple, you either have everything needed to use it (A Pandora Battery and a Magic memory stick, details on both are in the OP), or you don't, and thus can't use it.ZeMMiK said:
I had a real hard time before I bought a ready made Datal "Tool" (Pandora) Battery, once I got that, I had CFW within 15 minutes and I haven't looked back since.
Sony doesn't want us to install CFW after all, mainly because it allows people to commit...bad things, but once you have the tools to do it, the process is quite simple, you can even convert your existing battery to Pandora and install a service menu where you can interchange between pretty much ANY CFW.
Anyway, Mejilan, The PAL versions of FF VIII and IX had copy protections on them, FF VIII was quite simple to get rid of with decent software, FF IX? !!!!!!!!!!! Anywho, it is dealt with and FF IX is spectacular on the PSP.
From the CFW? You should be able to use network update for that, if not download the official 5.00 FW, go to the Dark Alex site and follow the instructions to get the 5.00 M33-4.Guled said:
pancakesandsex
Member
Tonight I join your little club. Just wanted to say hi.
I'll be going from the latest firmware on a launch slim to the latest cfw. Wish me luck.
I'll be going from the latest firmware on a launch slim to the latest cfw. Wish me luck.
AgentOtaku
Member
Mejilan said:
Ah! ...thanks for the clarification and sorry 'bout the late reply!
Stop It said:
No! He specified he was on 3.5-something M33. M33 Network Update wasn't implemented until 3.80 M33. If he uses Network Update to upgrade, he'll overwrite his CFW with the newest official Sony firmware!
Update to 3.52 M33-4, and from there, you should be able to upgrade straight up to 5.00 M33-4.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Ok I'm having trouble helping a friend online make a pandora. He's borrowed a friend's CFW Phat PSP with 5.00 M33-3. I'm trying to get him to run UMPS 4.3. But it won't install right, whenever he tries to boot up in Pandora mode (even on the CFW unit) it just goes into one big memory loop (the memstick bay is accessing and never stops). Now in navanman's tutorial, it says you need to patch something or other when higher than 3.80, but NO OPTION LIKE THIS shows up. Pressing square anywhere does nothing. The instructions with the download only say 3.80-3.90... so I'm wondering if 5.00 bugged it?
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
I think UPMS/UPT 4/Sapphire only works up to 3.71 M33.
I believe UPT 5.02 is what you need. I've yet to use it, however. A project for the near future.
http://downloads.psp4noobz.com/download.php?view.68
I believe UPT 5.02 is what you need. I've yet to use it, however. A project for the near future.
http://downloads.psp4noobz.com/download.php?view.68
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Mejilan said:
OK downloading. I'll let you know how it goes.
pancakesandsex
Member
It is done. I'm dumping my copy of Star Ocean as we speak.
Well done!pancakesandsex said:
I hope you enjoy Star Ocean sans disc, it really is much better not to have a UMD clunking away while you play, helps load times (In most cases) and battery life too.Arse, sorry for some reason I thought Network Update worked before that FW version, sorry and thanks for the correction.Mejilan said:
pancakesandsex
Member
The biggest improvement I have seen so far is on Super Robot Wars A Portable. Eliminates like all animation load.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
pancakesandsex said:
I TOLD YOU THIS A YEAR AGO BUT NOOOOOOO DIDN'T WANT TO CFW.
Also navanman or meij should really update their post about pandoras to reflect this... because we were going for four hours trying to figure out why it wasn't working...
Dragona Akehi
Retired
luoapp said:I might run into the same problem, please do share. Thanks in advance.
It worked like a charm.
pancakesandsex
Member
Pandora creation steps I used for reference:
On a 5.00 m33 phat using the newest version of UPT (5?):
Step 1 - select standard IPL (2nd option)
Step 2 - backup battery, then create a service mode one
Step 3 - this is where I ran into trouble. while it was trying to unpack all the firmware bits, it offers to download the missing ones for you. Great, right? Not when it constantly corrupts the memory stick.
--------Download as many of the firmware pbps in advance as you can, the less time this thing needs to operate the better apparently.
When I finally got it to work it had to download 1 or 2 of them.
That's that for the battery.
After that I just held L on my slim, popped in the battery, and released when the stick access light flashed, and followed the onscreen prompts to back everything up and then install 3.90 m33.
I didn't have to do any of the stuff with the hold switch.
On a 5.00 m33 phat using the newest version of UPT (5?):
Step 1 - select standard IPL (2nd option)
Step 2 - backup battery, then create a service mode one
Step 3 - this is where I ran into trouble. while it was trying to unpack all the firmware bits, it offers to download the missing ones for you. Great, right? Not when it constantly corrupts the memory stick.
--------Download as many of the firmware pbps in advance as you can, the less time this thing needs to operate the better apparently.
When I finally got it to work it had to download 1 or 2 of them.
That's that for the battery.
After that I just held L on my slim, popped in the battery, and released when the stick access light flashed, and followed the onscreen prompts to back everything up and then install 3.90 m33.
I didn't have to do any of the stuff with the hold switch.
pancakesandsex
Member
Sorry for the double post, but all i want for Christmas is to play vanguard bandits on my psp. I'm on vista, and I am having trouble converting the iso to an eboot.
I'm using the program as described in the tutorial, but I used roxio instead of isobuster to make the iso.
When I hit "make" the secondary program it loads crashes and brings me back to the main one.
Is this a vista issue or is it due to the way I ripped the iso? Are there any solutions?
I'm using the program as described in the tutorial, but I used roxio instead of isobuster to make the iso.
When I hit "make" the secondary program it loads crashes and brings me back to the main one.
Is this a vista issue or is it due to the way I ripped the iso? Are there any solutions?
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
I'm tired of bricking my PSP every f'ew days by simply exiting to Home. Not sure if anyone has run into such an issue, but it's enough to force me to replace my launch PSP.
So, all things considered (form factor, screen, build and homebrew compatibility)... Which model of PSP is the *best* one to get?
So, all things considered (form factor, screen, build and homebrew compatibility)... Which model of PSP is the *best* one to get?
pancakesandsex
Member
MCD said:
This program seems to go by different names depending in where I look. Can you link me to the creators site?
Does it support multidisc games and images and stuff?