PS1 Emulator Cracked on PSP

[youruglyclone]

Can someone please help me? I'm really close to getting PSX games to run on my PSP, however I'm like one step away. I was recommended to use this program (http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/about60371.html) to convert the PSX games over. However once I downloaded it where do I put these files within my PSP? I can't figure it out. Any help would be much appreciated.

all ps1 games go into the psp/game/ folder of your memory stick.

as for norkusa's assertions I'm thinking of doing recovering to 1.5 and then back up...so it'll be a yoyo effect for me.

but I finally tried it last night on my last psp and frankly today I'm playing DBZ Legends on my PSP.

life is alright

[norkusa]

as for norkusa's assertions I'm thinking of doing recovering to 1.5 and then back up...so it'll be a yoyo effect for me.

Hold on a sec. Are you saying you want to go from 3.02 OE-b ->1.5 ->3.03 OE-a? If so, I don't think you can do that. The 3.03 OE-a updater only works if you are updating directly from 3.02 OE-b.


You're supposed to do it like this: 1.5 -> 3.02 OE a -> 3.02 OE b -> 3.03 OE a

[NE146]

Hold on a sec. Are you saying you want to go from 3.02 OE-b ->1.5 ->3.03 OE-a? If so, I don't think you can do that. The 3.03 OE-a updater only works if you are updating directly from 3.02 OE-b.


You're supposed to do it like this: 1.5 -> 3.02 OE a -> 3.02 OE b -> 3.03 OE a

heh dude now you're confusing me because when I asked above about going from 3.02 OE B -> 3.03 OE A, you said:


I already had my PSP set to 1.5 kernal before the update. I don't think you can even run the update app if it's not set to that anyways, so yeah, make sure 1.5 kernal is enabled.

Which made me think you downgraded from 3.02 OEB to 1.5, before you went up to 3.03 OE A. LOL

Yeah I know it's probably a miscommunication, but clarity is needed! :)

[norkusa]

Ahhh, okay. I understand where you guys are getting confused now. When it says '1.5 Kernal', that doesn't mean have your PSP firmware back on v1.5. That just means the PSP's 3.02 OE settings have to be set to 1.5 kernal.

To do this, shut down your PSP and hold the R trigger when you are powering up again. That'll take you to the 3.02 OE recovery mode main menu (it'll be purple with plain white text). After you do that, select 'Configuration' and then you'll see a list of options that you can tweak. The 3rd one down, Game Folder Homebrew should say "currently: 1.50 Kernel". This setting basically allows you to run homebrew on 3.02 OE.

It should be at 1.50 anyway, but you might want to double check before you start the update just to make sure.

[NE146]

Actually I already did the update. I took the phrase that if you're already on 3.02 OE B, then "just install and then flash" and ran with it!

And it worked! Sort of..... :p

See it's not quite accurate since that executable you linked to extracts to the \PSP\GAME folder, and it can't run from there (I tried and it said it couldnt be started). But when I manually moved the contents to the \PSP\GAME150 folder, it ran like a charm and now I'm at 3.03 OE A

And yeah I've never changed an option in the recovery console at all.. this is all default.

Just in case anyone's confused. You should have these folders set up.. and since it doesnt set it up for you except for the \GAME folder, you gotta do the rest yourself:

\ISO (on root, put psp isos here)
\PSP\GAME (for psx games, put their eboots in individual sub-folders)
\PSP\GAME150 (for 1.5 homebrew.. i.e. your NES and SNES emulators, etc)
\PSP\GAME320 (for 3.02 homebrew.. never tried any of these. But oh well)

[youruglyclone]

heh dude now you're confusing me because when I asked above about going from 3.02 OE B -> 3.03 OE A, you said:



Which made me think you downgraded from 3.02 OEB to 1.5, before you went up to 3.03 OE A. LOL

Yeah I know it's probably a miscommunication, but clarity is needed! :)

guess I should address that

this is the first time I used a custom firmware, so essentially I went from 1.50 to 3.03 OEA

however rather than wait for the easy installers, whenever the next major OE update is I might just revert it back to 1.5 and then do a clean install.

hope that clears things up.

[norkusa]

\PSP\GAME (for psx games, put their eboots in individual sub-folders)
\PSP\GAME150 (for 1.5 homebrew.. i.e. your NES and SNES emulators, etc)

Ya know, I've been putting everything into my PSP/GAME folder (emulators + psx games) the whole time and they all work. Just created a GAME150 folder and threw my NES emulator in it. It booted up but there were no roms available. Placed it back into my PSP/GAME folder and now the roms are visible. :hmm:

[NE146]

Ya know, I've been putting everything into my PSP/GAME folder (emulators + psx games) the whole time and they all work. Just created a GAME150 folder and threw my NES emulator in it. It booted up but there were no roms available. Placed it back into my PSP/GAME folder and now the roms are visible. :hmm:

You know.. I wonder if that has to do with the options you chose at the recovery screen. I haven't changed a single thing yet, and to get any old homebrews that ran on 1.5 firmware, I have to put them in the \PSP\GAME150 folder. However, you mentioned you had changed to the "1.5 kernal" in your posts above, so I wonder if it affects that functionality?

It'd be interesting to experiment.. but as is, I guess I got everything working so I'll leave it be for now. :)

[RPG_Fanatic]

Has anyone figured out how to do multi-disk psone games to the psp like final fantasy VII i got the first disk but what about disk 2 and 3?

[norkusa]

Has anyone figured out how to do multi-disk psone games to the psp like final fantasy VII i got the first disk but what about disk 2 and 3?

I guess the multi-disc games only work if you are allowed to save your game before swapping discs. Like FFVII lets you do this but Metal Gear Solid doesn't.

I think they found a way around the save problem with games like MGS. It involves hacked game saves and the CW Cheat app, but I'm not positive how it works..

[Ponyone]

Yes, if you don't have 1.5 kernel turned on, then you need game150, if you have it on, then you need GAME for 1.5 and game320 for games that need 3.02 firmware (which I have no idea what they are.. I'm guessing new psp games just coming out? Who knows).

[Nature Boy]

Yes, if you don't have 1.5 kernel turned on, then you need game150, if you have it on, then you need GAME for 1.5 and game320 for games that need 3.02 firmware (which I have no idea what they are.. I'm guessing new psp games just coming out? Who knows).

Not quite: The game150 directory are for the homebrews that are meant for firmware 1.5 (i.e. emulators). The game directory (not game302/game303/etc) is used for those games that are to run in the emulated firmware (i.e. PS1 games under 3.02/3.03 OE). PSP games do not go into either game directory, as the system does not recoginze PSP games in either.

[Nature Boy]

Ya know, I've been putting everything into my PSP/GAME folder (emulators + psx games) the whole time and they all work. Just created a GAME150 folder and threw my NES emulator in it. It booted up but there were no roms available. Placed it back into my PSP/GAME folder and now the roms are visible. :hmm:

That's funny, because I've left all my emulators in my GAME150 folder this whole time and they've worked just fine, although I admit I haven't fired up NesterJ in quite some time. I'm going to have to play with it now and see.

Personally, I don't use the easy installers at all because I don't trust them. It's actually pretty simple doing the update yourself the 'manual' way. You download the 1.50 firmware update and the 3.03 firmware update, stick 'em in a folder on your PSP with the appropriate file, and run program 1. It spits out a file which you then move into a second directory on your PSP, and you run that.

After that you're done. I find the readme for the manual install confuses me *way* less than the so called 'easy' installers, and I have way more confidence that what I'm doing is right and won't result in a brick.

Personally I've not gone back to 1.50 since upgrading to 3.71 SE. If you stay on top of the updates (I'm currently at 3.03 OE-A') the update to the next one is a slam dunk (since the dev assumes you're with him already).

Anybody tried docmaker yet? I'm thinking about doing it, but I'm unsure whether I really need documentation for games I've owned for 10 years :) Just wondering what sizes you used, if any.

(So far my favourite PS1 games on PSP are Intelligent Qube and Mr Driller, with Crash Bandicoot 2 and NHL 2000 getting some good play as well)

[Flojomojo]

The compression in the later versions of the GUI is brilliant, taking Vagrant Story from over 700mb to just over 100mb. The main glitches I've noticed thus far:

Soul Blade runs, but at about half speed, even at 333mhz.
Wipeout 1 and 2 don't run.
PAL games (Wipeout 3 Special Edition, baby) can convert, but don't look right.

Other than the tiny problems I can't really complain about, this is an amazing feat! It's a shame that enhanced products like this and XBOX Media Center aren't released to the public!

[norkusa]

Not quite: The game150 directory are for the homebrews that are meant for firmware 1.5 (i.e. emulators). The game directory (not game302/game303/etc) is used for those games that are to run in the emulated firmware (i.e. PS1 games under 3.02/3.03 OE). PSP games do not go into either game directory, as the system does not recoginze PSP games in either.

Thanks for clearing that up, NatureBoy. I never fully understood the point of the GAME150/GAME320 folders. I just put everything in PSP/GAME and that works for me. Don't understand why I couldn't see my rom list in NesterJ when it was placed in GAME150 though. Maybe it's because I have 1.5 Kernal enabled. Can someone with 3.03 OE-a and NesterJ test it out and see if they have the same problem? I put my Colecovision emu in the GAME150 folder to see if I'd have any probs with that one, but I was able to see all the roms fine. Maybe it's just a problem with NesterJ.


I do agree the manual instal of OE is pretty easy. I stay away from them though because I had problems with the manual install of the last DevHook release. I messed around with it for 5 hours and I still couldn't get it working. Then I switched to an EZ installer and had it running in a few minutes. I realize the install of DevHook .51 and 3.02 OE are waaaaaay different and Dev was much more complicated, but I feel more comfortable with the EZ's.

[rbudrick]

It's kind of weird that you can't just upgrade from 1.5 to 3.03OEa directly. Going those 2 extra steps is a pain, but whatever if it works!!

BTW, since the PSP has less buttons and sticks than a PS1, how do you play games that use them?

-Rob

[c0ldb33r]

Has anyone figured out how to do multi-disk psone games to the psp like final fantasy VII i got the first disk but what about disk 2 and 3?
You just have to make sure that you use the same game ID numbers for each disc (on the discs they're different, but you have to manually input the same ID for each) - that way they'll all share the same memory card. Note though, it doesn't work for games that require that you switch discs BEFORE you save :(


Just in case anyone's confused. You should have these folders set up.. and since it doesnt set it up for you except for the \GAME folder, you gotta do the rest yourself:

\ISO (on root, put psp isos here)
\PSP\GAME (for psx games, put their eboots in individual sub-folders)
\PSP\GAME150 (for 1.5 homebrew.. i.e. your NES and SNES emulators, etc)
\PSP\GAME320 (for 3.02 homebrew.. never tried any of these. But oh well)
Good summary, but it should be \PSP\GAME302 not 320 :D

And actually I renamed mine to \PSP\GAME303 now since I'm on 3.03 - I think this is what you're supposed to do.


The compression in the later versions of the GUI is brilliant, taking Vagrant Story from over 700mb to just over 100mb.
What? How? It must be ripped. I've been fiddling with compression on my games and even on level 9, it only shaves off about 25%, if that.

[norkusa]

Good summary, but it should be \PSP\GAME302 not 320 :D

And actually I renamed mine to \PSP\GAME303 now since I'm on 3.03 - I think this is what you're supposed to do.


That's what I thought at first too. Figured it was just a typo but every tutorial and readme I saw says to name it GAME320, so I just use that.

Don't think it matters what it's called anyways since you don't even need to use that folder for anything right now.

[stuffedmonkey]

You can go straight from 3.02oe b to 3.03 a without setting anything. You just put the 3.03 flasher in the /psp/game150 folder and run it. Worked great for me.

Now there is a minor update to 3.03 that I haven't run yet... these things keep coming~

[ProgrammingAce]

What? How? It must be ripped. I've been fiddling with compression on my games and even on level 9, it only shaves off about 25%, if that.

Really depends on how squishy the game is... i've been averaging about 50% compression. Some games are more spongy then others...

[Anthony1]

3.03 oe-a is just so damn awesome... I was playing some Silent Hill tonite, along with Oddworld: Abe's Odyssee. Only issues, I have are these:


1. no L2 and R2, so you either have to use the analog nub, or you have to re-assign buttons according to the specific game. In a game like Oddworld, where the L2 and R2 are used so much, it kinda sucks, but hey, beggars can't be choosers.

2. When I have two or more PS1 games on there, I can't tell which game it is, when i'm in my PSP's XMB thing. It just has the Playstation logo, and I don't know which game it is. I'm guessing there is something I can do to rectify that, I just need to figure out what I'm supposed to do. There is probably an option in PopstationGUI that allows you to configure that somehow, but I haven't figured that out yet. It would be sweet if you could somehow just use a screengrab of the game somehow.

3. Ok, this might be a personal problem, but a game like Silent Hill is a game I can sit and play for a long time, but with me when I try to sit and play a PSP game for a long time, both of my pinkie fingers on each hand start to go numb. WTF? I don't know if this is something to do with me being older and having circulation issues or something like that, or if it's just a reality that playing games on the PSP for long sessions just isn't comfortable for most people. It seems like when you grip the PSP, there just isn't enough to grip onto, and it ends up where your pinkie fingers, and that one finger that is right next to it, start falling asleep at a certain point, and going numb and tingly n shit. Maybe I should get those grip things that you can attatch to the PSP for better comfort. Sure, they look very gay, but man, if it's going to help my fingers not go numb, then I might have to roll with it, lol.

[c0ldb33r]

2. When I have two or more PS1 games on there, I can't tell which game it is, when i'm in my PSP's XMB thing. It just has the Playstation logo, and I don't know which game it is. I'm guessing there is something I can do to rectify that, I just need to figure out what I'm supposed to do. There is probably an option in PopstationGUI that allows you to configure that somehow, but I haven't figured that out yet. It would be sweet if you could somehow just use a screengrab of the game somehow.
Download PSX2PSP - you can select which images to use as the background, icon, warning screen, and you can even add music (lame) if you want. It's incredibly easy to use.

[Nature Boy]

Thanks for clearing that up, NatureBoy. I never fully understood the point of the GAME150/GAME320 folders. I just put everything in PSP/GAME and that works for me. Don't understand why I couldn't see my rom list in NesterJ when it was placed in GAME150 though. Maybe it's because I have 1.5 Kernal enabled. Can someone with 3.03 OE-a and NesterJ test it out and see if they have the same problem? I put my Colecovision emu in the GAME150 folder to see if I'd have any probs with that one, but I was able to see all the roms fine. Maybe it's just a problem with NesterJ.

It's as clear as mud to me right now because I moved everything that was in GAME150 into GAME and it still worked the same. I'm *guessing* you couldn't see NES roms for the same reason I didn't see them right away after I switched directories - NESTERJ needs to be navigated to the folder containing your roms. After moving the emu from GAME150 to GAME, I had to navigate to the new location of __SCE__NesterJ\roms\ as well.


I do agree the manual instal of OE is pretty easy. I stay away from them though because I had problems with the manual install of the last DevHook release. I messed around with it for 5 hours and I still couldn't get it working. Then I switched to an EZ installer and had it running in a few minutes. I realize the install of DevHook .51 and 3.02 OE are waaaaaay different and Dev was much more complicated, but I feel more comfortable with the EZ's.

I don't bother with DevHook anymore, as I really don't see the reason for it personally. When I was running 1.50 I used it so that I could buy and play any game I wanted. Now that I'm running 3.03 I can pretty much do that anyway, plus DevHook requires you to flash stuff to your PSP now (whereas 'in the old days' it was just software). It's one risk I'm not willing to take, as the reward is poor IMO. Why do you use it if I may ask?

[Nature Boy]

1. no L2 and R2, so you either have to use the analog nub, or you have to re-assign buttons according to the specific game. In a game like Oddworld, where the L2 and R2 are used so much, it kinda sucks, but hey, beggars can't be choosers.

Hasn't been an issue for me at all yet, because I'm playing games that don't use those buttons anyway. Like Crash 2, Mr Driller, and Intelligent Qube :)


2. When I have two or more PS1 games on there, I can't tell which game it is, when i'm in my PSP's XMB thing. It just has the Playstation logo, and I don't know which game it is. I'm guessing there is something I can do to rectify that, I just need to figure out what I'm supposed to do. There is probably an option in PopstationGUI that allows you to configure that somehow, but I haven't figured that out yet. It would be sweet if you could somehow just use a screengrab of the game somehow.

I don't use the GUIs, I use the software as is, and all I have to do is provide an "ICON0.png" (144x80) and an "PIC1.png" (480x272) in the directory and it uses those instead of the default icon. For those I personally snip the name from the cover (and resize to Icon size), and the back of the CD case (and resize) and voila - my games look consistent.

(For the most part I've found scans of my games online, but for Crash 2 and Incredible Crisis, I ended up scanning my own game, as the images I found online stunk).



3. Ok, this might be a personal problem, but a game like Silent Hill is a game I can sit and play for a long time, but with me when I try to sit and play a PSP game for a long time, both of my pinkie fingers on each hand start to go numb. WTF?

I stretch my hands all the time when playing portables, as otherwise I get cramps too, but I've never noticed a difference between PSP games versus other games. You must be holding the machine differently or something.

[Oobgarm]

2. When I have two or more PS1 games on there, I can't tell which game it is, when i'm in my PSP's XMB thing. It just has the Playstation logo, and I don't know which game it is. I'm guessing there is something I can do to rectify that, I just need to figure out what I'm supposed to do. There is probably an option in PopstationGUI that allows you to configure that somehow, but I haven't figured that out yet. It would be sweet if you could somehow just use a screengrab of the game somehow.

Get the images together you want to use, and Photochop them to fit the correct sizes. Rename them with these filenames:

ICON0.PNG - Main icon (134x74 pixels)
PIC0.PNG - Description image (240x136 pixels) (supports transparency)
PIC1.PNG - Background image (480x272 pixels)

When creating your eboot, place these 3 image files(must be .png!) in the same folder as the popstation program, and it should attach them to the eboot. If the program tells you the files are too big, you'll have to lower their resolution or otherwise reduce their filesize somehow. Just keep in mind that sub-par images really look like shit on the PSP.

This seems like a good pre-made resource:

http://pixelstation.pixelreview.net/


3. Ok, this might be a personal problem, but a game like Silent Hill is a game I can sit and play for a long time, but with me when I try to sit and play a PSP game for a long time, both of my pinkie fingers on each hand start to go numb. WTF? I don't know if this is something to do with me being older and having circulation issues or something like that, or if it's just a reality that playing games on the PSP for long sessions just isn't comfortable for most people. It seems like when you grip the PSP, there just isn't enough to grip onto, and it ends up where your pinkie fingers, and that one finger that is right next to it, start falling asleep at a certain point, and going numb and tingly n shit. Maybe I should get those grip things that you can attatch to the PSP for better comfort. Sure, they look very gay, but man, if it's going to help my fingers not go numb, then I might have to roll with it, lol.

Same here. Just rest your hands a bit when it starts to happen. Works for me.

[stuffedmonkey]

3. Ok, this might be a personal problem, but a game like Silent Hill is a game I can sit and play for a long time, but with me when I try to sit and play a PSP game for a long time, both of my pinkie fingers on each hand start to go numb. WTF? I don't know if this is something to do with me being older and having circulation issues or something like that, or if it's just a reality that playing games on the PSP for long sessions just isn't comfortable for most people. It seems like when you grip the PSP, there just isn't enough to grip onto, and it ends up where your pinkie fingers, and that one finger that is right next to it, start falling asleep at a certain point, and going numb and tingly n shit.

It's not just you. If I play the PSP for more then 30 min it will cause my hands to go numb and I have to pause every once in a while. I don't get that from other game systems - at least not the DS or the GBA SP. The ergonomics of the console are bad...

But the firmware makes up for it ;)

[norkusa]

Ahhhh, so all I had to do was switch directories to see the NES roms? Can't believe I didn't think think of that earlier. Thanks NB!



I don't bother with DevHook anymore, as I really don't see the reason for it personally. When I was running 1.50 I used it so that I could buy and play any game I wanted. Now that I'm running 3.03 I can pretty much do that anyway, plus DevHook requires you to flash stuff to your PSP now (whereas 'in the old days' it was just software). It's one risk I'm not willing to take, as the reward is poor IMO. Why do you use it if I may ask?

I don't use it any more. I just meant to say that before I installed OE, installing DevHook was a complete pain in the ass without the EZ installers. But yeah, there's basically no point in using it now if you've got OE on your PSP.


BTW people, 3.03 OE-b is supposed to be released sometime this week. I can't imagine what improvements it can have since OE-a basically does everything, but I'm looking forward to it:

http://pspupdates.qj.net/RUMOR-3-03-OE-B-coming-soon-to-a-PSP-near-you-/pg/49/aid/78767

[Anthony1]

It's not just you. If I play the PSP for more then 30 min it will cause my hands to go numb and I have to pause every once in a while. I don't get that from other game systems - at least not the DS or the GBA SP. The ergonomics of the console are bad...

But the firmware makes up for it ;)


Hmmm, then maybe some of those handle grips things would be a good idea. Again, I know they don't look very attractive attatched to the PSP, but I'd rather have my hands not go numb, then have my PSP look really cool.

[norkusa]

The 3.03 OE-b update was released today:

http://pspupdates.qj.net/3-03-OE-B-Released-Movie-Madness-/pg/49/aid/78858#comments

Just installed it. Apparently the big feature in the update is the ability to play mp4-AVC videos at a bigger resolution. I hardly ever play vids on my PSP, so I doubt I'd notice the difference anyway. Also includes a couple minor tweaks in the custom firmware.

Now if they could make a custom firmware that'll play divx and mpeg vids, THAT would be big.

[Damion]

Just to jump in and say how awesome it is to play SOTN and X-com on the go.

that and I wanted to say high to nork. I've been seeing him abit over the scene :-)

[Captain Wrong]

ISO Ripping question. I'm using ISObuster and I get errors some times. How should I handle these. Ignore? Zero out? What? Or is there a better solution to ripping ISOs?

Also, stumbled across this site with images for popstation... http://pixelstation.pixelreview.net/ Uploaded a few of my own, so if anyone wants to play Power Shovel on the go, I got you covered. LOL

And man, I hope the 8GB sticks drop in price fast. I need one!

[norkusa]

ISO Ripping question. I'm using ISObuster and I get errors some times. How should I handle these. Ignore? Zero out? What? Or is there a better solution to ripping ISOs?

I heard ISObuster is giving really poor results for most people who doing their own rips. Clone CD or Alcohol 120 is the way to go.


(Hiya, Damion :) )

[spider-man]

I love the fact that DA upped the page count for the guides to 1,000 pages (!)

[c0ldb33r]

The 3.03 OE-b update was released today:

http://pspupdates.qj.net/3-03-OE-B-Released-Movie-Madness-/pg/49/aid/78858#comments

Just installed it. Apparently the big feature in the update is the ability to play mp4-AVC videos at a bigger resolution. I hardly ever play vids on my PSP, so I doubt I'd notice the difference anyway. Also includes a couple minor tweaks in the custom firmware.

Now if they could make a custom firmware that'll play divx and mpeg vids, THAT would be big.
This doesn't interest me at all. I'm still going to install it though, because we'll likely have to install this to accomodate future upgrades.

Although I may wait on it, just to make sure, because flashing makes me nervous ;)

[norkusa]

This doesn't interest me at all. I'm still going to install it though, because we'll likely have to install this to accomodate future upgrades.

Although I may wait on it, just to make sure, because flashing makes me nervous ;)

Yeah, that's pretty much the only reason why I installed it. From what I understand though, these small updates only write to certain parts of your PSP's flash memory. So if you screw up somehow, you won't brick your PSP.

The big releases like 3.02 OE-a/3.03 OE-a completely re-write your flash memory, so those are the ones you gotta worry about.

[rbudrick]

So, having 1.5, I've gotta do like 4 or 5 installations to get to the newst version? That kinda blows.

Also, Someone mentione that they wish they could get an 8GB MSPD. PSP only recognizes up to 4GB. Unless this has changed. Input?

BTW, just got my 4GB card today! YAY!

-Rob

[norkusa]

So, having 1.5, I've gotta do like 4 or 5 installations to get to the newst version? That kinda blows.

Actually, *I think* you can go straight to 3.02 OE-a -> 3.03 OE-a from 1.5, so it'll be only like 2 or 3 updates to get to the current firmware. The small OE-b updates aren't required in between (I think).



Also, Someone mentione that they wish they could get an 8GB MSPD. PSP only recognizes up to 4GB. Unless this has changed. Input?

Last year when Sony announced the 4 & 8Gb cards, they said the 3.0 firmware would be able to handle them both, so 8gb's should work fine now.

[stuffedmonkey]

So, having 1.5, I've gotta do like 4 or 5 installations to get to the newst version? That kinda blows.

You can go from 1.5 > 3.03oea> 3.03oeb, and that will take care of everything. You cat all the homebrew features of 1.5, plus a shitload more. Besides, the 3.03oeb updates takes literally 10 seconds.

[rbudrick]

I installed 3.03OEB correctly and all, and made a folder called ISO onthe root. I put an iso in there, and nothing happens....am I doing something wrong? How do I play one of these?

Also, under the game menu in the memory stick, the updaters are still listed. How do I get rid of those?

-Rob

[NE146]

I installed 3.03OEB correctly and all, and made a folder called ISO onthe root. I put an iso in there, and nothing happens....am I doing something wrong? How do I play one of these?

Is it a psp iso? if so, then you just go to the game menu on the memory stick and you should see it listed.


Also, under the game menu in the memory stick, the updaters are still listed. How do I get rid of those?

You just delete them :p

Go to the PSP\GAME (or maybe the PSP\GAME150) folder and find their folders and, well.. delete! :P

[rbudrick]

Is it a psp iso? if so, then you just go to the game menu on the memory stick and you should see it listed.



You just delete them :p

Go to the PSP\GAME (or maybe the PSP\GAME150) folder and find their folders and, well.. delete! :P

Yeah, definitely a PSP iso. It is not listed in the game menu.

As for deleting the two installers, I go to the game directory and see two folders: 303oeflasher, and 303oeflasher%. The first one has two files in it labelled DATA.DXAR, and EBOOT.PBP. The secomd one has just one file in it labelled EBOOT.PBP. I don't klnow what exactly I'm supposed to delete to get rid of them. I also just now noticed that in the game150 folder there is another folder labelled OEB_UPDATE with a EBOOT.PBP file in it. I was afraid to delete those files because I didn't know if those were the culprits or not. Well, I had to delete them and the folders they were in get them and the stupid "corrupted data" icons to disappear. AI guess they were just labelled so ambiguously I wasn't sure whther they were important or not.

Still can't ge ISOs to work, though.

EDIT: Ok, stupid me,I thought I had the ISO folder inthe root, but I was 1 level up. Stupid. So, I put LocoRoco and Ultimate Ghost and Goblins in there and they show up. When I start either one, I get a message saying "This game could not be started. (80020321)" WTF?

EDIT: DUh again....checked the no UMD option. Thanks anyway, though. :-)
-Rob

[Anthony1]

I was wondering if anybody can help me with the PSX game icons. I'm using Simple Popstation GUI 2 Beta. It has the option towards the bottom for putting a thumbnail icon and a transparent image and background image etc. It says that for the thumbnail icon, the picture has to be 144 x 80 32 bit color. I guess you also need to rename it ICON0.PNG. For the transparent image the picture has to be 310 x 180, 8 bit color, and you rename it to PIC0.PNG. For the background image it has to be 480 x 272, 32 bit color, and you rename it to PIC1.PNG.


All I did was go to Google.com, and do a search under images for Blasto. I found a pic of the front of the jewel case for Blasto and downloaded it. Then I put it in Microsoft Paint, and clicked on the attribute options and resized the pic according. Then I saved it, and renamed it. When I tried to run the program, it said that those pics wouldn't work. So I must be doing something wrong. Any ideas?

[Oobgarm]

I was wondering if anybody can help me with the PSX game icons. I'm using Simple Popstation GUI 2 Beta. It has the option towards the bottom for putting a thumbnail icon and a transparent image and background image etc. It says that for the thumbnail icon, the picture has to be 144 x 80 32 bit color. I guess you also need to rename it ICON0.PNG. For the transparent image the picture has to be 310 x 180, 8 bit color, and you rename it to PIC0.PNG. For the background image it has to be 480 x 272, 32 bit color, and you rename it to PIC1.PNG.


All I did was go to Google.com, and do a search under images for Blasto. I found a pic of the front of the jewel case for Blasto and downloaded it. Then I put it in Microsoft Paint, and clicked on the attribute options and resized the pic according. Then I saved it, and renamed it. When I tried to run the program, it said that those pics wouldn't work. So I must be doing something wrong. Any ideas?

I dunno if MS Paint saves the pics as 32-bit color. It's also entirely possible that the actual file size is too big. I would suggest using a better photo editor.

[youruglyclone]

All I did was go to Google.com, and do a search under images for Blasto. I found a pic of the front of the jewel case for Blasto and downloaded it. Then I put it in Microsoft Paint, and clicked on the attribute options and resized the pic according. Then I saved it, and renamed it. When I tried to run the program, it said that those pics wouldn't work. So I must be doing something wrong. Any ideas?

I'm actually working on a Blasto Image set...you technically don't need to rename it as the program will accept it. however it doesn't hurt.

link if you're interested

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v337/youruglyclone/ps1%20to%20psp/Blasto/

[Anthony1]

I figured out what I was doing wrong. I was just renaming it as a PNG file, and I wasn't using actual PNG files, lol. I also found out about this thread on this website where people have already made tons of pic for various PS1 games, so it's all gravy now!

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=47122&page=10

[NE146]

As for deleting the two installers, I go to the game directory and see two folders: 303oeflasher, and 303oeflasher%. The first one has two files in it labelled DATA.DXAR, and EBOOT.PBP. The secomd one has just one file in it labelled EBOOT.PBP. I don't klnow what exactly I'm supposed to delete to get rid of them. I also just now noticed that in the game150 folder there is another folder labelled OEB_UPDATE with a EBOOT.PBP file in it. I was afraid to delete those files because I didn't know if those were the culprits or not. Well, I had to delete them and the folders they were in get them and the stupid "corrupted data" icons to disappear. AI guess they were just labelled so ambiguously I wasn't sure whther they were important or not.

Yeah just delete the folders. Or, if you really just want to make it simple, just format your memory card. Done :P

[Anthony1]

Damn, I'm still having a problem trying to get the damn game icons on my PSP. I was able to find some real png icons, and I've tried to use them, but Simple Popstation GUI 2 beta doesn't seem to let me use them. In the section at the bottom where it says, "Customize the Game", it has 6 little sections where you can put your own pics in for the icon pic, the transparent image, the background pic, music, etc. The first one is ICON0.PNG - The Thumbnail icon - 144 x 80, 32 bit colour. So I take a silent hill png from that thread I linked to above, and I put it in there. And then I try to start the process and when I hit the "go" button it says "WARNING: destination popstation.exe will be overwritten if you continue!!! Do you wish to continue?" . So I say yes, and then it says, : Run-time error '70': Permission denied, and it won't let me do it. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong.

Any suggestions?

[NE146]

You're going through a lot of hassle for something so simple. Why don't you just forget the crappy gui. Put your friggin images in the folder, and type the simple command out as it says in the readme like normal people do. And by the way, pic0.png doesn't have to be transparent.. but you can make it if you want to.

[suppafly]

You're going through a lot of hassle for something so simple. Why don't you just forget the crappy gui. Put your friggin images in the folder, and type the simple command out as it says in the readme like normal people do. And by the way, pic0.png doesn't have to be transparent.. but you can make it if you want to.

Great advice!

[norkusa]

3.03 OE-C Update released today:

http://pspupdates.qj.net/Dark-AleX-s-3-03-OE-C-Released-/pg/49/aid/80540


There's a bunch of new little features added in this update, so this will require a full flash. If you already installed the previous versions of OE though, you shouldn't have any problems with it.

[Captain Wrong]

I'd heard a rumor that you could shrink the PSX games in a manner similar to shrinking PS2 games for the HDD. I got one game to work, sans music, and another locked. :/

[Joker T]

If you were running 3.03 and wanted to try this, today is your lucky day.

3.03 downgrader released:
http://pspupdates.qj.net/Are-you-ready-for-homebrew-3-03-HEN-and-Downgrader-released-/pg/49/aid/80842

[norkusa]

If you were running 3.03 and wanted to try this, today is your lucky day.

3.03 downgrader released:
http://pspupdates.qj.net/Are-you-ready-for-homebrew-3-03-HEN-and-Downgrader-released-/pg/49/aid/80842

Wow, that was fast.

I figured it'd be at least a couple weeks until a downgrader was released since the 3.03 exploit was just discovered a few days ago. Guess not though.

Looks like the only drawback is that you need an unpatched UMD of Liberty City Stories. But hey, that's a small price to pay to get homebrew on your PSP.

[s1lence]

Just a word of note, the 3.03 downgrader works very well and there is a new firmware out, 3.10 OE. It pretty much eliminates the need for DevHook, its up on psp-hacks.com btw.

[rbudrick]

Just a word of note, the 3.03 downgrader works very well and there is a new firmware out, 3.10 OE. It pretty much eliminates the need for DevHook, its up on psp-hacks.com btw.

Well, for me the 3.XX OE releases eliminated the need for Devhook. Why is 3.10 any different in your opinion? Wasn't sure if there was a feature you were referring to.

-Rob

[norkusa]

Has anyone updated to 3.10 OE-a yet? I've got the installer downloaded but haven't put it on my PSP yet. Mainly because I heard this new version of OE is real buggy and a lot of people are going back down to 3.03 OE after updating to 3.10 OE.

[Ponyone]

I have it installed (3.10 oe-a' or oe-a2)

You might want to hold off on it because it somehow crippled a lot of PS1 games (if you made custom eboots and pics and what not)

The nice features are that you now have the 4th power on the backlight without needing the DC, and PAL PS games fit the screen and run perfect (if you get PS games to work) and a volume equalizer thingy.

Sony already put 3.11 out, so expect OE soon. I hope the PS thing is resolved.

Again, they'll work depending on if you use customs or not. Or something.

[zemmix]

I'm leaving mine at 3.03 oe-c for a long time I think. It seems to work just fine so far. Before this though my PSP literally sat on the shelf for over a year collecting dust. Its sad that nothing Sony has done or published has made me want to play it.

[Nature Boy]

A few things.

First of all, just to be nitpicky, 2.71 SE actually eliminated the need for DevHook, not 3.xx. It took me awhile to convince myself to upgrade to 2.71 from 1.5, but I've never been dissatisfied with my decision, and I now upgrade as soon as the newer custom firmwares come out.

So yes, I've upgraded to 3.10 OE-A (and then A2) and have had *ZERO* problems with my PSX games or with anything else. In fact one of them that didn't work before (Syphon Filter 3) now works without graphical glitches (it looked like the PAL issues people were having, but since I own the game and ripped it myself I *know* it was NTSC, so there must simply be some similarities).

I suspect the problems people have with PSX games come because they are using something other than the provided DOS level converter provided with the OS, which may be converting using older code. It's been documented that games converted with 3.02 required a workaround to work on 3.03, and that hasn't changed with 3.10 other than that workaround no longer works.

3.10 offers more options under the PSX emulator, and actually fixes the graphical glitches I was encountering in Syphon Filter 3 (so it's now playable). For the record, I've ripped my own personal copies of over a dozen PSX games that I own, using the DOS based software provided with the firmware updates, and they work perfectly.

(Also, for the record, I recommend getting comfortable updating firmware using *only* the software provided by the author, not one of the 'easy' updaters. It's not really that hard to do anyway, and those 'easy' updaters just mean you have to trust an extra unneeded programmer to make zero mistakes)

[jsiucho]

Anyone live in the Miami area that would like to help me downgrade my PSP please send me a pm, I dont have GTA

Thanks

[segagamer4life]

Anyone know of a 3.11 downgrader?

[norkusa]

Anyone know of a 3.11 downgrader?

There isn't one out yet. As of now, you can only downgrade from 3.10 or lower.

[segagamer4life]

Yeah, that's pretty much the only reason why I installed it. From what I understand though, these small updates only write to certain parts of your PSP's flash memory. So if you screw up somehow, you won't brick your PSP.

The big releases like 3.02 OE-a/3.03 OE-a completely re-write your flash memory, so those are the ones you gotta worry about.


Ok stupid question, I have my system at 1.5 and am trying to run the 3.10ae UPDATER, but I need to make a dax file, anyone have any ideas? I have searched the hell out of this, found a DAX creator, but it wants an ISO.. bottom line I am confused, any help would be greatly appreciated.

[norkusa]

Ok stupid question, I have my system at 1.5 and am trying to run the 3.10ae UPDATER, but I need to make a dax file, anyone have any ideas? I have searched the hell out of this, found a DAX creator, but it wants an ISO.. bottom line I am confused, any help would be greatly appreciated.


I'm not sure I understand completely...you have a 1.5 PSP and you're trying to run the 3.10ae UPDATE? Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you need to be on 3.10a *first* before running the 3.10ae update?

Or is the updater something completely different than the update?

EDIT: Never mind, I think I know what you mean now. You're talking about 3.10 OE-a firmware, right? Not the 3.10 OE-a2 update. I've never done one of those manually...I just always grab the EZ-Installers so I don't have to mess with it. If you can't figure it out, you should download one of those.

[jcalder8]

EDIT: Never mind, I think I know what you mean now. You're talking about 3.10 OE-a firmware, right? Not the 3.10 OE-a2 update. I've never done one of those manually...I just always grab the EZ-Installers so I don't have to mess with it. If you can't figure it out, you should download one of those.
Since you seem to know what you're talking about and I'm in the same boat as segagamer4life. Where would I find one of these EZ-Installers? If I install 3.10 OE-a would I be able to run games on it, I mean original games not homebrew or "backups"? I thought that I heard some games require you to have the latest Sony made firmware so would that be a problem with 3.10 OE-a or does it act like that so the game doesn't try to update the firmware.
Thanks for the help

[segagamer4life]

Since you seem to know what you're talking about and I'm in the same boat as segagamer4life. Where would I find one of these EZ-Installers? If I install 3.10 OE-a would I be able to run games on it, I mean original games not homebrew or "backups"? I thought that I heard some games require you to have the latest Sony made firmware so would that be a problem with 3.10 OE-a or does it act like that so the game doesn't try to update the firmware.
Thanks for the help



yeah I guess I was following the instructions off the psp-hack site, so I was at 2.71 and downgraded to 1.50, then I thought I needed to get to 3.10oe-c but I think your saying I need to get to the SONY version of 3.10 first, then goto 3.10 oe-c secondary?

[jcalder8]

yeah I guess I was following the instructions off the psp-hack site, so I was at 2.71 and downgraded to 1.50, then I thought I needed to get to 3.10oe-c but I think your saying I need to get to the SONY version of 3.10 first, then goto 3.10 oe-c secondary?
I don't know a lot but whatever you do don't upgrade your psp with ANY Sony updates! You will not be able to downgrade afterwards.

[Nature Boy]

Where would I find one of these EZ-Installers?

I wouldn't recommend using them at all. It's pretty easy to use the real installers as supplied instead, and you don't have to trust the coding of *two* programmers while messing around with your firmware. I recall at least one E-Z installer causing some bricks for an ealier OE release.

Here's how I've done it:

(this is for 3.10 OE-A but is applicable to all OE releases. And I take no responsibility if you brick your PSP - this is simply what I did when I updated my own and a buddy's PSP:) ).

(BTW: This should go without saying, but you can't install this unless you're running one of the following firmwares: 1.50/2.71 SE/3.02 OE/3.03 OE. If you need help downgrading to 1.5 that's another story)

First, download the official 1.50 and 3.10 firmware updates. Straight from Sony or any site you trust. Google is your friend. Rename them to be 150.pbp and 310.pbp

Download Dark Alex's 3.10 OE-A software onto your PC.

Copy the "oeupdmaker" and "%oeupdmaker" directories onto your PSP (depending on which firmware you're running and how you're running it, it will have to go inside the GAME or GAME150 directory). Both 150.pbp and 310.pbp are to be placed inside the "oeupdmaker" directory.

Now launch the oeupdmaker software on your PSP. Give it a few minutes, and it creates the DXAR file you require. Why can't you just download this file you may ask? Firmwares after 2.6 or so are PSP specific - anything you download will only work on the original PSP, not yours.

After that's run, move the dxar out of the "oeupdmaker" directory (either copy it to your PSP or leave it under GAME. You can then delete both "oeupdmaker" directories.

Next, copy the "310oeflasher" and "%310oeflasher" directories into the same GAME directory as before. Move the dxar file into the "310oeflasher" directory. Now run it.

Voila - you're running 3.10 OE-A.

A word of caution: if you were running a previous OE/SE firmware and had enabled any hacks, you'll see the blue screen of death at the end of the process. You haven't bricked your PSP, just scared yourself to death. If you don't want to see it at all, simply disable all hacks.

(When I did mine I had nothing enabled so I didn't see the screen. When I did my buddy's PSP I forgot to even check, and when I saw that screen I almost wet myself - then I remembered reading about it).

If you want to create your own PS1 games you can either use the official software that came with 3.03 OE-A (which is DOS based), or use one of the many GUI based tools out there. Personally, I just use the DOS based tool, as it's simple enough and I have confidence, again, that I'm not trusting more programmers than I have to.

If you have questions PM me - I'll be glad to help.

[norkusa]

I don't know a lot but whatever you do don't upgrade your psp with ANY Sony updates! You will not be able to downgrade afterwards.

Yeah, never let any official Sony firmware touch your PSP. I was talking about the OE (custom) firmware, which is completely different.

Just do what Nature Boy said (I'm even saving that info for myself so I can do a manual install next time). If you *really* want to try an EZ-Installer though, here's the one's I've been using:

http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=58272

I haven't updated to 3.10 OE yet (I hear it's sort of flakey playing some UMD's), but I've used 3 or 4 of Calo's EZ-installers in the past and hand no problems with them. Only takes about 2-3 minutes and you're done.

[Nature Boy]

I haven't updated to 3.10 OE yet (I hear it's sort of flakey playing some UMD's), but I've used 3 or 4 of Calo's EZ-installers in the past and hand no problems with them. Only takes about 2-3 minutes and you're done.

I haven't had any problems with UMDs - have you heard which ones? And are you talking about UMDs or ISOs?

(Personally, I don't play UMDs anymore - after I buy a game I convert it to ISO. That way I still support the industry and enjoy the benefits that ISO gaming offers - faster load times and longer battery life).

I personally updated from 3.03 OE to 3.10 OE because of the PS1 emulator update. I had a copy of Syphon Filter 3 that showed green graphical glitches under 3.03 (and was unplayable). 3.10 fixes those glitches. If you're excited about PS1 games on your PSP I'd recommend 3.10.

[norkusa]

I haven't had any problems with UMDs - have you heard which ones? And are you talking about UMDs or ISOs?

yeah, i'm talking about ISO's. The one I hear people are having problems with is Metal Slug. I think there's another one too but i can't remember (the latest Metal Gear game maybe?).

Read a lot of posts from people saying they went up to 3.10 OE-a but went back down to 3.03 OE-a because it was so buggy. This was before the OE-a2 update was released though, so I don't know if that fixed the problems or not.

BTW, what does 3.10 OE do for PS1 games? Make them run smoother?

[jcalder8]

Hey Nature Boy and norkusa
Just wanted to say thanks for your help as I'm now running 3.10 OE-A.

[norkusa]

Hey Nature Boy and norkusa
Just wanted to say thanks for your help as I'm now running 3.10 OE-A.

No prob. Did you go with the EZ-Install or did you do it yourself? I just need a second opinion on how easy the manual install is before I attempt it.

[jcalder8]

No prob. Did you go with the EZ-Install or did you do it yourself? I just need a second opinion on how easy the manual install is before I attempt it.
I was too chicken and I used THIS (http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=51870) installer.

[NE146]

Let me just say I've been at 3.10 OE-A' (the update to 3.10 OE-A) ever since it came out. And for every single update, I've used the EZ installers on 3 psp's including a TA-082. Zero problems.

I got them all off that link NorkUSA posted in the 1st or 2nd page of this thread.. it always got updated with each new release