PSP Recent Homebrew/Piracy Breakthroughs

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WackFiend

#141 January 27, 2007, 06:53:32 am

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Apparently, if by some strange reason you upgraded your PSP past 2.71 (or were like me and didn't know you shouldn't have), someone broke the latest firmware using the old Liberty City exploit:

Link

I haven't tried it yet, but I thought this was pretty good news.

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Ghost_Aspergers

#142 January 27, 2007, 07:01:13 am

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Quote from: Belross on January 27, 2007, 06:01:09 am

Is anyone else having problems with FFVII? I converted disc 1 from my own copy of the game, and running 3.03 OE-B, there are some minor graphical glitches during battles. The initial BATTLE SWIRL doesn't work, the names and hp/mp stats etc. flicker annoyingly, and some other small things. The video in the first post, though, shows the battle running perfect.

What's wrong

Rip it again... but this time, don't compress it. Atleast keep it at a low level so your psp can read the game easier. It makes the difference. In some of the games that I've been playing... it made the difference between being unplayable... and being absolutely perfect.

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Belross

#143 January 27, 2007, 07:17:58 am

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Will that help with some of the shitty sounds, or is that just an unavoidable artifact of the PSP's emulation?

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Ghost_Aspergers

#144 January 27, 2007, 07:20:48 am

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I wouldn't know. I haven't tried any FF games on PSP yet. The only Square game I've tried was Chrono Cross... and with no compression.. it worked perfectly. Sound included. There where a few hickups at first... but that was because of the quality of my CD~

( Though... it did freeze after your 7ish character invite. I haven't tried tried playing again since they fixed the memory leak in 3.03... but everyone else says it works so yeah~ ).

Last Edit: January 27, 2007, 07:29:21 am by Chainer

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Belross

#145 January 27, 2007, 07:37:48 am

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Hmm. I'll rip some uncompressed FFVII/FFT files and see if there is any difference. Might as well put my new 4 Gb card to good use.

Thanks for the info.

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Patricl{

#146 January 27, 2007, 09:30:06 am

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Quote from: WackFiend on January 27, 2007, 06:53:32 am

Apparently, if by some strange reason you upgraded your PSP past 2.71 (or were like me and didn't know you shouldn't have), someone broke the latest firmware using the old Liberty City exploit:

Link

I haven't tried it yet, but I thought this was pretty good news.

:O

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Belross

#147 January 28, 2007, 07:25:33 am

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Well, my issues were sort of fixed by making uncompressed copies. The sound in FFT seems very very slightly improved, but FF7 still has some minor glitches (although less than before) and the battle swirl is still missing. Oh well.

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Ghost_Aspergers

#148 January 29, 2007, 04:15:43 am

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Man... when are they going to make a CWcheat for 3.03b ( or c ). I can't continue any of my multi disk games without it ( I plan on loading the games on to epsxe, swapping the disk on my pc, save the game, then import the memory card... to fix the disk swap issues ).

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nevermind

I was installing it wrong. I misread the directions. Instead of instaling the contents of MS_Root to my psp's root directory... I was installing the contents of MS_Root to MP_Root on my psp's root directory. I also tried renaming MP_Root to MS_Root... and it obviously didn't work.

I eventually got it right though.

Still.. this is much too complicated. There has to be an easier way to convert memory card files.

Last Edit: January 29, 2007, 07:40:33 pm by Chainer

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headphonics

#149 February 01, 2007, 08:39:56 pm

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Man, on one hand I find shit like this incredibly cool and would kind of like to have the option to play random older console games on the go, but then I look at the price tag, and remind myself that I already HAVE a boatload of ROMs and ISOs on my computer that I never ever touch due to extreme disinterest. So, this would probably be another one of those BUY ME A GUITAR/SKATEBOARD/VENTRILOQUIST DUMMY things where I'm stoked about it and then find it incredibly boring after about twelve minutes. So I don't know, maybe in a bit when I have absolutely any reason why I'd be playing video games on the go. Or maybe when it gets some more funtionality, like uh, Internet browsing/other shit I'd do on a computer (although I can't imagine any of it being very intuitive with that kind of interface). I think I'd be more eager if the library of the PSP itself didn't seem so 1) lackluster, and 2) hilariously overpriced considering point 1.

Still though, very cool imo.

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Ghost_Aspergers

#150 February 01, 2007, 08:42:30 pm

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It does has an internet browser... via wifi. I made a (shitty) topic in the crap shack with my psp... about posting with my psp.

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dada

#151 February 01, 2007, 09:06:16 pm

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Quote from: Mateui on January 10, 2007, 10:48:56 pm

3.03 OE-B.

The major updates to this firmware are:
- Changed the structure of the program to have more free ram in game mode (This supposedly fixes some of the PSX games that have been freezing at times like FF8)
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But it didn't seem to have fixed it. FFVIII still crashes during the first Dollet visit. I've had it crash during two different actions in the battle (right at the moment of loading the battle animations) with the large snake.

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Pillsbury Hitman

#152 February 02, 2007, 12:53:39 am

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This seems to be great news for me (or at least it might be, in the near future): http://www.pspfanboy.com/2007/01/28/3-03-downgrader-released-yay/

Anyone have any idea whether this will work on a TA-86? And how can I tell if a copy of GTA: LCS is the correct version? And finally, is this downgrader even remotely safe, or am I likely to end up with a thoroughly bricked paperweight?

Last Edit: February 02, 2007, 12:57:05 am by Pillsbury Hitman

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Beasley

#153 February 02, 2007, 05:08:34 am

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Pillsbury did you read anything in this entire topic at all?

You don't need GTA at all. Yes you can use TA-86, and no, unless you are pretty retarded it will not brick. The steps in the guides provided are fairly fool proof

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dada

#154 February 02, 2007, 07:09:22 am

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Quote from: Hobbez on February 02, 2007, 05:08:34 am

Yes you can use TA-86, and no, unless you are pretty retarded it will not brick. The steps in the guides provided are fairly fool proof

But you should still check it out carefully. I have a TA-82 and had to use a different hack than normal to downgrade mine.

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Kalar

#155 February 02, 2007, 12:24:54 pm

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I asked around for something like this, but after a week or so of lax googling, I found it: The Holy Grail. If you want to watch movies infull 480x272, you'll need this. There's no other option.

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=48835&highlight=480x272

Also, on two side-notes: 1) There's an 3.03 OE-C released, but it doesn't seem pressing and b) plug a sound system into your PSP, plug it into the charger and enjoy your recently "ripped" Alundra to the max while slowly losing the last remains of your survival instinct to a really awesome game.

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Chuga Choo Train

#156 February 02, 2007, 09:15:01 pm

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Quote from: Hobbez on February 02, 2007, 05:08:34 am

Pillsbury did you read anything in this entire topic at all?

You don't need GTA at all. Yes you can use TA-86, and no, unless you are pretty retarded it will not brick. The steps in the guides provided are fairly fool proof

That link's for version 3.03 silly.

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Ghost_Aspergers

#157 February 03, 2007, 01:18:18 am

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Do you not get why? They came out with downgrader for 3.03. That means if you couldn't downgrade already... you can upgrade to 3.03 and then downgrade.

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Chuga Choo Train

#158 February 03, 2007, 01:58:01 am

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Quote from: Chainer on February 03, 2007, 01:18:18 am

Do you not get why? They came out with downgrader for 3.03. That means if you couldn't downgrade already... you can upgrade to 3.03 and then downgrade.

@_@

Ok I'll put it Chainer man terms. The downgrader for version 3.03 requires a copy of GTA:Liberty Stories unpatched. Hobbez thinks the entire topic was topic about the 3.03 downgrader. In actuality the entire topic was talking about the version 2.71(i think) downgrader.

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Pillsbury Hitman

#159 February 03, 2007, 02:28:24 am

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Quote from: Hobbez on February 02, 2007, 05:08:34 am

Pillsbury did you read anything in this entire topic at all?

You don't need GTA at all. Yes you can use TA-86, and no, unless you are pretty retarded it will not brick. The steps in the guides provided are fairly fool proof

If you had bothered to look at the link I posted, it's for a version 3.03 downgrader, which happens to be the firmware version of my PSP. Hence my curiosity as to whether this is a viable option for me at this point, without putting my PSP at severe risk of brickage.

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Ghost_Aspergers

#160 February 03, 2007, 05:00:00 am

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About bricking... does the recovery console not solve this problem? I mean... it does let you run a "recovery eboot"... that I assume can be used to restore your firmware to a valid one. Doesn't this make the risk of bricking moot?

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