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thekingofdisco
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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 Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:03 pm Post subject: PSP - how to load on games? |
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I've got myself a psp with 2gig mem card, but am unsure on how to load on games I have already downloaded.
I have upgraded the firmware to 3.03 OE-A, and have got the game files as an iso in a rar file which when unpacked gives me a folder called PSP_GAME with a bunch of files in... but then what next? I also have GTA liberty city UMD inside the PSP.
I guess I need a loader, but got quickly confused as to which one I needed.
Any ideas? |
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smogdonkey
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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When you say you've upgraded to 3.03-A do you mean that your firmware is really 1.5, and you're emulating 3.03?
There are a thousand possible ways to run emulated firmware, but you can't be running REAL 3.03 and play downloaded games.
I can run you through it if you haven't 'really' updated to 3.03. |
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thekingofdisco
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I believe it was 1.81 when I started (as the japan model I have says L on the sticker) but i can't remember. I guess it is an emulation, as i have 3.03 *OE-A*. |
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spongy
Joined: 13 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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Please correct me if I am wrong. You have 2 choice. Upgrade to firmware 2.71 or 2.80 and, either,
- downgrade your firmware to v1.5, or
- use hen-c or hen-d to play those iso games.
For the means to downgrade or hen-c or hen-d, you might want to read up on psp-hacks.com. I have a v1.5 with devhook 0.51 and if your setup is like mine, you will need to put the iso files into the "ISO" folder after you have installed devhook. I can't comment on hen-c/d as I have not tried them yet. |
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thekingofdisco
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, I have been looking on all the psp forums and it seems most people are either using 3.03OE-A or 3.03OE-B. They seem to be the latest upgrades. So I don't think I want to be downgrading it. |
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spongy
Joined: 13 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:13 am Post subject: |
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| thekingofdisco wrote: |
| Well, I have been looking on all the psp forums and it seems most people are either using 3.03OE-A or 3.03OE-B. They seem to be the latest upgrades. So I don't think I want to be downgrading it. |
But is their firmware v1.8 ? You might want to check. If you have loaded 3.03E-A, do you have the devhook as well to load up the iso files ? |
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thekingofdisco
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:26 am Post subject: |
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I downgraded to 1.5 then upgraded to 3.03.
What exactly does Devhook mean exactly? Sorry!~
Well anyway I just put the ISOs in the ISO folder and it seems to play ok at the moment, so I guess it's all good. No external program used from the pc end. |
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spongy
Joined: 13 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| thekingofdisco wrote: |
I downgraded to 1.5 then upgraded to 3.03.
What exactly does Devhook mean exactly? Sorry!~
Well anyway I just put the ISOs in the ISO folder and it seems to play ok at the moment, so I guess it's all good. No external program used from the pc end. |
Oh, good to hear that your PSP is ok to play iso games now.
Anyway, my brother-in-law has just loaded the 3.02E and he showed me that devhook is not necessary to start the games anymore. I have also loaded the 3.03 but didn't realise that  Was still using the devhook to load the games. |
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huck
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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spongy
Joined: 13 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the link, it is extremely useful. I have gone back to check my PSP and found that I had 3.01 and not 3.03 on it. I have loaded 3.03A & then 3.03B last night and I have took out devhook. The tutorial was really useful till the 3.03B part where I had to figure out where to put the PSP folder. 
Anyway, I have some queries.
- With regards to the plugins on the tutorial, it is only applicable for v2.71 firmware ? What are these plugins used for ?
- What does autopopstation do ? |
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denverdeath
Joined: 21 May 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure about the tutorials side, but...
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popstation is a program that will convert your psx games into an eboot.pbp playable in 3.03 OE-A
firmware.
NOTE: eboot.pbp generated by this tool may not work in 3.02 OE-B due to some changes (however all
eboot.pbp generated by the previous version work ok in 3.03 OE-A)
Before starting to read, a note:
European games (pal) give various graphics problems: graphics glitches, and displacement of screen.
It's better to use only ntsc games (american and japanese), whenever possible.
Instructions:
- Get the Hot shots 2 game of the playstation store, and its keys.bin, and put it in the same
directory than popstation, renaming it from EBOOT.PBP to BASE.PBP.
Even if using other ps3store game could work, it is not recommended because the program was
done specifically using this one. USE HOT SHOTS 2 USA.
(Note: this is needed in order to get the data.psp and a few data).
- Backup your psx CD to a cd image, using some tool for that.
- Put the iso in the same directory than popstation.
- Execute popstation.exe from the command line. You have to pass 4 parameters:
1: The title of the game
2: the game code, which must start by SCUS, SLUS, SLES, SCES, SCED, SLPS, SLPM, SCPS, SLED,
SLPS, SIPS or ESPM, and be followed by a number of 5 digits.
3: Compression level, a number between 0-9.
0 indicates no compression. 9 indicates maximum compression, but the program will take more time to compress the iso.
1 indicates minimum compression, but the program will take less time to compress the file.
The rest of values are intermediate between those, with 6 being the default compromise between
the speed and the compression.
4: the path of the iso.
Example:
> popstation "DraculaX - Nocturne in the moonlight" SLPM86023 9 draculax.iso
The program will generate the EBOOT.PBP, it may take some time, depending of the size of the iso and the compression level.
The way in which the icons and other files are put inside the pbp has changed from the previous version.
Now there is no limit in size, and you can also add snd0.at3 and icon1.pmf, appart from icon0.png, pic0.png, pic1.png.
The behaviour is the following:
if you have one of the files in the same directory as the application, the program will take that
for the pbp. Otherwise, the PBP will miss that certain file. This is true, except in the case of icon0.png,
where if no one is found in the same directry as the app, the application will use the one from base.pbp.
Note: The program is compiled using cygwin. Therefore, cygwin dll's are required if you don't have them
Google cygwin1.dll to find it. (note: also cygz.dll is required in this version, due to use of zlib)
- Transfer the EBOOT.PBP WITH the KEYS.BIN to the folder you like inside /PSP/GAME and launching it
from 3.03 OA-A XMB. |
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