¥¤PSP Thread¤¥ (4.01 m33-2 released)

Welcome to the psp thread. Feel free to chat about anything relating to psp, be it firmware, games, homebrew, and applications.

Recommended games

Action & adventure
Secret Agent Clank
Final Fantasy Crisis Core
God of war: Chains of Olympus
Grand theft auto: Vice city
Grand theft auto: Liberty city

Stealth
Metal gear solid: Portable ops

Survival horror
Silent hill origins

Hack and slash
Dynasty warriors

Fighting
Naruto Heroes: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phantom Fortress
Bleach Heat Of The Soul 5
WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008
Tekken Dark Ressurection
Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX
Guilty Gear XX reload
Marvel nemesis: Rise of the imperfects

Maze&Platform
Locoroco

Shooter
Star wars battlefront: Renegade squadron
Metal slug anthology

Management/Life simulation
Fl0w

Role playing
Monster hunter freedom 2
Tales of The World: Radiant Mythology

Tabletop Strategy
Final fantasy: War of lions
Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness

Turn based strategy
Riviera: The Promised Land

Real time strategy
Patapon

Visual novel
Clannad (JP)
AIR (JP)
Kanon(JP)

Driving
Flatout headon
Wipeout pulse
Burnout dominator
Ridge racer 2
Twisted Metal: Head-on

Music
Beats (You know Taiko no Tatsujin Portable 2 drum game? Similar)
Lumines 1
PaRappa the Rapper
Dj max portable 2
Gitaroo man lives!

Puzzle
Puyo puyo 15th anniversary
Luxor: Pharaoh's Challenge

Japanese randomness
Me and my katamari

Sports
Theres alot of them, play all and decide based on playing style

Here is the PSPapplication pack guide


Contains:

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PSPapplications
-Lightmp3
Plays MP3/OGG Vorbis/FLAC/Atrac3

-Cheatdb updator
Connects to cwcheat site to update cheat.db

-PSPtube
View video sites on the psp. Youtube, Googlevideo, Veoh have been added by default. If you want to add more then shift the javascript from the "Add to site if you want" into site.

-PSPlink
After following the below instructions enables you to stream the psp screen to PC.

-Adhoc transfer
Transfers files from cfw psp to another cfw psp.

-Cwcheat
Input cheats in a pspgame and view battery level by percentage.

Computer applications
-Psgui
Convert ps1 .cue files into iso so you can play in psp.

-Remotejoy
Used with psplink.

-UMDGEN
Convert between DAX,CSO,ISO.

GUIDE for Lightmp3

-Plays MP3/OGG Vorbis/FLAC/Atrac3
-To stop nagging on brightness go to settings
-Do note it can browse files outside of MUSIC folder
-Cannot play tracks with file names that have foreign characters, eg jap, chinese

GUIDE for Cheatdbdownloader

-Click x and it'll update the cheat.db file. Now that was easy. Do note that it just connects to the site and update to the latest version. It can't tell what version you're using. So use this one time, when your game has no cheats

GUIDE for PSX conversion

-Open psgui.
-Plonk ps1 game file into it (Its usually the .cue file)
-Convert, and then copy the folder with the eboot into game folder.

GUIDE for Psplink

-Make sure you have connected the computer to psp using usb cable (As in the wire NOT a "connection")
-Open the psplink game on the psp. On the computer, a window should pop up. Choose install from specific location
-Point your pc to RemoteJoySDL/libUSB and then driver
-Now on the psp enable enable remotejoy.prx and usbhostfs.prx
-Start a game either UMD or ISO and open the RemoteJoySDL folder you placed on your desktop and double click on Start-USBHostFS_PC.bat
Then Double click on one of the following.
Start-RemoteJoy.bat - for a window
Start-RemoteJoy-FPS.bat - for a window with FPS display
Start-RemoteJoy-FS.bat - for full screen
Start-RemoteJoy-FS-FPS.bat - for full screen with FPS display

Press f5 to refresh the window and the psp screen should be displayed in one of the four windows you have chosen.

Please note, DO NOT SAVE while psplink is running or else you will crash. Autosaving also crashes psplink.

When you're saving press f5 to temp disconnect psp so it doesnt crash. Press f5 again after saving.

GUIDE for PSPTube

-Place the javascript you want inside sites folder.
-Do note that streaming speed depends on memory(turn off your other plugins), and network (stay near your modem and ensure your battery level is high)
-Please don't ask me how to remove onsen I really do not know. I think its built in.

Commands
Left right-Change video speed from 0.5<->1<->1.5. Theres no reverse, blame that on the small amount of ram a psp has.
Triangle-View menu
Circle-Input search words
X-Choose video
Square-Change between your video and the search results
Select-Change javascript when in search results page, and change video dimensions when watching video
Start-Pauses the video

GUIDE for Adhoc transfer

Transfers files from a psp to another. Also enables you to rename and delete psp files on the go! Use the left and right triggers to open or close a folder.

GUIDE for CWCHEAT
-To run make sure the plugin is turned on in recovery mode, then hold select while in a game, after loading your savefile/data. Access recovery mode by holding R button and on after completely turning off.

-Now using CWCHEAT 0.2.2 REV.A (from http://cwcheat.consoleworld.org/downloads.php) as CWCHEAT 0.2.2 REV.B' is bugged, it automatically dumps your memory when you hold square button, which should not happen as we have disabled it, making games that require holding of square UNPLAYABLE.

-To update cheat list, right click download this file: http://cwcheat.consoleworld.org/export.php and replace with your cheat.db which is in the seplugins folder. Do this when your new game has no cheats.

-If cwcheat FAILS to load, make sure your firmware is 3.90m33 above. Also try disabling all other plugins.

-Do note that some cheats may cause your game to crash. Do save before inputting that specific cheat for the 1st time. You also may encounter undesirable effects (e.g you make item slot 1 invincible, you get an noob item that cannot sell, can only drop 1 at a time, waste your time).

-What does command do?
You only need to remember these

Select cheats- Select your cheat. To scroll faster press left and right direction keys. Press triangle to enable and disable all cheats.

Enable cheats- Does a disable all cheats without reseting your config in select cheats.

Enable dump function- Dumps memory to your psp after enabling and holding square while in game. Best left disabled.

The rest of the functions are already in 3.90 m33 and are unnecessary.

Useful sites

Recovery menu guide: http://www.gamerzneeds.net/forums/pl...explained.html
Darkalex firmware: http://www.dark-alex.org/
Official firmware: http://www.psphero.com/download_official.html
PSP forum: http://forums.exophase.com/
Game faq and release date: http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/psp/



PSP terms

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POPS: Stands for playstation 1 on psp system. A ps1 emulator for psp.
OFW: Official firmware, think a computer with windows
CFW: Custom firmware, think a computer with linux (FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE)
PHP: A plugin that CFW can use, enables "registry" to recognize the specified program
Homebrew: Games that are made by people
PSP: Please start playing, Play-station portable
M33: Darkalex firmware name
XMB: The graphical user inter phase that was made by sony (ps3, psp)
PSP virus: A psp virus that gets into your psp when you open a picture via XMB. So you can't get it by surfing the net.
Brick: PSP turned into a useless brick by psp virus, means your XMB was deleted. If it was partial, you can save it, if its fully bricked, send it for repair.
Recovery menu: Your life saver that comes with custom firmware which gives you the abilities to backup your firmware, save your psp as iso so you can play it faster (once you plonked it in the iso folder that is). It also can allow flash player and WMA playback which was originally only to be enable by network but this makes the process faster. Accessed by offing the psp comepletely then holding R then on.
file:/ :When you put this in psp browser it means the main file, what you see if you double click F drive on your computer (or the psp drive). If you plonked a flash file called pong (swf file) into the main place then type file:/pong.swf into your browswer and hey! Flash works. BTW ram of a psp os VERY low so not all flash can be played or loaded.
ISO,CSO,DAX: The file extensions of umd disc. It is better to run as the uncompressed iso as its faster (duh)
Frigin noob browser: Common expression used by psp users on the set cache size of the psp browser of 2mb so much that it can't load anything, and conserve memory doesnt help

Installing 4.01 M33

First grab the 4.01 M33 files and extract them.

1. Copy the UPDATE folder contained in the archive to X:/PSP/GAME

2. Download the 4.01 EBOOT, and then place it in X:/PSP/GAME/UPDATE

3. Navigate to the Game menu on the PSP and execute the program, it will not run unless there is 78 percent battery free.

4. Press X and the update process will start. Yes it may look similar to a regular Sony update but don't worry!

5. Once finished, the updater will ask you to press X or O to reboot. You MUST do this, otherwise you'll end up with a brick.

6. You've successfully installed 4.01 M33!


Upgrading to 4.01 M33-2

After installing 4.01 M33, it is recommended to apply the latest update for additional bug fixes and related firmware improvements. Below is a quick three step walkthrough on how to manually update the firmware. Please note that you must have already installed 4.01 M33, as detailed above, in order to begin this process.

1. Download the 4.01 M33-2 update files and extract the archive.

2. Copy the UPDATE folder contained in the archive to X:/PSP/GAME, where X is the letter of your memory stick drive. If asked to overwrite any files, do so.

3. Navigate to the Game menu on the PSP and execute the 4.01 M33-2 update program. Then follow the on-screen instructions to update your firmware.



4.01 m33
4.01 EBOOT
4.01 m33-2