DCemu's PSP Guide Library V2~Last updated Feb11 2011~

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March 4th, 2006, 01:24
Kaiser

DCemu's PSP Guide Library V2~Last updated Feb11 2011~

PSP Guide Library V2

This guide is on-going and will be constantly updated (at least to the best of my ability). Feel free to ask any PSP related question in this thread.

THE GUIDES CONTAINED ARE FAIRLY OUTDATED AS OF 2011 BUT I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT TO REBUILD IT -K

I originally created a guide back in August of 2005 called the "Running Homebrew and Emulation FAQ". It went through many changes and over the months evolved into a sort of guide library which spanned dozens of posts. Anywho, this is a new version of it which will contain not only guides by F34R and myself but will contain any guide PSP users here at dcemu want to contribute. My mission is to create the most comprihensive library compiled by multiple users which will cover everything from the most basic homebrew installation to the more advanced coding aspect of this community. Hopefully in due time things will start to pick up. If you want a link in this sticky just post here and ASK

Before you start your way into PSP homebrew goodness your going to want to know what firmware you have. Your firmware is extremely important in determining the method of installing firmware and the amount you can actually run.

How do I know which firmware version I have?

Turn on your PSP without a UMD in it and then go to settings. Then go down to where it says System settings and hit X. Then go down until you reach system information and hit X. It should come up with information about your MAC Address, System Software and your chosen Nickname. After you find out what firmware you have I'd reccomend you look through the many great guides the members and coders of DCemu have wrote.

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SECTION I~Homebrew and Emulator Installation resources~

The Big Fat Homebrew and Emulator Guide and FAQ! by IndianCheese-->click here ~Last updated August 26th, 2006 at 20:11
PSP General Questions FAQ thread. Look here before posting! by Zion-->click here ~Last updated May 30th, 2006 at 14:35~
The original Homebrew and Emulator Install Guide by Xuphorz-->click here ~Last updated March 3rd, 2006 at 15:49~
Emulator stack up Guide by Cross-->click here ~Last updated May 11th, 2006 at 20:27~
"Psx Guide: How To Get This Thing Working" by Tetris999-->click here ~Last updated Dec 25th, 2006 at 19:54

Downgrade Guides:

PSP V2.0 to v1.5 Downgrade guide originally written by systemx and rewrote by Kaiser-->click here ~Last updated June 29th, 2006 at 02:52~
The 2.6/2.6 Downdater guide by Freeplay-->here~Last updated July 1st, 2006 at 03:16~
The 1.5-1.0 downgrader plus guide here.~Last updated July 6th, 2006 at 08:04~

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Kaiser's original 1.0/1.5 guide--->click here
Fanjita Eloader for 2.0-2.6 installer-->click here
Fanjita Eloader Information and install guide-->click here

Note: The above guides contain all needed eboot, eloader and PSP related links.

SECTION II~General PSP Help

How to convert Ogm files to usable Psp ones by dogstar
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~MPH UMD LOADER SECTION COMING SOON~

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PSP Personalise
DISCLAIMER:THIS MESSES WITH YOUR PSP'S FLASH MEMORY USE AT OWN RISK
Though not on this site(For some strange reason) This program allows pre 2.0 users to change there backgrounds.

Information and backgrounds can be found here

PSP Personalize Guide---->here by F34R
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March 4th, 2006, 01:24
Kaiser

SECTION III~Emulator section

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System -----> emulator
GUIDES

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Sega Genesis/Mega Drive ------->PSPGenesis---Dgen
Dgen FAQ by Zion

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Super Nintendo------->Snes9x TYL

SNES9x TYL v0.2c guide by F34R

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Game Boy/GB Colour ------>RIN

RIN GUIDE by F34R

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Nintendo Entertainment System-------->NESTERJ

NESTERJ by F34R
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Sega Master System~SMS PLUS

SMSPlus 1.2 Adhoc Guide by F34R
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Note: Emulators with custom graphics and music have become common now. Check them out there great. A tip though most only work if your not hiding the corrupted files. This means no 19 space and ~ trick. Just put them in with a % on the dummy. This is only important to 1.5 users who use the KXploit to access homebrew

Plenty more guides coming soon!
March 4th, 2006, 01:25
Kaiser

SECTION IV~Homebrew Game Section

~coming soon~
March 4th, 2006, 02:06
Kaiser

SECTION V~Coding Tutorial Section

Programming Tutorials (in C) from http://www.scriptscribbler.com/psp/

PSP Development Kit ready to use for Windows Users by ZX-81

-Lesson 01 - Setting Up the Development Environment by Yeldarb
-Lesson 02 - Creating Your First Program by Yeldarb
-Lesson 03 - A Programming Primer by Yeldarb
-Lesson 04 - Simple Image Processing Part 1 by Yeldarb
-Lesson 04 - Simple Image Processing Part 2 by Yeldarb
-Lesson 05 - Onwards and Upwards Part 1 by Yeldarb
-Lesson 05 - Onwards and Upwards Part 2 by Yeldarb
-Lesson 06 - Adding Sound by Stephen Merity (aka Smerity)

Lua Tutorials

- PSP Millionaire webpage ~ LUA TUTORIALS
- Coding for PSP in LUA by Yeldarb. Lesson 01 and Lesson 02
March 4th, 2006, 23:17
Kaiser

Okay After a rocky start, I'm finally done transferring all the old guides and re-writing the 2.00-2.60 guide. Expect new guides to start coming in now. I'm looking for contibuters to.
March 7th, 2006, 04:15
kooldrmny

Hello, Hey i know this question is probably going to seem elementry, but I just got my PSP. I downloaded the nesterJ, but to be completely I dont know how to start the damn thing. I can't even seem to find it on my psp. IDK PLEASE HELP!
March 7th, 2006, 05:43
Kaiser

What version you have?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaiser from 1.0/1.5 guide

Turn on your PSP without a UMD in it and then go to settings. Then go down to where it says System settings and hit X. Then go down until you reach system information and hit X. It should come up with information about your MAC Address, System Software and your chosen Nickname.

Edit: Started adding Yeldarbs sweet programming guides I'll add a link to his site and where you can donate to this great guy later. I'm sleepy and will throw the rest of the guides up tommorow as well.
March 14th, 2006, 19:33
0ColdZero0

Can I run GTA LCS from my computer? Because I don't have the game UMD and I downloaded gta lcs
March 15th, 2006, 00:00
Kaiser

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0ColdZero0

Can I run GTA LCS from my computer? Because I don't have the game UMD and I downloaded gta lcs

Um ... no

1. No PSP emulator for PC can run commercial games
2. Don't be a pirate
March 15th, 2006, 00:31
aurelius

I've just downloaded Beats of Rage v0.8, everyone's been saying it works great. I can't get it to play, though, because it keeps saying there is a fixed hard path to psp/game in the code. I saw in one of the other forums that someone else found that problem but fixed it by changing the config settings. Something about ignorefixedpath=Y. Can you tell me what that's all about, and how I can do that to fix this problem?
March 15th, 2006, 00:37
Kaiser

Try the new beats of rage version it fixes the issue.

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/sho...threadid=20485
March 20th, 2006, 12:08
3dh

hi Ihave psp v1.5 she canat play the game v2.00 plz help me what the emulator to play the v2.00 game
March 20th, 2006, 20:22
jairolas

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3dh

hi Ihave psp v1.5 she canat play the game v2.00 plz help me what the emulator to play the v2.00 game

lol, the game is the version v2.0 but, u can play in your 1.50 xDD
March 20th, 2006, 20:53
Kaiser

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3dh

hi Ihave psp v1.5 she canat play the game v2.00 plz help me what the emulator to play the v2.00 game

Click here
March 21st, 2006, 07:20
poleeko

In the 1st hombrew making tutorial, when i try to run toolchain.sh
it says "ERROR :Please make sure you have GNU 'make' installed"
I have the toolchain it says to use instead of the more recent one.
Can anyone help me out with this?
March 21st, 2006, 10:40
darcy1985

hay there im new to all this and dont know how it all works.
i got psp with version 2.1 i want to get sum mama games or what ever on there but have no idea wear to start
March 21st, 2006, 13:02
poleeko

in reply to darcy1985 ::

Hi, in order to have homebrew on your 2.1 psp, your gonna have to have Grand Theft Auto for psp. Use that and, download the eboot loader for 2.1.
The reason for this is GTA alows (for some reason) some unmanaged code in there save files. So to my knowledge(i have no experience exept my freinds psp), the loader is just a save file along with some other files needed.
I hope i helped you out.
March 21st, 2006, 23:51
Kaiser

Quote:

Originally Posted by poleeko

In the 1st hombrew making tutorial, when i try to run toolchain.sh
it says "ERROR :Please make sure you have GNU 'make' installed"
I have the toolchain it says to use instead of the more recent one.
Can anyone help me out with this?

Thats usually the most common problem upon starting coding. Try doing what the part I bolded says. That should solve the problem.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yeldarb

The first step is to install CYGWIN. You can download the install file from the CYGWIN website here. After it has finished downloading, open up the executable. You will see a splash screen; click next. Now you will be asked what you want to do. Select the default option of "Install from Internet," and hit the next button. Now you will be prompted where you want to install CYGWIN. Change the install directory to "C:/cygwin" if it is not set as such already (where C: is your local hard drive). Leave the other options set to their defaults and hit next. Now you will be asked where you want to save the installation files. What you select here doesn't really matter, but I suggest putting them someplace where you will be able to find them and delete them after the installation is complete. Once you have selected a suitable location, click next. The next screen will ask about your network settings, if you don't use a proxy (or don't know what a proxy is), just click next on this screen. If it doesn't work, go back and try letting it use Internet Explorer's settings. Now you should be presented with a list of servers to download the installation files from. Any one of these will do, so select one, and then click on next. Now it will download the package list, this could take a few minutes, depending on your connection speed. Once it is done, scroll down to "devel" and click on where it says "default" so that it becomes "install." Then scroll down to "web," click the "+" next to it, scroll down and set "wget" to "install."
March 22nd, 2006, 01:05
THE_SANE_DUDE

Thnx for the guides Kaiser, much appreciated, because i'm planning on starting programming for the PSP's, i'll let you know when i finish my first project. Please don't say it's crap, you might scar me for life, i'm still only 12. :)
March 22nd, 2006, 02:58
poleeko

Hi its me again,
Kaiser can you explain those Bold instructions there a little better please.
Is that in the explorer or the Cygwin that i do that? Or is it renaming the file?
I found the Devel folder in the cygiwn but theres nothing in there called default.
Im a lil confused.....
March 22nd, 2006, 05:16
THE_SANE_DUDE

where do you get the "toolchain"?
March 22nd, 2006, 05:26
Kaiser

Quote:

Originally Posted by poleeko

Hi its me again,
Kaiser can you explain those Bold instructions there a little better please.
Is that in the explorer or the Cygwin that i do that? Or is it renaming the file?
I found the Devel folder in the cygiwn but theres nothing in there called default.
Im a lil confused.....

You check that off when installing cygwin. Your going to have to reinstall cygwin and check it off when you get to it there.

Quote:

Originally Posted by THE_SANE_DUDE

Thnx for the guides Kaiser, much appreciated, because i'm planning on starting programming for the PSP's, i'll let you know when i finish my first project. Please don't say it's crap, you might scar me for life, i'm still only 12.

Hey man we here at dcemu support any coding from the simple programs to the complicated emulators and OSS Shells. I'll personally deal with anyone who insults a coders work. Its fine to dislike a program but to insult the author is considered a crime here. Good luck with your coding! :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by poleeko

where do you get the "toolchain"?

I fixed the dead links in the first lesson. I also pm'ed you the location. Good luck! :)
March 22nd, 2006, 12:44
poleeko

Alright ill give it a try, thank you very much
March 22nd, 2006, 12:55
poleeko

Wow thats almost too easy. How did i miss that?
Thanks alot Kaiser I believe I can get it from here thanks to your help of coarse.
hehe My freiend is gonna go crazy when I tell him I found the right compilers for eboots. Alright than, ill post if all works well. Thanks for all the help.
March 24th, 2006, 19:50
poleeko

Yeah i got another problem:
In the first lesson I got an error in compiling, i think its because it says to include pspkernal.h and pspdebug.h and i cant find them.
And if its them do i modify the code to say:
#include "pspkernal.h"
#include "pspdebug.h"
Can you type out how the code is supposed to look when its completed
So we can compare our scripts to the correct one for error correction please
:confused: :confused:
April 1st, 2006, 20:54
rastaman

hi!
I just got my psp and i downloaded gta lcs but what do i need to make it work ? Can u also tell me where to put the game files exactly on the memory card ? My psp version is 2.1 . Thanx for your help !
April 1st, 2006, 21:24
Kaiser

Quote:

Originally Posted by rastaman

hi!
I just got my psp and i downloaded gta lcs but what do i need to make it work ? Can u also tell me where to put the game files exactly on the memory card ? My psp version is 2.1 . Thanx for your help !

Yeah we can't talk about Illegal ISO's here. Piracy hurts the PSP scene. I'd recommend buying the game.
April 2nd, 2006, 19:11
playamp3

I there a turbo grafx 16 emu?
April 2nd, 2006, 19:19
playamp3

*Is there a turbo grafx 16 emu? sry
April 3rd, 2006, 03:33
Kaiser

If it ain't on the front page for PSP-news then it doesn't exist.

edit: PC engine emulators should play those games.
April 6th, 2006, 04:51
tay1803

Hi, I'm new at this and I'm really confused. I have a version 2.01 and I have no clue what I can play on it. I know I need Fanjitas Eloader but that's it. Can some one please help?
Thanks!
April 6th, 2006, 23:59
Kaiser

Quote:

Originally Posted by tay1803

Hi, I'm new at this and I'm really confused. I have a version 2.01 and I have no clue what I can play on it. I know I need Fanjitas Eloader but that's it. Can some one please help?
Thanks!

Installing the eboot loader is pretty easy these days as Fanjita has made a simple installer program. Back in the early days of the loader you had to place many weird files in many weird locations.

http://fanjita.org/

check through that site to download the needed file. Please remember you can only play homebrew on v2.01 if you have GTA for PSP. As it has an exploit in it which is the only way people can currently get unsigned code through. You can get all the homebrew programs you need from ...

http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/

That information should get you started if you need any more help feel free to post a reply in this thread and I'll be on it ASAP :D
April 8th, 2006, 21:28
tay1803

Thanks! I just have one more question. Can I play any emulator/homebrew game or is it limited? For example: my boyfriend wants to put hyperdimension in there, is that possible? or like a mario game? :confused: Or am I limited only to homebrews?
Thanks again :)
April 9th, 2006, 06:07
Kaiser

Check Fanjita's site for a list of working homebrew and emulators for 2.01 through GTA. Its updated constantly. Off the top of my head I know you can play a Snes emulator so Mario is definitely something you can look forward to :D
April 18th, 2006, 01:27
Mourningstar

Ineed help with MPHDowngrader.....for some reason when I unzip it the overflow.tif file is missing....I can see it in the zipped structure, but its missing when unzipped........

Please someone help soon....
April 19th, 2006, 04:53
Kaiser

Hmmm....

Try unzipping the file on your desktop and then copy that to your MS, instead of unzipping it directly onto your MS.
May 2nd, 2006, 01:46
Kaiser

A few guides added. Sorry about the lack of updates. Been really busy lately.
May 2nd, 2006, 06:11
tay1803

Hi, I have version 2.01 and I finally got the GTA game...now what? I downloaded the fanjita loader but i don't know what to do next.
May 2nd, 2006, 07:05
tay1803

Quote:

Originally Posted by tay1803

Hi, I have version 2.01 and I finally got the GTA game...now what? I downloaded the fanjita loader but i don't know what to do next.

Update! I got the uploader working but now I don't know how to get the games working. :confused: ALSO, the first time I opened the loader there was obviously nothing there and then after like 10 seconds the psp shut down by itself! :eek:
Hope you can help again! :p
May 2nd, 2006, 23:57
Kaiser

Quote:

Originally Posted by tay1803

Update! I got the uploader working but now I don't know how to get the games working. :confused: ALSO, the first time I opened the loader there was obviously nothing there and then after like 10 seconds the psp shut down by itself! :eek:
Hope you can help again! :p

Not entirely sure where your supposed to place the homebrew through the GTA loader. I'm assuming its under "ms0:/PSP/GAME/"

It should explain it in the readme if I'm wrong.

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