Ur-Quan Masters 0.5.0 - PSP Port Rev 001

[sharkus]

(News Submission and New Release for PSP by Sharkus)

Updated to UQM 0.6.2 - R02

http://gp2x-emulation.dcemu.co.uk/files/slaveshield.png

New update that should load from uqm file MUCH FASTER!

-Sharkus

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The Ur-Quan Masters 0.6.2
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(i.e. Star Control II)

http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

PSP Version by Sharkus

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Getting Started
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1. Copy UQM directories to /PSP/GAME/ directory of memory stick (don't forget to copy the subdirectories as well)
2. Copy UQM 0.6.2 content (http://sc2.sourceforge.net/downloads.php) to /PSP/GAME/UQM/content/packages/ directory (voice and music is optional)
3. Start UQM from the Sony VSH or your favorite launcher.
4. Kick some Ur-Quan ass

I would like to give my thanks to the following list of most excellent people:
- The Ur-Quan Masters Team (http://sc2.sourceforge.net/team.php)
- PSPSDK team from http://ps2dev.org
- TyRaNiD (PSPLINK rocks)


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Build Instructions
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- Get your PSP environment up and running including PSPSDK, SDL, SDL_image, jpeg, libpng, zlib, libTremor (http://ps2dev.org) -- I'm currently using svn rev 1841
- Get UQM 0.6.2 sourcecode
- Apply patch supplied with release
- Run 'make'

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CHANGELOG
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UQM 0.6.2 - Rev 002 (Alpha) - 20081031
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Increased stack size to prevent stack overflows and crashes (especially when starting Melee mode). Spent a lot of time improving load times when using compressed uqm files. It should be at least 2-3 times faster now. Unless there are some critical bugs this will probably my last rev for a while.


UQM 0.6.2 - Rev 001 (Alpha) - 20081026
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I got bored on a long flight to Japan, so I thought I would take a crack at porting the latest and greatest.
It seems to work at least as well as the old version, so I thought some folks might like to run this on their
slim and/or newer firmware (I've tested it briefly on the 5.0M33 firmware). Have fun!


Rev 003 (Alpha) - 20060518
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1.5 compatible EBOOT.PBP icon and sound supplied by Tieske.
The game will run a long time before crashing.
Fixed stack overflow and use latest libc for thread safe malloc/free.
Planet rotation is rendered on the fly (slower but saves ~8 mbytes of memory). Every time a planet is visited free memory is stored to memory.txt file. The UQM source does not currently free resources after they are used so eventually it may run out of memory and crash (although I have not seen that in the 1+ hours I tested).

Rev 002 (Alpha) - 20060320
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Fixed SOME of the stability issues. Melee should work now. There are still some random crashes due to running out of memory. I suggest to save often until I get them fixed... Most of the time you should be able to make it past your buddy at pluto. I also modified the default keys.cfg file to use the O button for the thrust function and the l/r triggers for weapons. IMHO, this makes the game much easier to control. You are welcome to customize the keys.cfg file to your liking.

Rev 001 (Alpha) - 20060318
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This is a very rough port at this point. I only have a v1.5 PSP so I have no idea if it will work with the 2.x firmware. This is my first attempt at PSP development so I'm sure there are lots and lots of problems. I've played through the first couple minutes with the standard game and voice packages. Load times are horrible (that will be my next task). I would also like to understand if the temp directory is being written to and move that into RAM (to extend memory stick life). I have not tested any addons so your milage may vary.

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[nunya]

i wanna ask if i could take a peak at the source, i am very curious as to how this works (porting across multiple platforms).

plus i might be able to help if a problem has an obvious and moderately simple solution :D

i probably wouldn't be able to help on a major scale

[wraggster]

Thanks for the release, i had seen this released on the GP2X and wondered if a PSP port would be done :), ive upgraded you to PSP Coder so if you like you can post any new releases directly as news (if you like of course ;))

[Galiano]

Works fine on a 2.0 psp through Fanjitas eloader 0.96 (biere d'alsace)
Fantastic thanks man

[jinxie]

sharkus, what are the tech. req for EBOOT icon and background?

[danknugz]

very nice work!
i did have a problem tho, in the campaign, the first time i was engaged in combat, the whole psp locked up, it was at earth, if that helps.
ever have that problem, or did i not install correctly?
thanks!



FW 1.5-gigapack / 1 gig sony msd /250 megs free

[sharkus]

Hmm. I haven't seen that yet. It worked okay for me. I'll play through that part again and see if there happens to be any problems. If you recreate try to provide a save file before the crash I can take a look.

[Galiano]

Crashed on me when i went into orbit of the moon, psp froze then turned itself off.

[Voltron]

Nice Work! I like seeing ports like this. I hope one day someone can try to port XCOM: UFO Defense - Anyway, great work!

[sharkus]

For those that are experiencing crashes, can you provide your configuration details (fw rev, memory stick size/free space, content packs, etc).

Thanks,
Sharkus

[O-bake]

Wow, thanks a lot for that port :)

I never played Star Control (2) in the past, i must have missed it. But many friends ask me, why on earth i never played that game.
Like Transport Tycoon Deluxe, i will get to know this game on my PSP :)

Thanks a lot man.

[km2]

For those that are experiencing crashes, can you provide your configuration details (fw rev, memory stick size/free space, content packs, etc).

Thanks,
Sharkus

FW: 1.5
Sandisk pro duo 2gb (non gamer or ultra)
All 3 content packs (main game, music, voices)

Crashes and instantly goes back to psp dash, if you pick up that spathi on pluto.

[sharkus]

Give the 002 rev a shot and let me know if it is any better. I'm still tracking some out of memory errors down, but this one is a lot better.

Thanks,
Sharkus

[danknugz]

i was able to play a bit more , but its crashed a few tiimes. its such a huge game, its easy to get lost... sweet graphics too.
thanks for the sweet port!
with the 002 patch i was able to play through a super skermish mode, but it locked up a t the end. fun game tho!

is there any good place to find open sourc games like this one?

[Clordio]

I'll make the eboot pics for you if you'd like :)

[sharkus]

Clordio, sounds great. Post them here and I'll put them in a future release.

[Clordio]

Here is the new file along with the pics. Not my best in a small amount of time, but I'll make some better ones in the future. Post the fw 1.0 version and I can make the pics for 2.1 and up too. :)

P.S.

Great work so far :cool:
look below for better

[Galiano]

I'm still experiencing crashes when i go into orbit of planets, still ace though top work!!!

[km2]

Also, if the game is slow (espically when the alien is talking, gaps in audio), check the UQM folder to see if there are 2 .cfg files, delete the one that is not keys.cfg, and the game should run fine until then. It some how autogenerates itself after you run the game a couple of times and not go into the options.

[Clordio]

Update on eboot pics

Yeah so the last ones I did were really ugly and really bothering me so I redid them. I also attached another icon idea just in case. As I said before, I can do a 2.1+ version if you give me the 1.0 version. Rock on.

P.S.

I'm runnin' on 2.6 and it runs but crashes like everybody else after some exploration.

[Tripred]

Sharkus,

I just wanted to pop in and say thank you for this port. Ur Quan Masters is by far one of my favorite games for the PC and 3DO. Please do not give up on this project until it is 100%. I want to have your manbabies.

Love,
Trip

[Tieske]

I also created a custom icon for this game with the pictures attached.
I also converted a music file from the 3do music addon to add to the icon.
These files i included so you could make your own EBOOT.PBP:
- PARAM.SFO <- The loader link to the maindir
- PIC1.PNG <- The background
- ICON0.PNG <- The small icon
- SND0.AT3 <- The background music

I also included the full EBOOT.PBP for your convenience.
Just replace the eboot that's in the folder with no other files. (The UQM% folder)

Thanx for bringing this game to the PSP Sharkus!!
Excellent work! Stability is pretty good, only downside is the loading as you already mentioned. Keep it up!

grtz,
Tieske

[sharkus]

Thanks to everyone for the icons.

I've been focusing on fixing stability problems. Initial load times are a bit long, but I find the game as playable as most commercial PSP game. I'll work on that once I'm sure the game doesn't crash...

I must say that the stability problems have been nasty to find and fix. I hope I nailed the final problem (code is working with -O2 compiler flag so that is a good sign). I will do a bit more testing and hopefully have a much better release available soon.

-Sharkus

[dcemudos]

Sharkus thanks for the port.
The strange is that 1 day before your post i was searching for this :)

[danknugz]

ive been playing nothing but this since it came out! its an awesome game, but its crashing very regularly. about every 20 min the system will just shut down. ive been saving often, but its screwed my a few times. cant wait for the next update!

1 gig msd- 1.5 fw- 400megs free

[danknugz]

oh and also. sometimes when you go to scan a planet, the surface will be black, no textures, on any planet you go to after than, untill you reboot. if you dont reboot, it will crash within a few minutes, and if you saved during that time, any loads will be currupted the same way. hope that helps

[nattog]

im having a great time with this, it has brought back so many memories of my first computer.. anyway, the game has been running rather smooth for me, absoultly no problems other that the obvious load times and ocasional crashes which seem to happen after long conversations or long play. i must say sharkus, this is one of the best ports to psp ever released, thank you soo much

1.5 fw 1 gig sandisk. version 002. content, voice, music

[dcemudos]

I have a question.To play the game do i need to unzip the files to PSP/GAME/UQM/content/packages?I have a pc port version...

[sharkus]

No need to unzip anything. Just drop the .uqm files there. (Make sure they are the 0.5.0 version of the content files.)

[sharkus]

Quick update... Unfortuantely there is still a lingering crash so no release for a few more days. (I'll be away for the weekend.)

[Clordio]

Take your time, we all want this to be perfect. Especially us 2.1+ users. :)

[Zadam]

Take your time, we all want this to be perfect. Especially us 2.1+ users. :)

Yes, yes, take your time... But please hurry! ;)

I'm hanging out quite severely for a new revision of this game...

[gormbanana]

I actually joked two days ago to some friends that UQM on the PSP would be wonderful.

...but it doesn't seem to work. I am running in 2.0 firmware with the Fanjita EBOOT loader. Is this impossible and do I need to use another means of booting it? I have installed the neccesary content pack.

[Clordio]

I actually joked two days ago to some friends that UQM on the PSP would be wonderful.

...but it doesn't seem to work. I am running in 2.0 firmware with the Fanjita EBOOT loader. Is this impossible and do I need to use another means of booting it? I have installed the neccesary content pack.

No, it's just really unstable for 2.0 and up right now. But Sharkus is workin' on it and it's gonna be great. :D

[danknugz]

cant wait for an update, an autosave feature would be sweet, but i dont know how much tweaking is possible.
keep up the good work!

[Zadam]

Still no update! NOOOO! *cries*

[Sentroid X]

2. Copy UQM 0.5.0 content (http://sourceforge.net/project/show...ackage_id=55521) to /PSP/GAME/UQM/content/packages/ directory (voice and 3d0 music is optional)

Do you mean ALL of the content or just the voices & sound?

[Clordio]

Do you mean ALL of the content or just the voices & sound?

Just the one that says content.uqm the voice and stuff is optional.

[Sentroid X]

It says cannot run game. Data is corupted. Is there a reason behind this too. How do I use Sony VSH?

[Clordio]

It says cannot run game. Data is corupted. Is there a reason behind this too. How do I use Sony VSH?

Are you selecting it directly from the memory card or are you using GTA?

[Sentroid X]

The what now? Please explain what VSH is and all of this stuff. What is GTA?

I am using it from the memory card. is that bad?

[Clordio]

I Pm'd you some help on homebrew.

[Zadam]

*Still waiting for a new version*

Please don't tell me this port has been abandoned?? :(

[Clordio]

*Still waiting for a new version*

Please don't tell me this port has been abandoned?? :(

I'm scared too, but alot of these devs have real life stuff to take care of too, so we can only wait.

[Serengeti]

Hey all, just wanted to provide some encouragement for the authors. This conversion rocks and I can't wait for the next version!

[Zadam]

Please devs, do not give up on this port... I'm very concerned that no update at all has been made for such a long time! Please do not give up, a lot of people are eagerly awaiting the next version!

[Zadam]

Quick update... Unfortuantely there is still a lingering crash so no release for a few more days. (I'll be away for the weekend.)

Last post made by Sharkus... Almost one month ago. Either he is:

A) Dead

or

B) Having ONE HELL of a long weekend

or

C) Has given up on the port and has abandoned us!!! NOOOOOOOOO!

Sharkus where are you!?!??!?!?

[SharkFish]

d) Has something more important to do.

I think he will give us a "sign" soon. Only thing we can do is wait for his return.

[Zadam]

I must say I'm very disapointed... So many times this has happened to a promising PSP homebrew game/port... We are given a tantalising taste of what could be, and then for unknown reasons the project gets abandoned leaving us more frustrated than satisfied... I must say I become more and more disillusioned with PSP homebrew each time this happens... :(

[MaxDemian]

If all you naggers out there want it so bad, pick up a C++ book and learn for yoursevles.
This guy's been kind enough to lend some time to go this far, whether it be for the purpose of entertainment or just a proof of concept. Far as I'm concerned he's done more than enough, hell I was excited just to see a port of this amazing game exsisted, if anyone takes it to completion that's all the better.

So thankyou Sharkus, thankyou very much. If I had the time managment skills and a knowledge of code I would help out, but as it stands I'm but a humble designer, but hey if ya need some graphics done, feel free to flick me a mail :)

<-------------B!tch session ends here


Cheers all.

[Zadam]

If all you naggers out there want it so bad, pick up a C++ book and learn for yoursevles.
This guy's been kind enough to lend some time to go this far, whether it be for the purpose of entertainment or just a proof of concept. Far as I'm concerned he's done more than enough, hell I was excited just to see a port of this amazing game exsisted, if anyone takes it to completion that's all the better.

So thankyou Sharkus, thankyou very much. If I had the time managment skills and a knowledge of code I would help out, but as it stands I'm but a humble designer, but hey if ya need some graphics done, feel free to flick me a mail :)

<-------------B!tch session ends here


Cheers all.

Firstly, everyone has already aknowledged and praised Sharkus for his efforts with the port. Secondly, no one is bitching about whether or not Sharkus decided to do this as a full port/proof of concept/whatever. What I personally am COMMENTING on (note theres a difference between voicing your concern and bitching) is the sudden disapearance. The last thing he said was something about a new release "in a few days". Which was over a month ago now. What happened? Why doesn't he come on here and at least tell us "Hi guys, sorry I was away because X reason", or "Hi guys it took a long time but I have a new version", or "screw you ***s, I don't want to work on this anymore" whatever.

Just a simple status update to figure out if Sharkus is even still alive...

One more thing... Your comment about coding is just dumb... For so many reasons, the biggest of which is the fact that we DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE CODE... duh. The sourceforge repository does not contain ANY of the PSP specific code that Sharkus wrote, and he didn't attach it to the thread... So the only option is to start at the beginning with the platform independant code and port it to PSP from scratch... And if anyone here could do that, we probably would have done it already.

[sharkus]

I appoligize for deserting everyone... As a very brief explaination:

1. I went on vacation
2. I got a promotion at work
3. I purchased a Xbox 360
4. I'm having my 4th child in two months so my wife needs more attention than normal

Add all those together, and the sum is that I haven't had any time to play with my PSP in a long while...

If anyone is interested continuing the development, the rev 002 version contains a patch file with all of the diff's for the 0.5.0 UQM source to build for PSP.

After I released 002, I also fixed a minor issue in the psp libc (made malloc and free thread safe) and increased the stack size in the SDL library to prevent a stack overflow. Unfortunately, there are still some other stability issues that I haven't tracked down.

-Sharkus

[Seekingtruth86]

Ah, good to see Sharkus is alive and well. Wanted to say thanks for starting such a cool project- whether you or somebody else picks up the reigns to finish it, you started something great. :)

[Zadam]

I appoligize for deserting everyone... As a very brief explaination:

1. I went on vacation
2. I got a promotion at work
3. I purchased a Xbox 360
4. I'm having my 4th child in two months so my wife needs more attention than normal

Add all those together, and the sum is that I haven't had any time to play with my PSP in a long while...

If anyone is interested continuing the development, the rev 002 version contains a patch file with all of the diff's for the 0.5.0 UQM source to build for PSP.

After I released 002, I also fixed a minor issue in the psp libc (made malloc and free thread safe) and increased the stack size in the SDL library to prevent a stack overflow. Unfortunately, there are still some other stability issues that I haven't tracked down.

-Sharkus

Welcome back Sharkus! Thank you for giving us a status update. By the way, a big congratulations on your promotion and on your future child.

It is totally understandable that you don't have any time to continue the development on this, and I respect that.

I have no experience in PSP coding, however I've worked as a C/C++ developer for over 3 years now, and would be very interested in taking a shot at continuing the development of UM if you are willing to hand it over to me!

[sharkus]

Feel free to get started. There is a bit of a learning curve but it is fun to get your feet wet with embedded development...

If you want to get started you need to download the PSP development environment from http://ps2dev.org/ (along with SDL, SDL_image, zlib, libpng, libjpeg) and use the patch file from the 002 release to patch the UQM source code.

I recommend using Linux as your development platform as I've found that it builds much faster than cygwin. I also recommend using psplink for running the executable during debug cycles...

I did some additional work on trying to narrow down the remaining stability issues and load performance. I wrote a simple read cache for stdio access, but this seemed to do very little to improve performance. Also, it stability issue is very difficult as it takes quite some time to happen and there is very little data available...

[wraggster]

Congrats on the 4th Child, you and the wife will have plenty to do :)

[sharkus]

Had a bit of time to make some improvements. Things should be considerably more stable now... Grab the latest from the first post in this topic. Have fun!

-Sharkus

[SharkFish]

And thank You again for this great port. This 3rd revision is realy more stable now, have been played a lot before first crash. Great job!!!

[Zadam]

Thank you very much Sharkus for the 3rd rev, your doing some really great work on this, just want to let you know that there are people out here who really appreciate what you have done, and we get a lot of satisfaction playing this old classic again as a direct result of your efforts! Big pat on that back for you my friend! :)

The only problem I'm still having with the port appears as a result of coming out of sleep mode... Once the PSP has been to sleep and come back, it appears that any planets you visit no longer appear in the viewer... Almost as though the texture isnt being drawn and theres just a "black" sphere where the planet is supposed to be. Same thing happens in the scan-view area, and if you dispatch to the planet.

[DeQuosaek]

I haven't gotten around to trying this out yet, but I stumbled upon this thread while I was reading up on all the PSP homebrew and I have to say...
THANK YOU for doing the work on porting this!

I understand if real life interferes with you continuing work on this.

Star Control II has always been one of my favorite games of all time. The intriguing story line and the massive nature of the game is unique and is part of what makes the game so great. I've played all the way through it back in the day, but after I heard about the Ur-Quan Masters project for the PC, I started playing it again. I can't wait to load up this portable version of it. Even if it has some bugs, I'm sure I'll still enjoy it.

Thanks again.

[xnobugx]

I just want to ditto what the previous poster said. I am so happy to have discovered this port, which as far as I'm aware has received little to no press. Tragic! This is clearly one of the best games ever... not to mention a hallmark of my childhood.

Off to check out the port. Thanks so much for the work, and I'll be checking this forum from time to time to see how you progress.

[twrock123]

It won't load. Freezes at title screen.

[RAFFI]

I am so happy this got ported. Easily one of the top 5 games of alltime I can remember when it 1st came out I had no life for at least 2 months. Rarely have I ever been enthralled in a game such as when i played this for the 1st time. Let's hope Toys for Bob can make a true sequel (SC3 was Crap). I was playing rev 1 forever and it kept crashing, so i installed rev 3 and voila No crashes...Love IT!!

We are not worthy Sharkus! :thumbup:

[Flojomojo]

Thanks for the port, congratulations on the (4th!) kid!

Is it me, or are the controls quite non-intuitive? I can't move. Am I missing something obvious?

[Flojomojo]

Nice Work! I like seeing ports like this. I hope one day someone can try to port XCOM: UFO Defense - Anyway, great work!Now that the PSP can play Playstation games you can run that version of X-Com!

I love this port ... an update with optimized loading would be nice, but it works great as is. I didn't quite understand that the shoulder buttons were used for firing weapons. Now that I know that, everything is good!

[microchipe]

Greetings, Sharkus, great port u have made, thanks.
:thumbup:
I want to know if has any way to pass 'addon' parameters to this homebrew in actual stage, even via config file, because i'm making a translation mod and like to see this running on my psp.
See ya.

[onemanassault]

Amazing....I cant belive nobody is pushing this port...the load times are kind of long and it freezes sometimes but this is awsome...somebody needs to continue this great work!

[microchipe]

hy, all
I've found a way to speed up the game, and it's soo simple: all i did was UNZIP the file 'uqm-0.5.0-content.uqm' (YES, it's an ordinary ZIP file with another extension) in the contents folder with same name of the zipped archive, LITERALLY, with dot and extension.
Works fine with release 003.
That's it. Hope this help you all.
:thumbup:

[Flojomojo]

Thanks for the tip, Microchipe. Unzipping now .... hoping I don't run out of space. It's taking forever because that archive is full of tiny little files.

[animall]

What exactly do you mean? Create a folder with the name 'uqm-0.5.0-content.uqm' with all the contents in it? That's what I did and the program just kicks me back to xmb when I run it. Any tips?

[microchipe]

animall, yes, this was what i made.
In my MS, the full path for this "folder trick" is "/psp/game/uqm/content/packages/uqm-0.5.0-content.uqm/" and inside this, the uqm-0.5.0-content.uqm unziped.
For me works nicely. :D Hope this help you. :thumbup:

[nattog]

didnt work for me either. can you give the whole spec; what firmware, version of the program, etc. because after spending an hour and a half unpackig this on my psp it just kicks me out of the game.

[microchipe]

nattog, i've tried this and worked since first time, running PSP Port Rev 002 on firmware 3.03-oeB, but worked too in 3.03-oeC and 3.10-oeA, because i've tested many firmwares on my machine. Then, I've updated to PSP Port Rev 003, and works faster! For clearly see how worked for me, see the shot of the UQM folder on my MemoryStick. Seeya! :thumbup:

[animall]

Wish I could say that worked for me, microchipe

[themidgethotel]

I've tried ported the game files to my PSP, but they keep comming up as corrupted

[DarknessCyShadow]

Come on...We -have- to start this...This is something that could make a brilliant port to psp...UQM has a massive fanbase! Why aren't any of them here?

[The Privateer]

I've been a big fan of Star Control 2 since it first came out ages ago. I stummbled across this port and spent nearly two hours downloading, unzipping, and transfering to my PSP and it will not play.

I get 2 Icons for SC2 in my Game/Memory Stick.

One is the pretty one nice music and background.
(I'm assuming it is the smaller E-boot file from the UGM% dir)

The other one is blank with the corrupt icon and a title of the side saying Corruted Data.
(I'm assuming it is the larger E-boot file from the UQM dir)

Both do not work. I get the same message of
"This game cannot be started.
The data is corrupted."

I have PSP System Software Version 3.51

The SC2 data is all stored on a SanDisk Memory Stick PRO Duo 2GB just the way the Rev 003 Readme file instructed.

I also had put on the optional Voice and Music files as well.

:confused: I would really enjoy being able to play SC2 on my PSP. Could somebody help me? :confused:

If you need more info on my system or setup let me know and I'll provide.

[t0mat03]

The idea of this gaming being on the PSP makes me soooo happy.

I just discovered this game after completing Mass Effect for the 360 and started playing it. I liked it a LOT and I was amazed that the game actually featured good voice acting.

Is this project dead though (for PSP)... if so that sucks!

I'm going to at least try and install Rev 3 on my PSP.

[stan22]

Anybody know how to install addons on uqm-0.5.0-psp_rev003?

[Trayz]

For those new to the homebrew scene, you need to use the 1.5 kernel to play this game. If you have a slim (like me) you can't install 1.5, BUT you can you use something like eLoader. To use the eLoader you will need custom firmware.

Currently I'm on 3.71 M33-4 and I use eLoader to run this game.


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Something interesting to note, I am using the uqm 0.6.0 content files (music and voice too) that I downloaded from http://sc2.sourceforge.net/downloads.php

I was running 0.5.0 and I decided to try the updated content. I just renamed the files and replaced the 0.5.0 uqm files for content, voice, and music.

I've played both and the 0.6.0 content seems to run a tad faster. I've only been playing on the new content for a couple of days, but so far I haven't run into any problems!



Kudos to Sharkus. Mucho thanks for the work!!!!

Now if somebody could just pickup where he left off. ;)

[yanosch]

Hi, i´m using 0.5.0 version on my slim 3.90 with eloader 2.0 -i can only use the analog stick to move the ship -is it possible to use dpadsen instead?

[Overflask]

HELP!!! After I start the game, it shows a black screen with a VGA arrow on the top left corner and kicks me back to the PSP game selection screen.

I'm running fat psp with 3.52 M33 firmware and a 4GB Sony Memorystick Pro Duo with 384MB left.

Please help!!!
Thanks

[FARSLAYER]

Wondering if anyone has done any work on this for higher firmwares(stability).

[Jahavad]

Hi i have liked this game since I played it in 2001, and now i see there is a psp port i am extremely exited. I have it on my psp with the 0.60 stuff on it and my psp is 3.90m33-2 and under game150 folder and it works great no load time problems. however the only thing that needs to be changed is the option to configure the controls. any ideas on how to do so?

[BloodLust8]

Thats just uber cool!

[chasx003]

sorry to bring up an old thread, but does anyone know how to run this on a slim running 4.01 m33-2 ? a tutorial\semi detailed instructoins would be nice, i'm new to this... thanks

[goatsaplenty]

u rule thank you so much

[sharkus]

New version updated at top post. Enjoy.

-Sharkus

[chasx003]

hmm, mine crashes under the super mele mode at the screen that displays all the ships that are about to battle. anyone else have this problem? (with the new version, i have 4.01 m33-2

[sharkus]

Oops... I didn't actually try super melee mode yet... I'll take a look when I have a chance.

-Sharkus

[sharkus]

Looks like super melee mode is causing a stack overflow. I'll get that fixed in the next rev.

[goatsaplenty]

Does unziping it realy work mine just boots me out when i try to play it unziped??

[sharkus]

I've heard unzipping makes it faster, but there are just too many files for me... From the source code, it looks like you need to unzip the .uqm file directly into the content directory...

[8utt3rs]

WOW!!!

Can's believe my eyes!!

Just one simple stupid question

Will the old version savegames compatible with 0.6 version??

[goatsaplenty]

how do you use 6.2 rev ? dont you have to unzip it or just put it in packages folder?

[sharkus]

I just posted an update that should fix Melee mode. Also, after digging through the code I was able to make some very large improvements to the speed when using the uqm (i.e. zip) files.

-Sharkus

[edit] For those curious the initial load time for the 0.6.2 rev 01 was about 60 sec (from the Sony vsh). Rev 02 takes only 22 sec.

[fwiffo81]

Version 0.6.2 rev2

vanilla, just installed with content as described here.

firmware 4.01 m33-2

it just crashes and exits the game if I try to enter in "SETUP" from main window, just when you enter the game

edit: the same happens in 5.00 m33-3

[sharkus]

Are you using the zipped content? Can you send me a list of the sub-directories and files you have in your UQM directory?

Also, are you using a slim or fat psp?

[fwiffo81]

Ok, I've seen by myself that I was using previous content O_O I didn't notice that I didn't copy new content O_O
by loosing some minutes myself I would have noticed it! gosh! sorry :P

After changing content and changing version in "version" in content directory I noticed that all worked all right.

Sorry again! :(

edit again: previous content was 0.5.0

new content is: 0.6.0

in version in PSP\GAME\UQM\CONTENT there was: 0.5.0
I changed it to: 0.6.0

now it works...

[sharkus]

Great. I'm happy to hear it is working...

[Nadersith]

Hi guys... Nice work Sharkus...

My question is... how about spanish translation? Is the port able to load addon pack? (The same to Remix packs)

Thanks

[sharkus]

It should work. If not, let me know.

[goatsaplenty]

Have ever thought about fallout 1or2 just wondering?

[Nadersith]

No, it doesn't. Well, I don't know if you can load them, because on PC you have to write some lines in the shortcut, but on PSP port you don't have any executable!

So I put my uqm addon files on Addons folder, and it does nothing :S

[KBB]

Thank you very much for this port. Starcontrol II is one of my all time favorites and the work you´ve done to port the Ur-Quan Masters to the psp is awesome!!

[Serosis]

No, it doesn't. Well, I don't know if you can load them, because on PC you have to write some lines in the shortcut, but on PSP port you don't have any executable!

So I put my uqm addon files on Addons folder, and it does nothing :S

It should work if it's 0.6.2, just change the settings in-game. if that doesn't work, combine the remix packs into one and use it as the main 3do music package.

[lxcainxl]

Experiencing massive slowdown when talking to Fwiffo on Pluto. I tried removing the voice pack, but it made no difference (beyond lack of voice). Ran at 333 Mhz, no change. Most of the dialog runs acceptably anywhere else.

Running PSP Slim and 4.01 M33-2 (I believe), Lexar 8GB Mem Stick Pro Duo.
UQM 0.62 (rev 002) for PSP and 0.60 content, voice and 3domusic packages.

Not sure if anyone else has ever had this problem. :(

Any ideas?

[Jinx1337]

Hey Sharkus!
I can see that you finally made an update! Thank you very, very much - I really appreciate it!

Here are some suggestions I mentioned while we mailed each other some while ago:

a) saving the game doesn't work while in hyperspace or the satelite's shipyard. The list shows up blank, and if you attempt to save, the slot you choose gets corrupted.

b) the game could really use a GUI keyboard for star-system search. There are about 3 GUI "middleware" keyboard systems already written for the PSP, so it shouldn't be much hassle. Danzeff OSK for example?


And could we have that pretty icon with music back please?


Not pushing or anything, just friendly suggesting things to update whenever you have some free time to waste for us.


Thanks you one more time. I really love and appreciate your work.

[Jinx1337]

I hated that empty icon in the newest two releases, so I modified Sharkus's eboot and added PIC1, ICON0 and SOUND from the previous ones.

Hope he's not mad with me, heh.

Here you go everyone:

R02 release with XMB icon/bg/sound.

[Jinx1337]

Somehow the file dissapeared.

Here it is again.

Just overwrite R02's eboot with this one.

[Nethog]

I downloaded uqm-0.6.2-psp_rev002.zip and copied the UQM directory to my PSP as instructed. I also added the following package files to the packages directory:
uqm-0.6.0-content.uqm
uqm-0.6.0-3domusic.uqm
uqm-0.6.0-voice.uqm

I also edited the version file as mentioned in a recent post:

in PSP\GAME\UQM\CONTENT there was: 0.5.0
I changed it to: 0.6.0

When I try to run the game I get the error:
This game cannot be started. The data is corrupted.

I am running PSP OS version 5.03.

Can anyone suggest ways I can make the game work?

Thanks
Nethog

[Jinx1337]

You don't need to change the filenames with the newest version. They all work without renaming.

And seems like you have the OFFICIAL 5.03 firmware installed on the PSP. You need a hacked, M33 Custom Firmware installed.

Google for more info.

[Retroprof]

What speed should it be unpacking the voice files?

When I first encounter the probe it takes 3-5 seconds before the dialogue screen pops up.

Just wanted to check if this is normal...?