is the d-pad meant to be 4-way?

**pspbeer** · June 20th, 2006, 00:44

PSP 1.5 to PSP 2.0 cannot move D-Pad diagonally on emulator games and on official umd cd games

PSP2.5 can do D-pad diagonal movement on emulator games and umd cd games

I have 2 psp,one is on firmware 1.5 , the other is on 2.5

Anybody can help , so i can move D-pad diagonal on psp 1.5???

Followup:
Upgraded and downgraded several times
1.5<-->1.52<-->2.0
Tested the official sega virtual tennis game, I cannot move diagona on D-pad. The problems is not limited to emulator games!! With my other psp on firmware 2.5 i can move diagonal on D-Pad with no problem. Both psp is on latest hardware psp1001

Conclusion:
This is to stop people wasting time!!!

1. If on firmware 1.5 to 2.0, use the analog stick if you want to move diagonal on emulator or regular umd cd games, most emulator have an option to map d-pad to the analog stick, I have tried this on the snes, dgen and neogeo cd.

2. D pad move movement in diagonal path is not possible with firmware 1.5-2.0

3. Do not attempt to disassemble your hardware!!

4. The only sensible fix is on the software side, we need a homebrew-hack to fix the d-pad problem on firmware 1.5-2.0!!

Why i am always the first to find out!!!! Just had my 2 psp for less then 1 weeks and all these new findings!!!!!

I forgot to mention cannot move diagonal in any direction u-l,u-r,d-r,d-l , so i doubt it is an issue low pad.

**Napalm-Death** · June 20th, 2006, 03:36

http://ufighterx.com/guides/videogam...pspdpadfix.htm

**Accordion** · June 20th, 2006, 20:30

they make that extra button thing that came with preordered street fighter, it is a piece of rubber which covers the d-pad and the diagonal spaces so you can press real diagonals. its needed because the first few hardware generations have buttons set too low. machines made after and included the jap ceramic model feature more prominent buttons, they also adjusted the square button screen alignment.

has anyone thought of using the extra button attachment on the symbol buttons for use with shooters like syphon filter, and socom... gives smooother control with camera movment.
i made one myself out of a large eraser(to get the same feel) and simply cut it with a knife into the correct shape, works quite well

**Skye** · June 21st, 2006, 01:18

You can do them, it's just hard to pull them off. Trying Street Fighter out I had a really hard time pulling off special moves myself.

**pspbeer** · June 22nd, 2006, 01:19

Originally Posted by pspbeer

PSP 1.5 to PSP 2.0 cannot move D-Pad diagonally on emulator games and on official umd cd games

PSP2.5 can do D-pad diagonal movement on emulator games and umd cd games

I have 2 psp,one is on firmware 1.5 , the other is on 2.5

Anybody can help , so i can move D-pad diagonal on psp 1.5???

Followup:
Upgraded and downgraded several times
1.5<-->1.52<-->2.0
Tested the official sega virtual tennis game, I cannot move diagona on D-pad. The problems is not limited to emulator games!! With my other psp on firmware 2.5 i can move diagonal on D-Pad with no problem. Both psp is on latest hardware psp1001

Conclusion:
This is to stop people wasting time!!!

1. If on firmware 1.5 to 2.0, use the analog stick if you want to move diagonal on emulator or regular umd cd games, most emulator have an option to map d-pad to the analog stick, I have tried this on the snes, dgen and neogeo cd.

2. D pad move movement in diagonal path is not possible with firmware 1.5-2.0

3. Do not attempt to disassemble your hardware!!

4. The only sensible fix is on the software side, we need a homebrew-hack to fix the d-pad problem on firmware 1.5-2.0!!

Why i am always the first to find out!!!! Just had my 2 psp for less then 1 weeks and all these new findings!!!!!

I forgot to mention cannot move diagonal in any direction u-l,u-r,d-r,d-l , so i doubt it is an issue low pad.

I return the defect psp for another psp 1.5.1 diagaonal worked fine, upgraded to 1.5.2 diagaonal worked fine, then upgrade 2.0.0 diagaonal worked fine then downgraded to 1.5.0 diagaonal worked fine...Looks like Sony screw up, the hebrew is safe for downgrade!!!!

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June 23,2006 after installing the personlize wall paper and also SXT Version Changer V2.02 http://www.sonyxteam.com , my psp 1.5 was unable to read umd cd, try to upgrade to 2.0 but got struck at 99% deja vu, luckly was able to exchange for new psp 2.0.1 . I confirmed personlize wall paper is safe. Now I am 99% sure MPH Game Loader v1.1 (39KB - 36,650 downloads) cause the problem.

BEWARE is is dificult to brink your system but easy to make you umd cd unreadable!!!!!!!!!!

**pspbeer** · June 24th, 2006, 21:29

Originally Posted by pspbeer

I return the defect psp for another psp 1.5.1 diagaonal worked fine, upgraded to 1.5.2 diagaonal worked fine, then upgrade 2.0.0 diagaonal worked fine then downgraded to 1.5.0 diagaonal worked fine...Looks like Sony screw up, the hebrew is safe for downgrade!!!!

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June 23,2006 after installing the personlize wall paper and also SXT Version Changer V2.02 http://www.sonyxteam.com , my psp 1.5 was unable to read umd cd, try to upgrade to 2.0 but got struck at 99% deja vu, luckly was able to exchange for new psp 2.01

BEWARE is is dificult to brink your system but easy to make you umd cd unreadable!!!!!!!!!!

My new psp 2.01 can do up-right and down-right diagonal movement but it can not do up-left and down-left!!!!! Anyone tried this

http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...DME:B:AAQ:IT:1

**pspbeer** · June 25th, 2006, 09:04

Big psp websites like this one should compile a list of emails , when the list is big enough file a law suit for defect dpad shipment, ten of miilions of consumer bought a psp with a defect dpad, this is an obvious breach of trust and lack competency / quality inspection.

i call customer service they act stupid not aware of dpad problem post on the internet..