Descent for PSP

[blackbeardd]

I've found a solution. Just enter a new pilots name, say
"xox" then copy the newly formed xox.plr and xox.plx files from the "game150" folder to the "game" folder.
Then you can pick "xox" from the "select pilot" menu which means the save games for that pilot are usable.
Now to finish the game which I last played 13 years ago. This is a fantastic port.

[Anger]

yes that might work however i think it wont save correctly if you do that (wouldnt you have to copy the files each time you begin a game?).
imo its better to have the game save and load files to the same place which is why i hexed the path to be the root of my memory stick. this avoids the corrupt icons and still allows saving, loading and creating pilots.

[blackbeardd]

It seems to save correctly. I've saved about 20 times and turned on off my psp after saving, then loaded my saved game after turning on again with no problems.

[Raziel-chan]

This is one shockingly awesome piece of coding... My only complaint is that it's kinda unstable (the 1.0 version on slim through 1.000 eloader). It hung when loading the first level the first time I started the game (but it never again did that), plus the analog nub tends to be finicky, sometimes registering movement when not even touched (the second time I played).

Still, the third time it seems to be perfect :3

cya
Raziel-chan

[classicman]

Hello,

thanks a lot for the port! I liked the game very much.

But i can't get it to run properly

I have the 1.5 version of the Game and the 3.40 OE-A firmware

when i put those 3 files mentioned above in the GAME150 Folder in my psp i get the follow error:

"error: cannot open file Descent.tex or descent .txb"

when i put all files in the GAME folder, i've got

"the game could not be started. (8002014c)"


any help would be great ... thanks anyway!

[No_one_in_particular]

You're on Sony's official 3.40 firmware, you'll need a custom firmware for it to work.

[classicman]

You're on Sony's official 3.40 firmware, you'll need a custom firmware for it to work.

Thanks for your quick answer. Of course i have a custom firmware, i have corrected the exact version label in my previous post above.

Any ideas why i get those strange errors?

[AlexCory]

I need some help with this error too... something about a missing DESCENT.TEX and DESCENT.TXB files on the psp?

well I've already done all the searching and tests and still nothing works.

There was one thing I tried though just to see what would happen...



The descent patcher website( http://www.dxx-rebirth.de/ ) offers a windows executable version of descent that also requires the .pig and .hog descent files in order for it to work properly. So I decided to get it and put the .pig and .hog files I had from my registered commercial version of descent. Surprisingly I found that these files I have work on the PC windows version?!?!

For some reason these files do not work on the PSP version however... Why is this??? honestly it doesnt make any sense to me coding wise. Cause you most likely based this off of the code on that website since it is open source... (which is why you refer us there for the patch for those files in the first place...)

Any ideas?

EDIT: and fyi, my firmware is 3.90 M33-2 (game should still run properly in the GAME150 folder though cause I use plenty of 150 apps on my PSP with this firmware.)

[Drego]

Wow I feel smart. I have figured out the "Cannot find DESCENT.TEX or DESCENT.TXB" error. For those running off of a PHAT with 1.5 kernal you need to put the HOG and PIG files into the GAME folder, not the GAME150. So you should have your files like so:

MS0:\PSP\GAME150\DESCENT\EBOOT.PBP
MS0:\PSP\GAME\DESCENT\DESCENT.HOG
MS0:\PSP\GAME\DESCENT\DESCENT.PIG

Should fix your problems... I hope :-P

[AlexCory]

OMG!!! DREGO!!! YOU RULE!!!

your suggestion fixed up my psp nicely

now i gotta figure out how to type in the pilot name... hmm...