FRONTIER 1337 - version 0.2a - A port of FRONTIER Elite II for PSP

[Atien]

Its starting and ... after 2-3 seconds just quits without any explanation. I have 3.10' OE.

I've also seen posts like yours on other sites.
I'm using 3.40 OE-a and the game works perfectly.
It was also working under real 1.50, 3.03 OE, 3.10 OE and 3.30 OE...

Can you give me more informations about your psp?
Are you using custom XMB or RCO plugins?
Maybe you could try to place the game in the MS_ROOT/PSP/GAME folder?
Tell me please so I could fix the game or write an addendum to the readme.

[O-bake]

In the OE options menu (right shoulder button during boot), there's the option which kernel version you are on.
Maybe it's connected to to that. I remember problems with homebrew and not beeing on 1.50 kernel.
I can't test right now, too tired :/

And thanks for porting this great game, btw. =)

[IM back!]

it dosnt work for me ( i've got the same problem as vladare) heres someinfo on my psp:

3.40oe-a
kernel for game folder: 1.50
i did try the game in both folders.

[vladare]

Can you give me more informations about your psp?
Are you using custom XMB or RCO plugins?
Maybe you could try to place the game in the MS_ROOT/PSP/GAME folder?
Tell me please so I could fix the game or write an addendum to the readme.

1) Currently I don't use custom XMB
2) I turned off the all plugins.
3) I tried game into GAME and GAME150

The result is the same - exit.

[Deathnix]

To be honest, I have always hated the Elite games, BUT! You have done a great job my friend!
Now use thoes skills for an even awesomner game! XD

[Atien]

1) Currently I don't use original custom XMB
2) I turned off the all plugins.
3) I tried game into GAME and GAME150

The result is the same - exit.

Can you try to launch the game without the data folder? Just rename it so that SFX and MUSIC wont load at launch.

If it's still not working, then the problem must come from the 333MHz overclocking...
I'll try to solve that later.

[slaanesh]

I cannot launch this either.

I'm running 3.40 OE
I have no plug-ins or anything activate, it's just vanila.
I've tried launching from /psp/game150/FRONTIER
I've tried with no DATA dir and with just an empty DATA dir.

It always just reboots back to the start.

It's a pity as I loved Frontier for the Amiga - probably my favourite Amiga game! Can you fix this?

[vladare]

Can you try to launch the game without the data folder? Just rename it so that SFX and MUSIC wont load at launch.

Without success.

[Paradok]

Sorry new to this.

Do I just unpack the stuff to my psp and that is it it will work? Or do I need a emu to make it go? And will it work on firmware version 3.3?

Thanks Bez.

Sorry for the new guy questions.

You need either Sony's firmware 1.5 or below, one of Dark_Alex's custom firmwares, or the eLoader and a compatible Sony firmware (meaning 2.8 or below) to use this, or any other homebrew that I'm familiar with. If you're unsure of exactly what firmware you're running, look in Settings -> System Settings -> System Information -> System Software on your PSP. If it says "OE" after the firmware version number, you're good. If not, you're probably going to have some trouble.

If you're running 3.30 OE (or 1.5, or any OE firmware), you need to create the folder ms0:/PSP/GAME150, and then copy the FRONTIER and FRONTIER% folders to that folder. I would guess that the other two rars need to be unpacked into the FRONTIER folder, but I haven't tried this particular program out yet, so I'm not 100% sure. That's the way it usually works though.

If you're running 3.30 (not OE), then this program will not run, and I don't think you'll be able to run any homebrew at all on your PSP at this point in time. To my knowledge there are no downgraders for 3.30 yet either, so for now you're stuck. Don't upgrade to any new official firmwares, and eventually some enterprising coder will come out with a downgrader that you can use.

If by some chance you were completely mistaken about your firmware version and you have the official Sony firmware 2.00-3.03, you have the option of either using eLoader or downgrading to firmware 1.5. Exactly what you need to do for either of those options depends on what version firmware you're starting from. Bear in mind, however: eLoader sometimes has compatibility issues that will prevent some homebrew from running, and with downgrading (and updating) firmware, there's always a risk of bricking your PSP. Do your research, make sure you're reading all of the version numbers and folder names right, follow the steps carefully, and you should be fine.

Here are some links that'll help:

Noobz
Dark_Alex
TA-082-Motherboard-Tutorial
DCEmu official guide - how to install 3.02 OE-A, then to OE-B, to run PSOne Games

And two last precautions. First, you cannot update from firmware 2.x/3.x directly to an Open Edition or Special Edition firmware. You MUST downgrade to Sony's 1.5 firmware first and THEN upgrade, or you will brick your PSP. Second, if you have a PSP with a TA-082 or higher, do not downgrade below the official firmware 2.5. If you have one of these motherboards, your only option at this time is eLoader or possibly HEN (which I've never used, so I can't really elaborate on it).

Good luck.

[Baboon]

Nice port of a classic game.

Downloading now.