i am new, what are POPs??? and what do they do for games? thanks!

Pops, Is a ps1 emulator...what does it do, well....its plays ps1 games on your psp...!! :p

hahaha, ok thanks, i still new to this, thanks.

np dude, If you have any other psp questions... post em up.

Ok, the instructions to this really weren't all that clear to me for this one. First off where do I download "the latest psardumper mod from team c+d".

Not sure if it will be self explanitory after I get the program or not but for good measure I'll ask, how do I "extract the firmware you desire using the "Decrypt all" function".

Thanks to all who contribute to an answer!

Its easy, but understandable since you've never used PSARDumper.

If you want to run 3.11 pops, you need to grab 3.11 EBOOT.PBP then extract the DATA.PSAR from the EBOOT with a program such as PBP Unpacker (can be found in the downloads section on this site).

Place the DATA.PSAR on your memory stick drive, and download PSARDumper 3.10. Move PSARDumper to your GAME150 folder (if you don't have one create it) then run the app. It will give you some on screen instructions but like it says just hit square to decrypt all.

This will give you all the files you need for the rest of the readme.

BTW I know it sounds easier if we just shared the files but they are Sony copyrighted so thats a no-no :)

Yeah, that was another question I was gonna ask lol. But yeah at least it's good to know ya'll have your butts covered ^^.

You can download the new pops at HERE

Follow directions on that site, its easy.

im pretty sure i followed all the instructions correctly but i cant get my game to work..
not sure if it's my game, its castlevania symphony of the night (jp)..

so i used POPSconverter 1.6.. put the key and eboot in PSP/GAME/Castlevania
i extracted data.psar from the 3.11eboot, put it in the root and followed dark-alex's readme
i think its a success since i could enable the plugin in recover menu.
so i tried to run the game, i get to select which popstation version since its first run, i chose 3.10... then black screen forever

please help me out.. god i love that game

quick followup question, can i format the memory stick? the plugins are written to flash right?

no, they aren't. to me your problem sounds like it can't find the 3.11 files popsman311.prx, and pops311.prx

are you sure you copied them to the seplugins/popsloader folder?

mm.. i copied them from F0/kd
pops311.prx is 1021kb and popsman311.prx is 14kb

yes but did you put them in the seplugins/popsloader folder?

yes.. they're there ><

eh.. well did the game work before? maybe the iso is bad if not, I played through SOTN fine back on 3.03

you could just dump 3.03 firmware then use the pops from that. when you boot a game hold R through the warning screen to bring up the selection menu

EDIT: looking at your post again I found the problem, you selected 3.10 on the first run. Need to hold R when booting a game until the selection screen comes up then choose 3.11

opps = that was only a typo, i tried holding R and selecting 3.11

anyway, it was the game.. i dled another version to play and it worked
too bad that was the only japanese version i could find =

is there a plugin for .. i.e game$hark codes?

thx so much for your help and amazingly fast replies

check out CWcheat ;)

When I played my Castlevania SOTN on 3.03 oeC...When ever I teleported over to the outerwall...(all the way to the right) and I went through the door, my psp would freeze...ALSO now that Im on 3.10oe...When ever I transform into the warewolf, and I run..there is a HUGE black trail behind me on the screen...As if I was running to fast for the game? did you have any problems like this?? :(

No, the game did not freeze once. Maybe you should try grabbing a different iso

Wanna list a few or maybe the one you found...When ever I look, for some odd reason...they all lead to the same iso.

dunno dude, I dumped it myself actually.

Hello. You all seem like a nice bunch so I decided to turn here for help. I hope you can help at least. I'm trying to rip my own PS1 games to isos using the AutoPopstation 4 and for some reason when I use the AutoPopstation4.bat with the iso in the same folder it just closes. I'll type in a name and hit enter and nothing happens. I tried opening the iso in WinRar but it says it's a damaged or unreadable format. I also tried opening it up in Magic ISO and it saves it as a 32 kb messed up iso. What am I doing wrong here? I also tried making the iso in Magic ISO but it does the same thing. I just need to convert these isos to eboots so I can play them.

UPDATE: OK I converted a PS1 game to .bin and I used POPS Converter and it went into an eboot. I put it in PSP/GAME and all I get is a corrupted data icon...what am I doing wrong?

UPDATE #2: After hours of researching and fiddling I finally got it to work! I take the game off the CD with AutoPopstation 4 and then I use POPConverter and then I put the keys.bin and eboot in the right folder and it's good! I can't get autopop to convery any isos...it just says there was an error opening the iso...it's really annoying anyone know how to fix that?

Yeah i sound like a noob i no but i need help on this plugin thing...


what do i do to prevent the cheat cw and this 3.11 plugin from overlapping each other?

like if i wanna have the 3.11 function and the cw cheat at the same time... what do i do??
and the pop.txt.... what do i add in there for both to work? :D

I am running 3.10' firmware but as many of you know Sudioken II doesnt
work with it so I got this new pops thing and did everything correct to decrypt the 3.02 firmware. however when i try to run the game after selecting "3.02" from the list i get game could not be started (80020001)
some one help me out?

have you named the files like this? meaudio302.prx, popsman302.prx, pops302.prx

Also try putting the game in GAME310 folder

i did all the psar stuff but know where do i put the ps1 games?
what format do i use? iso, eboot?
do i put it into the game, game150 or whatever?
im pretty lost...

eboot, game folder.

i have an iso, what do i use to convert it to an eboot, popstation?

Correct :)

so i put the keys.bin and the eboot in "game"
do they have to be in a new folder?
do i need to rename anything?
anything else helpful would be cool...
thanks i am new to the custom firmwares i used 1.50

yeah they have to be in a new folder in GAME, just like other eboots.

when ever i load a game i see some text about precautions and then the screen goes black when i press home i get the menu (quit game, assign buttons, manual, sett., and reset game) nothing else happens. the power light stays green and the the backlight changes wen i press the button so i dont know wat that means but maybe someone does...

questions...

do i put eboot and keys.bin in a separate folder (psp-game-gamesname-eboot,keys.bin)
or just (psp-game-eboot,keys.bin)

do some games not work, is that my problem?

im new to this if anyone knows a tutorial that is very precise and detailed that could help too

the folder structure should be like this PSP/GAME/NAME

then inside of 'name' is the eboot and keys.bin

and yes some games do not work so that may be the cause of the black screen

look I have a psp version 2.81 at the moment im kinda of lost in how to get the psp firmware to the 3.1 custom firmware of darkalex
Can sum1 please help me? I want homebrew!!!

you need to upgrade to 3.03 then follow this guide:

http://forums.exophase.com/showthread.php?t=525

im lost

>>>you need to grab 3.11 EBOOT.PBP then extract the DATA.PSAR from the EBOOT
>>>>>the 3.11 EBOOT.PBP, where do i get it from? from the PSP?

>>>Move PSARDumper to your GAME150 folder
>>>>>I download the "310psardumprelease.rar", i extract it, there are 5 files, i put the all 5 files in :/PSP/GAME150?

>>>Place the DATA.PSAR on your memory stick drive
>>>>>where exactly? :/PSP/GAME ?

thanks

Sony has a link to the 3.11 eboot on their site. You just put the two eboot folders in GAME150.

no, the DATA.PSAR goes in the root folder. X:/ for example

yay thanks
now i can continue playing Suikoden II

Hi,

I have follow all the questions and replies however i still cant figure where to get the keys.id and eboot.

Can someone illustrate this part of explaination further?

I am facing serious problems running plenty of ISO which run well on dh0.46

Is there an up-to-date compatability list for POPstation 3.11? Mostly because I want to know if Sony has fixed the problem with running Suikoden II where the game freezes at the first boss, not to mention FF8 not running and Chrono Cross crashing at certain character joinings.

Many thanks!

EDIT! : Actually, I found a great website linked off of these very forums. For everyone that may ask this same question that I did, a great website to check out is here: http://playstage.cybervolution.com/

Do it works with the: 3.30 OE A?

unfortunately no.. he has plans to bring back support for popsloader in a later update though.

Damn it!

So... In others versions like:
3.30 OE-A' or 3.30 OE-B can be a popsloader suport?

But... Are the more PSOne compatible games with this new firmware? Like, if we didn't need the Popsloader... Or with this new firmware the PSOne compatiblity is very small?
(because of this non working of 3.30 OE...)

well I have already heard reports that 3.30 OE has fixed some bugs in FF7 and Chrono Cross. So yes compatibility seems to be on the up :smile:

and yeah look forward to popsloader support in a later update.

I seem to be able to use popsloader no problem in 3.30 OE-A. Which seems odd as the Man himself (Dark_Alex) said it doesn't in the readme.

People, I found it:
http://dl.qj.net/LOLstation-POPS-Fix-(3.10-3.30OE)-PSP-Homebrew-Applications/pg/12/fid/13543/catid/151

It's 'lolstation' a 'popsloader' for 3.30OE-A

Is it good?

Err..Uhm...No. Quite different, actually. LOLstation fixes an error that occurs by making a custom coldboot or debranding the gameboot. (If the previous sentence confuses you, LOLstation is not for you.)

popsloader lets you load any version of pops on any OE firmware (provided it works). Dark_AleX himself, the man who made popsloader AND the OE firmwares, says it doesn't work on 3.30 OE-A. I haven't had any problems, however. :confused1:

Hey! And now? Do it works with 3.40OE-A?

It still does for me. I don't know about other people.

But whether it works or not, 3.30 is not on the popsloader's menu.