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Edison Carter has done it yet again, releasing v0.5 of the ever-so popular GTA:LCS Cheat Device - allowing you to enable/disable cheats easily in Grant Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, and much more - including video recording support, adjusting the CPU clock, and the ability to view battery percent, voltage and temp.

Release notes from v0.5:

v0.5 release notes:

This version lets you change your CPU speed between 222MHz and 333MHz. You can also see your battery level, voltage and temp. This feature is not available on firmware 2.6. The syscalls are all mixed up on 2.6 and it would be prohibitively difficult to discover the CPU and battery stuff on 2.6. You won’t see a difference at 333MHz except when the refresh rate slows down with too many cars on the screen, then it won’t slow down as much. Someone should figure out the difference in battery life between 222MHz and 333MHz.

Video Recorder records an animated GIF at 8 frames per second. I’m not sure if this works better at 222MHz or 333MHz. It’s a little different on each. The CPU time starvation on 222MHz might be a good thing to keep the game from progressing during the snapshot.

Don’t forget to press DOWN+X to stop your video before taking the memory card out!

The GIF file generated is uncompressed. To compress it, load it into anything that can load animated GIFs and then save. Compression reduces the filesize by better than 50%. Always compress the GIF before posting on the web, and limit the length of your recordings to keep the size reasonable!

The Heavy Motorcycle cheat determines the mass of motorcycles when they are first created, like when you open the garage or when you first see one in traffic, so you need to turn it on before opening the garage or finding a motorcycle you want to ride. Once a motorcycle is created, its mass property is set. Other motorcycles on the road will also be heavy, but for peds, their motorcycles burst into flames at the slightest touch of another vehicle. If you don’t want this, get yourself a heavy motorcycle then turn the cheat off so new motorcycles will be normal.

With this cheat, you are the heaviest thing in the universe and in every collision, the other vehicle has to do all the moving to get out of the way. If you shove a car into a wall, it has nowhere else to go so it’ll squirt up into the air like the Yardie Lobo in my video.

If you don’t turn on Your Car Is Indestructible, you get a cool flame effect when you crash into walls.

And as always, these downloads are available at PSP Hacks!

Download GTA:LCS CheatDevice v0.5 (US)

Download GTA:LCS CheatDevice v0.5 (UK)

MPH has updated Firmware Launcher to v1.3.7. The following additions have been added:

• Launch browser (firmware 2.50 only), see explanations
• More stability when play video (firmware 2.00 only)
• Corrected bug in config.c for comments in configuration file
• Now exit with L + R trigger

Here is a quote from the readme file:

For any questions, problems, read the tutorial and application forum

-> Use with precaution, i am not responsable for possible damage < -

Allows to launch a firmware from the memory stick.

The firmware must be in file format and not in eboot.pbp format, for convert a firmware eboot.pbp in file, use the psardump02a tool

click here to download v1.3.7

Edison Carter has done it again - a new version of the GTA:LCS CheatDevice, and not only that, with support for firmware version 2.60!

In addition with support for 2.60 - these are new:
- Your car is indestructible, always steaming, smoking, or on fire
- No reload

Download GTA:LCS CheatDevice v0.4 (US)

Download GTA:LCS CheatDevice v0.4 (UK)

MPH has updated his web site and included a new version of his firmware emulator.
This program allows you to emulate another firmware on your PSP. The goal is to make your entire PSP be another version, but when you reboot, it will be back to the original.
Here is a quote from his site.

I have just finished the last version of firmware launcher which allows to play video (MPEG4 and AVC) with firmware 2.00 launched (2.50 bug).

Source soon available.

More from his site

Video file
The AVC video must be stored in :
{memory stick letter}:/MP_ROOT/100ANV01/MAQxxxxx.MP4
where xxxxx is number (example MAQ00001.MP4).

The MPEG4 video must be stored in :
{memory stick letter}:/MP_ROOT/100MNV01/M4Vxxxxx.MP4
where xxxxx is number (example M4V00001.MP4).

See http://psp.ign.com/articles/637/637459p1.html for more informations on video files.

Configuration file

Allows to choose firmware folders :
- Change Folder_Flash_0 value to choose flash0 folder relative path (always begin with / and end without /) example : Folder_Flash_0 = “/flash0″ for ms0:/flash0/ folder
- Same with Folder_Flash_1 for flash1
- Use LogFile variable to create a driver log file (example ms0:/driver.log)

The configuration file must be ms0:/mphfl.inf
If no configuration file is installed, firmware launcher use default parameters :
- flash0 : “/flash0″
- flash1 : “/flash1″
- logfile : “ms0:/mphfl_driver.log”

This program is for more advanced users, use with caution. You need to own a firmware dump made by psardumper in order to use this.
You can download the MPH firmware launcher 1.3.6 here.

Currently, you cannot boot GTA (or any other UMD game, for that matter) using this. You will also never be able to downgrade 2.01+ using this program. Please do not ask these questions.

Daurnimator has sent us an email about PSP-OSS, an open source shell for the PSP.

I’m glad to tell you all that PSP-OSS is nearly here.
It is an open source shell for the PSP.

Working Features:
Mp3 playback
OGG playback
PNG viewing (pictures (only 480×272))
Eboot Loading from within psp-oss
UMD Loading from within psp-oss
Fully skinnable (reboots the oss to change skins)
Wallpapers Changable while in the oss.
NEW: File Browser

Todo:
Jpeg viewing
Text Viewer
We hope to eventually include many more features

Compatability:
At the Moment, psp-oss should only work for firmware 1.5.
We doubt >=2.0 suport will be in our first beta. Maybe not even until kernal mode is ready in 2.0. It defenently does not work on 2.5 or 2.6

Release Date:
Early version available for the public hopefully available by christmas

ALSO:
If there are any gfx artists out there, we need some nice skins, please contact me

You can download the video here

You can visit them at psp-oss.com

psp3d were able to successfully load and play Tetris on the PSP - with firmware version 2.01!

That’s right. From Hello World yesterday, to Tetris today. We at PSP 3D have successfully ported the first 2.01 game EVER. Thanks to Fanjita for the tips and for the wonderful GTA hack (props to all the people who helped him too). In the next few days, expect this and more games to be ported to 2.5 also (if and when we get SYSCALLs working).

The future looks quite promising for 2.01 (and 2.50?) users!

Download Tetris for PSP firmware v2.01

To install follow the same steps as ‘Hello World’ - posted below.

psp3d are reporting on successfully running unsigned code on firmware versions 2.01 and 2.50 via the hacked save game file for GTA:LCS released by Edison Carter. This is a huge breakthrough for 2.01/2.50 firmware users!

Hello World for 2.01/2.5 PSPs has now been released by Fanjita. Using Edison Carter’s GTA cheat machine, Fanjita has successfully found a way to load custom code on firmwares 2.XX of the PSP, through a savegame exploit/glitch in GTA.

This program he has compiled successfully demonstrates how to run the Hello World homebrew application on 2.01/2.5 PSPs (which prooves external code launching on 2.XX). In the future, expect things such as an EBOOT loader and more soon!

Quoted by Fanjita, “This Hello World demonstrates the proof of concept that this can be used to run applications, and provides an easier platform for other people to work with - not to mention, a platform for me to get the EBOOT loader working on top of.”

Note that you will need a copy of GTA: LCS in order for you to run this hack! So go out and buy your copy today (heh, Sony should be seeing a lot of profits).

For installation steps, check out the readme.

Big ups to Fanjita on this hack, and extended credits to Jim Paris, psp123, EdisonCarter, abu, toc2rta, groepaz and bitmap1 for their contributions. Great job!

Download Hello World for 2.01/2.50!

Thanks to everyone for the emails. And keep up the great work! :)

Now go buy GTA:LCS - it’s the shit anyway!

jMEnc version 2.0 [jMEnc2] has just been released to the public.

New features include:

• custom Java Virtual Machine invoker.
• Easy options panel!!
• Save default settings from jMEnc
• Stopping encoding process midway no longer makes the video unplayable!
• Logging function for reporting troubles (if necessary)
• Optimization of code ( in many ways )
• Custom look and feel - can be changed on the fly for most skins
• New splash screen - shorter
• Live Update / Skin grabber
• now bundled with AviSynth

jMEnc is a java application that combines many open source programs into an easy to use graphical interface for the purpose of making MPEG-4 video files playable either on a standalone Divx-capable DVD player (like a Philips 642) or a Sony Playstation Portable (PSP).

Download jMEnc2

The latest issue of PSP X MAG has been released being a great improvement from the former issues. It features over 85 pages. Nice graphics and layout you can download it by clicking here.

Cleatus of Troy has rewritten a portion of modsyn’s handy PSpoof app.

Previously you were limited to only transfering files no larger than 2MB. Now, with version 2, you’re able to automatically split files larger than 2MB…

Here’s what ole Cleatus had to say:

I, Cleatus of Troy AL, have reinvented the wheel that is PSPoof. This program now splits images at 2MB evenly and can rejoin them on the other side. Also added was clean up of previous operation (by deleting all ms0:/psp/photo/dataX.jpg files), delete chosen file, and a directory chooser for the output joined file.

So what is this again?
PSpoof allows you to “hide” files within a JPEG image and transfer it between PSPs using 2.0’s photo sharing functionality. That’s it!

Download PSpoofer v2.0

Enjoy!