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Hey folks, sorry about the slow updates - been on a [and still am] hiatus in Las Vegas! Luckily there hasn’t been any real news/hacks worth mentioning; however, browsing quickly through the forums I discovered Edison Carter’s Cheat Device, for Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, has been bumped up to version 1.0. Yeah yeah, I know we’re behind with this - no one else has posted it and I’m away - so deal with it. ;)

But, all that aside, this release incorporates some fancy features:

• Hover cars - like Back to the Future!
• Gather spell
• Full size video recording
• Drivable RC toys

Download GTA:LCS CheatDevice v1.0 - US/CA release.

Download GTA:LCS CheatDevice v1.0 - UK/EU release.

Enjoy!

discussion thread | official GTA:LCS CheatDevice site

Jaime has released a new version of OpenTTD - the open source clone of Microprose’s “Transport Tycoon Deluxe!” And this version includes [improved] wireless multiplayer support!

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What else is new?:

• Network game window resized
• Language packs issues fixed (thanks to Sharkus for the patch)
• Directory navigation root path fixed
• Added retry timeout when connecting to wireless network
• Network button disabled when network not available
• CPU speed changes automatically to 333 Mhz when joining network game
• Cheat window support added (thanks to RacerII for the patch)
• Free space display fixed (thanks to Silentdragon for the patch)
• Added DHCP support (thanks to Silentdragon for the patch)
• Code updated to 0.4.5 version
• Multiplayer game enabled
• Messages added when changing cpu speed

Don’t forget to follow the included README.TXT for installation instructions and additional information.

Please note Wifi is only supported with firmware versions 1.0, 1.50 and 2.0.

Download OpenTTD-PSP RC4 - wifi disabled, packaged for firmware version 1.0 and 2.0+

Download OpenTTD-PSP RC4 - wifi disabled, packaged for firmware version 1.50

Download OpenTTD-PSP RC4 - wifi enabled, for firmware version 1.0 and 2.0 only

Download OpenTTD-PSP RC4 - wifi enabled, for firmware version 1.50

modsyn has released an update to the popular PMP/AVI encoder, pMEnc. v0.3 incorporates a few additions: URL encoding has been added, and the audio sampling method has been improved, in hopes to solve issues people experienced when increasing the volume [PMP only] in v0.2.

Download pMEnc v0.3 - Please note this version does NOT come packaged with a Java Runtime Environment, so you’ll need to have Java installed on your system - visit Sun to obtain Java.

After many beta releases, Ruka has finally released v1.11 of NesterJ - the most stable NES emulator available for the PSP.

Changes include:

• Development environment was changed from PS2SDK to PSPSDK.
• Compression of SAVE data (SRAM etc.) and STATE data (ZIP format).
• Compatible file format of NNNesterJ.
• Format of thumbnail file was changed from non-compression raw to PNG.
• Emulation processing improvements.
• Added screenshot function (it saves to the “PSP/PHOTO/NesterJ/” folder by the PNG format).
• And other minor changes.

Download NesterJ v1.11

Download NesterJ v1.11 Source Code

- translation courtesy of qj -

Dark_AleX has released a new version of the popular DAX ZISO loader - now sitting comfortably at version 0.4.

DAX enables you to shrink existing ISO images (that you’ve created from a backup!) using a custom compression format - resulting with more space available on your memory stick!

v0.4 changes:

• Added 4 new emulation modes:
  1. System Menu - MPHGL
  2. MPHGL - VSH Exec
  3. DirectLoad - LoadExec
  4. MPHGL - LoadExec.
• Added the option “Allocate tables in RAM”. When in off, compatibility will be greater than in previous versions.
• Copy Load now uses the function “sceKernelLoadExec”, as UMDEMULATOR does.
• The program now uses a different configuration file than UMDEMULATOR, avoiding in this way that UMDEMULATOR resets it to 72 bytes.
• Removed the limitation that caused that if before the compression the iso had more than about 1365 MB, DAXZISO didn’t allocate the memory for the tables.

Everything you require is in the package below:

DAX ZISO Loader 0.4

By the way, this only works on 1.50 and you require a UMD to be present in the drive - for more info, click below…

- release / discussion thread -

ss13801, from our forums, has released an update to TaSkPSP.

TaSkPSP is written in the LUA scripting language, and what this does is basically what you see below - displays a status summary of the PSP in its current condition.

Changes in v0.4:

-UMD PRESENT NOTIFICATION
-BATTERY VOLTAGE NOTIFICATION
-NEW BATTERY CHARGING NOTIFICATION ICON
-NEW COLORS
-NEW FONTS
-UPDATED ICON
-REMOVED TaSkPSP FILE MANAGER/VIEWER(WAS NOT COMPLETE/WILL BE ADDED AGAIN IN FUTURE UPDATE)
-STAND ALONE VERSION FOR 1.5 FIRMWARE DID NOT TEST ON 2.X

Very simple - yet it may serve useful for those just learning the LUA language.

Download TaSkPSP v0.4

We have made our random selections and have drawn the winners of our Fight Night Round 3 contest:

1. Justin Harrison
2. Adrian Francis
3. Evan Hirtenfeld

Each one of these winners will get a chance to move on and fight to win a prize. Should they fail others will have to be selected. So make sure to come back and hear of the results.

Contest Details - and don’t forget to check out our official sponsor - Lik-sang!

To follow up with the recent PSP font mod discovered by TeamOverload, Skylark and Freeplay have released a tool to convert standard TrueType fonts [TTF] to PGF format.

Usage details:

ttf2pgf <source .ttf> <dest .pgf> [<face -options> [<shadow -options>]]

* source.ttf is the source font file
* dest.pgf is the result file (the one that will be created)

* face-options is a string created from the following components:
- <integer> : font size (height) in pixels
- h<float> : horizontal scaling factor
- a<float> : font advance scaling factor
- b : embolden
- i : italicize

* shadow-options is a string created from the following components:
- n : no shadow (do not emit shadow records)
- b<float> : Gaussian blur filter radius
- i<float> : shadow intensity

Download TTF -> PGF Font Renderer - [the windows binary]

For more details on this PSP mod - read this article

Now you may easily enjoy many more custom PSP fonts!

Sony has finally released a cheaper version of the PSP (and it’s about time). This new version doesn’t come with all the stuff the value pack does; it only includes the PSP unit, a battery, and the AC adapter. That means if you want to save your games you will have to buy at least the $20 32mb memory card.

If you’ve been waiting to buy a second PSP (one for homebrew, one for official Sony games), this is definitely the time.
This new PSP will have 2.5 or higher firmware, that is almost guaranteed.

Source: QJ

supa_sick from pspdizaster has released a tool [PDWE] responsible for enabling WMA playback on firmware version 2.60 without requiring Wifi access to the Internet. What you’ll require now is a copy of the Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories UMD and eLoader - the rest is quite easy to accomplish:

1. Extract “wmaenable” to the X:\PSP\GAME folder on the memory stick
2. Start the GTA:LCS UMD
3. Load eLoader and select the EBOOT named “PSP WMA ENABLER”
4. Once the app has executed you will see “wma enabler,” press “X”
5. WMA Support will be enabled returning you back to the eLoader menu
6. Press “Start” to exit eLoader
7. You will notice a change of look and system name.
8. Put your WMA files on your PSP under X:\PSP\MUSIC
9. Play your tunes!

There you have it - that easy! Afterwards you can change your PSP system name to anything you like.

And now a little warning: (from the README file)

*WARNING* if this bricks your psp, pspdizaster are not to be blamed. You are the one that took the chance of using this so blame yourself…

*** We at pspdizaster have tested this and have not bricked our psp so if you brick its your fault for altering the file while thinking you can do more with this file***

Now, with that said, download PDWE