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Now UMDs Requiring FW 2.81!
greg | October 20, 2006
Following suit, 0okm appears to have discovered the first, or one of the first, UMDs to require firmware 2.81 — this time it’s Star Trek Tactical Assault!

Although its been reported that many 2.8x titles function fine under DevHook v0.46; this apparently is the first UMD to utilize 2.81-specific PRX modules. “libfont.prx” is the module in question, thus missing fonts if attempted to emulate via DevHook. Nevertheless, here’s a patch from Reborn! Run this PPF [using ppf-o-matic] against LFC’s Star Trek Tactical Assault release.
- source: 0okm







oh well i don’t really want this game but still!
THAT SUCKS YAY TOP 3
It’s work with devhook.I already tried it.HAHAHA..
But you need a fix which fixes the missing font bug under DevHook.Go to PS2NFO now to get it..
Medal of Honor: Heroes is only 5 days away. I’m pretty sure its 2.81 fw.WWWHHYYYYY
Could you post a link to the font fix please? I tried searching on PS2NFO using the PS2NFO google search option but nothing comes up?
gimpy
As long as we can keep patching them i have no complaints…so hoping we can patch MOH: heroes, that game is going to own.
Looks like were kepin up with sony, but wont be long before our nice headway is taken away!
Notice how the last few months has been Hombrew comunity > Sony?
Hm this only proves Sony is trying harder then ever to put a permanent stop to our hacking. No doubt they will fail, but they certanly seem keen on trying.
@4
What?!
*commits suicide*
ya. GTA:VCS too T.T
But wait a sec, killzone comes with 2.71 update and can be run on devhook but that’s not supposed to come out till the same week as GTA.
This game is totally gay. I don’t want it anyway.
@14, u twat
just wait for 3.0 games
15- YOU’RE a twat…fucking Sony rep hiding amongst us…
Sulu just came out of the closet and I heard he designed this game.
that Klingon ship looks pretty excited lol
Allright, allright… Enough about the gay scene. Sony wants us to update and we all know why. First thing that is happening now is that they try to force us to update because software (games) require it. Next thing, and I bet right after the holliday season, they will introduce the new PSP hardware with THE missing feature “Touch screen”. And you can count on it the new hardware will have the latest software updates and the possibility to downgrade will be hardware-fixed… Everybody is buying the old PSP’s now to make sure they have no TA-082 and/or FW 2.71+ and when the old storage is off the shelves it will be filled by brand new PSP type II’s
23: I hear what you are saying on FM, but amigo…it has to be said that this is possibly not only the gayest ever game on the PSP - but may be the gayest videogame ever seen. I think if I ever let this run on my PSP it would totally turn the screen pink, and all my mp3z would turn in to Doris Day showtunes (they are all gangsta rap like Scarface and all that SHIZNIT at the moment).
Kids - if you play this you are a gay sod. Period.
OK, Peace out
Love
Kenny
24– I second that!! Fuck Sony and their bullshit.
I know the man in charge of writing fw’s @ s0ny and 2.81 is the most secure and uncrackable fw ever made for any system thats ever been out. no one will ever be able to get by the precious 2.81.. devhook emulation is not possible, no prx patches no nothing. that means no gta no moh no nothing for you lousy pirates. get over it and get a job. bitches.
LOL fuck you 26. all the new games are gay anyway. your “man in charge” probably takes that role in the bedroom with you, and I’m sure you must be ‘the catcher’ in that relationship! lol
see, THIS is the fucking attitude that Sony has. “get a job bitches”. this is what we’re up against, fucking assholes that just want to push us around and force us into buying shit. I like my homebrew thank you and that has nothing to do with Pirating. Most of the PSP games I have seen suck anyway, except GTA, and I can play that on other systems anyway. I think the people who make freeware homebrew are far more innovative and talented than any of you greedy gay ass fuckwads at Sony. So FUCK YOU and your gay 2.8 bullshit. We’re not buying it. We’re boycotting you. And there is NOTHING you will be able to do about THAT, except maybe sit around and go “oh shit, we fucked up, we antagonised our customers too much. We went to war with them instead of listening to what they wanted as customers…”
and if I want a fucking touch screen I’ll get a DS…plus theres a touch screen add-on you can buy anyway.
26, you and your butt buddy FW designer can go to hell. Furthermore, I’ll bet all the other FW’s seemed “uncrackable” at the time…lol…you guys are fucking loosers
@27 no the 2.81 fw is the golden fw for s0ny. nomore homebrew for you, no devhook no nothing. even the udp modchip is blocked. everybody should just upgrade and leave the scene.. ahahhahahhahhahhaaaaa
shhhh… your ruining my fun.
So…… Vice City Stories will require fw 2.8??? Or will it still work under the newest Dev Hook even though it need to have a 2.8 fw update? How is Booster going after the incident of illegalism?
Why dont we all just admit defeat and just upgrade to the new 2.81 firmware so that sony can win?
*commits suicide instead*
i have Firmware 2.71SE-A but how can i play .dax files? .iso’’s are oke ;D but i cant play .dax :( someone knows why?
You can either get the DAX addon for DevHook and use that to play DAX directly, or you can get the DAX - CSO / ISO converter and pre convert it on your computer, either way you will need Devhook or another ISO loader program
FUCK SONY, just coz the psp would suck without homebrew! They cant take the fact that they FUCKED UP. The psp is a pile of shite without homebrew. Any FW you guys make peope will find out how to crack it. E.G. all the pc games try and make more protected DVDs but look i still have the copies. In your face sony you failed,
@29 12 year old!!!!! i’m 16 damn you!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
why was my post deleted?
Thats BS ookm didnt discover this ….. I have had this game for over a week and been waiting for new devhook .. PSHHHHHHHHHHH…
this game is stupid. But thanks for the fix. Now I can read the garbage they are saying. This game goes into the Recycle Bin. Boy can’t wait for the other 2.81 games.
seems that homebrew is losing the battle with sony… what to do… a downgrader for 2.81… devhook emulatin 2.81. how abt tat..dark alex please!
16. i was just saying there coming . i suport homebrew
I think Sony isnt even looking at normal homebrew any more..They are looking at piracy..Well its not hurting them any way. Homebrew makes like 10% of the psp community, piracy, about 5.such a small group ,but were who keeps them in biz. we fuck up a psp,we buy a new one! How many did fanjita,dark alex and booster go through with each advancement?! any way im on my psp and this is crampin my hands,so im out
For all the people saying this game is crap etc… i been playing it all day, and it’s really good, ofcourse being a Star Trek fan does help, but it is a good game.
@39 YEAH.. it seems most people who post on this forum are very ignorant and short sighted.
hey mod, thanks for banning the IP i was on. that was kind of pointless LOL
36- no battle lost. Sony cant change the past. all they can do is add a handful of crappy gay ass games to try and motivate idiots to upgrade. If you have a 1.5, you will always be able to play any game made for the Nintendo, SNES, Turbographix 16, Sega Genesis, PS One, N64, and who knows how many other systems will be added, plus theres all the old school shit like Colecovision and Atari. You can load Macintosh and Windows systems on there, PDA software, universal remote that controls over 2000 devices….then theres DOOM and QUAKE, and all the user mods for those like HELLRAISER DOOM. Plus, think about it, its an OPEN SYSTEM…and we all know Sony HATES that….why? Because from now through eternity 1.5 users will constantly be able to add new levels of functionality to their systems. Homebrew apps are constantly under development. War lost? I think not.
31– so the “man in charge” of Sony’s FW upgrades hangs out with 16 year old boys? That explains A LOT…
24—upgrade? because we cant yet emulate the pile of dogshit known as 2.8? who cares?? why go through so much trouble to even program a devhook for those games? they’re totally GAY
yeah..F you sony..you and your gay ass games…who are you? You came out with a movie machine..and tried to make games on the side…and now your being ridiculed by the TRUE gamers..and you should have been catering to the true gamers..but instead you put in this stupid ass “UMD” drive…completely over the top..made the system super bulky…and is barely utilized…becuase half the games for your gay system are only like 4, or 500 mb…so what’s your deal sony? You had a pretty good shot at beating nintendo…but look what you did…do you know why nintendo is beating you..do you…sony?..because while your busy screwing around with firmwires, and umd movies…and mp3’s..nintendo is making games. it’s a shame that sony let their clogged ears, and greed ruind an awesome system. If the psp was JUST FOR GAMES..it would have eaten ass out of the ds, all day. and that’s my 2 cents-
@43 — The DS seems its a lot easier to crack and pirate games but the DS seems to be doing very well.. Good games people will buy, same old washed up shit over and over people will pirate and play the game for a few days then delete. Hey s0ny let that be a lesson to ya!
@41 i hope they now ban your crappy proxy too!
I like star trek games cause lots of young boys play these games…HEEEE HEEEEEEEEEEE
LOL…this is too fuckin funny
Nohb you are an asshole. Who says we would even want to upgrade? With all the shit a 1.5 can do right now, there’s really no reason to, unless we want to play a couple of overpriced homoerotic adventure games…lol
lol@14 too…thats classic
Wow this site is censoring everything .. OOKM DIDNT DISCOVER THIS . WE HAVE HAD THE GAME FOR OVER A WEEK NOW >> OLD NEWS
Now we can play GTA VCS on my 1.5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As long you have the funds (as certain others do), could be spent on research. Just because new firmwares have advanced security, doesn’t mean they could not cracked. May seem hard to beat, but I suggest trying to perform research (hoping to find a real loophole).
Look on the bright side, they achieved progress up to 2.71, and they’ll do it again (as long life doesn’t take over). It may seem rougher to crack, but do we give up? Nooo, for those who support homebrew, shall contribute a bit of input (even myself). Spent my 2 cents for the day.
Hey guys^_^
I bought the psp 2.8 and i´m really sad i can´t play anithing
Anyone know if it´s possible to make a downgrade for the 2.8?
DO you guys any have idea how many time i need wait weeks, months yaers?
I really need to know this will help me a lot guys thx : )
@52, Right now it doesn’t look good, it seems like 2.8 is a pretty solid build, ofcourse that’s what we thought about 2.71 aswell, but that got hacked aswell.
No one can give a estimate really, as nobody knows when it would be possible, hopefully Sony screws up with their next added features.
If Sony pulls their collective head out of their collective ass and lets us use unsigned code (homebrew) in 3.0, it would give me a reason to look forward to updating my PSP.
Oh, and nohb, is your head in that ass too?
we need Devhook 0.47.
54– i talked to a Sony rep at Gamestop and she was really nice. She actually thought homebrew was kind of cool and was impressed “to see people pushing the limitations of the technology”, and she went on to say that there was something called PSP Underground, a site I guess, where you could send Sony emails requesting that they include homebrew capability in future firmwares, and that they actually would read these emails and take it into consideration, so you may indeed be onto something. Though I cant imagine how they would ever allow things like the Fastloader. Even though its a very useful tool to preserve the life of a UMD drive, its also been used to copy games people dont even own. So I can see how they would be a bit spiteful about that and I really dont know how they would go about implementing homebrew capability while removing any and all access to those specific functions. I suppose this is a rare moment for me, as this is about as civil as I can get when it comes to Sony vs Homebrew. Even though I never became one of those poor souls with a bricked TA-082 system, I think its really shitty that they set up something like that for people to buy and have self destruct on them while installing things they dont want. I’ll never let that shit go.
50—–HOW?? is it a 2.71? or is there something i missed in this thread about using devhook for 2.8 games?
good luck Sean getting banned and all “”yay, 1st post” comments, or variations of, receive a permanent ban.” you fareaking retard and o yea the new ridge racer 2 demo requires 2.81.
It’s not this game that you need to worry about.
Cabalas African Safari
has hasn’t been figured out yet, and that might be just the start to non-working games on the current devhook.
if there is already one patch … there a HACK!
sooner or later $onys @55 will rise upon our D*CK :D
these two quotes below, if you double check by reading above, indicate that a comment was deleted in between them. if i remember correctly, it was someone talking of a way to bypass a new security feature in 2.8
WHY WAS THAT CENSORED/DELETED????
24— @27 no the 2.81 fw is the golden fw for s0ny. nomore homebrew for you, no devhook no nothing. even the udp modchip is blocked. everybody should just upgrade and leave the scene.. ahahhahahhahhahhaaaaa
Comment by nohb — October 20, 2006 @ October 20, 2006
25—— shhhh… your ruining my fun.
Okay….. I’ve got a question and I have not been getting any answer with no love at all…. What must I do to unfreeze SVR2k6 from the menu???? For the love of SONY please HELLLPPPPP!!!!
@22 - FUCK UR BULLSHIT THEY ALREADY RELEASED A PATCH FOR THIS GAME — WHICH REQUIRES 2.81 AND WORKS — SO STFU AND U DONT KNOW THE GUY WHO MAKES THE FWS AT SONY —ASSWIPE
Ok….for the ppl who think they can just keep adding on patches to the .prx…i think that’s gonna be a no-no…i’ve had some experience with ppfs, and multiple patches don’t werk too well, but then i’m working with Halo Maps….but the same principal shuld apply
think of it this way, there’s a little slot in the .prx for all the fonts, and this ppf is told to put the font in another slot, and the next ppf [if there is going to be one] will also be told to put one in the same slot, and it will wig out on ya……but like i said, i’m working with Halo Maps, not .prx’s….but the same theory shuld apply
Ok guys, this game and others should work fine under 2.8, they may require a little update here and there as they use the new features of 2.8 (which there is lack of) but they will work…
Simply use the 2.xx -> 2.00 option in Devhook which can be found under “OTHER MENU” -> “UMD SFO VERSION” -> 2.xx to 2.00 on devhook 0.46 and “UMD VERSION” -> 2.xx -> 2.00 under devhook 0.45.
If you use this the game will run as best as it can under 2.71, all we need to do is patch the games as they come out to run under 2.71, its not that big of a deal….
And as for my 2 cents, yes this game is gay, very very gay, sorry but it is… And im a Star Trek fan, but this is really really gay…
Woops i meant 2.71 instead of 2.8 on the first line
@61, what iso loader are you using? Use Dev Hook, and also don’t use the comments section for help go on the forums. If you aren’t signed up at psp-hacks, then do it right now!
I’m using the US iso. I’m using the latest devhook and it is still freezing up. I just need help with it. And now I am also stuck with the new GBA emulator. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for the reply SSaxdude!!!
Well lemme just say that we need people to start on 2.81 devhook, m’kay?
Dee dee deeeeeee
I can circle uranus in search of klingons anyday.
61 and 65—- “What must I do to unfreeze SVR2k6 from the menu????”
“I’m using the latest devhook and it is still freezing up. I just need help with it. And now I am also stuck with the new GBA emulator”
is this all the result of you trying to open this gay ass new Star Trek game with Devhook? Also, was your GBA emu all messed up before, or was it after all this started with the frozen menu problems?
LOL@68
soon there will be a UMD 2XXX loader for frimware 1.50 i hope
71— devhook 0.46….hello…??
This….game………looks……so………..HARD….
lol
After patched works a treat. Live long and prosper
you gay for Spock bwhaahahaha but i take the tip
It was a little less than a year ago that Liberty City Stories hit the streets. It was not compatible with any loader, and people began to panic. Plenty of firmware updates have appeared and been ousted since then. Sony may temporarily be ahead of the game, but it never lasts more than a few months. If Vice City Stories is not playable at first, it eventually will be. If this is so, there are plenty of awesome titles to play until then.
I play my psp when I have diarreah. it helps calm my nerves…
damn i hope gta isint 2.8.1 no i want 2 upgrade man fuck
its gay… the 2.81 update has scurity and sumthing about the 4gig stick and making it work better. wots the point of 2.81 unless u have a 4 gig. its shit.. btw there now making u update lol so dont just use fastloader copy it to the comp then take the files out of it with sum program. c if it works.
well you boys have fun exploring each other’s wormholes alright?
84. quite down this is just starting to get intreasting.
i agree with 42. - the only reason i got a psp is to play retro games on the go. and no new game will make me change how i have my hacked psp setup. I would soon buy another system then give up homebrew. Personally i know there are a lot of psp users who do think that way and do own more than one psp.
but i think sony has learn from there mistakes, yes the psp is very hackable.and yes you can limit homebrew in future version but it is a uphill battle for both sides with very little rewards for eaither side. Constant firmware updates can scare away users. while making it a pain to develop on so games are either crappy or take forever to come to market.
but like i said they have learn from there mistakes. Firmwares are getting harder and harder to hack. and they don’t come out as often. Moreover they are opening up the psp to allow it to run emulation, in which the ps1 is the only system they can emulate.
i don’t think there will ever be a legal sony snes emu for the psp. picture Nintendo’s lawyers attacking sony.
This really just leaves future intergration with the ps3 a the last hope for the psp till sony settles with a fimeware. it might be 2.81 for now but i know that will not stay that way. i would hedge my bets that 3.0 will prolly change things and make a lot of people upgrade just for instant ps1 emu lushness. but i know that FW will be cracked, jsut cause people will want it for free. but that is the point, no matter how hard you make it some one will hack it.
but there will always be users who will not use the hacks. i know ps2 users who have never seen a sony hardrive and don’t know you can back up games. And they buy tons of games, sad f*cks. there will always be homebrew maybe not on the current FW but on some FW. And that will always be a thron in sony’s side.
But sony jsut can’t stop they have a partnership with the developers to stop homebrew at all cost. and that is what they will try to do … and so goes the corpate cycle till they stop supporting the psp. But in the end the users will win out becuase when that happends all hell will break loose on the psp, if it hasn’t yet before then.
and until that day these arguments are pointless, except in the fact it is just proof of what i just said. So get a life sony developer & friend guy, you suck cuz your just as disposable to sony as any other lackey, and your dumb enough not even to realize it.
and yes this game is gay. i am sorry that i even spent time burning up my hd life and ms life dl and trying out this game.
-snooches
LOL way to go on that.
If you make games we can’t use,
we’ll give them bad reviews!~
IN YOUR FACE SONY
stupid gay star trek…