prx editing

[Nothingface420]

I am converting a theme from 3.52 M33 to 3.90 M33 and I did all the rco's successfully, but I am having trouble with the prx's

I tried hex editing,but I had no luck, really it all just looks crazy to me.

Do I have to hex edit all the prx's I want converted or is there an easier way?

and is there a guide on converting prx's to 3.90 M33?

[Oyabun]

Unfortunately there's no converter for 3.52--->3.90 prx.

How many prx came with the theme you're converting ?

Since they're 3.52 prx, it would be easier to open the vshmain/paf with Ac_K's
Custom XMB Editor:

http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=4529&page=1

The program will only only open vshmain/paf up to FW 3.80, but it will open a 3.90 paf.prx, as the 3.90 paf.prx is the same as the 3.80 paf.prx.

Since you can't open the 3.90 vshmain in Ac_K's Editor, you can use BH's
vshmain editor 1.0. This way you can have both programs open and just match up the values from the 3.52 vshmain to the 3.90:

http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=9074&page=1

His program is in the early stages and still beta, and will only open vshmain, so you are a bit limited on what you can do with it. It doesn't support info bar recoloring, only the fonts. If you want the 3.90 Offsets for info bar and font colors, I posted them at EP:

http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=7039

The editor doesn't have region select or slim options either. Expect an updated release of the program soon, though.

If there's an opening_plugin.prx you want to convert, you can use Highboy's
Boot Sound replacer to extract the .wav from the 3.52 opening_plugin.prx:

http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=119127

If the theme has any other prx, they will have to be hex edited.

[Nothingface420]

Well I have a few themes I'm trying to convert and they have different amounts, some only have 1 or 2 ,but some have more than that such as
common_gui.prx, music_main_plugin.prx, update_plugin.prx etc...

How much would it affect the theme I'm converting if I didn't convert any of the other prx's only the vshmain, opening plugin, & paf?
because hex editing is out of the question, theres no hope for me with that.

I will give it a shot & see what I can do I, thanks for all your help Rob you have helped me out alot, I should just direct all my questions to you :)

When I try and open the vshmain editor it says error file missing, I downloaded the 2 .ocx files and copied them to C:/WINDOWS, but I still get the error.

I wish there was a simple prx converter

[Oyabun]

When I try and open the vshmain editor it says error file missing, I downloaded the 2 .ocx files and copied them to C:/WINDOWS, but I still get the error.
Still getting a TABCTL32.OCX error ?

Try moving TABCTL32.OCX to C:\WINDOWS\system32 and try and open the program.


Well I have a few themes I'm trying to convert and they have different amounts, some only have 1 or 2 ,but some have more than that such as
common_gui.prx, music_main_plugin.prx, update_plugin.prx etc...

How much would it affect the theme I'm converting if I didn't convert any of the other prx's only the vshmain, opening plugin, & paf?
If the theme has an update_plugin.prx, it's just a custom reboot prx to replace the network update on older firmwares. Since you're able to update custom firmware through network update now, I would leave the original update_plugin.prx, and use this
custom lftv_plugin.prx for reboot/recovery, as long as you're don't need Location Free Player:

---> lftv_plugin.prx (http://www.mediafire.com/?9rc2yj02411)


If there's a common_gui.prx for the theme, the theme probably has a custom infobar.
common_gui.prx can also be modified for fade in/fade out of the infobar.

Use RCO Editor to Check the tex_optionmenu_base image in system_plugin.rco to see if there's a custom image.

Forget about the music_main_plugin.prx. There is no music_main_plugin.rco in 3.90, there are now two separate rco, music_browser_plugin.rco and music_player_plugin.rco.

[Nothingface420]

Putting the file in system32 worked

The theme I am trying to convert now does have a custom image in tex_optionmenu_base, so I would have to hex edit the common_gui.prx right?

I am lost when it comes to hex editing, I tried to hex edit the vshmain.prx to get the HighRes background images, but my PSP wouldn't start up & I gave up after that.

So the only prx's I really need to convert are vshmain.prx, paf.prx, opening_plugin.prx, & common_gui.prx?