How to use any size picture as a 01-12.bmp

[blake1211]

here is the hex editor i used ---> http://www.freewarezoom.com/archives/hxd
here is the PSAR dumper i used ---> http://www.psp-hacks.com/file/1569

first you will need PSAR dumper & the official eboot of the firmware you are on i have done this on 3.90, 4.01, & 5.00

put the eboot of the firmware in the root of the memory stick leave it as eboot.pbp don't rename it

place PSAR dumper in the game folder & run it after you have place the eboot at the root of your memory stick

when PSAR dumper has started press square to decrypt all of the files from the firmware eboot after it's done you will see a folder named F0 on the root of the memory stick

inside that folder you will see a set of folders go right to the vsh folder ignore the others now open the module folder & find the vshmain.prx & move it to somewhere on your PC

now open the vshmain.prx with your hex editing program if you did the part with PSAR dumper correctly you will see on the right side of the window it says .ELF this means you can edit it now



next go to the search option & use the find function to look for "flash0:/vsh/resource/01-12.bmp" (without the quotes) it will show you where the part you need to edit is



now you need to change that from "flash0:/vsh/resource/01-12.bmp" to "ms0:/vsh/resource/01-12.bmp" ( again without the quotes) now it should look something like this



your not done just yet now that you have changed that you need to add some zero bytes to replace the letters that are left over from the change. in the above picture you will see you have an extra set of the letters bmp that i have underlined in green you need to change these to zero bytes which you can add by adding periods or dots (.) after you have done this save the file & close the hex editor because you are now done with editing the .prx


you will need your psp connect your psp to usb & make a folder named vsh on the root of the memory stick (the very first window when you open the driver that your psp is located at not the folder MP_ROOT) inside the vsh folder you made make one named resource you will need this later

now press select to bring up the VSH MENU go down to USB DEVICE press right once so that it says flash0 now ext the vsh menu & enable usb mode now open the driver that your psp is located you will see the flash0 of your psp & not your memory stick go into the vsh folder & then module & replace the vshmain.prx with the one you just edited now go back to the vsh folder & open the resource folder copy the 01-12.bmp file & put on your desktop now change the usb device back to memory stick then place the 01-12.bmp in the resource folder you made before you can now go back & delete the 01-12 from the flash0

you can use any .bmp picture as a background just rename it 01-12.bmp a down side is that you need a vsh/resource/01-12.bmp set for each memory stick you use with your psp but an up side is that you can have different backgrounds for each memory stick

THANKS TO: Oyabun for showing me how to hex edit the vshmain.prx & for recommending the program i used

THANKS TO:impakt55,Dookie,TheAceOfHearts,mickoc, & Blade_punk for information on how to take a screen shot of the window

i hope this is useful

[buckeyes937]

Nice tut but do i need to get rid of the focus icons and shadows? To prevent missing icons? +rep

[blake1211]

my xmb doesn't have icons so i was not aware of the missing icons problem if getting rid of the focus icons and shadows would solve that problem then you will need to

im not sure if that does solves the icon problem because i haven't changed anything on it i have no experience with editing the icons but if someone could tell me how i will try it & post if the problem still happens

EDIT: also thanks for the reply

[Dark_Sabre]

with this you could potentially run the large parts of the firmware off the memory stick e.g. gameboot, fonts, rcos etc

[blake1211]

Originally Posted by Dark_Sabre

with this you could potentially run the large parts of the firmware off the memory stick e.g. gameboot, fonts, rcos etc

i have the system_plugin_bg.rco & the topmenu_icon.rco set like this also

if i looked at the vshmain.prx more i probably could switch more things to be read from the memory stick

[Dark_Sabre]

nothing shows up. It's just a plain white bg.

[blake1211]

did you select the picture in the theme settings? & it my need a few try's

[Dark_Sabre]

yes I did.

[blake1211]

this may fix it after you select the picture under color reset your psp by the VSH menu (the picture may show up as just a blank color in the preview)

mine wouldn't show up after i messed up by going to original style xmb wave when i had a custom one on which semi-bricked it