[itxaka]

Some weird debug crap in the middle of the screen when using the snes9x stuff. Not sure what that is.

It seems that the snes9x version signed is from an alpha of last year. Wasn't even compiled by the original author but by a third person as a proof of concept.

In fact I think the creator of snes9x got mad as people are seeing a crappy version of his emulator :lol

[cyberheater]

I'm not terribly worried, at least with Geohotz's method. It was already confirmed a few pages back that you can just revert to regular 3.55 if they start banning accounts. Yeah it's on every game. The emulator was just a quick port of SNES9x. I give it another day or two and we'll see a proper version.

If you go on PSN whilst using a CFW then there is a risk that you will leave a fingerprint that would allow Sony to ban you. It all depends how aggressive Sony wants to be to combat this.

[TheSeks]

I'm not terribly worried, at least with Geohotz's method. It was already confirmed a few pages back that you can just revert to regular 3.55 if they start banning accounts.

That's the thing I'm worried about. I can't give a shit if they ban my BC PS3, because I could just get a slim and go online. PSN account that I have 1400+ trophies and $100+ in content on? Yeah, that's worrisome.

[Sophia]

If you go on PSN whilst using a CFW then there is a risk that you will leave a fingerprint that would allow Sony to ban you. It all depends how aggressive Sony wants to be to combat this.

Meh, let em be aggressive. If this ends up anything like the situation with the Wii, then Homebrew will be more valuable then PSN access anyhow.

[angelfly]

That's the thing I'm worried about. I can't give a shit if they ban my BC PS3, because I could just get a slim and go online. PSN account that I have 1400+ trophies and $100+ in content on? Yeah, that's worrisome.

I'm probably somewhere close to $300 or $400 spent on PSN between my NA and JP accounts but I'm diving in. I connected to PSN every day when the PSN enabled payload was first released until Sony blocked it. If they do block it then they're just saving me money and losing money that I would also spend on retail games in the future in favor of buying them on 360 so I can play them online.

[itxaka]

That's the thing I'm worried about. I can't give a shit if they ban my BC PS3, because I could just get a slim and go online. PSN account that I have 1400+ trophies and $100+ in content on? Yeah, that's worrisome.

If they are smarter they will ban consoles so people can jump and get another console to play their psn games and keep their trophies like with 360's bannings (bans?).

[wwm0nkey]

I doubt they will ban PS3's

[Agent Icebeezy]

I use the swap disc method for streaming my japanese PS2 games to my PS3 but I haven't done that in a while because it is too cumbersome. I just want the damn thing to work from the HDD and I can finally play the real Victorious Boxers 2, not that fake shit we got stateside for $20. I've been trying to play this game as properly as I can without getting a chipped PS2. I bought it from Play-Asia and I've been in the PCSX2 thread as far back as 2007 trying to get this running, lol. Dammit Ippo, I will get it working one day! :lol

[cyberheater]

I doubt they will ban PS3's

I don't think they will have a choice.

[intheinbetween]

so multiman (well known jailbreak backup manager) is coming to 3.55 CFW

[Cday]

Is there any actual evidence that Sony regulates PSN at all?

[Agent Icebeezy]

Is there any actual evidence that Sony is giving a fuck at all?

Fixed for accuracy. Their lack of response is astounding.

[TheChewyWaffles]

Wow, things are moving fast now.

[3rdman]

Regarding any of the homebrew emus/backup managers...Do any of them support loading files from a network?

Also, my backups are presently on my HDD...would anything happen to them if I upgrade the firmware?

[Zoe]

So if you install geohots fw, and Sony releases a new mandatory update, and you want to keep playing online, can you update safely? Or is it too early to tell?

It's too early to tell. Sony probably wouldn't be able to act until the next OFW iteration. However, you can be certain that they're following everything Geohot's doing.

No one here would seriously think that running homebrew/CFW is a 100% safe activity. It really doesn't need to be stated.

Obviously not if people are still asking if it's safe to go onto PSN.

[jigglywiggly]

I wish these apps didn't broadcast themselves over the presence data so much. I got like 15 PSN messages when using the file manager saying "WTF are you doing?" :lol

[ivedoneyourmom]

Fixed for accuracy. Their lack of response is astounding.

How would you expect them to respond? Put a front page ad in the NY Times: "W3 got hoX0r-d by teh geohotz, download ur warez for fr33."

[Fatghost]

Fixed for accuracy. Their lack of response is astounding.

Not really.

They did say two days ago that they were aware of this and planned to stop it with a series of network updates.

What else can they do?

They don't want to make a big deal of it because 99% of the public doesn't know about this and wouldn't understand it anyway - why tell them they can pirate games if they just wait a little while?

Also, they may want to let this develop a bit and wait and see what happens and what gets released and used, they may need to see so many PS3s with CFW on it before they have an idea how to stop it.

Finally, if they actually do have a strategy in mind the last thing they would want to do is let the hackers know ahead of time so they can plan their next response.


Sony's said all they are going to say.

[BritBloke916]

What are the odds of PS2 emulation ever running smoothly? I've been wanting to put my ps2 into storage for a while now but can't because I have a slim.

The chances of smooth PS2 emulation on a PS3 Slim? Somewhere between zero and nil.

[cyberheater]

Obviously not if people are still asking if it's safe to go onto PSN.

I have to agree with you. Unbelievable really.

[yurinka]

If you go on PSN whilst using a CFW then there is a risk that you will leave a fingerprint that would allow Sony to ban you. It all depends how aggressive Sony wants to be to combat this.

In PSP they just disabled PSN for non-official firmwares. As I remember they never banned a user for using custom firmwares or homebrew.

[BoboBrazil]

New version of snes9x 4.4.1 working on geohot 3.55 http://www.multiupload.com/PM45UC1681

[cyberheater]

Per DEAN... "Now as a simple POC (proof of concept) that a game can run without ANY SYSCALLS involved (from internal HDD) I created a small application. Here are the steps: 1) Get a game and write down the game ID (let’s say XXXX12345) 2) Copy the game contents to /dev_hdd0/game/XXXX12345 (no PS3_GAME folder involved) 3) Rename /dev_hdd0/game/XXXX12345/USRDIR/EBOOT.BIN to MM_EBOOT.BIN 4) Install the magic MYGAME.pkg (the one I created) 5) Run your game backup from the XMB without a blu-ray game disc inserted and without /app_home or any other mappings (no syscalls used by the small app) 6) Game starts and plays as if it was ran from BD-ROM disc 7) Should you decide to update the game to a later version 2 more steps are requred but you get the general idea. The good thing is that game saves, tropheys and updates work, since the game is spawned with the original GAME ID. Btw the ‘magic app’ is just 4 lines of code. I’ll now test a game (Uncharted 2) to check if all is okay when there are “special circumstances”."

What does this mean...?

[Fatghost]

The chances of smooth PS2 emulation on a PS3 Slim? Somewhere between zero and nil.

Wii emulation will happen before PS2 emulation for sure :lol

[TheChewyWaffles]

What does this mean...?

backup loader from HD

[Fatghost]

What does this mean...?

It means you can load games from the HDD. EDIT: Spoke too soon, Dantes Inferno does NOT work. :lol

[cyberheater]

backup loader from HD

Using the current version of geohot CFW 3.55 without the requirement for sys calls ?

[TheChewyWaffles]

Using the current version of geohot CFW 3.55 without the requirement for sys calls ?

Not all games, apparently, but he's still doing internal testing and a lot of them have worked.

edit: yes, signed app on Geohot's modded FW

[Keyser Soze]

Nice to see exciting stuff is finally happening :D

[TheSeks]

Using the current version of geohot CFW 3.55 without the requirement for sys calls ?

Yes. It's an early beta and if you have to update/patch the game it doesn't work right now. If I'm reading right. But it's alpha and proof of concept.

[itxaka]

If no syscalls are involved (ourside of Sony's) then he is bypassing npdrm and making the ps3 believe that is launching a psn game?

[Genesis Knight]

Dreamcast and Saturn emus inbound, I hope. DC for sure after seeing that pretty damn good Droid port of NullDC. Don't see why SSF (Saturn emu) can't make it to the PS3.

If they can port NullDC to the PS3, why not a PS2 emu? Hardware recs for the emus that different? (Original consoles weren't that different.)

[ivedoneyourmom]

Dreamcast and Saturn emus inbound, I hope. DC for sure after seeing that pretty damn good Droid port of NullDC. Don't see why SSF (Saturn emu) can't make it to the PS3. If they can port NullDC to the PS3, why not a PS2 emu? Hardware recs for the emus that different? (Original consoles weren't that different.)

They are very very different.

[Fatghost]

Dreamcast and Saturn emus inbound, I hope. DC for sure after seeing that pretty damn good Droid port of NullDC. Don't see why SSF (Saturn emu) can't make it to the PS3. If they can port NullDC to the PS3, why not a PS2 emu? Hardware recs for the emus that different? (Original consoles weren't that different.)

Saturn is a mess internally and that makes it much harder to emulate.

[TheChewyWaffles]

New version of snes9x 4.4.1 working on geohot 3.55 http://www.multiupload.com/PM45UC1681

Wow, this is a huge upgrade from that first one I put on.

[Joey Fox]

Is there already an application that will rip your games to the ps3 hard drive?

[KAL2006]

so whats been happening with this in the past 3 days. I haven't kept up with the news. can we finally play homebrew on any PS3

[Machado]

Wow, this is a huge upgrade from that first one I put on.

What's different?

[3rdman]

Saturn is a mess internally and that makes it much harder to emulate.

Yep...although it would be interesting to see someone try to tackle it and perhaps have the SPEs emulate the individual CPUs of the Saturn.

I've no doubt the PS3 can do it but whether or not someone will ever dedicate the time needed is another matter.

[Sophia]

What's different?

Better user interface, basically. Everything I tried worked with the first one, but this one has configuration settings and such. The first one wouldn't even let you exit out of the game to load another one :lol

[BocoDragon]

Saturn is a mess internally and that makes it much harder to emulate.

Isn't that kind of an urban myth? Not that it isn't a mess internally.... But SSF exists! It's nearly perfect emulation for most games I've seen on it.

[TheChewyWaffles]

Better user interface, basically. Everything I tried worked with the first one, but this one has configuration settings and such. The first one wouldn't even let you exit out of the game to load another one :lol

Well you could always hit the PS button, but yah.

[Zoe]

Is there already an application that will rip your games to the ps3 hard drive?

Only for JB PS3's. With the one that was discussed a few posts up, you would need some way to acquire the game files...

[TheChewyWaffles]

What's different?

UI, everything. This is a very polished version. The other one looked just like someone said it was - an early alpha from last year.

[Sophia]

Well you could always hit the PS button, but yah.

Well yeah, that works. But it was a hassle. Plus, this newer version actually runs at 1080p/720p and not merely 480p.

[Keyser Soze]

so whats been happening with this in the past 3 days. I haven't kept up with the news. can we finally play homebrew on any PS3

You've not really missed a while lot in three days, as today is probably the biggest day in regards to advancements. Today has seen a few workable things actually coming out, with snes9x 4.4.1 the most stable/useful thing released yet.

[TheSeks]

If no syscalls are involved (ourside of Sony's) then he is bypassing npdrm and making the ps3 believe that is launching a psn game?

Which for some games is pretty safe, depending on the gameid. Sony may have changed the gameid of psn releases of Warhawk/MAG, etc. than their retail discs.

Then again, they haven't really done that for PSX/PSP releases, so who knows.

[TheChewyWaffles]

http://www.multiupload.com/8SCVGBBMU1

SNES9x PS3 4.4.2 - CFW 3.55

earlier version in this thread was 4.4.1 - I imagine only emulation enthusiasts may care about the incremental upgrade

[jigglywiggly]

Well yeah, that works. But it was a hassle. Plus, this newer version actually runs at 1080p/720p and not merely 480p.

And saving your game actually works.

[TheChewyWaffles]

Well yeah, that works. But it was a hassle. Plus, this newer version actually runs at 1080p/720p and not merely 480p.

Yes, I noticed it was a nice resolution upgrade.