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[Hixx]

Does the Dreamcast emulator support Shenmue? I've been dying to play it again but I've lost the pissing video cable for the console itself.

If so, do I just rip from Multiman or whatever onto the HDD or is there something special I have to do? I know Dreamcast games aren't regular CDs...

 

[Stat Flow]

Wait...multiMAN supports PS2 games.......

!

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I was just about to ask about PS2 games. Also, before I jump into all of this (just upgraded to 3.55 and patched the cfw), does model number matter or does Kmeaw work on all known models?

 

[-PXG-]

!

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I was just about to ask about PS2 games. Also, before I jump into all of this (just upgraded to 3.55 and patched the cfw), does model number matter or does Kmeaw work on all known models?

I was reading something that said multiMAN is experimenting with it. I might mess around with my SMT games and SF Collection and see if it really is possible.

As far as I know, it shoudn't matter. I'm on an original CECHA01 60 GB PS3. No problems so far. I used Kmeaw.

 

[Dambrosi]

Not to start a big discussion about this, but may i ask why it pisses you off? Isnt this what both Microsoft and Nintendo also does?

EDIT: From what i gather, this PS3 "rootkit" (i'm not sure if this goes as a rootkit) works in a way so that Sony can change the checks on the fly when connecting to PSN instead of having to release a firmware update each time they want to change these checks (in case someone manages to spoof the checks). It shouldnt really affect anyone other than getting harder to gain PSN access with custom firmware, so personally i dont see anything wrong with it

...? My Wii's hacked to hell and back, and I can still get online using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection just fine, thank you very much. It's been that way ever since I hacked it.

As for the "rootkit": If it is proven to be a rootkit, that's illegal under European law, regardless of the system compromised. Sony could still be in trouble, whatever their intentions. But that's off-topic, so I'll stop now.

So, N.A: Do you have any more info about that Dreamcast emulator, or region free apps?

 

[test_account]

...? My Wii's hacked to hell and back, and I can still get online using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection just fine, thank you very much. It's been that way ever since I hacked it.

As for the "rootkit": If it is proven to be a rootkit, that's illegal under European law, regardless of the system compromised. Sony could still be in trouble, whatever their intentions. But that's off-topic, so I'll stop now.

Sorry, i should have clearified better. Nintendo's EULA says that they can change and/or remove stuff without noticing us about it, so i thought maybe that they could do something remotely, but maybe they are only able to do that through a firmware update.

Ok, we'll see how this case evolves. I see now that Mathieulh (a PS3 hacker) mentioned that "3.56 pretty much has a built in psn rootkit". If it is nothing different than what MS does with their Xbox 360 and if it is just simple checks that are applied to check for CFW only when connecting to PSN (as it is not a rootkit that gives Sony full control over your PS3 remotely), then i dont really see anything wrong with that, and i assume that Microsoft has been doing this for Xbox Live for quite some time now and i havnt heard any legal trouble around this. But yeah, this is a discussion for another thread, i just wanted to ask him why he was pissed

EDIT: I added some text.

 

[GodfatherX]

if im below OFW 3.55, is there any way to update to 3.55 since the system update will take me to 3.56 now?

Yes. You can apply the 3.55 update through the memory stick. the 3.55 file must be in the wiki somewhere.

i see the 3.55 pup download, but that isnt the same as the ofw I'm assuming

reposting for new page

 

[test_account]

So, N.A: Do you have any more info about that Dreamcast emulator, or region free apps?

Not really too much info unfortunately, but this is the blog of the guy who is making the Dreamcast emulator:

http://drk.emudev.org/blog

reposting for new page

This guide links to the official PS3 3.55 firmware:

http://www.pshomebrew.net/wiki/Return_to_Official_Firmware

 

[GodfatherX]

ok , so is the pup file the ofw?

and if so and im on older ofw now, can't i just load that on usb and update via system update or can you not do a system update via usb unless in recovery mode?

 

[-PXG-]

What's the app that allows you to extract the background wallpapers?

 

[PSGames]

GodfatherX yes that is the official 3.55 and yes all you need to do is put it on a USB and then go to system update and update from the USB.

 

[test_account]

ok , so is the pup file the ofw?

and if so and im on older ofw now, can't i just load that on usb and update via system update or can you not do a system update via usb unless in recovery mode?

Have you modified your PS3 in any way before? If you havnt modified your PS3 in any way, then i'm pretty sure that you can just update the firmware directly via system update indeed.

EDIT: PSGames already answered this

 

[GodfatherX]

yeah havent modified at all yet, thanks for the help guys

 

[SS4Gogita]

So I finally took the dive and installed kmeaw's CFW. Everything went fine with the actual installation and getting MultiMAN up and running. I'm just wondering, where do pkg files go on the internal drive? I have no problem with them being found on the external drive I currently have plugged in (which I don't want to keep connected), but I've put them in a couple of places on the internal drive and they don't seem to be found when I go to install them.

 

[N.A]

So I finally took the dive and installed kmeaw's CFW. Everything went fine with the actual installation and getting MultiMAN up and running. I'm just wondering, where do pkg files go on the internal drive? I have no problem with them being found on the external drive I currently have plugged in (which I don't want to keep connected), but I've put them in a couple of places on the internal drive and they don't seem to be found when I go to install them.

You can only install PKG files from external. Once they are installed you don't need to keep the drive plugged in though.

 

[BeEatNU]

nvm

 

[BoboBrazil]

Someone is trying to start up a program like folding@home for ps3s that would crack sha1 keys. Supposedly with this any new firmware could be cracked within a week with a only a few thousand ps3s running it. Interesting if it can be done.

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

Someone is trying to start up a program like folding@home for ps3s that would crack sha1 keys. Supposedly with this any new firmware could be cracked within a week with a only a few thousand ps3s running it. Interesting if it can be done.

How would that work without access to PSN?

 

[I NEED SCISSORS]

How would that work without access to PSN?

Wouldn't it just use a network, rather than PlayStation Network? Similar to how FTP works?

I think he means that it's similar to folding@home (distributed computing, working together to crack keys).

 

[Dambrosi]

How would that work without access to PSN?

Just because a CFW'd PS3 can't access PSN doesn't mean it can't go on the Internet proper - the browser still works, for one. How else would the Brewology homebrew store work?

It's a good idea, but I wonder how many CFW'd machines there are out there, and how many would be willing to take part in this.

 

[BoboBrazil]

Just because a CFW'd PS3 can't access PSN doesn't mean it can't go on the Internet proper - the browser still works, for one. How else would the Brewology homebrew store work?

It's a good idea, but I wonder how many CFW'd machines there are out there, and how many would be willing to take part in this.

I think there would be alot of machines taking part in this if it is released. There are probably 300-400k cfw ps3s out there atleast. This would garner national attention on alot of tech sites too. If 100k take part in something like this, any new firmware that came out would be cracked within hours.

 

[Dambrosi]

I think there would be alot of machines taking part in this if it is released. There are probably 300-400k cfw ps3s out there atleast. This would garner national attention on alot of tech sites too. If 100k take part in something like this, any new firmware that came out would be cracked within hours.

Well, a post earlier in the thread did state that I would still be able to buy and play new games on 3.55 in a few months thanks to the public keys being released (though I don't know if that would require backing them up, which I'm a bit leery about), and if Graf_Chokolo makes good on his (idiotic, IMO, but eh) threat, surely that would become much easier, so I'd cautiously be up for this.

But something tells me there are more nasty surprises in store from Sony, so either way, it's going to be interesting - and I mean that in the Chinese proverbial sense.

 

[Vagabundo]

Someone is trying to start up a program like folding@home for ps3s that would crack sha1 keys. Supposedly with this any new firmware could be cracked within a week with a only a few thousand ps3s running it. Interesting if it can be done.

Shouldn't be too big a challenge. There are many GPL'd tools that set up a P2P networks, that software could be used.

Are they talking about cracking the private keys?

 

[kitch9]

Do people even know what a rootkit is? A pissed off hacker calls something a name and the whole net runs with it and starts banging weird jungles drums and dribbling all over their keyboards.

 

[I NEED SCISSORS]

Do people even know what a rootkit is? A pissed off hacker calls something a name and the whole net runs with it and starts banging weird jungles drums and dribbling all over their keyboards.

Rootkit thread is that way >

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

Do people even know what a rootkit is? A pissed off hacker calls something a name and the whole net runs with it and starts banging weird jungles drums and dribbling all over their keyboards.

Take that shit elsewhere. Why do you even post in this thread when its obvious what you think about the homebrew scene.

 

[kitch9]

Take that shit elsewhere. Why do you even post in this thread when its obvious what you think about the homebrew scene.

I haven't got a problem with the Homebrew scene, once it kicks off and they stop focusing on backups I'll probably get a second PS3 to join in.

I'm not interested in my legit machine being made to play with hacked machines though, as there are actually times I wanna, you know,just play games and stuff and when that happens I want to play in a fair environment and not be griefed.

So yeah, I think Sony are right to try to protect legit owners, and I can't see why any legit owner would have any problem with Sony checking they are legit, same as I don't mind getting checked for bombs at an airport. I ain't got a bomb, and I'll never have one just as long as they catch the twat that has and is looking to ruin everyones day that's fine by me....

Last post on this subject here, I was just responding to a few posts up.

 

[Sophia]

I'm not interested in my legit machine being made to play with hacked machines though, as there are actually times I wanna, you know, play games and stuff and when that happens I want to play in a fair environment and not be griefed.

I've said this before and I'll say it again: You never had a fair environment to begin with. You want a fair environment, then you need dedicated servers, and if you'd like, we can gladly continue this in another thread.

 

[N.A]

I've started a PS3 Demo Archive: http://www.pshomebrew.net/wiki/PS3_Demo_Archive

It already includes the Catherine and Bulletstorm demos.

The downloads are straight from Sony's servers and you can install them like you would any other .pkg (just put on an external drive).

If you would like to contribute:

You can get links from:
http://store.brewology.com
http://www.psxstore.com/
or PS3 news (blocked on GAF)

(you need to start the download then find the URL where it's downloading from)

To add games:
- Go to http://www.pshomebrew.net/wiki/PS3_Demo_Archive
- Find which demo your demo will come after alphabetically.
- Click the 'edit' button at the top of the page.
- Press ctrl + F and find the name of that game.
- Before these two lines:

|-
|Name of demo that is after your game alphabetically.

Copy and paste this:

|-
|Name of demo
|[http://URLTODEMO.COM/DEMO.PKG Download] US Download URL
|[http://URLTODEMO.COM/DEMO.PKG Download] EU Download URL
|[http://URLTODEMO.COM/DEMO.PKG Download] JP Download URL
|?.?GB Size
|None. Notes

Edit the fields and remove the bold comments.
For any of the options you do not know just replace [http://URLTODEMO.COM/DEMO.PKG Download] with a ?

Click 'save page'.

 

[Sew]

^ Rockin'

Finally installing CFW today. I only get a day or two a week with the PS3 so I've been waiting for the chance. Following the wonderful guide here of course.

I'm running Ubuntu, and so far have had no issues running the linked utilities under WINE. But, I'm not getting a matching MD5 verification on the CFW PUP. I'm not crying help just yet - right now I'm re-downloading and doing everything from scratch to see if the results are any different.

If/when I have success I'll add my learnings to the wiki.

 

[N.A]

^ Rockin'

Finally installing CFW today. I only get a day or two a week with the PS3 so I've been waiting for the chance. Following the wonderful guide here of course.

I'm running Ubuntu, and so far have had no issues running the linked utilities under WINE. But, I'm not getting a matching MD5 verification on the CFW PUP. I'm not crying help just yet - right now I'm re-downloading and doing everything from scratch to see if the results are any different.

If/when I have success I'll add my learnings to the wiki.

Try using bspatch for linux: http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/

 

[Sew]

Will do, cheers!

[edit] MD5 came up roses this time around, tested using both native and Win32 versions of bspatch. Fresh firmware download was the fix.

 

[Dambrosi]

I've started a PS3 Demo Archive: http://www.pshomebrew.net/wiki/PS3_Demo_Archive

It already includes the Catherine and Bulletstorm demos.

The downloads are straight from Sony's servers and you can install them like you would any other .pkg (just put on an external drive).

If you would like to contribute:

Nice one. Another resource for the PSN-less among us. Bookmarked.

And everyone should get to play the Catherine demo, CFW'd or not. Shit's hot.

 

[Danneee]

I have some PSN cash left on my account that I would like to spend before CFWing my PS3. Is there any way to do this without the need to upgrade to 3.56 and thus not being able to use CFW or should I consider the remaining funds lost forever?

 

[Windom Earle]

Is it possible to easily get back to OFW after installing CFW? (just in case)

Edit: Found the answer in the FAQ, sorry.

I have some PSN cash left on my account that I would like to spend before CFWing my PS3. Is there any way to do this without the need to upgrade to 3.56 and thus not being able to use CFW or should I consider the remaining funds lost forever?

I also would like to know that. What's the DNS trick people are talking about?

 

[N.A]

I have some PSN cash left on my account that I would like to spend before CFWing my PS3. Is there any way to do this without the need to upgrade to 3.56 and thus not being able to use CFW or should I consider the remaining funds lost forever?

Use the DNS trick.

Go to network setup and set your DNS to 67.202.81.137.

Be quick though, this will stop working in the next few days.

 

[manzo]

I'm still on virgin 60gb PAL CECHE 3.55 OFW, thinking about installing CFW.

The only thing that really interests me is running my games from the internal drive (I have a 250gb drive installed which is enough to house the few PS3 games I have).

The only question I have is: do the games run faster from internal HDD than played from disc? For Wii and PSP, the load times are improved a lot. Most of the PS3 games use HDD installs, so does this actually slow down loading times? I'm thinking about the Halo 3 effect here - games that stream from disc to HDD and load from there, will there be slowdowns?

Is there any site which would have speed comparisons?

If there is no real gain in loading times, might as well upgrade to 3.56.

 

[SenkiDala]

Oh thanks N.A, I'm downloading the demo of Catherine right now.

I've a question, with Heavy Rain I have a problem, when I launch the game (Gaia or multiMAN 1.14) the game is having a no ending loading... Did I forgot to do something?

 

[N.A]

There is no real gain in load times for the vast majority of games (no real slowdown either, even with installs).

 

[N.A]

Oh thanks N.A, I'm downloading the demo of Catherine right now.

I've a question, with Heavy Rain I have a problem, when I launch the game (Gaia or multiMAN 1.14) the game is having a no ending loading... Did I forgot to do something?

If you have any installed data (not saved games) try deleting it.

 

[manzo]

There is no real gain in load times for the vast majority of games (no real slowdown either, even with installs).

OK then, no CFW for me. Thanks!

 

[Sew]

Kmeaw CFW up and running. I've added some brief notes for Linux users at the bottom of this page. It does kind of drown out the little "You now have Kmeaw's CFW installed!" celebration at the end, maybe the Linux stuff would be more at home inside a text box or something.

 

[N.A]

Kmeaw CFW up and running. I've added some brief notes for Linux users at the bottom of this page. It does kind of drown out the little "You now have Kmeaw's CFW installed!" celebration at the end, maybe the Linux stuff would be more at home inside a text box or something.

Thanks!

I've moved it up the page a bit so it will be easier to spot for Linux users.

 

[Sew]

Ah, better.

 

[Danneee]

Use the DNS trick.

Go to network setup and set your DNS to 67.202.81.137.

Be quick though, this will stop working in the next few days.

Thanks a bunch man! Worked a charm and now I'm downloading Söldner X2 and Echochrome 2

 

[N.A]

***Official Firmware 3.56 released. DO NOT update***



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Recent Updates:
29/01: PS3 Demo Archive launched. (see below for how to contribute)
27/01: Mednafen 1-27-2011 released.
27/01: multiMAN 1.14.01 released. (Now stable)
26/01: Gaia Manager 2.06 released. (Now stable)
26/01: FBAnext r423 Custom released.
26/01: PS3 Game Updater 1.1 Released
23/01: Backup Compatibility List added. (see below for how to contribute)

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[Stat Flow]

And I'm on Kmeaw 3.55 CFW...fuck yeah. That was a really easy process (thanks again to the N.A. Wiki for files and instructions). And installing homebrew is really easy too o_o

Now for emulators... do two controllers work on emulators (I only have one DS3 but if they do I know my older sister would love to play some SNES and Genesis games with me, so I'd but another DS3)...and if devs can get a full VLC Media Player working on this I'd be in heaven and eliminate the need to buy an HTCP in the near future.

Edit: And I probably should have done this before I jailbroke my ps3, but I haven't kept on the ps3 scene in a long ass time (last game I played was GoW3). A couple of questions:

1) Now that I'm on CFW I can still switch out my internal HDD for a bigger one right? I have a fat 80GB (the ones with partial BC).

2) My friend just let me have his PSP 2001, is there any homebrew planned that involve the PSP in any way?

All of a sudden my PS3 is going to be getting a lot more play >_<

 

[N.A]

And I'm on Kmeaw 3.55 CFW...fuck yeah. That was a really easy process (thanks again to the N.A. Wiki for files and instructions). And installing homebrew is really easy too o_o

Now for emulators... do two controllers work on emulators (I only have one DS3 but if they do I know my older sister would love to play some SNES and Genesis games with me, so I'd but another DS3)...and if devs can get a full VLC Media Player working on this I'd be in heaven and eliminate the need to buy an HTCP in the near future.

Yes, two controllers work on emulators (and up to 4 if the game supports it).

Various people have claimed to be porting media players including VLC and mplayer and there is talk of porting XBMC. It is inevitable that a decent player will be released eventually.

 

[N.A]

Edit: And I probably should have done this before I jailbroke my ps3, but I haven't kept on the ps3 scene in a long ass time (last game I played was GoW3). A couple of questions:

1) Now that I'm on CFW I can still switch out my internal HDD for a bigger one right? I have a fat 80GB (the ones with partial BC).

Yes, I think you'll have to re-install CFW though.

2) My friend just let me have his PSP 2001, is there any homebrew planned that involve the PSP in any way?

Hacking the PS3 has lead to the release of the PSP private keys. So any PSP can now run homebrew.

Also you can enable remote-play on pretty much anything, though it sucks.

 

[MMaRsu]

I'm still on virgin 60gb PAL CECHE 3.55 OFW, thinking about installing CFW.

The only thing that really interests me is running my games from the internal drive (I have a 250gb drive installed which is enough to house the few PS3 games I have).

The only question I have is: do the games run faster from internal HDD than played from disc? For Wii and PSP, the load times are improved a lot. Most of the PS3 games use HDD installs, so does this actually slow down loading times? I'm thinking about the Halo 3 effect here - games that stream from disc to HDD and load from there, will there be slowdowns?

Is there any site which would have speed comparisons?

If there is no real gain in loading times, might as well upgrade to 3.56.

There's no real gain in speed, but certainly in comfort I must say. Being able to launch any of your games at will is great.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

just backed up f1 ce and it looks like modding should be possible - the tracks and cars are buried in .wad files

will investigate further...


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