Well guys and girls after a bit of work and many requests it is finally here.My Coldboot Tutorial.
Now before we get stated I would like to clear some things up.The first is that this is
NOT a request thread but a tutorial so if you want one made..make it yourself...I will be glad to help you along the way but will not make it for you...ok?
Second is for those of you who may be asking what's a Coldboot?A Coldboot is the combination of the text and the sound you see when you turn your PSP on.It is not a Video and for those that think it is,what your thinking of is called a CIntro and that is not what this thread is about.Now if you are looking for a guide on making a gameboot/CIntro..look
here (How to make a .PMF file for Gameboot/Coldboot).
Here is an example of what a Coldboot looks like:
Now onto the tools that we will be needing.I have combined most of the tools and files that you will be needing into one package for your convenience.You will find that link below
All links provide the same files)
Coldboot Tools Package(
Ifile.it)
Coldboot Tools Package(
Sendspace)
Coldboot Tools Package(
MediaFire)
PART #1:Obtaining The Files
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PSARDumper
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In this next part I'm going to explain how to obtain the 2 files you will be needing to make a coldboot(which are
opening_plugin.rco and
opening_plugin.prx).These files will be included as part of the tools you will be needing but I'm including this for future firmware versions as I do not know if I will be updating the thread.
So you can either read now or skip till later..really doesn't matter.
Anyway let's continue.First thing you need to do is go and download this file:
Official 5.00 Firmware Update
(Just using 500.PBP for example can be any firmware you want)
Go to the PSARdumper folder that has been included in the download package(
Coldboot Tutorial\Tools\PSARdumper) and copy the PSP folder to your MemStick and(Once finished) copy the 5.00 Official Sony Update and copy it to the ROOT(Rename it to
EBOOT.PBP first) of your MemStick.Then Launch the program.
* *NOTE:If you receive an error(
This program requires 2.71 or higher) switch your kernel in Recovery Mode to a higher kernel or place the new_psardumper folder in GAME371,GAME380,GAME390,GAME4XX, or GAME5XX depending on your firmware.
Now when the program does run you will be taken to a screen like this:
The option outlined in red(
Press square to decrypt all.) is the one we want so press square and let it run.
When it is finished you will see a new folder on your MemStick with the name F0.This is a dump of the 5.00 Firmware(Or whichever you chose to use).
We are looking for 2 files and they are located at:
X:\F0\vsh\resource
(opening_plugin.rco)(Text)
X:\F0\vsh\module
(opening_plugin.prx)(Sound)
(X being the drive letter of your MemStick)
Z33's Resurssiklunssi
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Now before we can move further we need to decompress the newly acquired RCO because if we do not when we open it in RCO editor we will receive this error:
So go to the Resurssiklunssi folder(
Coldboot Tutorial\Tools\Resurssiklunssi) and copy the PSP and rco folders to your MemStick and also copy the opening_plugin.rco to the rco folder.Once done run the program.
* *NOTE:From my experiences Resurssiklunssi needs to be ran from the 1.50 kernel so Slim owners will have to use
TimeMachine,
LEDA,
ELoader.I may be wrong on this so if anyone knows..please feel free to let me know.
When you run it you will see this:
What we want to do is select is the option outlined in red once again (
CROSS: Convert all RCO's from ms0:/rco/)..so when ready press X and let it run.Once it is finished you will now have an rco in ms0:/rco/done/ that can be customized in RCO editor.
With that out of the way we are going to move onto the Text part of your Coldboot.