Tutorial: How to have a Customized Coldboot + PSX Emulation working at the same time

[mime]

Make your PSX Games Work with a customized "Coldboot( Text, sound, wave, etc) or any combination of the three"

Ok I'm going to explain how this works, As you have noticed, to have a customized coldboot requires a decrypted "opening_plugin.rco" file from a 2.5 or 2.6 firmware dump.

Since we are using a lower firmware file, PSX Emulation will be broken and you wont be able to play PSX Games at all. We can't customize our own 3.02 or 3.03 or 3.10 "opening_plugin.rco" because from 2.6 onwards Sony started to encrypt them. Hence making them impossible to customize. Thats why we need to have a 2.5/2.6 "opening_plugin.rco" or theres no coldboot at all.


Lets get started now:

Requirements:

1. Any Hex Editor; to go well with my guide use "Hex Workshop 4.2" which you can get a FREE TRIAL at:
Hex Workshop FREE TRIAL link (download.com)



Supported Firmwares:

3.02 OE-A
3.02 OE-B

3.03 OE-A
3.03 OE-A'
3.03 OE-B
3.03 OE-C

3.10 OE-A
3.10 OE-A' (Rev 2)

3.30 OE-A
3.30 OE-A'

3.40 OE-A (Tested by me)


NOTE: 3.10 OE and 3.30 OE users can easily do this mod without hex editing; either way you can but this is a lot easier.
LINK:LOLstation -POPS-Fix





Will this brick my PSP? NO. the one thing that might happen is you messing up the "hex editing" and having 'no psx emulation' even after doing everything. if this happens re do my guide again.

Files needed:

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1. Modified:2.5/2.6 "opening_plugin.rco" (with coldboot sound, tex, etc) Your customized coldboot Brittany or you made.


2. untouched: "opening_plugin.rco" from your firmware dump (3.02 / 3.03 / 3.10) or from flash0.
Location: flash0/vsh/resource


3. untouched: "game_plugin.prx" from your firmware dump (decrypted files).
Location: Flash0:vsh/nodule

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Procedure

1. Rename Untouched "opening_pluging.rco" as labeled in requirements to: "0pening_plugin.rco" - NOTE: 0 = Zero



2. Flash it to "Flash0:/vsh/resources" after you rename the file.



3. Open "game_plugin.prx" with a hex editor (Hex Workshop) and go to offset : << 1372C >>

*** UPDATE ***
Offset for 3.40 'game_plugin.prx" = 16B8D




I took this picture and it has every single STEP you need to do to accomplish it.


NOTE: just keep the whole path untouched and change the "o" to a (0) Zero.




4. After you have saved the modified "game_plugin.prx" Flash it to:
Location: "Flash0:/vsh/nodule"


Your DONE !


Conclusion:

1. Customized (2.5 / 2.6) "opening_plugin.rco" Will have your customized coldboots
2. Untouched (3.02 / 3.03 / 3.10) "opening_plugin.rco" will play your "PSX"



Enjoy your coldboot and your favorite PSX games !


Mime...

[wolf0491]

Thats nice.
I'll try it out later

[Snookao]

Nice guide, alot of people have been asking about this lately so now we can cut down even more on the noob questions.

[tmacfan4321]

Are firmware dumps illegal? If not could you post a link to a 2.5 dump?

[wolf0491]

Originally Posted by tmacfan4321

Are firmware dumps illegal? If not could you post a link to a 2.5 dump?

it isn't that hard to find on google...
google is your friend.

[tmacfan4321]

I know that google is my friend but I'm still having trouble.

[mime]

Well some forums have a rule of not sharing your .RCOs; but thats just plain stupid, because they do allow 'theme's' to be released; when its the same exact thing. Sharing your RCOs.

I don't have any link to a 'dump', also you can do this yourself, with

pbpunpacker
psar dumper for 2.5 firmwares
and Sony 2.5 firmware update.

Remember, the 2.5 opening_plugin.rco is the one that is customized, so if you dont have a customized one, with 'custom sound, text, or a custom wave'.. Theres no need for you to do this.

Do you have one?

*** EDIT***

By the way Snookao and wolf! Thanks for your comment guys! I did this because some people are having problems with this in my fiances' 'thread' and I want to make her work as easy as possible and help her out.

[tmacfan4321]

A 2.6 dump will work, correct?
EDIT: I've got a coldboot with custom text

[mime]

Yes,

Thats the one that you WILL customize yourself, adding coldboot sounds or text or a coldboot wave.

The other "untouched" opening_plugin.rco" is the one from your current Firmware. which will be renamed using the ZERO = 0


*** EDIT **

You have it already you dont need to dump the file. Just keep it that way,

Then rename the "original" opening_plugin.rco" from your own flash0 .. using the ZERO = 0

[wolf0491]

do you know any other hex editors becasue it runs but then nothing happens and will not install...
EDIT:how about this one
http://www.softcircuits.com/cygnus/
EDIT2:i don't like that one^^^^

[mime]

Wolf, Try installing it again, something went wrong and for what I see you couldn't install it. trust me the one I use its the best out there. And if you do it using mine, The guide will be a piece of cake. Bcause my picture its using Hex Workshop.

I've used cygnus before and I got rid of it as well, its way to plain and the features are not that amazing.

[wolf0491]

I tried installing again even from a different place and didn't work.
Let me restart my computer maybe I have some fault i don't know.

[tmacfan4321]

I'm still having trouble with the emulators in the game folder, not the psx ones.

[mime]

Hope this time works Wolf ^^



This guide is not related to 'homebrew' emulators, ONLY psx. Even if you do my guide your GBA or SNES emulators wont be fixed.

Try installing them on "GAME" or GAME150" if you dont have either one just create it. Depending on your kernel settings.

[wolf0491]

Ugh still doesn't work. It pops up saying extracting contents goes away my cursor shows something is happeing but then nothing...
I even manually extracted them and put them and ran the .EXE but nothing.