GUIDE : How to use popsloader :)

You'll have to use the pandora battery hack
Use THIS guide if you have another PSP with a custom firmware
Use THIS guide if you do not have another PSP with a custom firmware [You'll have to buy a 'datel tool'/pandora battery for this one though]

@ ladygamr
hehe
Thanx
Good to know many people like my guide

 

every time i psardumb any firmware, at least one file is always missing. for 372, lilpspmvc.prx was missing. for 371, it worked, but that pops didn't help. 3.03 is missing pafmini.prx. ugh this is driving me insane, i wanna play ff9. can i get any help?

 

Umm,not sure what you mean man but...I know that ff9 works near perfect on 3.11 pops.Are you saying that you cant dump to ms properly?

 

Hey Acidy!

Guide looks pretty good, especially for a complete noob like me ^^'

I'm having some trouble though...I'm quite sure that I've followed the guide perfectly...I have cfw 3.90mm and so I downloaded the Popsloader for 3.80mm, that you linked. Being lazy, I downloaded the complete Pops batch files and I placed it in the correct folder on my PSP.

I have FFVII Eboot on my memory stick, and it shows up in the GAME section of my PSP. I start it up and the Popsloader menu comes up, but every single version that I try doesn't work. I tried 3.71 and 3.72 repeatedly (since everyone says it works) but with 3.72 all I get is a black screen, and after a few seconds my PSP just shuts off. With the 3.71 one, it only loads up to the PS1 logo and then it freezes The only "version" that works is the flash one, but then that glitches all crazy-like during the first battle. :'(

As I said before, I'm quite sure that everything's in the right spot, I've tried installing Popsloader several times over and over again...but it's all to no avail Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks friend! ^^

 

Hey, I'm a total beginner at all this, but I've managed to download and unpack all the bits and pieces needed but when it says to go onto the 'game' menu on your actual psp nothing is coming up? Can anyone suggest what I may have done wrong. My psp is brand new, bought monday and I just got a 8gb memory card and iv been itching to do this all week!

 

Right, I've managed to get psardumper to come up on my menu but all its telling me is that 'game could not be started. (80020148)
What does this mean?!?!?!

 

...And am i being really stupid...do I need a pandora battery to get this all working...cos if i do...i havent got one... which would explain why this isn't working...

 

Try some other psardumper
Download "RS PSARdumper" and try it out
Download it from HERE
But you'll have to look for the files in the "DUMP" folder

@S heikah
Check the psx to PSP compatibility list HERE
You'll know which pops to exactly use
Well, the freezing in 3.71 pops may be because you don't have the pops files for that firmware

@ NikitaJ87
aahh
You need a custom firmware to use popsloader
You have the official firmware

 

So how/ where do i get custom firmware and then how do i get it working on my psp. Sorry if this has already been mentioned on this thread but I don't really understand half of what is being said....but I'll get the hand of it...
x x x

 

i got it to extract fine. i guess my m.s. was full. i get an 8000004 error message when funning ffix on any pops. havn't tried 3.11 yet, i'll see.

 

hey everyone i just wanted to say thanks for all the comments i read the thread and now my FF7 works perfectly on my 3.90 m33-3 because of the popsloader and stuff. so thanks and if you just follow the steps as i did everythin should work fine so thanks!!

 

err.. i'll like to ask if anyone know whether the popsloader will work on my custom firmware 3.93 m33? and if it cant work on that.. whate version firmware should i get and where do i get it from? thanks alot.

 

Hi Acidy, thanks for the reply!
As I said before, 3.71 seems to be universally acknowledged as the best pops to use to run FFVII, which is why I've been trying that. I've tried other pops as well just to be sure, but none of them worked, as they don't run FFVII very well.

I'm quite positive that I've put all the files in, since I've used the links you provided. First I did it the lazy way and just downloaded the .rar file with all the pops files in it and I placed them all in the correct folder on my PSP. When that didn't work, I took them all off and then downloaded the indvidual 3.71 firmware file and did the whole process with the dumper, opening up the FO folder, finding the required files and placing them in the popsloader folder of the seplugins and adding the "371" bit to each file. That didn't work for me either. I know the files are all there, but it's still not working....so I'm at a total loss now

 

edit: sorry wrong thread

 

I am using Fat PSP with 3.90 M33-3 CFW and I used this RSPsar Dumper v3.1 to make it work...

Now I noticed this step...

Code:

8. You'll need the following files from the "F0" folder :
For 3.00 - 3.03:
F0\kd\popsman.prx
F0\kd\meaudio.prx
F0\kd\pops.prx
F0\vsh\module\pafmini.prx
For 3.10 - 3.30:
F0\kd\popsman.prx
F0\kd\pops.prx
F0\vsh\module\pafmini.prx
For 3.40 - 3.72:
F0\kd\popsman.prx
F0\kd\pops.prx
F0\vsh\module\pafmini.prx
F0\vsh\module\libpspvmc.prx
9. Then put these files to the "X:\seplugins\popsloader" (Where "X" is your PSP drive letter) folder of your PSP memory stick :)
10. Rename these files with the prefix of your firmware version :)
eg: If you have the pops files for 3.52 firmware, then rename the files to :-
popsman352.prx
pops352.prx
pafmini352.prx
libpspvmc352.prx
Once you're done, you are free to delete the "F0" folder & the "EBOOT.PBP" of the firmware that you placed in the ROOT of your PSP memory stick :)
Repeat the steps 3 to 10 for each firmware that you want the pops from :) 

Well I am using 3.90 M33-3 so what PRX Files do I need to put into the popsloader?? Also once I run the RSPsar Dumper v3.1 can I delete the R5 Folder and the 3.90 M33 EBOOT.PBP from the root?

Please Respond ASAP

 

Hey, I have the most recent Popsloader installed on my fat 3.90 m33-3 PSP, trying to play FF7. I had it set on 3.71 pops, which worked fine and then I loaded the game up a couple days ago and it switched back to 3.90 pops (messes up in the battle screen). I tried to load the popsloader screen by pressing R when booting the game, but it wont show me the list, and yes, I do have the plugin turned on. I deleted the config.bin, I've reinstalled the pops files, no luck. I installed a custom theme with cxmb the day before this happened, but I've turned off that plugin and still no luck. Any suggestions?

 

EDIT: Sorry, double post.

 

everytime I try to start the psardumper it just says 2.71 or higher required. I have tried to use different firmwares with the dumper but it just keeps saying the same thing.

 

@ NikitaJ87
Well, you'll find the process on how to install a custom firmware on your PSP from HERE if you do not have another custom firmware PSP and HERE if you have another PSP with a custom firmware

@ Sheikah
Which firmware are you using ??

@ sandman42
Well, which firmware did you extract using RSpsardumper ???

@ Some_Guy
Delete the cxmb plugin and try

@ Psyche101
Well, you may be putting the plugin in the "GAME150" folder or if you're putting it in the "GAME" folder, then switch the "Game hombrew kernel" to the firmware you're using [i.e the kernel other than 1.50]

Note : Sorry guys for the late replies cuz not at my hometown and internet access here is scarce

 

hey i did the 3.52 psar dumper and i only got the second two files in vsh/module
i dont have the pops.prx and popsman.prx

i have psp slim 3.90 m33-3 if it matters