Keeno
Member
I sure you all know about Minecraft, Download the signed version and it should work with all PSPs as long as you put it in your game folder.
and here is some of the naps people have been churning out already!
http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=6235#p68587
Keeno
Member
You don't need custom firmware to play this though as it's signed. (it used to be that way anyway and I don't see that changing, I'll get my old psp and test later).
I can't see any CFW = piracy ruining the games industry ZOMG arguments if that is the case. As for the fact it is clearly a minecraft clone, loads exist and as long as they don't suggest they are affiliated with the original or use the original source code they are allowed (just look at Fortresscraft on the xbox live indie games market)
EDIT Yup works with official firmware, I get people not liking CFW due to the possibility of piracy, however this works with official firmware. If you like minecraft give it a go. It's obviously limited due to memory restrictions on the psp but still a good way to waste time on the go.
SifJar
Member
Wow. Hold up a second - I try not to insult or offend people whenever possible, so what you just said comes as a bit of a shock to me. Do I really come across that way? I know its piracy most people are opposed to (as am I, very strongly), but some here seem to be unable to separate homebrew and piracy. I apologize sincerely if that offends anyone, and I will try not to insult anyone with my future posts (unless they really deserve it :P).
Anyway, seeing as this doesn't need CFW I hope people will enjoy it and see the beauty of homebrew ;)
Keeno
Member
Homebrew could do a lot of good for PSP users. Some of the entries for the genesis competition this year are brilliant. One gives you total control over screen brightness which is a lot better than just the 3 settings you have to choose from normally, where 2 are far too dark to play in most situations
confuletlyf
Member
I've always been a little dissappointed that Sony locked down the psp so completely. I don't agree with piracy but the psp is lacking so many small apps that it is easily capable of running. I'm proud to say I purchase my content, so I've never bother worrying about cfw
Hey thanks for the link... does anyone know of anything else worth downloading that runs on OFW. ;)
Keeno
Member
A homebrew version of the PSN store exists that has all of the recent games on it. Using your PSP web browser go to -> http://bit.ly/hbstore and everything there is signed and should download and install like content from the regular PSN store.
confuletlyf
Member
I'm debating this murky gray area too. a lot of these apps sound like the OS from cfw. The only thing I actually want is a copy/paste and notepad function for browsing and making lists. Would be nice to save things from faqs so i could use them offline. Oh, a search function in the browser for faqs too...
confuletlyf
Member
... so, I guess Chapnis or Keeno... is there any homebrew that allows for music playback during web browsing? or a notepad with copy/paste during web browsing? these are really the only two features I think my psp is lacking.
Also, where do I save an html file to allow the browser to identify it, and what would the filepath be? I'm thinking maybe I can save faqs and manually make a directory page using html on my computer, if it is possible to direct my psp to one...
Is it possible to use the browser as a file viewer for internal files on a psp? Is there a homebrew for this?
SifJar
Member
You can load files off the MS in the browser very easily, no homebrew required, by putting HTML files in the folder "PSP/COMMON" on your Memory Stick, and then just navigate to:
file:/PSP/COMMON/example.html
were "example.html" is the name of the HTML file.
As for your other requests: Music playback is possible, but only on Custom FW. Copy and paste isn't possible AFAIK.
confuletlyf
Member
thank you sifjar ^.^ I can start saving faqs now. If only there were some sort of search function.
Does anyone know if that homebrew store that Keeno posted is completely removable? I assume it just functions as a game file would. There's a couple of applications that sound useful.
SifJar
Member
Yeah, just triangle -> delete and its gone. Or you can delete it on your computer, it (like most homebrew) actually has a recognisable folder name on your memory stick. Although when it downloads homebrew, it annoyingly puts it in folders with names similar to when they're downloaded from PSN, except with "HB" at the start instead of "SCES" or "SCUS" or whatever.
EDIT: And as for searching for FAQs, try this: http://sifjar.tk/contuletlyf.html - a little something I made for you =P Its very basic, and kinda ugly, but then I made it quickly. It can search GameFAQs and also open any file on your MS in the browser (may be handy for opening HTML files easier etc.) Of course, you could always download the HTML file and put it on your MS and bookmark it, and edit it to your liking. Hope it helps you ;)
confuletlyf
Member
you mispelt me in the filepath :( I've been using the gamefaqs directory to find info. works beaut since nothing but the actual faq or review is displayed as anything other than a filepath. I'm on my laptop at the moment, but the browse button will work on my psp? I assume I save it under common, and then: file:/PSP/COMMON/filename.html in the browser?
Assuming this works I'll have to save it, would be nice to be able to check images I've dled without having to exit the browser
EDIT: oh, by searching faqs I meant the Find funciton, or ctrl+F, so do you think you could whip up a nested site that searches whatever page opens within it?
SifJar
Member
Sadly not, it's not possible to do that AFAIK because if it were, it would pose a security risk (if you were able to access a nested site, it'd mean that the "main" site could phish any info you input to the nested site, which would obviously be bad). I looked into this before to try and make a solution for bookmarklets on the PSP, which didn't work due to this limitation/feature.
EDIT: OK, it is possible, but you won't like the solution. What you must do anytime you want to use it is open the FAQ, then type this into the address bar:
javascript:void(s=prompt('Find text:',''));s='('+s+')';x=new RegExp(s,'gi');rn=Math.floor(Math.random()*100);rid='z' + rn;b = document.body.innerHTML;b=b.replace(x,'<span name=' + rid + ' id=' + rid + ' style=\'color:#000;background-color:yellow; font-weight:bold;\'>$1</span>');void(document.body.innerHTML=b);alert('Found ' + document.getElementsByName(rid).length + ' matches.');window.scrollTo(0,document.getElementsByName(rid)[0].offsetTop);
It's a javascript bookmarklet to search within a page. The PSP cannot bookmark javascript URLs, so you would have to type this thing out every single time. It'd cause a little box to appear where you type in a search term, and then it'd highlight it in yellow and jump to the first instance of it. (I think if you chanfe the [0] towards the end to [1] it'll jump to the second, [2] for the third etc.)
Given this, I didn't try it. You feel free to do so. (If you do, then you will be able to access it from the "History" section on one of the keyboards that comes up when you go to the address bar. The keyboard with the http:// button. This way, you can use it again without retyping it, provided it was recently that you used it)
confuletlyf
Member
hmmm. I'm sure others have tried this before. now I'm sad. Could make a page, that could be saved to the ms, that had that code as well as a prompt for the site to search? If you made a list of the common faqs sites to autofill the field. then all that would need to be added was the end of the address for console, game, faq... this is still sounding like way too much work.
I have absolutely no experience in this sif, or else I would try to do up some simple mock ups like the directory search you built. ([i]is what we're doing now homebrew? making the psp work in the way we want it to wether it was built to or not?
Using the input fields you did up from before, would it be possible to make a page with an input field that would save any input to another page, like when you open up the edit link on this forum. would be a ghetto notepad but a notepad nonetheless.
SifJar
Member
ChaosRandom: You should just be able to open http://bit.ly/hbstore on your PSP and follow the instructions to install (it's pretty simple, I have done it a couple of times). Then just go to [Game]->[Memory Stick] on the XMB and it should be there.
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