Strange MPHGL problem...

[jas0nuk]

I'm having a weird problem, hope someone can help.

For ages GTA worked fine, including my flash1 folder (the save dialog worked properly).
A few days ago GTA stopped loading, so I restored my flash files to most recent backup and everything was fine.
After loading it once, it failed again, so I restored the flash and set them to read-only.

Now, the save dialog is blank and all I can see is the save picture and the X and O button symbols.

I have tried loads of flash1 files, including a default one from my own PSP, and none work properly. I have tried combinations of RunUMD or MPHGL with the GTA ISO or the original (European) GTA UMD repeatedly and still having problems.
This also happens to any other ISOs which use MPH/RunUMD.

Does anyone have any ideas? :confused:

[EsPiO]

IF GTA was working fine before, you should have left it that way, I get the same trouble sometimes with some games. Even Mega Man Powered Up gives me a "Patcher Failed" error with RunUMD time to time when I know it works!

GTA will sometimes run straight off without any problems but sometimes will not start at all, it sometimes takes 3 or 4 times of resetting my PSP for it to run correctly with MPHGL under DAXISO without crashing at the start of the game. You should "obtain" fresh flash folders with MPHFirmware launcher (I used 2.5 with the me_img file deleted and renamed thing).

[jas0nuk]

Thanks for the reply, but:
I never touched GTA, it just suddenly wouldn't load, and I don't know why. I restored my flash1 files and now I have this problem.
MPHFL cannot generate flash1 files, you must restore your PSP to defaults and copy them over. I tried that, same result.

Could it be the fact that my flash1 folder is read-only that is causing the problem?

[EsPiO]

Um are you trying to run the UMD or ISO? And what do you mean by restoring the flash1? You can't use the 1.5 flash1 to run GTA, you have to use 2.0/2.5 by extracting them from the EBOOT using MPHFL (thats how I got the files needed to run 2.0+ firmware required games for the different loaders!

Just because GTA ran before and didn't one time doesn't mean its broke, as I said I got the same problems with games running and sometimes not, if you hadn't touched anything, then there shouldn't have been any reason that it woul d stop working unless your UMD is damaged!

[jas0nuk]

1) I'm trying to run the ISO, but the problem affects the UMD, and all other 2.00 games.
2) The problem is down to the flash1 (settings) files, not the flash0 (kernel) files. You can use a 1.50 flash1 with the 2.50 flash0, I used to use it myself.

[imest]

I'm having a weird problem, hope someone can help.

For ages GTA worked fine, including my flash1 folder (the save dialog worked properly).
A few days ago GTA stopped loading, so I restored my flash files to most recent backup and everything was fine.
After loading it once, it failed again, so I restored the flash and set them to read-only.

Now, the save dialog is blank and all I can see is the save picture and the X and O button symbols.

I have tried loads of flash1 files, including a default one from my own PSP, and none work properly. I have tried combinations of RunUMD or MPHGL with the GTA ISO or the original (European) GTA UMD repeatedly and still having problems.
This also happens to any other ISOs which use MPH/RunUMD.

Does anyone have any ideas? :confused:

Restore Factory Defalt Settings. I had simular problems and restoring the PSP settings to defalt fixed the problem.

Hope this helps,


imest

[jas0nuk]

Already tried that and it doesn't work.

[Yankees11213]

I think the Flash 1 from the lemmings fix should fix the text part.



That's what I use.

[jas0nuk]

I might just try that :)

[afdah]

I'm having a weird problem, hope someone can help.

For ages GTA worked fine, including my flash1 folder (the save dialog worked properly).
A few days ago GTA stopped loading, so I restored my flash files to most recent backup and everything was fine.
After loading it once, it failed again, so I restored the flash and set them to read-only.

Now, the save dialog is blank and all I can see is the save picture and the X and O button symbols.

I have tried loads of flash1 files, including a default one from my own PSP, and none work properly. I have tried combinations of RunUMD or MPHGL with the GTA ISO or the original (European) GTA UMD repeatedly and still having problems.
This also happens to any other ISOs which use MPH/RunUMD.

Does anyone have any ideas? :confused:

I used to have that problem too. This always happen to me when my MPHGL is corrupt on my stick. All I need to do is to overwrite with a fresh copy of MPHGL including the flash files. I'm not sure what causes MPHGL to corrupt on my stick. For whatever reason when i dump my own flash files after that, i will have no text when saving games, till now. So, i got to download some working flash dump out there.

[azlvda]

same here.. my flash0 folder got coruppted ..folder's size was 19mb ..it should be around 26 or 27mb..

[jas0nuk]

I think the Flash 1 from the lemmings fix should fix the text part.



That's what I use.
It worked. Thanks man! :D

[Yankees11213]

No problem