Modifying DaXs 3.02 POPS Plugin to run 3.10 POPS

[AvatarOld]

I think I have enabled running the new 3.10 POPS files on my 3.03OE-C FW using DaXs 3.02 POPS Plugin.
The steps I took were:-

Use c+d's latest 'psardump3.rar'
Use the 'PSP Firmware 3.10.zip'
Use 'PSP Brew .91' to extract the DATA.PSAR file
Copy psar_dump2 & psar_dump2% directories to ms0:/psp/game
Copy DATA.PSAR to ms0:/
Enable 1.50 kernel homebrew in recovery menu.
Disable the 302 POPS plugin.

Run psardump with the 'X' option.
Backup the old 3.02 seplugins folder.
Create a 'pops310' directory in seplugins.
Copy these new 3.10 files to ms0:/seplugins/pops310 - mesg_led.prx, msaudio.prx, pops.prx, popsman.prx

Rename the ms0:/seplugins file 'pops302ld.prx' to 'pops310ld.prx'
Use a hex editor on 'pops310ld.prx' to change all entries from '302' to '310'
Change the 'pops310ld.prx' 'meaudio' entries to 'msaudio'
Edit the ms0:/seplugins/pops.txt entry to -> 'ms0:/seplugins/pops310ld.prx'
Delete the old pops302 directory.

Now enable the new 310 POPS in recovery menu.
I could start the PSX game FF9 ok & load my previous saves :)

[kaggy]

does it run any better? have you tried any other games that had problems before?

[AvatarOld]

FF9 looks to be the same so far - I will load up my old FF8 disk2 eboot as I had crashes there outside the shumi village & see if its any better ... still crashes against forbidden enemy :(

[bootmonster]

tried this and it didn't work

can anyone else prove functionality of this cos iv bn messing around with this all day and nothing works at all.

Even tried this method exactly

Zilch unf....

[Kristana Henn]

Resident evil 2 Works now ??

[dodswm]

what do u "hex to 310"?

it cant be the prx's, coz u said to dump with X in psardumper. They'd still be decrypted then...

[Eddie25]

I think he's hex editing pops310ld.prx (DA's plugin to use 302 pops instead of 303, which in the earlier line he renamed to 310ld.prx) to change all entries from 302 to 310, not one of the encrypted 310 files

[AvatarOld]

open 'pops302ld.prx' in a hex editor
change any lines with '302' to '310' -


00000CE0,58,0A,00,00,6D,73,30,3A,2F,73,65,70,6C,75 ,67,69,X...ms0:/seplugi,
00000CF0,6E,73,2F,70,6F,70,73,33,31,30,2F,70,6F,70 ,73,2E,ns/pops310/pops.,
00000D00,70,72,78,00,2F,6B,64,2F,70,73,70,62,74,63 ,6E,66,prx./kd/pspbtcnf,
00000D10,2E,74,78,74,00,00,00,00,6F,70,65,6E,20,65 ,6E,63,.txt....open enc,
00000D20,72,79,70,74,65,64,20,25,73,0A,00,00,52,65 ,74,75,rypted %s...Retu,
00000D30,72,6E,69,6E,67,20,25,30,38,58,0A,00,73,63 ,65,49,rning %08X..sceI,
00000D40,6E,69,74,00,73,63,65,50,6F,70,73,5F,4D,61 ,6E,61,nit.scePops_Mana,
00000D50,67,65,72,00,70,6C,61,69,6E,20,67,61,6D,65 ,20,25,ger.plain game %,
00000D60,64,0A,00,00,70,6F,70,73,00,00,00,00,70,73 ,70,62,d...pops....pspb,
00000D70,74,63,6E,66,2A,20,6D,6F,64,75,6C,65,20,6C ,6F,61,tcnf* module loa,
00000D80,64,65,64,3A,20,25,73,0A,00,00,00,00,6D,73 ,30,3A,ded: %s.....ms0:,
00000D90,2F,73,65,70,6C,75,67,69,6E,73,2F,70,6F,70 ,73,33,/seplugins/pops3,
00000DA0,31,30,2F,70,6F,70,73,6D,61,6E,2E,70,72,78 ,00,00,10/popsman.prx..,
00000DB0,52,65,61,64,20,70,6F,70,73,6D,61,6E,3A,20 ,25,64,Read popsman: %d,
00000DC0,0A,00,00,00,73,63,65,4D,73,41,75,64,69,6F ,00,00,....sceMsAudio..,
00000DD0,6D,73,30,3A,2F,73,65,70,6C,75,67,69,6E,73 ,2F,70,ms0:/seplugins/p,
00000DE0,6F,70,73,33,31,30,2F,6D,73,61,75,64,69,6F ,2E,70,ops310/msaudio.p,
00000DF0,72,78,00,00,52,65,61,64,20,6D,73,61,75,64 ,69,6F,rx..Read msaudio,
00000E00,3A,20,25,64,0A,00,00,00,73,63,65,4D,65,73 ,67,4C,: %d....sceMesgL,
00000E10,65,64,00,00,6D,73,30,3A,2F,73,65,70,6C,75 ,67,69,ed..ms0:/seplugi,
00000E20,6E,73,2F,70,6F,70,73,33,31,30,2F,6D,65,73 ,67,5F,ns/pops310/mesg_,
00000E30,6C,65,64,2E,70,72,78,00,52,65,61,64,20,6D ,65,73,led.prx.Read mes,
00000E40,67,5F,6C,65,64,3A,20,25,64,0A,00,00,45,6E ,74,72,g_led: %d...Entr,
00000E50,79,3A,20,30,78,25,30,38,58,0A,00,00,00,00 ,00,00,y: 0x%08X.......,
00000E60,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 ,00,00,................,

Change the 'meaudio' entries to 'msaudio' -


00000DC0,0A,00,00,00,73,63,65,4D,73,41,75,64,69,6F ,00,00,....sceMsAudio..,
00000DD0,6D,73,30,3A,2F,73,65,70,6C,75,67,69,6E,73 ,2F,70,ms0:/seplugins/p,
00000DE0,6F,70,73,33,31,30,2F,6D,73,61,75,64,69,6F ,2E,70,ops310/msaudio.p,
00000DF0,72,78,00,00,52,65,61,64,20,6D,73,61,75,64 ,69,6F,rx..Read msaudio,
00000E00,3A,20,25,64,0A,00,00,00,73,63,65,4D,65,73 ,67,4C,: %d....sceMesgL,
00000E10,65,64,00,00,6D,73,30,3A,2F,73,65,70,6C,75 ,67,69,ed..ms0:/seplugi,
00000E20,6E,73,2F,70,6F,70,73,33,31,30,2F,6D,65,73 ,67,5F,ns/pops310/mesg_,
00000E30,6C,65,64,2E,70,72,78,00,52,65,61,64,20,6D ,65,73,led.prx.Read mes,
00000E40,67,5F,6C,65,64,3A,20,25,64,0A,00,00,45,6E ,74,72,g_led: %d...Entr,
00000E50,79,3A,20,30,78,25,30,38,58,0A,00,00,00,00 ,00,00,y: 0x%08X.......,
00000E60,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 ,00,00,................,

Then I renamed 'pops302ld.prx' to 'pops310ld.prx'
Change the 'pops.txt' entry to read - ms0:/seplugins/pops310ld.prx
Create a subdir in seplugins called 'pops310'
Copy the new 3.10FW files there - 'mesg_led.prx', 'msaudio.prx', 'pops.prx' & 'popsman.prx'.

I tested this ok with the 310 plugin by itself & then separately with the original 302 (DaXs original) & 310 POPS (hex-edited) 1 at a time ok.
In any case as far as FF8 was concerned I saw no change between 302/303 & 310 with better stability - still crashses :(

[dcorreia]

I tried this and it doesn't seem to work.


Did you compress the game? My files are compressed, maybe that's why it didn't work?

[baldy]

NOPE not working here too
Try with all Crash Bandicoot - not one working
Screen just turn Blank after loading the warning screen - have to power off

[tinman]

It seem they used a 3.03 PBP, 1st in 3.10 there is no msaudio.prx 2nd pops 3.10 does NOT work in 3.03.

[baldy]

It seem they used a 3.03 PBP, 1st in 3.10 there is no msaudio.prx 2nd pops 3.10 does NOT work in 3.03.

msaudio.prx exist on both 3.03 & 3.10 EBOOT.PBP (even the fake one)
He just needs to check the size of pops.prx (if about 1043552 then new one)

But this is not working when I test it :(

[bootmonster]

told you this was mince!

[tinman]

msaudio.prx exist on both 3.03 & 3.10 EBOOT.PBP (even the fake one)
He just needs to check the size of pops.prx (if about 1043552 then new one)

But this is not working when I test it :(

ok I was wrong again there is a msaudio.prx, but still pops 3.10 will not work it's been tested a number of times. pops need to be hacked and the plugin does this for 3.02 and 3.03 is hacked when you flash OE-C.

[riverspoons]

don't waste your time here... This is pure bullsh1t!

IT DOES NOT WORK! :mad:

[AvatarOld]

My FF9 eboots are compressed to level 9.
Ag sh**t - you guys are right - I messed up - I was using the 3.03 POPS files by mistake - sorry to one and all - I tried it again with the 3.10 POPS files and it is just like you say with the black screen :o :o
## Apologies ##

[Xenogears V]

I appreciate the appointment!.;)

[Mathieulh]

I think I have enabled running the new 3.10 POPS files on my 3.03OE-C FW using DaXs 3.02 POPS Plugin.
The steps I took were:-

Use c+d's latest 'psardump3.rar'
Use the 'PSP Firmware 3.10.zip'
Use 'PSP Brew .91' to extract the DATA.PSAR file
Copy psar_dump2 & psar_dump2% directories to ms0:/psp/game
Copy DATA.PSAR to ms0:/
Enable 1.50 kernel homebrew in recovery menu.
Disable the 302 POPS plugin.

Run psardump with the 'X' option.
Backup the old 3.02 seplugins folder.
Create a 'pops310' directory in seplugins.
Copy these new 3.10 files to ms0:/seplugins/pops310 - mesg_led.prx, msaudio.prx, pops.prx, popsman.prx

Rename the ms0:/seplugins file 'pops302ld.prx' to 'pops310ld.prx'
Use a hex editor on 'pops310ld.prx' to change all entries from '302' to '310'
Change the 'pops310ld.prx' 'meaudio' entries to 'msaudio'
Edit the ms0:/seplugins/pops.txt entry to -> 'ms0:/seplugins/pops310ld.prx'
Delete the old pops302 directory.

Now enable the new 310 POPS in recovery menu.
I could start the PSX game FF9 ok & load my previous saves :)


You do realise that the patches performed in the pops302ld plugin are 3.02 pops module specific ? (due to using static addresses) Thus your "method" wont work at all, has no chances to, thus you are saying bullshit.

People will have to wait that 3.10 (inclueding pops) gets fully patched and 3.10OE released before they can play with 3.10 pops (which indeed features changes.)

Finally I think that people such as Avatarold who release fake mods (claiming that it works when it has no chances to) should be banned from this forum.
That's just my point of view though.

[hartleyshc]

You do realise that the patches performed in the pops302ld plugin are 3.02 pops module specific ? (due to using static addresses) Thus your "method" wont work at all, has no chances to, thus you are saying bullshit.

People will have to wait that 3.10 (inclueding pops) gets fully patched and 3.10OE released before they can play with 3.10 pops (which indeed features changes.)

Finally I think that people such as Avatarold who release fake mods (claiming that it works when it has no chances to) should be banned from this forum.
That's just my point of view though.

so the licensing that was cracked was done within pops? i was half way wondering about this. i was thinking if you loaded the decrypted 3.10 pops wouldnt it still be locked to playing only REAL playstation network games? but then again, i wasnt sure where the actually licensing cracking was done.

[baldy]

You do realise that the patches performed in the pops302ld plugin are 3.02 pops module specific ? (due to using static addresses) Thus your "method" wont work at all, has no chances to, thus you are saying bullshit.

People will have to wait that 3.10 (inclueding pops) gets fully patched and 3.10OE released before they can play with 3.10 pops (which indeed features changes.)

Finally I think that people such as Avatarold who release fake mods (claiming that it works when it has no chances to) should be banned from this forum.
That's just my point of view though.

If you see two posts above yours you will see that he already confirmed he make a mistake albeit stupid one


My FF9 eboots are compressed to level 9.
Ag sh**t - you guys are right - I messed up - I was using the 3.03 POPS files by mistake - sorry to one and all - I tried it again with the 3.10 POPS files and it is just like you say with the black screen
## Apologies ##

[squallxp]

My FF9 eboots are compressed to level 9.
Ag sh**t - you guys are right - I messed up - I was using the 3.03 POPS files by mistake - sorry to one and all - I tried it again with the 3.10 POPS files and it is just like you say with the black screen :o :o
## Apologies ##
lucky that was a mistake bcoz i want a betrter pops compatibiliity

[Mathieulh]

If you see two posts above yours you will see that he already confirmed he make a mistake albeit stupid one


ok I didn't read that.
Still, people should think twice before posting anything as fact or tested.

[kaggy]

cut the guy some slack. he was trying something and was excited to share since he thought it worked. We all make mistakes right?