PSX2PSP v1.4 - Popstation GUI

[KingSquitter]

Features that I plan to add to the next version:
* Rip games directly from the cd.
* Multi Language support.
* Advanced theme color mode. Enables you to change the color of every picture used in the theme.

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For those who might want to translate PSX2PSP to their own language you can use this (http://www.squitterdev.com/fileShare/files/psx2psp - text.txt) file. Remember to keep the line order the same. You can send the translated file via PM or attach it to a post. I'll include it once the language stuff is done.

PSX2PSP v.1.4.2 info:
* Bugfix, iso.ccd and iso.cue files where not deleted after extracting iso.

PSX2PSP v.1.4.1 info:
* Fixed bug that made single disc games not work.

PSX2PSP v.1.4 info:
* Added some more multi disc stuff and changed how multi disc games are selected.
* Added support to change multi disc games. So now you can modify pictures and even add isos to already converted pbp files.
* Added multi disc support to batch mode. The program will search from these file names: " cd","-cd"," disc","-disc"," cd ","-cd "," disc ","-disc ". So if you got "test cd1.img" and "test cd2.img", they will get converted into the same PBP file.
* Added support for extracting isos from multi disc PBP files.
* All PBP files, even multi disc, support CDDA.
* ZLib should now be compiled into the popstation.dll file.

PSX2PSP v.1.3 info:
* Added support for 80x80 icons.
* Added support for multi disc games.
* Added some new colors to the default theme.

PSX2PSP v.1.2 info:
* Fixed bugs in popstation.dll.
* Added effects to customized icons. Check theme pic below.

I've attached pics.zip. It contains Theme_white.psd and cIcon0.psd.
I've also attached Theme_editor.zip. It contains a simple theme editor and src for the theme editor. (When using the theme editor, save often and take backup of layout.ini)

Src might be released some time in the future.

Customized images by others:
Auto Generate Pack by SiTWulf. Link (http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?p=432895)

v.1.1 info:
* Added batch mode. Check pic below.
* Added command line support. Info below.
* Added a new Customized image for icon0.
* Fixed "The application failed to initialze properly (0xc0150002)" bug.
* Fixed bug that made prog check for snd file instead of a at3 file.

To start batch mode run "Batch mode.lnk". (Only available after PSX2PSP.exe have been started at least once)
When converting in batch mode, all .iso, .bin, .img and .pbp files will be converted. The program will check in every subfolder for theese files.

Command line:
PSX2PSP.exe /theme Opens program in theme mode.
PSX2PSP.exe /clasic Opens program in clasic mode.
PSX2PSP.exe /batch Opens program in batch mode.
PSX2PSP.exe "c:\file.iso" Opens c:\file.iso.
Icon pack and design of icons courtesy of matriculated: (Original torrent by l337h4l)
If you download and extract files to ".\pics\pic1\" most games from USA will show the game cover as shown below.
Megaupload link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XMJE8ZWN
The icon pack contains 1400 icons and is about 150MB.


v.1.0 info:
* Source code have been rewritten from scratch.
* Added theme support. (Check pic below)
* Using popstrip and popstation in one DLL file so converting files is much faster ;).
* Program can create custom images. Check Default Icon0 profile for a example.
* Supports cdda from both .cue and .ccd files.
* Can save toc to both .cue and .cdd when extracting iso from pbp.
* Can use any type of pictures (.jpg,.bmp...) for icon0, pic0, pic1 and boot.
* Converting PBP files in one pass. (Can even PAL fix already converted PBP files)
* And some other stuff...

Place base.pbp in files folder. If you are using 3.03 OE-B or below, you will also need keys.bin in the files folder.

Theme mode: (Icon0 in below image was automatically generated by the program. The pic was also automatically resized to fit the screen. Pic from: http://www.ps2vicio.com/imagenes1/PS2/final_fantasy_advent_children//Final_Fantasy_VII_Advent_Children_20.jpg)
http://www.squitterdev.com/fileShare/files/PSX2PSP_1_2_theme.jpg

Clasic mode:
http://www.squitterdev.com/fileShare/files/PSX2PSP_1_clasic.jpg

Batch mode:
http://www.squitterdev.com/fileShare/files/PSX2PSP_1_batch.jpg

Options:
http://www.squitterdev.com/fileShare/files/PSX2PSP_1_options.jpg

Old change log:
v.0.2 info:
* Fixed some bugs and added error reporting.
* Possible to also add ICON1.PMF and SND0.AT3 files.
* Modify PBP files that have already been converted by popstation.

It is only possible to modify PBP files from popstation that have not been changed by any other program. If the file have been changed, images will look ok but save info will be wrong.

v.0.3 info:
* Changed the way the program changes title and save ID. Hopefully it fixes the problems some people are having.
* Added some more tags to saveID.

v.0.4 info:
* Added option to extract ISO file from already converted PBP files.
* Fixed some bugs.

v.0.5 info:
* New name.
* Handles already converted PBP files better. It is now possible to change title, game id and all other info in allready converted PBP files.
* Preview option.
* Extracts save ID from ISO file.
* Gets game title from DB.
* Separate game title and save title. Multidisk games can have different game titles but with one save title.
* Shows what region the game is from.

When changing stuff in a already converted PBP file all images have to be added again.

v.0.5.1
* All save ID's should now be detected.

v.0.6
* Fixed bug that made memory stick led flash to much.
* Added PAL 2 NTSC fix. (Based on info from CoNsOlEmOdDeR, thanx)
* PBP files can now be Previewed.
* Dont have to re-add all pictures when editing PBP files.
* PBP files are now 100% editable. All info in them, except the iso, can be changed.
* Can automatically add pictures based on Game id. Add pictures in Pics folder. (Check readme for some more info)
* Can use bigger pictures and sound files, in bytes, then files converted with only popstation.exe.

v.0.6.1
* Fixed a bug with PAL 2 NTSC. If you used to big pictures/sound it did not always find code to patch.
* Added Abort to both Extract ISO and Convert PBP.

v.0.6.2
* Fixed bug with converting ISOs. Now there should not be any "PBP file don't contain a ISO." errors when converting ISO files.

v.0.7
* Added support for warning screen.
* Added options. Now you can set default images and folders.
* Added command line support. Ex: PSX2PSP.exe "C:\name.iso"

v.0.7.1
* Added support for compression in 3.03 OE-A.

/KingSquitter

[fergie4000]

nice one. looks good.

[Snoppydude]

Should Save ID be the same as the Gametitle or the slus# and if so, is it just the number or the whole "SLUS94467" format?

[KingSquitter]

Should Save ID be the same as the Gametitle or the slus# and if so, is it just the number or the whole "SLUS94467" format?

The save ID is the last 5 digits in ex SCUS94476.

[StoneCut]

Hey, this looks excellent. Thanks !

[fergie4000]

so you just put 94476 for example?

[Snoppydude]

Awesome! Yo da man.

[gamer007]

The save ID is the last 5 digits in ex SCUS94476.

The codes can be SCUSxxxxx or SLUSxxxxx [AFAIK for NTSC games]. Being the perfectionist, is it possible to choose between the 2? :p

Besides that, I'll be using it. A lot eaiser than going through with command prompt. :)

[Alucard77]

does this mean that I can play 2 different PS1 games and the saves won't get confused?

[StoneCut]

The save ID is the last 5 digits in ex SCUS94476.

Does that mean I cannot use SCESXXXXX codes ?

[KingSquitter]

does this mean that I can play 2 different PS1 games and the saves won't get confused?

Yes, if you use diffrent save ID on them.

[Alucard77]

very nice, I thought this had to be hexed edited into the file. I guess the guy who posted that was wrong. Anybody test this yet?

[outphase]

very nice, I thought this had to be hexed edited into the file. I guess the guy who posted that was wrong. Anybody test this yet?
The guy you refer to (whoever it is) was not wrong. This app does it for you, though.

[Justinxpx109]

So let me get this straight. Save id is the last 5 digits of the scusxxxxx and the game title is whatever we want it to be?

[Alucard77]

It was another person who made a gui. I am testing 2 games at once now. I will let you guys now if it works. =)

[KingSquitter]

So let me get this straight. Save id is the last 5 digits of the scusxxxxx and the game title is whatever we want it to be?
That is correct.

[Amdusias]

Does that mean I cannot use SCESXXXXX codes ?

Great tools
works like a charm..
Would be great to have the possibility to choose SCUS/SLUS/SCES/SLES for us Europeans since US and EU 5 digits are not used for the same game.
Thanks again...

[KingSquitter]

Great tools
works like a charm..
Would be great to have the possibility to choose SCUS/SLUS/SCES/SLES for us Europeans since US and EU 5 digits are not used for the same game.
Thanks again...

I can add that tomorrow. I'm thinking of also adding ICON1.PMF and AND0.AT3 support.

Have to get some sleep now, up to work in less then 4 hours.

/KingSquitter

[Alucard77]

Actually, it would be cool if this had a set of png files already in the system, based off of what is on this thread:

http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=40802

But great work, thanks!

A couple of quick questions:
1) Can I leave any of the lines blank so that it will default to the hotshots icon?
2) Does anyone notice this running slower then Popstation alone? Castlevania has taken me 8 minutes already and its still not 10th of the way done.

[gamer007]

I can add that tomorrow. I'm thinking of also adding ICON1.PMF and AND0.AT3 support.

Have to get some sleep now, up to work in less then 4 hours.

/KingSquitter

That'll be great. :) Will wait for the update.

[kiiroi]

This one looks promising, but everytime I try to convert, it says "Invalid filename" btw, my iso is a .bin format. and for the SAve ID can I just put any 5 digits?

[Alucard77]

rename you bin to iso.

[kiiroi]

It still says "Invalid filename" ....this is very strange...for the Save ID I just put "12345"

[Alucard77]

ATM, for me it is being really really slow. I have been encoding Castlevania for a little over 16 minutes now, and the eboot is only at 130mb of 555mb iso.

I am within multiple directories (5 directories down to be exact), so I wonder if that is what is causing it.

Anyone else having this?

[ProjectNemesis]

does this work only with iso files? or is it possible to use other formats, my PSX games are in .img cause Alcohol 120 is the only app i could get to work right and make workable images.

[kiiroi]

nvm, i found out my solution :) works great!

but does the SAVE ID actually work? like does it save in separate files?

[Alucard77]

I think you can just rename your file from img to iso. give it a shot, but I am not positive if it works or not like that.

[Alucard77]

nvm, i found out my solution :) works great!

How long did your encode take. What was your file size for the game?

What are the specs on your PC? Castlevania still going on mine. 26+ minutes now.

[kiiroi]

How long did your encode take. What was your file size for the game?

What are the specs on your PC? Castlevania still going on mine. 26+ minutes now.

Took me less than 5 mins, the game is pretty small (137mb), it was just a test for this GUI. My comp specs are: 1GB of RAM and 3.0ghz...that's the important specs isn't it...?

[ProjectNemesis]

renaming the img to iso just corrupted the file. hopefully the creator of this app can make it compatible with different kinds of disk image files.

EDIT: now does this need the KEYS.bin file?? in the same directory as the eboot??

[kiiroi]

renaming the img to iso just corrupted the file. hopefully the creator of this app can make it compatible with different kinds of disk image files.

EDIT: now does this need the KEYS.bin file?? in the same directory as the eboot??

when putting the game into your PSP, make a folder named "SCUSxxxxx" (x = digits) and put your converted EBOOT and key.bin in the folder. You'll always have to do this or else your game will get corrupted.

[poppyseed]

How long did your encode take. What was your file size for the game?

What are the specs on your PC? Castlevania still going on mine. 26+ minutes now.

Yes this seems to take a lot longer that Popstation. I've been going on 10 minutes now with FFVII, whereas it took maybe 2 or 3 minutes using Popstation. No idea how much longer to go, either...

[ProjectNemesis]

when putting the game into your PSP, make a folder named "SCUSxxxxx" (x = digits) and put your converted EBOOT and key.bin in the folder. You'll always have to do this or else your game will get corrupted.

ok. thanks.

@Alucard: yes this takes awhile. its converting Soul Reaver now and dear lord im almost at 15 minutes. if it does work though, then ill be happy. i dont care how long it takes. that damn hex editing confused me.

[poppyseed]

I appreciate the program, but is there a reason it takes an age to convert now? I've got a Core Duo 2Ghz with 2GB DDR2-667 and it's sloooow. :eek:

[Alucard77]

Good so I am not the only crazy one. I think it writes a bit of code at a time for this. I guess it takes 1 hour + per game. I wonder if there could be a quicker way.

You can tell what % you are complete, if you go into the files folder. There you will see a eboot.pbp. Just look at the size, you can see what mb the size is. Compare that to the tmp.iso and you will see how much is left to go.

[poppyseed]

Good so I am not the only crazy one. I think it writes a bit of code at a time for this. I guess it takes 1 hour + per game. I wonder if there could be a quicker way.

You can tell what % you are complete, if you go into the files folder. There you will see a eboot.pbp. Just look at the size, you can see what mb the size is. Compare that to the tmp.iso and you will see how much is left to go.

Doesn't tell me anything. The file in the file folder is 712MB, and the eboot is 712mb, and it's still going..

Sucky thing is I don't know if it will work since the game I ripped from my original is a .img file.

[ProjectNemesis]

Good so I am not the only crazy one. I think it writes a bit of code at a time for this. I guess it takes 1 hour + per game. I wonder if there could be a quicker way.

You can tell what % you are complete, if you go into the files folder. There you will see a eboot.pbp. Just look at the size, you can see what mb the size is. Compare that to the tmp.iso and you will see how much is left to go.

theres no eboot in my FILES folder.........im creeping up on 30minutes

[poppyseed]

Yeah this is crazy. Half an hour now and still going strong. I think this is going to take MUCH longer than an hour for a 700MB eboot. Compared to 2 minutes with Popstation, I think I'll stick to Popstation and Hexediting.

Thanks, though, for the effort!

[Alucard77]

yeah, this rights one block at a time, looking for where to hexedit and so on, I think. What this program should do is first do the regular popstation, then analyze the file then hexedit it.

I don't know if this is at all possible to do, it maybe, but I am not sure. I am letting this run over night since I am going to bed now. But I may try that hexedit thing. It is nice that it lets you do the icons though.

[poppyseed]

Hopefully the original creator can fix that! I think it's an excellent program (if it works), aside from this implementation of block-writing.

In a perfect world, the creator has made a new version by the time I wake up. :D

[ProjectNemesis]

In a perfect world, the creator has made a new version by the time I wake up. :D


im hoping for that too. as well as this conversion being successful. its been 50 minutes in conversion. im off to bed, probably wont wake for 9-10 hours or even more than that.

[therealfly]

Its slow cause he probably reads the whole file to hex edit. He better open it on the hard drive and read write to with a fileopen command direct.

[jrm]

As I have not seen the code, I can't say exactly whats wrong, but if you are experiencing the issue with the GUI taking forever (10+ mins), try the following.

1. Start the process using Popstation GUI and as soon as the initial copy is complete and the "Coverting file to PBP..." process has begin continue with step 2.
2. Right click the task bar and choose "Task Manager"
3. Right click "Popstation.exe" and select "Above Normal" under the "Set Priority" sub-menu.
4. When prompted to confirm the change in priority class click "Yes"
5. (OPTIONAL, SEE NOTE 2) Change the priority of "Popstation GUI.exe" to "Low".

NOTE: The GUI has something in the code that consumes all the available CPU cycles, and DA's exe hardly gets anything done, so until the code is fixed, this will have to be done each time (each time you click "Convert" in the GUI). Those with multiple cores or hyper threading might not suffer as much from this bug. (KingSquitter, you have either HT or dual CPU/cores don't you?)

NOTE2: You can change the priority of the GUI to be lower, but because the GUI launches DA's exe at the same level each time you start the process you don't get much benefit besides an overall less sluggish system and you have to change then two processes priority settings. If you change the priority of the GUI, you still need to change the priority of DA's exe EVERY TIME you start a new process.

NOTE3: (Windows NT/2000 or greater and this may require admin rights on the local machine... i'm always in the Domain Admins group so I forget what "normal users" can and can't do)

[EpochCT]

Jrm is right, I was about to post about how you guys must've been doing something wrong, because I just converted 3 ~700mb ISOs in about 5 minutes each top, but I have a dual core processor.

Anyway, where can I find the SLUS***** code for each game? Does it have to be exactly that number or can it be whatever number I want it to be? For the three ISOs I converted I just put 00001, 00002 and 00003 respectively, and placed them within a folder named after the game and all worked perfectly, so I'm assuming that the name of the folder and the actual ID you give them doesn't matter.

[Gcentrex]

Jrm is right, I was about to post about how you guys must've been doing something wrong, because I just converted 3 ~700mb ISOs in about 5 minutes each top, but I have a dual core processor.

Anyway, where can I find the SLUS***** code for each game? Does it have to be exactly that number or can it be whatever number I want it to be? For the three ISOs I converted I just put 00001, 00002 and 00003 respectively, and placed them within a folder named after the game and all worked perfectly, so I'm assuming that the name of the folder and the actual ID you give them doesn't matter.

http://www.sonyindex.com/PS1_Renamer/dbase.ps1

[emotaku]

when putting the game into your PSP, make a folder named "SCUSxxxxx" (x = digits) and put your converted EBOOT and key.bin in the folder. You'll always have to do this or else your game will get corrupted.

Or to make it easier for yourself.. name it whatever you want to. It doesn't affect how the game acts.

ie. 'Gran Turismo' does a good job of indicating where Gran Turismo is.

[LiquidKal]

Hmm, I converted FF7 earlier using this and didn't have a problem. Took the same amount of time as with just the popstation.exe

And I'm only running an Athlon64 3400+ with 1GB of ram.
No dual core or anything fancy like that.

[lplover2k]

awww... was making a GUI too with picture support and stuff... lol guess no need to do it... your GUI looks nice...

[Lenmaer]

Maybe it would be cool to add all the psone database inside in order to make an automatic renamer. By simply giving the correct name it would give you the correct game number or let you choose the number if they are more than one region number.

[Unknowneagle]

Maybe it would be cool to add all the psone database inside in order to make an automatic renamer. By simply giving the correct name it would give you the correct game number or let you choose the number if they are more than one region number.

wow, would be a lot of work to make that :) , there are a lot of games... but I dont know much of programming, so I might be wrong:) , good idea though

[manias]

when putting the game into your PSP, make a folder named "SCUSxxxxx" (x = digits) and put your converted EBOOT and key.bin in the folder. You'll always have to do this or else your game will get corrupted.
you do not have to make the SCUSblah folder. you can just use psp/game/ff7 for example. the keys.bin and the eboot have to be in there but that's all

[kill.rhythm]

So, yeah, it creates the eboot.pbp and then immediately deletes it when doing Diablo.

Odd.

[Au{R}oN]

WHy tool need to copy game.iso o.O? this mnea 3x more time :\

[hackless]

I have a P4 1.5 Ghz, 512Mb SDRAM, 5 years and 3 month old computer. I converted Suikoden with this popstation GUI in around 5 to 6 min. Thanks Kingsquitter for taking all of the work out for us! :)

I had the same problems as others have had in the beginning though. I started a conversion, went to bed for 5 hours, woke up and it was still running.

For me it was one little simple problem. In the directions Mr. Kingsquitter gave us: Place all the normal popstation files (BASE.PBP, KEYS.BIN and popstation.exe) in the "files" folder before use.. He failed to mention 1 little file that also needs to be moved to the "files" folder. It is the "cygwin1.dll" driver. I am kidding Kingsquitter in the way I am presenting my solution. :p I am very grateful for his hard work and him losing sleep before work too. I hope this helps someone else before they spend hours waiting for their Eboot to be finished. I am also assuming that Kingsquitter is a male, if not my apologies. :o

[peeInMyPantz]

so if i'm playing FF9, and it contains 4 discs...
it doesn't matter what title i put for those for files, as long as i give them the same save id, i will have no problem continuing the game from one disc to another? or will it still work even if the save id is different? coz that is probably the one way i think save id will be useful. the game plays fine even when I don't put inside a folder called scuxxxxx (something like that).. instead i just put psx_ff9_cd1.

[Cobra.uK]

Finally got mine working. :D converted and all that within 1 - 2 minutes. :)

[Kettenhund]

Nice tool, but as already mentioned, it would be great if BIN and IMG imagefiles were also supported, as they are supported by popstation.exe too.

[LiquidKal]

Nice tool, but as already mentioned, it would be great if BIN and IMG imagefiles were also supported, as they are supported by popstation.exe too.
They are supported. Or at least BIN is, so I don't see why IMG wouldn't.

I converted FF7 with this from a bin file, no problem.

[Azzurra]

Thanks for this great tool ! works amazing well !

Just one question, what is the unknow.png ? Is it the transparent image ?

Oh and also, no matter what digits I put, if it is 00000 for all 4 CD of a game it's all OK isn't it ?

Thanks again !

PS : IMG files works great. :cool:

[MorisatoKun]

I tried this with Suikoden II, it made the EBOOT.PBP just fine, but when i loaded it up, it came up with an error "Game could not be started." I have 3.02OE-B.

[fergie4000]

make sure you put keys.bin in folder with eboot on psp

[MorisatoKun]

make sure you put keys.bin in folder with eboot on psp

I did that, still nothing. :(

[Azzurra]

What is the name of the folder you put those 2 files in ?

[MorisatoKun]

I just named it SUIKODEN

[nickconvery]

Thanks :D Converted Crash Bandicoot 2 in well under a minute. If you're having trouble with slow conversions, remember to put cygwin1.dll in the files folder.

[sony154]

Could you please add a edit EBOOT.PBP choice? if you already had converted let say 20 games, and you just wanted to change icons, and name and stuff in the eboot.
PLEASE do this...

[manias]

Could you please add a edit EBOOT.PBP choice? if you already had converted let say 20 games, and you just wanted to change icons, and name and stuff in the eboot.
PLEASE do this...
afaik pspbrew is doable as long as you only use that to change the icons
hexedit the name

[Mutdog]

excellent tool a lot easier then CP, but in the save id slot if i leave it blank for default will it take my backup save id or hot shots save id, or how can i find out what my backup save id's are?

[lplover2k]

tried tekken didn't work.. hmm.. it freezed... :( maybe it's because of the pics i used will try other pics

[Azzurra]

I just named it SUIKODEN
Try to name it like "SCUSXXXX" te one ou put.

when putting the game into your PSP, make a folder named "SCUSxxxxx" (x = digits) and put your converted EBOOT and key.bin in the folder. You'll always have to do this or else your game will get corrupted.

[duncanm]

Hmm, I converted FF7 earlier using this and didn't have a problem. Took the same amount of time as with just the popstation.exe

And I'm only running an Athlon64 3400+ with 1GB of ram.
No dual core or anything fancy like that.
Are you running on Vista?

I've found the scheduler a lot better a managing processor hogs than XP.

[poppyseed]

OK so Final Fantasy VII is still going. Over 8 hours and still converting. I have all the files in the right folder, including cygwin1.dll. I've tried changing priorities etc etc, but it's not speeding up (hard drive light flickers VERY little).

So what's the deal?

[poppyseed]

What files are you guys using? I'm using an FFVII .img which is 700+MB and also using PNG files. What else is there to do?

[baldy]

OK so Final Fantasy VII is still going. Over 8 hours and still converting. I have all the files in the right folder, including cygwin1.dll. I've tried changing priorities etc etc, but it's not speeding up (hard drive light flickers VERY little).

So what's the deal?

You needs to put the files like in this order then click Popstation GUI.exe :-

C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/BASE.PBP
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/KEYS.BIN
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/popstation.exe
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/run.cmd
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/Popstation GUI.exe
C:/WINDOWS/system32/cygwin1.dll

[Mutdog]

does anyone no how i can find the save id of my game?

[poppyseed]

You needs to put the files like in this order then click Popstation GUI.exe :-

C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/BASE.PBP
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/KEYS.BIN
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/popstation.exe
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/run.cmd
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/Popstation GUI.exe
C:/WINDOWS/system32/cygwin1.dll

Ah that works! Thanks much!

[xb0xb0y]

Works GREAT! thanks to OP!!! converted R-Type Delta in under a minute!

[EazyX]

What to do when have a game with multiple discs - like mgs?
Use the same digit-code for both discs?

[Azzurra]

Yes that's what i understood, if someone can comfirm. ;)

[plastictrees]

Does it give you some sort of message when it is done? I see the EBOOT file and it stopped increasing in size but the Popstation GUI still says its converting file to PBP.

[poppyseed]

Well the program converted successfully, but when starting FFVII I get an error code: 80000004 The game could not be started.

I've now wasted a ton of time on this program. No more.

Deleted.

[kiiroi]

Does it give you some sort of message when it is done? I see the EBOOT file and it stopped increasing in size but the Popstation GUI still says its converting file to PBP.

It'll say "Done" on the bottom of the popstation GUI.

@poppyseed

Did you try putting key.bin in your folder? (PSP\GAME\SCUSxxxx)

[plastictrees]

hmm still no message yet..

[poppyseed]

It'll say "Done" on the bottom of the popstation GUI.

@poppyseed

Did you try putting key.bin in your folder? (PSP\GAME\SCUSxxxx)

Yep it's there.

[baldy]

hmm still no message yet..

Check if your files is in correct place see top of this page

[plastictrees]

yeah i put everything in the right place

[baldy]

Yep it's there.

Use cloneCD or Alcohol not MagicISO to create the .img ot try an image that works first

[imparason]

can this change the images on a psx eboot? Like can it change the pictures or the it even after its already an eboot? cause pbp unpacker, psp brew, and psp cvontent manager always freeze my comp

[baldy]

Deleted Double post

[kiiroi]

can this change the images on a psx eboot? Like can it change the pictures or the it even after its already an eboot? cause pbp unpacker, psp brew, and psp cvontent manager always freeze my comp

Yes this can. Just search for your Pic1, Pic0(unknown.png), and icon0 .png pictures and place them in the correct spaces.

Edit: Sorry, I read it wrong. You cannot change the images of an existing EBOOT. To do that, you'll have to use PSPBrew, PBP Unpacker, or any other PBP tools. This tool is to make custom PSX EBOOTS so it can run on your PSP.

[poppyseed]

Use cloneCD or Alcohol not MagicISO to create the .img ot try an image that works first

I did use Alcohol. I tested FFVII and it worked great. then I redid it using this program and it doesn't work.

[ripzone]

This program doesn't work properly. It is veeeery slow. :(

Thanks btw....

[baldy]

can this change the images on a psx eboot? Like can it change the pictures or the it even after its already an eboot? cause pbp unpacker, psp brew, and psp cvontent manager always freeze my comp

NO ONLY FOR .ISO / .IMG / .BIN created using CloneCD / UltraISO / Alcohol
Some mentioned ISOBuster is OK too

WinISO no report yet

MagicISO is a no no no

[Dany23]

i just tried it, and its very slow for me, even after 10 minutes, its still converting the iso to pbp..and i already changed the priority of the application to low as it was suggested by somebody..so ill stick with the old method, hexediting manually :D

Dany25

[poppyseed]

I just hexedited my FFVII and all my images and the gane work perfectly. I think we should all wait for a new version of this program. I know the creator is on to a good thing here. Just need to wait for a working version. :)

[pal]

Looks great and easy to use, but, very, very slow. I'm running an AMD 4000+ with very fast corsair memory and 5 minutes later nothing and it's using up 99% CPU! Needs a bit of tweaking I think then it'll be very good.

[kiiroi]

It's slow for some people, but it's fast the others. How is that? How big are the games you guys are converting?

[pal]

Using command line popstation it takes about 20 seconds to convert a 700mb+ iso, with this tool I'm not sure as I gave up waiting...

[baldy]

It's slow for some people, but it's fast the others. How is that? How big are the games you guys are converting?

They probably forget to
- move run.cmd to the "files" directory and
- move cygwin1.dll to C:\WINDOWS\system32 or to the "files" directory

[Azzurra]

I have Athlon 2600+, 1GB, working fine, just waited 2min for FF8 CD1

[baldy]

I have Athlon 2600+, 1GB, working fine, just waited 2min for FF8 CD1

Can you test if the game can run ? My PSP is with my nephew so can't test now
Mine is a Celeron 2.4 GHz 512 MB RAM only took 2-3 min for a 590+MB Gran Turismo 1

[mokyurin]

alcohol120 is the best

[Azzurra]

Can you test if the game can run ? My PSP is with my nephew so can't test now
Mine is a Celeron 2.4 GHz 512 MB RAM only took 2-3 min for a 590+MB Gran Turismo 1
Yes the game runs, I put EBOOT and KEys in a PSP/Game/SCUS00000 Directory, as I put "00000" as save id in the program.;)

[baldy]

Yes the game runs, I put EBOOT and KEys in a PSP/Game/SCUS00000 Directory, as I put "00000" as save id in the program.;)

Thanks. Wonder why poppyseed's one not running though
Very strange

[hispanico]

Also me i have problem with "Invalid filename" when i click on convert,i try xxx.iso or xx.img but always the same. All fields arewith right reference....and i don't understand the problem ??

Thank

[manias]

Yes the game runs, I put EBOOT and KEys in a PSP/Game/SCUS00000 Directory, as I put "00000" as save id in the program.;)
you can use psp/game/gamename btw ;) don't have to make a folder with SCUSxxxx

[baldy]

Also me i have problem with "Invalid filename" when i click on convert,i try xxx.iso or xx.img but always the same. All fields arewith right reference....and i don't understand the problem ??

Thank

You needs to put the files like in this order then click Popstation GUI.exe :-

C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/BASE.PBP
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/KEYS.BIN
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/popstation.exe
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/run.cmd
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/Popstation GUI.exe
C:/WINDOWS/system32/cygwin1.dll

[mhz]

What's that UNKNOWN.PNG?

[Zero_]

What on earth is run.cmd? o_O

[kiiroi]

Got one problem. I converted most of my games using the "popstation" way, but the Save ID for the games are all 94476...is there anyway I can change it without doing hex edit. I don't have the .iso, .bin, .img files anymore...I deleted them after I created the EBOOT.

[baldy]

What's that UNKNOWN.PNG?

aka PIC0.PNG [EDITED - TYPO]

[baldy]

What on earth is run.cmd? o_O

the batch file inside Popstation GUI.zip in the 1st post

[Unknowneagle]

What's that UNKNOWN.PNG?
aka PIC1.PNG


its PIC0.png, which is a file used for Prescriptions

[drew_ish]

It takes a while because the program probably hex edits the EBOOT.PBP, which can vary in size, and is very large (up to 700 mb). Instead of doing this, you could just hex edit the BASE.PBP to change the SCUS ID and not use this program until it is changed to be faster.

[StrawHat]

unknown.png is that clear peice on the right that tells you a bit about the game.

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2972/snap011jx0.jpg

I didn't get on at all with this program, so instead I still have to hex edit popstation.exe, but before converting I open base.pbp in pspbrew and change all the icons with that.

[wifi]

Hello,

The save name in XMB is not good....
I'm open the game with an hexaeditor and the first hot shots is flashed with my custom name but the second....not flashed :rolleyes:

[kill.rhythm]

... I finally got Diablo to convert... not by changing anything I was doing but by just trying 4 times in a row.

Also, the save game name in the list is still "Hot Shots Golf 2".... so uhh... not trying to be rude but what's the point then?

Eagerly looking forward to an update to this app.... has promise for sure.

[Azzurra]

Hope it can be repaired :)

[flatwhatson]

Not sure if Kingsquitter will read this but whatever...

The reason the app takes so long is PROBABLY because it's reading the entire PBP into RAM in one go. This forces everything else that's running to go into swap, which is like RAM but uses the hard disk...

Not sure if this is what you're doing, but a better solution is to use a 16Mb or so buffer in a loop... read into your (limited size) buffer, do whatever you need, write straight back to the output file, and then free your buffer on each tick. This is slightly less processor efficient if you've got unlimited RAM, but I think it would improve performance for most people in this case...

[haggbart]

wow, this GUI looks nice and work clean and fast! :D

[plastictrees]

ive let me encode run for at least an hr now..the EBOOT has stopped increasing in size and i still dont get a done message from the GUI

[KingSquitter]

First post uppdated with new version.

/KingSquitter

[gman112287]

i cant evan get this sweet looking prog to work. i keep getting file acess denied or somethin like that.

[damitzsean]

i have no problem using this it converts FFVII n 4 minutes alittle slower than popstation

[devok]

this is the best popstation mod! thank you!

[DjoeN]

First post uppdated with new version.

/KingSquitter

Thx for all the effort :)

Can you add an option to add PIC0.PNG

Thanks again :)

[Mesut]

i like this one man BUT sound is just BULL man but anyways i like it good work

[manias]

what does unknown.png do?
unknown.png = pic0.png?

[gman112287]

what could i be doing wrong to get an error that says file denied

[subcon959]

Works great here, thanks for this.

Took less than a minute for a 500MB iso so I'm not sure why people are having problems.

[plastictrees]

got an error message in the new version..

"Cannot find STARTDAT in Not valid PSX eboot.pbp"

what does that mean?

[EpochCT]

Please excuse my ignorance, but what is the ICON1.PMF for?

[kane2007uk]

still doesn't change the save name i typed in SCUS00005 and the save folder is still SCUS94476 and still showing the hot shots text, the icon changed fine for the save and the icon, pic and game title changed fine for the eboot....you just need to work on the savegame edit....for now it looks like we still have to manually hex SCUS94476 with our choice of 5 digits

[alchemyst]

KingSquitter, would it be possible to have an option where your program places a copy of KEYS.BIN in the directory where it saves the output PBP? Nothing too important, would just make it easier for me to cut and paste to my PSP from one location, rather then doing the PBP and KEYS.BIN separately.

[KingSquitter]

KingSquitter, would it be possible to have an option where your program places a copy of KEYS.BIN in the directory where it saves the output PBP? Nothing too important, would just make it easier for me to cut and paste to my PSP from one location, rather then doing the PBP and KEYS.BIN separately.

It already does that if you have the KEYS.BIN file in the "Files" folder.

[alchemyst]

It already does that if you have the KEYS.BIN file in the "Files" folder.

Really? First time I tried it didn't. Hmmm, Maybe just me being thick, I'll give it another go :)

[sonyuser]

hmmm...strange... i set my pbp output folder to Files folder after the convert done i went to Files folder and i din saw any Eboot.pbp file...is like nth happen....

[KingSquitter]

hmmm...strange... i set my pbp output folder to Files folder after the convert done i went to Files folder and i din saw any Eboot.pbp file...is like nth happen....

You cant use the Files folder as the output folder.

[sonyuser]

erm ok i understand it but i got 1 question stil....does tis really work out in helping save file problems? i mean those overwrite ones....have anyone tested it yet???

[EpochCT]

I've tested it with 3 different games and it works wonderfully, it takes the ID you input on the GUI and it's like each game has its own 2 Mem cards. That said, can anyone tell me what the ICON1.PMF is for?

[pal]

Fantastic, now works in under 20 seconds for me! Thanks very much for this :D :D :D

[lee1972]

Ive put everything where is should be, here:
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/BASE.PBP
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/KEYS.BIN
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/popstation.exe
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/run.cmd
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/Popstation GUI.exe
C:/WINDOWS/system32/cygwin1.dll

when I start Popstation GUI.exe it says: popstation.exe not found in folder "files" yet it is there!

Any ideas anyone?

[poppyseed]

Still doesn't work. The save ID isn't being changed on my FF7 disc 1 image. I have it manually hex-edited to be 94163 which works perfectly on my PSP with savegames. I then re-ripped my FF7 disc 1 and then used it with v0.2 of this GUI and my savegame doesn't exist anymore despite having put in the correct 94163. I put back my Hex-edited Disc 1 and my save is magically there again.

Basically, the hex-editing portion of this GUI isn't working properly.

[manias]

I've tested it with 3 different games and it works wonderfully, it takes the ID you input on the GUI and it's like each game has its own 2 Mem cards. That said, can anyone tell me what the ICON1.PMF is for?
afaik that is a pmf that it will play when you select the icon like @ umd games

[damitzsean]

I've tested it with 3 different games and it works wonderfully, it takes the ID you input on the GUI and it's like each game has its own 2 Mem cards. That said, can anyone tell me what the ICON1.PMF is for?

its for like short movies like you see in the icons for psp's iso

[Dany23]

i tried to convert RE3 Nemesis NTSC with this program and now, its seems to be working right, i mean no more slowdowns on my computer with the cpu at 100% all the time..however, i keep getting this error at the end of the conversion..the new eboot.pbp is here, but i dunno if its a 100% converted one. Here is the error:


Writing header...
Writing sfo...
writing icon0.png...
writing pic0.png...
writing pic1.png...
writing Data.psp...
Writing iso header...
Writing indexes...
Writing iso...
Writing special data...
Cannot find Startdat in not a valid psx eboot.pbp

Oh, and every files are in the files folder, except the Popstation GUI wich in the Popstation GUI v.0.2 folder. Can somebody help me? :confused:
.

[Kettenhund]

http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=41035

Could you make the GUI compatible to this? :)

[lee1972]

Ive put everything where is should be, here:
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/BASE.PBP
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/KEYS.BIN
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/popstation.exe
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/files/run.cmd
C:/Program Files/Popstation GUI/Popstation GUI.exe
C:/WINDOWS/system32/cygwin1.dll

when I start Popstation GUI.exe it says: popstation.exe not found in folder "files" yet it is there!

Any ideas anyone?
Actually got it to work by splitting the files up!

[KingSquitter]

Still doesn't work. The save ID isn't being changed on my FF7 disc 1 image. I have it manually hex-edited to be 94163 which works perfectly on my PSP with savegames. I then re-ripped my FF7 disc 1 and then used it with v0.2 of this GUI and my savegame doesn't exist anymore despite having put in the correct 94163. I put back my Hex-edited Disc 1 and my save is magically there again.

Basically, the hex-editing portion of this GUI isn't working properly.

Hi.

If you hex edit the file from Popstation GUI, can you find 94163 anywhere in the file?

At what address do you change the value in the file from popstation.exe?

/KingSquitter

[hjacked]

to kingsq... ---> can u make an update that can strip an iso from the eboot?

http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=40897

[dickyavfc]

http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=41035

Could you make the GUI compatible to this? :)


I've tried it with this on silent hill and it seems to work fine!

[KingSquitter]

i tried to convert RE3 Nemesis NTSC with this program and now, its seems to be working right, i mean no more slowdowns on my computer with the cpu at 100% all the time..however, i keep getting this error at the end of the conversion..the new eboot.pbp is here, but i dunno if its a 100% converted one. Here is the error:


Writing header...
Writing sfo...
writing icon0.png...
writing pic0.png...
writing pic1.png...
writing Data.psp...
Writing iso header...
Writing indexes...
Writing iso...
Writing special data...
Cannot find Startdat in not a valid psx eboot.pbp

Oh, and every files are in the files folder, except the Popstation GUI wich in the Popstation GUI v.0.2 folder. Can somebody help me? :confused:
.

Your BASE.PBP is likly corrupted. Try to convert a game using popstation.exe and check if you get the same error.

[Dany23]

even if i get this error, the eboot works fine with the psx emu...i just tested RE3 ntsc and it booted fine, no problem at all..so i dunno what went wrong..also, i dunno if its matter, but i added all 3 pics and the sound to the eboot (pic1, icon0, icon1.pmf and sound.at3). maybe im allowed to add 1 of the 2 pics (either icon0 or icon1 because it cant load the 2 at the same time in the xmb)
Maybe my base.pbp is corrupted, ill try another time later.

Ok, i just replaced the base.pbp (143mb) and the key.bin with the ripped one (1,32mb) and worked great, no more errors at all and the whole conversion toke only 2-3 mins. Thnkx again KingSquitter ;)

Dany25

Your BASE.PBP is likly corrupted. Try to convert a game using popstation.exe and check if you get the same error.

[dickyavfc]

Still doesn't work. The save ID isn't being changed on my FF7 disc 1 image. I have it manually hex-edited to be 94163 which works perfectly on my PSP with savegames. I then re-ripped my FF7 disc 1 and then used it with v0.2 of this GUI and my savegame doesn't exist anymore despite having put in the correct 94163. I put back my Hex-edited Disc 1 and my save is magically there again.

Basically, the hex-editing portion of this GUI isn't working properly.


This is happening with me also

The program seems to be editing just one part of the save game ID. According to a post i read earlier there are two Hex strings that need to be edited:

http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=40695

[kiiroi]

This GUI is good, but I don't know if the Save ID actually works. So many people said it didn't work, and others say it do...Weird.

[Kettenhund]

This GUI is good, but I don't know if the Save ID actually works. So many people said it didn't work, and others say it do...Weird.

Looks like it depends on the game. On some it works, on others it doesn't.

[KingSquitter]

This is happening with me also

The program seems to be editing just one part of the save game ID. According to a post i read earlier there are two Hex strings that need to be edited:

http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=40695

Hmm. The program is editing both strings. Can you hex edit a converted file and check where it might have placed the new save ID.

/KingSquitter

[gman112287]

what does this mean? i got this error when i tried to make a mgs eboot.

http://i13.tinypic.com/47cuipu.jpg

[Namubi]

hi guys i got an problem with that tool.

I wanna convert Breath of Fire 4

So i hav an bin image of that game in PAL, i converted it to NTSC, after that i start the gui, place the bin and the pic and icon files for BOF4 from the Thread here on Maxconsole, (do the pic and icon file should have the name pic1 and icon0.png????), changed the SCUS to SLES03552 (like the original game has) so the .pbp was generated, load in psp and after the first screen went back to xmb wig 0x08......error.....????

If im convert the same bin file under cmd with popstation.exe the .pbp loads fine without a problem.

Hope someone can help becuase the gui is great with all the feat. in it.....

[Namubi]

what does this mean? i got this error when i tried to make a mgs eboot.

http://i13.tinypic.com/47cuipu.jpg


for easy, ITS MEANS WHAT IT SAYS, the total of you added custom images is too high, reduce the file size.......cant read huh *gg*

[baldy]

-- Deleted by poster --

[KingSquitter]

One thing that some peaple might be doing wrong is adding the pictures to the files dir.

Dont have any other files than cygwin1.dll, BASE.PBP, KEYS.BIN and popstation.exe in the files dir.

/KingSquitter

[Dany23]

and the cygwin1.dll file right?

i have this file in the files folder and in system32 folder (so im sure that i have it somewhere, in case one of them is corrupted or deleted :D )


One thing that some peaple might be doing wrong is adding the pictures to the files dir.

Dont have any other files than BASE.PBP, KEYS.BIN and popstation.exe in the files dir.

/KingSquitter

[Kapau]

:confused: Its been stuck on Converting file to PBP for like 2 hours now... Its using like 45% of my cpu capacity. Is it broken or does it just take a day or 3 to convert Final Fantasy 7's first disc?

[Namubi]

:confused: Its been stuck on Converting file to PBP for like 2 hours now... Its using like 45% of my cpu capacity. Is it broken or does it just take a day or 3 to convert Final Fantasy 7's first disc?

Normally it take a hole week, but yours seem like taking the extra weekend...just fun, no normaly take for me only 5min or less, so brake up and start again, and make sure you habe only the above metiont files in the FILES directory of the GUI....

[KingSquitter]

:confused: Its been stuck on Converting file to PBP for like 2 hours now... Its using like 45% of my cpu capacity. Is it broken or does it just take a day or 3 to convert Final Fantasy 7's first disc?

Are you using v.0.2? If not, try it and check what error message you get.

/KingSquitter

[Unknowneagle]

wow, v0.2 is wonderfull, I was using popstation, but IMO this is actually better now :)

[superart]

anyone having problems with the save game id and title name and all, try hexing the popstation.exe first to change the SCUS/SLUC/ETC. to whatever number you like and change the title to what you like. Then in the gui put the exact same SCUS number for save id and title for game title. I did this on my first try and it converted it pretty fast and now my save game says "GAME NAME". heres the thread to hex your popstation. Third post here.

http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=40549

Not sure if hexing the popstation.exe really does anything, but converting my iso was smooth and i like the results :) Dang, thanks very much KingSquitter your gui really is the shiett

[Hardepiemel]

a new version of pspbrew also can change the savegame name

[RE_T-Virus]

Is it normal even after using the GUI to change everything to still have the saves file's text to be hot shots golf 2? The icon isn't but the text is still the same on the save file. That shouldn't cause conflict with other games right?

[Namubi]

anyone having problems with the save game id and title name and all, try hexing the popstation.exe first to change the SCUS/SLUC/ETC. to whatever number you like and change the title to what you like. Then in the gui put the exact same SCUS number for save id and title for game title. I did this on my first try and it converted it pretty fast and now my save game says "GAME NAME". heres the thread to hex your popstation. Third post here.

Thanks that worked for me, but i thought the gui is up for that, so i have to hex edit the popstation.exe for every game i wanna convert thats stupid.....

[Kapau]

/cheer!
Everything works now! FF7 done in less then a minute!

[superart]

well it gets things done. all you really have to hex is just 2 lines. the SCUS number and the game title. thats it, cant get anymore simpler. :)

[Dany23]

as i said before, i just converted RE3 nemesis with this converter...everything went fine, no error, the id code was changed aswell but not the name. it still display Hot Shots Golf 2 on my saved game file and i changed the Game title in the program to RE3. can u fix this in the next version??

Dany25

[undertaxxx]

Hehe that can be fixed with a little update ;) . He have taken the whrong Hot Shots Golf 2 name in the EBOOT.PBP, there are 2 names with Hot Shots Golf in it. One is for the EBOOT name and one for the savegame, so hope he will update this :) . Grtzz

[radius]

Hey, is it possible to do a move file rather than a copy when the creation is finished ?
I mean it actually takes more time copying the final eboot from the temp folder to the "Output PBP" folder you choose in the gui.

[cyx]

is that name problem with ver 0.2 or ?

[Hitcher]

http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=41035

Could you make the GUI compatible to this? :)
I've tried it with this on silent hill and it seems to work fine!
I tried it and the game save was called 'Hot Shots Golf 2' so I'm just sticking to the original one for now.

[Dany23]

yep, with version 0.2

u can try it, convert any psx game, and put any name in the game title. When the conversion is over, open the new eboot.pbp with a hexeditor and search for the string Hot Shots. It will find one..and that is supposed to be changed to the name that u gave before the conversion..i know u can change it by hexediting...but thats not the point of the program itself :p

is that name problem with ver 0.2 or ?

[DJB]

I noticed that the SLPS, SLPM, PBPX, SLED, SCED, and SCPS tags are missing from this program (just checked the ps1 gamesfile and noticed these ones).

Could you include these in the next version?

Apart from that, this program shows the most promise out of the GUIs I've seen over the last couple of days.

[bigdaddie]

Thanx for this KingSquitter, i just converted an eboot.pbp (to replace the hot shots golf images) and it works great and very fast, nice work :)

[Aid]

Thanks for this neat program, no problems what-so-ever.

[Vsmite]

How can i make a .bin file into an iso or img file? cuz this doesnt support bin

[kumbala]

yep, with version 0.2

u can try it, convert any psx game, and put any name in the game title. When the conversion is over, open the new eboot.pbp with a hexeditor and search for the string Hot Shots. It will find one..and that is supposed to be changed to the name that u gave before the conversion..i know u can change it by hexediting...but thats not the point of the program itself :p

i can report the same thing. but not with every iso. i converted gran turismo 2 PAL without any changes to the iso. the savegame use the same name which i specified within the program. now i converted final fantasy 7 pal, does some changes on it ( pal ->ntsc ) and after the conversation, the savegame show hot shot golf 2 instead of the given game title.

[kiiroi]

How can i make a .bin file into an iso or img file? cuz this doesnt support bin

It does support .bin files. I just converted 3 games that were .bin...

[Amdusias]

thanks a lot for the SCES.... changes...
works like a charm..

[Vsmite]

well i had a file and a cue so im assuming its a bin and when i click on the ... to find the bin it doesnt show up. any ideas?

[Dany23]

change the extension from .bin to .iso (make sure that the extension of the file is shown, not hidden)

Dany25


well i had a file and a cue so im assuming its a bin and when i click on the ... to find the bin it doesnt show up. any ideas?

[russcarr]

Changing the Game Title is working fine for me. Here is my save game for GT2....

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3551/snap001hg9.png

[vegita8888]

Thanks for the great GUI. I converted Front Mission 3 with pics in about a minuet and have had no problems at all.

[Vsmite]

change the extension from .bin to .iso (make sure that the extension of the file is shown, not hidden)

Dany25
k ill try it and report bk

edit: it works thanks

[LiquidKal]

still doesn't change the save name i typed in SCUS00005 and the save folder is still SCUS94476 and still showing the hot shots text, the icon changed fine for the save and the icon, pic and game title changed fine for the eboot....you just need to work on the savegame edit....for now it looks like we still have to manually hex SCUS94476 with our choice of 5 digits

This function works fine for me.
Are you typing SCUS00005 into the box? or just 00005?
You only need to type the number part, ie. 00005. Maybe thats your problem.

If not, I have no idea why its not working for you, but it works fine for me.

That person asking if I was running Vista, no, I'm running XP.
Have converted FF7 about 4 times now, and Chrono Cross once with this program, works perfectly for me. Good job KingSquitter

There is only one thing thats annoying me, and this isn't a problem with this program but rather the way the PSP saves PS1 games... I already had a save for FF7 and don't want to start again, my save is listed as Hot Shots Golf 2 in the PSP menu. I changed the name of the game in this program and re-converted it, then deleted my save game to test it works and the new save created had the name Final Fantasy VII, so it works fine. But when I placed my old save back, loaded it up and saved over it, the name wouldn't change from Hot Shots Golf2. So now my save is stuck with that crappy name, and I'm a bit of a perfectionist so its pissing me off :D But not enough to start again as I'm already up to the shinra building.

[KingSquitter]

Updated the first post with new version, v.0.3

/KingSquitter

[Dany23]

So for you, its working the game title?

i tried it with Resident Evil 3, and its doesnt work, shows Hot Shots golf 2
i dunno if we can use any signs (. , :) in the game title..maybe that why it doesnt work for me..ill try without any ponctuation signs

Changing the Game Title is working fine for me. Here is my save game for GT2....

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3551/snap001hg9.png

[hispanico]

I try but i have this problem.....

...solved

[LiquidKal]

So for you, its working the game title?

i tried it with Resident Evil 3, and its doesnt work, shows Hot Shots golf 2
i dunno if we can use any signs (. , :) in the game title..maybe that why it doesnt work for me..ill try without any ponctuation signs
It works for me too, but only if the save is created new.
If you create a Resident Evil 3 save with an unedited eboot that is still called Hot Shots Golf 2, then the save with say hot shots.
Then if you re-convert the game with the correct name and save with that, the save will still say hot shots.
But if you delete that save completely and then save fresh, the new save will say Resident Evil 3.

[graveuver]

this is what everyone was waiting for.. no more hex editing :D thanks alot!

[patrikmuse]

GOOOD work!!

please add a pal-ntsc selector for the europeans :)

Thanks :)

[n0rd]

a nice feature may be to auto create a subfolder in the output folder named like the game ID and put inside it the EBOOT.PBP and KEYS.BIN


example:

Save ID:
SLES 02397

and the subfolder named SLES02397 ready to copy on MS

[Dany23]

ok..this is what i did:

I choosed RE3.iso, i added pic1 and icon0, saved in the D drive, in the game title i put "Resident Evil 3 Nemesis" (without the quotes), put its own save id then hit convert. after 3-4 mins, the game is converted..now, do i open the eboot with a hexeditor and change manually the name or leave it like that (with style hot shots golf 2)
Then, i load the game, save it right at the beginning, i quit the game, it will say hot shots golf 2. i delete it, reload the game again and this times, it will name it correctly?? :confused:

Dany25

It works for me too, but only if the save is created new.
If you create a Resident Evil 3 save with an unedited eboot that is still called Hot Shots Golf 2, then the save with say hot shots.
Then if you re-convert the game with the correct name and save with that, the save will still say hot shots.
But if you delete that save completely and then save fresh, the new save will say Resident Evil 3.

[DjoeN]

KingSquitter

Thx you v0.3 version is way faster and works like a charm :D

(Still PIC0.PNG support would be awesome ;) )

[DjoeN]

a nice feature may be to auto create a subfolder in the output folder named like the game ID and put inside it the EBOOT.PBP and KEYS.BIN


example:

Save ID:
SLES 02397

and the subfolder named SLES02397 ready to copy on MS

Hmmz Why those codes :P it's way easier to just make a folder with the name of the game.

X:\PSP\GAME\TEKKEN3\ for example

[KingSquitter]

KingSquitter

Thx you v0.3 version is way faster and works like a charm :D

(Still PIC0.PNG support would be awesome ;) )

PIC0.PNG is the same as UNKNOWN.PNG

/KingSquitter

[RSX46]

I keep getting an error at the end of converting. It says "Cannot find STARTDAT in Not a valid PSX eboot.pbp" I have all the right files in the file folder and yesterday i converted Castlevania SOTN with just popstation and it worked? What am I doing wrong? Do I need to convert my .bin file to a .iso first?


Thanks!

[Galgor]

GOOOD work!!

please add a pal-ntsc selector for the europeans :)

Thanks :)

That would be sweet :D

Just edited an already made eboot..this programs brilliant!

[LiquidKal]

ok..this is what i did:

I choosed RE3.iso, i added pic1 and icon0, saved in the D drive, in the game title i put "Resident Evil 3 Nemesis" (without the quotes), put its own save id then hit convert. after 3-4 mins, the game is converted..now, do i open the eboot with a hexeditor and change manually the name or leave it like that (with style hot shots golf 2)
Then, i load the game, save it right at the beginning, i quit the game, it will say hot shots golf 2. i delete it, reload the game again and this times, it will name it correctly?? :confused:

Dany25

Thats strange, if you did it that way the save should be named correctly already.
Try re-converting with the latest version (v0.3), delete your save game and try again.

You don't need to hexedit anything manually. This worked fine for me, and i was only using v0.1, so I dont know what went wrong for you :confused:

[Dany23]

i just downloaded v0.3, i hope its gonna work at 100%
I started with v0.1 aswell, but some ppl reported that it takes time to convert the iso to eboot, i noticed it aswell, as soon as it started to convert, my cpu % went up to 100% and all my computer was damn slow..then v0.2 was released...everything was fine, i was able to convert this time, the only little problem i had is the game title that was not changed in the eboot..and i dont have any saves of RE3 on my ms, the first time i created it, it had the hot shots golf 2 name..so i deleted it after i quit the game. im trying now...i converted with v0.3 so everything should be ok :D

Dany25

Thats strange, if you did it that way the save should be named correctly already.
Try re-converting with the latest version (v0.3), delete your save game and try again.

You don't need to hexedit anything manually. This worked fine for me, and i was only using v0.1, so I dont know what went wrong for you :confused:

[momagic]

Well done on a great app.

All you need is a name for it.

Popstation GUI doesn't have that much of a ring to it. :|

[Kettenhund]

Great new version. Tested it and it works very well. But there is one thing, that annoys me. When i convert my psx game manual via popstation.exe my MemoryStick LED doesn't flash during game all the time (also when i put new icons into the popstation folder). But when i convert it via this tool and put new icons on the game, the MS LED flashes all the time during the game. Why? This is really annoying.

This used to happen also when i changed the icons with pspbrew. The MS LED doesn't stop to flash, except i press the home button or pause the game.

[KingSquitter]

Well done on a great app.

All you need is a name for it.

Popstation GUI doesn't have that much of a ring to it. :|

Yea i guess. You have any proposal?

/KingSquitter

[S41N7]

I really like this program (its fast too) I would love to be able to edit my earlier .pbp's that have the save game error, also I agree with an earlier suggetion that the inclusion in the dropdown list of the known game codes would be perfect.

EDIT: would also love the ability to automatically extract the iso from any made psx.pbp (see mrdude)

well done :)

[Ville Valo]

Fuc**ng Awesome Dude Really Nice Now Save Without Probs. And Without Hex Editing And Pic Icon0 And So Thx Really Dude ;)

[gviterbo]

it's working A-ok. Congratulations and thanks for the useful GUI u just made. :)

[manias]

Yea i guess. You have any proposal?

/KingSquitter
Popsicle! :P

[bznine57]

I really like this program (its fast too) I would love to be able to edit my earlier .pbp's that have the save game error, also I agree with an earlier suggetion that the inclusion in the dropdown list of the known game codes would be perfect.

EDIT: would also love the ability to automatically extract the iso from any made psx.pbp (see mrdude)

well done :)


Possibly have it connect to the site that's been floating around with a list of all the known PS1 game ID's on it.

[Dany23]

i just used v0.3 and RE3 and everything was fine, the save id, the game title of the save, everything was ok without using the hexeditor...
good work KingSquitter :D

Dany25

[baldy]

Yea i guess. You have any proposal?

/KingSquitter

PS12EBOOT or PSX2EBOOT maybe

[evildanser]

kingsquitter this is by far the best mod for popstation right now!!! i love this Gui great job!!!!

[n0rd]

Yea i guess. You have any proposal?

/KingSquitter

Here some proposal:

- POPcorn Machine
- UPU [Ultimate POPs Utility]
- POPulator

[Kettenhund]

I propose "POPit!" ;)

[DethhanD]

First, thanks for this awesome program!

I have a question about multi-disc games like Final Fantasy. When converting from .ISO to .PBP, what should we do to ensure our save files work with each successive disc? Do we simply need to keep the same "Save ID" number for each conversion, or does the "Game title" have to be same for each .PBP also?

[kiiroi]

This GUI is going to go far! KingSquitter you're going to go FAR! :D good job man....

The name should be changed to POPsquitter v0.3

[TheShadowRunner]

Hey King,
Could you make the SaveID combobox not editable?
Thanks,

TSR

[KingSquitter]

First, thanks for this awesome program!

I have a question about multi-disc games like Final Fantasy. When converting from .ISO to .PBP, what should we do to ensure our save files work with each successive disc? Do we simply need to keep the same "Save ID" number for each conversion, or does the "Game title" have to be same for each .PBP also?

Use the same save ID on both. They can use different titles, but the save file is going to be named after the first cd.

/KingSquitter

[spermatic]

What does the name of the folder you put the eboot and keys in have to be named? Does it have to be the same as the save id or anything you want?

Also, thanks for the awesome gui.

EDIT: Nevermind, I figured it out. New question: How do you edit already existing eboots you made with this popstation gui?

[n0rd]

What does the name of the folder you put the eboot and keys in have to be named? Does it have to be the same as the save id or anything you want?

Also, thanks for the awesome gui.


the name of the folder is not a problem, you may name it what you want, but without space in it

[Jon Doe]

Okay, I get this problem, it says that PIC0 + PIC1 + ICON0 is too big or something, yet, they are the correct size. What's wrong?

[damitzsean]

is there a way to add a preview option, thanks for the great app

[SoCalSRH]

i like this app a lot but there is one minor annoyance i have found. the max characters set for the eboot name is too short. it appears to be 18 characters max for the eboot name. i've tried to rename the pbp in psp brew and save but then the game corrupts in the xmb. is it possible to fix this character limit? thanks. keep up the good work.

edit - to clarify the above...the app itself doesn't have the character limit in the gui but it is the cause. after conversion in the xmb under the game menu the title (i don't use icon0 or pic1) is only 18 characters and doesn't display the whole title if longer than 18 characters. under the save menu it does appear to have the full name. thanks.

[shunsai]

is there a way to add a preview option, thanks for the great app

i was just about to request the same thing! good thing i pressed refresh before posting. ;) also, any idea how difficult it might be to make a savedata converter or something? and yes- thank you kingsquitter for the great app!! using version 0.3 and it worked lover-ly.

[Drathian]

i like this app a lot but there is one minor annoyance i have found. the max characters set for the eboot name is too short. it appears to be 18 characters max for the eboot name. i've tried to rename the pbp in psp brew and save but then the game corrupts in the xmb. is it possible to fix this character limit? thanks. keep up the good work.

edit - to clarify the above...the app itself doesn't have the character limit in the gui but it is the cause. after conversion in the xmb under the game menu the title (i don't use icon0 or pic1) is only 18 characters and doesn't display the whole title if longer than 18 characters. under the save menu it does appear to have the full name. thanks.

Yeah I tried with hex editing, its seems to be a limit that Sony set for display purposes.

[StoneCut]

i like this app a lot but there is one minor annoyance i have found. the max characters set for the eboot name is too short. it appears to be 18 characters max for the eboot name. i've tried to rename the pbp in psp brew and save but then the game corrupts in the xmb. is it possible to fix this character limit? thanks. keep up the good work.

edit - to clarify the above...the app itself doesn't have the character limit in the gui but it is the cause. after conversion in the xmb under the game menu the title (i don't use icon0 or pic1) is only 18 characters and doesn't display the whole title if longer than 18 characters. under the save menu it does appear to have the full name. thanks.

The name that this app edits in the PBP can not be any longer than the original game name assigned to the PBP ("Hot Shots Golf 2" with a copyright sign). This is because popstation.exe uses the Hot Shots Golf 2 PBP as a base to compile the new games.

[Eckodemiks]

Does anybody have problems with Tomba?? I converted it... copied it to game folder. It loads.. but during the intro video it just freezes.. sounds keep playing.. but image freezes... anyone else have same problem?

[KingSquitter]

Updated first post with new version, v.0.4.

/KingSquitter

[KingSquitter]

The name that this app edits in the PBP can not be any longer than the original game name assigned to the PBP ("Hot Shots Golf 2" with a copyright sign). This is because popstation.exe uses the Hot Shots Golf 2 PBP as a base to compile the new games.
It is fixed in the new version.

/KingSquitter

[SoCalSRH]

thanks dude.

[kiiroi]

Very nice man! A v0.4 already...NICE! thanks a lot!

[gamer007]

Finally going to try the program out. Thanks. :)

[CJDJ]

excellent work man! You just helped a lot of people with this. Great job!

[sonyuser]

Use the same save ID on both. They can use different titles, but the save file is going to be named after the first cd.

/KingSquitter


hmmm does tis mean that disc 2 3 and 4 must use the same ID with disc 1? and i saw there was alot of ID in the psx database name

SLUS01251;;[U];SLUS-01251;;;;PS1;Final Fantasy IX [Disc1of4]
SLUS01295;;[U];SLUS-01295;;;;PS1;Final Fantasy IX [Disc2of4]
SLUS01296;;[U];SLUS-01296;;;;PS1;Final Fantasy IX [Disc3of4]
SLUS01297;;[U];SLUS-01297;;;;PS1;Final Fantasy IX [Disc4of4]

all of them have the different ID...if we follow tis ID all will the save file be ok when swaping disc? or we must follow the ID of the 1st cd??

[KingSquitter]

hmmm does tis mean that disc 2 3 and 4 must use the same ID with disc 1? and i saw there was alot of ID in the psx database name

SLUS01251;;[U];SLUS-01251;;;;PS1;Final Fantasy IX [Disc1of4]
SLUS01295;;[U];SLUS-01295;;;;PS1;Final Fantasy IX [Disc2of4]
SLUS01296;;[U];SLUS-01296;;;;PS1;Final Fantasy IX [Disc3of4]
SLUS01297;;[U];SLUS-01297;;;;PS1;Final Fantasy IX [Disc4of4]

all of them have the different ID...if we follow tis ID all will the save file be ok when swaping disc? or we must follow the ID of the 1st cd??
The save follows the ID. You cannot use a different ID on every disc.

/KingSquitter

[nonameduck]

Suggestion for v.0.5: In addition to the .iso and .pbp formats, add the .bin format to the list of files we can choose from. I know it works if I manually enter the path to the .bin file, but it'd be a lot more convenient if we can just choose it from the menu.

Thanks for a great GUI.

[superart]

I have a question. I made a final fantasy 7 eboot with one of hte first popstation guis. i changed the scus id and everything, but when i check the saved game data for ff7 on my psp it shows the ff7 icon but it says "Hot Shots golf 2"

Now if i were to make an eboot of disc 2 with the same scus id and all through this gui will i have any saving issues because the title of the 1st save file says "hot shots golf 2" and not final fantasy7? sorry if i'm being hard to understand. cant realy find an easy way to phrase this.

[Zefrem23]

Does anybody have problems with Tomba?? I converted it... copied it to game folder. It loads.. but during the intro video it just freezes.. sounds keep playing.. but image freezes... anyone else have same problem?

I have EXACTLY the same problem, I'm so glad it's not just me. I managed to skip the intro by pressing start quickly, and played into the game a little way, but then it froze at the next cutscene again.

Can anyone suggest any way to make it work?

Thanks in advance, and thanks to KingSquitter for the awesome GUI! Call it PopIt! :)

[LiquidKal]

I have a question. I made a final fantasy 7 eboot with one of hte first popstation guis. i changed the scus id and everything, but when i check the saved game data for ff7 on my psp it shows the ff7 icon but it says "Hot Shots golf 2"

Now if i were to make an eboot of disc 2 with the same scus id and all through this gui will i have any saving issues because the title of the 1st save file says "hot shots golf 2" and not final fantasy7? sorry if i'm being hard to understand. cant realy find an easy way to phrase this.
It will work fine, as long as the save id is the same, thats all that matters.
However, the existing save thats called "hot shots golf 2" won't get renamed when you save on disc 2.
Thats the problem that annoys me :( It isn't a problem though, i'm just a neat freak.

[kiiroi]

I have EXACTLY the same problem, I'm so glad it's not just me. I managed to skip the intro by pressing start quickly, and played into the game a little way, but then it froze at the next cutscene again.

Can anyone suggest any way to make it work?

Thanks in advance, and thanks to KingSquitter for the awesome GUI! Call it PopIt! :)

Probably the game is not yet compatible. Or it is compatible, but has a bug right now, just like the Vigilante 8.

[superart]

It will work fine, as long as the save id is the same, thats all that matters.
However, the existing save thats called "hot shots golf 2" won't get renamed when you save on disc 2.
Thats the problem that annoys me :( It isn't a problem though, i'm just a neat freak.

haha i know exactly what you mean

[StrawHat]

Everytime I try and convert a file I get an error about writing header and the filesize of all my icons/pics are too big, but no matter what size they are I still get the error message. Even with no icons selected it still says too big.

[9600pro]

Thanks for the Popstation GUI, is perfect.:D

[TheShadowRunner]

King, to make the Save ID Combobox not editable,
add the following line

Style = csOwnerDrawFixed

After object saveID_l: TComboBox in your TFORM1

Suggestion: output the PBP in a subfolder generated from the Save ID.
Later,

TSR