Help with Popsloader

x3sphere said:

If you want to run 3.11 pops, you need to grab 3.11 EBOOT.PBP then extract the DATA.PSAR from the EBOOT with a program such as PBP Unpacker (can be found in the downloads section on this site).

Place the DATA.PSAR on your memory stick drive, and download PSARDumper 3.10. Move PSARDumper to your GAME150 folder (if you don't have one create it) then run the app. It will give you some on screen instructions but like it says just hit square to decrypt all.

This will give you all the files you need for the rest of the readme.

BTW I know it sounds easier if we just shared the files but they are Sony copyrighted so thats a no-no

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This plugin enables 3.10 OE and higher, to load every pops from 3.00 to 3.11

Instructions:

- Copy seplugins to the root of your memory stick.
- Using the latest psardumper mod from team c+d, extract the firmware you desire using the
"Decrypt all" function (press square) (this is important, because of changes of keys, previous
firmwares modules may not work encrypted).
- Locate these modules in the FO/kd folder: meaudio.prx, pops.prx and popsman.prx (Note: in 3.10
and higher, meaudio.prx doesn't exist, so you don't need to locate it).

Copy the prx's to the directory /seplugins/popsloader with the following names:

* 3.00: meaudio300.prx, popsman300.prx, pops300.prx
* 3.01: meaudio301.prx, popsman301.prx, pops301.prx
...
* 3.11: popsman311.prx, pops311.prx

- Enter in recovery menu, and enable popsloader.prx plugin.
- The first time you run a game with the plugin enabled, it will ask you which pops to use.
After that, it will save the configuration so the next times that game is loaded, it will use
the same pops. If anytime you want to change the configuration, press R while booting the game,
during the warning screen.

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karasuman said:

I'm trying to enable Popsloader 3.11 in order to play my Parasite Eve 2 ISO with watchable FMVs. Here's what I've found so far:



This was very helpful...but I'm still having trouble.

I followed all of these steps, and then all of the steps in the Read Me:



Just to clarify that I'm doing the exact right thing, here's what I did in greater detail. I put the seplugins folder in MP_ROOT. I renamed the fildes popsman311.prx and pops311.prx and placed them in se plugins/popsloader. Then, I entered into the recovery menu and selected plugins. However, this is empty--it just says "back." There's nothing for me to enable.

What am I doing wrong? :-/

Also, which of these files will I be able to delete if I ever get this to work?

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karasuman said:

Ha, I knew I was doing something wrong. That's why it pays for me to be veeeery specific about how I'm "following the instructions." Thanks so much!

So I can't delete any of the files from this entire process, including the F0 folder and DATA.PSAR?

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karasuman said:

This worked fine for a while, but, somehow, I'm back to the glitchy graphics for Parasite Eve 2, and I can't get the menu to load by holding down R in this game or any other. It also isn't prompting me to make a selection when loading a game for the first time.

The plug-in is still enabled. I'm trying by holding down the R trigger during the warning screen from Sony and through the PSX logo.

EDIT: After discovering that I could still use popsloader on my Sandisk memory stick, I tried copying the SE Plugins folder from that memory stick to my Sony one, and...problem solved. I don't get it, since I'm positive that it worked on my Sony memory stick before, and I don't see what could have made a difference. But it's working again, for now.

That beings said, I still have another question. Is it possible to run pops older than 3.11 on OE 3.4-A? I've heard that Suikoden II requires pops 3.02 to work.

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