GTA hack opens possibility for ScummVM on 2.5/2.6?

morphose · Post by **morphose** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:33 pm

joostp wrote: Right now it's not worth the trouble and inconvenience of using a really buggy version of the port IMHO

eh well ...some of us start drooling just by seeing guybrush on a portable device so

Allandor · Post by **Allandor** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:03 pm

Nemesis-Berlin wrote:The Old Beta1 Version of Scummvm works with the GTA Eloader on FW 2.60

mhh... not on mine, maybe because of the german gta?

I've testet the old beta, 0.8 and 0.8.1 of scummvm but the only thing I get is a black screen

so I think we must wait and hope a little bit longer

db92 · Post by **db92** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 8:31 am

no need for such worries any more i hope, ive heard rumours of sony's upcoming firmware version (3.0) fully supporting homebrew. i dno about its validity however...

id post a link to the report here but i dont remember if that's allowed, i haven't been here in a while..

kraft · Post by **kraft** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 1:08 pm

im 90% sure it was a rumour

Stephen · Post by **Stephen** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:50 pm

I can't imagine Sony ever doing that - its just not in their nature. See how they handled the whole audio cd rootkit thing?

kraft · Post by **kraft** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:15 am

yeah it was a rumour...
sony have only been updating FW cause of homebrew..on 1.5 homebrew you can get ISOs so you can download psp games so sony would not allow homebrew cause it would allow more people to download their games

joostp · Post by **joostp** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:56 am

kraft wrote:yeah it was a rumour...
sony have only been updating FW cause of homebrew..on 1.5 homebrew you can get ISOs so you can download psp games so sony would not allow homebrew cause it would allow more people to download their games

Not necessarily.
They could allow running homebrew from a restricted environment that would pretty much make it impossible to run ISOs (just as you currently can't from usermode in 2.00 and upwards).
It's just that there's nothing to be gained for them allowing homebrew to run. In fact, quite the opposite, as they make their money on software (games) sales and not hardware.

kraft · Post by **kraft** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:25 am

do ISOs need full access to kernal mode to run? cause since they upgraded to FW 2.0 its only allowed partial kernal access

Jimbob · Post by **Jimbob** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:43 am

joostp wrote: It's just that there's nothing to be gained for them allowing homebrew to run. In fact, quite the opposite, as they make their money on software (games) sales and not hardware.

You could argue though that there are hardly any decent games for the PSP, therefore Sony must still be taking a hit in the pocket because of this. I'm still deciding which handheld route to go ..... NDS, PSP or GP2X. One day I'll decide on one or the other, probably when the DS Lite is released.

Jimbob

kraft · Post by **kraft** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:30 pm

yeah there arnt many good games for psp thats why sony announced that theyre gona be brining ltos of games from the ps2 over to the psp..i dont see how theyre gona do this when the umds only hold 1.8gb

Jimbob · Post by **Jimbob** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:40 pm

kraft wrote:yeah there arnt many good games for psp thats why sony announced that theyre gona be brining ltos of games from the ps2 over to the psp..i dont see how theyre gona do this when the umds only hold 1.8gb

I see they are being very creative taking this route

db92 · Post by **db92** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:29 pm

well i at least hope there's a bug in the future versions for downgrading capability

blocq · Post by **blocq** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:30 pm

kraft wrote:do ISOs need full access to kernal mode to run? cause since they upgraded to FW 2.0 its only allowed partial kernal access

yes! devhook, umdemulator etc.. all need full access to the kernel mode..
in FW2.0 the most is in usermode..