Guide to Installing POPSLoader v3 on PRO-B8 through PRO-C CFW
If you aren't yet on PRO Custom Firmware, follow this guide (make that you are on PRO-B8 or higher, this will not work with any previous versions).
This will work on all PRO Custom Firmwares (6.20, 6.35, 6.39, 6.60, permanent, temporary).
Be sure to also check out the PSP Hacking F.A.Q. if you're new to PSP hacking.
If you aren't yet on PRO Custom Firmware, follow this guide (make that you are on PRO-B8 or higher, this will not work with any previous versions).
This will work on all PRO Custom Firmwares (6.20, 6.35, 6.39, 6.60, permanent, temporary).
Be sure to also check out the PSP Hacking F.A.Q. if you're new to PSP hacking.
Introduction
I found this really confusing when i first heard about it, so this is basically here to explain what it does, why you want it, and how to install it.
The POPS prx's deal with Playstation emulation. POPS stands for "PlayStation One Portable Station", it's effectively the emulator information. Therefore the compatibility and various firmware call information used by PSX emulation lies in those files. It was discovered early on that PS eboot compatibility changed on the pops of later firmwares so Dark Alex created the popsloader plugin which let us import the relevant pops prx's to other firmwares so that we could use differing compatibilities on one firmware. POPSLoader does as it's name implies, it loads POPS versions. It's not an emulator. It's not a GUI. It's a plugin that cues up different pops files for the PSP to use.
Also POPSTATION is NOT the PSP's Playstation emulator. POPSTATION is a program that will convert your psx games into an eboot.pbp playable in firmware 3.02 or higher. GUI's for making eboots are generally built around a version of it, which may or may not have been modified.
Installing POPSLoader
- Download the setup files (Mirror) for either the X00X or the GO (WARNING: 689 MB files). Extract all of those files to the root of your memory card/GO's internal memory.
- Make sure you're already in the PRO CFW, then launch POPSLoader Installer (in your games folder).
- Press X to begin the installation, it will do everything automatically for you.
- Just be patient, it takes about 5 minutes to finish installing, go get a snack.
- After it finishes, it will auto-exit back to the XMB.
- You can now delete all of the .PBP files off of your Memory card/GO's internal memory (in the root), as well as the POPSLoader Installer folder (in /PSP/GAME/).
- Re-extract everything inside the seplugins folder that came with the download above into the seplugins folder in your Memory card/GO's internal memory and make sure to overwrite everything.
Using POPSLoader
You can now pick which POPS you want to use to launch a PSX game by holding R through the POPS screen when launching your game.
It is only advised to use POPSLoader if the PSX game does not work satisfactorily on your regular POPS (Original from flash), if you do not hold R while launching a PSX game it will default to your original from flash. 3.40 and 3.71 are reported to be some of the more compatible versions of POPS, so make those the first two you try after your original from flash POPS.
Since v2 of POPSLoader, the POPS version that you select will be remembered for each individual game (but you still have to hold R and select it).
Check out the Compatibility List to get an idea of which version of POPS works on which games.
POPS Compatibility:
All POPS working with PSP Fat, 2000 and 3000 3g
PSP 3000 4g and 9g(maybe all):
Every POPS from 3.02 to 3.52 WORKS
Every POPS from 3.71 to 6.00 DOESN'T WORK
Every POPS from 6.20 to Original from flash POPS WORKS
PSP GO:
Every POPS from 3.02 to 3.52 WORKS. Sound ONLY works with Headphones!!!
Every POPS from 3.71 to 6.00 DOESN'T WORK
Every POPS from 6.20 to Original from flash POPS WORKS
Credits
- POPS compatibility info taken from here
- xist and his extensive knowledge of psp modding
