Half Byte Loader SVN r150

Half Byte Loader SVN r150 is released. Half Byte Loader is a project to build an easy to port user-mode homebrew loader for game exploits.

How to install and use Half Byte Loader:
1. Install the Patapon 2 Demo
2. Connect PSP with USB
3. Copy the “hbl” directory and the “h.bin” file to ms0: (copy them to the root)
4. Copy UCUS98732_DATA02 (Patapon 2 SAVEDATA) to ms0:/PSP/SAVEDATA
5. Copy your homebrew to ms0:/PSP/GAME
6. Load the demo, load the hacked save, load your homebrew.

This patch fixes some crashing issues with snes9xTYL and Lamecraft, among other things. There are still remaining issues with the VHBL port of Super Collapse 3 that I couldn’t solve yet, I am still investigating: the Duke3d engine is crashing (Duke3d, zombie crisis), Daedalus seems to be crashing when loading roms (I probably won’t investigate this, as Daedalus is slow on VHBL no matter what), Geometry War Portable crashes at startup, Picodrive will crash if you press the “select” button, etc… So, still lots of incompatibilities of course, but this is getting better, and I sure hope you guys will enjoy snes9xTyl. Interestingly, I had to hook sceAudioOutput with sceAudioOutputblocking, which led to a terrible performance result on the PSP, but is not that visible on the vita. Once again, the superior hardware of the Vita is helping us out. While I’m at it, here’s a tip for those who didn’t know: if you press start and select simultaneously while in a homebrew, you will be taken back to the VHBL menu. This is useful for games that don’t have an exit button. you can also change this key combination in the VHBL hbl_config.txt file. Oh, and stay tuned, as in the days to come I plan to announce a fun VHBL contest with money prizes. Nothing’s final yet, but people who are not programmers will be able to participate as well

Download: Half Byte Loader SVN r150 for Super Collapse 3
Source: Here