Half Byte Loader AKA Valentine project announced; a homebrew loader for game exploits

pspredI think you guys are already aware of the Malloxis PSP 6.20 SAVEDATA exploit that we posted yesterday that caused quite a stir in the community. But unfortunatey according to wololo, the exploit was released a little bit early and was supposed to be kept secret unless they could come up with something “useful” for it. So the dev, m0skit0 and ab5000 decided to go public to reveal their upcoming Half Byte Loader AKA “Valentine project”, an easy to port user-mode homebrew loader for game exploits that is currently adapted to the Patapon 2 demo exploit.

I think you guys are already aware of the Malloxis PSP 6.20 SAVEDATA exploit that we posted yesterday that caused quite a stir in the community. But unfortunatey according to wololo, the exploit was released a little bit early and was supposed to be kept secret unless they could come up with something “useful” for it. So the dev, m0skit0 and ab5000 decided to go public to reveal their upcoming Half Byte Loader AKA “Valentine project”, an easy to port user-mode homebrew loader for game exploits that is currently adapted to the Patapon 2 demo exploit. According to wololo:

 

There was an agreement with malloxis that this exploit had to be kept secret unless we could come up with something “useful” for it. But this confirms that the PSP scene has trust issues, so, way to go malloxis, probably nobody will help you anymore (and, let’s face it, you need help when it comes to these things).

 

M0skit0 and myself have been working on adapting m0skit0’s eLoader for this thing. It’s far from being ready yet, but it doesn’t hurt anymore to announce it I guess.

 

What we have currently is a partially working eLoader. It loads some homebrews, most of them crash at the loading screen, nothing that a player would call “interesting”. So this is for devs only. Documentation is poor, but we’ll get there.

 

We are publicly asking for help on developing this beast. If you think you can help, first try to compile the eLoader, understand its inner working, and load a homebrew. Then improve it and send us a patch. I’ll open a forum here to discuss these matters, but another one already exists on m0skit0’s forums as well.

 

Here is the project’s SVN:

 

http://code.google.com/p/valentine-hbl/

 

For non devs, here’s some hope, a video demonstrating that Wagic almost loads fine through this exploit (again, don’t whine, it looks like crap, because we haven’t had enough time to work on that…but at least that’s proof we’re getting somewhere)

 

 

 

Some more info about the project as posted by m0skit0:

 

What is HB Loader?
HB Loader is a project to build an easy to port user-mode homebrew loader for game exploits.

Why HB Loader?
To allow users with yet unhackable PSPs to experience the homebrew scene.

Does this load ISO/CSO?
No, doubt will ever be.

Does this allow me to use emulators?
Not yet, but I hope it will soon.

Is this useful for a normal PSP user?
Not yet, but the objective is to release a normally working version eventually.

What’s the project current status?
Working on it. Check the HBL development subforum: viewforum.php?f=37 for more information on current active developers.

When this will be completed?
When this will be useful for normal users?

No timing schedule for now.

What is need to be done to finish it?
Check the HBL development subforum: viewforum.php?f=37

 

Instructions:

Currently we’re working with Patapon 2 demo exploit, thus you need the Patapon 2 demo. Check the HBL development subforum: viewforum.php?f=37. You can ask anything related to HBL development and/or testing.

 

How can I help?

  • If you’re an advanced developer, studying the source code and helping us with our TODO list
  • If you’re a developer but don’t understand HBL source, contact the active developers so they can help you understand it
  • Try homebrews with HBL and report if they work or not. Please attach as much information on the homebrew as possible

 

 

 

 

[Wololo Via AdvancedPSP]

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