PSP homebrew – Flash0 Plugin Loader v2
Thullium’s Flash0 Plugin Loader has two distinct features. First, it puts a seplugins folder in the root of your flash0. This functions in the exact same way as the normal seplugins folder found on a memory stick. It also adjusts the size of the buffer that holds the plugin text files to the exact needed size. More details straight from the dev behind the cut.
Download: Flash0 Plugin Loader v2
Homebrew dev Thullium has released an update for his Flash0 Plugin Loader. Since we seem to have missed out on the first release, let’s delve a bit into what this plugin is first.
Flash0 Plugin Loader has two distinct features. First, it puts a seplugins folder in the root of your flash0. This functions in the exact same way as the normal seplugins folder found on a memory stick. It also adjusts the size of the buffer that holds the plugin text files to the exact needed size.
Here’s more from Thullium:
This has been coded for the 5.00 M33-2 custom firmware or higher, don’t attempt to run it on a lower version. The plugins you flash won’t show up in the recovery, but will be affected by the disable/enable plugins option under Advanced Configuration.
The installer will modify the three bootconfigs to load a small module, which will do some patches (dynamically) for the features mentioned above. Installation takes only about 3KB of flash0 memory. Create vsh.txt/game.txt/pops.txt in flash0:/seplugins and fill them the same way as ms0 plugins, but change the path to flash0. During installation, your bootconfigs will be backed up to ms0:/btcnf_backup, if anything goes wrong or malfunctions simply copy these back to the flash0:/kd folder.
This release brings Flash0 Plugin Loader to version 2. Apart from a critical bug fix, it also takes care of another bug that prevented flash0 plugins from loading if a memory stick was not inserted. Here’s the changelog:
- Fixed a critical bug which stopped apps in the UPDATE folder from running.
- Fixed a bug that caused flash0 plugins not to load if there was no ms inserted at all.
This plugin writes to flash0, so use it at your own risk. Thullium says that the worst that could happen is a semi-brick (meaning you can still access recovery mode), but make sure you have flash0 backups and a Pandora’s Battery just in case. Make sure to read the documentation bundled with the download too.
Download: Flash0 Plugin Loader v2
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