Skip to content
New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

GAW/G&W PSP Hombebrew Redirects to GAW Category #57

Open
BigDaddyWeaves opened this issue Dec 10, 2022 · 6 comments
Open

GAW/G&W PSP Hombebrew Redirects to GAW Category #57

BigDaddyWeaves opened this issue Dec 10, 2022 · 6 comments

Comments

@BigDaddyWeaves
Copy link

I'm trying to get Vita Launcher to recognize my G&W (Game & Watch) PSP Homebrew downloads (PSP format) games as part of the GAW/G&W category in Vita Launcher. I've been going at it for a while now and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm going to include some text with this post so that everyone can see where I'm at and just WHAT I'm doing wrong. Here's what I have underneath the GAW portion of the config.ini file. Where: "BACON,BALL,FIRE,JUSTYOUWAIT,MICKEYM,OCEAN,PARACHUTE,SATELITE,SPACEBRIDGE" are each written the way they are supposed to be with commas separating them and no spaces. All of the available games are in their respective folders with their own EBOOT.PBP (and other files.) I have the GAW folder with the games mentioned above in a folder in "ux0:roms/GAW" please someone give me some pointers, Should I get rid of the GAW in front of the GAME titles - Under title_id_prefixes? Should I go one by one?
1
2
3

[GAW]
grid_rows=3
view_mode=2
alternate_cores=
title_id_prefixes=GAW,BACON,BALL,FIRE,JUSTYOUWAIT,MICKEYM,OCEAN,PARACHUTE,SATELITE,SPACEBRIDGE
rom_file_extensions=.PBP
icon_path=ux0:roms/GAW
roms_path=ux0:roms/GAW
rom_launcher_title_id=RETROVITA
boot_with_alt_core=1
retro_core=app0:gw_libretro.self
icon_type=1
category_icon=ux0:app/SMLA00001/icons/gaw.png
alt_title=GAW
icon_aspect_ratio=1
category_order=35

@cy33hc
Copy link
Owner

cy33hc commented Dec 12, 2022

@BigDaddyWeaves
the settings title_id_prefixes only apply for Vita Bubbles.

What you want to do is

  1. Move all your GAW Games into the ux0:/pspemu/GAME folder.
  2. installed ABM (Adernaline Bubble Manager) https://github.com/ONElua/AdrenalineBubbleManagers and create bubbles for your games/homebrew. By default the ABM uses prefix PSPEMU for the titleID, you can override it with something like GAWEMU
  3. Then modify Vita-Launcher config title_id_prefixes=GAWEMU

I believe this should allow you to launcher your games and they should show up in GAW category of Vita-Launcher.

Problem with this, is that the games will also appear in the PSP or PSPMini category if you scan for PSP games. But you can manually hide those GAW games under PSP.

@BigDaddyWeaves
Copy link
Author

Coming up with this...

[GAW]
grid_rows=3
view_mode=2
alternate_cores=
title_id_prefixes=GAWEMU
rom_file_extensions=.pbp,.bin
icon_path=ux0:roms/GAW
roms_path=ux0:pspemu/PSP/GAME/XXGAW Games
rom_launcher_title_id=RETROVITA
boot_with_alt_core=1
retro_core=app0:gw_libretro.self
icon_type=1
category_icon=ux0:app/SMLA00001/icons/gaw.png
alt_title=GAW
icon_aspect_ratio=1
category_order=35

Something must be wrong with the code above...
Does it matter that I have the games inside a folder inside the GAME folder?
I changed this in the app folder:
CHANGE PSPEMUXXX TO GAWEMUXXX
000 - BALL (GAWEMU000)
001 - FIRE (GAWEMU001)
002 - JUSTYOUWAIT (GAWEMU002)
003 - PARACHUTE (GAWEMU003)
004 - SPACEBRIDGE (GAWEMU004)
005 - SATELITE (GAWEMU005)
006 - BACON (GAWEMU006)
007 - OCEAN (GAWEMU007)
008 - MICKEYM (GAWEMU008)
12-12-22
Where do I go from here?

@BigDaddyWeaves
Copy link
Author

2022-12-12-041504
Got it. I had to add each individually in Bubble Manager under PSPEMUXXX (000-008) And then I just added the lines PSPEMU000, PSPEMU001,PSPEMU002.... etc., etc, and changed the file extension to .bin and rescanned and it worked. Tell me iff I could have done anything differently. I have a lot to learn and I'm up for tips and hints.

@BigDaddyWeaves
Copy link
Author

How can I override it (PSPEMUXXX) with something like (GAWEMUXXX)? Exact instructions would be appreciated. As I tried changing them in VitaShell and it resulted in the bubbles not loading properly anymore.

@cy33hc
Copy link
Owner

cy33hc commented Dec 13, 2022

@BigDaddyWeaves
To override the PSPEMUXXX, you need to get a little technical. Edit the "ux0:app/ADRBUBMAN/system/bubbles.lua" file. Locate the following lines to code and replace PSPEMU00 with GAWEMU00. Before you modify the file make a copy for backup, so if you screw up, you can restore the original.

	if not lastid then
		local i=0
		while game.exists(string.format("%s%03d",string.sub("PSPEMU00",1,-3),i)) do
			i+=1
		end
		lastid = string.format("%s%03d",string.sub("PSPEMU00",1,-3),i)
	end

After that when you create new bubbles in ABM, they will have the titleIds starting with GAWEMU.

@BigDaddyWeaves
Copy link
Author

I've found an easier way to organize them. I just add them all via the miniS menu, then when all the homebrews load I put them in the GAW folder and turn on Parental Control functionality, and bada bing all is fixed. Thanks for trying to give me an alternative though @cy33hc I appreciate it.

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment
Labels
None yet
Projects
None yet
Development

No branches or pull requests

2 participants