PSP Updates Summer Homebrew Contest - NervOS 2.1

[PirataNervo]

The last public release was almost 2 months ago, it was an entry for the psp hacks competition.

This time it's an entry for the PSP Updates Homebrew Contest. This seems a small release but it's not.

This version has 105 new/changed features (NOT 105 NEW FEATURES)
For this version I created my own file format which is .upt. It is used by the network updater to know the information about the latest update which is hosted in consoleworld.net's server.

The file is created by a program I made for ubuntu, I may release it one day with source code. it uses GTK+ 2.0

Here's the change log for this version:

1. Recovery: Added flash1 mounting
2. Recovery: Added configuration backup tool
3. Recovery: Added configuration restorer tool
4. Recovery: Added themes backup tool
5. Recovery: Added themes restorer tool
6. Recovery: Added documents backup tool
7. Recovery: Added documents restorer tool
8. Recovery: Added NervOS backup tool
9. Recovery: Added NervOS restorer tool
10. Recovery: Added Erase Backups option
11. Recovery: Added the ability to start the Installer by pressing the R button
12. Recovery: Added "Press X to start or O to cancel" question to re-create configuration
13. Recovery: Added "Press X to start or O to cancel" question to "Fix Automatically"
14. Added Circular GUI
15. Added another GUI
16. Added USB Mounting window which allows you to mount MS, FLASH0, FLASH1, FLASH2, FLASH3 amd UMD.
17. USBHostFS: Fixed 2 bugs
18. Improved extension checker and fixed some bugs regarding extensions.
19. Music Player: you can press L&R to skip songs (it reads the songs from MUSIC and PSP/MUSIC)
20. Picture Viewer: you can press L&R to skip pictures (it reads the images from PICTURE and PSP/PHOTO)
21. Picture Viewer: Added Information Window (press Start), it shows the file name, file size, image size(width*height) and modification date
22. Picture Viewer: Added slide show
23. Picture Viewer: shows current picture/total pictures on the top of the screen
24. Added Task Bar
25. Task Manager: Fixed 2 bugs and simplified code
26. Added a real music player which shows album name, music title, album picture (same name as the album name .jpg or .png)
27. Music Player: Added Information Window (press Start), it shows the file name, file size and modification date
28. Music Player: Added Shuffle
29. Added click sound
30. Added boot sound
31. Added switch sound
32. Added shut down sound
33. You can customize the splash screen from now on. If splashscreen.png exists inside the theme folder, it uses that one.
34. Added splash.txt to themename/info (it contains a message to be displayed over the splashscreen.png)
35. Added ISO Browser
36. Added Homebrew Browser
37. USBHostFS: Added ISO support (with UMD inside)
38. Added bridge.pbp and patchexit_driver.prx (this is used to patch sceKernelExitGame to return to NervOS after running a homebrew, iso, psx or umd)
39. Changed nosautoboot.prx, it has a screen now. (there are 2 autoboot prx, just read the readme inside system/extra_autoboot)
40. Added Welcome Screen
41. Added Good Bye screen
42. Added user image which is displayed on Welcome Screen
43. Control Panel: Added system information option
44. Control Panel: Added launch recovery option
45. Control Panel: Removed PSX Launcher option
46. Added PSX Icon under applications
47. Added System Information
48. NervOS Installer: asks you if you want to backup your documents when uninstalling
49. NervOS Installer: Added patch feature, so it patches only the files you want to update
50. Fixed lots of memory issues
51. Theme Browser: Shows preview.png if it exists inside the current highlighted theme folder
52. Theme Browser: Press start to view theme information
53. Theme Browser: Added theme.txt to themename/info/theme.txt which has the Author information, theme name information and theme version
54. NervOS Configurator: Added GUI type (so you can swtich between the 3 available GUI's)
55. NervOS Configurator: Added scrollbar
56. NervOS Configurator: Changed "Login Editor" to "Login Settings"
57. NervOS Configurator: Added Random Theme option so you can turn it on or off while in NervOS
58. NervOS Configurator: Added Media Engine option, lets you turn it on or off
59. NervOS Configurator: Added "NervOS Sounds" option.(you can turn them on or off)
60. NervOS Configurator: Added "Sounds while playing music" option. Yes or No.
61. Added theme randomizer at startup.
62. Music Player: Uses Media Engine (if you want) which makes it faster with no lag.
63. Music Player: Added wav(uses pgeWav lib by IWN, I only added 3 functions) aa3 and flac streaming support (aa3, flac, mp3 and ogg uses sakya's code(PROPS TO HIM) I added the ability to change the sound (when ME is enabled)))
64. NervOS Configurator: Added "User Image" option. The user image MUST be inside the documents folder (can be .jpg or .png)
65. File Browser: fixed 2 bug
66. File Browser: Added "root" screen which shows 3 options to browse: ms, flash0 and flash1
67. File Browser: You can now browse flash0
68. File Browser: You can now browse flash1
69. File Browser: Changed the highlight type (from arrow to a different text colour)
70. Text Editor: fixed 2 bugs
71. Text Editor: Changed the keyboard to QWERTY
72. You can take screenshots from anywhere inside NervOS as the "check SELECT" function is run in a separated thread.
73. Fixed alpha of reset icon.
74. Task Manager and Task Bar: Improved the way the pictures are "minimized"
75. Tasks: /\ is now used to "Minimize"
76. Fixed bug regarding the configuration files
77. Added new config setting: GUI type
78. Added new config setting: Random Theme at startup
79. Added new config setting: Use media engine
80. Added new config setting: Sounds while playing music
81. Picture Viewer: Fixed 1 bug
82. File Browser: Changed window (when you press start), it shows 2 options now: "File/Folder Information" and "Tools"
83. File Browser: Added information window
84. File Browser: Tools window works like the control panel window
85. File Browser: Now when you are copying a file, it shows Paste file instead of Copy file. If you are not copying a file it shows Copy file (the same happens for moving file)
86. Theme List: Themes are sorted alphabetically now
87. Theme List: shows current theme/total themes under window title.«
88. Text Editor: if you press RIGHT at the end of the line it skips the next line. It only worked with the LEFT button
89. Recovery: fix automatically searches for new images and sounds too (not fonts as it was causing problems)
90. Recovery: fixed one bug
91. Recovery: if you press O it does not exit anymore (only from the log in part), there was no need for it as you have an exit option.
92. If an image or sound does not exist, NervOS asks you if you want to use the one from the Original theme or if you prefer to launch the recovery.
93. NervOS Installer: If you press O it does not exit anymore
94. Added an extra nosautoboot.prx which can be found in system/extra_autoboot
95. Fixed bug regarding the clock
96. NervOS Installer: added new background
97. Fixed a bug when viewing an ISO (it was not displaying its ICON0)
98. Improved ICON0 loading
99. Task Manager/Task Bar: You can now "continue" (Press X) your music player process
100. NervOS Installer: Added Network Updater
101. Changed the original theme (thanks CO_ol)
102. Unpacker (only unzips for now)
103. Control Panel: Added option which launches Unpacker.
104. File Browser: if you select a .zip file, it opens the unpacker
105. Fixed a bug which can be found when taking screenshots (more than 15)

You can understand now, why it took me almost 2 months to finish this.

The readme was re-written ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT EXPLAIN EVERYTHING. The wiki has more information than the readme, keep that in mind.

This time me and my beta testers decided I am going to create a few chat rooms for instant help.
Check this thread for more information.

Spoiler for Screenshots:

Circular GUI


Theme List (with the new features)


Theme Information


Tools for file/folder management


USB Mounting


The new icons


The Music Player (using sakya's music player library)


Image Information


System Information


Task Bar


NervOS Configurator (more options and scrollbar)


File Browser: device list


Song Information

NervOS Official Forum here.

Thanks to my beta testers and to everybody who contributed to this project.

If you find a bug, report immediately but report it in the official forum please.

I hope I haven't forgot the the splashscreen :P

If you want to give some suggestions, post them here.

This will not brick your PSP if you DO NOT shut down the psp while installing or do anything stupid like that. This only uses flash1 and memory card so it will not touch flash0.

[Download: NervOS 2.1]
[Mirror 1: NervOS 2.1]
[Mirror 2: NervOS 2.1]
[Download: NervOS Theme Pack] - 37 themes

You can get more Original themes (with different colours) here.

[Coolj]

Very cool,good job.

[Mr305]

IF you call that change list then...

I would have more than a 1000 such minor things in every new release of mine.

You'll have to summarize the change log


It is really funny BUT I still respect the work

# Added Switch sound
# Added Boot sound
# Added Click sound
# Added Welcome Screen
# Added Good Bye screen
# Fixed alpha of reset icon. (Fixed? )
# Added Circular GUI
# Added another GUI

THe changelog only makes people laugh

[M33_User]

Lol, I can't read the whole thing, but I agree on the summary.

[xXChromeXx]

Great Release Downloading now!



Do you think you could add the ability to make zip files to the unpacker. That would be great and very useful


-=Double Post Merge =-
Mediafire isnt working for me can someone please re-upload it somewhere else?

[thecobra]

wow, great release.i going to download it

[PirataNervo]

@mr305, I had a change log (before my site got deleted) with the sounds in only one line. the change log was 99 changes/additions on 2.0.9 beta, but as my forum got deleted it I lost it too so I needed to re-make it. and somethings I could not remember

[COLINx86]

Originally Posted by PirataNervo

The file is created by a program I made for ubuntu, I may release it one day with source code. it uses GTK+ 2.0

You made a program for ubuntu that makes file types? if so that's pretty cool.
Anyways good job looks awesome.

[xXChromeXx]

@PirataNervo
Can you please re-uplod this on a different site media fire isnt working.

[M33_User]

http://www.uploading.com/files/U1Q49...S_2.1.zip.html It will last for 7 days. That should be enough until mediafire is ready.

[PirataNervo]

Added 2 new mirrors to first post. @COLIN, I made a program which creates a file in my own file format :P I made my own file format

[xXChromeXx]

Originally Posted by M33_User

http://www.uploading.com/files/U1Q49...S_2.1.zip.html It will last for 7 days. That should be enough until mediafire is ready.

Thanks Alot

[PirataNervo]

mediafire works pretty well for me

[slicer4ever]

it wasn't working for me either, however the theme pack was

[xXChromeXx]

Originally Posted by PirataNervo

mediafire works pretty well for me

My PC is broken so im using PS3

[COLINx86]

Originally Posted by PirataNervo

Added 2 new mirrors to first post. @COLIN, I made a program which creates a file in my own file format :P I made my own file format

You should release it, sounds interesting

[Deturbanator]

this is pretty impressive no lie

[PirataNervo]

@COLIN, took me 2 days to learn how GTK+ 2.0 works, around 34 hours lol (not exactly 2 days). it was a pain the a_s .
I may release a read-only version :P
With my program for ubuntu I can create the update.upt file (with custom data of course), read it (displays the data it contains) and verify it(verifies the file and validates the data)

@deturbanator, thanks

[COLINx86]

Originally Posted by PirataNervo

@COLIN, took me 2 days to learn how GTK+ 2.0 works, around 34 hours lol (not exactly 2 days). it was a pain the a_s .
I may release a read-only version :P
With my program for ubuntu I can create the update.upt file (with custom data of course), read it (displays the data it contains) and verify it(verifies the file and validates the data)

Yeah GTK is a pain. I'm starting to get it.

[PirataNervo]

but it's very good, it has loads of functions :P

[COLINx86]

Originally Posted by PirataNervo

but it's very good, it has loads of functions :P

yeah it does.

[M33_User]

How come this hasn't made the front page yet??

[slicer4ever]

hmm Pirata i keep getting: error: can not load core files, the only plugin i have on is the autoboot nerveos, and i've got the fw set to 4xx kernel, also i've tried the Fix Automatically in the nerveos recovery, but to no avail, any help is much appreciated

[PirataNervo]

1.50 kernel enabled?
try disabling the autoboot
any fw patch? like the ms one?

[slicer4ever]

1.50 kernel..when that's enabled i can't access the text input screen, it just freezes and shuts off, with 4.xx kernel enabled i can access the text input screen but not the actual os apparantly...i've just tried re-installing it, and fixing system files, neither worked

[PirataNervo]

the problem is the 1.50 kernel. some PSP's with it can't run NervOS Properly

[slicer4ever]

ahh, that sucks, well that's understandable than, at least their's a reason to these problems

[PirataNervo]

yes, the problem is the pspSdkLoadStartModule function I think.
it does not exist on 1.50 probably.

[brethren]

Originally Posted by PirataNervo

yes, the problem is the pspSdkLoadStartModule function I think.
it does not exist on 1.50 probably.

the function definately was there in 1.50 days

edit is that what debugging shows, that your shell crashes at that function when run from 1.50?

[PirataNervo]

the NID's changed or something. I don't know, I just know it does not work properly lol