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**Euphoria** · 07-05-2005, 02:17 PM

In case anyone ran into this problem lately, you may have noticed that after setting up your SMS emulator to use hidden corrupt icon you it was no longer able to locate your roms.
This is due to the fact that the emulator always tries to locate the roms in your PSP/GAMES/SMS/ROMS folder..meaning if you put your roms in your PSP/GAMES/SMS 1 folder, your emulator will never find them...EVER.

To solve this problem create a new folder in your PSP/GAMES directory called SMS then inside that folder create a ROMS folder...put all your roms in there. Now you can load up your hidden corrupt icon version and still have it able to locate your roms.

Just a heads up incase nobody realized this yet.

**zoolander** · 07-05-2005, 04:42 PM

So to hide it, first take of the sms/sms% (hidden) off the psp than create a folder called SMS in the psp than reload the sms1/sms% again? and it will work?

**Euphoria** · 07-05-2005, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zoolander

So to hide it, first take of the sms/sms% (hidden) off the psp than create a folder called SMS in the psp than reload the sms1/sms% again? and it will work?

Either way..no matter what, to run roms on your SMS/GG emulator you will always need to have a corrupt icon...i'm only stating why it doesnt read your roms, and how to make it read your roms.

Best thing to do is just keep your directories as SMS% and SMS without using Hidden Corrupt icons.

**logicbomb.de** · 07-05-2005, 06:08 PM

^^^^

hey great find!!!

this can be applied to ANY homebrew that has redquired dir paths in order to run, (i.e. DOOM, SMS). just create the required folder (i.e PSP/GAME/PSP-DOOM/WADS/) put your WADS or roms or whateverin the required folder and you can have any name you want for your main app and app% including renamed to hide corrupted icons. as long as the path exists for your homebrew to browse or read from, it doesn't matter which directory its being booted from. the required folder won't show up as a corrupted icon since there is no PBP file in the directory.

does that make sense?

the downside is that now you've got three folders instead of two! (if you're a 1.5 user)
i never really bothered to hide my corrupt icons because i knew that there were apps that had required dirs so If I couldn't hide all of them why bother??? but as long as you make those directories, everything will load up fine even with your icons hidden.

good job man!!!

**F34R** · 07-05-2005, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Legion120802

Either way..no matter what, to run roms on your SMS/GG emulator you will always need to have a corrupt icon...i'm only stating why it doesnt read your roms, and how to make it read your roms.

Best thing to do is just keep your directories as SMS% and SMS without using Hidden Corrupt icons.

Not entirely true. You can fix it.... Let me find the method, if I can remember where it was at, and i'll post it. It had to do with hex editing where the emu looks for the roms. I never tried it, but the post had 5 or more people saying they got it to work.

update
BAH! I am banned from that forum. I imagine you know which one it is... maybe someone could do a search there to find it.

**zoolander** · 07-05-2005, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Legion120802

Either way..no matter what, to run roms on your SMS/GG emulator you will always need to have a corrupt icon...i'm only stating why it doesnt read your roms, and how to make it read your roms.

Best thing to do is just keep your directories as SMS% and SMS without using Hidden Corrupt icons.

oh ok, that is how i have it, i took it at first as if there was still a way to hide it. It's cool though, i can live with the corrupt file

07-05-2005, 02:17 PM	#1
Euphoria Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Within my Thoughts Posts: 2,075 Trader Feedback: 0	SMS/GG Emulator Info (Concerning Hide corrupt data) In case anyone ran into this problem lately, you may have noticed that after setting up your SMS emulator to use hidden corrupt icon you it was no longer able to locate your roms. This is due to the fact that the emulator always tries to locate the roms in your PSP/GAMES/SMS/ROMS folder..meaning if you put your roms in your PSP/GAMES/SMS 1 folder, your emulator will never find them...EVER. To solve this problem create a new folder in your PSP/GAMES directory called SMS then inside that folder create a ROMS folder...put all your roms in there. Now you can load up your hidden corrupt icon version and still have it able to locate your roms. Just a heads up incase nobody realized this yet. __________________ [FIELDSET="Euphoria's Links"][CENTER] [CENTER][IMG]http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1606/0e43af629dd699bb5dd4656tl4.png[/IMG][/CENTER] [SIZE=1][URL=http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=13798][COLOR=red][B][-Posting Guidelines-][/B][/COLOR][/URL] [color=green]¤¤¤[/color] [URL=http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=4394][COLOR=Red][B][-Piracy Policy-][/B][/COLOR][/URL] [color=green]¤¤¤[/color] [URL=http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=9733][COLOR=red][B][-Operation: Positive Posting-][/B][/COLOR][/URL] [URL=http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=37144][COLOR=darkred][B][-How to Search and Get Results-][/B][/COLOR][/URL] [color=green]¤¤¤[/color] [URL=http://forums.qj.net/f-guides-general-psp-42/t-determining-psp-firmware-using-box-codes-july-27-2006-28718.html][COLOR=darkred][B][-Determine Firmware Using Box Codes-][/B][/COLOR][/URL] [URL=http://forums.qj.net/f-qjnet-news-and-help-25/t-faq-useful-info-and-links-for-new-members-53693.html][B][COLOR=black][-New Member FAQ/Guide-][/COLOR][/B][/URL] [color=green]¤¤¤[/color] [URL=http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=19128][B][COLOR=black][-Donate to Become a Premium Member-][/COLOR][/B][/URL] [color=green]¤¤¤[/color] [URL=http://forums.qj.net/f-qjnet-news-and-help-25/t-qj-quick-justice-policy-must-read-69509.html][COLOR=black][B][-[QJ] Quick Justice Policy-][/B][/COLOR][/URL][/SIZE][/CENTER][/FIELDSET]

07-05-2005, 04:42 PM	#2
zoolander Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 66 Trader Feedback: 0	So to hide it, first take of the sms/sms% (hidden) off the psp than create a folder called SMS in the psp than reload the sms1/sms% again? and it will work?

07-05-2005, 06:08 PM	#4
logicbomb.de Digital until I die Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Serving you your pankcakes with a fly-swatter Posts: 244 Trader Feedback: 0	^^^^ hey great find!!! this can be applied to ANY homebrew that has redquired dir paths in order to run, (i.e. DOOM, SMS). just create the required folder (i.e PSP/GAME/PSP-DOOM/WADS/) put your WADS or roms or whateverin the required folder and you can have any name you want for your main app and app% including renamed to hide corrupted icons. as long as the path exists for your homebrew to browse or read from, it doesn't matter which directory its being booted from. the required folder won't show up as a corrupted icon since there is no PBP file in the directory. does that make sense? the downside is that now you've got three folders instead of two! (if you're a 1.5 user) i never really bothered to hide my corrupt icons because i knew that there were apps that had required dirs so If I couldn't hide all of them why bother??? but as long as you make those directories, everything will load up fine even with your icons hidden. good job man!!!

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