Config Table ($410–$42F)

POPStarter r13 stores a 32-byte configuration table at file offset $410 inside POPSTARTER.ELF/.KELF. Each byte is one setting.

📎 from the recovered Configuration Table wiki page · merged across snapshots, primary 20170812012646

POPStarter Configuration Table – Advanced Settings

This documentation concerns the advanced configuration of POPStarter r13, involving the harcoding (or the patch-on-load) of settings to the POPStarter ELF/KELF...

The POPStarter r13 ELF and KELF have a 32 bytes long configuration table, starting from the offset $410 (or 1040 in decimal).

• Caution : Unless you know exactly what it is for and what you’re doing, please don’t tamper with it. Hexediting of that stuff is for advanced users only. Make a backup of the default config before you start changing values. If you are not sure, read the section below (PPF bunch pack).

Default values :

PPF bunch pack :

=================================================================================
-----------------------PPF Bunch pack for POPStarter r13-------------------------
=================================================================================
Hi !
I am a bunch of .PFF files. You can use me to enable POPStarter advanced settings. You need a PPF patcher (such as PPF-O-Matic) to use me and apply PPF over POPStarter.ELF.
Here is what I can do for you :
- File name : description (notes)
- NO_LC_CRACKS.PPF : Disables the built-in LC cracks of POPStarter r13 (from WIP05. Automated modes are disabled also).
- DEBUG_AND_HALT.PPF : Prints the screen debug messages and halt (from WIP05).
- NO_VMC.PPF : Disables VMC feature (new)
- ONLY_1ST_VMC.PPF : Only the first VMC in the first virtual slot is created (new)
- NO_PAL.PPF : Disables the automatic PAL patch (new)
- FORCE_MODEX.PPF : Mode X hardcoded into POPStarter r13 (new)
- DEFAULT_IGR_TEXTURES.PPF : Disables the IGR textures loader (new)
- LC_ONLY.PPF : Enable the other subroutines (like LibCrypt cracks), disable the compatibility modes. (new).
- NO_AUTO_PATCH.PPF : Disables everything (modes, LC cracks...) (new).

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The 32-byte config table in POPSTARTER.ELF/.KELF

POPStarter r13 stores a single contiguous 32-byte configuration table at file offset $410 (1040 dec) through $42F, one byte per setting, in both the ELF and the KELF (byte-identical tables). The verified factory default is: 00 00 00 02 40 00 03 01 | 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | 01 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 | 01 00 01 01 01 01 01 03. Patch it by direct hex edit or via the PPF bunch pack (PPF-O-Matic); always back up the original 32 bytes first.

The base report's four seed offsets are adjudicated as follows. $410 = debug-text display (00 = off / 'classic', 01-FE = paced page delay, FF = realtime / old POPStarter-12 behaviour) - the base's '04 = debug print' is imprecise, since 04 is merely a short delay. $413 = USB access delay, default 0x02 (raise it if a USB drive isn't detected) - and this is the offset that fixes detection, NOT the $USBDELAY_# cheat, which patches POPS for streaming. $42A is multi-valued: 00 = PAL patcher off, 01 = auto-PAL (default), 02 = force 480p. The big correction is $412: in r13 it is the SetGsCrt/HDTVFIX hack (default 0x00), NOT a 'function skipper.' The function skipper genuinely lived at $412 in pre-Beta-13 builds and was REMOVED in Beta 13 (2015-12-07, ~10 KB saved); the freed byte was repurposed for HDTVFIX in Beta 15/16. Relatedly, the USB delay migrated: the 2015 PFS-wrapper delay was at $417 (default 0x05 then 0x00), which is marked 'NOT USED' in r13 - old guides citing 417h are obsolete.

Beyond the seeds, the full table was recovered: $411 halt-on-error, $414 RESERVED (=0x40), $415 per-VMC user ID (ASCII digit), $416 POPS dev9 loading, $418-$41F the 8-slot force-compatibility array, $420 HDD check (leave 0x01), $421 BIOS OSD shell (= mode 0x06), $422 exception breakpoints (IGR-after-crash), $423 SLBB-00001 integrity, $424 IGR exit method (gates the BOOT.ELF chain), $425 IOPCD stack, $426 Delcro's patches, $427/$428 module/HDD failure-ignore, $429 VMC count (00 both / 01 none / 02 first only), $42B MODULE_#.IRX resident loader, $42C software-poweroff fix (purpose uncertain even to the author), $42D IGR-textures loader, $42E region/license check, and $42F the auto-patch master switch (00 none / 01 auto modes / 02 LibCrypt subroutines / 03 all (default) / 04 test mode). The PPF bunch pack maps friendly patches onto these bytes: DEBUG_AND_HALT ($410+$411), NO_VMC / ONLY_1ST_VMC ($429), NO_PAL ($42A), FORCE_MODEX ($418-$41F), DEFAULT_IGR_TEXTURES ($42D), LC_ONLY / NO_AUTO_PATCH / NO_LC_CRACKS ($42F).

From the official thread — config-table & direct hex edits

Sourced from the official psx-place POPStarter thread.
krHACKen items are authoritative.

• $HDTVFIX can be applied by direct hex edit: config-table offset $412, change the value from
  00 to 01 inside POPSTARTER.ELF. Use this when the CHEATS.TXT route green-screens on internal HDD.
  (krHACKen)
• Offset $413 is the USB device access / detection-retry delay (default 0x02). If one USB HDD/stick
  works but another isn't detected, hex-edit $413 up to 0x04–0x05 (higher for slow externals). This is
  the byte that actually fixes USB detection — not the $USBDELAY_# cheat (which patches POPS for
  streaming). (jolek / Okeanos)
• POPStarter ships a built-in per-game default-config table. Example: Final Fantasy IX has
  $COMPATIBILITY 0x04 enabled by default (since WIP02), so it "just works" with no CHEATS.TXT. (Peppe90)
• The SMB-mode startup debug overlay cannot be disabled in the 2019-06-05 build — there is no CHEATS.TXT
  or config switch for it; it is cosmetic. (VanhuX)

See the full per-offset table in the Config Table section above; these thread notes pin down
$412/$413 with concrete edit values.

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