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📎 Recovered from the ShaolinAssassin wiki · snapshot 20240906210815

Compatibility modes, LibCrypt and various fixes integrated into POPStarter

(Earliest snapshot 2017-06-29 titled this page "LC Cracks, crash fixes & compatibility modes integrated into POPStarter".)

These fixes will be automatically applied to your game as long as you use proper dumps (for identification).

LibCrypt crack caveat (from the 2017-06-29 snapshot): The LibCrypt cracks are experimental and their reliability hasn't been proven with all the "supported" titles. These were made using IdentRip v1.02, which generates "generic" cracks for LibCrypt protected games. The resulting cracks may fail on games that have enhanced protections.

If a POPStarter built-in LibCrypt crack crashes the emulation, prevents you from playing the game or does not work, disable it by patching the POPStarter KELF/ELF with NO_LC_CRACKS.PPF, then patch your disc image with a good old PS1 scene crack (you may find some of them in the Compatibility List which is maintained by El_Patas for Elotrolado, or at ConsoleCopyWorld).

Compatibility modes :

POPStarter Revision 13 Beta 2019/06/05 auto-activates compatibility modes for the following games (older snapshots labelled this build "Revision 13 RIP 06") :

LibCrypt fixes :

LibCrypt is a protection introduced by SONY to prevent games being used on a mod-chipped system. POPStarter can by-pass this protection for all known LibCrypt protected games.

POPStarter Revision 13 Beta 2019/06/05 auto-activates LibCrypt fixes for the following games (older snapshots labelled this build "Revision 13 RIP 06") :

Miscellaneous fixes :

POPStarter Revision 13 Beta 2019/06/05 auto-activates miscellaneous fixes for the following games (older snapshots labelled this build "Revision 13 RIP 06") :

Changelog / version history (from the 2017-06-29 snapshot)

The 2017-06-29 snapshot of this page was a changelog-form document. It records per-game fix descriptions and recognised-disc counts across POPStarter Revision 13 WIP/OBT builds and the WIP 05 public release. The fix entries (Compatibility Mode, LibCrypt Crack, Crash Fix, VSync Fix, Disk Check Fix, Sound Fix, Boot/Load Fix, "2nd VMC is disabled", "Skip Metal Gear Featured Cutscenes", etc.) for that snapshot are preserved below.

New fixes integrated into POPStarter Revision 13 since WIP 05

[According to POPStarter changelogs]

——POPStarter Revision 13, WIP 06, OBT 15

+540 DISCS are recognised.

——POPStarter Revision 13, WIP 06, OBT 14

540 DISCS are recognised (new fixes not listed).

——POPStarter Revision 13, WIP 06, OBT 13

495 DISCS (+34 Disks) are recognised.

POPStarter Revision 13, Build Date : 2015/06/03, WIP 05 PUBLIC RELEASE

[From wip05 documentation]

461 DISCS are recognised.

The WIP 05 documentation lists every recognised disc with its exact fix description. The entries below preserve the per-game fix wording unique to that snapshot — note especially the items not present in later snapshots (e.g. the Metal Gear Solid "Skip Metal Gear Featured Cutscenes" set, the "2nd VMC is disabled" Codename/Lifeforce Tenka entries, the Tomb Raider "VSync Fix" set, Dance Dance Revolution / DonPachi / Tobal 2 0x06 entries, and the various "Crash Fix / Boot And Load Fix" descriptions).

Related curated section → Patches & TROJANs