Monthly archives: January, 2017

PS4 Developer @idc released scripts that invoke the PS4 kernel to decrypt the contents of an update file and pup unpacker scripts 

PuP Decryption
 

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pup_decrypt

A utility to invoke the PS4 kernel to decrypt the contents of an update file.

The default (hardcoded) operation is to decrypt /mnt/usb0/PS4UPDATE.PUP.

This will output a number of files (depending if a normal or a recovery update):

/mnt/usb0/PS4UPDATE1.PUP.dec

/mnt/usb0/PS4UPDATE2.PUP.dec

/mnt/usb0/PS4UPDATE3.PUP.dec

/mnt/usb0/PS4UPDATE4.PUP.dec

These decrypted updates can then be further unpacked using a tool capable of doing so.

Note

The PS4 will refuse to decrypt updates in some cases:

Versions older than the installed version (for the most part, there’s exceptions for things like beta versions).

Versions for a different product code (retail cannot decrypt test or debug updates).

 

PuP Unpacker 
 

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pup_unpack

A utility to unpack PS4 update blobs that have been previously decrypted using pup_decrypt.

Note This utility will not unpack the contents of nested filesystems. The filesystem images in updates are FAT32, exFAT, etc images and can be mounted or unpacked with other tools.

Download Pup_Decrypt

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News has emerged that the founder of Namco has passed away.

Masaya Nakamura founded Nakamura Manufacturing in 1995, three years later the name was changed to Nakamura Amusement Machine Manufacturing Company, that name was used to form the acronym NAMCO.

More info can be found here

PSVita developer @BenMitnicK released VitaToolBox 1.0

Quote From Him (Translated From French)
 

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VitaToolBox works independently of VitaShell and you will always need this one for the operation of Molecularshell. As for the themes you can make yours for VitatoolBox and it will work with VitaShell you will have nothing to change :)

 

Features

Added the pic0 to the launch of the application
Added background image random "20 max" 
Added language selection in options
Added of the selection of themes in the options (activate in the next version)
Added DataBaseMenu (right joystick => Left to activate the menu)
Added PluginsManager (Right joystick => Top to activate the menu) * The panel has been removed
Added automatic plugin organization Enable/Disable
Added the language of the different menu and options in the language file
Added color options for different menus
Added credit (activate with triangle in the HOME Directory)

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PS3 Developer aldostools has Released Webman Mod 1.46 witch greatly improves NTFS Support and includes new direct NTFS access & XMB proxy by deank.

Here’s a Quote from @Joonie 

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Feel free to try @aldostools’s new webMAN MOD which provides huge performance boost and native NTFS support

 
Downloads

• 310 KBprepNTFS_1.17.pkg
• 629 KBps3netsrv_20170106.zip
• 496 KBUP0001-PKGLAUNCH_00-0000000000000000.pkg
• 5.18 MBwebMAN_MOD_1.46.00_Updater.pkg
• 5.11 MBwebMAN_MOD_1.46.00_Updater_metalification_theme.pkg
• 5.39 MBwebMAN_MOD_1.46.00_Updater_rebugification_theme.pkg
• Source code (zip)
• Source code (tar.gz)

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Demonstrating Java homebrew on the PS3.
Ukko’s Journey was originally a cellphone game developed by LuBlu Entertainment in 2008-2009. (See www.ukkosjourney.com).
In 2017 LuBlu Entertainment is porting the game to BD-J purely as a proof-of-concept project, demonstrating that homebrew for the PS3 + PS4 + Xbox One is possible with Java.
Once this project is complete, the game should run on all 3 consoles – from the same disc!

Here is a preview video showing the game running on a PS3.

I played Ark Survival Evolved on the Xbox One for months and months, i did quite enjoy it as its a fun game and i like building shit, so when it came to the PS4 i decided to buy it and whilst it is basically the same game, it fucking sucks at times compared to the XB1 version and its all because of insane lag as you can see in this video i recorded last night:

The video paints a lag but a cope-able lag when in fact it is far when you are actually playing it, the lag is quite insane which is sad, because you can go for ages playing the game and have zero lag, then all of a sudden the next time you play it your are flooded with lag.

I know this is one of these games that is not yet fully released, but that is no excuse considering that it plays better on the XB1, i think i will leave the rant here, there are other annoyances, but i won’t go into them as they are nothing compared to this.