Star Ocean 4 International [BLUS30462]

[Mahawili]

i got fps and still blackscreen with gt6.
   

[ssshadow]

Tested with LLE now but it still doesn't work, it just kind of hangs at a black screen. It requires the decryption of four .sprx modules in \USRDIR\sprx and then LLE:
- libfiber.prx
- librtc.prx
- libspurs_jq.prx
- libsre.prx
Don't do this anymore.

And finally you have to use either of the SPU interpreters, not the SPU recompiler.

Along the way you get some suspicious warnings when the decrypted modules load that I can't recall seeing before:

Code:

·W {PPU[0x70000000] Thread (main_thread) [0x00d56d60]} sys_prx: sys_prx_start_module(id=0x28, flags=0x0, pOpt=*0xf4bf04)
·W {PPU[0x70000000] Thread (main_thread) [0x00d56ba0]} sys_prx: sys_prx_load_module(path=“/dev_bdvd/PS3_GAME/USRDIR/sprx/Yakumo.sprx”, flags=0x0, pOpt=*0x0)
·W {PPU[0x70000000] Thread (main_thread) [0x00d56ba0]} sys_prx: prx_load_module(path='/dev_bdvd/PS3_GAME/USRDIR/sprx/Yakumo.sprx', flags=0x0, pOpt=*0x0)
...
·W {PPU[0x70000000] Thread (main_thread) [0x00d56ba0]} PPU: [0x1223880] Invalid branch at 0x1223880 -> 0x4e00
·W {PPU[0x70000000] Thread (main_thread) [0x00d56ba0]} PPU: [0x1223880] Invalid branch at 0x1223884 -> 0xffffec80
·W {PPU[0x70000000] Thread (main_thread) [0x00d56ba0]} PPU: [0x1223880] Invalid branch at 0x1223888 -> 0x6500
...

Log:

  Star Ocean log.zip (Size: 165.86 KB / Downloads: 210)

[Annie]

This one is rather unique because they probably forgot to set the GameID on PARAM.SFO.
It shows MRTC00001 but the correct ID is BLUS30462 (US Ver.)

[ssshadow]

Also corrected the title, it shouldn't be in all CAPS.

[Ryu Makkuro]

Tested with LLE now but it still doesn't work, it just kind of hangs at a black screen. It requires the decryption of four .sprx modules in \USRDIR\sprx and then LLE:
- libfiber.prx
- librtc.prx
- libspurs_jq.prx
- libsre.prx

And finally you have to use either of the SPU interpreters, not the SPU recompiler.

On the latest build I got it to the same point but without having to decrypt those four .sprx modules. I then decrypted them and... still a black screen. It's an improvement though, hoping to see it start loading into intro "soonish".

[Ryu Makkuro]

Just a quick update for the new build that auto loads the libraries (48b05838).

Still just a black screen but it does consistently pop the "Unimplemented SPU xxxx" messages. SPU recompiler doesn't provide a black screen but it does provide a window, which is a step up from previous builds, at least for me.

Seems like this one won't go any further unless some extra calls get implemented. Shame as from what I can see that's a medium term goal. Still, will keep on testing on each build, cause you never know

[GeniusMage]

Game goes a tiny bit further with PRX improvements (0.0.2-4437), it now installs trophies. But stays there forever.
   

[Ryu Makkuro]

Pretty much same results here, as in game tries to load the trophies, stays there forever with fluctuating FPS. If I restart then it doesn't even load trophies and stops with an error after a moment, freezing the FPS. Further restarts are the same.

[ssshadow]

Pretty much same results here, as in game tries to load the trophies, stays there forever with fluctuating FPS. If I restart then it doesn't even load trophies and stops with an error after a moment, freezing the FPS. Further restarts are the same.

You can get it to fail on trophy installation again if you delete \dev_hdd0\home\00000001\trophy\NPWR00997_00 (or wherever it is)

[Ryu Makkuro]

Pretty much same results here, as in game tries to load the trophies, stays there forever with fluctuating FPS. If I restart then it doesn't even load trophies and stops with an error after a moment, freezing the FPS. Further restarts are the same.

You can get it to fail on trophy installation again if you delete \dev_hdd0\home\00000001\trophy\NPWR00997_00 (or wherever it is)

Restarting a PC seems to work as well xD But yeah, seems like trophies pushed this game a bit further, which isn't surprising giving that Star Ocean games tend to have... ridiculously huge amount of those, especially the Battle Trophies, which originate from Star Ocean Till the End of Time if I recall correctly.