Quick FAQ for those who have trouble Installing/using VHBL
As you might have noticed, using HBL on the PSP wasn’t easy, but on the vita it’s even worse. That’s partially because of the many limitations enforced by Sony’s CMA, but also because I was too lazy to make too many improvements to HBL and the wMenu (mostly because I didn’t want to spend too much time on a tool that people might ditch at the next Firmware update)
Anyways, here are quick answers to the most frequently asked questions I got over the past 3 days
Do I really need to have Motorstorm Arctic Edge in order to run VHBL?
For now, yes. Later versions of VHBL (if any) might rely on other games, but for now, MAE is required
I don’t have Motorstorm Arctic Edge, and I can’t find it on the Store, where do I buy it?
You can’t. Sony removed the Game from their store on March 2nd
Is there a way to install Motorstorm Arctic Edge even if I didn’t buy it in time? By sharing my account with somebody, or downloading it from somebody’s server?
No. Each copy of the game is tied to the account that bought it, and Sony made it so that the game cannot be re-downloaded for now, even for those who bought it.
I tried to copy the exploit savedata, but The Vita tells me the data is corrupt, and refuses to copy it?
This seems to be happening mostly with the JP version of the VHBL exploit. Some sites have reported that if you mark all files in the savedata to not be read only, this will work. I’ll see if I can fix that in a future release.
I put a homebrew in “install.zip” as you explained, but the HBL menu isn’t able to install it. I’m pretty sure I did things right
the “install.zip” file has to be a zip with “no compression” (also known as “store”). This option is available in most compression tools. I recommend 7zip.
I installed an emulator (or a Book reader). Now I want to install roms (ebooks) for it, do I have to reinstall the entire emulator?
In theory no, if you put the full path in your install.zip archive. For example, if you have a rom named “wololo.bin”, and want to put it in PSP/GAME/Snes9xTyl, just create all those folders, put the rom in it, and create an install.zip that will contain your rom (install.zip/PSP/GAME/Snes9xTyl/wololo.bin). Practically, that can be difficult to remember, in which case the best is indeed to re-install the full homebrew with the roms in it. The benefit of this technique is that the HBL menu will detect the EBOOT file in your archive, and automatically understand where you want to install your stuff.
Note: you can have many homebrews in one install.zip, as long as they are in different subfolders. I personally simply zipped my entire PSP/GAME subfolder from my PSP Go, and installed the result on my vita)
How do I delete homebrews?
The easiest way is to go in the CMA on your Vita, and delete from there. Unfortunately it makes it difficult to know what you’re deleting. An alternate way is to install PSPFiler and use it to delete. I’m hoping to see some volunteer devs out there to provide alternatives if possible 😉
Grats Wololo on a great port to Vita and a good release not considering all the negative $ony bullcrap they pulled.
I do wish you would have just sat on and made Sony look like a fool. I understand why you did though.
I don’t see why Sony finds this so negative. It would have boosted the sales of Vita’s and their crappy game.
I see Sony following in the footsteps of Sega. The “Move” is a clear example, I still see Kinect advertised but no Move.
I love my Vita but I also loved my Sega Saturn.
I’m no fan boy but Sony is my gaming choice. I’ll be the first one to *** on their grave though for all the dogshit they’ve put us through for the PS3, PSP and now the Vita.
If someone is searching for a working version of the PSPFiler for the PSVita HBL, check my Website Ive uploaded a working version.
(Confirmed by a lot of users)
To anyone that’s having problems with the compression/store part, make sure that you set the actual file type bit to .zip – I was using 7zip and it wasn’t working, even when I named the archive install.zip and set the compression type to store. The problem was it was making my archive a 7zip file rather than a zip archive if that makes sense. There’s a dropdown box where you can pick the actual archive type when using 7zip above the bit where you select the compression type. Since changing to the correct option all my homebrews have been working correctly whereas before they would even install and the Vita would just freeze.
Use winRAR instead of 7ZIP, it is working for me…
VHBL, is it working with MotorStorm Arctic Edge “Demo” ? I saw the demo in UK PSN.
if it was working with the demo why would he make us buy the game, think before you waste peoples time
a *** no, i just don’t see the point in wasting “wololo’s” time on a question that A: common sense should be able to answer B: a search on google can answer and C: can be found in either a previous post/thread on the site. when he could be doing more important things like having a real life, going to work, and maybe updating/patching vhbl to run more homebrews
Hey wololo I don’t know if this information is useful or not but i have noticed a really strange bug in a vita game demo that i downloaded from psn. The first few minutes into the game the sound gets cut off and when i beat the level the game freezes but i am still able to go to the home screen. when i try running the game again the games bubble icon just sits still in the middle of the screen and the whole system freezes up and i have to hold down the power button for 30 seconds so it can shut down. It does this every time i play the game. doe you think this can be exploited in any way?
Chill the *** out and learn your place. You act like you’re paying him to do this. He does all of this for free and all you do is demand more, and rudely at that. The world needs less people like you.
Well, why do I want a close VHBL for Motorstorm Arctic Edge, and then in entering the game, psvita will become very slow, feels like crashing. What should I do?By the way, I’m Hong Kong service area.
how come you announce the game’s name a day before the vhbl release?
haha!!! it is funny~
1 day is enough for sony to remove the game,
maybe sony will take two day? three day?
but, u have decrease the time for them to download the hbl
this kind of action is kinda smart ***
lol
Wololos in japan derp , japans 12 hours ahead of us, so mar 1st 6pm over here will be mar 2nd 6am over there derp
Chill the *** out and learn your place. You act like you’re paying him to do this. He does all of this for free and all you do is demand more, and rudely at that. The world needs less people like you.
ok wolol,I’m from China,Is your super fans,I want to be a hacker,Also we can crack PSV,You tell me,This idea is cool,You are welcome to visit China!
*** are you saying ? o.O He released the VHBL o.O
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lol said by the person who made up a story about the accident + his so called “DEATH” & also lame copycat CFW
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Hi there, I got to load VHBL from MH but it does not show the PSP save files, after successfully copy them with CMA. Im sure is not a problem of compression of the INSTALL.ZIP because it doesn’t even recognize the Wololo Wagic premade save file. Any idea?
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If so how do you protect against it, any plugin or anything you can suggest?
I get so much lately it’s driving me mad so any assistance is very much appreciated.
Sooo sorry to bother you Wololo, but when i try to open the vhbl load file in motorstorm arctic edge it says that it’s corrupt, could you please help. Thanks!
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