TheFlow creates a Patreon – You can now easily support the maker of h-encore, Adrenaline, VitaShell and more!
You can now donate to the almighty TheFlow on Patreon!
TheFlow is one of the most prominent developers in the PSVita scene and like all others, he releases his work free.
Now, he’s decided to create a Patreon because after all, he’s just a student that could do with a little extra income!
What has TheFlow done?
TheFlow, previously known as Total_Noob, has created various invaluable pieces of software for hacked PSVita/PSTV devices which undoubtedly, every PSVita hacker uses.
h-encore lets you hack your FW 3.65-3.68 PSVita/PSTV. Furthermore, you can install it with a few clicks by using auto-h-encore!
Among the software by TheFlow that made the PSVita great again, we find:
- h-encore – This is a hack for PSVita/PSTV consoles running FW 3.65 to 3.68! Furthermore, it also allows you to install HENkaku Enso (untether) on FW 3.65. It must be noted that Freakler found the entry point for this hack but TheFlow made it into a full hack!
- Adrenaline – A piece of software for hacked PSVitas running HENkaku (FW 3.60-3.68) that lets you run PSP and PS1 games almost perfectly. Furthermore, it also has many features such as screen filters, save states and the full XMB experience.
- VitaShell – Installed on every hacked PSVita/PSTV console, VitaShell is a file manager with FTP/USB transfer capabilities, themes and much more.
- Download Enabler – A plugin to let you download any file you want from the browser, not only images and a few other file types that Sony allows you to download.
Adrenaline is perhaps one of the best pieces of software by TheFlow as it gives you a PSP on steroids
- NoNpDrm – Yet another plugin, but this strips DRM out of official games. While it’s used for piracy purposes, it could be used with legitimate backups of your games. NoNpDrm can make your legitimate backups run on unactivated PSVita consoles as well.
- GTA Remastered – An Adrenaline (ePSP) plugin that adds right analogue stick to the PSP GTA games to make them control better.
- 3.65 Updater – A recently made obsolete piece of software (with the release of h-encore) that allowed users of FW 3.60 to upgrade to FW 3.65 back in March. h-encore should be used on FW 3.65 today NOT this software
- Other plugins including a right analogue stick patch for Splinter Cell, Tomb Raider and Resistance running on Adrenaline. Various other contributions in the pre-HENkaku days
Why should I donate? What do I get out of it?
TheFlow could’ve easily asked for money if he wanted but he didn’t!
TheFlow’s reason behind creating his Patreon is because he has limited income as he’s only a student. We have to remember that TheFlow has put countless hours in developing the aforementioned software and gave it out for free. Instead of developing all this great software, he could’ve done some part-time work which would’ve probably earned him more money. Furthermore, he could have set up a small fee (which I don’t think is wrong considering he’s just a student) for using his great software (for example €5) which would have earned him a couple of thousand euro. However, he didn’t do this and up until now, only accepted donations via PayPal which didn’t earn him much.
Obviously, the main reason of backing him is to show support and give your thanks BUT he’s provided some incentive for backing him! Among his donation tiers we find:
- Newbie, Noob, Skilled ($1-7.99/month) tiers which don’t have any perks apart from a cool-sounding name
- Total Noob ($8+/month): Through this, you can beta test his upcoming software!
- Expert ($16+/month): You can request little tweaks to his homebrew
Maybe TheFlow can do some magic and finally create a working Nintendo 64 emulator for the PSVita if it’s technically feasible! LOOK AT THE ARTICLE UPDATE!
- Programmer ($32+/month): You can request new features in his homebrew and get access to an exclusive picture of him which will surely not be leaked!
- Hacker ($64+/month): This tier lets you request new projects for him to work on. Maybe some benefactor can persuade him to work on a Nintendo 64 emulator, a better-performing Nintendo DS emulator, Linux on the PSVita or something else! Update: TheFlow has contacted me and told me he doesn’t know how to write emulators but he may embark on other projects such as plugins that make your experience better, such as more dual analogue stick plugins for Adrenaline.
If you don’t like donating monthly, you can still probably donate a fixed amount if you contact him directly.
Conclusion
To donate, simply press the link below and set up your Patreon if you don’t have an account. Wololo is not affiliated with Patreon in any way and it will not get any cuts of the money you donate!
TheFlow’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOfficialFloW
Yeah he deserves it
More than happy to donate.
Only 2 Comments? I think our hero TheFl0w deserve more than that!
Thanks for the hours put in, Certainly will be donating.
I believe if we show more support for devs like this , they will have better incentive to push out more content.
I understand that making these tools for us can severely get in the way of going to school and trying to make a living so I’d want to be able to express my gratitude for TheFl0w and all the other devs that’s been so dedicated to the scenes we religiously tune into.
omg first
omg fail
awesome, he deserves every cent!
imagine Sony employees are the patrons
No mention of his ePSP firmwares, really?
no thanks.
http://wololo.net/2015/03/18/tn-x-v2-mod-qwikrazor-releases-unrestricted-version-of-total_noobs-tn-x-v2-ecfw-wait-a-minute-unrestricted/
You should probably include maliciously deleting people’s files without their knowledge or consent in this list of things Total_Noob has done.
Well…Someone’s not supporting his patreon…
You should probably include maliciously deleting people’s files without their knowledge or consent in this list of things Total_Noob has done.
Really one of the darkest stuff he has done. The days he was called Total_Noob. If you were on his hit list you might be affected. But as time passes and many good deeds later, I at least have forgiven him. Today he’s a different person now with better flow, TheFlow. Just be proud of what you have today, let old memories be learning experience.
Honestly, what I’ve always wondered was if it was possible for the PSTV to run 2 PSP emulators simultaneously for multiplayer splitscreen or not. At least for some titles.
If they support Adhoc, then many PSP games could suddenly become 2 player titles.
Granted, this would likely require an insane amount of work and wouldn’t support every game (if even possible at all)…But dreams are dreams.
I just imagine playing SW Battlefront: Elite Squadron in 2 player “splitscreen” on a PSTV.
Does that not sound awesome????!?
No, he’s surely a very talented guy, I just don’t think listing all accomplishments without noting a somewhat serious black mark is appropriate. It’s immoral to put a secret trap in your software and then fail to ever even acknowledge that it was wrong, most people would publicly apologize for such a huge mistake.
Wow. This guy’s a complete jackass. I literally had my credit card out when I went to chat with him on github, and I got completely shut down. Really rude guy.
Don’t give him your money. There are plenty of devs out there that respect their community.