#LetMaiDie, the successor to MaiDump, is in the works – A new PSVita game dumper that allows FW 3.67/8 games to run on 3.60-3.65!
When MaiDump was released back in late 2016, it was touted as an easy and somewhat robust tool to dump PSVita games and install those dumps. Going forward, TheFlow released a much cleaner DRM removing tool called NoNpDrm which worked much better but MaiDump was still being used by FW 3.60 hold-outs who wanted to run FW 3.65 games. Now, MaiDump will finally be succeeded and acquire a killer feature along the way!
The current situation with games requiring a higher firmware than the one you currently have installed
With the advent of TheFlow’s 3.65 Updater, games requiring FW 3.65 were able to be dumped but as NoNpDrm doesn’t decrypt the EBOOT, it was impossible to run them on FW 3.60. Fortunately, MaiDump was updated for FW 3.65 and it decrypts the EBOOT. This made it possible to run games which required FW 3.61-3.65 on FW 3.60 with some hex editing. Until the advent of the hack for FW 3.67/3.68, this method was considered to be good enough BUT then, with TheFlow’s h-encore hack for these firmwares, it was noted that MaiDump was broken on FW 3.67/8. This left people running hacked FW 3.60/3.65 unable to run games that required FW 3.67-3.68 and this is where the new PSVita game dumper steps in.
What is #LetMaiDie?
First of all, this new PSVita game dumper isn’t called #LetMaiDie but it’s just a hashtag used by TheRadziu to give updates about this new dumper as it doesn’t have a name yet. This new game dumper is apparently a combined effort between CelesteBlue and dots-tb, two well-known PSVita developers. From TheRadziu’s updates about it, the following was made out:
- This dumper will be using NoNpDrm dumps as a base and a compatibility pack to make games work on lower firmwares (FW 3.60/3.65).
- The compatibility pack, which will be generated by this game dumper, will include decrypted modules and a decrypted EBOOT.
- The compatibility pack will be applied by dots-tb’s RePatch, a plugin by dots-tb that allows you to mod encrypted games.
- It seems that this dumper will come in the form of an application which loads a kernel plugin to make stuff work, similar to how VitaShell works. CelesteBlue is developing the plugin while dots-tb is developing the app but they’re both helping each other out. Thanks TheRadziu for the information
- It will require NoNpDrm to function as it uses its dumps. However, NoNpDrm won’t be needed if you’re running your own games and only need to run the compatibility pack. Thanks CelesteBlue for the extra info here.
- Unlike MaiDump, this dumper will be decrypting the EBOOT and modules via the kernel not through the RAM. This approach dumps NPDRM in a proper thus reducing the possibility of bugs and increasing the number of apps/games that can be dumped. Furthermore, the dumps will have a better chance of working with the Vita3K emulator. Thanks CelesteBlue for the extra information here.
- It will allow retail and NoNpDrm DLCs as it uses RePatch.
- EBOOT modding will be supported.
- Once the compatibility pack, which is said to be 5-50MB in size, is created, it will work on any hacked firmware. This means that one compatibility pack will work on FW 3.60, 3.65, 3.67, 3.68 and any hacked firmware.
- For compatibility packs to be generated, your PSVita/PSTV systems must be running the firmware version that the game you want to dump requires.
Obviously, this new dumper will be used for piracy but it can be used in a legitimate fashion if you dump your own games and generate your own compatibility packs. It must be noted that no ETA has been given yet and there are issues with Unity games at this point. That being said, the development of this dumper seems to be in pretty advanced stages as a teaser video showing it in action has been released.
Conclusion
To get more information, simply follow TheRadziu, dots-tb and CelesteBlue on Twitter. You can watch the video teasing this plugin below but please read the description as it gives some valuable information about what’s going on.
Thanks for this outstanding info !
Dancing star night was the only reason I was about to update my 3.60.
It’s Dancing in starlight outside of Japan tho…
Cool. Thanks for sharing.
I want super robot wars X and its DLCs.
Better and easier piracy!
Precisely now I was searching for MaiDump compatibility qith OFW 3.68 and checking Wololo at thhe same time.This write-up couldn’t had come at a better time.
Now I just have to wait. Thanks to everyone involved!
so my 3.65 h-encore is can’t play 3.67/3.68 games right now??. i had download 3.67 game but haven’t try it yet.
Not all 3.67/3.68 required games cannot be used on MaiDump but I hope this developer can create a hack that is useful in the near future.
Still waiting for 3.68 enso…
Just update to 3.68 and save yourself the extra headache…
the h-encore on boot only takes like 10 second to run..
Told you all this was coming and no need to give up coldboot enso.
They really hate maidump? I think hackers should help each other not rising there pride to show whos better.
They don’t hate maidump at all. They simply were looking for a better solution than was currently available.
Muchísimas gracias a todos los que están detrás de la scene hacen un trabajo perfecto , eternamente agradecidos , una pregunta creen que la vita pueda llegar a correr juegos de ps2 si alguien se pusiera a trabajar en ello , sería realmente posible?
Lo siento amigo, pero lo más probable es que no suceda.
How about game updates that require 3.67-3.68?
Thank you for sharing this useful information, I will regularly follow your blog
I still prefer NoNpdrm considering you can get the game updates yourself from PSN. Maidump is a reliant factor to physical dumps in updating your games.
Still this is great and something I will use on 3.65 enso, but not regularly
do people not use 3.61 anymore. I modded my psvita a while back just to run psp iso but just returned to the sites recently and no longer see anything about 3.61. Only 3.60, 3.65 etc.. Should I update?