PS Vita release: Modern Combat 3 (PS Vita Port)

Earlier this week, PS Vita developer Gl33ntwine  released a port of Modern Combat 3 for the PS Vita. This looks like it was a particularly tough one to port, and it requires an updated version of kubridge to properly work (links below).

This is once again a port based on the Android version of the game, leveraging a wrapper initially created by TheFloW, a process that was progressively refined by other developers such as Gl33ntwine (who created libs specifically dedicated to porting Android software to the PS Vita). What’s important to understand for the end user here is that these ports do not use emulation, but rather are wrappers against the native Android binary. Bottom line, games ported through this process run much smoother than if they were emulated.

Multiple AAA games have been ported with this mechanism. We’ve seen Android ports to the PS Vita for multiple games now, including Tomb Raider 1 & 2,  Dead Space, Mass Effect,  Fahrenheit,  Crazy Taxi, Rockstar’s Bully,  GTA San Andreas, as well as Final Fantasy ports and more. Rinnegatamante confirmed there are now more than 60 games ported from Android to PS Vita using this process. You can check some of them here.

What is Modern Combat 3  for PS Vita?

Modern Combat is a series of shooter video games developed and published by Gameloft mainly for Android and iOS. All installments in the series play similarly to that of the Call of Duty and Battlefield franchises and feature multiple missions in varied environments with different tasks for players to complete. The main enemies in the games are terrorists, and often, the player is accompanied by other soldiers who fight alongside them.

From the developer:

Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation is a 2011 first-person shooter developed and published by Gameloft Montreal for a number of mobile platforms. The game is set in 2028 where North Korea, Russia and Pakistan join forces to invade USA, thus causing a global war. Modern Combat 3 features an intense 13-mission campaign with impressive cinematics and memorable moments. This is a loader of the Android release of Modern Combat 3 v1.1.7g, based on the Android SO Loader by TheFloW. The loader provides a tailored, minimalistic Android-like environment to run the official ARMv7 game executable on the PS Vita. You will need the original game data files to be able to play this game. Detailed setup instruction are available on GitHub.

Button	Action
	Move
	Control camera
	Aim
	Fire
	Sprint
	Crouch
	Change weapon
	Grenades
	Reload
	Open Menu

Download and run Modern Combat 3 Vita

Disclaimer: You will need a hacked PS Vita in order to run this port. Thankfully this is super easy to achieve nowadays (our guide here)

Download

You can Download the VPK from the VitaDB page here. (alternatively, from the project’s github)

Installation: (from the readme)

In order to properly install the game, you’ll have to follow these steps precisely:

• (Recommended) Make sure that you are either on 3.60 enso or 3.65 enso firmware version. Other versions may work too, but no support are provided for them! If you experience any issues apart from described in the Known Issues section, please upgrade or downgrade your firmware accordingly before asking for support.

• Install or update kubridge and FdFix by copying kubridge.skprx and fd_fix.skprx to your taiHEN plugins folder (usually ur0:tai) and adding two entries to your config.txt under *KERNEL:

  *KERNEL
  ur0:tai/kubridge.skprx
  ur0:tai/fd_fix.skprx

! ⚠️ Don't install `fd_fix.skprx` if you're using the rePatch plugin!

- ⚠️ Even if you had `kubridge.skprx` installed before, most likely you still
- need to update it, since a new version of the plugin was released at the same
- time as this port. kubridge v0.3.1 or newer is required to run the game!

• Make sure you have libshacccg.suprx in the ur0:/data/ folder on your console. If you don’t, use ShaRKBR33D to get it quickly and easily.

• Legally obtain your copy of Modern Combat 3 for Android in a form of an .apk file and data files. This port is tailored for v1.1.7g (latest) version of the game. Other versions may work too but no support is provided for them.

  • If you have it installed on your phone, you can get all the required files directly from it or by using any APK extractor you can find on Google Play.

ℹ️ Verify that your build is the correct one using sha1sum (can also be found as an online tool). sha1sum for lib/armeabi-v7a/libModernCombat3.so must be be0d5e8779899e081a538b3930ec711d2df8aeb4

• Open the .apk with any zip explorer (like 7-Zip) and extract the file lib/armeabi-v7a/libModernCombat3.so from the .apk into ux0:data/mc3/ on your Vita. Example of correct resulting path: ux0:data/mc3/libModernCombat3.so

• Fetch the game data files from your device. You can find them at /sdcard/Android/obb/com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftM3HM. Copy both files you find there (patch.11428.com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftM3HM.obb and main.1120.com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftM3HM.obb) to ux0:data/mc3/ on your Vita. Example of correct resulting path: ux0:data/mc3/main.1120.com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftM3HM.obb

• Unpack the video files from the game data. To do that, open your patch.11428.com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftM3HM.obb with any zip explorer (like 7-Zip) and extract all files to /ux0:/data/mc3/data/briefing on your Vita. Example of correct resulting path: ux0:data/mc3/data/briefing/Briefing_M01.mp4

• Install ModernCombat3.vpk (from Releases).

• (Optional) Install CapUnlocker. It may give you a bit better performance.

• (Optional) For trophies to be unlockable, install NoTrpDRM.

Source: VitaDB