Posted Feb 05, 2007 at 01:22AM by Victor B. Listed in: Hacks & Exploits, Homebrew Applications Tags: XMB, Hex, xmbWave
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Thanks to a tip from aDcOoL, we heard about this nifty new app that allows people to hack the wave on the XMB background. It's called xmbWave, and it's made by Vulpix.

xmbWave is basically a simplified hex editing tool that alters the wave on your background, and as easy as the app is to learn, it's a tough one to become an artist. As you can see from the above picture from one of Darkstone's creations, finding a balance between going nuts in changing the values and knowing when to stop will serve users well in creating their own unique waves. It's probably the closest thing to a visual "fingerprint" you'll have on your PSP, seeing as two original creations will rarely be alike after editing.

Combined with icon makers and uploaders, as well as background manufacturers, this will really spruce up your PSP into something uniquely you.

Before anything else though, Vulpix wants to remind folks to check the readme and to not alter the values too much, as you could make the wave effect disappear entirely. Make sure you have a copy of the original starting values, just in case you do something very weird.

Download: [xmbWave]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]


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   by Es Beanur (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » Esplendid aplication

I loved it this, es like esluts conbined with esprite and espinajeee..fountain drink? guwat is fountain drink? estupid eslut, iset not fountaing draink its a soda, eslut pendeja. PINK CHEESE GREEN GOES.


   Re: Dilligaf (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » ???

Yes. Precisely.

   Re: some random guy (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » re

i don't know what you said but it was very amusing lol :)


   Re: killaklan (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » hahahaha!

George Lopez is hilarious...why you no say esoda ESTUPID!
   by Cool stuffs (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » w00t

This will certainly come in handy as soon as we can change our XMB icons in 3.10oe-a ^_^


   Re: mxdxo (Unregistered) - 2007-02-06
 » ?

how? all the stuff i found was for 2.71SE/3.02-3.03OE
   by AngQ (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » I wish

So cool I wish I could edit this myself.but I cant

   by chamony (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » sweet

nice m0d

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   by Joe (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » sweet

this is so freaken awesome but much harder than it sounds, even if you read the readme.

   by Seph989 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » Changing colors, too.

With a tad bit more of hexing, you can also change the colors of the waves.

See my posts in the original topic to see what I mean. ^_^

   by MedievalAnubis - 2007-02-05
 » not really...

Its not really an app....

But it is cool nonetheless.


   Re: BD (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » actually

xmbWave is an app for flashing the customized waves. HAHA your wrong... Your and idiot, lol.

I am poking fun at n00bs (not MedievalAnubis who stated something innocent), but I bet I still get flamed by people who don't read all the way through a reply...
   by Extinction (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » Someone...

Needs to make it look like PS3s "wave"


   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » Er,

then you do it, if you think it's as easy as the way you said it...
   by pspizzle (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » ps3 wave

ps3 has smoke not a wave in teh xmb

   by pauridius (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » Readme is confusing

I read the readme but the instructions are pretty vague. I opened system_plugin_bg_deflate.bin in 'hex workshop', but i dont understand what "offset decimal 530 through 716" means exactly. I've messed around with hex editors a little bit prior to this. If anyone could make it a little clearer that would be great. Thanks ahead of time.

   by pauridius (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » I see now...

Wow, it helps if i went to to the forum and read some posts there. Very neat!
A GUI and more user friendly program would be a nice addition. Great job.

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   by Anonymus_349 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » question...

this would edit the XMB wave right. Awsome mod but I would like to know if there's a way to have that wave ovelapping the custom background .
I remmember something like that on 2.82 CFW by some dev. just before 3.XX oe series released.
Any info would be much appiciated!

Regards,
John

   by dfsdfg (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » dsgsdfg

there was no 2.82 cfw, if anything it was a 2.71 se mod.

   by dfsdfg (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » dsgsdfg

there was no 2.82 cfw, if anything it was a 2.71 se mod.

   by Countach (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » VulPix?

Wasnt vulpix the name of a pokemon?


   Re: Mastermoe1 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » Yah

Yah
   by cool (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » cooooool

i have been wondering bout this for a while, seems hard but it would be sweet if you could make it look like the ps3 xmb style, but ps3's is more of a solid type.

   by pauridius (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » RE: Anonymus_349

"this would edit the XMB wave right. Awsome mod but I would like to know if there's a way to have that wave ovelapping the custom background ."

I've been wondering this too, even after reading through the forum topic twice seeing people have the black background and waves, i still don't understand how to get this.
Anyone care to help?

   by Anonymous_349 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » dope...

Quote : by dfsdfg (Unregistered) - 1 hour ago
» dsgsdfg : Quote

there was no 2.82 cfw, if anything it was a 2.71 se mod.

1st. wat i ment was devhook emulating 2.82 u dumas. running some custom 2.71 fw modules. which included xmb overlapping the background.

2nd. instead of pointing out peoples mistakes/typos and others alike. Try doing somthing usefull like answering the subject.

3rd. Yes 2.71 had it first. then 2.82 followed and made a better 1.

what i want to know is is there a way to do it on 3.03oe-c or 3.10oe-a. Since this XMB mod is related to my question.
Simple yes or a no. (And details if they can provide)

   by Anonymus_349 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » Reply: pauridius

Quote : I've been wondering this too, even after reading through the forum topic twice seeing people have the black background and waves, i still don't understand how to get this.
Anyone care to help? : Quaote

If what you ment is having a pain black background wih the XMB wave still on. This was done by D'Arcs X-Flash Series. It was. "Replace 12 month backgound to plain black" then after you exit X-flash you have a plain black background with XMB waves.

But my question was having my background picture of my pet for example. set as the background under "PHOTO" opion on XMB. After that the XMB it set behind that image. So it's no longer visible. What I wanted was instead of it behind that image. I wanted to have it on top of that. So no matter what Image I put on as my background picture. The XMB wave will always be there moving along top of that image.

I recall doing something like that on the devhook days.
It was made done by some dev i cant rememver. But he was also the person that made the VSH (AVS mod visuals while playing music) mod in the devhook 2.XX.
This was before the 3.XX days. When Visuals for the mp3/wma,etc... wasnt available yet.
(Well 3.00 was release sony I think, but Dark alex or anyone hasn't made the 3.XX OE series yet)
Then the 3.XX OE series came out so this mod was lost along with the same question I'm pondering now.

   by Anonymous_349 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » Another Example...

Like the 1.50 days.
The only way to have custom backgrounds was to flash and replace the 12 default images in Flash0.
But when you do flash a custom image on sucessfully. The XMB wave is over that image.
That's the result I intentionally want, but for todayss standard. The Dark Alex's 3.XXOE Series (3.03 oe-a,b,c or 3.10 oe-a)
I want the XMB wave over my custom background.

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   by Anonymous_349 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-05
 » Another Example...

Like the 1.50 days.
The only way to have custom backgrounds was to flash and replace the 12 default images in Flash0.
But when you do flash a custom image on sucessfully. The XMB wave is over that image.
That's the result I intentionally want, but for todayss standard. The Dark Alex's 3.XXOE Series (3.03 oe-a,b,c or 3.10 oe-a)
I want the XMB wave over my custom background.
Any *intelligent Information would be much appiciated.


   Re: PsP_Awesom3 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-06
 » Ok...

You just need to delete the vshmain.prx in flash0 :P

   Re: The Buccaneer (Unregistered) - 2007-02-08
 » Removing Vshmain.prx stops booting

Removing the vshmain.prx file from flash0 stops your PSP from booting entirely. I wouldn't recommend it. Provided you don't delete the file you can recover it by pasting the file back across to the right folder.

   Re: Typhoonexhale (Unregistered) - 2007-02-15
 » LOL!!! PsP_Awesom3

he just wants you to mess up your PSP deleting vshmain.prx is an instant brick but if your smart you can repair this
   by Tyler Sullivan From cncwar.co.nr <-- Its A Website (Unregistered) - 2007-02-06
 » Does This Flash Your PSP? Is It Risky?

Does This Flash Your PSP? Is It Risky?

   by josh (Unregistered) - 2007-02-06
 » no wave!

when i do it, it always makes the wave effect totally disappear. :( anyone got any tips?

   by RaiderX - 2007-02-06
 » Awesome!

I knew it was only a matter of time for this



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