Last month we brought you the beta release of agent_dark64's PSPShark, and then a week after that, he released a tutorial on how to convert CWCheat codes to PSPShark codes.

And now, agent_dark64 is back with PSPShark which has been bumped up to v1.1 to include support for Dark_AleX's 3.03 OE-A and CWCheat conversion (because a lot of people have been asking for it). That said, let's get on to the list of fixes and new features added to v1.1.

Changelog:

• Added two new search types (Hexidecimal 4 bytes and hexidecimal 1 byte)
• More error messages to be displayed when errors arise
• Added Misc section
• Menu start buttons can now be configured
• Added Scratchpad
• cwcheats can be loaded/converted into pspShark ones
• Added official 3.02 OE-A/3.02 OE-B and 3.03 OE-A support in installer
• pspShark now uses game id for unique way to determine game instead of checksum
• Fixed bugs where loading the menu could but unlikely crash the psp.
• Fixed a possible deadlock scenario when sceIoOpen("disc0:/UMD_DATA.BIN") was being read
• Improve speed in "Current Cheats Installed" when many cheats were present in the list of cheats installed.
  

Additional notes for OE-A or OE-B (whatever firmware) users, here's how to activate pspShark once installed:

• 1-now boot your 3.02/3.03 OE-A/OE-B psp up while pressing R
• 2-go to advanced -> Advanced configuration
• 3-Enable by pressing X on Plain modules in UMD/ISO
• 4-select back for two times
• 5-Select plugins
• 6-Press X over pspShark.prx [GAME] it will say ENABLED
• 7-exit recovery and enjoy
  

This post includes separate downloads for Windows users and Mac/Linux users, so if you're a non-Windows user, all you have to do is unzip the file to the root of your memory stick. But for people using 3.03 OE-A/3.02 OE-B or OE-A that use the auto installer file, you still need to add the entry "ms0:/seplugins/pspShark.prx" in the game.txt file in your seplugins folder.

Bonus: agent_dark64 says "if anyone has Burnout Legends Region 4 - ULES00125 (UK/AUS) try this pspShark cheat for insane acceleration (you go up to 500 mph): 0110108C88DB0440FE08D"

Download: [pspShark v1.1 for Windows] - Includes auto installer for both devhook and OE-A/OE-B
Download: [pspShark v1.1 for Mac, Linux, and other OS]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]

Over at our forums, agent_dark64 posted a tutorial on how to convert a CWCheat cheat into a PSPShark cheat. The steps in the tutorial are pretty straightforward - it's basically just six steps. You will need a hex calculator.

As always, please read all the instructions before doing anything. You might also want to read up on CWCheat and/or PSPShark.

Anyway, here's a peek at what agent_dark64 wrote:

1. First of all, you need to find the game id for the game you are playing: etc
ULES-0063 (you can find this in the cwcheat menu)

2. open up the cheat.db in notepad (we will refer to this as window 2) or a text editor and find the line
_S (insert game id here)

The _C represents the start of a cheat (or the description of the cheat) and the _L is the actual code itself.

3. Open up notepad (we will call this window 1), you are going to use this window to enter/build the pspShark cheat as you go.

4. In window 1, type in 010 (all pspShark cheats most likely start with this)

5. In window 2, For each _L under the _C do the following:

a) you should see two hexidicimal values, like 0x20040000 0x51200000
(for example)

b) take a look at the first number in the first hexidecimal value (it will be either 2,1,0) (in the above example its 2). If its 2 or 1, append the numbers 01 to the text in window 1.
If its 0, append the numbers 02 to the text in window 1.

Read the full instructions by clicking on the Full Article link below. As always, you can either comment here or head on over to the QJ forum if you got questions.

Discuss: [PSP Development Forum thread]