Gaming CWCheat Freezes?

[Spartan117H3]

Whenever I try to load cheats on my PSP 3000 CFW 5.03 GEN-A, it freezes online and offline. It even kicked me off Socom online for a day saying that it detected hacks. I've tried multiple games too. Also, what's the difference between CWCheat and nitePR? I heard nitePR might be better, anyone have a link for that?

 

[Cavedude]

Well ofcourse there gonna catch you for cheats lol. And im not sure, but maybe try downloading it and reinstalling again?

 

[Spartan117H3]

No, definetly not, I've seen other people use it fine without freezing or being caught. There are ways to bypass it as Socom doesn't update their scans, well haven't in a long long time. Also, reinstalling it won't work as I've tried, I've even tried many different versions of CWCheat.

 

[xist]

Bad cheat codes. Enable them one at a time (as in try the first, if all ok then disable that one and enable the second etc...) to confirm each one is good. CWCheat is great but the code database isn't the greatest in the world.

 

[Spartan117H3]

I've started using nitePR instead as I heard it was better/had more features, but the same things happen. I've tried 5 of the codes and got fed up of restarting HEN, GEN-A and Socom. Is there any place where I can get confirmed working codes for nitePR?

 

[Excellentnuke]

I've started using nitePR instead as I heard it was better/had more features, but the same things happen. I've tried 5 of the codes and got fed up of restarting HEN, GEN-A and Socom. Is there any place where I can get confirmed working codes for nitePR?

You have to look around since nitePR isn't as supported as much as far as I know. You can try looking up a tool to convert CWCheat codes to nitePR.

 

[Spartan117H3]

Yeah there is a tool for that but since CWCheat codes are all in one txt file, it doesn't convert properly. NitePR uses the format of "GameID.txt" and I'd have to do each and every game manually. I've switched to codePR since it uses the same format for nitePR. I also figured out why it was freezing when I was googling Socom codes, I found out that theres a "Anti freeze" code T_T. I feel kind of dumb, then again, it wasn't in the CWCheat or the NitePR code list until I put it in.

 

[ViRGE]

Whenever I try to load cheats on my PSP 3000 CFW 5.03 GEN-A, it freezes online

Aha! I found the problem.

Stop cheating in multiplayer games you twit.

As for any offline issues you may be having, try switching to CFWe. 5.03GEN-A is nice as a first attempt, but it has never been updated and has some bugs that CFWe resolved.

 

[Spartan117H3]

Erm, I mostly wanted a colored username online which for some reason can only be obtained by hacks.

Also, what's the difference between CFWe and GEN-A? Which one is better? I assume by CFWe you mean Custom Firmware Enabler 3.50 which is the newest one I could find? After some researching, I found that CFWe is actually like CFW as in it can brick your PSP if turned off while flashing, does this mean the CFWe is permanent in the sense that it stays on even after turning off the PSP? What do you put in the "Pops files go here"? I mean I know, Pops files, but what are they, etc.

 

[ViRGE]

Erm, I mostly wanted a colored username online which for some reason can only be obtained by hacks.

Also, what's the difference between CFWe and GEN-A? Which one is better? I assume by CFWe you mean Custom Firmware Enabler 3.50 which is the newest one I could find? After some researching, I found that CFWe is actually like CFW as in it can brick your PSP if turned off while flashing, does this mean the CFWe is permanent in the sense that it stays on even after turning off the PSP? What do you put in the "Pops files go here"? I mean I know, Pops files, but what are they, etc.

CFWe and Gen-A both accomplish the same thing: allow you to run plugins and load ISOs from memory sticks. The difference between the two amounts to little else besides the fact that Gen-A has some bugs in it (particularly relating to the settings/recovery menu) that CFWe has fixed, and that CFWe has a full GUI making it easier to install/uninstall/configure. At this point since Gen-A has not been updated beyond its initial release, you're better off going with CFWe since it has fewer outstanding (known) bugs than Gen-A. Accordingly, it's easier to find knowledgeable support for it.

CFWe and Gen-A accomplish their installation via the same method (writing additional support files to flash0) so both are minor bricking risks in the second it takes to write said files. Neither one is a full Custom Firmware, as those support files can not be auto-loaded by the PSP - it's not currently possible to safely overwrite the primary files that compose the PSP firmware, and as such it's not possible to tell the PSP to auto-load anything. So both are temporary hacks, you need to load ChickHEN and then load CFWe, just like you do today with Gen-A.

For the purpose of replacing Gen-A with CFWe, you'll need to make sure you have CFWe uninstall Gen-A (while running ChickHEN but not Gen-A) before installing CFWe. There's an option in the CFWe loader menu to do this.

As for the Pops files, they're for the PSP's PS1 emulator. I don't play any PS1 games, so I can't comment on the matter.

One final thing: make sure you're installing CWCheats correctly. You should be using the latest version (0.2.2 Rev D) and need only copy the contents of the INSTALL folder to the root of your memory stick. It comes with a cheat database, but that database is fairly old, so you probably want to grab a new copy of it from the CWCheats site, and put it in ms0:\seplugins\cwcheat\

After you enable the CWCheats plugin via the CFWe loader configuration screen, you should be good to go.

 

[Spartan117H3]

I was using the latest version of CWCheat. You're referring to CFWE version 3.5 right? Which is what I found to be the latest but I could be wrong so some confirmation would be nice. I found out that CWCheats codes even from the site are old too, I started using coderPR, the "modded nitePR". The only problem is I have to manually find codes for each game, shouldn't be a problem if I only look for codes for my games. Oh and to install, you just put the CFWEnabler folder in the ms0:/PSP/GAME folder right? Also, how do I completely uninstall GEN-A? I've removed the files installed in the root but the Install-Loader icon is still there. Oh yeah, can you tell me what settings to use? Under Settings->Configuration-> I currently have:
Hide Corrupt Icons: Disabled
Autorun program: Enabled
UMD Mode: Sony NP9660
Fake region: Disabled
Use VSHMenu: Enabled
USB Charge: Disabled
Free UMD Region: Disabled
CFWEnabler Online Update: Enabled
Hide Pic0 and Pic1: Disabled
Use Version.txt: Disabled
MS Speed Up: Never
Spoof MAC address in XMB: Disabled

Under Settings->CPU Speed->
VSH Speed: 333/166
Game Speed: 333/166

Are these all fine? What does MS Speed Up do and should I change it?

 

[xist]

It speeds up access to the Memory Stick after Sony broke it in firmware 3.80 and up.

 

[Spartan117H3]

Lol, Sony broke it, so should I set it to always?

 

[xist]

That's what i do.

 

[Spartan117H3]

Why does it have extra plugins in the Settings->Plugins-> menu? It shows:
PspPowerSave.prx [GAME] On
[GAME] Off
coderPR.prx [GAME] On
[GAME] Off
antiboot.prx [GAME] Off

What's with the 2 "[GAME]" plugins? It didn't show up on the GEN-A CFW.