base on Custom Firmware for the PSP and PS Vita. # ARK-4 e/CFW for the PSP and PS Vita. New, updated, improved and modern `Custom Firmware` for the `PSP` and `PS Vita`'s `ePSP`. Simple to use and full of unique features, `ARK CFW` aims at keeping the `PSP` experience fresh. Being a successor to `PRO` and `ME`, `ARK` is now the most feature-complete `CFW` for the `PSP`, having all features from classic `CFW` as well as unique and exclusive new features not found anywhere else. <br> <a style="font-size: 18px;" href="https://discord.gg/bePrj9W">Join the PSP Homebrew Community Discord</a> <br> <label style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14px;">We are located in the <b>#ark-cfw channel</b></label> <br> <br> <br> ### Installation Guide located in WIKI <a style="font-weight: bold; font-size:32px; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://github.com/PSP-Archive/ARK-4/wiki">ARK-4 WIKI</a> <br> <br> <br> ### Table of Contents (Quick Links) * [FEATURES:](#features) * [Installation on PSP](#Installation-on-PSP) * [Installation on PS Vita](#installation-on-ps-vita) * [Changelog](#changelog) * [Warnings](#warnings) ## FEATURES: - `Core` system for unsigned code execution heavily updated from traditional CFW with robust patching algorithms and improved API. - Heavily optimized `Inferno 2` Driver compatible with all known PSP formats (ISO, CSO, ZSO, JSO, CSOv2 and DAX). - `Popcorn` controller for custom PS1 games with support for external configuration files and anti-libcrypt protection. - Built-in No-DRM engine `Stargate`, fixes many anti-CFW games. Expandible via other NoDRM plugins. - `Plugin` support for PSP games and homebrew, PS1 games and VSH (XMB), including the ability to enable and disable plugins per-game. - `Region Free` playback of UMD Video on all PSP models. Change the region of your UMD drive on-the-fly. - Compatible with all `PSP` models on firmwares `6.60` and `6.61`. - Compatible with all `PS Vita` models on firmware `2.10` up to `3.74` OFW or Henkaku, including support for the `Adrenaline` pspemu mod. - Compatible with `6.60 Testing Tool` and `6.60 Development Tool` firmwares for testkit and devkit units (inlcuding `CEX2DEX` converted units). - Updated `cIPL` compatible with all PSP models, including toolkits, for truely permanent CFW. - Can be fully installed and booted on memory stick via `Time Machine`. - Can be used to unbrick any PSP model using `Despertar del Cementerio Version 10` in combination with a `Pandora Battery` or `Baryon Sweeper`. - Resistant to `bricks`, easy to recover from bad configurations, various recovery methods including being able to load `DC` via `cIPL` without any special device. - `Custom game launcher` with built-in game categories, file browser, FTP server and client, modernized look and more. - Built-in extensions allow the CFW to be managed entirely via the `XMB`. - Compatible with `PRO Online` and `Xlink Kai`. - Compatible with `Legacy Homebrew` via eLoader, Leda Plugin or the 1.50 Kernel Addon, including the classic KXploit naming format. - `OTA` updates. Fully updateable via the internet.    #### Compiling ARK ( For Developers ) <p> Build script will allow you to use the correct SDK that ARK was built with. - Docker container: `docker pull docker.io/krazynez/ark-4:latest` <p><b>These are utilized either with cloning the repo or using the Docker container</b></p> - Release: `./build.sh` - Debug: `./build.sh --debug` - Manually: install the oldest possible SDK (ideally the one used to compile M33), then run `make` Use `-h` or `--help` to show all available flags </p> #### Installation On PSP ##### The instructions are as follows: - Move or copy `ARK_01234` folder into `/PSP/SAVEDATA/` folder. - Move or copy `ARK_Loader` folder into `/PSP/GAME/` folder. - Launch `ARK Loader`. It will install ARK modules on PSP Flash and boot the CFW. - At this point `ARK` will work as a `Live CFW`, meaning that `ARK Loader` will need to be run every time the console is turned off or rebooted. - To convert `ARK` into a `Permanent CFW` you can use either `cIPL` or `Infinity`, along with the `Full Installer` for a complete permanent experience. ##### Permanent CFW via cIPL - `New cIPL`: works with every retail model (1K, 2K, 3K, Go and Street) on firmware `6.61` or `6.60`. - `Classic cIPL`: works with `1g` and early `2g` on firmware `6.60` or `6.61` as well as `Testkits` on `6.60 Testing Tool`. - `DevTool cKBOOTI`: works with `DTP-T1000` (devkits) on `6.60 Development Tool`. - Installer will choose the correct version according to your model. - Move or copy `ARK_cIPL` folder to `/PSP/GAME/` and run the program. - Press the corresponding button in the installation page to install or remove the cIPL patch. ##### Full Flash Installation - This allows you to install and use all of ARK's features on the console's internal flash memory, allowing you to entirely remove the `ARK_01234` savedata folder or memory stick. - Copy `ARK_Full_Installer` to `/PSP/GAME/` and run it from `ARK`. It will install some extra files into the console's flash. - If the `Custom Launcher` is not available (i.e. you delete the ARK savedata or remove the memory card), `PRO Shell` will take its place. - When no savedata folder is available the default ARK path used to store settings will be `ms0:/SEPLUGINS/`. - Even if files are stored in the console's flash memory, the ones in the savedata folder will still take priority in loading. ##### Time Machine and Despertar del Cementerio - `Time Machine` allows the ability to boot the `6.61` firmware and `ARK` entirely from the Memory Stick. - `Despertar del Cementerio` allows the ability to revive a bricked PSP when used in combination with a `Pandora` or `Baryon Sweeper`. - To install `DC-ARK` you must first format the memory stick leaving enough space for the boot sector. You can use `PSP Tool` to do this. - You can install `DC-ARK` either using a `PSP` or a `PC` (Windows, Mac and Linux). - On `PSP` you need to be running a `CFW` to install `DC-ARK` (ARK itself or any other). - Copy the `ARK_DC` folder to the `/PSP/GAME/` folder and run the installer from the `XMB`. - Follow the instructions to install DC-ARK and create a magic memory stick. - On `PC`, you need `Python 3` and run `MagicMemoryCreator` with `admin`/`root` privileges. - On compatible models, you can use `Advanced VSH Menu` to create a `Pandora Battery`. - Use a `Pandora` or `Baryon Sweeper` in combination with your newly created `Magic Memory Stick` to boot up `Despertar del Cementerio`. - From here you can either boot ARK from memory stick, install 6.61 Firmware with ARK on the NAND or install 6.61 Official Firmware #### Installation On PS Vita ##### Standalone (Official PSPEmu) - Works on Firmware 3.60 up to 3.74, requires Henkaku/h-encore or any native hack. - Download and install <a href="https://github.com/LiEnby/NoPspEmuDrm/releases">NoPspEmuDrm</a> (you can use `AutoPlugin`). - Copy `FasterARK.vpk` from `PSVita/` folder anywhere on your vita and install using `VitaShell`. - Open `FasterARK` and wait for the install process to finish. - Both `ARK` and `ARK-X` bubbles will appear in `Live Area`. - Use the `ARK` bubble for `PSP` games and homebrew. It can play `PS1` but with limitations related to sound playback. - Use the `ARK-X` bubble for `PS1` games without any sound limitations. - Once `ARK` bubbles are installed, you can delete `FasterARK`. - To `exit` from a game or homebrew back to the `custom launcher`, press `L+R+Down+Start` (on `ARK-X` use `L2+R2+Down+Start` or `L1+R1+Start+Down` for `VitaTV`). - NOTE: Some features are not available in standalone installations, mainly the official Sony `XMB` and `Force Extra RAM` setting (needed for `PRO Online`). - NOTE: If you want to have an `ARK` bubble that works on `Official Firmware` you must use `ChovySign` with a valid license. Instructions in Wiki. ##### Adrenaline (Patched PSPEmu) - Works on Firmware 3.60 up to 3.74, requires Henkaku/h-encore and `Adrenaline` (https://github.com/TheOfficialFloW/Adrenaline). - (Skip this step if `Standalone` is already installed) Install `ARK_01234` folder into `/PSP/SAVEDATA/` folder. - Install `ARK_Loader` folder into `/PSP/GAME/` folder. - Use `Adrenaline Bubbles Manager` to create an autoboot bubble for `ARK Loader`: https://github.com/ONElua/AdrenalineBubbleManager/releases - Note: this does not permanently modify `Adrenaline` in any way. #### Updating ARK ##### There are three ways to update ARK: - Option 1: Use the `System Update` ( `ARK-4 Updater` ) feature in the XMB. Requires your PSP/Vita to be connected to the internet. - Option 2: Copy the `UPDATE` folder to `/PSP/GAME/` and run it. - Option 3: Copy `ARK_01234` folder and (on PSP) run `ARK Loader` again to install new flash0 files. #### Changelog - `ARK-1`: original port/rewrite of `PRO CFW` for the `PS Vita`. Codenamed `PROVITA`. Source code can be found here: https://github.com/PSP-Archive/ARK-1-PROVita- - `ARK-2`: dynamic patching allows it to work with most of `PS Vita` firmwares. Source code can be found here: https://github.com/PSP-Archive/ARK-2 - `ARK-3`: device-specific runtime allows `ARK` to run in multiple scenarios (`ePSP` and `ePSX`). Source code can be found here: https://github.com/PSP-Archive/ARK-3 - `ARK-4`: ported to the original `PSP`. Huge amounts of improvements and fixes over previous versions. `Note`: this is a simplified `changelog`, for a full version you can visit here: https://github.com/PSP-Archive/ARK-4/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md #### Warnings <p> - ARK comes with no warranty whatsoever. It was designed to be noob-proof, however it is possible for the universe to create an even greater noob capable of using ARK to destroy the Earth (or his PSP). I cannot be held responsible for this. - ARK may cause ejectile malfunction if your hard drive is not hard enough. - If this software malfunctions, you can turn it off and on again. - You may be shunned for not reading the Wiki. </p> ", Assign "at most 3 tags" to the expected json: {"id":"7729","tags":[]} "only from the tags list I provide: [{"id":77,"name":"3d"},{"id":89,"name":"agent"},{"id":17,"name":"ai"},{"id":54,"name":"algorithm"},{"id":24,"name":"api"},{"id":44,"name":"authentication"},{"id":3,"name":"aws"},{"id":27,"name":"backend"},{"id":60,"name":"benchmark"},{"id":72,"name":"best-practices"},{"id":39,"name":"bitcoin"},{"id":37,"name":"blockchain"},{"id":1,"name":"blog"},{"id":45,"name":"bundler"},{"id":58,"name":"cache"},{"id":21,"name":"chat"},{"id":49,"name":"cicd"},{"id":4,"name":"cli"},{"id":64,"name":"cloud-native"},{"id":48,"name":"cms"},{"id":61,"name":"compiler"},{"id":68,"name":"containerization"},{"id":92,"name":"crm"},{"id":34,"name":"data"},{"id":47,"name":"database"},{"id":8,"name":"declarative-gui "},{"id":9,"name":"deploy-tool"},{"id":53,"name":"desktop-app"},{"id":6,"name":"dev-exp-lib"},{"id":59,"name":"dev-tool"},{"id":13,"name":"ecommerce"},{"id":26,"name":"editor"},{"id":66,"name":"emulator"},{"id":62,"name":"filesystem"},{"id":80,"name":"finance"},{"id":15,"name":"firmware"},{"id":73,"name":"for-fun"},{"id":2,"name":"framework"},{"id":11,"name":"frontend"},{"id":22,"name":"game"},{"id":81,"name":"game-engine "},{"id":23,"name":"graphql"},{"id":84,"name":"gui"},{"id":91,"name":"http"},{"id":5,"name":"http-client"},{"id":51,"name":"iac"},{"id":30,"name":"ide"},{"id":78,"name":"iot"},{"id":40,"name":"json"},{"id":83,"name":"julian"},{"id":38,"name":"k8s"},{"id":31,"name":"language"},{"id":10,"name":"learning-resource"},{"id":33,"name":"lib"},{"id":41,"name":"linter"},{"id":28,"name":"lms"},{"id":16,"name":"logging"},{"id":76,"name":"low-code"},{"id":90,"name":"message-queue"},{"id":42,"name":"mobile-app"},{"id":18,"name":"monitoring"},{"id":36,"name":"networking"},{"id":7,"name":"node-version"},{"id":55,"name":"nosql"},{"id":57,"name":"observability"},{"id":46,"name":"orm"},{"id":52,"name":"os"},{"id":14,"name":"parser"},{"id":74,"name":"react"},{"id":82,"name":"real-time"},{"id":56,"name":"robot"},{"id":65,"name":"runtime"},{"id":32,"name":"sdk"},{"id":71,"name":"search"},{"id":63,"name":"secrets"},{"id":25,"name":"security"},{"id":85,"name":"server"},{"id":86,"name":"serverless"},{"id":70,"name":"storage"},{"id":75,"name":"system-design"},{"id":79,"name":"terminal"},{"id":29,"name":"testing"},{"id":12,"name":"ui"},{"id":50,"name":"ux"},{"id":88,"name":"video"},{"id":20,"name":"web-app"},{"id":35,"name":"web-server"},{"id":43,"name":"webassembly"},{"id":69,"name":"workflow"},{"id":87,"name":"yaml"}]" returns me the "expected json"