About a week ago, we reported that Ahman had been working on iR Shell, his popular homebrew application which, in a sense, is a custom user interface for the XMB with extra features. Today, he releases it and bids farewell to the PSP homebrew community. His final build, which was designed for 3.8m33, has been updated to compatibilize it with the custom firmware, and in addition, features some important bugfixes. Here is the changelog:
New Features:
- Added support for 3.80M33-2, M33-4 & M33-5. Pls note M33-1 & M33-3 are not supported due to some technical issues which I’m lazy to resolve.
- Added support for 3.80 Popsloader Version 2. Version 1 isn’t supported.
- The 1.5 Kernel Addon for 3.71M33 & 3.80M33 has caused some incompatibility issues with fw 1.5 iR Shell. This is now resolved.
- Enhance PSP ISO compatability. Previously failed ISOs will probably work in this release.
- For slim only, the nethostfs MAX mode is now compatible with WPA.
- Some older firmware supports have been removed to reduce the distribution archive. This version has support for fw 1.5, 3.10 to 3.80. Also, directories EXTAPP15 & EXTAPP3X have been combined into a single EXTAPP to save space. Each APP# directory has 2 EBOOTs, with EBOOT.PBP for fw 3.x and EBOOT15.PBP for fw 1.5.
Bugfixes:
- Launch XMB will now show UMD disc icons, even NoUMD modes are selected.
- Fixed some nethostfs & UMD compatibility issues.
- Fixed the compatibility between Sony NP9660 NoUMD Mode & launching PSOne game via nethostfs.
- Turning off nethostfs sometimes crashed the PSP. This has been fixed.
Special thanks to:
- Dark_AleX for his help and support in iR Shell development. Many of the M33 related features are made possible with his assistance.
- Tyranid and other developers in ps2dev.org for creating the pspsdk.
- StoneCut, F34R and other moderators who keep irshell.org running and providing technical support to the community.
- All iR Shell beta testers, donators, skins & plugin contributors.
- Smokescreen for the new included skin.
Credits:
- M33 Custom firmware & popsloader are developed by Dark_AleX/M33.
- remotejoyGUI for Windows & Cleanup Script is developed by StoneCut.
- remotejoy & usbhostfs are developed by Tyranid.
- iR Shell bundled skins & plugins are developed by their corresponding authors.
- iR Shell Manual & FAQs are written by StoneCut.
As with all homebrew, be careful when installing the programs. Make sure to read over the readme file before attempting any installation
Goodbye Ahman! Thanks for your wonderful contributions to the PSP homebrew scene, and we wish you the best of luck in the future wherever you are headed.
Download:
iR Shell 3.9 for 3.8m33
