Professor Layton: Curious Village HD Vita

Professor Layton: Curious Village HD Vita
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Author	Rinnegatamante
Type	Puzzle
Version	1.1
License	MIT License
Last Updated	2023/09/24
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This is a wrapper/port of Professor Layton: Curious Village HD, the first installment of the Layton Series, for the PS Vita. The port works by loading the official Android ARMv7 executable in memory, resolving its imports with native functions and patching it in order to properly run. By doing so, it's basically as if we emulate a minimalist Android environment in which we run natively the executable as is.

The homebrew was participated in the FuHEN Homebrew Contest (Port, 2nd place).

Installation

Requirements:

• libshacccg.suprx (ShaRKBR33D)
• Kubridge
• FdFix OR repatch_ex.skprx
• Android game data files.

Install the plugins:

• Install kubridge and FdFix by copying kubridge.skprx and fd_fix.skprx to your taiHEN plugins folder (usually ux0:tai) and adding two entries to your config.txt under *KERNEL:

  *KERNEL
  ux0:tai/kubridge.skprx
  ux0:tai/fd_fix.skprx

• Note: Don't install fd_fix.skprx if you're using rePatch plugin.
• (Optional) Install PSVshell to overclock your device to 500Mhz.
• Install libshacccg.suprx, if you don't have it already, by following this guide.

Install the game:

• Obtain your copy of Professor Layton: Curious Village HD legally for Android in form of an .apk file and an obb. You can get all the required files directly from your phone or by using an apk extractor you can find in the play store.
• Open the apk with your zip explorer and extract the file libll1.so from the lib/armeabi-v7a folder to ux0:data/layton_curious.
• Extract the folder assets inside ux0:data/layton_curious.
• Extract the obb file in ux0:data/layton_curious/data and rename the file main.obb.
• Install the VPK file with VitaShell.

Compatibility/Notes:

• This port works only with versions of the game where an obb file was still used. It has been tested with v.1.0.1 and v.1.0.3.
• Very rarely, videos can freeze or lack audio. If that happens, restart the homebrew (sceAvPlayer bug). You'll still be able to skip the video as usual.

User guide

About the game

Discover the game that started it all! With over 17 million units sold worldwide, Professor Layton and the Curious Village shaped the puzzle-adventure genre and launched a legacy.

The story begins with the duo traveling to the remote settlement of St. Mystere to search for the Golden Apple, a family treasure hidden somewhere in the village. Featuring a charming old-world artistic style and a quirky cast of characters, the game's puzzles, created by renowned author Akira Tago, will test your observation, logic, and critical thinking skills with over 100 brain teasers.

Layton Series Vita port

• Professor Layton: Curious Village HD Vita by Rinnegatamante.
• Professor Layton: Pandora's Box HD Vita by Rinnegatamante.
• Professor Layton: Lost Future HD Vita by Rinnegatamante.

Screenshots

Media

Professor Layton and the Curious Village HD for Mobile Trailer (U.S.) (Layton Series)

Known issues

Post puzzle solution animation is a bit slow. (Likely cause of I/O overhead)

Changelog

v1.1

• Reworked Livearea assets (Thanks to YogaBudiW).
• Added possibility to play the game in flipped portrait mode (Create a file named ux0:data/layton_curious/flip.txt) to enable it.
• Mitigated the issue for which videos started with way faster speed and no audio and freezed sometimes.

v1.0.3

• Removed FuHEN logo.

v1.0.2

• Fixed an issue causing some puzzles to have broken rendering in portrait mode.

v1.0.1

• Fixed an issue causing rotated elements to be invisible.
• Fixed an issue causing game locking up in certain circumstances.

v1.0

• Initial release.

Credits

• TheFloW for the original .so loader.
• withLogic for testing the homebrew.
• YogaBudiW for the Livearea assets.

External links

• GitHub - https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/layton-vita
• FuHen - https://fuhen.homebrew-contest.com/submissions/66/
• VitaDB - https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/info/1148