Professor Layton: Lost Future HD Vita

Professor Layton: Lost Future HD Vita
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Author	Rinnegatamante
Type	Puzzle
Version	1.0
License	MIT License
Last Updated	2023/09/26
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This is a wrapper/port of Professor Layton: Lost Future HD 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.

Note: 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.

Installation

Requirements:

• libshacccg.suprx
• kubridge.skprx
• fd_fix.skprx 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: Lost Future 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 libll3.so from the lib/armeabi-v7a folder to ux0:data/layton_future.
• Extract the folder assets inside ux0:data/layton_future.
• Extract the obb file in ux0:data/layton_future/data and rename the file main.obb.
• Install the VPK with VitaShell.

User guide

After solving countless puzzling riddles, the famous archaeologist Professor Layton receives an incredibly unusual letter.

Surprisingly, the sender of this letter is none other than his assistant Luke... but from a decade ahead! 'Future Luke' finds himself in a rather troubling situation. The beloved city of London has descended into utter chaos.

At first, the professor suspects that Luke is merely playing a prank, trying to trick him with harmless jokes. However, he can't help but recollect the dreadful events that unfolded the week before...

It all began with the grand unveiling of humanity's inaugural time machine, a momentous occasion attended by distinguished individuals from across the nation.

During the demonstration, the time machine malfunctioned, causing a horrifying explosion that engulfed the entire audience.

Strangely, some of the participants vanished into thin air, including Prime Minister Bill Hawks.

Haunted by the notion that the explosion of the time machine could be somehow linked to these disappearances, Professor Layton and Luke embark on a journey to the location mentioned in the letter: a clock shop on Midland Road in Baldwin. It marks the beginning of what could be their most perplexing and captivating mystery to date.

Screenshots

Media

PROFESSOR LAYTON and the Lost Future HD for Mobile Trailer (LEVEL5ch)

Known issues

• Post puzzle solution animation is a bit slow. (Likely cause of I/O overhead)
• Very rarely, videos play sped up and without audio and can freeze although you are still able to skip them in order to progress the game. (sceAvPlayer qwirk).

Changelog

v1.0

• First Release.

External links

• GitHub - https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/layton3-vita
• VitaDB - https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/info/1154