Missyhud.prx

missyhud.prx
General
Author	pebeto
Type	Plugins
Version	0.6
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2024/10/23
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missyhud.prx is a plugin to display a simple HUD (named after the author's cat).

Features

• Stupidly simple black UI (yes, the best one).
  • Cycle position (START + Analog left/right).
• Compatible with VSH, GAME and POPS.
• RAM usage indicator.
• Power percentage indicator.
  • Duration minutes.
  • Charging detection.
  • No battery detection.
• CPU indicators:
  • CPU Usage.
  • CPU clock speed.
  • BUS clock speed.
• FPS indicator.
• Key combination to turn on and off (Hold L + R + Start for 1 second).

Installation

Download the latest release.

Place missyhud.prx into:

• ms0:/seplugins/ for PSP 1000, 2000, 3000 and Street
• ef0:/seplugins/ for PSP Go

Open (or create) game.txt, vsh.txt and/or pop.txt in the seplugins folder, then add the following path to the test files.

For PSP 1000, 2000, 3000 and Street

ms0:/seplugins/missyhud.prx 1

For PSP Go

ef0:/seplugins/missyhud.prx 1

Screenshots

Known issues

• According to the PSPSDK documentation, sceKernelTotalFreeMemSize returns a different value than pspSdkTotalFreeUserMemSize
• The FPS indicator does not work with double buffering. Follow-up on this issue is ongoing.

Changelog

v0.6 2024/10/23

• Implemented position cycling by using START + Analog left/right.
• Fixed PSP Go battery life indicator.
  • The PSP Go battery circuit is different from older models. It doesn't contain a controller to have the exact current state of the battery capacity.
  • High, Medium and Low values replaced the percentage approach for this model.
  • Implemented isPSPGo utility function, checking for Tachyon version 0x00720000 and 0x00810000.

v0.5 2024/06/07

• Implemented Globals structure containing all shared project variables.
• The declaration of Globals fields is done in their respective threads.
• Defined macros to improve readability.
• Improved getFPS function by removing overhead.
• Implemented getCpuUsage and printCpuIndicators.
  • getCpuUsage implementation thanks to darko79.

v0.4 2024/06/06

• Improved getFps function by changing sceKernelGetSystemTime with sceKernelGetSystemTimeLow (reduced overhead).
• Implemented key combo (L + R + Start) to show/hide the HUD.
• The plugin logic was separated into three different threads.
  • missyhud_worker_thread is in charge of system calls and computations.
  • missyhud_gui_thread is in charge of drawing the HUD.
  • missyhud_control_thread is in charge of reading user input.

v0.3 2024/06/04

• Implemented printFps to get the actual frame-rate by hooking sceDisplaySetFrameBuf to increment fps_counter.
  • hook.c implementation thanks to Alexander "Raphael" Berl.
  • getFps implementation thanks to darko79.

v0.2 2024/06/04

• scePowerGetBatteryLifePercent crash the PSP when waking up from standby. Replaced it by manually calculating the remaining capacity percentage.
• Added scePowerIsBatteryExist in printPowerInfo.

v0.1 2024/06/04

• Showing CPU/BUS frequencies with printCpuBusFrequencies.
• Showing Power information with printPowerInfo.
• Showing Memory usage with printMemoryUsage.

External links

• GitHub - https://github.com/pebeto/missyhud.prx/
• Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/PSP/comments/1d9ro74/missyhudprx_a_hud_plugin_for_the_psp/