GC Lite PSP

GC Lite (Game Categories Lite)
General
Author(s)	codestation
Type	Plugins
Version	1.6 (23 Mar 2014)
Licence	Mixed
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GC Lite, also known as Game Categories Lite, is a plugin that allows user to create custom folders to organize lists of contents on their PSP.

This plugin is based and uses source code from Game Categories Revised v12 (GCR) and Game Categories Light v1.3 (GCL), both were created by Bubbletune.

This revision is made by codestation, with added options to sort categories and to be compatible with 6.20-6.60 CFW.

Installation

Create a folder in ms0:/seplugins/ named categorieslite and add category_lite.prx to the /seplugins/categorieslite/ folder.

Open vsh.txt and add a new line to include the plugin. It is best to have this plugin as the first line if you have multiple.

For PSP 1000, 2000, 3000 please use the following line

ms0:/seplugins/categorieslite/category_lite.prx 1

For PSP Go use this line instead

ef0:/seplugins/categorieslite/category_lite.prx 1

Save the changes made to VSH.txt and reset the VSH from the Recovery menu.

User guide

Menu options

Category Mode:

• Multi MS (Multiple folders listed instead of a Memory Stick on the XMB).
• Contextual menu (Storage listed, select to view list of custom categories).
• Folders (Storage listed, select to load list of custom folders).

Category Prefix:

• None (No prefix required. Name folders how you like).
• Use CAT prefix (Folders must have "CAT_" to be listed on the XMB).

Show Uncategorized:

• No (Will not show content that is not in a custom folder in /GAME/ or /ISO).
• Only Memory Stick (Will only show content on the Memory Stick that isn't in a folder).
• Only Internal Storage (Will only show content on the internal memory that isn't in a folder).
• Both (Will show all content in an uncategorized folder that is not in a folder).

Sort Categories:

• No.
• Yes (Allows sorting categories using numbers in the folder names. eg. CAT_01PSP, or 01Homebrew).

Create categories

With the plugin added, you can now create new folders in /PSP/GAME/ and /ISO/ to sort your content on your memory card. Folders can start with "CAT_" or just be named without a prefix.

Example of folders with the prefix:

/PSP/GAME/
CAT_PSX
CAT_Homebrew
CAT_Emulators
CAT_Utility

/ISO/
CAT_Action
CAT_Racing

You can only have a maximum of 8 category folders (including uncategorized folder if enabled). Category folders must not exceed 30 characters.

Hide folders

If you want to hide certain homebrew/game/dlc from the category listing, create a file named gclite_filter.txt and add the folders name, one per line (make sure that a newline is added at the end of the file).

Next, put the file in your seplugins folder.

Translations

Each download file includes a folder named translations.

Copy the language you want to use into the /seplugins/ folder and make sure the PSP is using that same language in System Settings.

For instance, /seplugins/category_lite_es.txt. Change system language to Spanish to see changes.

Media

Game Categories Lite Plugin Tutorial for PSP (Robles Junior)

Compatibility

Works on all models. Compatible with 6.20, 6.3x and 6.60 CFW.

Known issues

Unknown if fixable:

• Change of category in the PSPGo requires a VSH reset.

Unrelated to gclite:

• ME doesn't merge the categories with the same name between /ISO/ and /PSP/GAME/.

Folder mode limitations/bugs:

• Max categories: 8 (included uncategorized).
• Folder name + homebrew folder name: 30 character, e.g.: My homebrews/AwesomeBigHomebrew is valid but My homebrews/AwesomeBigHomebrews isn't (not counting the "/").

Note: Japanese and other non-ascii characters are 2 bytes wide, e.g.カラフル counts as 8 characters.

Changelog

v1.7-js1

• [!]Fix labels not showing on PSP go internal storage.

v1.6

• [+] Added new option to sort categories: Use CAT_XX or XXcategory_name (XX between 00 and 99).

v1.5-r4

• [+] Added polish translation.

v1.5-r3

• [!] Fix duplicated entries on ISO category in folder mode (PRO).

v1.5

• [+] Support for categories in folder mode like Bubbletune's GCL (thx Nekmo for betatesting).
• [+] Support to hide certain homebrews/games/dlc from the categories.
• [+] Added subtitles to the config options.
• [+] Empty categories are hidden by default.
• [+] Non game folders are hidden by default on uncategorized content.
• [+] Added folder mode benchmark (compile with BENCHMARK=1)
• [+] Added bulgarian translation by Xian Nox.
• [+] Added simple chinese translation by phoe-nix.
• [+] Added Traditional-Chinese translation by Raiyou.
• [+] Added Russian translation by Frostegater.
• [+] Added italian translation by stevealexanderames.
• [!] Force the uncategorized content to be the last item by default.
• [!] Fixed UMD icon malfunction bug introduced in 1.4-r2.

v1.4

• [+] 6.60 Firmware support.
• [+] Allow the uncategorized folder to be sorted with your favorite app.
• [+] Multiple language support.
• [+] Added ja translation by popsdeco.
• [+] Added de translation by KOlle and The Z.

v1.3

• [+] Support for categories in contextual menu.
• [+] Support for plugin configuration in system settings.
• [+] Added runtime detection for ME, so category games are now shown.
• [!] Fixed issues with PSPGo (big thanks to raing3 to help me with the debugging).

v1.2

• [!] Fixed PSPGo categories, again (thx RUSTII for the tests).
• [!] Fixed the free space display when the PSP returns from sleep.

v1.1

• [!] Fixed PSPGo categories (thx RUSTII for the tests).

v1.0

• [+] First release.

External links

• GitHub - https://github.com/codestation/gclite
• Wololo - https://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?t=7371
• Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/PSP/wiki/categorieslite