PS3 XMBPD v0.60.000 - The XMB Homebrew Store by DeViL303 keeps evolving ...

XMB modding has been a hot topic in the PS3 community lately and something that many including myself would like to see more of, As the XMB is still a very useful and intuitive menu system, as we see many applications clone still to this day. Developer DeViL303 has been known for many of his XMB Mods over the years, some of his more recent works include webMAN LaunchPad & XMB Package Downloader or simply XMBPD. As we seen weeks ago DeViL303 announced a complete overhaul to XMBPD ("The XMB Homebrew Store") allowing for more flexibility and features while also removing some restrictions , Since the changes to XMBPD we have seen the progress in this thread with some interesting discussion as the dev has yielded some feedback on the project to gauge a path for the future, which has helped as DeViL303 shares the latest version of XMBPD (v0.60.000) for REBUG 4.80.1 CFW ONLY.

Since our last report on this project, there has been a new wallpaper category with some new features and eye candy surrounding wallpapers, New icons have been used in XMBPD thanks to the contributions of psx-place contributor Berion that really give this release a clean look (as seen in the included screenshots). There is alot more changes and notes about this update of XMBPD v0.60.000​

Release Notes Previous Changelogs ScreenShots Credits

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  XMB Package Downloader (XMBPD)
  By DeViL303
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  NEW -- XMBPD v0.60.000 Rebug 4.80.1 Only
  
  • Added a new category for wallpapers, with 9 sub categories.
  • All wallpapers with local preview icons.
  • The wallpaper/background will open in the webbrowser and then you can press triangle and go to "File>Save Image". Then you can exit the browser and go to the Photo category to set it as a wallpaper.
  • There are 2 hidden wallpaper categories commented out, I have commented them out as a form of parental control, if you can FTP and edit the main xml to uncomment them then you are probably to old enough to view them.
  • Added a new settings category for wallpapers.
  • Added Webman 1.45.00 pkg and changed the title to 1.45.XX (as it is regularly updated I have it named like this now).
  • Also added WebMAN Mod to the Tools section as it has so many uses.
  
  
  the wallpapers category will show 100 items per category by default, you can increase this, once you go over 200 though you might notice missing icons as you move around through the categories more, that's why I have labelled settings above 200 as "experimental" for now, Just so you know, If icons start to go missing inside XMBPD you will need a reboot. Its probably RAM issues due to so many items. (over 7000 when set to max)
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  IMPORTANT Notes & details about XMBPD:
  
  • Installing XMBPD for the 1st time: If this is your first time trying this then you can install this package = Download (This package includes the latest XMBM+ from aldostools, Once installed you will find XMBM+ on the game category with XMBPD inside)
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  • Updating XMBPD If you already have XMBPD installed you can simply update to v0.60.000 via the built in update icon inside XMBPD setup.
  • Required: The FULL Edition of webMAN MOD version 1.43.36 or higher is required
  • Required: XMBPD only works on 4.80.1 REBUG REX CFW
  
  
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  Latest WIP Build Changelogs:​
  v0.50.006
  
  • Moved XMBPD up one layer on the XMB (still inside XMBM+)
  • Added all of Berions icons, Looking real good. (massive THANKS! for doing those, really brought XMBPD up a notch)
  • 3 icon styles to choose from now, Mixed, Bubbled and Unbubbled.
  • Changed the update system so it now works via auto installing pkg instead of by downloading an xml.
  • Added a few more packages to the PSN section, Spotify, Singstar.
  • Added checkbox icons to show which package setting is enabled and which Style setting is enabled.
  • Few other small cosmetic changes.
  v0.50.005
  
  • Added Style / Theme Settings > Mixed (Default), All Bubbled and All Unbubbled.
  • Added Reboot Option (handy for after updating or changing settings)
  • Added Update XMBPD via downloading the latest XMBPD.xml directly
  • Added an About section (contains Note, Support Link, Credits, Current Version with update status icon)
  v0.50.004
  
  • Added a new category for PS3_EXTRA iso files (Contains 4 created by 0_obeWAN)
  • Few cosmetic changes, grammar etc.
  v0.50.003
  
  • Added Package Handling Settings > Install, Keep, Download.
  v0.50.002
  
  • Moved XMBPD from Rebugs package manager to XMBM+.
  
  
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  Credits: Aldostools, Berion, Bguerville, Bitsbubba, DeViL303, Haru, 0_obeWAN.
  Biggest thanks goes out to Aldostools for all the neat features he has been incorporating into WebMAN MOD.
  

Download: XMBPD v0.60.000

Source: PSX-Place.com
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It looks better & better.... And I really like the individual icons. Really neat. [emoji5]️
IMO this is quickly becoming a must have, same as webMAN-MOD!

Yeah its coming together. This is all down you guys and webMAN MOD, It should really be considered a WMM addon as almost all its features rely on WMM.

The wMM updater does not edit the category_game.xml. It replaces it by the one in USRDIR if the situation warrants it.
This replacement category_game.xml does have a xmbm+ node indeed but it is only installed if fb.xml is not found in the current category_game.xml.

Ok, I see. Good to know, I didn't understand before when aldo said about it searching the xml for strings, I thought it also edited the xml.

 

Yeah its coming together. This is all down to you guys and webMAN MOD, It should really be considered a WMM addon as almost all its features rely on WMM.

That's the point of webMAN-MOD the way Aldo sees it, crowd sourcing... The more contributions the better, each contribution having its importance in the overall project. [emoji6]

Ok, I see. Good to know, I didn't understand before when aldo said about it searching the xml for strings, I thought it also edited the xml.

The updater searches for a string in the xml but does not edit.

Edit: my mistake, it searches for the string, attempts to add the query if it can & replaces the xml file if it can't.

Ideally it would be great if it could though because editing would be useful for some new functions in wMM itself.

 

Thanks.

Question: I see that link is from the WMM USRDIR folder, So when WMM Full gets installed on normal CEX CFW does it add the XMBM+ query aswell as its own query? That would be very handy.

No. wMM updater doesn't touch category_game.xml if if the string "fb.xml" is already in the file.
In the case that fb.xml is not found, the updater tries to inject the query for "fb.xml" in the existing category_game.xml.

If the file has been modified and cannot inject the query, then it proceed to replace the xml with the one included in USRDIR that includes XMBM+. So this is the last option, and only happens in rare cases.

 

That's better than I thought actually...
So the same code could be used to inject the xmbm+ & XMBPD queries in a standard CEX or non Rebug xml file then? Within the same constraints..

 

That's better than I thought actually...
So the same code could be used to inject the xmbm+ & XMBPD queries in a standard CEX or non Rebug xml file then? Within the same constraints..

Not exactly the same code.... but a big part of the code can be reused.
The updater only searches for the xml node "game exit" in Windows and Unix style.
To inject xmbm+, it's needed to search also for the nodes of fb.xml and xmbm+

 

Sure... The core idea is still the same though...
That's good news for DeViL303 because it will require a fairly small amount of changes if he decides to use it. [emoji6]