PS Vita launch: Modern Combat 3 (PS Vita Port)

Earlier this week, PS Vita developer Gl33ntwine  launched a port of Modern Combat 3 for the PS Vita. This seems prefer it was a very robust one to port, and it requires an up to date model of kubridge to correctly work (hyperlinks beneath).

This is as soon as once more a port primarily based on the Android model of the sport, leveraging a wrapper initially created by TheFloW, a course of that was progressively refined by different builders akin to Gl33ntwine (who created libs particularly devoted to porting Android software program to the PS Vita). What’s vital to know for the top person right here is that these ports don’t use emulation, however moderately are wrappers towards the native Android binary. Bottom line, video games ported via this course of run a lot smoother than in the event that they have been emulated.

Multiple AAA video games have been ported with this mechanism. We’ve seen Android ports to the PS Vita for a number of video games now, together with Tomb Raider 1 & 2,  Dead Space, Mass Effect,  Fahrenheit,  Crazy Taxi, Rockstar’s Bully,  GTA San Andreas, in addition to Final Fantasy ports and extra. Rinnegatamante confirmed there are actually greater than 60 video games ported from Android to PS Vita utilizing this course of. You can verify a few of them right here.

What is Modern Combat 3  for PS Vita?

Modern Combat is a collection of shooter video video games developed and printed by Gameloft primarily for Android and iOS. All installments within the collection play equally to that of the Call of Duty and Battlefield franchises and have a number of missions in diverse environments with completely different duties for gamers to finish. The foremost enemies within the video games are terrorists, and infrequently, the participant is accompanied by different troopers who combat alongside them.

From the developer:

Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation is a 2011 first-person shooter developed and printed by Gameloft Montreal for plenty of cell platforms. The sport is ready in 2028 the place North Korea, Russia and Pakistan be part of forces to invade USA, thus inflicting a worldwide warfare. Modern Combat 3 options an intense 13-mission marketing campaign with spectacular cinematics and memorable moments. This is a loader of the Android launch of Modern Combat 3 v1.1.7g, primarily based on the Android SO Loader by TheFloW. The loader offers a tailor-made, minimalistic Android-like surroundings to run the official ARMv7 sport executable on the PS Vita. You will want the unique sport information information to have the ability to play this sport. Detailed setup instruction can be found on GitHub.

Download and run Modern Combat 3 Vita

Disclaimer: You will want a hacked PS Vita as a way to run this port. Thankfully that is tremendous straightforward to realize these days (our information right here)

Download

You can Download the VPK from the VitaDB web page right here. (alternatively, from the challenge’s github)

Installation: (from the readme)

In order to correctly set up the sport, you’ll must observe these steps exactly:

• (Recommended) Make positive that you’re both on 3.60 enso or 3.65 enso firmware model. Other variations may go too, however no assist are supplied for them! If you expertise any points aside from described within the Known Issues part, please improve or downgrade your firmware accordingly earlier than asking for assist.

• Install or replace kubridge and FdFix by copying kubridge.skprx and fd_fix.skprx to your taiHEN plugins folder (normally ur0:tai) and including two entries to your config.txt below *KERNEL:

  *KERNEL
  ur0:tai/kubridge.skprx
  ur0:tai/fd_fix.skprx

! ⚠️ Don't set up `fd_fix.skprx` in case you're utilizing the rePatch plugin!

- ⚠️ Even in case you had `kubridge.skprx` put in earlier than, most certainly you continue to
- must replace it, since a brand new model of the plugin was launched on the identical
- time as this port. kubridge v0.3.1 or newer is required to run the sport!

• Make positive you will have libshacccg.suprx within the ur0:/information/ folder in your console. If you don’t, use ShaRKBR33D to get it shortly and simply.

• Legally get hold of your copy of Modern Combat 3 for Android in a type of an .apk file and information information. This port is tailor-made for v1.1.7g (newest) model of the sport. Other variations may go too however no assist is supplied for them.

ℹ️ Verify that your construct is the right one utilizing sha1sum (may also be discovered as a web-based instrument). sha1sum for lib/armeabi-v7a/libModernCombat3.so should be be0d5e8779899e081a538b3930ec711d2df8aeb4

• Open the .apk with any zip explorer (like 7-Zip) and extract the file lib/armeabi-v7a/libModernCombat3.so from the .apk into ux0:information/mc3/ in your Vita. Example of appropriate ensuing path: ux0:information/mc3/libModernCombat3.so

• Fetch the sport information information out of your machine. You can discover them at /sdcard/Android/obb/com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftM3HM. Copy each information you discover there (patch.11428.com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftM3HM.obb and foremost.1120.com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftM3HM.obb) to ux0:information/mc3/ in your Vita. Example of appropriate ensuing path: ux0:information/mc3/foremost.1120.com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftM3HM.obb

• Unpack the video information from the sport information. To try this, open your patch.11428.com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftM3HM.obb with any zip explorer (like 7-Zip) and extract all information to /ux0:/information/mc3/information/briefing in your Vita. Example of appropriate ensuing path: ux0:information/mc3/information/briefing/Briefing_M01.mp4

• Install ModernCombat3.vpk (from Releases).

• (Optional) Install CapUnlocker. It could offer you a bit higher efficiency.

• (Optional) For trophies to be unlockable, set up NoTrpDRM.

Source: VitaDB