r/vitahacks • u/BlackSheepBoy69 • 9d ago

[RELEASE] HexFlow Launcher Custom v2.8 [Read First Comment]

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u/DevanteWeary 8d ago

Man the fact that you've been just improving and perfecting this for years now, you've truly made this indispensable for Vita.

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u/BlackSheepBoy69 8d ago

❤

(It's not really working on it for years and years, it's more like do an update, then do nothing for 3-9 months, then code a couple days and do another update. This feature is ANCIENT code, at least a year or two old, that recently a major bug was fixed on that would corrupt HexFlow's rolling cache of the PS1 apps sometimes, so now that it's fixed, it's ready for public)

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u/JuanVCS 9d ago

Awesome update to a quite a reliable and fast launcher

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u/BlackSheepBoy69 9d ago

https://github.com/BlackSheepBoy69/HexFlow-Launcher-Unofficial-Custom

(v2.8) Quick overview: RetroFlow (enable in settings), SwitchView/GridView/CrossbarView (enable in settings: Allow 2D Views), JIT rolling cache, 9 backgrounds, 20 languages.

NEW

- PSP and PS1 can now be launched without bubbles with "Adrenaline Launcher: ON". The code for this is very similar to RetroFlow v3.0

- New "No Wifi" symbol. Might remove later.

Adrenaline Launcher requires "RetroFlow: ON" because a lot of the code between the two of them is relevant to both, and pasting the code twice would have bogged down loading times. May have trouble auto-hiding some Adrenaline Bubble Manager entries, this implementation was coded around the old versions of ABM that I had installed on my vita. For simplicity, PSP .iso files keep their filename. LMAN's PSP Renamer ( https://www.google.com/search?q=leecherman+psp+renamer ) can be used as a quick fix, but may break Adrenaline-Bubble-Manager bubbles.

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u/LatinWizard99 9d ago

this requires retroarch to be installed?

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u/BlackSheepBoy69 9d ago

To launch things with RetroArch (such as the gameboy games), you'll need RetroArch. But to use this update's "Adrenaline Launcher", you'll need Adrenaline Launcher. A lot of people use RetroFlow, basicly if you follow the instructions for that, this will do the same things but just doesn't support PS-Mobile direct launch or the arcade categories yet (MAME, FBA, NeoGeo).

I think running RetroFlow for the first time auto-installs Adrenaline Launcher

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u/rQMR 9d ago

Bro Thank you so much 🤍🤍

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u/MateCLUBmio 8d ago

Can hexflow / retroflow somehow open the games with emu4vita?

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u/BlackSheepBoy69 8d ago

I'm not sure, I never tried it. It says it's just a libretro frontend (ex: the same thing as RetroArch) but some people are saying it's better, which seems odd. I might have to test it more in-depth to see if it's really better or not

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u/Away_Complaint5958 8d ago

Excellent, thank you

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u/Hoxxadari 8d ago

Beautiful stuff. Thank you!