v0.92

BetterBright v0.92

A small plugin for the PSP (ARK-4 / FasterARK, 6.61). Stock PSP gives you only 3–4 brightness steps, BetterBright lets you set your own (including off and brighter than factory max), shows the level on-screen, and remembers it across games, reboots and sleep. Drop the two files in your SEPLUGINS folder, enable it, done.

Download

BetterBright_v0.92.zip → BetterBright.prx + BetterBright.ini

What's new since v0.91

• Per-model default levels - leave the brightness list empty and you get a sensible range tuned to your model (PSP-1000, 2000, 3000/Go each have their own), now starting at 0 (backlight off).
• osd_bg_colour=0 - Option for transparent / no background for the OSD
• oem_brightness_levels - new flag: with an empty list, cycle only the 4 stock backlight steps (the original L= levels). Intended for aftermarket LCD panels.
• OSD label is now "Brightness Level: NN" - still localised into your system language, incl. Japanese (明るさレベル), Korean, Chinese, Russian.
• **OSD sizes 1×–3x
• PSP-2000 fix - no longer need to press the Display button twice to change level (model-aware step detection).
• combo_mode 2 (L+R + Up/Down) - now auto-repeats when held, and L/R + Display no longer does anything in this mode (triggers are reserved for the combo). Also fixed the stray memory-stick writes.
• Debug mode fixes osd bug where it would still sometimes show regular osd
• detect_locale renamed to osd_detect_locale

Known issues

• Waking from sleep above ~84 (factory max) can still drop back to ~84.
• A few games may still flicker the OSD slightly (e.g. Lego Batman).
• Tested on a PSP-3000 (09g) and a PSP-2003, stock LCDs - other models/screens may need different values.

Compatibility

6.61, ARK-4 / FasterARK. Other 6.61 CFW should work (untested); should work fine with 6.60.

Credits

hobbo91 — BetterBright · hiroi01 — bright3 · plum — original bright