settings

You can create a SETTINGS.TXT file using the same format as PLUGINS.TXT to enable/disable some CFW functionality on different parts of the system.

Configuration settings you can use in ARK include:

Note: Some settings are only boolean values and should never be switched to allow different runlevels than what they are intended for.

• usbcharge: enables USB charging wherever you want.
• overclock: use this for better performance at the expense of battery time. Sets CPU/BUS speed to 333/166.
• powersave: use this for better battery life at the expense of performance. Sets CPU/BUS speed to 133/66.
• defaultclock "Balanced Energy Mode": Forces the CPU clock to 222MHz
• launcher: replaces the XMB with a custom menu launcher.
• disablepause: disables the pause game feature on PSP Go.
• highmem: enables high memory on models above 1K.
  • You should only use this on homebrew runlevel as retail games were not meant to use the extra memory, and this can cause issues with cheat devices or other plugins that expect games to have their data at specific memory addresses.
• mscache: Memory Stick Speedup, allows caching to speed reading from Memory Stick up.
• infernocache: enables cache for Inferno driver, improving performance of some games.
• oldplugin: enables old plugins support on PSP Go (redirects ms0 to ef0).
• skiplogos: skips the coldboot and gameboot logos.
• hidepics: Removes displaying PIC0 and PIC1 on XMB allowing quicker response time.
• hibblock: Prevent hibernation deletion on PSP Go
• hidemac: Hides MAC Address, will instead display PSP's base Firmware, Model and Generation.
• hidedlc: Hides DLC from showing up as duplicate games.
• noled: Turns off leds to save some power or not be so blinding at night.
• noumd: Disables UMD Drive.
• noanalog: Disables Analog Stick.
• qaflags: Allows the Debug settings to appear in the XMB.

You can use the same runlevels as used in plugins to tell ARK when the settings take effect (all/always, umd, homebrew, game, pops, vsh).

For example, you can overclock to highest CPU speed like this:

• always, overclock, on

Another example, overclock only on games, use powersaving on VSH:

• game, overclock, on
• vsh, powersave, on

This also allows you to enable settings on specific games:

• ULUS01234, overclock, on
• ULES04567, powersave, on