Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

[ginnedup]

(09-19-2016 02:21 PM)ginnedup Wrote:  I've got a possible problem with MGSPW on PPSSPP 1.2.2 for Win 7.

For some reason, I can't use the Mate Tea item at all; it says to select from the equipment menu, then use with the R button. I do that, but nothing happens, even when I have less than full psyche. The little bar with the word MATE and the rank stars moves a bit, but the item doesn't get used.

I've been playing with invincibility, 100% camo, infinite items, and max heroism cheats active, but I also tried without any cheats active and it still didn't work. Maybe this is a bug of some kind?

Came back to let y'all know I figured out the problem. I tried disabling cheats just for MGSPW via the game settings; that didn't work. Then I globally disabled cheats from the PPSSPP main settings (with no game loaded); that worked! So I finally played with each one of the cheats I'd been using active, and I found the culprit: the infinite items cheat (duh, in hindsight).

Seems that when you have it activated, it won't let you use mate tea, since it's trying to keep that value maxed out. Interestingly, you CAN use FRS balloons despite its value also remaining maxed out; so while you can get unlimited FRS's with this cheat, you can't use mate tea (and possibly other psyche-recovery items) as well, so it's a trade-off.

Note that you can discard mate tea and all other items, though with this cheat active, it'll keep their value maxed out, so I guess it's a way to generate infinite items.

Anyway, tl;dr: I found the solution, and am back to normal with MGSPW. Carry on, folks!