# Inotia 3: Children of Carnia v1.0.2 — PS Vita Port

Quality-of-life and bug-fix update for the native Android-to-PS Vita wrapper port of **Inotia 3: Children of Carnia** (originally by Com2uS). Powered by so-loader, FalsoJNI, and vitaGL.

This release builds on **v1.0.1** (which fixed the missing top-left HUD character portrait). It fixes 6 issues reported while playing on physical PS Vita hardware.

## 🛠️ Fixes & Improvements

1. **Skill description panels keep their background**: Long skill descriptions (e.g. Fireball, Missile) used to appear with no background, with the text drawn straight over the skill list. The dark background now renders at any panel height.
2. **Text no longer cut off**: Letters with descenders (g, j, p, q, y) now show their bottom row, and lines no longer wrap one word too early.
3. **Circle (◯) = Back**: Closes in-game menus and cancels pop-up messages. It does nothing on the field and title screens, so it never opens the quit dialog by accident.
4. **Cleaner screen with physical buttons**: The on-screen D-pad and action circles are almost invisible by default, though they still respond to touch. Skill quick-slots that have a skill assigned stay visible. Press **L + R** or **Start + Select** to show or hide them.
5. **Offline main menu**: The online-only buttons (Tapjoy, Hub Gem, Terms of Use) no longer appear on the title menu.
6. **Save protection**: Every save keeps the previous file as `save<N>.dat.bak`. Starting a New Game over an occupied slot moves the old save to `save<N>.dat.del` instead of deleting it. To recover a save, rename the file back to `save<N>.dat`.

### Other changes

- Bundled vitaGL build (fixes a black screen caused by an incompatible SDK library).
- Attempted fix for an occasional flicker on the character portrait (triple buffering re-enabled).
- New menu cursor for D-pad navigation: cyan corner brackets that are easy to see on parchment buttons.
- Startup no longer aborts if the firmware rejects the requested CPU/GPU clock speeds.

## 📋 Prerequisites & Requirements

Before installing, ensure your PS Vita has:

- Custom Firmware (3.60 / 3.65 Enso recommended).
- Plugins installed in `ur0:tai/config.txt` under `*KERNEL`:
- `kubridge.skprx` (v0.3 or newer)
- `fd_fix.skprx` (or rePatch)
- `libshacccg.suprx` installed in `ur0:data/` (can be extracted using ShaRKBR33D).

## 📦 Installation Guide

**Updating from v1.0.0 / v1.0.1:** just install the new `inotia3.vpk`. Your game files and saves in `ux0:data/inotia3/` are kept.

**Fresh install:**

1. Install `inotia3.vpk` on your PS Vita using VitaShell.
2. Legally obtain a copy of the Inotia 3: Children of Carnia Android APK (v1.3.2).
3. Open the `.apk` using any zip extractor (like 7-Zip).
4. Copy `lib/armeabi/libgame.so` to:
`ux0:data/inotia3/libgame.so`
5. Extract the `assets/` folder from the `.apk` and copy its contents to:
`ux0:data/inotia3/assets/`
*(Or copy extracted game resources into `ux0:data/inotia3/assets/common/game_res/`)*
6. Launch the game from LiveArea!

## 🎮 Controls

| Button | Action |
| :--- | :--- |
| D-Pad / Left Analog | Move Character |
| Cross (✕) | Attack / Confirm / Action |
| Circle (◯) | **Back / Close menu / Cancel pop-up** *(new)* |
| Square (▢) | Skill / Quick Slot |
| Triangle (Δ) | Special Skill / Quick Slot |
| L / R Triggers | Quick Slots / Target Toggle |
| Start | Pause Menu |
| Select | Map / Character Info |
| **L + R** or **Start + Select** | **Show / hide on-screen touch controls** *(new)* |
| L + R + Select | Button remap menu |
| Touchscreen | Full Touch UI Navigation |

## 📜 Credits

- Original Game by **Com2uS**.
- **TheOfficialFloW** for so_loader.
- **Rinnegatamante** for vitaGL & FalsoJNI.
- **Bythos** for kubridge.

Name	Version	Released	Hits	DL Link	QR
Inotia 3 Vita	v1.0.0	08/12/26	48	Download	QR