[PS2] POPS stuff & POPStarter

@joseri

Obrigado pela sua resposta rápida.
Atualmente, estou testando jogos de maneira semelhante aos seus testes (para a versão atual do POPStarter), e eu entendo perfeitamente quanto tempo demoraria se testar por mais de 10 a 20 minutos por jogo.

Neste ponto Im realmente feliz que minha coleção isnt tão grande quanto o seu lol, como ele tomou bastante tempo já.

Seus testes anteriores são inestimáveis para mim quando comparando os resultados, e eu gostaria de aproveitar um momento aqui para agradecer muito por seus esforços. Eles são apreciados!

@joseri

Thank you for your fast response.
I am currently testing games in a similar manner to your tests (for the current version of POPStarter), and I fully understand how long it would take if testing for more than 10-20 minutes per game.

At this point Im actually happy that my collection isnt as large as yours lol, as it has taken quite some time already.

Your previous tests are invaluable to me when comparing results, and Id like to take a moment here to thank you greatly for your efforts. They are appreciated!

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@ AlGollan84
Bonjour,

Merci de m'avoir éclairci.
Je suis content que ce soit comme je l'avais supposé, que vous vouliez effectivement le plus petit nombre rapporté ... qui est comme je l'ai signalé dans le passé à vous.

J'ai compris toutes vos explications et je suis d'accord avec votre réponse.
Merci encore!

@AlGollan84
Hello,

Thank you for clearing that up for me.
Im glad it is as I had assumed, that you indeed wanted the lowest number reported... which is how I have reported in the past to you.

I understood all your explanations, and agree with your answer.
Thanks again!

 

Novidade para o POPStarter que um programador está trabalhando.

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Novelty to the POPStarter that a programmer is working on.

http://www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15046#p15046

 

Considering that setting up and using POPStarter can be quite a long, complex and sometimes troublesome process, and on top of that the compatibility just isn't great for most games (only around 50% of the games I tried are playable on it), what is the appeal of using it for PSX emulation instead of PC/Mobile emulators such as MEDNAFEN, EPSXE etc.?

 

The "appeal" is, you can use it on actual physical Playstation hardware ... which you simply cannot with the emulator you mentioned.

Compatibility is well over 90% in my tests so far.

 

I get that, however, I always wondered if POPStarter actually had any technical advantages compared to the emulators I mentioned... For example, is it more accurate in some aspect? Does it support certain games, functionality or even accessories that those emulators don't?

 

One important difference is that it (POPS) was made by SCEI itself. If anyone would know the console best, it would be them. However, it was used with only one game, so it might have just been meant to work with certain titles.

kHn has put in a lot of effort and did an awesome job with making it work for everyone else.

 

Undoubtedly, I very much appreciate kHn's work on this emulator. Thanks for clearing things up a bit.

 

DESR-5000 USB&HDD
-Breath of Fire 4 (great, small slowdowns in heavy 3d scene).
-Dune 2000 (great)
-Koudelka (great)
-Tales of Eternia (great)
-Metal Gear Solid (great, small slowdowns with combining 2d/3d effects like air bubbles under water or rings on the water).
-Vagrant Story (good, this game seems often change it's resolution and that's why you might notice that change cause of long time black screen, slowdowns when change 3d-1st person view - HW PS1 itself hate it).
-Persona 2 EP and IS (seems to work, I'm sure there will be slowdowns during spellcasting, but I have to end the test for today. Next time).
There is a small speed difference between USB and HDD I might notice. Ir there is need in testing some certain games - I will, just need that "need to test" game list. Thanx.

 

Thanks for testing @Armorant ! That's good news. AKuHAK also reported that this POPStarter test build works in a CECHA (no controller response on POPS tho).
It means that my PS2SDK update went fine. The ultra outdated SDK I was using before couldn't compile PS3 compatible things, and loading the homebrew DEV9 driver crashed the PSX.

Was done either from a debugger or with some hotkeys assigned to the second controller. The public build has no such option unfortunately.

 

Wow!!! The forum is back \o/

 

If it's illegal to download the POPS binaries, is there any legal way to get them?

 

Excellent, you can't imagine how messy my downloads folder is right now because of so many .cues and converted files.

 

O que está acontecendo com o fórum? Onde estão os links? Cadê o Postarter?
What's happening with the forum? Where are the links? Where's Postarter?

 

Links are in the 1st post.
Instead of http://assemblergames.com/l/threads/ps2-pops-stuff.45347/page-103#post-932403,
use https://assemblergames.com/threads/ps2-pops-stuff.45347/page-103#post-932403
(without "l/", the browser should also add "s" to http).

 

If this is the wrong place to ask, I apologize ahead of time. Trying to get Boxing and Kickboxing to work on Popstarter. I'm up to date on everything. Launching with OPL through USB. The games load fine but the in-game graphics are all screwy. They work fine on my PC emulator. I've tried all the compatibility modes. Any help would be appreciated.

 

@krHACKen

Teria alguma forma do programa POPStarter ler os arquivos “IPCONFIG.DAT” e “SMBCONFIG.DAT” dentro da pasta compartilhada?
O meu servidor DHCP muda o número do IP do meu PC de vez em quando, quando isso acontece, eu tenho que modificar o arquivo “SMBCONFIG.DAT” dentro do memorycard. Se o arquivo estivesse no PC dentro da pasta compartilhada, esta tarefa seria mais fácil.
Exemplo:

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Would there be some way for the POPStarter program to read the files “IPCONFIG.DAT” and “SMBCONFIG.DAT” inside the shared folder?
My DHCP server changes the IP number of my PC from time to time when this happens, I have to modify the file “SMBCONFIG.DAT” inside the memorycard. If the file was on the PC inside the shared folder, this task would be easier.
Example:

Avoir une certaine forme de programme POPStarter lire les fichiers “IPCONFIG.DAT” et “SMBCONFIG.DAT” dans le dossier partagé?
Mon serveur DHCP modifie le numéro IP de mon PC de temps en temps, quand il arrive, je dois modifier le fichier “SMBCONFIG.DAT” dans le memorycard. Si le fichier est dans le PC dans le dossier partagé, cette tâche serait plus facile.
exemple:

PS2SMB\POPS\IPCONFIG.DAT
PS2SMB\POPS\SMBCONFIG.DAT
MC0:/POPSTARTER/icon.sys
MC0:/POPSTARTER/netpops.ico
MC0:/POPSTARTER/poweroff.irx
MC0:/POPSTARTER/ps2dev9.irx
MC0:/POPSTARTER/ps2ip.irx
MC0:/POPSTARTER/ps2smap.irx
MC0:/POPSTARTER/smbman.irx
MC0:/POPSTARTER/smsutils.irx

 

I tthink it's not possible... how would your PS2 could connect to your PC (and could read the DAT files), if it doesn't know which IP your PC uses ?

 

Get a static IP for your PC if you have access to the router, or talk to the sysadmin if you don't. Not terribly difficult for someone without any knowledge of networking, and you should be able to find tons of guides on how to do it.

 

Hi everybody what about a new version of Popstater?? please make playable crash bash