[PS2] POPS stuff & POPStarter

Firstly i would like to say that POPstarter is the best thing since free mcboot. I love this program/app
KrHACKen you're awesome dude keep up the good work.
Some people might say whats the big deal you can play ps1 on a cfw ps3. Yes that's true but not in its original 240p glory, that there is the deal breaker for me.

here is my setup -

300GB Maxtor HDD
formatted 120GB using winhiip 28bit LBA. For me going over this limit POPS will not work don't know why.
the other remaining Gb (170 or so) i use for ps2 games.

I have about 220 games in my POPS partition with about 400 meg left over.
Of the 220 games that i tested, 195 of them are working fine. The rest would either not work or have graphical or sound glitches.
All my games are ntsc (U) and (J). like krHACKen said pal sux. I totally agree. 50Hz, black borders no thanks.

So yeah i'd say compatibility is pretty high.
Just want to thank KrHACKen for his hard work and heres hoping for an even better compatibility on the next POPS revision.

 

Just a clarification, Donpachi is a first game, and Dodonpachi is the sequel of Donpachi,
yes it only changes two letters in the name for this two different games.

There is two versions of Donpachi, the first release (SLPS-00548) and one re-release
from "Cyclone Best" (SLPM-86855):

http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/573522-donpachi/data

I tested the game and i confirm that it needs the Mode 6 for works or if not black screen.

I attach the identRip file of Donpachi (SLPS-00548) for you cant putt the Mode 6 in the emu.
I don't have the Cyclone Best version.

Yeah, i expect receive the game this week, and then i hope having luck with it

Best regards.

 

Hello "ElPatas", "windwaker".
FR :

@ ElPatas : Vous avez oublié la liste ??? Je n'y vois pas vos tests de "Donpachi" et de "Dodonpachi". Pourriez-vous la mettre à jour SVP.

Merci par avance pour votre formidable travail, POPStarter WIP01 avance bien, votre acharnement est admirable.


@ windwaker : si vous le voulez bien, mettez à jour la liste HDD de "POPStarter WIP01" avec vos tests de jeux NTSC-U & J. Cela sera profitable pour tous le monde. Il vous suffit de remplir le formulaire ICI ==> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17fb0I0GxnPpIuCvayFgFhd8MlozcBqR42kdzuOA5b1I/viewform

et vérifier le résultat de vos saisies ICI ==> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkthiKwj1VJMdFIzb3NuOWU2eWZqUDNwVl9uTzFPTGc#gid=0 dans l'onglet "Compatibility Reports" ligne par ligne.

Pour vos problèmes avec votre Disque Dur Interne, AKuHAK est l'homme idéal pour vous aider. krHACKen peut aussi vous aider.


EN :

@ ElPatas : forgotten list ??? I do not see your tests "DonPachi" and "Dodonpachi." Could you please update it.

Thank you in advance for your great work, POPStarter WIP01 progressing well, your work is admirable.


@ Windwaker: If you wish, update the list of HDD "POPStarter WIP01" with your game testing NTSC-U & J. This will benefit everyone. Simply fill out the form HERE ==> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17fb0I0GxnPpIuCvayFgFhd8MlozcBqR42kdzuOA5b1I/viewform

and check the result of your entries HERE ==> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkthiKwj1VJMdFIzb3NuOWU2eWZqUDNwVl9uTzFPTGc#gid=0 in the "Compatibility Reports" line by line tab.

For your problems with your Internal Hard Disk, AKuHAK is the ideal man to help. krHACKen can also help.

 

Hi,

i not forgot the list, i submited various PAL and NTSC games on it,
just i have a lot of work to do and not the suffice free time.

Best regards.

 

Hi guys I'm new to this forum and I have a few questions about POPStarter. First of all I would like to know where can I download CUE2POPS 2.1b1, and also about the different POPStarter Revision 13 WIP series, I think there are 7, there's only one to download in this thread where can I get the other ones and what are the differences.

About the games. I think I read here that Crash Bandicoot Racing (J) is supposed to work but I only get a BSOD, I only have POPS 13 WIP 01. Do I need another one for this game?

And also Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 (NTSC/U) is giving me a BSOD, has anyone gotten this game to work. I tried all patches and also a PSone bios but still no luck.

The games that I've tested so far that are working are: Legend of Mana (NTSC/U) works perfect. Dragon Ball GT Final Bout (J) the game plays fine but there is no audio in the intro video. In the time that I played Castlevania Symphony of the Night I didn't encounter any freeze, only problem which could be considered as a small bug is that sometimes when you go to a different screen a few lines would flash in the black screen while is loading the next screen.

 

See here : http://www.assemblergames.com/forum...PS2-POPS-stuff&p=719131&viewfull=1#post719131

Tho using 2.0 is highly recommended by kHn himself :

Only WIP01 is availiable for now.

Try to format ur HDD with the last uLE_HDD build from AkuHak. It should solve ur issue. WinHiip sucks at formatting. POPStarter is supposed to work on the first 320Gb of any HDD from at least Rev 12.

 

^Ok thanks, so 2.0 it is then.

 

Hello to everyone, I'm new here.

No chance to fix the error in Xenogears?

 

Sorry for dumb question, but does POPStarter rev13 need network connection? I just have an opportunity to buy fat console + chinese fake network adapter which doesn't have lan port

 

FR : NON, aucune liaison au réseau n'est nécessaire. Sur la WIP01 cette liaison a été désactivé par POPStarter. Il n'est pas assuré que votre "Faux adaptateur" fonctionne correctement. Relisez les Topics à ce sujet SVP.


EN : NO, no network connection is necessary. WIP01 on this link has been disabled by POPStarter. There is no guarantee that your "False" adapter is working properly. Review the Topics on this sujet please.


Kind regards.

 

@ElPatas : Thanks very much for the DonPachi identification file, for the DonPachi vs DoDonPachi clarification and for all the reports you made in the compatibility list.
I'm adding them to POPStarter after double-checking the few titles I can and their other versons.
Unfortunately I couldn't get my hands on the Dragon Valor Spanish version (SCES-02568/SCES-12568). Could you send me your IdentRip files please ?


Does the save/load function of Legend of Legaia actually works ? I wanted to try the reported compatibility modes during a battle, so I went downloading a gamesave from GameFAQs (Robin4Real11's NTSC U/C one), converted it, but when I attempted to read the VMC with my UK copy, the load game thing did nothing but crap. Is my DexDrive->RAW / region conversion messed up, or the game don't like the US save or we just can't load our LoL saves in POPS ?


@lapinuelle : POPStarter and POPS don't need a network connection. Some people reported that POPS doesn't work with their third-party/cloned Network Adaptor.
With a Network Adaptor that does not have an Ethernet port, the only ways to transfer your games to the internal HDD are from a USB device (via uLaunchELF) or from your computer (via PFSshell and your PS2 HDD connected to your computer); because there's no tool that allows you to dump your PlayStation game straight from the PS2 CDVD drive to the internal HDD atm.

Crash Bandicoot Racing is supposed to run (with all the other unsolved problems we know) under POPStarter r13 WIP 01, and it has been confirmed by AKuHAK. If your copy doesn't run, it probably means that it's a bad dump or a version that isn't supported (POPStarter only recognises this one, not altered in any way).

 

@krHACKen Can you please give a link to people, who reported that POPS doesn't work with their third-party/cloned Network Adaptor?

 

Yeah it probably is a bad dump, perhaps that might also be the problem with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. I'll see if I can find other images.

 

Thank you always for your work, yes i attach the files for spanish Dragon Valor plus others:

Dragon Valor (PAL) (Disc 1) (SCES-02568)
Dragon Valor (PAL) (Disc 2) (SCES-12568)
Dragon Valor (NTSC-U) (Disc 1) (SLUS-01092)
Dragon Valor (NTSC-U) (Disc 2) (SLUS-01164)
Mode 4 for fix the slowdowns.

Legend of Legaia (PAL) (SCES-01947)
Legend of Legaia (NTSC-U) (SCUS-94254)
Needs Mode 2 and 4 for fix the freezes in battles due to the sfx sound.

Mobil 1: Rally Championship (PAL) (SLES-02574) Mode 4 fix the general low FPS.

Yes, save/load function of Legend of Legaia works fine, conversions of savegames
of different regions not works always, this happened to me with other games.

In the attachment i include also a savegame of the Legend of Legaia spanish version,
if you have the UK version then do you need convert it because have different ID,
and maybe the conversion of PAL to PAL savegame not works.

This savegame is located in the first part of the game, you only need go to down where is the
beach, and talk with the character Tetsu for enter in a training of the battle system.

The first battle of the training works fine, but is when you use a healing herb for restore
the life when the SFX of this action is muted and the game stops to continue, but the
camera still continue working rotating between the two characters.

Then, Mode 2 left you to continue the training but the SFX still is muted including the
last movement of the special arts.
Is when i used the Mode 4, and this combination of the two Mode fixes the SFX and the hang.

I encountered the Mode 5 fixes also the hang with the SFX muted, but i not tried
it combined with Mode 4.

Different questions:

I tested your trojan file with Jackie Chan: Stuntmaster and not worked, not passed the
problem caused by the LC protection, (the loading screen freezes to start the level 4)
when i made before myself a file not worked also (((

I liked to try also the trojan file with the game Lucky Luke: Western Fever, and whats my
new bad surprise that this game do not works now!?

I remember played this game before with the glitched sound in the main menu, now the game
freezes in the intro video, if you pass the intro appears the screen flags for choose the languages,
but after that you have a strong BSOD and the IGR not works, you need power off the console.
I don't understand this, i tried all Modes, different BIOS, quit the automatic PAL patch,
tried in the r12 version and also not works, i'm lost now with this game.

Best regards.

 

I'm back to confirm that I had bad dumps but now I found new ones and Crash Bandicoot Racing is working indeed (with the known voice bug ofcourse). Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 also works but there is a glitch on the floor as you advance skating black spots make the ground disappear. Other than that everything else plays smooth.

 

@krHACKen
Is there any way to hard coded your Compatibility mode codes to POPS-00001? I have a slim PS2 and I can only use POPS-00001 with USB patched. I know you are working on POPStarter with USB support, but it needs some time before your next release, right? So I hope to hexedit POPS-00001 with your Compatibility mode codes for the time being.

 

@GXB : I dont know if it is technically possible, but ethically speaking, all you will do is pissing off kHn, disturbing POPStarter development and perhaps delayed the next release if some POPS-00001 hexedited begin to spread over the web. POPS-00001 itself was a POC and shouldnt have been leaked as it was... so be patient

 

Hello DaSa.


Je suis entièrement d'accord avec toi. J'en ai discuté avec kHn il y a peu et c'est dégoûtant que des petits "TDC" se mettent à casser son travail, qui est gratuit qui plus est !!! Il est dégoûté, ils ne devraient pas en être fier car sinon ...

Je vais "les suivre" sur la liste USB dès sa parution ... La patience SVP, de la patience s'il vous plait ...


Merci à toi pour cette intervention.


I'm Algol on "psx-scene.com" and "metagames-eu.com"


Best regards ...

 

We'll wait whatever it takes. I managed to launch popstarter 13 wip01 via usb on my V7. Despite no being able to execute any game yet, I really like the lightweight interface. That's the homebrew I want. Better safe than sorry, so let the thing cook in the oven.

 

FR :

Merci à toi aussi "emuler", je t'attend aussi dans la liste USB qui ne tardera pas trop (je l'espère) à paraître avec la Build WIP02.
Je sais que je te retrouverai très bientôt sur cette liste que tu attends toi aussi. Si tu n'y es pas encore, demande ton enregistrement à la liste officielle de "POPStarter Rev13 WIP01" (c'est pareil que pour la WIP02). Je t'inscrirai pour la "WIP02 USB" si tu le veux bien.

A très bientôt, mon ami "des Iles Canaris" ...


SP :

Gracias a ti también "emuler", yo también estoy esperando en la lista USB que no toma demasiado tiempo (espero) que se publicará con la WIP02 Build.
Sé que te veré pronto en esta lista estás esperando para usted también. Si todavía no estás allí, solicitar su inscripción en la lista oficial de "POPStarter rev13 WIP01" (que es el mismo que para WIP02). Te voy a inscribirse en el "WIP02 USB" si no te importa.


Hasta pronto, mi amigo "Islas Canarias" ...


Best regards ...