[PS2] POPS stuff & POPStarter

@krHACKen
Yes, I run Shachou Eiyuu Den from USB.

 

Finally, due to lazyness, i just updated the POPSTARTER.ELF (i have folders on my memcard with all the POPSTARTER.ELF for POPStarter rev13 WIP2 and WIP2 debug ; so i added a folder of WIP05 builds).
I booted a few games. As i'm not a "deep testor", i t's not easy to detect issue or enhancement.
But the ones i booted worked, except Oddworld (it's still noticed as not working in the comptibility list anyway).

 

The PCSXBOX (psx emulator for xbox) have and option to fix the Parasite eve 2 Loading Freezes, this emu is based on PCSX source, The Windows version also has this option "Parasite Eve 2,Vandal Hearts 1/2 Fix"

http://pcsx.sourcearchive.com/documentation/1.699df-rc3/PsxCounters_8c-source.html

I don't know if this information can help in something, I hope so

 

Been testing this new WIP since yesterday, using your uLE VCD loader method. So far so good for now
Thanks for your work kHn.

 

I'm looking to get into popstarter and had a few questions:

1. What do you recommend for game playback usb or internal hdd?
2. When you have a game as 'working' and green on the compatibility list does it play more or less 100% or atrociously like wiisx?
3. Linked to the above, is popstarter better than wiisx? (I gave up on that because it was so bad)
4. Does cdda audio (games like wipeout that have separate music tracks on the disc) work?

Thanks

 

krHACKen,
Thanks for the WIP05 update and your help way back when. Can you explain in noobie terms how this update is different from wip02 (which is what I am currently using)? How to use the preinstalled fixes (again, noobie ). And how I do get multi disc games to work, does the new update changes how you do this. Oh, last question(s): You mentioned that there was a new cue2pops in the toolbox. How do I use the toolbox version and what does the new version do that pops2cue 2.0 doesn't. Thanks to your previous help, I have managed to get about 80 PS1 games working without any problems (haven't figured out multi disc games yet). Thanks again, and keep up the great work !!
Rmac

 

@krHACKen
Eu peço para você dá uma olhada no meu arquivo “Pedidos_Requests.pdf”, que está dentro do meu link do MEGA, são pedidos de modificação no POPStarter.ELF.
São quatro, o primeiro foi resolvido com o No 2nd Pad in IGR\TROJAN_9.BIN.
Eu peço para você resolver os outros pedidos, “claro! se for possível fazer isso.”
Eu estou esperando ao menos a resolução do segundo pedido, um arquivo “TROJAN_X.BIN”, para o IGR sair no caminho “mc:BOOT/BOOT.ELF”, é que o meu PS2Slim, é BIOS2.30, e não aceita o FreeMCBoot, o único meio de rodar homebrews, é através de um “chip matrix 2.0” que está instalado nele.
O terceiro e o quarto, são:
-O POPStarter.ELF, reconhecer outras pastas no USB, além da pasta “POPS”, como ele faz no HDD, exemplo: POPS1, POPS2, POPS3, POPS4... no USB. Isso resolve um problema que existe de 2000 arquivos por pasta.
-O outro, é dar um jeito para o POPStarter.ELF reconhecer jogos fatiados, reconhecer uma única pasta para memorycards, exemplo:
De:
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD1.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD1 (pasta)
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD2.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD2 (pasta)
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD3.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD3 (pasta)
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD4.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD4 (pasta)
Para:
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD1.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9 (pasta)
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD2.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9 (pasta)
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD3.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9 (pasta)
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD4.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9 (pasta)

Por favor, eu peço que você leia o arquivo “Pedidos_Requests.pdf” para mais detalhes.

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@krHACKen
I ask you give a look at my file “Pedidos_Requests.pdf”, which is within my link MEGA, calls for change in POPStarter.ELF.
Four, the first was solved with the No 2nd Pad in IGR\TROJAN_9.BIN.
I ask for you to solve other requests, “of course! if possible to do so.”
I'm hoping at least the resolution of the second request, a “TROJAN_X.BIN” file, for IGR out on the road “mc:BOOT/BOOT.ELF”, is that my PS2Slim is BIOS2.30, and does not accept FreeMCBoot, the only way to run homebrews is through a “chip matrix 2.0” that is installed therein.
The third and fourth are:
-The POPStarter.ELF, recognize other folders on the USB, as well as “POPS” folder, as it does in HDD, eg POPS1, POPS2, POPS3, POPS4 ... in USB. This solves a problem that there is 2000 files per folder.
-The other is to find a way to recognize POPStarter.ELF sliced games, recognize a single folder to Memorycards, example:
Of:
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD1.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD1 (folder)
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD2.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD2 (folder)
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD3.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD3 (folder)
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD4.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD4 (folder)
To:
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD1.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9 (folder)
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD2.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9 (folder)
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD3.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9 (folder)
FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD4.VCD -> FINAL_FANTASY_9 (folder)

Please, I ask you to read the "Pedidos_Requests.pdf" file for more details.

 

Also, do you add the compatibility mode in the settings area of the OPL/HD Loader section? Thanks.
Rmac

 

Internal HDD definitely. Since $ONY designed it to read/write from/to the internal HDD. You'll get more stability playing your games from the internal HDD.

I'm clueless, because I don't contribute to the compatibility lists as I have no time to play and complete games.

I never saw WiiSx running nor its compatibility list.
Can't tell when $ONY has stopped developing/improving POPS (SLBB-00001) either but it seems that they distributed it as soon as they got the game it was designed for (Bishi Bashi Champ demo) running without a glitch... From all the feedback we got here and there, POPS HATES SquareSoft games, Psygnosis games and Ridge Racers (as for the RR games, they all look like ultra glitched crap)

Yes, POPS does support CDDA playback natively. Like for the PSP stuff, the disc TOC has to be injected in a special header which is parsed by the emulator for the audio tracks to be readable. That special header is generated by "CUE2POPS".
However, some games like Tomb Raider 1 and 2 have their audio tracks completely mute due to an emulation issue (tampering with the SPU IRQ didn't help... need to make more research...)

In a nutshell :
- WIP 05 shows the PS logo
- The function that allows users 0, 1, 2, 3... to have their own pair of VMCs is fixed and works okay
- Game names are correctly saved in the VMC folder icon
- Some game fixes (for title specific games) were integrated
- A bug that could potentially crash the console when loading MODULE_#.IRX has been fixed

Preinstalled fixes are enabled automatically and require no user intervention.

POPS has no disc swap feature, or at least it can't be used. So for now multi-disc games have to be combined before they're converted to VCDs.

ToolBox comes with a batch file; drag and drop a cue file to this batch file to convert your bin+cue (no command line hassle). There's also another batch file which converts all the bins+cues that are in a folder.

CUE2POPS 2.0 vs. ToolBox :
ToolBox has a "lite" version of CUE2POPS. Options like vmode and gap were removed. The cue file parser was rewritten so you don't get the odd OS error messages you could have with CUE2POPS.
ToolBox can handle large .bin files that were made with disc combining kits. CUE2POPS 2.0 just crashes if the .bin is too big and exceeds something like 1.7GB.
So the ToolBox version of CUE2POPS does nothing new, it just works better.

I guess it can be done by patching the EERAM address 0x004F8080 or 0x004F8100 (or both ?) with a PATCH_#.BIN... POPStarter will still create /POPS/VCD_NAME/ and load files from there, but POPS should use the VMCs of the path you've defined in the PATCH_#.BIN. I'll test that as soon as possible.

EDIT : Done, it works. Following your example, I made a PATCH that has to be copied in FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD1, FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD2, FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD3 and FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD4 VMC folders. Then POPS will save in FINAL_FANTASY_9.
The file is here : PATCH_0.BIN

You can replace the underlined folder name with the name you want.
Since you're using a USB device, if POPS complains about Memory Card not found or quits to the OSD, try creating the folder and the VMC files manually.

EDIT2 : LOL, don't worry about the "PAL" at offset 30h. I used the header of another PATCH as base and I forgot to wipe that part of its label.

There are only 2 ways to enable the compatibility modes :
- By copying the PATCH_#.BIN files of the "Compatibility Modes" folder to the VMC folder of the game
or
- By hardcoding the compatibility mode value to the POPStarter config table (3-ADVANCED.TXT)

 

Thanx for your hard work, when i'm home in 2 weeks i finally have time to set up this latest release
About compat, any idea if Ridge Racer will ever be playable with pops?

 

Eu tentei das duas formas “XX.jogo.ELF” e “uLE_kHn_20150602”, não consegui.
Veja, dentro da pasta “USB” está a estrutura da raiz do meu pendrive.
O “POPSTARTER.ELF” continua criando e usando os arquivos “.VMC” das pastas “FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD1”, “FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD2”, “FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD3” e “FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD4”, ignorando a pasta “FINAL_FANTASY_9”, que eu criei manualmente, porque ela não está sendo criada.
Dentro da pasta USB1, é o que eu quis dizer no post acima.
Uma ideia, poderia ser feito um “.ppf” para ser aplicado ao “XX.jogo.ELF” individual.

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I tried both ways “XX.jogo.ELF” and “uLE_kHn_20150602”, has not worked.
See, inside the folder “USB” is the root of the structure of my pendrive.
The “POPSTARTER.ELF” continues creating and using the files “.VMC” folders “FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD1”, “FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD2”, “FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD3” and “FINAL_FANTASY_9_CD4”, ignoring the “FINAL_FANTASY_9” folder, I created manually, because it is not It is created.
Within the USB1 folder, it is what I meant in the post above.
One idea, could be made a “.ppf” to be applied to “XX.jogo.ELF” individual.

https://mega.co.nz/#!mQMlnR7K!70yNKvvJCJpwIzxPQBACjyWgUx4PlyJAGIjs1bQXuz0

 

Atualização.

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Update.

http://assemblergames.com/l/threads/ps2-pops-stuff.45347/page-61#post-813559

 

Obrigado JOSERI muito bom esse aplicativo para substituir o POPStarter 13 wip 2 para o wip 5.

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Thank JOSERI very good that application to replace the POPStarter 13 wip wip 2 for 5.

 

Hello !
@joseri : your tool to create all the .ELF files in one click seems to be useful (i do it manually by copying/pasting new .ELF and renaming them all by copying/pasting the old .ELF filename -_-)
But i don't use USB stick for storing the games, and i would say that my settings won't work with your tool.
As i said in some previous posts, i have differents folders with the .ELF for the differents builds of POPStarter on a USB memory.
Could it be possible to adapt your tool, so rather than scanning for .VCD, it scans for .ELF in a directory, and copies/renames a new .ELF (from the last version) in a new directory. I've read your .bat to see if i could edit something, but i got lost in the first lines (i'm not coder at all).
Thank for paying attention at this request.

 

krHACKen,
Thanks for answering my questions, which only leads to more questions for you...........sorry . Can you explain the method of combining game discs (I click on the "combine" in your previous message, but of course became more confused)? It seems to me that using the toolbox is the best way for combined discs because of file size. Now, just need to know how its done. Also, when adding a compatibility mode to a game, you must add it to the VMC folder of the game. My question is, are the PATCH_#.BIN files located in cue2pops wip05? If not, where are they? Thanks again for your help...................from a noob learning as he goes.
Rmac

 

krHACKen,
I found the PATCH_#.BIN files. I was able to answer one of my questions on my own. Thanks.

 

Eu também não sou programador, eu aprendi a fazer arquivos “.bat” a pouco tempo, às vezes, eu não sei o que eu estou fazendo. Eu demoro bastante tempo para fazer um programa “.bat” simples, enquanto, existe pessoas aqui e em outros fóruns, que conseguem fazer programas bastante complicados e rapidamente.
Vamos ao assunto principal. Refiz o arquivo “.bat”, dá uma olhada.

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I also am not a programmer, I learned to make files “.bat” a short time, sometimes, I do not know what I'm doing. It takes me a long time to make a program “.bat” simple, as, there is people here and in other forums, they can do quite complicated programs and quickly.
Go to the main subject. Redid the “.bat” file, take a look.

http://assemblergames.com/l/threads/ps2-pops-stuff.45347/page-61#post-813559

 

Thank you very much for taking care of my request (and so quickly).
I tried it, it seems to work (i said "seems" as i don't know how to check the version of the .ELF itslef).
I really like those tiny simple tools !

 

BTW usb drivers was updated in latest wip releases? Now it can be launched at ps3?

 

krHACKen, can do for gaming Trojans Fightnig Force 2 , WarCraft 2 and Tekken 3. These games do not work or produce graphic artifacts