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HWNJ
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RandomGuy2024
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OK, then I guess that website means a different thing than I thought when talking about "modded" consoles. I'm talking about a PS2 without any exploit (like FMCB) while apparently that page means hardmods (like modchips and MechaPwn).
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arcadekidflo
Member
How is ESR GUI any different ? It's the same patch, right ?
arcadekidflo
Member
Link , please ?
HWNJ
Developer
Sure!
https://www.psx-place.com/resources/merry-xmas-an-esr-launcher-hidden-as-an-easter-egg.1206/
Seems like you did not got your Xmas present in 2021...
SiliconExarch
Forum Noob
The _mcard ELF only seems to work when I place an old version (e.g. 4.42) of uLE in mc0:/BOOT/BOOT.ELF. When I try any of the newer versions with proper HDD support (uLE WIP 7, wLE 2019/01/07, wLE_kHn etc.) I just get a black screen. Is there a specific build of uLE that's recommended for use alongside this?
alexfree
Developer
Part Of ESR patches the game's sceCdMmode function to always 'see' a valid PS2 DVD game:
int hook_sceCdMmode(int mode)
{
DBGPRINTF("sceCdMmode, val = %d\n", mode);
if (mode != CdMmodeDvd)
{
if (readDiscType() == 0xFE || readDiscType() == 0x14)
mode = CdMmodeDvd;
}
return allValues.def_sceCdMmode(mode);
Can we do something like this? (or better yet determine if it wants CD or DVD and do that):
int hook_sceCdMmode(int mode)
{
DBGPRINTF("sceCdMmode, val = %d\n", mode);
if (mode != CdMmodeCd)
{
if (readDiscType() == 0xFE || readDiscType() == 0x14)
mode = CdMmodeCd;
}
return allValues.def_sceCdMmode(mode);
}
Not sure if I'm missing other checks, but the idea would be to obsolete DVD Scan Lite and Console Media Patcher. Right now one needs to :
1) Extract all ISO files.
2) Clumsily select all files in each folder and search them with either closed-source windows-only patcher (though CMP and DVD Scan Lite both work great in Wine). You have to do this for sub-folders manually too...
3) Rebuild or insert the files back into the image file.
4) Convert the image file to UDF DVD with DOS 8.3 names. with LBA order in-tact.
5) Add dummy file at end of image (not required for some games AFAICT)
6) Patch with ESR
The old tutorials are great but the simplest way I have found is to use UltraISO. Using UltraISO you can literally open a bin/cue PS2 CD game, click properties, check UDF, check DOS 8.3, in the drop-down select 4.7GB, and then save a .iso file. If I can obsolete CMP and DVD Scan Lite I don't need to extract/patch/insert anything (besides possibly a dummy file). Apparently the patchers could also miss some of the calls too, this would be bulliet-proof if done console-side and might even allow more PS2 CD games to work with ESR overall (without requiring one to know MIPS assembly to make thier own CD to DVD patches for a game that CMP or DVD Scan Lite can't patch).
int hook_sceCdMmode(int mode)
{
DBGPRINTF("sceCdMmode, val = %d\n", mode);
if (mode != CdMmodeDvd)
{
if (readDiscType() == 0xFE || readDiscType() == 0x14)
mode = CdMmodeDvd;
}
return allValues.def_sceCdMmode(mode);
Can we do something like this? (or better yet determine if it wants CD or DVD and do that):
int hook_sceCdMmode(int mode)
{
DBGPRINTF("sceCdMmode, val = %d\n", mode);
if (mode != CdMmodeCd)
{
if (readDiscType() == 0xFE || readDiscType() == 0x14)
mode = CdMmodeCd;
}
return allValues.def_sceCdMmode(mode);
}
Not sure if I'm missing other checks, but the idea would be to obsolete DVD Scan Lite and Console Media Patcher. Right now one needs to :
1) Extract all ISO files.
2) Clumsily select all files in each folder and search them with either closed-source windows-only patcher (though CMP and DVD Scan Lite both work great in Wine). You have to do this for sub-folders manually too...
3) Rebuild or insert the files back into the image file.
4) Convert the image file to UDF DVD with DOS 8.3 names. with LBA order in-tact.
5) Add dummy file at end of image (not required for some games AFAICT)
6) Patch with ESR
The old tutorials are great but the simplest way I have found is to use UltraISO. Using UltraISO you can literally open a bin/cue PS2 CD game, click properties, check UDF, check DOS 8.3, in the drop-down select 4.7GB, and then save a .iso file. If I can obsolete CMP and DVD Scan Lite I don't need to extract/patch/insert anything (besides possibly a dummy file). Apparently the patchers could also miss some of the calls too, this would be bulliet-proof if done console-side and might even allow more PS2 CD games to work with ESR overall (without requiring one to know MIPS assembly to make thier own CD to DVD patches for a game that CMP or DVD Scan Lite can't patch).
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