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PS2 hugopocked Fixes for Popstarter 11.08.2023

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BloodRaynare said:
My post from tribute to krHACKen POPStarter thread:



Note: Sometimes it's only stop playing without any high-pitched noises.
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It is not with all Electronics Arts games, for example Medal of Honor works, but I checked the NFS and they have the same problems that the Um Jammer Lammy, I have managed to fix a various games with this type of problems but the ones we are mentioning today are more complicated since they constantly scan said bit for synchronization and if said emulation is not being carried out, the audio is corrupted or stops, I have managed to correct games when they scan said bit to end audio, not when they use it for synchronization, and that part of the emulator is a pain to debug but I have achieved some things I hope it has a solution or can find a solution.
 
hugopocked said:
I haven't played that game, what's wrong with it?

Greetings to all!
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FIFA 99 issues:

i will repost here what i wrote in another theared of this forum:

"i'm having issues to play FIFA 99 on popstarter, i have connected the usb key to the second port of the ps2 and i'm using a ps2 slim 75004...the game is started correctly and in the menu looks like is all fine, but when you start a match the speaker voice is reproduced for only some seconds and after that disappear when the football match start it looks strange, too fast and there is some lag, it stay stuck every time that you score a goal, or the ball goes outside the lines and there should be a throw-in."
 
Hello.

There is some fix for Driver 2 (NTSC)? The game freezes in a black screen when trying to play the Mission 13 (Escape to Ferry).
 
Is it possible to have Popstarter link up to another console across the internet? I'd love to see you implement some delay based netcode that would allow us to play online with another person. I wonder if it could be done by making an IRX driver file that could trick the emulator into thinking there's a controller plugged into the player 2 slot of the console, when really inputs are just being sent over and synced with another console.
 
FagnerLSantos said:
Hello.

There is some fix for Driver 2 (NTSC)? The game freezes in a black screen when trying to play the Mission 13 (Escape to Ferry).
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Send me your saved game by private message, and instructions on how to start that part of the game, greetings!

BP902 said:
Is it possible to have Popstarter link up to another console across the internet? I'd love to see you implement some delay based netcode that would allow us to play online with another person. I wonder if it could be done by making an IRX driver file that could trick the emulator into thinking there's a controller plugged into the player 2 slot of the console, when really inputs are just being sent over and synced with another console.
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If it is only the control data of the second player, it should have no impact on the emulator, but you should also think about how your friend is going to see your screen image lol, or how to sync both game, I find them very difficult and even impossible on a PS2 through emulation.
 
hugopocked said:
Send me your saved game by private message, and instructions on how to start that part of the game, greetings!
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I want to do this, but the "Start a Conversation" option is not appearing for me when I click a profile, maybe is there something to do with my account being new or something. Is there another way I can send you the file?
 
FagnerLSantos said:
I want to do this, but the "Start a Conversation" option is not appearing for me when I click a profile, maybe is there something to do with my account being new or something. Is there another way I can send you the file?
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Ok friend, the VMC arrived and I read your private message as soon as I got free I'll give Driver 2 some time, right now I'm struggling with the FF Tactics lol
 
hugopocked said:
Ok friend, the VMC arrived and I read your private message as soon as I got free I'll give Driver 2 some time, right now I'm struggling with the FF Tactics lol
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Hola Hugo, any news for the Casper game? gave the error "Spu timeout, status: 7" due to the background music when climbing the stairs at the start of the game. Also, is there any progress for Dragon Ball Legend? I remember the fix still had a small problem, after about 2 fights it needed to be restarted.
 
moriljn1 said:
Hola Hugo, any news for the Casper game? gave the error "Spu timeout, status: 7" due to the background music when climbing the stairs at the start of the game. Also, is there any progress for Dragon Ball Legend? I remember the fix still had a small problem, after about 2 fights it needed to be restarted.
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Today I made a compatibility mode for FF Tactics I'm going to try it in those 2 games to see if it works a miracle lol
 
hugopocked said:
Ok friend, the VMC arrived and I read your private message as soon as I got free I'll give Driver 2 some time, right now I'm struggling with the FF Tactics lol
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Thanks, but I think I found the problem, it was nothing to do with POPStarter, it was a Save Game issue. Mission 13 saves your location in Mission 12 and resumes from there, I believe the last location in Mission 12 glitched so the game was unable to start Mission 13. All I did is replay the mission to make the game set a new start location and I was able to start Mission 13 as intended.
Sorry for bothering over nothing. However, there still the issue of the invisible save menu, if you want to find some fix for it, it would be cool.
 
Is POPStarter now more compatible with PS1 games than the PS3 if using trojans and these patches in previously incompatible games? Previously, the PS3 was more compatible but I don't think these patches existed when I previously tried POPStarter (or I didn't try them, at least).
 
RandomGuy2024 said:
Is POPStarter now more compatible with PS1 games than the PS3 if using trojans and these patches in previously incompatible games? Previously, the PS3 was more compatible but I don't think these patches existed when I previously tried POPStarter (or I didn't try them, at least).
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I don't know I ever played PS1 on PS3 or PSP so I have no point of comparison, and making these patches in TROJAN format I think I have been improving little by little in my free time for 2 years although lately due to so much stress it seems like work.
 
RandomGuy2024 said:
Is POPStarter now more compatible with PS1 games than the PS3 if using trojans and these patches in previously incompatible games?
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The only known incompatible games on PS3's ps1_netemu are Formula One 99, Formula One 2000, Formula One 2001, Formula One Arcade. The rest are compatible with PS3's internal and external (pop-fe) configs.
 
mrjaredbeta said:
The only known incompatible games on PS3's ps1_netemu are Formula One 99, Formula One 2000, Formula One 2001, Formula One Arcade. The rest are compatible with PS3's internal and external (pop-fe) configs.
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I see, so for PS3 lovers it is better to continue using PS3 lol, for me because I like to take advantage of my PS2, and I like that the PS2 Pops delivers an output image very similar to my PSone.
 
mrjaredbeta said:
The only known incompatible games on PS3's ps1_netemu are Formula One 99, Formula One 2000, Formula One 2001, Formula One Arcade. The rest are compatible with PS3's internal and external (pop-fe) configs.
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Do those games run fine on POPStarter? Also, doesn't pop-fe fix CDDA PS1 games on the PS3?

mrjaredbeta said:
The only known incompatible games on PS3's ps1_netemu are Formula One 99, Formula One 2000, Formula One 2001, Formula One Arcade. The rest are compatible with PS3's internal and external (pop-fe) configs.
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What about in IRISMAN and PSC's PS1 compatibility?
 
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mrjaredbeta said:
The only known incompatible games on PS3's ps1_netemu are Formula One 99, Formula One 2000, Formula One 2001, Formula One Arcade. The rest are compatible with PS3's internal and external (pop-fe) configs.
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hugopocked said:
I see, so for PS3 lovers it is better to continue using PS3 lol, for me because I like to take advantage of my PS2, and I like that the PS2 Pops delivers an output image very similar to my PSone.
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I guess OPL is still more compatible with PS2 games that the PS3 even if installing PS2 CONFIG files on the latter.

Does the PS2 provide energy to power a 2.5" external HDD so that I can play PS1 and PS2 games via POPStarter and OPL? If using a 2.5" external HDD, may it go to sleep, freezing PS1 and PS2 games? Does POPStarter have FMV and gameplay lag when playing PS1 games via USB?

Also, I can't get POPStarter to run via SMB. Whenever I run the renamed POPStarter.ELF from the game I want to play on wLE, it says: "Connecting to smb... LOGON has failed (0).".
 
hugopocked said:
I see, so for PS3 lovers it is better to continue using PS3 lol, for me because I like to take advantage of my PS2, and I like that the PS2 Pops delivers an output image very similar to my PSone.
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I feel the same way Hugo, specially because I use my PS2 through OSSC.
PS2's PS1 Emulation image quality is better than PS3's PS1 Emulation image quality with OSSC. The pixels / sprites are not blurred at all. And with POPStarter hacks it's really convenient to get rid off the ugly texture dither in PS2.
Maybe if we had a developer interested in hack ps1_emu or net_emu in PS3 we could had a better experience, like implementing scanlines just like Retroarch does. But development in PS3 is scarce nowadays, so there's no hope for improvements.

Getting back to the subject, without pressure, which hacks are you working on this time @hugopocked ? Do you have anything to tease us?
 
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