PS3 Ps2 CONFIG Editor (for PS3 CFW user's) by Zar

Following developer Zar' s recent release of ManaGunz (a very useful ps3 homebrew/backup manager), the dev has a new release with PS2 CONFIG Editor that will write CONFIG files for your PS2 Games on PS3 CFW. These config flags can improve game compatibility on some titles as they have been proven to do so in the past, this tool is still in the early stages but this tool is a welcome sight for the community.

Additional details about PS2 Config's can be seen in the PS3DevWiki
www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/Emulation#CONFIG_File​

Release Quote (via Zar)

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  Ps2 Config Editor for the PS3​
  
  I finally finished the app to easily create PS2 CONFIG files, I named it PS2 CONFIG editor :
  
  For now, it only write CONFIG files perhaps later i'll add the possibility to read one.
  I think i'll integrate in MGZ only the comands without paramters, like it's done in the tab "simple" of the exe :p
  

Download: Ps2 Config Editior (PC Tool) / Source Code

Source: www.psx-place.com​

 

I have seen that post before..but I'm not clear about, what values should I select..can I select all value at once?

I don't know ... we don't have any information about these options. You can select several option. So, you can select them all if u want too.

FYI, you don't risk anything when you use a CONFIG file .

 

I have seen that post before..but I'm not clear about, what values should I select..can I select all value at once?

You need to find it by yourself, you can use some values, or all of them. I just want to add that Yakuza (1&2 (2 is known as playable, but is not in 100%)) is hard piece of cake. My friend from ps2 scene did some R.E. for me about that game, and we didn't found way to fix it on "PS2 code editing stage". But maybe those configs can do something, it was long time ago (4.46), and much things that we already know now was unknown then.

 

You need to find it by yourself, you can use some values, or all of them. I just want to add that Yakuza (1&2 (2 is known as playable, but is not in 100%)) is hard piece of cake. My friend from ps2 scene did some R.E. for me about that game, and we didn't found way to fix it on "PS2 code editing stage". But maybe those configs can do something, it was long time ago (4.46), and much things that we already know now was unknown then.

I heard Yakuza 2 runs smooth..but its first part that has issues..I suppose I might just watch the cutscenes online then move on the sequel

 

I could never get silent hill 2 or 3 to work and the other game I tried to fix (which was one of my favourites) was The Lord Of The Rings:The Two Towers. If anyone ever comes across a working config for:
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers. SLUS-20578
Silent Hill 2. SLUS-20228
Silent Hill 3. SLUS-20622

Could you possibly pm me?
Back in the day when I used to make these pkgs I also injected the cheat disk (not with the lord of the rings game though) that perhaps maybe was an issue??

Actually I could never get any of the Baulders Gate games to fix their flickering either come to think of it


Anyways, if anyone happens to have a link to a config that works it would be amazing
thanks
Strip

 

I could never get silent hill 2 or 3 to work and the other game I tried to fix (which was one of my favourites) was The Lord Of The Rings:The Two Towers. If anyone ever comes across a working config for:
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers. SLUS-20578
Silent Hill 2. SLUS-20228
Silent Hill 3. SLUS-20622

Could you possibly pm me?
Back in the day when I used to make these pkgs I also injected the cheat disk (not with the lord of the rings game though) that perhaps maybe was an issue??

Actually I could never get any of the Baulders Gate games to fix their flickering either come to think of it


Anyways, if anyone happens to have a link to a config that works it would be amazing
thanks
Strip

https://github.com/Zarh/Get_CONFIG/blob/master/files/SLUS_205.78.CONFIG
For the baldurs gate games there are configs too, for silent hill 2 and 3 there are not though

 

Yep I saw the Baulders gate config already...was wondering if there was a SLUS version (of course I could just download the SLES version) Or perhaps with a hextext editor maybe the config file could be changed for the SLUS version??HMMMMM


Thanks for the reply btw....appreciate it!!
Strip

 

oh and THANK YOU ---as The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers SLUS_205.78.CONFIG was on there!!!! I'll have to test it out in a few days

awesome awesome awesome!!!

Cheers
Strip

 

I tried the Baulders gate config file....just gave me a black screen after character selection (didn't freeze the PS3, you could still exit game). Tried as an .iso on the internal with the config named exactly as the .iso


Going to try the Lord Of The Rings The Two Towers now but as a pkg file instead of an .iso Will put the config file in the game folder and create it as a pkg file see if that works better?

Lord of the rings worked!

I'll try making Baulders gate with config into a pkg and see if that works.

Btw the way I'm on rebug 4.82 with 02.02.15 toolkit and multiman 4.82

 

hmmmmm....tired remaking the baulders gate as a pkg file and running it and I keep getting copywrite errors now when I go to run it? Tried to figure out why and read that it would be the rap that has to be validated? but I created the pkg file with the same .rap that aldotools uses for all my games??? What the hell?? stumped here


I know ZAR said "Install rebug 4.82.2 or any other firmware with ps2emu patched to support CONFIG files." I could not find rebug 4.82.2?? only 4.82.1 lite?? maybe that is my problem???

 

hmmmmm....tired remaking the baulders gate as a pkg file and running it and I keep getting copywrite errors now when I go to run it? Tried to figure out why and read that it would be the rap that has to be validated? but I created the pkg file with the same .rap that aldotools uses for all my games??? What the hell?? stumped here


I know ZAR said "Install rebug 4.82.2 or any other firmware with ps2emu patched to support CONFIG files." I could not find rebug 4.82.2?? only 4.82.1 lite?? maybe that is my problem???

Typo, M8. Install Rebug 4.81.2

 

I tried the Baulders gate config file....just gave me a black screen after character selection (didn't freeze the PS3, you could still exit game). Tried as an .iso on the internal with the config named exactly as the .iso


Going to try the Lord Of The Rings The Two Towers now but as a pkg file instead of an .iso Will put the config file in the game folder and create it as a pkg file see if that works better?

Lord of the rings worked!

I'll try making Baulders gate with config into a pkg and see if that works.

Btw the way I'm on rebug 4.82 with 02.02.15 toolkit and multiman 4.82

I just wrote an small resume about that baldurs gate scene adventures here http://www.psx-place.com/threads/compatibility-list-ps2-on-ps3.1306/page-44#post-95973

All the configs posted for that games should make the game work
Without config the games had a big texture problem in the floor and walls and everywhere, the game was playable though (it did not crash, was just something visual)

With the hand made configs posted initially (that was very rough but successfull) that texture problem was solved, but the game still had 2 or 3 small problems i dont remember

And after that it was extracted the configs from the other official emulators... i dont remember anyone reporting about them

In all cases... the game should work for you, it should not crash at the character selection so i guess you are having other kind of problem

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About loading PS2 games with the PKG format (a.k.a. the "ps2 classics") i consider it an obsolette method, for a time was ok because it was the only way to boot ps2 iso but it has several problems, it needs that "activation license" and you need to build the pkg... the only advantage i see is you have the icon in main XMB (but i dont care about this personally)

I think is better to load the ISO straight... by cobra--->webman/sman... or from a standalone backup manager (with mamba integrated)
Is just a matter of placing the ISO in his foder and thats all, the config for the game are loaded automatically

 

Typo, M8. Install Rebug 4.81.2

Ohhh so the newest rebug 4.82.1 lite is the issue? It doesn't read the config files? (I should downgrade to 4.81.2) correct?

 

So put both Baulders gate 1 and 2 .isos on the internal once loaded from multiman. (And I also manually moved the properly named.CONFIG to the internal PS2ISO folder.). I then go back and navigate to the PS2 ISO & Classic Launcer....and start the game (instead of the disc icon). Game starts fine ..select character....hit start and both games go to black screen??? So I have no idea. I've never installed the webman or sman, I've always just liked the plain multiman.

The lord of the rings,when made into a pkg worked or so I thought?? You can still walk into the lava at the beginning and not be able to walk back out The one advantage of that is I had also injected code breaker ulanch in the pkg.(plus the new config file)


Actually maybe I am not "making" these CONFIG files correctly? I am just going to the web page clicking on "raw" saving it. and then using that as the .CONFIG file (and then placing that either in the JB folder and then making a ,pkg orrrrrr naming it the same as the .iso and pacing on the internal PS2ISO folder etc. The reason I ask this is because I opened Silent Hills Origions that already had a config file in it...and looked at that config file. Its fairly long...whereas the ones I have been grabbing from the Zarh/ManaGunZ etc....when I open in hex editor don't seem to be very long? Is there a base config file for each game that then need these NEW lines (from Zar) added to it?? Just curious


SO QUICK UPDATE:
To those people out there that DO NOT run WebMAN etc and just use MmCM like me....If you name the .iso and .config all in capitals within the PS2ISO folder is seems to work (I have a couple games .isos that are lower case but don't use config files and they work, but I changed these new tests to all capitals and it seems to work better). I Tested Champions Of Norrath and BardsTale both last night and they seem to work no problems. (I'm grabbing a new version of Baulders Gate 1 and 2 isos and will try them again - perhaps my isos were corrupt?) will keep you updated

 

So re downloaded Baulders Gate one and two .isos Baulders gate one with config works (loads and is playable)

The graphics have a constant slight jitter though while playing

Baulders Gate two with config works flawlessly!

Champions of norrath (still have to figure how to join the split .iso)

Champions return to arms with config works flawlessly

 

Ok, now you got how to use the config files with your favourite backup manager/loader
From this point is just a matter of trying other configs, at this point there are a lot (from the hundreds extracted from the emulators that are hosted in zar github) some only fixes the games partially, is hard to keep a record of which ones are perfect and which others are partiall, but all this is under research yet

And yes, the config files usually are small, when opened in a hexeditor a lot of them are around 40 bytes or so, or even smaller (and there are others that are way bigger)
In general are very small files

 

If anyone has The lord of the rings: the two towers - would they mind just testing in the first mission if you walk into the lava part you can't die? I thought the CONFIG file was to correct this. For me in the first mission if you do do into the lava you can't get back out or die? and on the 3 rd mission if you go off either side of the path your player just endlessly falls and wont die? (which is hard because if an ork hits you and you are on the edge of the path you are screwed)

Pretty sure the original game was not like this? because you consistently get stuck in these endless loops?


Too bad the First Baulders Gate is so jittery? Its playable but its annoying - is there another version of config for the first one? Think i grabbed https://github.com/Zarh/Get_CONFIG/tree/master/files but i think there was another Baulders gate thread of configs?

there is this also :
Title : Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance
Game ID : SLUS_200.35
Hash : 0x3F905A98D
Hash Offset : 39D928
Commands offset : 39B150
Commands count : 0x3
[SOFT] Command ID : 0x00
[Net] Command ID : 0x01
Param : 00138FCC
[SOFT] Function offset : 0x30C28
[Net] Function ID : 0x13
[SOFT] Command ID : 0x00
[Net] Command ID : 0x01
Param : 001394A8
[SOFT] Function offset : 0x31304
[Net] Function ID : 0x14
[SOFT] Command ID : 0x20
[Net] Command ID : 0x23
Nothing to do
off of ---> raw.githubusercontent.com ----but im not sure how to use this text and make into a CONFIG?? And maybe this is the same CONFIG as off of https://github.com/Zarh/Get_CONFIG/tree/master/files

 

If anyone has The lord of the rings: the two towers - would they mind just testing in the first mission if you walk into the lava part you can't die? I thought the CONFIG file was to correct this. For me in the first mission if you do do into the lava you can't get back out or die? and on the 3 rd mission if you go off either side of the path your player just endlessly falls and wont die? (which is hard because if an ork hits you and you are on the edge of the path you are screwed)

Pretty sure the original game was not like this? because you consistently get stuck in these endless loops?


Too bad the First Baulders Gate is so jittery? Its playable but its annoying - is there another version of config for the first one? Think i grabbed https://github.com/Zarh/Get_CONFIG/tree/master/files but i think there was another Baulders gate thread of configs?

there is this also :
Title : Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance
Game ID : SLUS_200.35
Hash : 0x3F905A98D
Hash Offset : 39D928
Commands offset : 39B150
Commands count : 0x3
[SOFT] Command ID : 0x00
[Net] Command ID : 0x01
Param : 00138FCC
[SOFT] Function offset : 0x30C28
[Net] Function ID : 0x13
[SOFT] Command ID : 0x00
[Net] Command ID : 0x01
Param : 001394A8
[SOFT] Function offset : 0x31304
[Net] Function ID : 0x14
[SOFT] Command ID : 0x20
[Net] Command ID : 0x23
Nothing to do
off of ---> raw.githubusercontent.com ----but im not sure how to use this text and make into a CONFIG?? And maybe this is the same CONFIG as off of https://github.com/Zarh/Get_CONFIG/tree/master/files

Jittery like this? - http://www.psx-place.com/threads/compatibility-list-ps2-on-ps3.1306/page-5#post-84950

 

Jittery like this? - http://www.psx-place.com/threads/compatibility-list-ps2-on-ps3.1306/page-5#post-84950

Hard to tell from the pic? basically for example the health bar is jittery for example? not graphic is like on the floor... the overall graphic is fine it just seems to buzz --- the pic looks more like the overall graphic glitches. (which are fixed in the CONFIG file)

i could very well have the wrong (not the newest ) created config file???

the other ones (baulders gate 2, champion return to arms and bards tale) work great

 

on http://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/PS2_Emulation#Game_CONFIG they have :

Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance

00000000 3D 00 00 00 1B 43 00 00 4A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 =....A..@.......

which is different then the one i opened on ZAR's page

his version 1.2 has this as the first line:
3D 00 00 00 57 44 00 00 01 00 00 00 CC 8F 13 00??

 

The first config file for baldurs gate SLUS20035 (the one posted in wiki and in some messages in this forum) used the 0x4A command only
That command works as a switch (doesnt sets any value, is just an ON/OFF command)

And the config extracted from the emulators (the ones hosted in managunz github) uses 3 commands: 0x01, 0x01, and 0x23

Are very different