[samson]

[using my method]

I checked an old version of multiman 02.07.01 , might just have to downgrade version to get ps2-hdd/usb backups

02.07.01 displays "playstation2 game disc loaded" [path/usb/] (experimental) , and that was made from a disc DVD backup of marvel vs capcom 2(with multiman). but just exits back to xmb after pressing ok , also read (and backed up) a cd backup of swapmagic XD the game folders are just the files from the discs.

that was before i installed bdemu2 (i was getting the nag) , now i get param.sfo not found (is it possible to make one for ps2?) anyways figured this might help progress.

[MatrixOne]

so i think the problem is we have at the moment ps2_softemu.self from 2.60 but i think we have to replace it with the one from 2.70 an the ps2_gxemu.self too i have try to resign the 2.70 files but i failed. scetool don't compress it, i have try many think but no not compressed i get.

I look at the moment in the ps2 classic pkg to understand
3.55 why do not realize this when it was installed.

maybe it is enough if we patched things like vsh, sprx and some xml files i dont think we need to patch lv2

if some one like to try and investigate it to http://tinyurl.com/c7hchgo

[samson]

Originally Posted by samson [using my method] 02.07.01 displays "playstation2 game disc loaded" [path/usb/] (experimental) that was before i installed bdemu2 (i was getting the nag) , now i get param.sfo not found.

i also get the same param.sfo not found with bdemu1. And when i installed multiman 1.17.00, 02.03.00, 04.04.00.

also when i press select and x on a real ps2 disc it gives me:
/dev_bdvd/param.sfo not found?? lol

so i went back to 02.07.01, and (with ps2patch + PL3 3.55) i did manage to mount a ps2 hdd backup of swapmagic, i can browse the files on dev_bdvd, dev_ps2disc and app_home with xmbm+ file manager and they have been changed from the demo disc i had in for the swapmagic files from my backup on hdd, but when launched it was the demo disc in the disc-drive that booted app_home just gave an error.

and @sandungas would dex ps2_softemu work, are they the same as cex? I had a look at the 2.60 cex ps2_softemu.elf with HxD searched for elf and a good few come up:

Click here to see full text

Multi_Thread_Manager
Vblank_service
IO/File_Manager
Moldule_File_loader
ROM_file_driver
IOP_SIF_manager
IOP_SIF_rpc_interface
RebootByEE
LoadModuleByEE
EEConfig
cdvd_driver
secrman_for_dex
mcman
padman
cdvd_ee_driver
FILEIO_service
rspu2_driver
HDD_Loader
System_Memory_Manager
Module_Manager
Timer_Manager
System_C_lib
Stdio
Heap_lib

well i think they are .elf's, some are repeated, i dont know if they could be extracted?? (do i just copy and paste as new?) maybe copy over old internal elfs for new XD

i also found a few game id's SLPS25200(Final Fantasy XI) , SCUS9726(Ratchet & Clank Going Commando) , SLPM65981(Front Mission Online) , SLPM65197(Nobunaga's Ambition Online) i think are hdd install games, anyhow hope this helps i'll keep looking.

[sandungas]

Originally Posted by samson i also get the same param.sfo not found with bdemu1. And when i installed multiman 1.17.00, 02.03.00, 04.04.00. also when i press select and x on a real ps2 disc it gives me: /dev_bdvd/param.sfo not found?? lol so i went back to 02.07.01, and (with ps2patch + PL3 3.55) i did manage to mount a ps2 hdd backup of swapmagic, i can browse the files on dev_bdvd, dev_ps2disc and app_home with xmbm+ file manager and they have been changed from the demo disc i had in for the swapmagic files from my backup on hdd, but when launched it was the demo disc in the disc-drive that booted app_home just gave an error. and @sandungas would dex ps2_softemu work, are they the same as cex? I had a look at the 2.60 cex ps2_softemu.elf with HxD searched for elf and a good few come up: Click here to see full text Multi_Thread_Manager Vblank_service IO/File_Manager Moldule_File_loader ROM_file_driver IOP_SIF_manager IOP_SIF_rpc_interface RebootByEE LoadModuleByEE EEConfig cdvd_driver secrman_for_dex mcman padman cdvd_ee_driver FILEIO_service rspu2_driver HDD_Loader System_Memory_Manager Module_Manager Timer_Manager System_C_lib Stdio Heap_lib well i think they are .elf's, some are repeated, i dont know if they could be extracted?? (do i just copy and paste as new?) maybe copy over old internal elfs for new XD i also found a few game id's SLPS25200(Final Fantasy XI) , SCUS9726(Ratchet & Clank Going Commando) , SLPM65981(Front Mission Online) , SLPM65197(Nobunaga's Ambition Online) i think are hdd install games, anyhow hope this helps i'll keep looking.

The "PARAM.SFO not found" error is in multiman ?... because it looks normal, it can be treating the disc like one of those "ps2 virtual HDD installation".... this feature is very old, maybe deank added it in the process of adding other stuff related

The other HDD installable format is "ps2 classic" ... this was implemented in 3.70 (iirc) so there is no way to boot it in 3.55 and no option for deank to implement anything related in multiman

I say this because the only reason that is asking about a PARAM.SFO... is because PS3 thinks is a HDD game, or a PS3 disc game (ps2 discs doesnt have a PARAM.SFO, neither an ICON0.PNG)

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I cant help you too much with the emu files, i never taked a look at them, i just was helping a bit to mysis to point in the right direction when patching XMB restrictions

The other day eussnl added some lists, i think are from cex emu .self's (im not 100% sure)
http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Talk:...on#PS2.2FPStwo

And this ones are installed in a "ps2 virtual hdd"
http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Talk:Emulation#PS2_HDD
The PARAM.SFO used by this ones is generated by the "PS2 System Data. pkg" (and his ICON0.PNG i think is the one used by the same "PS2 System Data")
http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Emula...ool_package.29

[baargle]

Originally Posted by samson [using my method] I checked an old version of multiman 02.07.01 , might just have to downgrade version to get ps2-hdd/usb backups 02.07.01 displays "playstation2 game disc loaded" [path/usb/] (experimental) , and that was made from a disc DVD backup of marvel vs capcom 2(with multiman). but just exits back to xmb after pressing ok , also read (and backed up) a cd backup of swapmagic XD the game folders are just the files from the discs. that was before i installed bdemu2 (i was getting the nag) , now i get param.sfo not found (is it possible to make one for ps2?) anyways figured this might help progress.

Not sure I'm getting you right here but it sounds like you're referring to an old version of Multiman that could allegedly load PS2 backup ISOs right?

Well scrap that idea, it never actually worked.

[samson]

Originally Posted by baargle Well scrap that idea, it never actually worked.

lol, thats a bit negative , after all we know a bit more now, like a ps2 backup can be made and mounted on ps3 from a disc back up on a non-BC without factory service mode.

and i've just found this.
http://pastie.org/4392598
so @sandungas do we need to patch (or grab old) premo_game_plugin and premo_plugin? (i doubt i can patch with lv2patcher?) might fix audio, vmc and controller issues?? idk, also whats the reason for factory service mode? will i damage my ps3 by not using it?

the one big problem is the soft reset when the ps2softemu boots (killing any mounting) anyways i added the ps2 patch to my PL3 3.55 patch and looks to be working but need to test more.

[DEFAULTDNB]

What are the chances deank himself will admit partial cobra defeat and re-add PS2 back into MM now that this revelation has come to light?

[Mustapha]

For the sake of trying something out, I tried decrypting ps2_softemu.self from 3.55, editing one of the SLUS 2**.** entries to match a disc I had lying around in the decrypted ps2_softemu.elf with a hex editor then reencrypting ps2_softemu.elf. I transferred it back to dev_flash (dev_blind).

After running boot_ps2.pkg with my modified ps2_softemu.self, YLOD.

I'm probably doing something wrong or I just don't understand how the process of editing self/elf files (if its possible). I'm using scetool 0.2.8.