A quick test and Some little findings about USBAdvance_Cracked!!!

**lostinnil** · 04-01-2005,06:44 AM

I have a spare HDD, however it is spoiled so it left with no choice but to use a USB 2.0 pendrive to carry out this little test.

Testing environment:
37000(unmodded)
64MB USB 2.0 pendrive
MAX Drive(a Japanese Version of AR Max Evo which has memorycard manage function only. As a result it loads very fast, within 5s, from HDD unlike the USA or PAL version of AME)

Process:
1. Format my pendrive using ul_format. It is in FAT format after that anyway.
2. Install MAX Drive to my pendrive using ul_install.
3. Turn on my PS2, ps2menu-k 0.31 launches as BOOT.ELF. USBADVN.ELF launches from MC.
4. Plug my pendrive to my ps2. Max Drive is shown in game list. Select 'start' after highlighting the title, 'MAXDRIVE'.
5. Wait.............................................. ...........
6. It runs, MC0 and MC1 are accessible. Pendrive icon expectedly does not light up.

Some findings:
1. The format of a USBAdvance formatted disc is FAT.
2. It is really plug and play.
3. The 'ul_install' installing is very very slow. It's like 0.2~0.5MB/s. And you know what? I have usb2.0 ports on my laptop and I used a USB 2.0 pendrive. Well that's...
4. After installation on PC side, ul_install generated 2 files on my pendrive.

ul.cfg(1k)
This is understandably the configuration file. Under a hex editor, it shows 'MAXDRIVE' and 'ul.SLPS_200.06'. 'MAXDRIVE' is the name I assigned to the Game I installed. 'ul.SLPS_200.06' can be understood easily.

ul.DA2FBC44.SLPS_200.06.00(58MB)
This is the game itself. I did a comparison of this file and the original ISO of MAX Drive. Unsurprisingly, they are identical. So if we can find out how ul_install rename a game then we can just rename them ourselves and drag them into the PS2 HDD instead of wasting time on that 'useless' ul_install. I think the only not so easily understood part is 'DA2FBC44'. Coders? any? Btw, the ul_format is of even less use than its partner.

5. Images are not at centre of the screen when MAX Drive loads. Certain images lack from the screen. Frame rate drops from time to time.

6. It takes 1min48sec to load MAX Drive from game list screen until the MC selection screen. The same process HDLoader takes 5s with normal frame rate and complete images at the centre of screen.

Final words:
It is indeed no April Fool's joke but it is more like a job after all.

I only express my own opinion in this post.

edit: it does not matter if you format your HDD in FAT16 or FAT32, both work fine. It completely makes ul_format useless...

**Zer0-X** · 04-01-2005,07:10 AM

DA2FBC44 might be the CRC32 checksum of the installed file. Try to rename it to something else and also change the config file and see if it still works.

Kiyo · 04-01-2005,07:23 AM

the laoder is also crypt in file. very strange things. i need mrbrown sio cable to instect easier.

**accadeecee** · 04-01-2005,07:36 AM

when using ul_install it was also super slow for me, but instead of installing straight to pendrive i installed to HDD in computer then copied it over to pendrive, it was a thousand times faster... One point to note, if installing more than one game you must install all to the same spot and then copy it over, otherwise the config file isn't updated thus making previous installs useless

**TheCrowX** · 04-01-2005,07:43 AM

can i use usbxtreme on my v7 with my old ide hdd installed games with hdloader or will I have to reformat it again and then reinstall my games ??
Thanx

**lostinnil** · 04-01-2005,07:58 AM

I open the file in hex editor, and generate checksum, I see no DA2FBC44.
I change DA2FBC44 part to something else then it does not load.
What are the possible respects of ul.cfg I can change? It only contains the given name and the standard 'XXXX_XXX.XX' information.

**lostinnil** · 04-01-2005,08:00 AM

Originally Posted by TheCrowX

can i use usbxtreme on my v7 with my old ide hdd installed games with hdloader or will I have to reformat it again and then reinstall my games ??
Thanx

I think you have to reformat at this stage, because the 2 HDD systems are not compatible.

**accadeecee** · 04-01-2005,08:15 AM

its not compatible with IDE HDD's as far as i know, only USB HDD

**accadeecee** · 04-01-2005,08:50 AM

just tested something with the files created by "ul_install"...... If you mount the ul.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx.xx (The Big one, not the .cnf file) on a virtual drive it loads exactly the same as an .iso showing all the files in the folder..

**lostinnil** · 04-01-2005,09:18 AM

Originally Posted by accadeecee

just tested something with the files created by "ul_install"...... If you mount the ul.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx.xx (The Big one, not the .cnf file) on a virtual drive it loads exactly the same as an .iso showing all the files in the folder..

I have this in my post

ul.DA2FBC44.SLPS_200.06.00(58MB)
This is the game itself. I did a comparison of this file and the original ISO of MAX Drive. Unsurprisingly, they are identical.

They are identical means you can add a '.iso' to the back of any ul.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx.xx, you will get the ISO of original disc or image depending on your source.

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