Open PS2 Loader SMB & USB Game Compatibility Submissions

**MidniteAssassin** · 10-31-2009,04:47 PM

PC: Windows XP Pro SP3
PS2: V7 Not modded
Rev: (The one jimmikaelkael posted, in other words, the first public version.)
Region: System and all games are NTSC, unless noted.)

La Pucelle Tactics - Not Working - Freezes at a dark gray screen with faded rainbows in it. (It actually looks like real life rainbows.)

Final Fantasy 12 - Partially Working - Memory Cards are not detected.

Final Fantasy 12 IZJS(NTSC-J Original, Non-Translated) - Partially Working - Memory Cards are not detected.

Final Fantasy 12 IZJS(NTSC-J Patched to translate to English) - Partially Working - USB Utility reported it to be 7GB in size, then the next time started USB Utility, it came up as corrupted and asked to to delete. Also, Memory Cards are not detected.

Madden NFL 10 - Working - Everything seems to be working fine, Memory Cards are found, but loading is a little slower than what I'm used to(HDL).

Castlevania Curse Of Darkness - Not Working - BSOD

Resident Evil: Code Veronica X - Not Working - BSOD

Silent Hill 2 - Working - Everything seems to be working fine. Videos stutter, but it's playable. Went as far as the first save point(LoL).

Shadow Hearts - Working - The game lags during fight introductions and during the menu. Also, for those of you who have played this in HDL and had it freeze by the "Man Eater's Gate" without using a specific compatibility mode, I successfully got past that part of the game without any patches.

Killzone - Working - Besides the stuttering video, flawless.

Hitman Blood Money - Not Working - Freezes nearly immediately after start, a black screen with a piece of a red line in it.

Resident Evil 4 - Working - Choppy videos, but otherwise fine so far.

Blood Rayne - Not Working - ...umm...like when...the video...like a rotating...it just doesn't work.

Silent Hill 3 - Not Working - Same as above.

Final Fantasy X-2 - Not Working - Freezes at a black screen with pink bars on the bottom and right side.

**Bootlegninja** · 10-31-2009,04:56 PM

Originally Posted by hackoba

Hi! all, I have one question here, is this amazing app is compatable with net work storage device like i found this one "http://www.cdrking.com/local/products/index.php?action=submnu&temp=2&typeno=4324284-081984-097659060-6736591&prod=Network%20Storage" so that we no longer use a PC?

regards

hackoba

hard to say. My coolmax CN-350 NAS locks up the program every time on accessing the game list.

jimmi mentioned that he has a Linksys NAS with a Linux firmware on it and he has success with it.

Mine, is a very very cheap model. it uses a very basic all in one BIN file for the firmware. Most likely uses an old version of SMB and is not configurable.

Only NAS software I know of that's free right now that will work (with minor config additions) is FreeNAS that you install on a useless spare PC.

**savov** · 10-31-2009,06:01 PM

Some tests with Windows 7 Home Premium
PlayStation 2 Slim SCPH-75004
Open USB Loader rev 62 from jimi's post (Open PS2 Loader Project - v0.9)
All games are PAL and UNpatched.

MotorStorm Arctic Edge - Starts, the videos and loadings are choppy, but the gameplay is fine.
Resident Evil 4 - Starts, cutscenes and sounds are choppy, but overall its good.
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow - freezes at black screen.
Splinter Cell Double Agent - like Pandora Tomorrow. But I want to note that the game started from usb actually boots, but freezes at black screen when Singleplayer or Multiplayer is chosen.
Persona 3 FES - starts, the anime videos are bit choppy and loading times bit longer, but except that it runs great and fully playable. I played 2 ingame days and few battles in Tartarus, one of which was the final boss.
Persona 4 - like Persona 3, playable.

**MidniteAssassin** · 11-01-2009,05:50 PM

To those that reported Final Fantasy 12 as working, did the memory cards show up when you tried to load or save?

**TnA** · 11-01-2009,06:12 PM

Here a short list, of what I´ve tested so far through SMB.

Code:

Alpineracer 3					-->	BSOD
Call of Duty 3					-->	Works, with issues. Freezes after successful saving. Sometimes I had the issue, that I need to re-connect my Controller wenn I started the game (older rev.s didn´t had that issue thought, or only randomly. Now, the Controller-Bug is [allmost?] instantly).
Capcom - Fighting Jam				-->	Works!
Cold Winter					-->	Goes ingame and freezes shortly, after a (loading-)"square" is shown.
Colosseum - Road to freedom			-->	Works!
Crash - Tag Team Racing				-->	Works!
Der Polarexpress				-->	BSOD.
Enthusia: Professional Racing			-->	Hangs on 2nd pink screen.
EyeToy: Antigrav				-->	Hangs on 2nd pink screen.
EyeToy: Play					-->	Goes into the game and shows the intro-tutorial with this grandma, but do not go further on the next loading-logo. Btw.: Before the Grandma-Video, I can see me so my Cam is recognized and working. :)
Fahrenheit					-->	BSOD after V-Mode-Selection
Final Fantasy X					-->	Hangs on BS(OD) with pink borders.
Final Fantasy XII				-->	Works!
Guilty Gear X2 - The midnight carnival #Reload	-->	BSOD.
Grand Tour Racing 400/GT-R 400			-->	Works!
Jacky Chan Adventures				-->	Freezes on JCA-Loading-Logo (first loads, then freezes, probably when it atempt to do the next thing...).
Jet Li - Rise to honour				-->	Works!
Kingdom Hearts 2				-->	Hangs on 2nd pink screen. PAD is initialized.
Medal of Honor - Vanguard			-->	Hangs on 2nd pink screen.
Project Zero					-->	BSOD.
Resident Evil - Code Veronica X			-->	BSOD.
Resident Evil 4					-->	Works, with small glitches. The A/V is async to the subs.
Samurai Showdown V				-->	BSOD after SNK Playmore-Logo.
Time Crisis 3					-->	Works (but I didn´t tested the GCon2 with it yet...)

All these games are DE/EU-PAL and tested through SMB/LAN.
PC has WinXP Pro SP3 on it.

I´ll test the new rev. shortly.

Btw.: I had the chance to lend a few Singstar&EyeToy-Games today.
Guess I´ll try some now with the new rev.

**jimmikaelkael** · 11-02-2009,07:58 AM

Originally Posted by MidniteAssassin

To those that reported Final Fantasy 12 as working, did the memory cards show up when you tried to load or save?

Yeah same thing for me: no memory card detected...

Could anyone test with USB if it does the same ?

**JNABK** · 11-02-2009,10:10 AM

Yep, same here. I get the blue message box saying no MCs found, although they are there.

Same for SMB and USB booting.

**TnA** · 11-02-2009,10:19 AM

Originally Posted by JNABK

Yep, same here. I get the blue message box saying no MCs found, although they are there.

Same for SMB and USB booting.

Odd.
I tested it with a FMCB-MC, which has nothing more on it to not cause any issues and then I didn´t try to save, or load my save from my other MC. lol

@JNABK: Did you tried it with all rev.65-Versions?

**JNABK** · 11-02-2009,10:40 AM

Originally Posted by TnA

Odd.
I tested it with a FMCB-MC, which has nothing more on it to not cause any issues and then I didn´t try to save, or load my save from my other MC. lol

@JNABK: Did you tried it with all rev.65-Versions?

Yep, me too.....i've been doing all of the testing from a V4 using a FMCB MC to boot the different versions. I tested with the first r65, not the special ones as those were for specific tests.

**yoshi314** · 11-02-2009,02:19 PM

Grim Grimoire - SLES_54897 (PAL). it works and it loads pretty quickly on loader built off most recent revision.

tested with no patches whatsoever, from sigmatel-based 8gb mp3 player. sounds skips a bit (less than 1/4 second) during more intensive loading (e.g before level, or longer cutscene). i was expecting a MUCH worse performance from game running off usb.

console is v10 pal with fmcb 1.8b, unmodded.

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