OPL USB +4GB Games

[ydobp]

Hey everyone!
Been working out how to get opl to boot large file isos via usb.
My end goal is to have about 10 maybe 15 lan-games on usb thumb drive in order to run some lan parties.
I've done some reading to find out that some games are doeable this way. Looking around google at some PS2 iso sites and here, cause here is awesome anyway.
have definately been by sksapps and have read up on the methods of achieving this task.
Have tried a couple of the apps, USBUtil and iso2opl, alongside the tuts available and have only found success with managing to pile up data on my pc and little else.
I understand that you can't put +4GB on a FAT32 formatted USB thumbdrive. so about now I'm out of ideas and ready for suggestions.
Any help is appreciated.
Like I said I hoping to be able to setup a rig for 4-player lans and have everything done on the consolse disc-less, seeing that would be great option, I hoping I could get some help from the community where I've started this hobby.
Thanks.

[radrnatn]

your first step is to get usb extreme win 32 utility install it with that and defrag drive

[ydobp]

check!
my issue comes right after that not certain if I'm formatting the games properly, and I have yet to successfully install using iso2opl.
Also, one of my test isos don't seem to be patchable, think I'm missing a header so I'll re dl and hope that fixes it.

[binavik]

check!
my issue comes right after that not certain if I'm formatting the games properly, and I have yet to successfully install using iso2opl.
Also, one of my test isos don't seem to be patchable, think I'm missing a header so I'll re dl and hope that fixes it.

I've also tried USB gaming and I've found that installing games that are 4+ GB isn't all too fun.

I've gotten Kingdom Hearts 2 FM to work on USB by having USBUtil install it directly onto the thumb drive. I first tried putting them into the DVD folder for OPL to read but that didn't work, for some reason OPL wants the installed games on the root of the drive. You can also try using PS2ESDL (Playstation 2 External Storage Device games Loader (PS2ESDL)) to boot games from external drives.

Good luck dude.

[ydobp]

I've also tried USB gaming and I've found that installing games that are 4+ GB isn't all too fun.

I've gotten Kingdom Hearts 2 FM to work on USB by having USBUtil install it directly onto the thumb drive. I first tried putting them into the DVD folder for OPL to read but that didn't work, for some reason OPL wants the installed games on the root of the drive. You can also try using PS2ESDL (Playstation 2 External Storage Device games Loader (PS2ESDL)) to boot games from external drives.

Good luck dude.

Tried both combos... Results do vary so i'm deciding to go with both. My real issue is getting the rips to work properly. Thanks for the help. Just needed reassurance that I'm on the right path.
working on GT4 and SOCOM CA at the moment hoping to find a decent rip of either that'll work with either opl or esdl.

[ydobp]

Is there a way to check isos for compatibility? Other than just going through the apps to mount the games to USB? I know USButil v2.00 works pretty well.

[binavik]

Search through the forums or use Google. I have yet to find an organized, up to date compatibility list for either one of these applications. I was thinking of making one myself, but I don't even know if people would add to the list or where I should post it.

The PS2 has USB 1.1 so read/write speeds aren't too great. It's just good enough for some games to work. If you want high compatibility, you should look into a Phat PS2 with a network adapter and internal HDD.

[ydobp]

Search through the forums or use Google. I have yet to find an organized, up to date compatibility list for either one of these applications. I was thinking of making one myself, but I don't even know if people would add to the list or where I should post it.

how about here?. MAKE SURE TO LOOK at listings by letter.

The PS2 has USB 1.1 so read/write speeds aren't too great. It's just good enough for some games to work. If you want high compatibility, you should look into a Phat PS2 with a network adapter and internal HDD.

What I'm looking for is a couple handful of games to run well via USB, to setup a LAN with. The titles are have in mind are: THPS 3/4, GT4, Outrun2006, Juiced 2, Street Racing Syndicate(SRS), Crash Team Racing, and of course SOCOM 2/CA. There may be a couple othertitles I haven't put on the list but there's not too many LAN capable titles on PS2 anyway, Thank goodness for the ones that we can LAN.
Maybe someone can see where I'm going with this and offer some input.
Having PS2 slims is practically a must considering the scarcity of a network adapter.
I'd prefer to have a disc free setup to play the games , save on the lenses would be nice.
End goal is to have a 4-player lan rig.
Thank for your time

[ydobp]

so i got rips of some games Socom CA (SCES_544.77), GT4(SCUS_973.28), amongst a couple that I haven't tested yet. after using USBUtil v2.00 to rip the games to USBAdvance format. I tried to launch them on OPL,USB advance and PS2EDSL with no luck getting them to launch. I got GT4 to boot then, black screen. With the Socom, which I have to versions, the pal version didn't want to even boot. with the us ripped version I at least got it to boot to freezing at loading screen. All results were done in with OPL V .9. I couldn't get any better results with either USBAdvance or PS2EDSL. although I favor PS2EDSL, in my experience, it seems less compatible than the other two mentioned(USBAdvance, OPL).
I have only been testing these games to run from USB as I don't have a HDD with adapter for my phat 30001. So, SMB and HDD are currently out of the question, I believe.
Haven't considered making disc backups...yet.
But what did occur to me, which I haven't read anything about so I even doubt that this is something that's doeable.
I was wondering about have a HDD server to boot the games from like SMB? Now my understanding is that would only work if I had a phat PS2 correct?

[SP193]

so i got rips of some games Socom CA (SCES_544.77), GT4(SCUS_973.28), amongst a couple that I haven't tested yet. after using USBUtil v2.00 to rip the games to USBAdvance format. I tried to launch them on OPL,USB advance and PS2EDSL with no luck getting them to launch. I got GT4 to boot then, black screen. With the Socom, which I have to versions, the pal version didn't want to even boot. with the us ripped version I at least got it to boot to freezing at loading screen. All results were done in with OPL V .9. I couldn't get any better results with either USBAdvance or PS2EDSL. although I favor PS2EDSL, in my experience, it seems less compatible than the other two mentioned(USBAdvance, OPL).
I have only been testing these games to run from USB as I don't have a HDD with adapter for my phat 30001. So, SMB and HDD are currently out of the question, I believe.
Haven't considered making disc backups...yet.
But what did occur to me, which I haven't read anything about so I even doubt that this is something that's doeable.
I was wondering about have a HDD server to boot the games from like SMB? Now my understanding is that would only work if I had a phat PS2 correct?

Where did you get your games from? I think that most (If not all) those games you mentioned are compatible with both PS2ESDL and OPL. USBExtreme/USBAdvance is the one that is probably not even compatible with 40% of the games out there.

Games like GT4 might need a bit of extra care: They are DVD9 games. Improper ripping might result in it becoming unbootable.

With OPL and PS2ESDL, your games must be defragmented. PS2ESDL has a check on file fragmentation, but I have this bad feeling that it might be giving false negatives.