Can I use FMCB + Xploder HDTV + HDLoader?

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04-09-2009, 07:15 AM
sofakng

Can I use FMCB + Xploder HDTV + HDLoader?

I've installed FMCB and it works great but I'm trying to get Xploder HDTV and HDLoader working together.

Is this possible?

I've connected my PS2 to my VGA monitor using a transcoder box so I NEED 480P because 480i won't work with the VGA monitor.

Also, can I get FMCB's menu (OSD) to display in 480p?

Thanks for any help!
04-09-2009, 01:51 PM
Popstation 2

Use http://asmodean.reverse.net/pages/ps2force480p.html
05-08-2009, 04:43 AM
doctorxyz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Popstation 2

Use http://asmodean.reverse.net/pages/ps2force480p.html

@Popstation 2

Certainly your link is useful for R&D about this theme.

@ALL

Some possibilities here:
- Adapt either Xploder HDTV Player or HDLoader address in order to work together
- Discover address and opcodes game-by-game using ps2force480p and "FC /B" command-line tool. Then inject codes discovered into Codebreaker Day1 File for the game involved*, in order to use with Codebraker original version (or patched ones for HDLoader - v9.3 & v10).
- Understand Xploder HDTV Player via reverse engineering and put it into FMCB ou ULHE code

Cheers,

* Seems there is a tool for that...!
05-08-2009, 03:05 PM
urbigbro

I would submit that getting Xploder to change it's program is highly unlikely. I would think it may be possible to get the creator of HDL to alter his code, but he's been out of the business of updating his program for years now and never released his source code.

Perhaps some of the dev's that figured out how to patch HDL after the fact could help.

There is a hardware solution, that only one chip I know of can do.
http://www.vtec.com.br/thunderproii/index.htm

They are based in Brasil, so I'm not sure if they're available outside of it. The user named "katananja" has one on his HK PS2 so we know it will at least work on other regions.

Maybe that team will know more about issues regarding VGA output and game compatibility.
06-29-2009, 10:51 PM
doctorxyz

Hi urbigbro,

Quote:

Originally Posted by urbigbro

I would submit that getting Xploder to change it's program is highly unlikely.
I would think it may be possible to get the creator of HDL to alter his code,
but he's been out of the business of updating his program for years now and never released his source code.

I have already tried to unpack Xploder in order to study its source code, but none of unpack tools I have can do this job.
About reading an interview with SJeep about HDL - The Real Story, I discovered why him never released HLD source code;
but after studying, aplying and comparing HDL Patches I could discover enough to patch HDL Splash & Main Screen to VGA mode
(i.e., during game list). It is not enough to keep VGA mode during gameplay, but I am still working on that, reasearching
about GS Modes use some docs obtained from Web, and studying interestant source code that do similar funcions
(like installPNSelector from PS2 Zone Loader - Fusion shared the sources, thanks for him).

Quote:

Originally Posted by urbigbro

Perhaps some of the dev's that figured out how to patch HDL after the fact could help.

Yes, certainly...!

I wish ffgriever could share the IGR (In Game Reset) source code with us, it could be very useful for this work!

Quote:

Originally Posted by urbigbro

There is a hardware solution, that only one chip I know of can do.
http://www.vtec.com.br/thunderproii/index.htm

They are based in Brasil, so I'm not sure if they're available outside of it.

Thanks for the VTEC URL... I am based in Brazil too... ;-)

I have been studying and reading on VTEC site and its forum contents. I also sent an email to the VTEC.
But up to now, I have no response... Certainly they have all source code I need... For other hand - Believe me - the "magic" is done only
at software side, patching a system call routine (SetGsCrt) on PS2 Kernel and making a handler to trap write attempts to GS (Graphics Synthesizer) registers (DISPLAY1/DISPLAY2).

Quote:

Originally Posted by urbigbro

The user named "katananja" has one on his HK PS2 so we know it will at least work on other regions.
Maybe that team will know more about issues regarding VGA output and game compatibility.

Yes, I believe who is him. Acordingly to friend of mine, he already knows about my project, but since he has no FAT PS2, maybe he is not interested on it.
(force VGA mode at HDL Games' gameplay).

Sorry for my horrible english...!

BR,
07-11-2009, 04:57 PM
DariuszG

Quote:

Originally Posted by Popstation 2

Use http://asmodean.reverse.net/pages/ps2force480p.html

How to use this tool?
Lets say that I have "ps2force480p.exe" and "GAME.ISO" on my C partition.
The command line should look like this?:

c:\ps2force480p.exe c:\GAME.ISO [DY]

what about this [DY]? should it be for example [DY=50] or DY=50?
How to make agressive/normal patching?
07-12-2009, 04:17 PM
MidniteAssassin

I couldn't get it to work with any of my games. (ps2force480p)
I tried Castlevania Curse Of Darkness since the Xploder HDTV Player can force it to 480p(and it seems to look a little better on an HDTV), but it just made the game not boot up.
07-23-2009, 07:15 PM
Yeloazn

Quote:

Originally Posted by DariuszG

How to use this tool?
Lets say that I have "ps2force480p.exe" and "GAME.ISO" on my C partition.
The command line should look like this?:

c:\ps2force480p.exe c:\GAME.ISO [DY]

what about this [DY]? should it be for example [DY=50] or DY=50?
How to make agressive/normal patching?

you don't need the c:\ in front of GAME.iso if the iso is in the same place as ps2force480p.exe it'll work.
for aggressive its c:\ps2force480p.exe game.iso aggressive
for DY its c:\ps2force480p.exe game.iso XX -don't put DY= it will read it as a 0 and not the numbers
07-23-2009, 07:20 PM
barf

Is there a PAL version? force576p would probably be its name.
07-25-2009, 05:43 AM
DariuszG

@Yeloazn: thx for answer.

Does it work with PAL games?

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