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My working configuration for this method:
IN MC0:/
BOOT
In MC0:/BOOT/
CB_launch.elf
In MASS:/
Codebreaker.elf
rescue.elf (Ulaunch 4.21)
When I start my PS2, FreeMCBoot loads up Ulaunchelf, I hit X to load Codebreaker.elf, I select cheats, press start, start the game, and ESR loads. THIS WILL WORK WITH ORIGINAL GAMES TOO! just make sure the original is in BEFORE you start the PS2.
How should my config be if I don't have FMCB? I only have the osdmain.elf created from it and renamed to dvdplayer.elf so that I can boot ESR games through the PS2 browser.
EDIT: Nevermind, I got it to work by using your configuration. Thanks :) .
Glad I could help.
Guys i got all this to work thanx to all the help posted ..the catch is i got it to work individually, but once i try to first boot the CB -> select codes -> load the ESR game (persona 3 FES) it goes back to the File browser menu (where i can load elf files and browse mass:/)
I can boot the ESR game without swapdisc from the MC fine. I can also load the CB from MC fine .... but i cant figure out how to tell the ps2 to boot the ESR game once i chose my codes.
i am so close to getting this to work (after hours of reading) could i get that last bit of help i need for this to fire up properly ?
I know it has to do with what TnA posted "Change the order, in which you start CB and ESR,...
Load CB "patched", to run ESR (Direct-DVD)." but how to do this exactly ?
Btw, my game is burnt on a backup dvd
Use the "CB-Patcher" by ffgriever.
Patch the CB to load the ESR (direct DVD)-ELF from a location, you want to. ;)
Then place ESR in this location, with the name you specified.
If you do all right, start your CB --> Select your codes --> (here is the last chance, to put your disc in -->) Click on "start game" and ESR-colors should flash.
Hope it helps. ;)
Make sure the ESR direct DVD file is renamed to CB_launch.elf, and placed in either mc0:/boot/, mass:/boot/, or, hdd0:/__boot/.
That is because the patched CB looks in several different locations for two different elf files, and the first one it finds will be launched. The first filename it looks for is "CB_launch.elf", and the second one is "BOOT.ELF", and the places where it looks for these include "mc0:/BOOT/". That is why it restarts uLaunchELF (aka: uLE) for you, when you have that installed as "mc0:/BOOT/BOOT.ELF", and no "CB_launch.elf" stored in the tested locations.Quote:
Originally Posted by yessirsir
Assuming that you know how to use uLE to copy files you can easily fix this by making a copy of the ESR elf (the 'dvdv direct' variant) renaming it to "CB_launch.elf" and copying this into the "mc0:/BOOT/" folder.Quote:
I can boot the ESR game without swapdisc from the MC fine. I can also load the CB from MC fine .... but i cant figure out how to tell the ps2 to boot the ESR game once i chose my codes.
The next time CB is told to 'start game' and starts to search for an elf to launch (thanks to the patch) it will find the "CB_launch.elf" file before looking for "BOOT.ELF", and will thus start ESR.
That is of course the expectation of ESR, but I hope you remembered to dvdv-patch that ISO before burning it to DVD-R, as that is required to let ESR see the disc on an unmodded PS2/PStwo console. But I think you did this right as you said it works with ESR when used separately from CB.Quote:
Btw, my game is burnt on a backup dvd
Best regards: dlanor
Those paths are incorrect, except for the HDD path.Quote:
Originally Posted by aar36095
I don't understand why people keep forgetting that character casing is always significant on PS2 filesystems, both for file names and for folder names (and device names too).
The correct pathnames for MC and USB are:
"mc0:/BOOT/CB_launch.elf" and "mass:/BOOT/CB_launch.elf"
Best regards: dlanor
Did he mentioned, that he still has a patched CB?
@yessirsir: So if you still have a "HDL patched CB" (google ;) ), did it the way dlanor told ya.
If not, search for the "HDL patched CB", or patch a CB on your own, with ffgrievers CB-Patcher (only, if you want it to search in other folders, or names, or both). ;)
Not explicitly, but he implied it by describing how CB attempts to start a game, like this:Quote:
Originally Posted by TnA
That can only refer to some homebrew, and I suspect it was uLE, even though CodeBreaker of course didn't go directly into the uLE FileBrowser, but merely restarted uLE normally.Quote:
Originally Posted by yessirsir
The only way to achieve a similar effect with an unpatched CodeBreaker would be to let it boot a CD/DVD disc with uLE on it, which can't be the case here as he was trying to boot a game backup disc with ESR.
Best regards: dlanor