HDL_Patch by Zer0-X

[Zer0-X]

HDLPatch 0.8b - HDLPatch 0.8c

The (unofficial) version 0.8c handles the following operations:

- God of War 2 patch from crazyc.
- No disc seek while loading (stops freezing at splash screen on V9 and later models).
- Compatibility menu facelift with new built-in modes (with some improvements). Includes a new installer module that can handle DVD9.
- V12/13 PSTwo support (for Automan's interface). These models aren't too reliable when installing games. Better use WinHIIP.
- Stop CDVD-drive motor after loading (use ONLY when booting from a disc on V9 and later models).
- Bigger game list (fit more titles on screen).
- Force HDLoader's UI into NTSC-mode on PAL machines (fullscreen image).
- LBA 48bit patch (allows full use of HDDs up to 2 terabytes).
- Auto idle off fix to stop HDD from shutting down if left idling.
- MDMA/UDMA-mode selector through user configurable button layout while HDLoader starts.
- Swap X/O buttons for japanese style controls.
- Disable all features from the UI except playing games.
- Position HDLoader's screen.
- Force default language.
- Change graphics (splash, main & the button image).
- Change font.
- Change colors and texts from a separate textfiles.
- Extract images, font data, colors & texts from HDLoader.

Most of the patches can be installed to already trimmed versions of HDLoader but to be safe always use a clean file to begin with if possible.

Thanks go to Clement & Crazyc for their hard work with the 48bit LBA support & Crazyc for the language/date/time/dvd9/net/buffer + various gamefixes & various other people who have contributed. Team Xtender for supplying their HD Connect kit. Linux binary by sL1pKn07, Linux (0.8c) & Mac OSX binary by barf and the base of all the evil stuff by sjeep.

I've been away from PS2 stuff from quite some time now. Good if others are still willing to keep on going with HDLoader...

I also decided to add the pure clean unpacked protected HDLoader taken from the original retail disc. It can be patched just like the cracked "free" version floating around. If someone still cares about the issue feel free to remove it from the list of files, as I don't care anymore if it violates a law or another in a country somewhere I don't even care.
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[kof_fan]

could you make the save and make it a sharport/xport file for us???? if possible or anyone who can thanks

[Da Brass]

could you make the save and make it a sharport/xport file for us???? if possible or anyone who can thanks

Do you read any of the rules???

- No posting/requesting the ELF File or links to HDLoader/HDAdvance.

1st Warning.

[SHadoph]

I see the increased number of mods is paying off.

*Request Post*
20mins later..
*Warned*

[Da Brass]

no different than what I was doing before.

[excaluber]

Does "no disc seek", stop the laser from reading the Disc completely after booting up? Or just temporarily while its booting up.

Secondly, I had heard that there were some minor issues when trying to use the no disc seek patch, and stop disc spinning at the same time on v9's..... Was that an older issue thats been solved? Has anyone else heard of, or experienced this? (I have not tried it myself, i just use the "no disc seek", i figure untill i find out for sure, better safe then sorry)

excaluber

[Zer0-X]

Normally when HDL is starting it briefly checks for the CD (remainings of the original protection) and if there's no CD (DMS/Infinity MC booted) V9 and later will hang in that place. No seek patch takes care of that.

Stop disc causes HDL to issue the command to stop the cdvd-drive motor when it finishes loading. Only usefull for people who boot HDL using CD (from CD or using the PSX exploit). If there's no disc and the stop command is issued, again, V9 and later will hang.

[dlanor]

Zero-X:
I think that 99% of the problems people have with the patch switches are just due to misunderstandings. Further down in this post I'll make a suggestion that may clarify those for most users (if implemented in the GUIs).

Normally when HDL is starting it briefly checks for the CD (remainings of the original protection) and if there's no CD (DMS/Infinity MC booted) V9 and later will hang in that place. No seek patch takes care of that.

It's not quite that bad, really. Using "/N /C" does eliminate need for a disk in tray on my V9 PS2. And I know it's at least V9, as my mod chip (Ripper 2 Gold) doesn't offer the features I've got for older PS2 models.

I'm not sure why these switches fail for others, though it could be due to V10, or variations of mod-chip functionality, or even minor variations in PS2 design (as minor differences can exist within any 'version').

Stop disc causes HDL to issue the command to stop the cdvd-drive motor when it finishes loading. Only usefull for people who boot HDL using CD (from CD or using the PSX exploit). If there's no disc and the stop command is issued, again, V9 and later will hang.

This is the rub, and many people (even I, once ) cause unnecessary problems for themselves by wanting ALL the switches. So they combine the "/N /C" with "/S" in the mistaken belief that this will work fine for booting either from MC, CD, or HDD. It would be nice if it did, but for V9s and newer PS2s that simply doesn't work (just as you say), so we who have such consoles need to use different switch sets for CD-based booting and CD-free booting.

Btw: To be precise, the switch set "/N /C /S" does NOT cause HDL itself to hang directly. That doesn't happen until an attempt is made to launch a game. It is at this time that a disk is required in the tray to proceed.

I'm sorry if I seem to be double-posting (rather triple or more) about that misuse of the switches. But I see more posts all the time from people complaining about throubles on their V9+ consoles, and then it turns out (often after many posts of discussion) that they still go for ALL the switches, so they clearly still need to be told to stop doing so.

Perhaps this should be empasized nore clearly in the docs, and perhaps even in the GUI's. It would be quite easy to add in a test for the three switches involved and warn the user if he selects a combination unsuitable for V9+.
(ie: Any combination with "/S" plus one or both of "/N /C".)

It could be done very nicely without breaking the 'stride' of the app, simply by adding a text box to the GUI classifying what the current switch set is good for, with the following alternative displays (just for example).

NCS
YYY => Warning, unsuitable for V9 or newer PS2 models
NYY => same warning as above
YNY => same warning as above
YYN => Perfect for CD-free booting, mediocre for CD booting
NNY => Perfect for CD-based booting, no CD-free booting
NYN => (Dubious combination)
YNN => (Dubious combination)
NNN => Like original HDL: no CD-free booting, mediocre for CD booting

(Dubious combination) here simply means that it makes little sense asking for "/C" without "/N" (or the opposite), even though it may not make much difference, as you've stated that these patches are in fact integrated with each other nowdays. (If I understood you correctly...?)

In any case, I believe that messages of this kind in the GUIs could eliminate a lot of the newb mistakes, and thus spare us all a lot of newb aid requests in this forum.

Best regards: dlanor

[jeex]

after a bit of research i've discovered the espn games dont play well with the date/timestamp patch.

/D1 = works with espn games

/D2 = works with espn games

/D3 = does not work with espn games

which would be best to use? /D1 or /D2 ?

games tested.. espn nhl 2k5, espn nba 2k5, espn nfl 2k5.

i patched the original uncompressed, unskinned, untouched hdloader elf, put it on the MC uncompressed, only using hdlpatch 0.5 to patch it.

the patches i applied were;

/C /S /L /Dx

v4 NTSC PS2, booting the elf with ps2menu-k 0.31, official sony MC, using MC exploit to boot

[Zer0-X]

Actually /N and /C aren't integrated anymore after I found a new location for the stop disc patch. Can't remember anymore when I changed this.