Hacking anyway to speed up loading .cso files?

[shadow100z]

using a 4gb scandish bought from walmart. .cso files are so so slow loading, been into the recovery menu on the psp and seen memory stick speed up. then i did some reading about it.

What is your guys opion on it?

 

[RoMee]

the memory speed up option works great for me. I have it on always.

you can try looking for an iso of the game, might be a bad compression job
The only cso I use is the ones I do myself

 

[shadow100z]

i got a game thats an iso and did compresd it with many levels. 1 though 9 and still laggy wile loading. gonna try the speed up and c what happens

 

[f00had]

Try changing the ISO loader you use.

 

[shadow100z]

change the .iso loader? how do ya go about that

 

[Mario92]

change the .iso loader? how do ya go about that

Usually from recovery menu (press R and hold while powering on PSP). With PRO-B you can change it by pressing Select button in XMB and restarting PSP after change.

There was a thread iso vs cso which pretty much covered that some games just doesn't work that well with cso format and some doesn't have any problems. If you get some loading issues with cso files I recommend to convert it to iso or get clean iso version. It takes some more space but It's usually much faster. Cso just doesn't work that well becouse it's compressed and iso isn't.

UMDGen is handy tool. You can delete /PSP_GAME/SYSDIR/UPDATE from taking space, search dummy data and save your cso files to iso format.

 

[shadow100z]

already have UMDGen and have been playing around with it. I must have tryed a dozen .cso files everyone is slow at loading. do anyone have any idea on a game that when in .cso format loads pretty good so i can try it?

 

[Schlupi]

Ok. I have the list of options here.

1. If you have a 1000, use fatMSmod if you're on a 5.XX CFW. It will make stuff run faster.
2. Update to PRO-B8, NAO. use the memory stick speed up option, it does WONDERS.
3. Decompress it and use the .iso.

4. compress it at a smaller rate, or use a different program. Not ALL programs work properly (UMDGEN is usually choice).

I am pretty sure that's all the options you have. NOTE some games CAN NOT be compressed and still work right. Like games with lots of CG cutscenes or constant loading... it's too taxing on the MS for it to have to do extra work. Kingdom Hearts BBS and DJ Max series are examples. DJ Max lags to a point of unplayability under certain conditions. Some games, like Patapon, run great as a CSO. Smaller games tend to work better than larger games as CSOs, for the most part.

 

[shadow100z]

using psp 3001 with a g04 MB
running 6.20 pro b-8

gonna try Patapon and c how it works,
if not gotta stick to .iso i guess and get a larger memory stick.
also running scandics 4gb right now.

 

[shadow100z]

for memory stick speed up which option should you chhose, pop, game vsh pop and game, game and vsh, vsh and game, always, none,


also like to add that when you choose a highlights a game it take abut 30 secs for the background for it to load.

 

[Schlupi]

I can confirm the following games run fine (no lag, just slower loading times) as a CSO:

*Monster Hunter (series)
*Patapon (1,2,3)
*Gitaroo Man
*Persona 3 Portable
*Persona

I can add more once I check my list again, if you want more suggestions.

 

[shadow100z]

my games don't lagg, they run perfect, just that the loading time is so long, a few minutes for some games.

 

[FrankensteinTank]

Works fine as a cso
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Dragonballz Shin budokai 2
Final Fantasy Crisis Core
God Eater Burst
God of War COO (lags every now and then but bearable)
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (lags with lots of enemies on-screen)
MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker
Patapon 2
Patapon 3
Patapon
Twisted Metal Head On
Ultimate Ghosts N Goblins
Ys the Oath of Felghana

Won't work or lags as a cso:
God of War Ghost of Sparta (lags)
Tekken Dark Resurrection (music gets corrupted)

EDIT: Don't really have a problem with loading on any of them.

 

[shadow100z]

just tried patapon, take 32 seconds to load up to the sony licensed screen.

 

[shadow100z]

like to also note that when copying files over to the memory stick the speeds are slow at 3MB a sec. Even my micro sd cards i have are twice that fast.

 

[xist]

CSO's are bad. But it sounds like your MS is awful....run a PSXReality Speed test and check the results.

And for reference the fatmsmod.prx swap shouldn't be done on 5.00M33-6 as the built in MS speed up works better and isn't mutually compatible.

 

[FrankensteinTank]

CSO's are bad. But it sounds like your MS is awful....run a PSXReality Speed test and check the results.

And for reference the fatmsmod.prx swap shouldn't be done on 5.00M33-6 as the built in MS speed up works better and isn't mutually compatible.

I agree with xist. It sounds like your MS is the culprit. Just booted up my Patapon 2 cso and it took about 15 seconds of loading to get to the menu screen.

 

[xist]

Also it may be an idea to check you haven't altered the Game Clock Speed below default.

 

[shadow100z]

running the test there now, darn it bought the stick new at staples 3 days ago.


gee that test is taking quite some time.

 

[shadow100z]

Also it may be an idea to check you haven't altered the Game Clock Speed below default.

had the game speed set at 333 mhz and still no difference so i just set everything back to default.