Hacking Black screen when playing PSP games on CFW

[Windows_10_User]

Every time I run a PSP game I have a black screen after clicking the XMB icon after mounting the ISO with multiMAN and running the game with different PSP Launchers. I only tested supposedly playable games according to the PSP Emulator Compatibility List but I still have this problem. I'm on Rebug REX 4.84.2. I can't use webMAN MOD/sMAN since it always freezes my PS3.

 

[Ryccardo]

Which game? It may plainly be incompatible - try a known working game (like pinball dreams or pinball fantasies or everybody's golf portable 1/2)

 

[Windows_10_User]

Which game? It may plainly be incompatible - try a known working game (like pinball dreams or pinball fantasies or everybody's golf portable 1/2)

Many games. It seems there's a PSP game compatibility list and some games may work if I convert them to PKG.

What about those games that don't appear on the PSP game compatibility list (the same thing goes for the PSX and PS2 ones that don't appear in their game compatibility lists)?

Anyway, which PSP games should I convert to PKG (and if so, which program should I use to do that?) and which ones should I keep as ISO?

 

[Ryccardo]

What about those that don't show up on that list (the same thing goes for the PSX and PS2 ones)?

Try yourself

Anyway, which ones should I convert to PKG (and if so, which program should I use to do that) and which ones should I keep as ISO?

It doesn't matter (for PSP ones*) - use whichever format you prefer (which for me would be pkg because I love having everything in the proper official UI)

* in fact it's theoretically better as pkg because you can have control over the emulator tweaks, but (just like PS2 software emulation configs) most people don't even remotely have the knowledge to even make an educated guess at which options to try, because they require knowing how the game works in the first place...

It's just very inaccurate (no support for loading separate executables, no support for direct umd sector access, ...) so don't expect miracles even if you knew

 

[Windows_10_User]

Try yourself


It doesn't matter (for PSP ones*) - use whichever format you prefer (which for me would be pkg because I love having everything in the proper official UI)

* in fact it's theoretically better as pkg because you can have control over the emulator tweaks, but (just like PS2 software emulation configs) most people don't even remotely have the knowledge to even make an educated guess at which options to try, because they require knowing how the game works in the first place...

It's just very inaccurate (no support for loading separate executables, no support for direct umd sector access, ...) so don't expect miracles even if you knew

I don't know why are there so many PSP Launchers and why arw there are so many people using them when PSP games can be mounted by multiMAN, webMAN, IRISMAN, ManaGunZ, etc.

If it doesn't matter for PSP games then why do some users state that some ISOs don't work so they need to be converted to PKG in order to work? I want to spare the PS3's HDD so I prefer to have the games on the ISO format (I use an external HDD).

What control over emulator tweaks (including the one related with PS2 games) are you talking about? It's the first time I'm playing PSP games and I don't know why are there so many PSP Launchers.

Should I convert the PS2 ISOs (and PSX CUE/BIN games) to PKG?

I don't know why it's stated my controller wasn't detected until I press the PS button when playing a PS2 game.

I read I needed to have a true DualShock 3 controller to play them (PS2 games) but I was able to play one of them (the only one I tried) with a 3rd party controller.

 

[Ryccardo]

I don't know why are there so many PSP Launchers

They were simply made differently - with or without adhoc party boot screen, with or without priority (potentially appearing on top of the installed packages list), etc

why there are so many people using PS2 Launchers when the games can be mounted by multiMAN.

*man homebrews + cobra/mamba can mount a disc image and therefore make it appear as a physical disc, but not all PS3s support physical PS2 discs and it's quite hard to find one designed to accept UMDs

Should I convert the PS2 ISOs (and PSX ones) to ISO?

To PKG you mean? Your choice, it doesn't really improve compatibility (in fact it's relatively hard to package PS1 games with audio streaming, and PS2 packages can only use software emulation in case your console has PS2 hardware) but they look nice on the XMB

I don't know why it's stated my controller wasn't detected until I press the Home button when playing a PS2 game.

Controllers are turned off when rebooting the console - which includes entering or exiting PS2 mode, which is run by a dedicated kernel (that's the same reason why you can't have software fan control, ftp, or similiar plugins during a PS2 game)

I read I needed to have a true DualShock 3 controller to play them (PS2 games) but I was able to play one of them (the only one I tried) with a 3rd party controller.

A sufficiently accurate clone of a DS3 (or Sixaxis) is equivalent to the original and the PS3 is fairly lenient when it comes to those, if compared to a PSTV or PSP Go!

 

[Windows_10_User]

*man homebrews + cobra/mamba can mount a disc image and therefore make it appear as a physical disc, but not all PS3s support physical PS2 discs and it's quite hard to find one designed to accept UMDs

What's the problem with not all PS3s supporting physical PS2 discs since like you stated they can run PS2 games if a homebrew with Cobra is installed? Who talked about UMDs?

To PKG you mean? Your choice, it doesn't really improve compatibility (in fact it's relatively hard to package PS1 games with audio streaming, and PS2 packages can only use software emulation in case your console has PS2 hardware) but they look nice on the XMB

Yes, I meant to ISO. OK, then I won't convert them to another format.

Controllers are turned off when rebooting the console - which includes entering or exiting PS2 mode, which is run by a dedicated kernel (that's the same reason why you can't have software fan control, ftp, or similiar plugins during a PS2 game)

A sufficiently accurate clone of a DS3 (or Sixaxis) is equivalent to the original and the PS3 is fairly lenient when it comes to those, if compared to a PSTV or PSP Go!

But I was told only true DualShock 3 controllers would work and I'm not sure if my controller is an accurate clone of a DS3 (it's a clone, at least).

EDIT: Now the PS3 is stating the controller has problems when playing PS2 ISOs.

EDIT 2: I've been using a true DualShock 3 and the PS3 hasn't stated the controller has problems when playing PS2 ISOs.